August 26, 2010

Featured on Style Me Pretty – Calistoga Ranch Wedding

I am so excited to share with you the awesome news that Type A Planning was featured on Style Me Pretty this month! We had the wonderful opportunity to work with the great Cliff Brunk team to document this amazing wedding in Napa this past May!

We have been given the coveted badge of honor from Style Me Pretty! The badge has been proudly displayed everywhere because we are just that ecstatic!

If you didn’t see our post on the wedding, you can see it by clicking here.

Thanks again to Cliff Brunk for the amazing photos, Calistoga Ranch for having a beautiful location, and Valley Flora for all your floral inspirations.

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July 27, 2010

New Show about Bridal Beauty Needs Brides!!

Received this email from a producer of a new wedding themed show being cast. If you are interested then just send me an email to info@typeaplanning.com for additional information.

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A major cable network is casting brides getting married between now and October of 2010 in Southern California.  Brides must be willing to book their wedding hair and makeup with one of the glam squads featured in the show. Brides will receive free hair and makeup!!  If you are interested, please contact us and let us know:

Wedding venue/Time/Date/, Contact information (phone number, email, address), and where you plan on getting ready for your wedding.

We would love to give you more information on how your wedding memories can be featured in one of our episodes!

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July 15, 2010

CJ Calistoga Ranch Wedding – Calistoga, Napa

C&J got married over Memorial Day weekend at Calistoga Ranch. It was a beautiful wedding day, where C&J celebrated with their 50 closest family and friends (me included!). I loved celebrating their day with them. I loved all the vendors that I had a chance to work with all year long, and especially the day of the wedding!

Speaking of great vendors, Cliff Brunk www.cliffbrunk.com photographed this wedding. C&J picked very wisely working with him for their special day.

I posted the majority of the photos on our Facebook page. Here are a few to preview:

peony wedding bouquet

Bridesmaids Bouquets

Chris has great style and she had a vision to create a conversation friendly, dinner party setting. The florals were beautifully done by Polly of Valley Flora. I loved all of the different containers that were used, including tiny glass bud vases, bowls, and asian soup spoons. We had a chance to incorporate Chris’ love of peonies and succulents, mixing the delicate with the stronger and angular plant.

If you go check out the photos on our Facebook page, you’ll even see the digital caricature artist at work. Jon Casey was a hit!

Congrats again you two! Love you guys lots and was so happy to be part of your special and SUPER fun day. XOXO

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May 18, 2010

40th Anniversary Dinner Party

This is definitely a personal post for me.

My parents just celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary here in LA. It’s so amazing to think about how for 40 years they’ve been side by side going through thick and thin, raising all their children and now even being around for grandchildren. I can only hope that I will have their strength and passion for me to get to 40 years and beyond.

Mastro's Steakhouse Menu

My siblings and I decided to host their happy celebration at Mastro’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills. The Napa room on the second floor is a beautiful cellar room, complete with a view of their entire collection of wine.

Napa Room at Mastro's Steakhouse

I selected some springy and earthy tones to set up well with the colors of the room, the ambiance of a wine cellar, and just to keep it more natural. My parents are super mellow when it comes to parties and celebrations, so I didn’t want to overpower with too much going on. (linens provided by BBJ Linens)

bowl of lily flowers

The Napa room was really romantic, so Gina (Mille Fiore) suggested lots of candles to make the lighting really stand out. It was a great effect. By the way, don’t you love the florals she did with the bubble bowls? Modern and clean, but simple and beautiful.

Vintage Champagne Glasses

This champagne glass is a vintage 1970 from my parents’ wedding! At my wedding, my parents gave me these glasses as a keepsake. My parents received these as a wedding gift on their wedding, and now they were passing it on. I was the lucky one to get them! I had to take these with me to dinner and surprise them with a toast at the beginning of the dinner.

The great part is that my mom saw them as they were being set, and asked “Hey aren’t these our glasses?” I loved it so much that she knew right away! My parents were super happy that we had a chance to break these out to use.

wedding cake

Melody (Sweet and Saucy Shop) made me an incredibly delicious cake for the event. I was so glad she was able to help me with this request. I wanted to give my parents something special and look a bit like a wedding cake. We even had my parents cut the cake together like they were getting married again! So cute!

Dinner Collage

I wanted to leave you with the food photos. I love food and so I couldn’t leave you without showing you all the deliciousness.

Congratulations to my mom and dad on 40 years of marriage. You guys are my inspiration and I love you both so much!

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April 29, 2010

Cinco de Mayo Party Time

Type A Planning had another milestone anniversary in April. Thanks to the support of family and friends, I’ve had some amazing opportunities over the past few years. I decided that it was high time we had a little appreciation fiesta for my supporters, mostly family and a few close friends.

I’m a transplanted Angelino so in honor of the upcoming Cinco de Mayo celebration, we have for you a special festive party! Cinco de Mayo like St Patty’s Day and Oktoberfest is a time to celebrate different cultures. I think its just fun to have themed parties!

Mexican decorations for Cinco de Mayo

Aren’t these baby Pinatas so cute? I wanted to be authentic, so I went far and wide to pick up my decorations. 

On my quest I found vendors selling decorations, Mexican food, candies, and arts and crafts. I’m lucky to be in LA as all of these things were available to me just a short car ride away.

Mini Mexican Sombreros

Me setting up for the fiesta time.

Cinco de Mayo - set up

Handmade paper flowers in bright colors. I wish I had 100s of these to make all sorts of garlands. It’s eco-friendly too since its reusable!

mexican handmade paper flowers

Ready to party. The hanging garlands were so fun, just a little bit added to the ambiance.

Cinco de Mayo cocktail party

Party time – Cocktail style… with TACOS!

Tacos al Pastor

A very lovely woman named Rosa came to cook delicious tacos for us all night. I personally ate 6 tacos and almost exploded.

jalapenos

Cinco de Mayo Tacos

What a fun night for all! I was able to do what I love to do – plan parties, and also to treat my special people to some fun, great tacos and drinks to commemorate our anniversary. What’s in store for next year?

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April 22, 2010

Festive Themed Cinco de Mayo Celebration

Full blog entry coming soon…I just wanted to share a photo from a festive cinco de mayo celebration, complete with tacos! Why you say? Well why not!? I’m always up for a party!

handmade paper flowers

Don’t you love the pretty paper flowers? What a find on Olvera Street!

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April 17, 2010

Beautiful Bridal Shower at Bouchon Beverly Hills

I am so happy to share this very special bridal shower to my readers today. If you haven’t seen the feature on Ever-Ours, wedding blog, please go check it out there too! I have to send out a big thanks to the lovely bridesmaids, particularly V, for their enthusiasm in putting together such a pretty bridal shower for our bride of honor.

Dahlia flowers

In my post about the Long Beach Antique fair, I talked about the treasure hunt for decor for the shower. You’ll get to see here what we ended up with, and also thanks again to V, for making the trips to Anthropology to grab some additional darling pieces. V was definitely my partner in crime on this project; we had so much fun bouncing ideas off each other. She is also really creative and crafty.

The morning of the bridal shower V and Em, two of the bridesmaids, came over to work on flowers.

Flower box

Our venue was Bouchon in Beverly Hills. We held the shower in the private room overlooking the Montage hotel courtyard. The sunlight was really so awesome. It wasn’t too warm that day so we were able to keep all of the patio doors open to get fresh air throughout.

Here are some detail shots for you to check out.

The welcome area with empty frames, candlesticks, the wedding date on jars, wine crates, and white paper bags with chocolate bouchons and shortbread favors.

Bridal Shower decor

Vintage everywhere!! Ranunculus flowers in vintage tin cans next to a vintage typewriter. Can you see the pretty bridal shower invite?

bridal shower decor details

Guests were asked to leave some sage advice for the bride to be. Don’t you love this book made by V?

guest book ideas

More vintage! Beautiful camera and some old books.

bridal shower decor

Food, glorious food! Bouchon’s famous fries in a rustic looking cone server.

bouchon fries

The bride did not want afternoon tea for her shower, so instead we made it a butler passed canapes afternoon cocktail reception. This was really fun and relaxed with everyone just socializing amongst each other, holding a glass of wine, and just grabbing some canapes and fries.

bridal shower food

Congrats, C! I can’t wait to share your big day soon!

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April 14, 2010

Napa Engagement Shoot by Cliff Brunk

Last weekend, my very lovely Napa couple had their eSession with the awesome Cliff Brunk. They met up with Cliff and his wife at a St Helena vineyard to shoot the engagement photos in this romantic setting amongst the vineyard and trees. From behind the scenes, they totally lucked out with the weather and only had cloudy skies, and escaped the rain storm. I really think the weather made those photos really stand out even more. They looked so happy and in loveeeeee.

I wanted to share a couple of my very favorite images of the day.

Napa engagement shoot cliff brunk

Happy and relaxed

Napa engagement shoot cliff brunk

Having lots of fun!

Go to Cliff’s blog to see a few more photos > http://brunkblog.com/2010/04/14/engaged-chris-jeff-napa-winery/

I really can’t wait to see what Cliff has in store for us for the wedding next month!

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April 8, 2010

Long Beach Antique Fair

The Outdoor Long Beach Antique Fair takes place on the third Sunday of every month, rain or shine. While I was in planning mode for C’s bridal shower, I decided that it was long overdue to make a trip to see the goodies of this market. I know lots of my wedding pro friends go on a regular basis, but frankly, I really enjoy my sleep so I probably won’t be going to this very often; especially at 6am.

I would like to present my favorite display of the day…which very accurately describes the scene at this fair, swap meet, etc.

Long Beach Antique Fair

I would have to say there is definitely buried treasure, and you have to look for it. Luckily, between me and C’s bridesmaid, we were able to find all the fun stuff that you’ll see in my next post about the bridal shower! In one day, we found most everything that would fit the theme of vintage, rustic, and romantic for this beautiful bride to be! I guess we can call this a successful trip to the antique fair.

I’ll just include a few clues and hints for the next blog post. We’ll call this an inpiration entry, where you see some themes in unedited format and then you get to see the final product later.

Vintage Soda Crates

I had an obsession for vintage wood soda and wine crates.

Vintage Wine and Soda Crates

Another obsession, old typewriters

Vintage Typewriter

Oh and in case you wanted to know what the line looks like at 6:30am, my view from the back of the line.

Long Line at the Antique Market

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April 7, 2010

Honeymoon Destination ~ Beautiful Whistler and Vancouver

I just wanted to share some of my favorite snapshots from my latest trip. It was amazing as usual, since my husband and I always have the best times together on vacation. I titled this entry as Honeymoon Destination, because for all of you winter sports people out there, Whistler and Vancouver will really give you so many wonderful memories. It’s a great destination in my opinion for anytime, but also for a potential winter wonderland honeymoon; since its far enough away to be remote from your real life and still close enough to be a comfortable distance from home.

In early March, my husband and I went to Whistler and Vancouver for our trip to do some snowboarding and hanging out. Our last trip to Whistler was two years ago, and since it was so fun, this trip was a must re-do. We elected to skip the 2010 Winter Olympic games to avoid crowds, which worked out so well! No lines at the lifts and no crowds on the mountain.

Even with the games over, we still had a chance to see this on the Whistler mountain top:

Whistler Mountain Top

This was a breathtaking view and since the weather was nice, we could see the entire village below. We couldn’t ask for a better memory.

After 5 days in Whister, doing a lot of snowboarding, we had some time to explore the beautiful city of Vancouver. The Vancouver part of our trip was kind of an afterthought due to flight schedules, but boy was it such a pleasant surprise. We had an opportunity to meet up with some new friends who lived in town, and to see some signs of Spring bloom.

Vancouver Cherry Blossoms

We don’t get to see Cherry Blossoms in LA! This was such a treat in an overcast day.

Vancouver Waterfront

This gorgeous view was from our hotel room, overlooking Stanley Park and the waterfront. Ahhh serenity… I love how you can see the snow capped mountains in the distance.

As you can see in these very few photos, Whistler and Vancouver are both great cities to visit for a special anniversary trip or maybe your honeymoon.

Finally, I have to throw in a food shot. I got to visit the famous Japadog stand downtown. YUM! I got an okonomi dog to share with my husband. I enjoyed it, but he said he prefers the ketchup or chili dog. Boo on him.

By the way, there is a lot of great food in both Whistler and Vancouver. It’s perfect for you foodies out there.

Japadog

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