Feb

19

Custom Bouquet Giveaway Winner!

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It’s time to announce the winner, but first a little bit about the designer… The stunning Diamond Willow bouquets can be purchased in both natural and bleached bouquets of any size. Kristi also designed the hair pieces and bridesmaid adornments for her wedding. Additionally she has a Prim Collection that would be perfect for extra fabulous fashionable bridesmaids!

Kristi said of her collection, “my own wedding has inspired me to make custom feather bouquets.this timeless elegance will be treasured by you and your family as a piece of art that you can pass down, or selfishly keep all to yourself…”

The bouquets are unique, eco-friendly and keepsakes. If you look at your dress and jewelry as a treasured piece to pass down, why not your bouquet too?
We had Kristi, the designer of Diamond Willow choose the winner of the custom bouquet giveaway contest.

She loved every comment and finally chose Syliva who said “I absolutely died when I saw this bouquet! Jason and I are trying to compromise on our bouquet expectations. He wants something lush that we will keep as a memento; I don’t want a bunch of dead flowers to hold onto for the evening! This is the perfect fit for us. It will look at home with our outdoor/nature focused wedding and we will have something beautiful to keep as a memento (that isn’t dead flowers)!” Sylvia was chosen because Kristi designed this bouquet for the exact same reason. She did not want dead flowers after the event, she wanted a keepsake.

Contact Kristi immediately to add a bit of drama to your wedding ensemble, an eco-friendly piece and a treasure to pass down to loved ones..

Feb

16

Aisle Style: Custom Bouquet Giveaway!

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Do you remember this spectacular glamorous rock n’ roll wedding we featured last year? There was a ton of buzz about the bridal bouquet made entirely of peacock feathers, and carefully created by the talented bride herself who is the designer behind Diamond Willow.

Photos: Christine Chang Photography

We received so many e-mails about the bouquet and were so enamored with this unique design that we enlisted the talented bride/jewelry designer of Diamond Willow to make the same bouquet for the Maui ceremony and reception we did last year and recently blogged about.

She created a spectacular bleached peacock feather version for the softer style of the wedding. It was so fun to see the same design look completely different against the backdrop of the sparkling sea and soft pastel palettes. This just goes to show that this bouquet is so stunningly unique that it could really be used in any wedding. It gorgeously sweeps the floor and adds such high fashion drama to the wedding gown.

Photos :Christine Pham

Kristi of Diamond Willow desribes her style as “being the quintessential san francisco girl, i’ve been immersed in a melting pot of culture and fashion as long as i’ve been able to breathe. Growing up heavily influenced by my mother’s prim japanese side, but in love with everything rebellious from my father’s rocker tendencies. What you see is a direct result of being trapped in my room with a pair of scissors, a needle and thread, a fear of clowns, and a love of nature.”

Kristi has also decided to add “bouquet designer” to her list of talents, so now you can purchase one of these custom bouquets in either the jewel tone, bleached feather version, or any design you can think of!

To win the custom brilliant bleached feather bouquet, leave a comment below with just a little something about your wedding (or family member/friends wedding). We will announce the winner this Friday!

Jan

18

Jessica Claire Workshop Sneak Peek

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Remember the fabulous contest we held?! The photo shoot was held last week. Although we had to change locations three separate times due to the rain, we finally set up (a few hours behind schedule) at location number 3! We had the most talented dream team of vendors (more details about them coming soon) that we were so lucky to have on board with us for this ethnic eclectic shoot. There are sooo many details and goodies coming your way including a lounge, a tea table, a cake table, a bride and groom sitting area, ceremony site, place card area, and of course the dining table. There will also be a few outfit changes (yes, two bridal looks and two groom looks, multiple jewelry looks and a gorgeous bridesmaid) We will give you a few hints… we were very inspired by indigo and all shades of blue, travel, languages, maps and old nautical elements from fine dining cruiseships in the early 1900’s.

Here is a very small sneak peek, miniscule… Photos: Jessica Claire Photography

Jan

5

Newsflash! Jessica Claire Photoshoot Update!

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We have breaking news here at Lollipop Events & Designs! Our winners from last week for the Jessica Claire & Lollipop Events workshop are going to be out of town on a work assignment. Once again were faced with the daunting task of reading through beautiful stories and looking at photos of beautiful brides, and once again we ooohed and aweeed over the stories as if we were reading them for the first time. We finally decided on the stunning duo Troy & Aimee. What made this couple stand out is that Troy sent the story in! How could we not swoon and be instantly enamored with this creative, caring groom. To seal the deal even further, Troy sent in a video of the actual proposal. He had us at ‘hello’. So we formally introduce you to Troy & Aimee…

“I would love to submit Aimee and I to be models in Jessica’s workshop. Below is the story about the day I met my true love:

I was sitting and talking to some friends at the chapel up at Forest Home getting ready for Mike Erre to speak. Before Mike got up on stage a guy came out and tried to get everyone to meet someone new. He said you never know, if there is someone you have been eying you should go over and talk to them. He mentioned that he had met his wife at the same place 8 years ago. Well… my mind started thinking and I knew that I saw this beautiful blonde haired girl around the day before and then I saw her about 15 rows in front of me. I thought if I didn’t go talk to this girl I would regret it for the rest of my life – no joke. So I made my way down one aisle and over to the row she was in and stood right behind her patiently waiting to talk to her. My heart was pounding so fast that I didn’t know what to do. I just started asking her a bunch of questions really fast. And sure enough after talking for a minute we realized that we had met each other once before exactly one year earlier. Then it was time to get back in our seats, I then realized that I had 2 days before this retreat was over and I had to get her number. The next night I saw her strolling around the common areas with her friend Jenna and by that time I had convinced myself that she wasn’t into me. The friends that I was with (amber and brandon) told me that she totally just checked me out. So Brandon went in as the wingman and started up a conversation and before you know it Brandon disappeared and it was just Aimee and I. The conversation went so smoothly and I got her number right then and there to seal the deal. When I got back to Orange County I couldn’t abide by the rules and wait 2 days, I just had to call her. I asked her out on date to McClains Coffee House and that’s the story of how I met my true love.”

And to how I proposed… It’s on video here …

Thank you for your time and we hope we could be the fab models

Aimee and Troy

Dec

28

The Winners of the Jessica Claire Photoshoot Contest are….

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So it took us a lot longer than we thought, but we made the impossible possible over the holiday and chose a winner for the Jessica Claire Photoshoot Contest. There were so many amazing love stories and lovely photos sent to us we hard the hardest time choosing. We all sat, swooned, oohed and awed, and look forward to sharing them with you… We chose this duo because of their silly and sweet photos, their obvious comfort in front of the camera, their warm & fuzzy entry and their creativity (just read their ridiculously amazing love story!)

THE STORY:

“We’re getting married in Seal Beach August 21st! We’re currently living and working in New York (both of us are Camera Operators for A&E, TLC and Travel Channel).

My little love story:
First I’ve got to explain that I’ve known Billy was the one for me since our very first date. We were both traveling when we met, and had sent letters to each other for a month before our official first date. Crazy I know, but I wrote this in my journal after our first date: “I feel so much for him. if I relax my mind, let go of all of my fears. If I rip down the wall that separates me from my insecurities all I feel is attachment. I look at him and it feels like I know who he is, that he’s going to be the one that never lets go of my hand. I feel like a freak writing this, but shared between me, myself and I – that’s okay.”
So here we are, four years later and I’ve got a ring on my finger and a date set and I’m sitting here pinching myself, because true love is totally true. Ok, I’m getting a little too into the sticky yucky love stuff. Back to the story. This is how it all went down: A few months ago, I convinced Billy to start “Alphabet”dating with me. As you can imagine, this took quite a bit of convincing. The rules were: 1. switch off letters beginning at “A”, 2. come up with an activity that neither one of us have done.

We were on “D” and it was Billy’s turn. I met up with him in Greenwich Village (New York) and we had Dinner at a new spot, and Dessert. Just when I thought the date was over (and that he hadn’t been too creative with his alphabet assignment), he told me he had another “D” surprise for me. We took the train to the bottom of Central Park and he says, “I know it’s a stretch, but D is for “Driver” and we’re going to take a nighttime horse & Carriage ride through the park. At this point I was REALLY impressed. It was quite a fancy end to quite a fancy New York night. After ten minutes of trotting I got over talking about how he had chosen something so romantic and grown up, I quieted down, and enjoyed the scenery. It was fall, and an especially warm night. The leaves were falling around us and with the exception of the driver, we seemed completely alone (which is a very rare experience in this city).

Billy sat up, smiled, and said “The date’s not quite over, I have one more “D” treat.” I squealed “reallllly? (Imagining a chocolate bar hidden behind his back). He scooted forward and got on one knee in the center of the carriage and I SWEAR time stood completely still for the next five minutes. He reached in his pocket, pulling out a black box and lifting the lid, “D is for Diamond” he said, “…Will you marry me?”.
The answer to that question coming from that man will always be YES.”

We sincerely thank all of the amazing couples who entered the contest. EACH AND EVERY single couple was so beatiful and had such heart warming stories! We wish we had this opportunity to share with each of you! Thank you, thank you, thank you again!!