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Experience Counts With Lige Green Flowers & Gifts

Any professional will tell you experience brings wisdom and floral designers are no exception. An expert florist knows how to bring together the right elements to accomplish any look you want for your event. So if you are planning your wedding or special occasion party in Arlington, Texas, choose a Florist of Distinction. Lige Green Flowers and Gifts has over 70 years worth of floral experience to stand behind a promise of the very best quality and customer satisfaction.

70 Years Of Floral Experience
Traditional Or Contemporary Wedding Flowers

From impressive chapel sprays to a memorable bride's bouquet to exactly the right shade of  boutonnières, your wedding flowers set the tone and theme of your big day like no other.

It doesn't matter if you dream of the classic look of whites and ivories or if you want big bold colors everywhere, trust the professionals at Lige Green to design a look that is precisely you and perfectly crafted.

Special Occasions Flowers and Gifts

At prom time, they do fantastic corsages in all colors and styles to compliment any outfit. If you are hosting a birthday, anniversary, or any special occasion party, this is the place to go for beautiful centerpieces that will dazzle your tables and create a great focal point for all themes.

The designers will work closely with you to understand all the important details and make your ideas come to life!

Beautiful Centerpieces
Whether you order directly from their website or visit their shop on Park Springs Boulevard, your order will be filled by knowledgeable and friendly staff who take pride in their work.

The shop serves "The Metroplex" – Fort Worth to Dallas and everywhere in between. With such a wide range of service areas, you can be sure the best they have to offer goes right where you need it.

For an award-winning florist that can wow your guests and, most importantly, you, contact Lige Green Flowers and Gifts to start creating your special day experience.

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Personality Delivered By Blue Note Bakery

Are you planning your wedding in the Lone Star State? Austin, Texas is known for celebrating with a funky beat all its own so no surprise that Blue Note Bakery makes its home here. Austin's premiere bakery hits all those unique notes by offering some of the most stunning custom cakes and desserts ever served up. If you are looking for an unforgettable confection for your big day, look no further.

Custom Wedding Cakes

Wedding Cakes With Flair

Your wedding cake is a highly personal choice and should reflect who you are. While offering an impressive repertoire of classic and traditionally styled cakes, Blue Note Bakery can wow you with their custom designs too. They will work closely with you to develop a special look and taste to fit your style and personality.

A visit to their website reveals everything from steampunk themed decadence to elaborate graphics to a Steel Magnolias inspired armadillo. This is one bakery that loves a challenge and was featured for wedding cakes in Everyday with Rachael Ray.

They also offer incredibly unique small dessert bites that include cupcakes, cannolis, cookies,  and "cuppiecakes." Lovingly called the turducken of desserts, this treat is a miniature pie inside a cupcake! And the flavor combinations are endless.

Modern Meets Traditional
More Variety With The Most Style

If you are looking for the quintessential chocolate and vanilla, you are certainly covered. The adventurous can consider exciting cake flavors, fillings, and icing combos like coconut cream, tiramisu or the South Austin which is a tie dyed cake where you pick your own colors. Maybe luscious lemon with honey-rum fondant speaks to you. Or, you want to try ginger orange cake with espresso icing.

Whatever sounds delectable to your tastes buds, schedule a tasting for your favorites and prepare to be delighted.

All cakes and desserts are made fresh on site with fresh mouth-watering ingredients. Artistry and taste harmonize in a big way  at Blue Note Bakery.

 

 

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Your Best Moments Captured by 11 Studios Photography

Our favorite photos are often the ones where true personalities shine through. An honest laugh or bright-eyed smile from your loved ones on your wedding day or just a peaceful spring afternoon become cherished images on the mantel. 11 Studios Photography knows how to bring out that personalized spark and capture your family at their very best.

Wedding Photography
Meet Crystal, the lead photographer behind 11 Studios Photography, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She brings the right tools, experience, and friendliness to any occasion, big or small.

Being Together

There is no better way to announce your big plans than with beautiful engagement photos that showcase who you and your partner are together. No matter what your style – romantic, fun, or relaxed – an engagement session can bring that love you feel for each other to light.

The Big Day

At an emotional and exciting event like your wedding, you need the calm expertise of a great photographer. Crystal knows nothing makes for a better photo than everyone feeling relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera. She uses her experience and outgoing personality to work closely with your family and put everyone at ease. Those happy feelings really will have a chance to shine.

Family Portraits
Family Time

Preserving those small intimate moments are just as important as the big events. Whether it's an annual reunion or you're at the park with the kids, make sure those precious times spent with family last forever.  11 Studios Photography knows how to show your family being their most authentic selves.

Choose a creative professional you can trust to bring just the right perspective to your event. And with excellent online proofing, selecting and ordering your favorite shots is easier than ever. Let 11 Studios Photography capture those perfect ‘you’ moments.

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The Secret To Perfect Wedding Flowers – La Petite Jaune Fleur

When planning your big day, your flower choice makes a huge impact on the look and feel of your wedding. You want a creative florist that does incredible work. La Petite Jaune Fleur is an award-winning floral business that delivers awe-inspiring flowers to the Red Deer area and beyond in Alberta, Canada.

Meet Laura Cardin – Floral Designer Magnifique

La Petite Jaune Fleur
Laura Cardin opened La Petite Jaune Fleur to create a unique flower boutique. Whether you are a bride seeking high fashion or you love classic styles, Laura works closely with you to understand the look you desire and how it can be achieved.

If your heart is set on calla lilies or you need some suggestions for what works with your wedding colors, she can make it happen.

With her signature "la petite" designs hand-crafted for every order, Laura is happiest creating arrangements to reflect a bride's personal beauty and style. Laura and her knowledgeable staff have the resourceful experience to work within any bride's budget and deliver great quality designed especially for you.

Bridal Designs That Gets Attention

La Petite Jaune Fleur is a name associated with quality and innovation and backed by multiple awards recognizing their excellence.

Most recently, the shop was voted "Best Wedding Flowers" by the 2013 Wedding Industry Experts Awards, placing 4th in Canada, and 6th WORLDWIDE! With over 3,000 Facebook likes, it is obvious that their excellent customer service leads to many happy and supportive clients.

Stunning Wedding Flowers
See The Difference

For inspiring photos, gushing reviews and a helpful blog, visit their website. Be sure to take advantage of the Wedding and Event Budget Planner offered as a free download so you can immediately start planning with expert guidance.

Need more than flowers? Express your appreciation to family and bride's maids with the shop's extensive line of gifts, gourmet baskets and cards that can easily cover all your thank you gifts. Everyone will love the gifts they receive from you.

So, the secret is out! La Petite Jaune Fleur is where to go for flawless flowers and personal service to make your special event a perfect day to remember.

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Spring Has Sprung With Baby Shower Ideas!

Spring is finally in full swing with blooming flowers, sunshine, and new life popping up everywhere. Including a few expectant mother's who need a baby shower, right? Whether you are planning one for yourself or for a friend, use the beautiful inspiration of the season to make your baby shower fun and memorable.

Spring Baby Shower Themes

Newborn Spring
Baby animals couldn't be cuter and they are extra fitting as the springtime is so full of new life. To incorporate adorable animals into your shower, create a  garland of furry friends by stringing up stuffed animals that match your theme colors. Also, use white handkerchiefs to create diapers for each animal and the entire room will be surrounded by cuteness.

For your baby shower cake, your local bakery will have tons of options for a wide-eyed baby animal dessert, like the fun fondant creatures atop cupcakes in the photo below. We adore these egg-shaped scented soaps that come in their own little nest – perfect baby shower favors!

Sweet Taste of Spring
Nothing is sweeter than the smell of spring but candy comes close! Have fun choosing happy candy colors to decorate with. The best part is this decor can double as a snack. Create a tablescape that really pops by pouring loose candies into clear jars and vases of all different sizes. Also, take small colorful lollipops in clear cellophane wrappers and tape them a few inches apart on a long piece of string for an easy garland. Willy Wonka would be proud.

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Your First Slice Of Heaven From Gwen's Cake Decorating

The cutting of the wedding cake has long been a focal point at receptions. Serving as dessert, decor, and a fun event all to itself, your wedding cake is a chance to show off your particular style and tastes. If you are in the Ann Arbor area, let Gwen's Cake Decorating create a mouth-watering confection you'll still be craving after your first anniversary.

Wedding Cake and Cupcakes

Make Your Special Day Delicious

It is one thing for a wedding cake to look beautiful and be a centerpiece at your reception, but it really does have to taste amazing. Not only are you sharing the first bite with your beloved, you are sharing this treat with all your guests. More so than any other food served, people always taste the wedding cake. Some consider it bad luck not to!

Selected by The Knot as Best of Weddings, Gwen's Cake Decorating delivers both the style you dream about in a moist full-textured cake with flavors so delectable you won't drop a crumb. Your guests will enjoy every bite!

Wedding Cake – So Many Options

Whipping up cakes that are baked fresh and never ever frozen, this busy baker has a dizzying array of cake flavors, fillings, and frostings that can be combined to create amazing flavors for your special day sweet tooth.

How does white amaretto cake with raspberry creme filling sound? Or German chocolate topped with Italian meringue butter crème? Maybe lemon poppyseed with fresh sliced strawberry filling? For a cake that is uniquely yours, mix and match until your heart's content. All your traditional favorites are available too.

For the frosting, cakes are frosted in a smooth non-crusting butter crème that is made from scratch and just the right amount of sweet.

Need a vegetarian or gluten free wedding cake? Maybe you love the trend of wedding cupcakes. Those options are all available and with personalized service Gwen's makes all your cake decisions a treat.

10 Pound Chocolate Cake

Home of the 10 Pound Chocolate Cake

You read that right! Gwen's bakes up true heaven with a round layer cake that is as decadent as it gets – a cake weighting in at 10 pounds of luscious chocolate! This would be a perfect groom's cake to compliment the stately white of a classic bride's cake. It is a complete crowd-pleaser for any special event.

Once you experience the look and the taste of Gwen's Cake Decorating, you'll go there for all your special occasions cake needs and won't leave hungry.

 

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Celebrate In Style At Na'kayshions Wedding & Event Center

Searching for a picturesque location for your wedding? If you are located near Cedar Hill, Texas, or anywhere in the Dallas area, Na'Kayshions Wedding & Event Center is your picture perfect venue.

The Lakeside Garden
Multiple Wedding Venues In One Location

Do you dream of getting married in a classic white chapel? Or saying your vows in a lush garden overlooking a serene lake? Is dancing the night away in an elegant ballroom on your must-do list?

On 5 immaculate acres, you'll find a historic chapel, lakeside garden, grand ballroom and new terrace on the lake providing 4 timeless wedding venues to choose from. With packages that are a fit for every bride's budget, you will be able to plan a perfect event with a lifetime of memories.

Wedding Planning Made Easy

Take the stress out of the happiest day of your life! Na'Kayshions offers incredible packages that include everything from decorations to lavish cakes and invitations. What about an extra day for photos or a projector and screen for your tribute video? Add these options to your completely customizable package to help build a flawless event that is just what you are dreaming about. Whatever your budget, you will have the best options when selecting Na'Kayshions.

Historic Chapel with Carriage Ride
Beautiful Touches for a Memorable Day

You'll also find beautiful touches to truly create a memorable day. With a wedding DJ, dance floor, and creative up-lighting all available with the venue, your reception will be the most fun you can remember. Just picture dancing the night away under the beautiful lights in the grand ballroom. You'll never forget stepping into the grand ballroom or historic chapel filled with family and friends and decorated in your wedding style.

Also, imagine the fairy-tale experience of arriving to your ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage or even riding into the sunset to wrap up your anniversary party. Carriage rides can also be added to any of the available packages and are sure to give an unforgettable touch of magic.

Choosing "The Best Kept Secret in Dallas" for your celebration venue means a gorgeous relaxing experience for you and your guests. Na'Kayshions Wedding & Event Center delivers it all with style!

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For More Than Just A Party – BeYond Balloons

Great parties only happen occasionally, and for that, you want to be transported to a place that is anything but ordinary. At every memorable event, the decor helps create a unique atmosphere. Well, BeYond Balloons can create imaginative balloon sculptures that make a big impact and set the tone of your party to give your party that exciting atmosphere.

Best Time For Balloons

Balloon Archway
Based in the Oklahoma City area, BeYond Balloons has been adding life to parties for years at every type of event you can imagine. We all know balloons can be bright, whimsical fun, but in the right hands, the options are endless. You can go for elegant and transformative, playful and exciting, modern or traditional to truly transform your event.

Let their work engulf you in a beautiful moment by surrounding your wedding reception with gravity-defying balloon topiaries. Make a special birthday for a young child full of delight and wonder with their favorite characters and zany shapes. Celebrate a milestone anniversary with twisting garlands of silver or gold. At a trade show or sales event, balloons create a friendly inviting atmosphere that will draw potential customers in from across the room. There are so many events that a fantastic balloon design from this company can make extra special.

A visit to their website shows the variety and imagination they can create. The stories and positive reviews of their craft will be sure to make you smile.

Make It Easy And Functional

Floating Balloon Topiaries
Balloon art can lighten up a small room, add interest to blank spaces, designate event space, and easily fill large empty areas. As decor, balloons are completely multi-purpose. Not only do they convey your theme and tie the room together, balloon creations create perfect photo backdrops for you and your guests to look your best and take home those happy memories.

With any event you are planning, these creative professionals will design within your budget and provide a set-up you will love. Imagine the freedom you'll have to focus on planning those other important details, meaning you can actually enjoy the party worry-free since you'll have time to focus on other aspects of the party.

Also, no more dreading the end of the night when you have to clean up because the balloon breakdown will be taken care of!

Let BeYond Balloons design an unforgettable piece of art that will make your party more than just a party.

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Set Your Spirit Free With Fragrant Acres' Butterfly Farm

Picture it. Your wedding day. Standing at the altar in front of your adoring friends and family. With eyes locked, you both say the words "I do." Suddenly, you are surrounded by dozens of fluttering butterflies. They touch down softly on the bouquet, dance around your guests, and soundlessly float free into the sunny afternoon. Sound like a fairy tale? Fragrant Acres' Butterfly Farm specializes in making these dreams come true by offering live butterfly releases.

Graceful Monarch
Choose Your Wedding Butterflies

With 22 years of experience, Fragrant Acres' Butterfly Farm is the premiere choice for a one-of-a-kind experience. You'll find two types of butterflies that travel well and will most definitely create a truly stunning activity at your event.

The Painted Lady with a 2 inch wing span are friendly, low flying butterflies suitable for all regions in the United States. The Monarch, with a larger 4 inch wing span,  is the most popular for release. Set them free individually or for even more impact, select a Mixed Bouquet featuring both butterfly varieties.

These graceful fliers are able to be released in almost every state. Their website will tell you many of the regions where both painted lady and monarch mixes can be shipped for release. All the options they offer will be awe-inspiring to behold.

Choose Your Release

You can choose to release all your butterflies at once from a beautiful box, adorned with simple white flowers. Or get everyone in on the magic with special origami envelopes handed out to your guests that contain a single butterfly to set free. The envelopes can be printed with name and dates, making for a wonderful scrapbook keepsake.

Preparing for the Ideal Butterfly Release

Painted Lady Butterfly

The butterfly box and envelopes will arrive the night before your event in an insulated package; this keeps the butterflies asleep. An hour or two before release, the butterflies are put at room temperature to wake up. You decide the perfect time during your event for this magical display.

The Moment You'll Never Forget

A butterfly release visually expresses what the spirit feels. There couldn't be a more beautiful or fitting symbol of new life than dozens of butterflies flying out into the bright sunny world. In addition to weddings, anniversaries, special birthdays, funerals and memorials are all events that can be memorialized forever by setting free some of nature's most graceful soul mates. Fragrant Acres' Butterfly Farm will help you create that beautiful and symbolic moment that transcends words.

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Celebrate With A Mother's Day Brunch

Mother's Day is fast approaching. Why not show your mother how much her love and support means to you? Host a sweet relaxed bunch on Sunday morning that she will be smiling about for years.

Invitations

Table Styling from Clark County Floral
Would your mother enjoy a family meal or a bigger celebration with friends? Want it to be a ladies only affair or husbands and children too?  No matter who is on your list, inviting your guests a week or two in advance will help everyone make their holiday plans. By mailing individual paper invitations, you are sure to get your guests attention and create a special timeless atmosphere before the party even begins. If you decide to go for convenient emails instead, make sure the word gets to everyone on your list and no one misses a message.

Pick A Theme

For brunch, the dining table is your party's focal point and the fun details are where you can be creative. Make an inviting tablescape by selecting a fitting theme.

  • Casual County – A classic gingham tablecloth brings some down home harmony. Blue and white speckled camp tableware is a nice touch. Create a rustic table runner from craft store burlap and use clean metal coffee cans to display cutlery. Contact a florist for a lovely centerpiece with prairie favorites like white daisies.
  • Tea Party – There is something about tiny cups and saucers that are so prim and proper! Dust off your grandmother's tea service, bring out the good dishes and the rarely used lace tablecloths to create a dainty formal look. Check for pearl-like beads at your local party supplier to drape across vases and candlesticks.
  • Shabby Chic – Get the feel of French countryside at home with vintage tableware paired with white lace doilies. Plain white material torn into strips can be tied in bows around vases, chair backs, or displays. The frayed edges say "worn" but white bow says "pretty." Use mason jars to present essentials and tie cloth napkins with jute twine.
  • In The Garden – Bright colored plates and cups compliment the blooming springtime. Use terracotta pots to hold utensils, wooden plant markers to label place settings and food, and inexpensive seed packets with beautiful illustrations for table accents. A basket with vegetables from the garden makes a perfect centerpiece.

Extra Tip
Take a trip down memory lane.
With any theme, add in some family photos that feature
all the moms, grandmothers, and great grandmothers.

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7 Tips: Hosting for the Holidays

The holiday season is all about joy, togetherness, and celebration. But let’s be honest—it can also be a little stressful, especially if you’re the one hosting. Whether you’re planning an intimate dinner with family or a lively party with friends, these tips will make hosting for the holidays a breeze!

Hosting 101: Tips for a Seamless Event

Hosting an event can be a rewarding experience, but it requires detailed planning and execution. Whether you're organizing a party, shower, holiday dinner, or just a casual get-together, it's important to ensure everything goes according to plan so that your guests have a great time, and *bonus* you come across as a hosting pro! To make this easier, we've outlined some tips to help you host your next event with confidence.

Winter Wedding Tips

Breaking news… winter weddings are our latest love affair! The days are shorter and the nights are colder, but winter weddings are full of romance and have a uniquely magical essence.

2024 Bid Day Themes

In recent years, these trendy Bid Day themes have made waves on campuses nationwide, combining nostalgia, elegance, and fun into celebrations that are unforgettable and awe-inspiring! This year is no exception, and it's safe to say that we've got a few rush crushes of our own. We've compiled a list of some of our favorite 2024 Bid Day themes that you can take inspo from for your next event.