Selling my Casablanca 1831 Sz 18 Dress 300 plus shipping

For anyone interested I am selling my Casablanca 1831 dress for 300 plus shipping (price is negotiable).  I have found another dress that I am in love with.  The dress has scattered Swarovski crysals and comes with a built in french bustle as well as a corset back (so it should fit anyone from street size 14-18).  I wear between a 14 and 16 street size depending on the manufacturer.  I am 5'4 and was planning on wearing 2 inch heels with it.

25% off of all of our cake toppers!!

I know I usually don't post about things like this, but it's a recession and I need to drum up business!
We are cleaning out our current inventory and making room for more exciting products! As such we are offering a 25% discount on our cake toppers. Regular prices for our single monogram toppers are $90-200. Our sale prices are $72-160 for a single monogram topper (Font and crystal choices determine pricing). This special incentive ends on May 1st and is dependent on our inventory.


Order your topper now before our supplies are depleted! Remember these also make fun Christening, baby shower, and birthday gifts!
 
We have 18 different font choices to choose from and for the DIY brides, you can purchase the toppers without crystals to put your own spin on them!  All photos are taken by me and if you use them please please please credit me :o)

Swarovski Crystal

Sorry about the flash!!! These are uber sparkly though!!

A work in progress :o) which also shows what the toppers look like without crystals :o) this was a Grade A Rhinestone Topper

Colored Crystal Topper

What to do for a bout....

Feathers and bling of course!!!!  Of course since I will have feathers nearly everywhere at my wedding I have decided to go with feather boutonnieres to save time and money!! I am actually doing them for a client at a June wedding and she and I adored the idea!!! Here are some examples of what currently has my heart aflutter...

Instead of pearls I'd do bling...

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Since I love orchids this is also a great alternative if all feathers are too "out there"

The Knot

Let them eat Cake!!

We have decided on our cake!! Yummy!! I cannot wait to go to our tastings!! I am thinking of strawberry with a whipped strawberry filling, a chocolate with chocolate ganache layer and a regular vanilla layer for my fiance and the kiddies!!! We will probably do a rolled fondant topping and I of course will do the topper.  I will be borrowing the cake plate from my mom or grandmom or M's mom because I love the idea of making it more like an heirloom piece. 

When life gives you lemons... Make centerpieces :o)

Here is a mock up that I did for a potential client.  Her wedding is July of 2011!  I love the early planners.  She originally wanted lemons and limes when we met at a bridal show earlier this year. I suggested we do the gerber daisies and it came out perfectly.  She and her sister adored it.   And yes one day when I have my very own office, I will look upon the coffee house meetings and laugh.  Until then :o)....

This weekend's weddings :o)

Since I have done nothing on the wedding front... Here are some pix from this weekend's wedding :D. I did all of the decor :D

The bride and groom were married on a bed of roses and remember those hanging orchid strands.. here they are in action..

Here is her memory and sign in table...

Her name was on the windows...  This was one of my surprises to her

And here I am in action.

Over under pull it tight

And string 60 orchids and 12 feet of crystals with all your might!!

I have been working on these crystals all day for a wedding I have this weekend and I had to show you the progress. I still have about 13 orchids left and a few feet of crystals left to string...

First... This is when I first started look how sparse the wall looked! (BTW if you are doing this at home, do not hang them on a hanger, they will get tangled and you will spend about 15 minutes cursing yourself). I used a thumb tack to hang them on the wall.)

Here is a close up.  These are real orchids, but they are freeze dried.

Look how empty this looks and I hate the long strand of crystals

Hmm... Looking better but not quite done...

And the last picture of the night but not completely done.  I still will have more long plain crystal strands as well as the 13 more orchids which would equate to about 3 more strands with crystals.  The strands range from about 2 feet long to about 5 feet or so.