Just got engaged and don’t know where to start? Wedding season is in full swing and Team Gina is sure that you are looking for vendors for your special day. Check out Team Gina and all the other vendors that will be at the Romancer Bridal Show at Rockwall Winery. Great place to be and did we mention that a lot of vendors offer show discounts at bridal shows? Stop by our booth at the show to enter a drawing for a Starbucks card!!!!
This event is FREE to brides and guests that register in advance. Be sure to get on the registration list here: http://theromancer.eventbrite.com/
Venue: The Rock Wall Wine Company – 2301 Monarch St, Alameda, CA 94501
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Team Gina usually blogs about what is happening in the wedding and event industry, but when we discovered that you can buy bacon wrapped in chocolate from Co Co Sala, chocolate lounge and boutique in Washington, D.C., our ears perked up. This delicious and decadent treat is made with applewood smoked bacon, Valrhona dark chocolate, and Maldon sea salt. Sounds yummy!
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By the end of December we all have one basic thing in common: we are exhausted from the hustle and bustle of the holidays and all look forward to starting a clean slate with the new year. We as Americans tend to make resolutions every year ranging from taking up a new hobby to losing weight. The new year also represents the engagement season and a renewed optimism for love and happiness!
What better way to toast the new year and all it might bring….Champagne! Here are some interesting facts about Champagne and Champagne corks:
Have you ever thought about who invented the Champagne cork? A French monk named Dom Perignon is credited with the invention when he discovered that cork could seal the fizz and flavor of Champagne after he saw the Spanish using pieces of tree bark to plug their water gourds for their traveling.
Dom Perignon and his name is still associated with Champagne.
In the 17th century, wine cellar workers would wedge corks in the Champagne bottles by hand and sometimes the corks would erupt without warning and put out a worker’s eye, giving Champagne the nickname “Devil’s Wine”.
Today’s Champagne corks are made out of cork bits, glue and food-grade silicion. They start out as marshmallows and then are compressed and driven into the bottle neck of the Champagne and held down with a muselet (wire hood).
If you open a bottle of Champagne and it makes a loud pop, it has not been chilled to 50 degrees. A Champagne cork will ease out of the bottle neck much quieter if the Champagne has been chilled properly.
Happy New Year!!
Courtesy of Belle The Magazine
Yum Yum! Who doesn’t love cupcakes? We know it’s Winter time, but we thought we would write about something totally different! We are loving these suspended cupcakes! It is an unsual way to have your dessert buffet. Would you try it? We are thinking maybe it would look pretty cool suspended from a low ceiling indoors!!!
Courtesy of Belle The Magazine
Courtesy of Brian MacStay Photography
Team Gina is so excited to part of an amazing style shoot that took place at Gabrielle Estates back in June of this year. We are pleased to announce that we are going to be featured in the Style Me Pretty blog on 12/18. In the meantime, check out Brian MacStay’s fabulous blog in which he was the lead photographer on the shoot. Congratulations to all the vendors who worked extremely hard that day to create such an amazing product! Much Love!!!
http://brianmacstayphotography.com/category/styled-shoots/
Courtesy of A Realistic Wedding
Courtesy of A Realistic Wedding
Happy Tuesday everyone! It’s December and it’s time for the holidays and it means shopping to the 10th power!!!! Shoes are Team Gina’s favorite subject (behind weddings of course!) and we found these super cute Christian Louboutins. Wouldn’t you love to walk down the aisle in these shoes???
Jello Shots!
Yummy! It’s still very nice in certain parts of California and we love when things aren’t the typical wedding reception food….we have seen doughnuts, chocolate fountains and love the idea of jello shots! We found these online at Martha Stewart Weddings and would love to try them!
What do you think about this idea for a wedding?
According to fashionistas at Spring 2013 Bridal Fashion Week, they are!!!!!! Team Gina loves this elegant and classy wedding dress. Makes us think of Duchess of Cambridge or Princess Grace….
Courtesy of MSN LIving
Anybody who knows our lead planner and designer, Gina Lett, knows that she loves impressionist paintings and stained glass. While Team Gina was researching on the Internet for ideas for an event, we found Maggie Austin Cakes in Washington, DC. Maggie has the most creative and gorgeous cakes we have ever seen! Gina chose this design as her favorite, but you can check out more of Maggie’s designs on her website, right here.
Courtesy of Maggie Austin Cakes
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Fall is here with the leaves changing colors and the temperatures starting to dip…it reminds us of cozy fires, cinnamon and crafting indoors. We found inspiration in these brown paper blossoms that you can make yourself!
Happy Fall everyone!
