Vintage Chic

Top Row Button Heart LMLMK, Table Setting Floralia, Rose in Teacup & Cake MyWeddingFlowersIdeas

2nd Row Bunting LMLMK, main image Idyllic Days, Napkin Matthew Dickinson Flowers

3rd Row Birdcage Idyllic Days, Bouquet MS

4th Row Miniature Cakes & Ribbons in Trees MyWeddingFlowersIdeas, Teacups and Cake Stand Idyllic Days

Whilst Vintage Weddings are currently all the rage, sadly they are not so popular here in Marbella, as they are so quinsentially English.

Create the shabby chic style using an eclectic mix of china, beautiful miniature wedding cakes on cake stands, pearls and roses for table centres, birdcages for your table displays, ribbons tied to trees, buttons and bunting.

Image from www.lovesmelovesmeknot.co.uk

Just had to add this image of this wonderful vintage bag, as have a thing about bags!

Happy Valentines Day!

Love the tulips, look good enough to eat and of course the cakes are good enough to eat!

Another wonderful creative idea from MS

Preparations for Governors Ball US

Check out the preparations for the Governors Ball in the USA, the Amercians are just so good at this, think I will move there!

Go to Yum Sugar to see the before and afters as they prepare this fabulous event based on The Oscars with reds and golds

Sevillian Oranges

Image from Floralia

Table Setting Hostess with the Mostess

Everytime I look out my kitchen I see my orange tree just about to blossom which inspired me to work more on an orange themed wedding with a citrus twist.

Small orange trees decorated with orange organzas, citrus centrepieces, citrus cocktails or bucks fizz, even miniature marmalades as favours would be a good idea to compliment the theme.

Top Row Bouquet, Bridemaids, Favour Box -The knot, Cocktails MS

2nd & 3rd Rows Rose table arrangements and centre image The Knot, Citrus Arrangement Hostesswiththemostess

Citrus cake MS, Chair Decor The Knot, Gladioli setting BellaFiori Events, Lanterns The Knot

Mimosa Weddings

I have been concentrating on what truly reflects Spain and how to create weddings to compliment the seasons here in Andalucia. Driving up the mountain to my home here all the mimosa trees and bushes are flowering thus giving me the idea to create a Mimosa themed wedding using the fashionable yellow and greys but with an Andalucian touch of terracotta.

Mimosa perfume tins Yves Rocher

It has been difficult to source images to refect this scheme but I picture bunches of mimosa in terracotta jugs, acacia honey pots for gifts, terracotta votives, mimosa cocktails, and polka dot favours and fans in yellows.

Top Row Mimosa tree, Knitted ring www.twistedtwee.co.uk, votives MS,

mimosa tree www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk

2nd Row buttonhole The Knot, flamenco dress image www.flamencoshop.com

Yellow table setting www.weddingwishesashlandor.com

3rd Row yellow polka dot favour MS, Yellow bouquet MS

4th Row Mimosa Punch www.brideorama.com, Acacia honey favour The Knot,

Image of Mandelieu Mimosa festival www.mandelieu.com

Invitations www.sandstoneinvitations.com

Here are some of the images I have found to reflect a Mimosa themed wedding and check out this fabulous recipe for Mimosa cocktails, don't need a wedding as an excuse to make these!

Mimosa Cocktails

Large jug
2 cups clementine or orange juice
2 cups pear juice
½ cup Cointreau
Two bottles chilled dry cava
2 cups ice cubes
Orange slices and fresh sliced strawberries for garnish
Combine the orange juice, pear juice, and Cointreau in the punch bowl and mix well.

Just before serving, slowly pour in the cava.

Add the ice cubes, garnish with orange and strawberry slices, and serve.

Museum Piece

I was asked to design a piece for the Action/RE-Action Runway show. "Touching Warms the Art" is an exhibition of jewelry made from tactile, non-precious materials hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Crafts. For the fashion show, each clothing designer selected a piece of jewelry from the show and designed a garment in response to it. I chose a magnificent wire neckpiece by Berenice Ramirez, and made this dress (many thanks to Gretchen Jones for modeling). You can see more photos from the show here.