My Little…Shovel Shop? If a client needs one…

Groundbreaking shovels - painted gold to catch the eye

My Little Flower Shop‘s event work doesn’t begin and end at flowers.  Clients need it? It gets handled.  Well, actually, we decided not to paint the handles on these shovels we designed for the recent groundbreaking at the CPV Sentinel Power Plant in Desert Hot Springs. Gold blades and cheerful blue bows did the trick.  Here they are before arrival, and in action, looking fabulous.

Officials line up Thursday at the ground-breaking of the CPV Sentinel power plant in Desert Hot Springs (from left): Alex Urquhart, CEO of GE Energy Financial Services; Riverside County Supervisors John J. Benoit and Marion Ashley; Douglas Egan, CEO of Competitive Power Ventures; Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez, D-Coachella; Gary Lambert, CPV president; Assemblyman Brian Nestande, R-Palm Desert; Desert Hot Springs Mayor Yvonne Parks; Bo Buchynsky, senior vice president of Diamond Generating Corp.; and John Murphy, CPV senior vice president.
Officials line up Thursday at the ground-breaking of the CPV Sentinel power plant in Desert Hot Springs (from left): Alex Urquhart, CEO of GE Energy Financial Services; Riverside County Supervisors John J. Benoit and Marion Ashley; Douglas Egan, CEO of Competitive Power Ventures; Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez, D-Coachella; Gary Lambert, CPV president; Assemblyman Brian Nestande, R-Palm Desert; Desert Hot Springs Mayor Yvonne Parks; Bo Buchynsky, senior vice president of Diamond Generating Corp.; and John Murphy, CPV senior vice president. / K Kaufmann The Desert Sun

We also did the lovely party, here are a few shots before the celebrating began.

An elegant buffet accented by a vintage "cheesecake" poster in the client's "Bikini" theme. Classy with a kick.
The simplicity of a silver Chiavari chair and black linen - very elegant and refreshing out of their native ballroom habitat
The simplicity of a silver Chiavari chair and black linen - very elegant and refreshing out of their native ballroom habitat

It all added up to one happy client.

Greg,

I just wanted to thank you for a terrific job you did with regard to our event.  The bikini bar and event area took on a new presence thanks to your efforts, and we are grateful to you for that.  I lost track of you at the celebration itself, but hope you were able to enjoy some of the food and drink.

I also hope that you got a chance to see some of the Channel 3 coverage of the groundbreaking itself.  The gold shovels sparkled beautifully in the sun and were a great accent to that event.

Thanks for all!

Yanina Daigle

Competitive Power Ventures, Inc.

Zara Phillips (now Tindall) steals her sleeves from a Palm Springs Bride!

That Other Royal Wedding
Photo by Martin Rickett Mike Tindall and Zara Phillips emerging from the church after their wedding today.
The bouquet looks on the wintery side to us.  Of interest- the lack of ribbon wrapped stems. That trend has stuck for so long – could a high profile bride skipping the demure touch lead to a renaissance of bare stems?
On a fashion note, what our Royal brides have accomplished is the end the reign of strapless gowns.  Sleeves!  Love it! Zara’s sleeves look awfully familiar though, we’re going to have to do better at keeping those royal designer spies away from our Palm Springs brides!
Silk chiffon cap sleeves from a wedding last fall. Were there Royal spies?