Hosting A Home Party!

Are you hosting a home party and need some guidance? no worries below are a few pointers that can help you.  As a party planner, hosting home parties comes easy but with more detail and work.  I love planning, It's like bringing something together from the bottom up.  I am currently in the process of hosting a graduation party in our back yard... this is so much fun.  I will share pictures and blog about it as soon as this event takes place, but for now here are some tips.

Plan It Out: Your home  dinner party is making it feel worth your guest time and support.  Planning ahead for issues such as if this will be a formal sit down (with place cards and so on) or a simpler cocktail party will be key. This also needs to be expressed on your invitation cards.  This way gusts can decide if they want to (or can) be part of your event. 

Plan your Menu & /or Drinks: Pull together what you're going to serve. This is where keeping things intimate and confined to close friends and relatives can pay off. Knowing what people like (or are restricted to eating) will help you create a spread delectable enough for everyone (or mixed drinks for cocktail parties suitable to every one's tastes). A fun idea is to create a signature drink, that represents the person that you are.

For added inspiration grab a cookbook.

Be Personal When Inviting Gusts: Call your gusts to invite them over the phone (depending on the type of party) or send invitations being sure to use their name.  Places like Facebook are too easy to click away and say no to... people need to feel you're intimately involved so go that extra mile to reach out.  Have people RSVP (or ask for "regrets only") and let them know if your party is a formal sit down or something more informal like a Bar-B-Q on the deck.

Add In Some Extras: Consider giving out favor bags to gusts or create some games so that people can win a favor (this has often been a major highlight for parties... give it a try).  Just keep it light and non-depressing so people have a good time—not focusing on even more dire problems in life. Hire a DJ or get a friend to do it (you wouldn't believe the number of kids out there that can do this from their laptops or iPods!), have dancing or keep it low key (think swank NYC eateries... what do they play?) with Latin Jazz and World Beats. Just a little in the background for ambiance but not too much that it prevents people from talking to one another.

Tell Your Guests Thank You: In most dinner parties it's the host that gets all of the thank you cards, you want to make your guest feel special send them a thank you card. Write it out and pop a stamp on it. This is also a good time to let them know once again how important it was to you to have had share a special moment. 

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Elegant Creations Events.

Jenner Wedding

Jenner Wedding.

 Brandon Jenner married Leah Felder on the beaches of Kauai.

Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner, were bridesmaids while the groom’s brother, Brody Jenner, looked on from the front row.

Also in attendance was Brandon’s father, Bruce Jenner, with his wife Kris and the bride’s father, Eagles guitarist Don Felder. 

The bride and groom have their own pop-folk band, Brandon and Leah. They had been engaged for several years. How stunning is the bride.  I am truly loving simple weddings.  

Bridesmaids look beautiful, we are loving the idea of simplicity.

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Simple & Elegant

Simple, Beautiful & Elegant

Alisan Porter married her long time friend Brian Autenrieth. 

The bride looked beautiful, simple, and elegant. Poter wore a vintage- inspired lace wedding dress by R. Mine. 

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg married his long time love Priscilla Chanin a backyard ceremony on Saturday afternoon at his Palo Alto home.

The wedding was a surprise to guests who thought they were celebrating Chan’s graduation from UCSF Medical School.

Chan wore Claire Pettibone’s “Sky Between the Branches” wedding gown, an ivory laser-cut floral dress adorned with matte sequins lined in silk. Beautiful and simple.

How beautiful is the back of this dressed along with the beautiful Tiffany diamond necklace draped down Jessica's back. 

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Elegant Creations

Destination Wedding Planning

Planning your destination wedding! We are experienced destination wedding planners, and we have put together a quick list on tips in planning your away wedding. We hope that all you bride-to-be find these tips useful.

First thing, research your location, resorts, all-inclusive resorts, flights, cost, hotels and everything. Just as you planning a wedding in your area, there are some pre-planning steps for your away wedding. The most effective way to start is by visiting a travel agency that specializes in destination weddings, they will help answer many questions.

Once you have chosen your destination, take some time to research the culture of where you are getting married, the language, your surroundings, hospital research it all.. 

Weather is a must, not everyone shares the same weather during the same time of year therefore; research temperature, tornado, hurricane season.

Wedding Laws, are different every where specially out of the country. You will need to know what paperwork you need such as, blood work, immunization, marriage license, residency requirements, and  witnesses.  Please note* different countries need different requirements!

Basic but important tip is to be organized, planning a wedding is basically managing a thousand details. Planning a destination wedding doubles the number, so make sure you are set to tackle your plan of action. 

How to maintain everything organized:

• By maintaining file folders
• Keep receipts, record all payments
• Set calendars and stick to them
• Archive e-mails, pictures etc..

We are very loyal to inspirational boards, create your very own board, normally we do this with our clients and they love it. 

If you are unsure about planning your destination wedding, hire a wedding specialist. We are more knowledgeable in what you need.  

Most important is to be happy. Your wedding day, no matter where you celebrate it, overflows with equal  parts emotions and stress. But if you remain focused. It's just about you and your commitment to your future partner.  And that's all that really matters in the long run.

We hope you found some helpful ideas.

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Elegant Creations

Jessica Simpson Baby Shower Video

Here is the Video of Jessica Simpson elegant baby shower.   We love it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5iEIsfQzE

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Elegant Creations

Beyonce Most Beautiful Women In The World

Beyonce,  People Most Beautiful Women In The World.

In the shoot, Beyonce wore this amazing, gorgeous white gown by Marchesa that certainly did her title justice. This dress is gorgeous, but what really stood out is her necklace.  Against her all white dress and her golden skin, the bright blue necklace really made a statement.  The necklace wore on this shoot is from Lorraine Schwartz. This gown can very well be used as a sexy wedding gown!! What do you think?

How amazing does Beyonce look in this video!!

Courtesy of People

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Wedding Day Tips

1. HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER

….or a day-of-coordinator. The key to a stress free wedding day is having a well thought out, realistic schedule and someone there throughout the day who is your advocate. Both of those things are fulfilled by an awesome wedding coordinator.  Brides often say they have a helper of sorts; a mom, relative or friend who is acting as a sort of “coordinator” for the day. Trust me, from experience, no matter how good the intentions are in the beginning, nothing can replace an experienced wedding coordinator. If someone is sharing the role of guest and helper, it’s just not possible to do both roles well. Either they end up helping so much that they don’t get to be a guest and end up missing out on enjoying your day OR they end up getting caught up in being a guest, chatting with all the people who have come from out of town, enjoying the day and losing sight of some of the things that have to be done by someone. Trust me when I say, often the difference between a great wedding day and stressful chaos is having a great wedding coordinator. Elegant Creations, offers 2 planners for your day!

 2. PLAN OUT YOUR WEDDING DAY SCHEDULE

With help from your wedding coordinator. Everything from the time of your ceremony to your hair appointment to the time you plan to cut the cake. I’ve often had couples plan out their entire wedding day only to realize they forgot to allow time for this or that and scramble on the day of to try to make things work. No one wants that kind of stress on their day. Think about these things well ahead of time and ask for help! Professional wedding planners often have invaluable insight into the best way for a wedding day to flow.

3. PLAN FOR THINGS TO TAKE WAY LONGER THAN YOU THINK 

On a Monday or Wednesday it may take you  5 minutes to drive from the ceremony site to the reception site on your own. But trust me when I say, on a Friday or  Saturday evening with your entire bridal party and family, it will take longer. Much much longer.  And the hair appointment that you think will take an hour?  well think again :) One of the most important key to a avoiding stress on a wedding day is allowing for plenty of time for everything to happen. Brides do not  wants to be running around in a hurry on her wedding day. If you think it will take an hour to do your hair, allow two. If you think it will take 10 minutes to drive from one spot to another, allow 30 minutes. The ceremony that you swear will only take 15 minutes? By the time all the guests get seated, you get married and every one gets out of the ceremony site while chatting along the way, it’s usually at least 3 times that long. Bottom line, allow for more time than you think you’d ever need. You’ll probably need it :)

4. ENJOY YOUR DAY

 Enjoy, cherish, love and embrace!!! 

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