Ohh…I just LOVE these!! Thank you to our wonderful clients from 2009 that took the time to go out and review our services – helping us to become one of the most recognized (and loved) wedding planners in Sacramento! Reading these reviews always warms my heart! We love each and every one of our clients and are always thrilled to hear how the experience of working with us was for them.
Last month, we attended an exquisite evening at Arden Hills Resort Club and Spa, for the incredible Beyond Platinum showcase! Some of the top wedding service providers in the area gathered together to showcase their amazing products, services and skills! Talk about Glamorous! We were very lucky to attend this event and see the latest trends is dresses, floral design, table settings and overall decor. I must have taken a million pictures – below are a few that will give you an idea of just how amazing it was. Featured in these photos: Mimi & Co, Botanica Floral Designs, Ambience Floral Designs, Bella Bloom, Miosa Couture, Party Concierge and probably a few more that I failed to mention..
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2009 was the year to do something different with your place card displays! Each and every client of mine who chose assigned seating was looking to do something unique to direct their guests to their tables. From peaches picked off of a tree to a crystal wall with place cards attached and an old re-purposed shutter, we created some really cool displays! My favorite? The old shutter, which was pretty much junk when I picked it up at an antique store. After some restoration, paint and sprucing up with a crystal doorknob and floral embellishments, it was definitely chic and unique! The best part? I am now using it for Christmas cards..super fun!
While passing through Los Angeles on our recent trip to Mexico, I (of course!) picked up a bridal magazine that I had yet to come across here locally ~ and I found it to contain some of the most stylish and impressive wedding designs and ideas I’ve seen in a long time! Below is a Vintage Brooch Bouquet that I fell in love with! I mean…seriously?! This is off the hook! Not only does it stand out as a unique bridal bouquet, but you can truly save it forever! Or, what I thought might be fun is to pass the brooches on as gifts to mothers, grandmothers, sisters ~ or even your bridesmaids after the wedding. What better way to share a piece of your wedding day and and have it remembered forever as you pass these brooches down through generations. Love, love, love this!!!! I can’t wait to encounter a bride bold enough to hold this while walking down the aisle. Check out more photos of these amazing bouquets on Fantasy Floral Designs’ web site! I’ll share more amazing inspirations from the magazine soon!
Ahhh~mazing Brooch Bouquet!
A bevy of vintage brooches compose a startlingly beautiful bouquet that is utterly unique to the bride who holds it.Amanda Heer of Fantasy Floral Designs will take the miniature metal components of your choice and fashion a one-of-a-kind design for your wedding day. You can provide the necessary elements, or commission Ms. Heer to select them for you; either way, your exquisite bouquet will be completely beyond compare. Pricing starts at $300 and varies upon design; fantasyfloraldesigns.com, 949.240.3571.
Have you ever wanted to be in the pages of a magazine?
Well, then you need to enter our cover model contest!
Each issue, hundreds of local area brides enter to be one of our three cover model finalists.
Are you interested in entering? If so, click here to download our entry form — hurry, we need to have all entries need to be in by February 1, 2010!
If you’re going to enter…one word of advice, show us your personality on the answers to the questions — we love working with brides who have a lot of spunk, personality, humor and who are just darned cool girls. Be sure that your answers really reflect who you are! Oh, and don’t forget to include photos that really show your personality coming through as well!
Also, be sure to read all of the rules to make sure that you’re eligible to enter.
For more about Real Weddings Magazine, log on tohttp://www.realweddingsmag.com/.
Winter 2010 Cover of Real Weddings Magazine featuring cover model winner Kimmi Armstrong. Photo by Jodi Yorston Photography, dress from The Bridal Box, flowers by Botanica Floral Designs, hair and make-up by Image Provocateur/VIP-CAT Academy.
As you may know, 2Chic Events & Design was a featured Wedding Planner on an episode of the WEtv show Platinum Weddings, which will air this spring! Recently, I came a across a blog post by a local magazine publisher highlighting this amazing wedding. I thought I would share not only the blog post (which compared this wedding to the styling seen in Grace Ormonde – the biggest compliment EVER) but also the email that I subsequently received from the magazine editor after I commented on her blog, thanking her for posting our wedding!
Hi Aimee,
My name is Haley Myers and I am editor of Our Wedding magazine. You commented on my blog post about the Sigrist wedding, which looks just breathtaking. I think this is the first time I’ve seen your work, but honestly, I am so blown away, and so so glad to have discovered someone of your caliber in the Sacramento area.
Here is the blog post!
So…Sacramento, moving up in the world, eh? Another“Platinum Weddings” episode was recently filmed in our humble town at Arden Hills. The couple? Frank and Charity Sigrist. The photographer? Christopher Kight. The wedding planner? Aimee Wendell of 2Chic Events and Design. The result? AMAZING. Incredible. Grace Ormonde incredible. I am wowed. Thanks to Frank for contacting me. This is also on my list for considerations for real weddings in our next issue! For more info and some more glimpses into this spectacular Sacramento wedding, look at Audrey of Botanica Floral Design’s blog. Ah-ah-mazing.
http://www.sacmag.com/media/Our-Wedding/Sacramento-Wedding-Blog/December-2009/Sacramento-Sees-Another-Platinum-Wedding/
Well, If you are on this page, I am sure that you noticed that the new web site is up and running! Let us know what you think! I am excited about our new look, our new name and the new site structure that makes it oh-so-easy to find everything you need to see on our site! We have added lots of pictures in our galleries, so be sure to check them out!
And, to finish up our Platinum Wedding series of blog posts, how about this! A link to the entire gallery where you can view every detail from the overall room decor to the ice sculpture, cake and amazing cars! I’ve also included a few photos of my one-on-one interview with the producer below! Thank you to Allison Stahl for coming out to capture this momentous occasion for me!
On Camera Platinum Weddings Interview
I would also like to thank, once again, all of the AMAZING vendors who worked on this wedding with me! Linens by Mimi & Co; Photography by Christopher Kight Photographers and Allison Stahl; Flowers by Botanica Floral Designs; Draping and Decor by Studio B; DJ Services by Mike Regan of Mr. DJ Service; Videography by Phill Sheffield and Sheffield Multimedia; Cake by River City Cakes, Ice Sculpture by Party Concierge; Brides Dress by Miosa Couture; My Hair and Makeup by Image Provocateur; Venues: Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa, St. Peter and Paul Church, Rocklin, and Piatti’s, Roseville.
Prior to their amazing wedding, Charity and Frank enlisted our services, along with the services of my favorite gals over at Mimi & Co, to deck out the rehearsal dinner which was held at Piatti’s in Roseville. It was fun to plan an intimate event prior to the over-the-top wedding day that was to follow. Working with the girls at Mimi & Co. always makes it a little more fun, too! As you will see from the chair covers and linens that they created for us, they always take that extra step to make their product unique, beautiful and totally personalized! How could you not love it? The feather detail on the satin chair covers, along with the custom linens made this an event fit for a rock star!
The music that evening was provided by the very talented Adam Donald, who I discovered at a networking event that I planned and attended at Scott’s Seafood and LeRivage in August. I didn’t get to stay for much of the dinner as I had a ton of work to do for the wedding the next day, but I did get to stay just long enough to hear a few of Adam’s amazing songs along with Charity’s reaction the the drop-dead gorgeous room that we put together! She was in awe of the room decor, of course, and she and Frank both couldn’t believe how incredible the music was. People were still talking about this fabulous dinner at the church the next day. Check out some of the photos below, taken by Allison Stahl (love her!!).
Awesome chair covers by Mimi & Co
Menu and Place Card Detail
The Platinum Crew doing a little filming
Centerpieces
Check out these photos of the off-the-hook candy table, designed by the bride Charity and yours truly. It was aaccented by amazing (of course!) flowers by Audrey of Botanica Floral Designs and unbelievable custom “couture” linens by Mimi & Co.. The candy table was a huge hit and I’m sure you’ll see just why in the photos below! This was by far the most elegant candy table I have ever seen…which of course, was accented with lots of bling!Photography was provided by Allison Stahl Photography and Christopher Kight Photographers.
Candy Table Floral Arrangement...Simply Divine!
Candy Favor Boxes created an "S" Monogram
Yummmm!!!
Details, Details
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