C. Orrico Opens a Store in Jupiter

C. Orrico, a Palm Beach staple has opened a store in Jupiter. Located between the delicious Dive Bar and Café Des Artistes it sounds like Jupiter just got a lot more colorful. For directions and more information visit www.corrico.com

Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy Featured in Palm Beach Illustrated

Hot spots in Houston BHLDN and Tiny Boxwoods

This past weekend I was in Houston for a wedding and was excited to check out Anthropologie's newest store BHLDN with friend and fellow event planner, Kristin from Bellafare. After our GPS led us to the wrong destination...a culd-a-sac in a neighborhood...we finally found the store and it was even more than I anticipated. There were so many unique elements from wedding dresses, shoes, headpieces and jewelry to decor details, including vintage plates and glasses turned into pedestals, laser cut paper napkin rings and wooden pegged leg placeholders. We also came across the cutest brunch place ever. Sharing the lawn with a garden store, Tiny Boxwoods' looks like a page in a magazine. We liked it so much we went two days in a row. The large chalkboard menu changed slightly from day to day but had amazing brunch cocktails like the white wine mojito and out of this world sandwiches, breakfast pizzas, heavenly biscuits and chocolate chip cookies. If you're ever in the area it is worth the stop. And of course I made a stop to The Galleria...everything is bigger in Texas.

Coastal Christmas Featured in the Party Dress Mazagine

For Coastal Christmas I wanted to use a traditional color but incorporate sea fans and sea urchins in the shape of Christmas trees. The sea urchin trees from Beautiful Details by the Seashore on Etsy and sea fans from Wonders of the Sea were the perfect start. I had a custom graphic created of a wreath with Christmas ornaments and assorted shells for the invitation and menu card. The tablescape included silver chargers from Pier 1, assorted champagne and martini glasses from Crate and Barrel, silver ornaments from Martha Stewart at Macy’s, crystal votives from Z Gallerie, candlesticks, monogrammed napkins and napkin rings from Pottery Barn. The create your own Berry Sparkle Bar consisted of a premade mixer in a punch bowl with raspberries and rosemary to garnish atop a mirror turned on its back. To enhance the sea fans I spray painted them red and to give the coral a dressier feel, I spray painted it with metallic silver spray paint. Cupcakes and a cake with chocolate starfish by Southern Belle’s Cakery. Photography by Alana Harris Photography.

Junior League Tea Through The Ages Recap

Katherine Lande and I had the pleasure to host a table and speak at the Junior League event “Tea Through the Ages.” We thought it would be fun to combine my event design background and Katherine’s fashion expertise to create a look from runway to tabletop. We were inspired by Chanel’s Spring 2012 collection.

We used Nuage Design’s clear confetti paillettes as the foundation of the table. It was perfectly in line with the under the sea, mother of pearl, iridescent feel of their Spring 2012 collection. Inspired by Chanel’s beaded pearl bodice we used faux pearl bracelets from Sequin NY as napkin rings. The sea foam green napkins and teacups were heirlooms from Katherine’s family and tied in with the sea foam green in the collection. The graphic black and white dress was interpreted in the graphic black & white tray from T is for Table. Shades of grey, black and tan flower pom poms were attached to the back of the chairs from BLHND. The silver was from the models shoes and we interpreted that into the centerpiece of silver branches with iconic Chanel faux pearls strung and interspersed Camellia flowers (they were out of season so we replaced with gardenias)provided by FlowerMart. Each guest received a gift bag with Chanel Samples from Saks Fifth Avenue Palm Beach Gardens.

The Junior League of the Palm Beaches Smokin’ Hot Barbeque

The Junior League of the Palm Beaches will be holding the Smokin’ Hot Barbeque on November 19, 2011 from 12-5 PM at Land Rover Ranch 7000 Okeechobee Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33411

Live entertainment by Bryan Bobo Band and activities include Western BBQ Buffet, cash saloon, live animals, lasso contest, line dancing, kiddie corral, silent auction and much more.

For general admission tickets will be $10, a $25 League Pass is available which includes food and 2 drinks, kids 3 and under are free

For more information please call 561-689-7590 or email melissagray10@gmail.com

Excited to be featured on the new website Fab Tab TV

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