Event Planning

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

Twinkies? We don’t need no stinkin’ Twinkies! Easy Holdiay Party Hostess Success!

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Many are afraid of losing the Twinkie to history.  But the word HOSTESS brings on fear of a kind unrelated to chemically enchanced spongecake. Let me be clear: there is no reason to fear having guests. At it’s most basic, entertaining is simple. Order take-out, and be entertaining. 

Guests today are not like those of the 19th century.  They do not come to your home in white-tie expecting to be served a seven course dinner by your Butler.  In fact, if you are clear when you make the invitation, they may not expect to be fed at all.  Recently we had friends over and I invited them for drinks and dessert.  They plainly knew this was not a dinner party, and were delighted with a special winter cocktail, and freshly baked cookies.  But were you neither baker nor drink maker, there are goodies at supermarkets that are delicious, and flavored holiday concoctions that are very celebratory spiked or non!  And truthfully, if there is enough food and booze at a party – everyone has a good time.

Cheers to not waiting for “perfect” parties!

As for being entertaining, you don’t need your own stand-up comedy routine. There are many easy games that take the pressure off you running the gamut from old fashioned charades, to a full on session of “Dance Dance Revolution,” or if you’ve got a more academic crowd, a rowdy game of Scrabble will do the trick.

So forget making everything perfect! Do you ever hear people say they went to a “perfect” party last weekend? No.  Aim for Great! Aim for Fun! Chinese food on paper plates might be the best party you ever had.  Take that Martha Stewart.

Live well, and love well.

-Dinah

The My Little Flower Shop Blog is now featured on Dwellable.com!

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Palm Springs is definitely a prime vacation spot. We’ve got fantastic hotels and resorts, but did you know we’re also chock-full of vacation rentals for folks who want to rent for longer term stays?  And for local businesses, we certainly want to encourage visitors to stay, play and SHOP! So where do people look to find vacation rentals in the area? Dwellable.com!

Dwellable.com is a fun, easy to navigate website that compiles area vacation rentals for a growing number of resort areas, including Palm Springs.  And now, My Little Flower Shop is one of their featured blogs

521 Magnolia Private Pool Vacation Rental

! We’re looking forward to helping entice more vacationers (destination brides & grooms!) to our beautiful valley with many blog posts to come.

Check out the site, and all they have to offer!

Be well, and love well.

-Dinah