Real Events: Holiday Vendor Appreciation Dinner

We love all of the vendors who support us throughout the year.  In December we wanted to do something special to show our appreciation for them, so we teamed up again with The Peachtree House and Southern Traditions Catering to host a relaxing evening of food, wine and friendship.

From the moment guests arrived, they were greeted with holiday cheer and thanks by the beautiful display created by Ashlie, owner of The Peachtree House.

Our friend and fellow wedding vendor, Lora Ritzie Wardman owner of Lora Ritzie Wardman Events, created some beautiful holidays greenery and centerpieces for the tables and decor around the property.

Guests were greeted with a choice of beverages including a signature cocktail created especially for the night by Peachtree House.  As the sun set, the pool deck and fireplace patio came alive with candlelight and twinkling white lights woven through the trees and shrubs along the property.

Southern Traditions Catering created an appetizer menu that included some of their most popular southern cuisine, including Chicken and Wild Rice Mushroom Shots, Corn Fritters and Shrimp on Grits Toasts.

Dinner was served buffet style, and featured Pork Roast with Carolina Gravy, Beef Tips and Rice, Mashed Potatoes, Spinach Parmesan and yeast rolls.  Guests dined under the stars on the fireplace patio and pool deck.

We created a signature dessert buffet for our guests which included favorites such as our Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding and Butter Cake along with some new menu items including Peachtree House Meyer Lemon Pound Cake, S’mores Brownie Pies and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Mega Cookies.

The evening was documented by our wonderful friend (and office mate) Bumby Grimm Photography.

Thank you to all of our vendor friends who support us over the year and to the vendors who were so kind as to provide their goods and services for our party!

Credits:

Venue:  The Peachtree House

Hosts:    The Peachtree House and Two Sweets Bake Shop

Catering: Southern Traditions Catering

Dessert:  Two Sweets Bake Shop

Farm Tables and Chairs:  Orlando Wedding and Party Rentals

China and glassware:  A Chair Affair

Floral:  Lora Ritzie Wardman Events

Photography:  Bumby Photography

Real Weddings: Ashleigh & Ivan – Bella Collina

Ashleigh & Ivan selected the beautiful Bella Collina for their wedding day after the private estate in Georgia they had originally selected was sold.  Some of Orlando’s best vendors came together to ensure that the couple’s wedding day was everything they dreamed of and more!

The fall wedding provided us an opportunity to provide some of our favorite desserts.  The caramel apple sticks were ordered by Ashleigh with the couple’s custom monogram.

Ashleigh asked us if we could incorporate her monogram into the desserts, which we were more than happy to do!  We were able to create the custom s’mores with their monogram on each marshmallow.  They were displayed on the bride’s wooden cupcake stand.

Cookies, cobbler, creme brulee, pies and other desserts rounded out their dessert buffet.  Congratulations Ashleigh & Ivan!

Vendor List:

Planner: Busy Bee Events & Design

Venue:  Bella Collina

Photography:  Bumby Photography

Desserts:  Two Sweets Bake Shop

Chalk Boards:  Chalk Shop Events

Hair & Makeup:  Makeover Station

Rentals:  RW Events

Floral: Linens and Flowers

Lighting:  Get Lit Productions

DJ:  White Rose Entertainment

Officiant:  A Beautiful Ceremony

Styled Shoot: Dark Glam

Oh my goodness y’all, we are soooooo excited about the styled shoot we’re sharing with you tonight!  This shoot has been two years in the making and was truly a labor of love by everyone involved.  After collaborating with Denise Wilson of Dogwood Blossom Stationery about what we envisioned for the shoot, we knew we needed to bring in a planner who could see our vision and bring it all together.  That’s where Bonnie Dutka from Mobella Events came in!  She took our vision and brought on board some of the best in the industry – our venue, The Grand Bohemian Orlando Hotel, Lee Forrest, owner of Lee Forrest Design for florals, Alejandra Maddox, owner of Everything Cake for the cake, Janina Martinez with Quest Drape for the fire red draping, Kerrie Mercuri-Smith, owner of Modern Bridal Shop, Dustin Seltzer of Seltzer Films, and Bumby Grimm, owner of Bumby Photography to capture all of the images.

The inspiration for the shoot was a glamorous, upscale Halloween wedding with a little bit of a dark twist.  By incorporating skulls, crosses and antique candleabras, Lee Forrest Design took the centerpieces that ran the entire length of the 8′ x 16′ table to another level. Dogwood Blossom Stationery did an amazing job with the paper goods, the menus at each place setting were stunning in black and gold, while the escort cards were tombstones printed on wood surrounded by Spanish moss.

Our dessert buffet featured a variety of sweets flanking Alejandra’s stunning wedding cakes.  We borrowed Lee’s stunning (huge) black owl to anchor one end of the table, and ran pillar candles all along the back of the table.  We added a wine bar to the opposite end of the table, featuring Handsome Devil Malbec wine served in wine glasses rimmed with edible gold glitter.  We were completely blown away by the beauty of the Curly Willow linen that Carrie Smith of Wildflower Linen helped us select.

We were over the moon with how the shoot turned out.  We think it was simply stunning and hope you will too!  Thank you so, so very much to everyone who gave so much to ensure this was a success!

Credits:

Venue: The Grand Bohemian Hotel Orlando

Planner: Mobella Events

Dessert Buffet: Two Sweets Bake Shop

Cake: Everything Cake

Floral and Decor:  Lee Forrest Design

Wedding & Reception Gowns:  Modern Bridal Shop

Photography:  Bumby Photography

Video:  Seltzer Films

Draping:  Quest Drape

Stationery: Dogwood Blossom Stationery & Invitation Studio

Hair & Makeup:  Marigold Scott

Jewelry: Monarch Jewelry & Art

Lighting: Elegant Entertainment DJ & Video Services

Tuxedo:  Absolutely Fitting

Guest Table Linens:  GBS Linens

Dessert Buffet Linen:  Wildflower Linens

Tables, Chairs, China Rentals:  A Chair Affair

Models:  Nathaniel Lyra, Jackie Nixon

Real Events: Mechele’s Christening

We first met Mechele’s Momma, Amber, when she was planning her baby shower at Reunion Resort in Orlando.   She had seen our display table at one of the local bridal shows, and it was exactly what she was looking for.  We worked together to create a menu that included all of the pink and gold elements fit for a princess.

Fast forward many months, and baby Mechele is now 8 months old!  Amber began planning the luncheon to follow Mechele’s Christening and reached out to us again to help her with her dessert buffet.  Her inspiration was the British luxury brand, Burberry (which we happen to just adore!).  Amber had a complete list of items she wanted us to create, including Burberry inspired cake pops, chocolate covered Oreos and custom wrapped candy bars.

We worked with our stationery partner, Dogwood Blossom Stationery & Invitation Studio, to have the custom signs made for the table.  We connected Amber and Denise from Dogwood Blossom to collaborate on creating Mechele’s backdrop for behind the table as well as custom risers.

Party Flavors Custom Cakes made the Mini Cake and cupcakes.

When everything was complete, Amber’s family picked up the order from our office and whisked it away to Jacksonville for the luncheon at Maggiano’s Restaurant.  We are so thrilled with the finished product and are looking forward to our next creative venture with Amber when she plans Mechele’s first birthday party!  ❤

Photography:  Bumby Photography

Cake pops, Oreos, Hershey bars, Candy Apples, White Chocolate Mouse, Apple pies, Peach pies : Two Sweets Bake Shop

Backdrop and custom signs:  Dogwood Blossom Stationery & Invitation Studio

Cake and cupcakes:  Party Flavors Custom Cakes

Candy and florals: Amber Salmon

Industry Events: Event Industry Marketing by BeatCreative Grand Opening

 

 

It’s summertime in Florida, the temperatures are on the rise and so is the fabulous event industry marketing team of Event Marketing by BeatCreative!  Michelle Bergstein-Fontanez, Owner and creator of BeatCreative, came to us when she decided to move into a new office space and wanted to do something fabulous for her grand opening.

With a color scheme of bright pink and orange, we knew all of our white chocolate confections would be the perfect complement to the table.  We made our white chocolate vanilla cake pops, white chocolate covered pretzels, and white chocolate covered Oreo’s, decorated with orange and pink hibiscus flowers.

Keshia and Jordan put together a buffet that included gumballs, jelly beans, licorice bites, milk chocolate and peanut candies, our white chocolate covered desserts and a cake from Party Flavors Custom Cakes.  Lee James Floral Design created custom florals for on the tables, and our stationery partner, Dogwood Blossom Stationery and Invitation Studio created all of the paper goods for the evening.

We think the result was a fun, summery table that was the perfect complement to Michelle’s vision of her grand opening evening!

Take a peek at more of our photos from the Event Industry by BeatCreative Grand Opening!

 

  

Dessert Buffet:  Two Sweets Bake Shop

Floral:  Lee James Floral Design

Paper Goods:  Dogwood Blossom Stationery & Invitation Studio

Cake:  Party Flavors Custom Cakes

Photography:  Bumby Photography