A Glimpse Back at Dream Foundation's Gala 2011

This past November we were honored to be a part of the

Dream Foundation' 10th Annual Celebration of Dreams Gala.

Not only was planning, coordinating and working on the design elements

of the event remarkably exhilarating,

working alongside incredibly talented individuals in their own specialties was quite an honor.

Some of my favorite details involved the hot gluing of hundreds of geodes,

that we had hammered apart ourselves,

to twisting pieces of sandblasted grapevine that ran down the tables.

Finishing off the tablescapes were unique pieces from Donna Karan's home collection.

Tobacco leaf covered containers in various shapes and sizes

added the perfect 'raw elegance' to the tables.

Enjoy this highlight clip from last fall's gala and if you would like more information on supporting the Dream Foundation, you may follow the link here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dhztgwp7FU&feature=relmfu

A beautiful wedding from this past fall featured on Style Me Pretty!

V I C T O R I A + J O R D A N ::TRAILER:: from Parker Seaman on Vimeo.

Lavender Blooms on Once Wed

Happy Monday to you all! (Yep, love Mondays).

We had the pleasure of meeting and working with photographer, Elisa of Elisa B. Photography, http://www.elisabphotography.com from Charlottesville, Virginia recently.

We planned this styled shoot from opposite sides of the country

utilizing ever-helpful Pinterest boards and

we think it came together rather well... :)

Enjoy the images featured on Once Wed....

http://www.oncewed.com/55985/wedding-blog/purple-blue-and-green-wedding-ideas/

Cheers!

Fia's 3rd Birthday

My sweet and feisty little niece had her 3rd birthday this weekend.

Miraculously the garden party was held in the garden and it didn't rain during the party!

Before, yes. After, yes. During, no.

Fia wanted ladybugs and flowers and she got them both...

...and a dragon painted onto her face with gold sparkles instead of princesses and butterflies

like the other little girls were getting.

She growled and roared like a dragon when everyone sang Happy Birthday to her.

LOVE her.

More birthday sunniness!

In case you needed a few more images to brighten this grey day...Here you go!

More fun shots from my mom's birthday.

In case you were interested, the forks are from both my grandmother's silver sets that have been passed down from generation to generation for? I don't know how long...

it's pretty cool to see the monograms on the silverware from the different family initials. Another fun little piece of info- all of the containers for the flowers were from my mom's silver and pewter collections. Many of the pieces were also her grandmother's grandmother's.

Cheers!

ps. LOVE the La Tavola Linens! :) My mom went into the showroom and spent almost an hour playing with all the samples! So much fun!

www.latavolalinen.com

Sunny 70th birthday Celebration!!!

     
      Ribbons and memories were just a few things that made up this birthday extravaganza. This birthday was particularly special to Toast because the birthday girl just happened to be Kim's mommy.  We had quite the experience fighting the wind over which way the ribbons would lay but it turned out beautiful and cheery! Full of bright oranges and yellows and wonderful pictures that captured the guest of honor's beautiful life throughout the years.  We hope she enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed putting it together!

Happy Birthday Cyndy! 

Santa Barbara Magazine Best of 2012

In case you missed it, be sure to check out our article in of Santa Barbara mag's "Best of 2012"!!!