Baby Lifestyles Premier E-Mag
Baby Lifestyles has been around for a while providing tons and tons of ideas for your next baby shower and nursery. If your a mom-to-be or a new mom I am pretty sure you’ve oogled the site once or twice. The’ve just cooked up a new e-mag premiering this month and its full of great unique ideas of all things baby. We are especially excited because our Baby Shower “Cirque du Bebe” is in this months sneak peek and we will be featured in the next issue! Can’t wait!
Do U Ban.do
I’m really into these candy accessories. You can mix and match, add them to your hair, your shoes, your clothes – just anywhere you think needs a little extra notice. It add just a little interest to anything that your wearing. I think they are just darling and I totally Ban.do … you should too!
Mini Melissa
Ever since I saw these at Epaulet in Brooklyn I’ve been vying to get them for my little girl. How super cute are these jellies designed in conjunction with brazilian plastic shoe designer Melissa and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. It seems that they run from baby 6 to toddler 10. Needless, we missed that boat as my dear daughter is a Girls 1. URRGH! Full disclosure, I just copped a cute pair for myself and had hoped for a mommy and me moment. In any any event, I definitely know a certain little girl who will certainly be rockin’ these – especially if her Tati has anything to do with it!
Cirque Du Bebe Baby Shower
Here is a preview of a baby shower that was recently styled by Petite-Fete. Special thanks to: Suzanne who among so many other things helped create, draw and hand paint the fab photo booth back drop, Susie for brainstorming ideas, day of coordination, Soleil, our day of clown, who even taught herself to juggle for the event, Farah for helping me comb the fabric and flower district for just the right trimmings. More photos of our day of fun and of course the photo booth photographed and blogged about H-E-R-E. Our photographer for the day was the über talented Melissa Lynn of Be Imaged Photography. Melissa is such a pleasure to work with and she totally captured the essence of the day. Thanks to Sean and Rose for blessing our family with such a great joy.
Credits :
Event Location - Ici
Event Styling – Petite-Fete
Florals – Opalia Flowers
Invitations and Paper - Petite-Fete
Cakes & Tarts – Nine Cakes
Photography - Be Imaged
Clown Costume – Dia Mia
Garland – Confetti Systems
Cirque de Bebe Sneak Peak
Posting a sneak peak of the invitation suite I designed for a baby shower I am co-hosting. The shower is for my darling SIL and I am trying not too give too much info away as not spoil any surprises. I am so overjoyed and excited about having a new baby in the family and the new baby has been the inspiration for lots of creativity. Since the invites have gone out I can post a little preview. The invites were designed and printed silkscreen on plexi to complement a fun vintage circus theme. The envelopes are a yummy raspberry pink and have been hand addressed in a eye popping white flourish calligraphy. I searched for perfect vintage postage that would add just the right finish. Response cards are die cut to look like an admission ticket and the reverse is a mounted fun polka lokta paper in sparkle hot pink. There will more sweet deets to come later.
It’s Official! – We Won
Petite-Fete wins Bride’s Choice Award 2011
WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Petite-Fete has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Invitation Design!
Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.
Petite-Fete, stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.
“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Petite-Fete for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”
We are happy to announce that Petite-Fete is among the very best in Invitations Design within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.
BHLDN
So maybe you are all wondering what is BHLDN. Well it stands for BEHOLDEN, and it’s the name of the soon to be launched Anthropologie Wedding Line. Event dresses will range from $200 to $600 and wedding dresses will be in the $1,000 to $5,000 range. I’m sure all of you vintage style brides will be clamoring to have a peak of the new line. For now you will just have to stare at the home page in anticipation - but not long just 14 more days – Le Jour De L’Amour!
Luxe Fete
Photography courtesy of Ambrosia Photography
Sometimes you see a creative that just takes your breath away. I think this tablescape speaks for itself - the designer of this exquisite feast to the eyes is Nathalie Cadet-James of Luxe Fete. The Miami based event planning company also has a blog where you can preview many of her other lovely designs.
Cyber Shy?
For a long time I was super cyber shy. I always felt comfort in my anonymity and actually relished an heir of mystery. In this new era of reality television, facebook, twitter, myspace, hoot suite, tumbler, I mean the list is endless – I’ve found myself subcuming and becoming ever slightly more comfortable with the notion that it’s okay to share a piece of my world. After 5 years of being camera shy on my website, I’ve replaced the illustrated me about a month ago with actual pictures. It took a lot of convincing my husband, who will go to great lengths to have any pictures or information about himself listed anywhere on the web taken down. I agree with him in a lot of ways, and I try to weigh and balance the amount of information I put out there. I must say though, I’ve gotten a lot of good reception from my clients and I think it all in all was a good decision. I do draw the line though when in comes to children. This is my own personal non-judgmental opinion but, I pause when I see children being plastered all over the web especially on facebook. So that friends is my public service announcement for the month!:)
Invitations Timeline
When do I mail my wedding invitations? I think that’s my most asked question. So here is a cheat sheet to help you figure things out:
Save-the-dates: 5 -10 months ahead
Invitations – 6-12 weeks ahead
When do I order my wedding stationery? Remember your stationery sets the tone for your event – so allow proper time for designing, revisions, printing, and addressing.
Save the date - 1-2 prior to mailing
Invitations – 4-6 months prior to mailing
Corresponding stationery - 1-2 months before the wedding. Always order 20% more envelopes for proper addressing, don’t forget our place cards, menu cards, programs, favor tags
image via Spark
