Archive for the ‘Bella Vita Invitations’ Category

Welcome back to our blog series on Lavish & Fabulous!

This uber-cool event, presented by Fearon May Events and Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa in association with Real Weddings Magazine, is designed to showcase some of the best wedding professionals in the area through themed vignette rooms with sumptuous table top designs and decor, all to inspire the lavish and fabulous in you! And, the event certainly lived up to its name…we’ve got the pictures to prove it!

This week, in our seventh of seven series, we present Spanish Eyes!

Vignette: Spanish Eyes

Creative Designer:Fearon May Events

Furniture and Place Settings: Tableaux Event Rentals

Draping: Studio B Event 

Designer Gown: Miosa Bride

Catering:  Zocalo’s

Florist: Visual Impact Design

Linens:  Mimi & Co.

Lighting:  BP Productions

Hair and Make-up:  Salon Cabochon

Invitations and Placecards:  Bella Vita Invitations  

Ice Bar:  Clear Memories

Cake:  Sweet Cakes By Rebecca

Beverages: Don Julio Tequila / Pacific Wine & Spirits

Photographed by: Eye Connoisseur Photography

Inspired by what you see Real Weddings brides? Mark your calendars for the 2011 Lavish & Fabulous event happening on November 10, 2011. Stay tuned for more details to come!

Photo courtesy of Eye Connoisseur Photography.

Check out the Real Weddings Contest Page! Great bridal loot for real Sacramento-area brides!

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Welcome back to our blog series on Lavish & Fabulous! 

This uber-cool event, presented by Fearon May Events and Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa in association with Real Weddings Magazine, is designed to showcase some of the best wedding professionals in the area through themed vignette rooms with sumptuous table top designs and decor, all to inspire the lavish and fabulous in you! And, the event certainly lived up to its name…we’ve got the pictures to prove it! 

This week, in our fifth of seven series, we present Urban Cowboy! 

Vignette: Urban Cowboy

Creative Designer:  Fearon May Events 

Lighting:  Extreme Productions Entertainment 

Place Settings:  Tableaux Event Rentals 

Draping and Props:  Studio B Event Designs  

Florist:  Accents By Sage 

Catering:  Jackson Catering and Events 

Invitations and Place Cards:  Bella Vita Invitations 

Desserts and Favors:  Chocolate Architects 

Beverages:  Pacific Wine and Spirits 

Designer Gown:  Miosa Couture 

Hair and Make-up:  Salon Cabochon 

Photographed by:  Christopher Kight Photographers 

Inspired by what you see Real Weddings brides? Mark your calendars for the 2011 Lavish & Fabulous event happening on November 10, 2011. Stay tuned for more details to come! 

Photo courtesy of Christopher Kight Photographers.  

Check out the Real Weddings Contest Page! Great bridal loot for real Sacramento-area brides!

Subscribe to the Real Weddings Magazine Blog!

Welcome back to our blog series on Lavish & Fabulous! 

This uber-cool event, presented by Fearon May Events and Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa in association with Real Weddings Magazine, is designed to showcase some of the best wedding professionals in the area through themed vignette rooms with sumptuous table top designs and decor, all to inspire the lavish and fabulous in you! And, the event certainly lived up to its name…we’ve got the pictures to prove it!

This week, in our second of seven series, we present Havana Nights!

Vignette: Havana Nights

Participating Vendors:

Creative Designer:  Fearon May Events

Tent:  Made in the Shade

Props and Decor:  Studio B Event Designs 

Invitations and Place cards:  Bella Vita Invitations  

Furniture:  Tableaux Event Rentals

Cigar Roller:  Casillas Cigars

Lighting:  BP Productions

Music:  Extreme Productions Entertainment

Beverages:  Captain Morgan & Crown Royal

Travel Agent:  Jill Johansen of KB’s Travels

Photographed by: Shoop’s Photography

Inspired by what you see Real Weddings brides? Mark your calendars for the 2011 Lavish & Fabulous event happening on November 10, 2011. Stay tuned for more details to come!

Photos courtesy of Shoop’s Photography/Lavish & Fabulous.

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Welcome back to the Eye Candy Blog Series and our seventh installment from the NACE Tabletop Design Contest.

To bring you up to speed…recently, the Sacramento chapter of the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) held its second annual tabletop design contest hosted at Sun City Roseville’s Timber Creek Ballroom.

Like last year’s event, these amazingly talented wedding professionals put their creative hats on and came up with some exceptionally interesting and unique tablescapes. Once again, we’re honored to showcase these professionals’ designs in the pages (print and online here!) of Real Weddings Magazine!

This week, we feature: Contest Participant – Designer: 2Chic Events & Designs (sacramentoweddingplanning.com) with Contributors: Mimi & Co. (mimiandcompany.com), Bella Vita Invitations (bellavitainvitations.com), Classic Party Rentals , Simply Elegant Rentals & Decor.

Special thanks to Andrea’s Images Photography (andreasimages.com) and Siegel’s Portrait Design (siegelsportraits.com) for their gorgeous photos featured here!

Photo by Andrea’s Images Photography.

Photo by Andrea’s Images Photography.

Photo by Andrea’s Images Photography.

Photo by Andrea’s Images Photography.

Photo by Siegel’s Portrait Design.

Photo by Siegel’s Portrait Design.

Photo by Siegel’s Portrait Design.

Blog Post by Editor/Publisher Wendy Sipple.

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Here at Real Weddings Magazine, we find plenty of things to get excited about. From dazzling dresses to dreamy décor, our favorite wedding vendors are endless sources of inspiration.

One area we’velooked forward to highlighting more often is paper goods, everything from save-the-dates to placecards. There are so many beautiful paper creations out there, we look forward to bringing you many posts to our blog series, Inspiration Board: Paper Goods!

Hot off the presses, here’s a project from Bella Vita Invitations. Owner and designer Sara Hamm shares with us her experience creating pieces for a recent client’s wedding (which just so happens to be one of the featured real weddings from our Summer/Fall 2009 issue!):

“Melissa and Michael Votaw, along with Catriona Arcularius of Arcularius Events, had an amazing vision for their wedding day, that went from the spectacular venue at Wine and Roses to the special details of hand rolled cigars.

Their custom printed pieces of their wedding day followed that same amazing vision…down to the details. They wanted romantic, rich and beautiful pieces.

To start, The Memory Journalists did an engagement photo shoot for their save-the-date cards, a soft shimmery cream card with a matching envelope was the first impression for their guests of the upcoming wedding.

Then it was time for the invitation…we choose a rich shimmery brown pocket fold invitation with accents of cream and gold. We had a paisley patterned vellum band to enclose the invitation, which had the guests’ names printed on each invitation, a custom personal touch. We printed welcome basket notes on a 5×5 square with the couple’s signature gold “V” as a watermark, which was carried through the remaining pieces for the wedding day.

For the day of, we did personalized programs, with each guests’ name on it, which an attendant handed to each guest as they arrived to the ceremony. The program also acted as the guests escort card letting them know which table they would be seated at the reception.

Any element of personalization we can do for the guests is my favorite part of the design process….it lets the guests know how important they are to the bride and groom and that the couple was thinking of their guests through the planning process.

Once the guests were seated, there was a section of reserved seats for the family, each with a personal seat card. The reception was filled with little, but intentional details: bar menus with signature drinks, hand rolled cigar signs, and custom handmade bridge and groom banners for their chairs.

Melissa, Michael and Catriona were so much fun to work with and it was so wonderful to be able to help them with the printed pieces of their vision.”

For more info on Bella Vita Invitations, visit www.bellavitainvitations.com or call Sara at 916-682-8226.

And check out Bella Vita Invitations’ online profile on Real Weddings Magazine’s Web site and click here to see more of Melissa & Michael’s featured real wedding.

Blog Post by Always a Bridesmaid Columnist Darren Elms.

Photos by and courtesy of The Memory Journalists.