Fashion...made of chocolate...am I dreaming?! Each year Cadbury holds Cadbury Couture - a chocolate fashion show where they team up with ten Canadian fashion designers who combine their love for cocoa and couture to create some sensational ensembles - each constructed using Cadbury chocolate! Here are some of my faves from past shows. Ok, now I'm having a major chocolate craving...gotta go!
Also, Shayna just bought us a beautiful bracelet to match her own, which is also blue, and now just gotta find some shoes and a funky blue ribbon to tie around my waist!!
What can I say, we are inspired by tiny jars of single flower blooms, all lined up in a single row. So pretty, so simple...looking. But, one thing it's important to realize before you decide to do it yourself: Coming from an event designer's perspective, achieving this look is not actually so simple and not as inexpensive as it looks! There is a lot of work that goes into making things looks simple, clean and adorable. Careful consideration has to go into choosing the right vases, the right sizes of the different vases, the spacing, the height of the cut flowers, the colours of the flowers and the colour of the decor on the tables to give it some punch, but not too much of an overbearing punch at the same time. And alot of the time, you'll also need to purchase a strong flower that makes the right statement, one that can stand alone in it's beauty - normally more expensive than just any old carnation or rose! Phew, that's a lot of work for something so pretty and simple...
{Pic #1 from Martha Stewart, Pic #2 & 3 I can't remember...oops, Pic #4 from Freckgirl76's wedding on Flickr}
As promised, here are pics of the decor from the tea party for Shayna Bloomer on Saturday...
Shayna with her vintage Amelia Earhart suitcase full of goodies for her honeymoon!
Shayna Bloomer and the hostess, Lynn
The Bloomers
There is this marvy store on Queen Street called Commute Home. If you haven't checked it out you really really should. They take old, everyday things that you probably have in your garage and make them into the most amazing pieces of furniture. It always seems so obvious once I see it and I think "now why the heck didn't I think of that?!" And then I go home feeling kind of sorry for myself because their creativity puts me to shame.
Eat your heart out! I'm blown away by how cool these vertical wall gardens look. I wouldn't mind sharing my carbon dioxide with these little planties. {pics from Flora Grubb via A Lovely Morning - if you click on each picture, you can see it bigger}
Growing up, our mom had a friend named Linda who was a calligrapher. We would get birthday cards with the most stunning handwritten addresses on the envelope. And every Christmas Linda would create these incredible, custom- designed, calligraphed and illustrated calendars for her extended family that included important birthdays and occasions. I thought these were the most beautiful things I had ever seen! I begged my mom for a calligraphy set and lessons. I think I was 5 years old at the time and my mom had to remind me that I need to learn to print first...oh yeah...
