Congratulations to all the Valentine’s Day Couples!

Brides to be and Engaged Couples:

Congratulations on your Valentine’s Day engagements!

We at Love, Laughter & Elegance want to help you enjoy this special time in your lives by helping you with your planning! From your engagement party, to your thank-you notes after the honeymoon, we can cover all the details! We offer several planning packages, and individual services like candy buffets, and custom made accessories. Everything is tailored to your tastes and budget. We can help with a small intimate affair of 40 guests, to a blow-out bash for 400!

Contact us today for more information and specials!

Email us at lleweddings@aol.com

Call us at (330) 313-6030

Visit our website at http://cl-kimber0613-ivil.tripod.com/

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Did you “Ring” in 2013 with an Engagement?

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!

Many Congratulations to the couples that became engaged over the Holiday Season, and rang in the New Year with a proposal of marriage!

We at Love, Laughter & Elegance: Wedding & Event Planning are ready and excited to bring your wedding dreams to reality!  With more than 13 years of experience planning and executing weddings, showers and parties, we are looking forward to helping you celebrate one of the most important times in your life.  Whether you are thinking of a beautiful, intimate ceremony with close family and friends, or throwing a large bash so everyone can join in the fun, we are up for the challenge!

Feel free to look through our blog, and visit our website, and Facebook page, for great ideas and inspiration.  Contact us with any questions or ideas, we are always happy to chat!

We also offer a free consultation, where we can discuss your wishes and needs for your celebration.  We look forward to meeting you soon, contact us today!

Phone:  (330) 313-6030

Email: Kimber0613@aol.com or lleweddings@aol.com

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Spanish Romance – An Inspiration Board!

Spanish Romance - An Inspiration Board

 

Ole!  Ole!  I realize that a few years back I did an inspiration board with Spanish influence, titled “La Boda – the Wedding.”  I am again inspired to create a mood board along those lines, with a more updated look.  Whereas my first board included many traditional Spanish elements, this one has more subtle nods to that grand heritage.  You can incorporate any of these into your celebration, such as a location that has Spanish architecture, or by using lots of lace details and fans or shawls for your female attendants.  Your ladies could also wear their hair in a style that would look great with a few roses tucked in the sides, or perhaps as a bride, you would like to wear a traditional mantilla comb with a veil to complement it.  Damask fabrics and paper goods have been popular for the last few years, and can provide a very stylish and sophisticated look to your event.  Enjoy!!

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Plum and Persimmon – An Inspiration Board!

Plum and Persimmon Inspiration Board

 

Purple and Orange are colors typically associated with fall, or Halloween.  However, I think they make a very striking and stylish color palatte for a wedding.  You can use this for most any season, and you can change the shades of the colors to suit your needs.  For spring, you can use peach and lavender, for summer, a royal purple and coral, for the autumn and winter, shades of plum, eggplant, aubergine, rust, pumpkin and persimmon.  Your colors can be played up in your table linens, flowers, uplighting, even wedding party fashions.  The options are endless.  And of course, don’t forget the one food item that always goes well with these colors: chocolate!!  Enjoy!!

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Join us for a live blogtalkradio.com chat!!

 

Hello everyone!  I am joining my friend and fellow wedding planner Karin tonight at 6:30pm on blogtalkradio.com for her weekly chat show.  We will talk about all things weddings.  Please feel free to call and join in the conversation, or just enjoy the broadcast!  All are welcome!

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Ballet Wedding – An Inspiration Board!!

Ballet Wedding Inspiration Board

Spring is here!  Think soft breezes, flowering trees, a riot of colorful flowers everywhere.  It’s the time of year when we wear lighter, softer, flowing fabrics, when little girls dress in their spring best for parties, Easter, recitals, showers and weddings.  That being said, I used two of nature’s prettiest colors, baby pink and white, and my love of the ballet, to create this lovely inspiration board.  One of my current clients is a dancer, and this board is happily dedicated to her.  Enjoy!!

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Open Discussion – Football Weddings?

Rah! Rah! Rah!  Sis Boom Bah!  Go Team!! 

It’s football season once again!  I love this time of year, with the cooler temps and leaves changing colors.  High school football is in full swing, and that means tailgates, hot dogs, and cold drinks.  I have often thought about having clients that would like a sports themed wedding.  Since I live in Massillon, Ohio, home of the famous Tigers, it’s kind of hard not to imagine the possibilities.  Canton is also nearby, as well as being close to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and several great colleges and universities with football programs. 

Therefore, I would like to post an open discussion, where you, the reader, can add your thoughts and ideas to this theme.  What kind of decorations would you use?  What kinds of food would you serve?  What would you wear?  What favors would you give your guests, and what kind of entertainment would you have?  All ideas and comments are welcome!  Have fun with this!  Enjoy!

 

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Purple Haze – An Inspiration Board

I felt it was time to add another inspiration board to my growing collection.  Shades of purple and silver have been favorites of mine to use for some time now.  It’s a very regal combination, and can be used in every season of the year.  In the spring and summer, you can use lavender and lilac.  In the autumn and winter months, you can use plum, royal purple, eggplant, slate and charcoal grey, and pewter.  Around the Christmas holidays, you can jazz things up with jewel tones and sparkling silver.  The possibilities are endless. 

I see this board as being used for a late summer to mid-winter affair, with colors and textures being rich and plentiful.  A true feast for the senses.  This is where you can indulge in velvets, satins, silks, and lush bouquets of calla lilies, roses and other blooms.  Imagine the walls of your event venue being splashed with washes of red and blue lighting to compliment your tables.  Picture your event with lots of romantic candles everywhere, and the heavenly scent of your flowers in full bloom, atop gleaming silver candleabras, and shimmering tableclothes.  Sound good?  I can’t wait to bring my ideas to life!  Enjoy!

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Crystal Couture – An Inspiration Board

 I love Crystals!!  Timeless, elegant, and very hot right now in the world of weddings and special events.  They are everywhere, hanging on trees, dripping from tall candleabra, and wrapped around everything in sight.  Whether you are looking to implement all-out bling, or to infuse just a touch of sparkle into your event, these ideas should inspire you.  Enjoy!!

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An Entire Room of Chocolate? Godiva does it in Style!!

I found this article on Biz Bash NY.  Sounds totally decadent!!  Enjoy!!

Suite Chocolate

To unveil this year’s Valentine’s Day promotion, Godiva brought press to the East Village for ataste—and photo op—of a room made almost entirely of chocolate.

Last January, Godiva created a chocolate-walled lounge for In Style‘s Golden Globes after-party,but for its yearly Valentine’s Day competition this year, the chocolate brand is going one step further, with an experiential marketing stunt that offers a weekend stay at a hotel suite made almost entirely of chocolate. At Divine Studio on Tuesday afternoon, 30 members of the press gathered for a first glimpse of the grand prize, which will ultimately be enjoyed only once, at the Bryant Park Hotel. Erica Lapidus, head of public relations and promotions for the Belgian-based chocolatier, worked with public relations firm Alison Brod and Los Angeles-based designer Larry Abel to produce a wall-to-wall Godiva-loaded room that doesn’t melt at room temperature. “I had to imagine the perfect chocolate-lover’s fantasy,” Abel said about the suite, soon to be rebuilt at the hotel for the sweepstakes winner. Abel, who has worked with Godiva for four years, said this was the biggest and most extravagant project yet. “It took a team of 14 to bring the brand to life, beginning in L.A. and continuing with the two-day installment in New York,” he said. Godiva reps wouldn’t comment on the cost of the products used, and Abel admitted there was too much for him to even estimate the number of pounds of chocolate.

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Photo Gallery For Larry Abel’s art mosaic, one of his most challenging pieces, he used bonbons from every Godiva collection. Photo: Sara Jaye Weiss

From the initial concept to the finished design, Abel says he put more than 1,000 hours of work into the piece, which, to him, is more than a simple showcase of colorful chocolates. “I considered the art elements, how I would invent a really cool, unusual space with rich browns, varied textures, and mixtures of classic and contemporary designs,” he said. For Lapidus, the goal of the suite was to create a “unique culinary experience,” which, despite being edible, will hopefully be “more admired than nibbled on.”Playing with interactive components, Abel included a crystal ice bucket filled with white chocolate truffles, books that open to pieces of chocolate in place of pages, and even edible flowers. He also created interpretations of two paintings: a Jackson Pollock-inspired canvas splattered with multicolored chocolate and a re-creation of Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss.” “The Kiss” in particular was a challenge for Abel, who describes the piece as an explosion of gold, ribbons, foils, and mint cherry cordials. The Pucci-inspired chocolate upholstery on the armchairs and the chocolate mosaic on the dining room table are also deeply detailed designs that pushed Abel to come up with something visually appealing while using chocolates from every Godiva collection. To add a little life to the suite, Godiva tapped Heroes star Ali Larter to help promote the competition (which anyone can enter by purchasing a $23 heart-marked gift box) for reasons beyond her pretty celebrity face. The recently engaged actress claims to carry tins of Godiva chocolates, and last year requested a Godiva cake for her birthday. “This year, Ali Larter, a huge Godiva fan and bride-to-be, best embodied the brand,” said Randi Peck, vice president of lifestyle at Alison Brod. Larter, the only non-press guest at the event, participated as the roving centerpiece and a draw for the photographers. The Decadence Suite is only part of Godiva’s promotional package; other sinful goodies include a year’s supply of Godiva chocolates and a private chocolate tasting led by Godiva’s executive chef and chocolatier, Thierry Muret. “This is our most extraordinary prize to date,” Lapidus said of the suite, “which is why we’ve already started brainstorming ways to top it next year.”   —Lauren Matison Godiva Chocolatier’s Valentine’s Day Promotion Press Conference Design, Production Larry Abel / De-signs Lighting, Sound XL5 Productions PR Alison Brod Public Relations Printing Five Boro Flag Banner & Sign Rentals Broadway Party Rentals Staffing T and L Events Inc. / ThePartyCrew.net Venue Divine Studio

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