Monday, February 26, 2007

all the shades...


Trend No. 2
Yellow

Yellow is everywhere this spring. From the runway in New York to the flowers used at weddings, yellow is making a huge comeback. Yellow comes in so many beautiful shades from bright yellow to soft, pale yellow. When we think of spring weddings we picture the muted, soft yellow....think butter yellow... As we move into summer the yellow becomes brighter and more vibrant...think tropical flowers, sun and lemonade. Yellow can be incorporated into flowers, bridesmaid's dresses, aisle runners, sashes, signature drinks, bride's cake, favors for your guests, linens, decor...the list goes on!!! We encourage you to be creative with the way you incorporate color into your special day.
**The butter color flowers above were designed by Fete Des Fleur and displayed at the Stephanie Anne Bridal Event.


Thursday, February 22, 2007

What's Hot for Spring

We will be introducing what we feel are the hottest wedding trends for Spring 2007 over the next few weeks. These ideas came from researching various fashion designers, going to the "bridal fashion week" in New York, listening to what our brides were requesting and looking through many magazines!!!
If you are a bride who wants to do something unique and different for your wedding, we recommend incorporating one of these trends into your wedding. It doesn't matter what your wedding style is, you can incorporate these ideas. From traditional to modern events, each idea can be personalized to your style!

TREND NO. 1
UNIQUE AND PERSONALIZED PAPER
Think of everything that passes through your guests hands. From the save the date to the favors you hand out at the end of the evening. The paper products make a difference in the overall feel of your event. The tone of the event is set when your guests receive the save the date. Be as creative as you like with your save the dates. It is a great idea to begin incorporating certain colors, designs, monograms etc. into your paper products from the beginning.
We LOVE CECI New York to take care of all our creative invitation needs! Lisa Hoffman is very talented and easy to work with. She can come up with a theme and bring your event to life with custom designs of the invitations, favors, labels.... check out her website at www.ceciny.com!

Please visit the link below to see the work we recently did with CECI New York. We were asked by D Wedding Magazine to put together "Table Scapes" for their current issue. Of course we relied on Lisa at CECI to design our placecards, menu cards and invitations.
We also wanted to share with you some samples of our past work with CECI New York. The pictures below contain all the "customized paper products" Lisa designed for a fabulous wedding we planned in September. The theme was "Tropical and Fun." You can see the consistency in the designs and colors throughout all the items. I had a guest pull me aside at the wedding and say, "Oh my gosh, the invitations were to die for...it set the mood for the wedding and we knew it was going to be a great event when we held the wedding invitation in our hands."









Guests received an RSVP packet that had luggage tags, guestroom keys and an itinerary of events for the entire wedding weekend. At the ceremony the program was shaped as a fan that continued the tropical theme of the wedding. There were 4 main colors carried througout the event. Everything was color blocked from the bridesmaid's dresses to the flowers, linens, place cards and menus on each table.









Welcome bags were filled with goodies such as monogrammed towels with each guests initials, customized water bottles, a deck of customized playing cards and some of the bride and groom's favorite snacks.
If you want an event to remember....start with the Save the Date and carry out your theme through everything paper product the guests touch.
Happy Planning!

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

For the bride....


...who can't wait to look at the latest D Weddings, Grace Ormonde and INSIDE Weddings... that love to read Bazaar, InStyle, Vogue and W... to the ones who are secretly addicted to US Weekly, E News and People...and each morning they open their email and are welcomed by Daily Candy...these are the readers who will appreciate our stories, ideas, trend reports and unique sites that we will bring you on a weekly basis.
We are inspired by how much you love STYLE and want to create a wedding that bubbles over with unique ideas that will set you apart from "every other wedding we've been to..."

We would love for you to send us your name and email address to info@akeventdesign.com. At various times we will be sending out emails just for our readers regarding special events and fun things to know. We would love to have you on the list.

Enjoy! Happy planning!