February 28, 2010

Happy Birthday, Dear Website

Two years ago, the Paige One Events website went live (well actually, it was Leap Year 2008). In honor of our little birthday, here’s a toast to everyone who has made this business so rewarding and fun! Thank you to my unbelievable clients, hardworking vendors, diligent day-of helpers, business brains and creative minds behind it [...]

February 27, 2010

Love from London: Just A Day in the Park

There’s something to be said about the invaluable revitalization that occurs when you escape to the outdoors! I took a stroll through Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens yesterday afternoon to enjoy the dramatic sky and fresh air after several days of rain. If you’re feeling a bit stir crazy, go outside and get renewed! {diana, [...]

February 26, 2010

And the Award Goes To…

Ladies and gentlemen, the Academy Awards are upon us! I started zeroing in on food and beverage ideas for an at home party, and then the ever creative Sonia and Aimee chimed in and suggested an Oscars inspired theme for your rehearsal dinner. So I married our ideas up, and here’s our little brainstorm. A [...]

February 25, 2010

Claire Pettibone: Wedding Dresses

As you are in the thick of coordinating your wedding and contemplating ways to design your big day, it is really easy to fall in love with many different themes/styles. By now you have a number of blogs and magazines you flip through day in and day out and you have fallen in love with [...]

February 24, 2010

Etsy Wednesday: The Succulent Garden

Etsy Wednesday: The Succulent Garden Are you smitten with all the succulents that we’re seeing so creatively used in bouquets and centerpieces? Daniel of The Succulent Garden began cultivating and selling succulents as a hobby, and it soon after exploded with popularity. As you can see below, he can grow just about anything and everything; [...]

February 23, 2010

Designer Wedding Show Vendor Spotlight: Sugalily

Discovering the fabulous Sugalily at the Designer Wedding Show was such a splendid treat! Her stationery was stylish and sassy, and brilliantly displayed. Lots of paper ogling occurred! The lovely and talented Abbey Warner creates luxury hand finished stationery products, from greeting cards to gift tags to bespoke wedding invitations (she loves making mood boards [...]

February 22, 2010

Playful Place Cards

The divine Daily Candy featured a series of 16 Gifts for the Hostess with the Mostest recently, and these place cards by Greenwich Letterpress caught my eye. I love them for a themed shower (great conversation piece), or perhaps you can even do a twist of your own and personalize a set for your wedding. [...]

February 21, 2010

Snuggly Hot Cocktail

Last Sunday, I had a delicious hot drink called Choc Work Orange at a pub here. I took a photo of the recipe because it was so clever, and of course yummy! (This concoction comes from The Winchester in Islington, London.) Where is the photo of the drink, you ask? It miraculously disappeared before I [...]

February 20, 2010

Favors with Flavor

This morning I visited the Borough Market in London (food lovers beware, it’s heavenly!), and was inspired by the array of sea salts. Instead of the lovely dessert buffets we see so frequently (don’t get me wrong, I can’t get enough of them), maybe a flavored sea salt “buffet” would make for fun favors! Here’s [...]

February 19, 2010

Designer Wedding Show Vendor Spotlight: Peggy Porschen Cakes

The term “confection perfection” is really an understatement when it comes to Peggy Porschen Cakes. Her supremely scrumptious and impeccably handcrafted cakes are loved by celebrities and royalty alike, and she is also the exclusive wedding cake supplier for Fortnum & Mason. Without further ado, please meet Peggy’s show-stopping creations…. {mini cakes} spring posy butterfly [...]