Event Planning

Inauguration 2013 Wedding Planning Inspiration!

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Wedding planning inspiration is everywhere! Brides of all political parties, heads up today and tomorrow for wedding ideas all around in celebration of the inauguration of President Barack Obama.  You’ll see elegant, classic goings on at parties and ceremonies (sound familiar?) galore.

The First Lady's Jason Wu gown in 2009 - very bridal!
The First Lady’s Jason Wu gown in 2009 – very bridal!

Tonight for example there’s a big candlelight reception at the National Building Museum.  NBC news is showing extensive photo coverage on their website, so as tonight and tomorrow progress, there are sure to be photos of dresses, decor, and details to ogle.  Tune in, turn on, and make notes!

Live well and love well.

-Dinah

PS: a live stream of all the good stuff will be available here  tomorrow (including the Commander In Chief’s Ball!)

My Little Flower Shop Celebrates National Hot Cocoa Day!

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Today is National Hot Cocoa Day: a throw-it-together party theme if there ever was one.  And soooo perfect for the holidays.

Ingredients:

-bright colored tablecloth & contrasting paper plates & cups

-a coordinating wintery floral centerpiece

-a tin of cocoa,

We’re celebrating National Hot Cocoa Day at My Little Flower Shop!

-gallon of milk

-flavored liqueur (optional)

-Chocolate chip cookies, Oreos, and one other cookie of your choice

– Friends

– slips of paper & hat (for charades – seriously it’s so fun once you get everyone on board).

Directions

– use tablecloth & flowers to spruce up your space

– make the featured Hot Cocoa and serve with cookies in/on plates & cups, add liqueur if desired

– Add friends, play charades, have a ball!

Live well and love well.

-Dinah

Wedding Movies, Take 1? Take 2? Take as many as you can before Valentine’s Day

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It’s the season when Hollywood breaks out the movies to bring on that itch to get married.  Coincidence that most engagements take place between Christmas and Valentine’s Day, and that there’s usually a matching break-out bunch of rom-coms featuring diamond sparklers and lacy veils around the same time? Maybe, but I don’t think so.  Here are a few of the Wedding themed films/TV entertainment coming out this December:

The Big Wedding – this one looks like it might be a Big Hit!
  • Cheerful Weather For The Wedding  – a “will she or won’t she?” set in 1930s England
  • The “Royal Pains” Wedding Episode – a 2 hour extended episode of your fave handsome MD in The Hamptons’ adventures
  • The Big Wedding – a star studded (we’re talking Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon and a slate of young guns too) remake of a French wedding comedy about a not-so-happy couple keeping up appearances at their son’s wedding.

There are certainly more.  Keep your eyes peeled for dresses, bouquets and other ideas that spin your wheels. Hollywood wedding inspiration, take 1!

Be well, and love well.

-Dinah