Saturday, May 31, 2008

Angelina Jolie has not delivered baby yet

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Angelina Jolie

There were several reports saying that Angelina Jolie has delivered her twins babies but PEOPLE confirms that the reports are false.

A rep for Angelina tells PEOPLE "Angelina has not given birth. She is fine, enjoying her home and her family in France".

Sometimes it feels funny on how rumors spread. Sometimes rumors can be true or fake. But eventually, the truth will reveal.

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Friday, May 30, 2008

Angelina Jolie gave birth?

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Angelina Jolie

There are several French media sources reporting that Angelina has gave birth to her twins babies at the Catholic clinic in France’s Aix-en-Provence on Sunday, May 25.

These reports are no confirmed whether is true or not. We just have to wait until somebody confirm this news. I am sure those babies will look gorgeous just like their good looking parents.

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Posh Purple!

We are planning a posh super chick purple event and I thought I'd share a little inspiration with you all, aren't they super purply'rific!


This is our inspiration...



Which one do you like better?
Sources: Martini, Flower in vase, Dress, Damask wallpaper, Box of favors, Purple invitation, Building, Head piece, Purple table setting, Purple place setting, Shoes, Silver boxesSources starting from the top left and moving clockwise are (white couches) Theknot.com, (empanadas) menupages.com, (candle) flickr.com, (centerpiece) Theknot.com, (potato pancakes) Brides.com, (hanging candle) Theknot.com, (chicken tapa) Theknot.com, (flowers) stylemepretty.com, (martini) pomwonderful.com.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Beautiful Emotion!

Your wedding day is so emotional! On all accounts, on all sides of the family - Dad is sad, because he knows his baby girl is all grown up, but I promise he's happy at the same time... I know my father couldn't hold a tear in his eyes while he danced with me to Butterfly Kisses on my wedding day!

Brides are nervous, grooms are nervous... it feels like all eyes are on you, and well, frankly, they are. So don't forget to breathe, don't lock your knees, and remember you are marring your best friend, so focus on your best friend! And these tears are Happy Tears!
I love these images from k Gallery and Powers Photography! They truly capture some of the emotions that are surging through on the wedding day!


Video clip of the life of Angelina Jolie and family



This is the video clip of the relationship of Angelina Jolie and her partner BRAD Pitt together with their children. Brad was married to Jennifer Aniston before he met Angelina Jolie and Angelina Jolie married few times before she met Brad. But finally, it is nice to see that they have a good family life together now.


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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The Top 5!


Yesterday I had Christina let you know what she felt her Top 5 things learned at her first wedding with MasterPiece Weddings were. I wanted to explain some of what she said, maybe give you some back story.

1. Every wedding planner needs a Mary Poppins’ carpetbag… by the end of the night, I was waiting for Melissa to pull out a coat rack from her “wedding bag.”

We did have to get a lot of stuff out of the Wedding Bag at this wedding, I guess I never think about what comes out of it, and how much thought went in to choosing the things that I knew I'd use a lot. I think I can do anything with DoubleStick Tape, a Sharpie Marker, and Binder Clips!

{Me playing War with the Bride to ease her anxiety}


2. A wedding planner must be able to wear many hats. I watched Melissa have many transformations, including the organized businesswomen, the patient waiter, the comforter to the nervous and crying, and the dancing queen.

We do have to wear many hats. Another thing I don't think about, I just do. At Katie's wedding, we had to wait over an hour for the Venue to be unlocked. I had confirmed the time for it to be opened 3 times, and after waiting and waiting, and having contacted the owner of the facility by cell phone and emails- proves you can never be too prepared.

I did have to comfort the Bride's Daughter, she's old enough to be aware of what was going on around her, and before the ceremony I found her crying pretty uncontrollably. When I asked her what was wrong she just stared at me with these bright blue eyes and huge tears falling to the ground. She couldn't even talk. Finally she confessed that she was scarred. She was scarred of messing up. I then told her that I would be there to let her know when do walk, stop, go, where to stand, and if she messed up it was my fault. I think that made her feel better. Poor thing!

And after everyone is gone - I always take a dance with my favorite DJ :)

3. Never let anyone see you sweat, even if it is 120 degrees outside.

Holy Cow! It was Hah-ot outside!!! (I have pictures to prove it!)

4. The job of networking never ends. Melissa was working every connection that the venue had; it was very impressive!

Another thing I guess I don't even think of.... the photographer was newer to the business, and I had never worked with him before. And of course the vendors that you know and trust, you gotta chat with them!

5. Just because you pass next to a candy bar, does not mean you have to eat a piece of candy! After cake, Rice Krispie treats and candy, I was in complete sugar shock. I had a large piece of pizza on the way home!

So first and foremost, the guests never see us eat... but if you can sneak an M&M then more power to you :) But lemme tell you, there was so much sugar at this wedding! We set up the candy bar to end all candy bars, cake, Rice Krispie Treat Grooms Cake... I felt like the sugar never ended!!!

To be honest, the main thing I learned was that being a wedding consultant is not for everyone and is definitely not as easy as it seems! I know I have a lot more to learn, and I’m definitely glad to be learning from the best!

Truer words have never been spoken!

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie did not buy the chateau in the South of France

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Angelina Jolie

There were rumors saying that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has bought chateau in the South of France but actually they are renting it. They will renting it for the next three years. There are other celebrities that are staying not far from there too. And this includes Beckham family and Johnny Depp.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie did not buy the chateau in the South of France

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Angelina Jolie

There were rumors saying that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has bought chateau in the South of France but actually they are renting it. They will renting it for the next three years. There are other celebrities that are staying not far from there too. And this includes Beckham family and Johnny Depp.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

It's Shiloh Jolie-Pitt!'s birthday

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Angelina Jolie

Today is Shiloh turns 2. Her parents Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt together with her siblings celebrates her birthday.Time really flies so fast. Now she is already two years old. Later she will have more siblings to celebrate together with her because Angelina Jolie is pregnant with twins.

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I heart my Interns!


So this was Christina's first wedding with me - I asked her at the end of the night what she was most surprised about, and what she felt she learned the most. At the end of the conversation I asked her to write it down....

And she did!!! Good Girl Christina!! :)

I was surprised at what she felt her Top 5 things learned were... but then again, looking at it from a "virgin" point of view, it makes sense!

Without further ado, Blogosphere meet Christina!

Having been raised in New Orleans, a city where parties are standard for any occasion, I figured that working my first wedding would be a breeze. To my surprise, after a night of watching people dance, I was forced to recuperate for almost two days before feeling well enough to reflect on what I learned during Katie and Bradley’s wedding.

To be completely honest, the entire day was a whirlwind from the reception site set up, which ended up being a waiting game, to the last dance of the night. However I did learn a lot from listening, watching and doing, and here are my top five (in no particular order):

1. Every wedding planner needs a Mary Poppins’ carpetbag… by the end of the night, I was waiting for Melissa to pull out a coat rack from her “wedding bag.”

2. A wedding planner must be able to wear many hats. I watched Melissa have many transformations, including the organized businesswomen, the patient waiter, the comforter to the nervous and crying, and the dancing queen.

3. Never let anyone see you sweat, even if it is 120 degrees outside.

4. The job of networking never ends. Melissa was working every connection that the venue had; it was very impressive!

5. Just because you pass next to a candy bar, does not mean you have to eat a piece of candy! After cake, Rice Krispie treats and candy, I was in complete sugar shock. I had a large piece of pizza on the way home!

To be honest, the main thing I learned was that being a wedding consultant is not for everyone and is definitely not as easy as it seems! I know I have a lot more to learn, and I’m definitely glad to be learning from the best!

I think I'll post my version of her top 5 tomorrow!

Monday, May 26, 2008

Angelina Jolie and family found a place to stay

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Angelina Jolie

According to reports, Angelina Jolie and family found a place to stay that cost $60 million with 1,000-acre estate in the south of France. It is filled with 35 bedrooms, a vineyard, lake, forest and moat. I am sure their children has plenty of space to play.

One source tells E! News "It's called Chateau Miraval in a village called Brignol, which is near from Aix-en-Provence. And it's absolutely unbelievable."

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

What I used Yesterday...


Although I am suffering from quite the Wedding Hangover - I wanted to take some time out today and share with you what I used from my Wedding Emergency Kit yesterday and why I used what I did.

I think this might be fun to do every Monday after a Wedding, I know that I don't use every item at every wedding. But this way we can see any trends, and how I used what I used.
  • Corsage Pins: We needed so many pins, the florist didn't include them with the boutonnieres, so I used mine from my wedding bag.


  • Playing Cards: The bride was so nervous before the ceremony, Katie thought she was going to pass out or throw up, so just before the ceremony to kill a bit of time and get her mind off of being nervous we set up a game of War... she won!


  • Deodorant: Katie thought she was sweating up a storm - and was afraid of stinking, so she used deodorant allllll over her body - and with the temperature this weekend, I don't blame her!


  • Mints: Peppermint is a good tummy calmer and fresh minty breath for that kiss!


  • Bobby Pins: The flowergirls' hair needed a bit of fixin'.


  • Advil: Someone had a headache... And I think I snuck a few too...


  • Tissues: Actually it's a disposable hanky.... gotta wipe those tears... Happy Tears!


  • Scissors: We had to use them like 200 times...

You never know what you might use or not use! I can't believe I didn't have to use the Smelling Salts! Sometimes I don't even have to open up the emergency kit, and sometimes it can't come out of my sight!

What's your favorite item in your emergency kit?

(Oh and don't worry, you'll find out what that super awesome surprise is VERY soon! I am so excited about it!!!)

Angelina Jolie is winner of motorcycle movie poll

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie is the winner of motorcycle movie poll because of her action-packed motorcycle chase in Lara Croft. The votes has been done by biker fans. Second place went to Steve MCQueen for his role in The Great Escape and third place went to Tom
Tom Cruise in his role in Top Gun.

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Wedding Day!

Oooooooh!!!

We've been working since 7AM, but boy oh boy - do I have some exciting stuff to tell you!!!

Video clip of Angelina Jolie in Changeling



Video clip of Angelina Jolie in Changeling. This movie will be shown in US theaters on November 7th.

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Friday, May 23, 2008

Angelina Jolie at the Grand Hotel Du Cap-Ferrat





Angelina Jolie was spotted at the Grand Hotel Du Cap-Ferrat in Cannes, France on Thursday.

Life & Style reports Angelina Jolie and her partner will pay at least $20 million in France on security, medical costs and other expenses related with their twins babies.

An insider said “Brad and Angelina love all their children and will do everything to protect them and keep them healthy. Money is no object when it comes to the kids.”

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Katie and Bradley Get Married... again!



I am totally excited! Katie is amazing! Bradley is incredible!

The wedding can be nothing but perfect, I just know it! We only have to battle the weather, and Katie's fear of throwing up/passing out/crying uncontrollably/falling during the ceremony...fun times for me!
Nothing I can't handle!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Video clip of Angelina Jolie and BRad having dinner with Mick Jagger and Clint Eastwood




Video clip of Angelina Jolie and BRad having dinner with Mick Jagger and Clint Eastwood
at Tetou Restaurant in Golfe-Juan, France.

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Happy Halloween!

What does MasterPiece Weddings and Geico have in common?

I attended a Fundraising Auction for Adfed (an Advertising Auction supporting High School Students wishing to obtain a degree in Advertising) last night and MasterPiece Weddings donated an Event Planning Package - well, Geico bid on our package - donating a pretty penny to the cause, and won our planning package.

It looks like I'll be planning the Annual Geico Halloween Party, how fun!

Maybe I'll dress as a Caveman?

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Angelina Jolie and Brad went to Toys ‘R’ Us




Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt went to Toys ‘R’ Us in Cannes, France on Wednesday. They could be searching gifts for Shiloh’s birthday which will be on Tuesday, May 27.

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I Heart the Bubbles!


I love Bubble Tea! Usually I order Jasmine Tea with extra Boba -- but today as I am sipping my afternoon snack, I was thinking... What a fun way to personalize your wedding reception, cocktail hour, or rehearsal dinner!

It would be a fun and unique way to personalize your events- And why not have a Boba Tea bar at your wedding! If it's something you enjoy and it's something you and and your fiancee want to share with your family it would be nice during the cocktail hour.

Basically it's Green Tea, mixed with fruit flavors, real fruit, and sometimes cream - YUMMMY! Then Black Tapioca Pearls are sitting at the bottom of the glass... looks really pretty - and so fun!


Here are the logistics to Bubble Tea:

Famous Family!

My cousin Michelle lives in California and she's smart, and beautiful and she's getting married! I guess word got out, and tada - she's on the cover a Bridal Magazine!!! She's the one on the right! I am so excited for her!!!

Check out her spread!






Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Angelina Jolie and Brad went dinner with Clint Eastwood and Mick Jagger

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie and her partner went for dinner at Restaurant Tetou in Golfe-Juan and join with Clint Eastwood and Mick Jagger on Monday night. There are eight other guests present there.

One waitress tells PEOPLE "Angelina and Brad are adorable. They are so in love. The whole table was super nice."


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Photograhy Phun!

I am so blessed to work in an area with some super fantastical photographers and you've heard me talk about a few of them.

But did you know that Powers Photography started a blog!!! Susan and Stewart are so fun to work with and their work is beautiful, fun, with a touch of sophistication, I know you'll fall in love with them over and over again!
Photography is so important, it's not just the pictures, but the full package, you need to make sure that you love who you are working with, the pictures are incredible, and the final album tells the story that you want it to! I think that Powers is the complete package! (and they travel internationally as well!)


Monday, May 19, 2008

Video clip of Brad Pitt grabbing Angelina Jolie's butt



This is a video clip of Brad Pitt grabbing Angelina Jolie's butt at Cannes.

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Dinner Party Disaster!



There's no use in crying over spilled Milk, right? So, what happens when you invite your neighbors over for dinner for the first time - and your dinner is a disaster, how do you handle that gracefully?

Well, let me tell you what happened... I'll start from the very beginning...

Once upon a time, two couples built their houses right next door to one another - and had been promising to get together quite often. Finally, one of the neighbors, Melissa (that's me), asked them to come over for a BBQ Feast on Sunday, and they graciously accepted.

Melissa, who loves to entertain, and try out new recipes from her Gourmet Magazine - found a delicious new recipe for BBQ Pork (that takes almost 24 hours to prepare and cook), Homemade Hamburger Buns, Homemade Coleslaw, and a slew of other fantastically delicious items and decided to make it all...


Since Melissa, loved to play in the kitchen she started on Saturday letting the dough for the buns rise and baking the potatoes for the potato salad, and slices and chopping the cabbage for the slaw, preparing the meat, making the dessert....

Although the buns didn't rise as much as she hoped, they sure looked delicious, and the pork was doing great, on Sunday morning, Melissa made some more of the vinegar "mop" for the pork and continued to let it cook "low and slow" - on Sunday afternoon it was falling off the bone, and she "pulled" it off the bone and let it soak in the mop - Melissa carefully placed the BBQ Pork on a large platter and put it in the over to warm.

As it was getting closer to the time her guests were to arrive, Melissa set out some starters to munch on, got the table set, with the homemade buns, and the slaw, potato salad, tomato salad was done, looked like the best BBQ dinner EVER!

As Melissa's guests arrived we all chatted, and started to walk to the table after munching for a bit. Melissa then brought the BBQ Pork to the table, and as she reached the table, the platter slipped from her hands and in the slowest of motion it fell to the ground. As she saw the pork fall to its doom, and splatter to the floor, in a large lump of delicious 24 hour pork lump, she stared for a moment, then asked "How do you all feel about Pizza?"

So sad! All that work for spilled pork. (My husband still plans to eat it...but don't tell)

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Brad Pitt furious when Angelina Jolie refuse to marry him

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Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt went to have a drink at a bar in France. He felt angry his partner Angelina Jolie refuse to marry him.

Angelina Jolie is pregnant with twins but she is having some health problem. Brad hopes Angelina will slow down.

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Friday, May 16, 2008

Video clip Of Angelina Jolie and Brad at Cannes



This is video clip Of Angelina Jolie with her partner Brad at Cannes for her Kung Fu Panda

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Communication is Key!


My mother was a big proponent of communication - there was one time, when I was 10 or 11, I dis-owned my sister, like literally told her that I wasn't her sister anymore. And I hated her. (Kim, I love you, you are my sister and my best friend - I officially apologize for disowning you 20+ years ago, I hope you can forgive me). My mother forced to me realize that we needed to talk this out, and she was my sister no matter what.


Anyway, back to communication - this is all relative, I promise!

As a business person, communication is a tremendous part of my job, I have to communicate with my clients, I have to communicate with vendors, I need to make sure that vendors communicate with each other.

Just recently we had a problem with a florist that was asked by a bride to have extra Red Roses for a wedding cake, the bride paid for these extra flowers, and when the cake was being set up, the florist brought over 5 red roses (instead of the 40 that were paid for) that were half dead, and when the cake baker picked them up, the petals all fell off. Not only is that bad communication, but bad business.

I then had to run to the local grocery store and buy new flowers.

Apparently, I'm not the only one having this type of problem with this florist, they have been confirmed for specific items and not brought them, or actually told another vendor that they weren't needed for an event, even though they were!!!!

Everyone is afraid to talk to this vendor about their behavior, but someone needs to - looks like those skills my mommy taught me will come in handy.
{Cake by KB Kake Kreations - more on that cake on Monday}

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Let's Eat Cake has a Home!


We've confirmed our home for Let's Eat Cake! And I couldn't be more excited!!!
Thank you Paramount Plaza Resort!!! I think it's a perfect fit!!

Angelina Jolie confirmed twins

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie has confirmed her babies are twins. She revealed this in an interview with Natalie Morales;s show. This interview was in Cannes on Wednesday.
Below are some the words talked in the interview:

“You’re gonna have as many as (the) ‘Brady Bunch’ when you have these,” Jack joked.

“It’s confirmed? Is it two?”, Natalie asked.

“Yeah, yeah, we’ve confirmed that already,” Angelina responded. “Well, Jack’s just confirmed it actually.”

“Is that true?”, Jack said jokingly.

“Yeah, you did,” Angelina replied.

“Sorry,” Jack concluded.

“So you’re having twins?”, Natalie asked, as Angelina nodded with a ‘yes.’

“Do you know the sexes of the babies”, Natalie asked. “Or, are you keeping that private?”

“We would like to keep that private,” Angelina said.

“Are you going to stay here in France to deliver?”, Natalie also asked at one point.

“Possibly,” Angelina responded.



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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Wynn - WOW!


The Wynn. So Oprah's stayed there she recommends it - I honestly thought, what's all of the fuss about, it's just another Vegas Hotel, right? Wrong!

This hotel is incredible! The shopping is unbelievably incredible, but that's besides the point...

My site visit started with a visual tour of the New Encore Las Vegas (Wynn Las Vegas' Sister Hotel) which is going to be an all-suite hotel - all of the meeting spaces will have open up terraces to the pools. Both of these properties define luxury on the Vegas Strip and still have incredible dining, great shopping, fun nightlife, and unbelievable service!


When planning an event in Las Vegas and you'd like to keep it intimate and still have all of the luxury, have great shopping close by, delicious food, definitely consider Wynn Las Vegas!

My husband and I had the fantastic opportunity to enjoy a delicious meal at Wynn's Country Club Grill, it was fabulous!

Certainly -check it out Wynn Las Vegas and soon Encore Las Vegas!

Vegas, Baby! We're Back!!!

We had a terrible time getting back! Our flight was canceled, then delays - then more cancelations. So I am back a day late, and literally a dollar short - but we are back! And I have some stories for you!

We arrived in Las Vegas late (seemed to be the theme of the weekend) and I had a site visit at The Palazzo, Carl is my Sales Manager there, he was so helpful! Their banquet/meeting/conference areas were beautiful!
Basically, it's Vegas so no matter what we needed could be done - it's a massive space!


Their rooms are beautiful! I mean amazing, we've stayed all over Vegas, from The Wynn, Bellagio, MGM, Mandalay Bay, Venetian and Now The Palazzo, and frankly as far as rooms go, I don't know if I'd stay anywhere else! It's beautiful, you are treated like royalty and the All-Suites rooms and simply incredible! With turn down service every night it was simply incredible, chocolates on our pillows and soft music playing when we arrived back to our room, it was quite a treat!

Our Site Visit showed us all of the rooms, including the one bedroom suites, and those are Sweet Suites! Simple a remarkable hotel! If you have a chance, I'd highly recommend it!

Next up our site visit to The Wynn....



Angelina Jolie and partner Brad went boat ride with their sons




Angelina Jolie went for a boat ride with her two sons and partner Brad Pitt. The boat went round the South of France on Tuesday.

They were riding on Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s yacht “Tatoosh”.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Angelina Jolie took her daughters to shop in Monaco




On Monday, Angelina Jolie took her daughters, Zahara and Shiloh for shopping in Monaco. One of the shops they went was Ricriation.

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