Safari At The Zoo Passport Invitation

To celebrate a 5th birthday, at the Detroit Zoological Society, Metro Luxe Events Candice Vallone wanted to capture the true spirit of the day in the invitation.

Calling on the talents of Celeste Simpson of Impress Me Designs, a day at the Zoo Safari Passport invitation was the perfect mix of message and motivation to attend.

The Safari Zoo Passport Invitation by Impress Me Designs developed into a 6 page booklet bound in natural raffia with an outside cover made from cream heavy canvas.

The inside of the passport booklet was printed on a natural desert colored paper and the corners of each page were individually rounded. To give the look and feel of a true passport. Impress Me Designs used natural elements and earth tone colors to mimic the feel and textures one might find on safari in Africa.

Each animal was accentuated by matching "flocked" papers outlining the borders of each page with patterns representative of the Zebra, Giraffe and Cheetah. Texture was an important element designed to bring each animal to life. The animals and details were printed in a dramatic black to jump out at you.

To bring more interest to the background, different passport destination stamps were subtly watermarked into the paper. No detail was overlooked. Even the return address had a rhinoceros making an appearance. The envelope was sent with a custom postage stamp designed to compliment the safari theme.

Luxurious Wedding Recommends... For your Safari theme event use a creative Safari Invitation designed to explore all the possibilities your guests will encounter. For more creative invitation ideas view all our Luxurious Wedding Invitation Designers

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Add A Finishing Touch Of Elegance To Your Event With Glamorous Garnishes

Beverage Garnishes are the hot, new event decor accessory. They are the unsuspected addition that will inspire your theme or add the finishing touch to your reception decor.

By simply adding a garnish of our edible 24K Gold dust to the rim of a water glass with a sweet glazed edible Rose Bud float your table decor will be transformed. Our white chocolate leaf embedded with edible 24K Gold as a napkin or plate accent is a lovely finishing detail for a Fall wedding.

The Luxurious Wedding | Dress The Drink beverage garnishes are beautiful and absolutely beyond delicious. They are the perfect pairing for beverage, food and dessert presentations including Wedding Cakes, Coffee, Wine, Champagne, Beverages, Signature Cocktails and non alcoholic Mock Cocktails.

TASTING for 2 offers the opportunity to see, feel and taste how incredible they are when used as part of your event decor. There are garnishes to match every color scheme and theme. From water to wine ... cocktails to coffee ... the choices are endless.

Select the Luxurious Wedding | Dress The Drink garnish that you love from our 2010 Garnish Collection. Then Order your TASTING for 2. TASTING for 2 is a perfect way of sampling the signature garnishes before making your decision.

Remember, our Mixologists are at your service to create an exclusive beverage or cocktail recipe and garnish for your event or venue.

Get inspired by our Rustic Theme Wedding decor which shows you how we created a custom Birch cocktail and built an event around it and by using our edible flowers as cupcake and napkin accents. Perfect for your wedding cake too!

A Rustic Theme Wedding

Perfect for any size wedding, A Rustic Theme Wedding is timeless. We used a rich color palette mixed with birch wood, vines, barks, leaves, edible flowers and a Signature Birch Cocktail trimmed with crushed edible flower crystals.

Our Mixologist created the perfect blend of alcoholic and non-alcoholic flavors for the Birch Signature Cocktail. The rim of the glass was then topped off with a Belgian Chocolate Sweetglazed coated edible flower on the tip of a Belgian Chocolate stick. Sinfully Decadent! The Signature Birch Cocktail was created and designed to highlight all the Rustic Theme hues in our Color Palette and to harmonize with the table decor.

The Color Palette consisted of Hydrangea - a soft blue. Viola - a deep purple. Harvest Gold - a bright glow. Granny Apple - a medium green. Burnt Sienna - a rich brown. Hazelnut - a light taupe. Birch - white with a silver cast. Antique Copper.

True rustic decor comes in various time periods so we combined 4 core elements into the decor vision - colonial, natural, country manor, peppered with an overall feeling of romantic Victorian. The mixture produces a Rustic Theme Wedding canvas where art and luxury mesh brilliantly.

Tartan Plaid Wedding Invitation from the Impress Me Designs Collection

Tartan patterns, such as the British luxury tartan pattern made famous by Burberry of London, can be found on trenchcoats, handbags and accessories. And now Luxurious Wedding Invitation Designer, Celeste Simpson of Impress Me Designs, pays tribute to the panache of the tartan plaid.

Using an imported tartan fabric from Scotland, Impress Me Designs has create a couture and bespoke wedding invitation for a bride so enamored with Burberry that she longed to have the Burberry plaid incorporated into her winter wedding at the historic Lord Thompson Manor in Connecticut. The bride wanted the wedding reception to be decked out in tartan plaid and even the groom and the groomsmen to be resplendently attired in Burberry plaid accessories.

For this Tartan Plaid Wedding Invitation, Impress Me Designs applied the tartan plaid fabric as a backdrop to frame the elegant letterpress invitation printed with the matching colours of champagne, burgundy and black. A black pocket coverlet was used to shelter and hold all the invitation elements. The personalized closure for the coverlet was an Impress Me Designs' custom made button covered with the tartan fabric. Each button sported a monogram and was accented with a single Swarvoski crystal then wrapped with lush burgundy and black ribbon ties.

Luxurious Wedding Recommends... the Tartan Plaid Wedding Invitation by Impress Me Designs for any wedding theme with a decidedly British, Irish, or Scottish flair.

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Destination Wedding Bermuda

The Island of Bermuda is a perfect destination wedding location 12 months out of the year. Imagine your wedding ceremony from atop a cliff, on a secluded pink sandy beach, amid one of Bermuda's lush gardens or within a luxurious ballroom of a Bermuda luxury hotel.

Cultured and charming, Bermuda is surrounded by the aqua waters of the Atlantic Ocean and is distinctively British with European sensibilities.

Bermuda is a collection of 180 tiny islands about 575 miles off the coast of North Carolina. Collectively they add up to 21 square miles of soft pink sandy beaches with a climate warmed by the Gulf Stream that ranges from a balmy 70F - 21C to 85F - 29C making it a perfect destination wedding location 12 months out of the year.

A Wedding In Bermuda caters to the bride who yearns for a luxurious destination wedding location with an emphasis on the experience that you and your guests will have. Kathy Austin Hutchings of A Wedding In Bermuda is a member of our Luxurious Wedding Design Team for Bermuda, offering creative theme weddings with a special flair that only a resident of the Island of Bermuda could deliver with perfection.

Luxurious Wedding Recommends... that you contact A Wedding in Bermuda to plan a Bermuda destination wedding or a luxurious Bermuda Honeymoon Experience.

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Destination Wedding Monaco

Luxurious Wedding Recommends... that you set your sights on
The Principality of Monaco for your destination wedding. Monaco is a magical place injected with international charm and called 'home' by Prince Albert and global jet setters who appreciate the eclectic lifestyle Monaco offers.

Safe and secure, The Principality of Monaco offers a day and night life afire with electricity. Monte Carlo at night... sails on the Mediterranean by day... and in between... a wedding adventure designed for today's Princess Grace.

Our Luxurious Wedding Design Team planner for Monaco, is Sabine Bahry-Lembo of Avalon Events. Sabine is fluent in French, English and Italian and employs a multilingual staff.

Luxurious Wedding believes The Principality of Monaco, on the tip of the French Riviera, is one of the best places in the world to have your destination wedding and Avalon Events has the ability to secure every vendor and detail that you will need plus design a theme wedding adventure like no other for you and your guests.

Luxurious Wedding Linens - A Wedding Decor Essential

Luxurious wedding linens in an array of fabrics and colors are an essential decor element for a Luxurious Wedding. By using bold colors that mix, match, and harmonize, brides are able to create a wedding reception that is very different in look and design.

A favorite among celebrities and wedding planners, Susan Murray is know for her Linens of Distinction. She is a trendsetter in couture wedding linen designs and ships her couture linens and decor all over the world to brides planning a luxurious wedding.

Susan Murray actually picks up the phone to speak with brides and is filled with ideas and brimming over with creativity. Susan Murray shares her thoughts with each bride to be sure that the luxury wedding linen selection is in harmony with the wedding reception decor and theme.

Offering a wide range of rental linens, tablecloths, chair covers, napkins, decor and reception accessories, Susan Murray herself has been developing the looks and creations for the event industry for the past 10 years. Many people can tell you where the trends are today, but knowing where the trends will be going is what truly what puts Susan Murray International in a class of its own.

Ask Susan Murray to embellish your linen selection with embroidery and silk screening to create your own personalized wedding decor. They also use silk screening on T-Shirts for a memorable and unique wedding favor. Custom Orders and Worldwide Shipping Available.

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Wedding Muralist Will Paint At Your Reception

Luxurious Wedding is proud to present Karen Wall Garrison. Wedding Muralist. An accomplished artist, Karen Wall Garrison discretely paints the details of your wedding while you celebrate.

By painting "on location" at your wedding she is able to capture the true spirit and the details as your guests peek over her shoulder to witness your painting unfold.

Her observation of your reception decor plus the input about important family members and friends are not forgotten when she sits down to paint. When the brush meets the canvas, her strokes make the paint explode with the details of your wedding. Watch as all the details come together in one breathtaking scene on a large canvas. By the end of your reception, the finished painting is presented to you!

Karen Wall Garrison is available for weddings worldwide. Your date may still be available for booking in 2010. Luxurious Wedding Recommends... that you book early so that you won't miss out on having a memory like no other of your wedding day.

The Perfect Ceremony Toss For A Green Wedding

An eco-friendly Rose Crowned Cone for your Ceremony Toss is perfect for a Green Wedding. Made from handmade Mulberry paper, they are pretty as a picture and earth friendly too.

Cluster these pretty paper flower cones in hanging baskets or ceramic pots around the exit from the ceremony area. Hang a Ceremony Rose Cone on the back of each chair or place one on each chair seat to grace the wedding program. Suspend a Ceremony Cone on the edge of the pew from their attached ribbon for your guests to take on the way out.

The paper Rose Bloom on the top of the cone lifts off for your wedding toss. Fill them with Lavender Bud Wedding Rice, Eco Friendly Confetti, or Freeze Dried Rose Petals. All are earth friendly yet ever so pretty to the eyes and a colorful image for your wedding photographer to capture. Fill them with
Jordan Almonds and they can be used as a Wedding Favor too.

Throwing things at the wedding couple symbolizes good luck, fertility and abundance.

Lavender Bud Wedding Rice is a tradition that dates back to Ancient Rome.These 100% pure lavender buds are completely biodegradable. They won't harm birds or the environment and when the lavender buds are crushed underfoot, the delicate fragrance is released again and again.

Luxurious Wedding envisions you sprinkling the Lavender Bud Wedding Rice on the walkway leading into the ceremony. A subtle aroma will be release that is know to relax your spirit and make you feel less stressed so that your spirits will soar as you float down the aisle.

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The Art of Planning A Theme Wedding

Do you ever wonder what goes on Behind The Scene of a Theme Wedding?

We interviewed Luxurious Wedding Design Team planner, Joan Glenn of 6 Degrees of Celebration, who revealed some of the awesome details which made her theme wedding A Midsummer Night's Dream come to life.

When your guests walk into your reception you should expect them to be transported to a realm of celebration and delight. We think you will enjoy seeing the magic a true wedding planning professional can create to make your theme wedding luxurious and extraordinary.

View Joan Glenn's interview and see some truly luxurious theme weddings.