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A Beautiful Friday Bride at Smog Shoppe Part One

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This lovely bride took DIY to a new level. I have to break it up in two posts because there’s so much to share!  She had everything taken care of with lots of re-use and dare I say, upcycling. 

The centerpieces were clusters of old glass vases and vessels with roses, costas and baby’s breath.  She made little buttons too. These fans were the programs for the evening.

I love this little flag bearer with the “here comes the bride” banner.

She had framed signage everywhere and she made her beautiful bouquet.

Margaux and Chad! (Sissy says I always need a picture of the bride)


So Beautiful! She made that! But did she throw it?

I’ll end this first post on the candy bar.  Notice the signage and packaging and  the shelves. It looked amazing against her mom’s collection of lace and ticking.

Don’t those Whoppers look good?

Stay tuned for part two.

 

White Always Works

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Are you struggling with your color palette?  I have this advice – white always works.  I had a neighbor back in the 80′s who whenever challenged with a color making decision, always chose white. White cars, white clothing, white shoes.  She felt it was easier than making the decision all the time and that way she always matched.  At the time I felt she was clever, but boring.  Well, almost thirty years later, the penny dropped.  This MOB had the same idea.

Make it white, then everything matches.

She borrowed silverware and purchased some affordable glassware at IKEA

For some reason, all the boys came with me on this one.

And remember, water always works too.

WE’RE ON TV!!!

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Recently we the lucky at Jennie Cooks Catering got to participate in a super fun television event-twice! A brilliant concept of creating the brides dream wedding with less tacky and WAY more classy, David Tutera picks couples who are already planning what could be a potential tragedy of a theme wedding and creates magic. On two particular episodes he and his team were smart enough to call the  Jennie Cooks Catering team and we were smart enough to accept the challenge.

The first episode we worked on is called “Pirate Wedding” and believe me it’s as wonderful as it sounds! Truth be told when the crew heard about the theme we were worried.  Would there be eye-patches? Peg legs? Parrots???? But instead when we arrived we were greeted with beautiful opulence. Tables covered in jewels and champagne aerialists moving in gorgeous flow as they filled the guests glasses. (and yes our bartenders just underneath these lovely ladies had a blast!) Speaking of bartenders, the already tightly run ship (pun intended) was hijacked by the wedding party themselves and it was very scandalous indeed! I guess they really thought they were pirates. Tune into the pirate wedding episode to see if they air the true story!

Check out all the episodes and air dates here…

The next party we did was a greek themed wedding with a simple easy menu of hummus, greek salad and a kalamata, sun-dried tomato penne paired with a delicious homemade (of course) white wine sangria. The wedding was a beautiful vision of white and truly the bride and groom were so very happy and in love. Don’t ask me about the wedding cake fiasco because it was WAY too embarrassing to get into. But do tune in to see if the humiliating experience made it onto air :)

Once again the Tutera team outdid themselves with verve and flair in every aspect of presentation. The guests were so happy we had to kick them out.

Perhaps my favorite part of this wedding were the live action greek tableaus. About six people all painted in white standing on pedestals moving slowly and gracefully though out the wedding. Also the DJ was KILLER!!

Photo by Pee  Wee Lee De Vary  on her cellular camera

So check us out on TV. Jennie Cooks Catering-always there for anything you need!!

How to set 1 table for 50 guests

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beautiful party table
beautiful party table

Six 8-foot tables pushed together to make a long wide table ( 3 on each side).  Drape each table separately then push them together (make sure you check  the length of the drape so all the seams match up). Create a grand centerpiece to pull it all together.

Big centerpiece with candles, pumpkins and branches

Big centerpiece with candles, pumpkins and branches

And if you have room for a stylist in the budget, give Stephanie a call at Motif in Pasadena – she’s the genius visionary for this incredibly beautiful event.

Segway to the Partay

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Sometimes a client comes along that makes my heart sing.  This is one such client.  She adores her hubby and loves to party, just like me.  She invited  11 guests to tour the Marina on segways…

Arrival at the site

Arrival at the site

and we provided a sit down hors D’oeuverie extravaganza on the playa.

party on the playa

party on the playa

All the planets aligned, nobody said a thing about the Schramsberg on the beach and  Marcia was a happy client. I’ll do anything for you Marcia,  I like a lady who knows how to celebrate!

gettting ready for the guests

gettting ready for the guests

Clever Brides, Great Ideas

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I love my brides.  They are always on a strict budget, and I, being a gifted green penny pincher myself, am always willing and able to oblige. Squeezing all those dollars bills lends  to creating great ideas on the wedding day.  Autumn chose black, white and red as her colors and  that made flower selection very easy… long stem red roses.

Our amazing centerpieceStaff members extraordinaire Susan and Sheila did this installation from our equipment and the bride’s florals.  Check out the party favors in the back.  Autumn and Doug made framed photos of all their guests, beautiful!

table numbers the new wayInstead of   a traditional framed table number, Katrina stuck a pin right in the cork of the wine bottles on all the tables.  Their clever party favor was  ” tree in a box” . A green wedding to the last detail.

under my umbrella ella ella

under my umbrella ella ella

Jen got parasols to match the wedding colors for the ceremony and the kids loved them all night long.

cake hiding.

How to Rig Stringer Lights

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When you need a post that isn’t there, try using an umbrella stand with a fence post. That’s what I did for this party. I also rented weights (sandbags) for the umbrella stands because I had so many, and when we ran out of those, we got big boulders from the parking area. I’m glad I did , it felt much safer that way.

We started in the afternoon, and danced into the night.

We started in the afternoon, and danced into the night.

loving the lights.

loving the lights.

The lights were as pretty as the bride and groom.