Another Great Real Wedding Feature on TheKnot.com!
Alicia & Crash - Mauna Lani Resort, August 4, 2007
Last night I was surfing the Internet as I do on a weekly basis to see where my company comes up in the search engines (yes... I came from a marketing background, can you tell???) Anyway, I had found a link with a description on Yahoo, "Casual Beach Elegance Wedding". I clicked on it because it had DK Designs associated with it. Well, to my surprise, I found one of the weddings I worked on - Alicia & Crash DeSario! It is in the section of TheKnot.com's "My Real Wedding" portfolio! Alicia and Crash were one of my favorite couples because they were so sweet and so wonderful to work with. We still keep in touch now and then.

This wedding was a lot of fun more so because Alicia was so great to work with. She loved the celadon/sage green and my pineapple design. So we did items for her rehearsal dinner (escort cards, place cards, table tents), thank you cards for her wedding presents and of course favors, programs, guest book, and a reserved sign for the bridal party for the wedding ceremony and reception. This was one of the first weddings we did the different favors for the men and women at the wedding which was well received.

You can see more of her wedding photos on TheKnot.com. Here's a few images from their wedding in my style sheet format. The photographer for this wedding was Bob Brown of Eye Expression Photography and the wedding planner was Cheryl Shoemaker of Orchid Isle Weddings & Events. The other great thing is Cheryl told me that today Mae & Jeremy's wedding was the featured wedding of the week on TheKnot.com! :) Anyway, I just wanted to wish Alicia & Crash a Happy 1 Year Anniversary! :)

Caroline & Paolo - Fairmont Orchid, August 3, 2008

I'm in the process of working on Caroline's wedding favors, but I thought I'd put a style sheet together to show you what all her pieces were like put together. Caroline came to me via a referral from Bob Brown of Eye Expression Photography on the Big Island of Hawaii. Thanks Bob!

Anyway, Caroline fell in love with the orange cymbidium and we decided that for her favors she would do orange and yellow cymbidiums. Here's how all of the pieces look like put together. Initially we talked about table cards, place cards and other things, but Caroline and Paolo decided to put money towards a couple of other fun things so we scaled back a little which is fine. I think Orange and Yellow color palettes will always be popular among brides.

Pink Hibiscus Place Cards and Table Numbers
This particular couple was a referral from Paciic Coast Host on the Big Island! Thank you Stephanie! Stephanie is another wonderful wedding planner extraordinaire on the island of Hawaii. Her clients were from Connecticut/New York area. Very easy to work with which was awesome. They picked a pinkish orange hibiscus as their theme. They ordered the invitations first and decided to carry the hibiscus theme and the punchy fuschia pink and bright orange metallic colors to compliment their wedding reception.



These are just a couple of the pictures from Bob Brown of Eye Expression Photography. The sun had already set when he took these pictures, but they still look fantastic. Thanks Bob for always making my creations look stunning! The reception took place at the Mauna Lani Resort (www.maunalani.com). This is a great location for a beach wedding and outdoor reception on the Big Island. The wedding department staff is great to work with too! If you're looking for a wedding planner, check out Stephanie at www.pacificcoasthost.com and of course Bob for photography at www.eyeexpression.com!

Orange Cymbidium Returns

Cymbidiums are my FAVORITE orchid of all time. Personally, I used green cymbidium orchids in my wedding. The wonderful thing about cymbidiums is that they withstand the heat and are a pretty strong variety of orchids so it will look nice your entire wedding day! I love it when brides ask to do an orchid theme. If you didn't already know, orchids symbolize luxury, nobility and lust!

This particular bride wanted an orange cymbidium orchid for her invitations. Not to mention she's getting married at the Fairmonth Orchid! So it seems befitting to have an orchid as her theme. For their reception, they want to go with matching favor boxes with both orange and yellow cymbidium orchids and plans to put hard kona candies inside for her guests. She's even looking at table cards!

This bride came to me via the referral of Bob Brown of Eye Expression Photography. Bob has a great eye for catching some really great moments. I love his eye for details. You can view some of Bob's work on my website on the home page and I hope to post some of the weddings we've worked on together in the coming months!

Candice & Nathan's Wedding 12/1/08

This was a wedding I got via the Mauna Lani Resort's Wedding Department! Candice wanted flowers that would be flush with her cake, but that would match her wedding colors - wine/burgandy and cantaloupe/peach.

We decided to do cherry blossom cake flowers. The photographer for this wedding is one of my favorite photographers on the Big Island - Bob Brown of Eye Expression Photography! Thanks Bob for the awesome photos! You can see Bob's work at http://www.eyeexpression.com/.