Archive for November, 2009
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Every once in a while, my clients would ask me about the wedding attire for their bridal party and their parents. I found a very good checklist in The Knot magazine in the Fall/Winter 2009 issue that I’d like to share with all of you:
BRIDESMAIDS
Color can make or break a dress. A short halter dress [...]
Tags: wedding party attire
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Yesterday, I attended a Hawaii PUG photo shoot. As much as I love pugs (the dog) and my parents used to have one, hmmm… this had nothing to do with our canine friends! It is the Pictage User Group where professional photographers at a regional level around the nation get together once a month to [...]
Tags: Danoosha Designs, Events by Evonne, graphic design, Mike Adrian Photography
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
My friend Anna called me up the other day and asked if I’d like to do a casual photo shoot with her friend Nova and her family up at the Ohana Ranch of Maui in Kula. I have never been before and am always up for new things/places and adventures. So I packed my camera [...]
Tags: Kula, Maui ranch
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Last Monday, I had a food tasting with Amie and Cameron with Catering from Soup to Nuts. As always, their food is yummy and they are very professional and fun to work with. They have over 600 items on their menus, and they are very flexible in terms of the clients’ dietary needs.
Here are the [...]
Tags: Catering, Events by Evonne, food tasting
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
For those brides-to-be who are living in Southern California, you will want to check this out! I received an exciting email from Jobnya’s Bridal last week and here are the details:
Couture bridal designer Ines Di Santo, one of the only haute couture fashion designer that truly understands the female expression of femininity and sensuality, has [...]
Tags: Ines Di Santo, wedding gowns
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Normally when you have an outdoor wedding, a lot of times the leftover wedding cake slices are usually wrapped in aluminum foil from the catering company. Occasionally, the baker might leave a few regular white boxes for guests to pack the cake in, but I have seen these beautiful and colorful gable boxes and thought [...]
Tags: cake boxes
Posted in Cakes, Tips & Advice | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
At all of the weddings that I plan, I notice that the guests will take off their shoes as the music starts. It’s totally cool and so much more comfortable than keeping the heels on, but there was one wedding where one of the guests dropped her wine glass and it broke on the dance [...]
Tags: Flip Flops
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
This is a question I get asked all the time by my clients and even potential clients. It’s very common for destination weddings when you anticipate a certain number of guests attending the wedding, but as the date gets closer, some of the guests are not able to make it.
So how will that affect your [...]
Tags: Destination weddings, Events by Evonne
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Darren and I went to a dinner tasting at Buzz’s Wharf in Ma’alaea on Halloween night. I received their catering menu in the mail a few weeks ago, and decided that I should try out their food and possibly recommend them to my clients.
As soon as we got to the restaurant, we were greeted by [...]
Tags: Buzz's Wharf, Maui restaurant
Posted in Catering, Restaurants | 2 Comments »