Favors

Tree, herb wedding favors

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What a great way to show your guests how much you care about saving our environment while also inspiring everyone to get involved on their own. GiveTreeGifts.com offers numerous types of gifts with great packaging options as well.

Wedding Tree Favors

Wedding Tree Favor

*Photos Courtesy of GiveTreeGifts.com

*Photo Courtesy of Nurseryman

The potted herb DIY wedding favors which also serves as a name cards.

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A Midnight Snack

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After the delicious dinner, and hours of dancing and celebrating, you guests will start to get hungry again! A big trend among brides right now is to serve a “midnight snack” as the party winds down. Tie in you and your fiance’s favorite late night treat, whether it is burgers or donuts and serve your guests in style!

Consider ordering out to a restaurant in the area such as nacho bar from Taco Bell, mini sliders from Umami burgers, or donuts from Krispy Kremes. Provide doggy bags for your guests to grab and go in case they are on their way out. No matter what you decide, your guests will love the gesture and chow down on the food on their way home!

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* Milk shooters + Cookies

Treat your Wedding Guests with Milk, Coffee, and Sweets!

* Mini hot dogs + French fries

* Tacos

* Beef Sliders

* Fruity Crepes

* McDonald’s Cheeseburger

* Milk + Donuts

midnight snack

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Photos: Evrim Icoz Photography, Martha Stewart, Allegro Photography, Wedding Bee, flickr

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What’s your yummy favor?

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Edible favors that your guests will drool over….!

Ice Creams – Ice Cream

Ice Cream Bars & Dessert bars are ever popluar but have become redundant at receptions.  Instead, serve up ice cream a la an old fashioned parlor with all the trimmings to choose from.  For the not-so budget friendly addition, eCreamery creates custom cartons and flavors for guests to enjoy and the newlyweds to share their personal favorites.

ice cream

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Bring on the Glitter & Bedazzle my Bonbons!

The bonbons are individually hand-dipped and coated in a delicious and edible dusting of glitter and cocoa-powder, which creates the “bedazzling” effect.

Bedazzle My Bonbons Dazzle Pops

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Gourmet Marshmallows

How about these cute gourmet marshmallows with a hip packaging from plush puffs?

OR go for the S’more bar station

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But, point is, if you can bring elements into your wedding that evoke positive memories for you and your guests a YEAR later, then you definitely will have planned and invested well in a successful event.

Happy Wedding from bella destinee~


Wolfgang Puck Catering Event @ the Annenberg Community Beach House.

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The beautiful sunny weather was perfect for an event at a beach house in Santa Monica.  Wolfgang Puck’s catering event was held at the Santa Monica’s Annenberg Community Beach House.

For this particular venue, you literally get what you see.  Its floor to ceiling high glass walls hold a vision in itself from the beach’s beautiful bright mornings to the dreamy evening sunsets.

The nature’s natural light illuminates the beach house during the day until the sunset’s golden rays slowly set.  Its simple modern design and wide space makes this venue versatile for variety of events.

Throughout Wolfgang’s Catering event, I felt like I’ve become a food critic/food judge in one of the Food Network shows, paying attention to the food’s every detail: presentation, taste, creativity, etc.  The only differences were that my opinions about Wolfgang’s catering food was not going to make or break an aspiring cook’s culinary career and my palette may not be as refined as a professional food judges.

Introducing the evening’s food critics: the lovely Katie Lee, Ana Vick, and myself.

And of course, Wolfgang Puck’s catering food:

The desserts:

Amongst the judges, there were a lot of “Hmm~ that’s interesting”, “Mmm, this is good”, and “Wow, never would’ve thought these would go well together” ’s.  Every bite was a different and fun experience for the panel.  My personal favorites were the ceviche and popcorn concoction and the lavender marshmallows!  The strong taste of the ceviche was well balanced by the mild buttery taste of the popcorn and the marshmallows were just delectable–it was very innovative and tasty :)

After the tastings, we took some photos with dear friends and the team:

And you can’t leave an event without favors!!! :)

Yummy madeline cookies with its recipe sheet in WP mugs and beach sandals!

It was a fun and memorable Wednesday evening at the beach*

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Sex and the City Girls Who Know How to Party: Part ||

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Here are some party details.

Our “Sex and the City” themed gift bags for everyone!

Some of gift & prize included: Vitamin face masks, wine opener, aroma therapy massage oils, purple adhesive, pedicure set, bella’s purple & silver nail polish, and something sexy that made everyone laugh… =)

Mono1.jpg image by Beautiful_Living

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Trend-spotting: Macaroons & Macarons

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Make your special day a little sweeter with Macarons

Ah yes, the macaron. These pretty little French pastries have definitely grown in popularity. They are the perfect size for wedding favors and since they’re so colorful (each flavor having it’s own distinct hue), they’re the perfect addition to the ever popular dessert bar.

wedding macaron

(images above: row 1: Our Labor of Love | row 2: Martha Stewart)

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Macarons are delicate French pastries that date back to the 18th Century. These sandwich-like pastries are often filled with a sweet cream or ganache. Paulette is an exquisite bakery housed in both Beverly Hills and San Francisco that creates these delicate Parisian sweets. Out East there has been a trend toward giving these as wedding favors in a sweet little box. Why not consider using these tasty treats as the main dessert at the reception? Paulette offers some classic flavors and many innovative specialties, as well. Très chic!

Perfect for any occasion, these round meringue-like domes have a flat base, making them perfect for stacking and creating the most unique presentations.

Worried that our Macarons will upstage your wedding cake?  They also make unique wedding favors that you can leave with your guests.

Joie Patisserie

macaron wedding favors

row 1: Martha StewartAruna B. Photography
row 2: Lisa LefkowitzAllison C. Photography via Green Wedding Shoes

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♥ Favors of love ♥

Here are some cute/thoughtful favors of love:

Shea butter soaps from etsy.com.

“Love is better than life”, “Love is like the morning mist”, and “Love is patient and kind” pencil set from olivemanna.com. $4 for 3.

Jonathan Adlers “LOVE” on one side and “HATE” on the other mug. $24. You can find more info at jonathanadler.com.

Send your guests home with love.

DIY Details We Love

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This week Style Me Pretty is featuring amazing DIY projects from their readers… a bride can find herself in heaven (and a bit overwhelmed!) at all the gorgeousness going on over there. Here are some of my favorite projects they’ve featured:

DIY: Tea Tins designed by Jennifer at Pigweed Press

DIY: Sugar Packets by a loyal bride and reader with a destination wedding in Barbados

DIY: Southern Style Treats Mekala of Tie that Binds

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Delicious Vendor: Whimsy Spice

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Take a look at this yummy looking cookies with a  whimsy packaging.

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I came across this delightful etsy store via Swanky Tables a long time ago. Whimsey & Spice is the creation of Jenna and Mark, an art direction and a pastry chef living in New York. They specialize in making sweet food with a dash of spice. I have to admit, I haven’t tried Whimsey & Spice personally, but I can tell you that if it tastes only half as good as it looks, I might develop an addiction!

Among their products, my favorites have to be the pillows they call marshmallows, butterscotch bars, and the gorgeous earl gray sandwich cookies. Yum! For more delicious goodness, visit their etsy shop. They also have a wonderful blog, sweet fine day, where they share insight into their business and family. It is one of my favorite daily reads in my rss feed!

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