Twig & Willow's 2nd Anniversary

 

 

 

                                   

                                      

 

   

Table Concept Design and Styling: Sweet Caroline of The Sweet Love Chain Events and Design 

Cake and Cupcake Design: Abigail Lodevico of www.absofcakes.com

Photography by: Eloisa Nadine Hernandez Photography, www.eloisanadine.blogspot.com

Location: Twig and Willow Boutique, Long Beach, Ca, www.twigandwillow.com

When my talented cake designer kappa sis and friend, Abigail Lodevico of Abs of Cakes was invited to create an 2nd anniversary cake for Twig and Willow Boutique in Long Beach, she graciously asked me to join her in creating a fun dessert table for the occasion. Twig & Willow is an awesome gorgeous boutique in the city of Long Beach, filled with amazing clothing, accessories and lovely products for the stylish fashionista.

Twig and Willow celebrated their 2 years as a boutique and their web launch of their new online store with a launch/anniversary party and invited the whole community to celebrate their success!

What better way to celebrate the occasion by having a lovely dessert table? My awesome photographer friend, Ellie of Eloisa Nadine Hernandez Photography took awesome shots of the tablescape and the festivities of the day, which included boutique promotions, live music, 3 food trucks, a photobooth, makeovers, live silkscreen printing by The Graham Street Press and lovely dessert samples from C Salt Gourmet Desserts. 

Inspired by Twig and Willow's company name and their vintage and modern products and clothing, Abs and I planned to celebrate the company's success with a Twig and Willow inspired dessert table. Abs created delicious s'mores and raspberry topped mini cupcakes and a gorgeous rustic Twig and Willow Anniversary cake. I was inspired by organic, vintage decor in the boutique and wanted to keep the tablescape true to the boutique's style. Inspired by the company name, "Twig and Willow" the table was adorned with organic elements of twigs, branches, leaves, succulents, wood, burlap and touches of feathers and vintage finds. Together, the elements from the table and dessert design made a gorgeous "Twig & Willow" tribute to the company's 2 year success. Happy 2 year anniversary, Twig and Willow!

Lovely Leah's Afternoon Tea Bridal Shower

         

  

      

      

     

    

I had a cup of tea planning for the bride to be! 

I was blessed to work on a lovely tea party bridal shower for lovely bride to be, Dahlia, before her big day. Her dear and creative sister and MOH, Christy--was super fun to work with! I had a wonderful time planning and designing with Christy to make her vision for her big sister's bridal shower happen. 

With the pretty theme colors of white, pink, peach, black and mint, the tea party details were planned with sweet details and vintage decor. We had a lovely cold and hot tea station, an afternoon tea party buffet of tea party finger foods on lovely plates and platters and a lovely dessert and candy station, complete with tables of assorted teas and lovely tea party decor--all with a vintage touch!

Christy did a wonderful job creating fun finger sandwiches, cupcakes, cake pops and lovely rice krispy treats for the occasion! We also created fun party favors of tea bags and mints and had fun scrapbook cutouts for the lovely bride's keepsake scrapbook.  

The sweetest part was to see the whole tea party look come together! Both Christy and Dahlia are super talented, creative, fashionista sisters and had great taste in party decor and style. They even custom made their own invites! So cute!

Lovely shots of Leah's Afternoon Tea were courtesy of my dear friend, Ellie, from Eloisa Nadine Hernandez Photography. She always knows how to capture the loveliest details!

All tea party guests had a wonderful time celebrating the future love journey of Dahlia and her groom to be---with a lovely cup of tea!

Event Coordination/Planning and Styling: Sweet Caroline of The Sweet Love Chain Events and Design

Floral Design and Styling: Sweet Caroline of The Sweet Love Chain Events and Design 

Event Concept: Maid of Honor and Sister of the bride, Christy Labrador

Cake Design: Beverly's Best Bakery

Photography by: Eloisa Nadine Hernandez Photography