You're a Card!

This website is terribly addicting: www.designhergals.com

There you can create everything from stationery to t-shirts complete with a personalized image of your friends or you! The options are endless and the end result is brilliant! So if you are looking for something unique for thank you cards or party invitations, I suggest you give this site a twirl!

Above you will find an image I created of my two pugs and me from the site... Too much fun!

Happy Personalization!

ISES Orange County Chapter

I am pleased to report that I am now, officially, the founding Vice President of Membership for the ISES Orange County Chapter. The board was installed during our monthly meeting last night at The Anaheim White House. I am feeling very excited to be part of such a fabulous organization and look forward to making our chapter the best chapter in the country!

If you are not familiar with ISES, you can find out more about who we are and what we do at www.ises.com.

Mr. Preston Bailey

Last Thursday Bloomingdales, together with Martha Stewart Weddings, hosted its annual Wedding Party event at their store at Fashion Island. The event showcased some of Orange County's finest wedding talents, and the guest speaker was the incredible Mr. Preston Bailey! If you aren't familiar with Mr. Bailey, he often appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America and has his own show, Preston Bailey Fantasy Weddings on the Oxygen Network. Most recently he designed Donald Trump and Melania's wedding.

Mr. Bailey was charming, witty, and downright hilarious at times! He shared many of his experiences with us and answered various wedding decor questions for many of the brides in the audience. Mr. Bailiey also shared with us that he has created a signature line of wedding florals through 1.800.FLOWERS. In about 6 months, a bride will be able to order ALL their Preston Bailey Florals for their wedding through their service. Crazy!

Mr. Bailey was also there to promote his newest book, appropriately entitled, Inspirations. The book is so new that when I presented my copy to Mr. Bailey for his signature, he announced that this is the first copy he had ever signed! Needless to say, I was thrilled and we were able to capture the moment with a photo. It was a truly inspiring evening as Mr. Bailey was as gracious as his designs are beautiful...

Photo Booths and ABC Meetings

At our last local ABC Meeting, we were provided with a photo booth by Red Cheese (interesting name, I know!). I cannot tell you how much fun that was. I think everyone piled into it at some point in the evening - including myself, accompanied by James Johnson, photographer.

These booths are getting more and more popular at weddings and events and I can completely understand why. One bride I am working with is actually using it for her guest book and bucking the Polaroid trend. Brilliant thinking!