Sophisticated.Crisp.Natural.Earthy.

I love playing with different design styles including; earthy, modern, romantic, rustic and everything in between! I recently had the opportunity to design two tablescapes for the Luxury Bridal Expo held at Belvedere Banquets. Just as every brides style is different I wanted to design two completely different designs that would cater to both modern brides as-well as a more organic bride.

I began the design process with selection of the table linen, napkin & chairs. The linen I selected was a shantung linen in a gorgeous green color to accent the brown in the chairs & chargers. Moving onto the chairs which were a gorgeous natural mahogany with crisp white chair pad to match the napkin.

Next up to design was the centerpiece which I knew had to be simple, sophisticated yet organic and natural. I used three cylinders varying in height filled with lush cymbidium orchids in chartreuse green. The base of the centerpiece was surrounded by moss, moss pomanders, small lanterns & votives. To keep the natural them going I used custom made wooden tables numbers and rattan chargers under crisp white dinnerware.
I hope this design brings out your organic side and encourages you to step outside the box and find beauty in things natural!






Event: Luxury Bridal Expo Chicago

Venue: Belvederebanquets

Event Design: Just Say Yes Events! Creative Director, Barbara Mouradian

Floral: www.JustSayYesEvents.com

Photography ©: Angela Swan of Jumpshots! www.jumpshots.biz

Mod wedding design.

I love everything MOD!! With that being said, I'm super excited to show off our last design for the Luxury Bridal Expo at Belvedere Banquets. I think that using crisp bright white and adding a pop of color=Eye catching. For this particular MOD design I decided to use orange to pop off the white details. What we ended up with was a fun, vibrant modern design that would work with any color. This design can easily be redone with fuschia or chartreuse and every color in between.

As always I will give a brief description with each image.


Details, details & more details!! Ribbon was used a few different ways to add a fun aspect to the design. I added a ribbon detail to the napkin as-well as the bride & groom chairs. In keeping with the modern design the vases were cubes in bright white with giant roses!! I absolutely adore roses and think they are just perfect for this design.


Roses galore hand wired to a white mazanita tree was the focal point of this tablescape. I think the next blog post should be 1,000 ways to use a manzanita tree! I have hung them from the ceiling, draped them in crystals, hung floral from them and now painted them white!!

Event: Luxury Bridal Expo Chicago

Venue: Belvederebanquets.com

Event Design: Just Say Yes Events! Creative Director, Barbara Mouradian

Floral: www.JustSayYesEvents.com

Photography ©: Angela Swan of Jumpshots! www.jumpshots.biz

MORE....

I have been a fan of More cupcakes for some time now. They are definitely the best cupcakes I have had thus far and the line out the door is obviously a clear sign that they are doing something right. More has also successfully created savory flavors that are out of this world like bacon maple, blue cheese walnut praline, BLT and the always popular sweet variations of white velvet, chocolate champagne & lemon meringue. More cupcakes range in price from $3.50- 6.00 and you can get a half dozen for about $21.00 they also offer Morsels which are baby cupcakes at $24.00 for sixteen.
The list of flavors is absolutely insane and defiantly and a perfect addition to any wedding as your wedding cake or even a cupcake bar!! How fabulous would that be instead of your usual sweet table a huge cupcake bar with shot glasses filled with milk of course!
Oh before I almost forget....If you become their fan on Face Book and tag yourself on their cupcakes you can walk in a receive a free sample.


For "More" information visit www.morecupcakes.com
Or visit them @
One East Delaware Street
Chicago Illinois
60611
312.951.0001

Here is a sampling of their Summer flavor list!

Apricot Bacon BBQ
Bacon Bourbon Peach
Bacon Maple
Bacon White Truffle
Bananas Foster
Black & White
BLT
Blueberry
Blue Cheese Walnut Praline
Champagne
Chocolate Caramel
Chocolate Champagne
Chocolate Chocolate
Chocolate Coconut
Chocolate Hazelnut
Chocolate Vanilla Cream
Chocolate Strawberry
Coconut
Cookies n' Cream
Cuba Libre
Gin & Juice
Goat Cheese Basil
Key Lime
Lemon Drop
Lemongrass Ginger
Lemon Meringue
Lemon Raspberry
Mango Cilantro Jalapeno
Margarita
Martini
Mimosa
Mocha
Mojito
More
Passion Fruit Meringue
Pina Colada
Raspberry
Sake Cucumber Lime
S'More
Strawberry
Strawberry Cheesecake
Salted Caramel
Sweet Pea
Thai Chili Mango
Tiramisu
Valrhona
Vanilla Chocolate Cream Cheese
Vanilla Milk Chocolate
White Russian
White Velvet

& Many Many MORE!



Photo By: Just Say Yes Events


Pictured Blueberry.... Blueberry cake, blueberry buttercream topped with fresh blueberries.
Photo By: Just Say Yes Events


Pictured....Blueberry, Key Lime, Lemon meringue, White Velvet & Chocolate Champagne.
Photo By: Just Say Yes Events

WEDDING INVITATION

Owner and creative director Barbara Mouradian of Just Say Yes Events was married this June and we just have to share their wedding invitation with you!! Barbara's fiancee Daniel Mouradian is an Art Director and custom designed the wedding invitation to reflect them as a couple and give guests a look into what they should expect.
Daniel & Barbara are both very modern but love the natural look and feel of wood and more organic feel. It was only fitting that their June 2010 wedding take place at ZED451 in Downtown Chicago. The venue is modern yet warm and organic EXACTLY what the couple was looking for. They took elements from the venue and used them in the invitations such as wood veneers on both the save the date & the wedding invitation.
To keep the invitation modern they used black with white foil and had a calligrapher hand write their logo which they used on everything to give the wedding a personality. This is definitely a one of a kind and fits Daniel & Barbara's personalities perfectly.

-Just Say Yes Events!


Invitations Suite: Save The Date with blind embossing and wenge wood veneer on the reverse side.
Main Invitation has curly walnut wood veneer & Foil stamping. Other pieces include: Ceremony, Hotel Information, Directions, RSVP, Thank You card*, Menu* & Guest donation card for American Cancer Society*.
* Indicates not shown in image.


Invitations Suite: Save The Date with blind embossing and wenge wood veneer on the reverse side.
Main Invitation has curly walnut wood veneer & Foil stamping. Other pieces include: Ceremony, Hotel Information, Directions, RSVP, Thank You card*, Menu* & Guest donation card for American Cancer Society*.
* Indicates not shown in image.


Main cover for invitation with Curly Walnut wood veneer.


Save The Date with Wenge wood veneer.