Shabby Chic Local Inspiration

I am so proud to share this amazing Shabby Chic wedding with my party readers.

A few summers ago I had the privilege of tagging along on some wedding set ups with the amazingly talented mother/daughter team that makes up Stage Right, Etc.  Dani and Ria blew me away weekly with their creativity.  This Kelowna based wedding planning duo is at the cutting edge of all things pretty, all things floral, all things decor, and all things wedding.

I personally take a lot of inspiration for my parties and cakes from wedding magazines and blogs.  I thought sharing their amazing work is sure to inspire the creativity in all of you.  Not to mention, the photographs taken by Jessics Zais are so incredible, it is definitely worth a few minutes of your time!

Check out this adorable location.  What a gorgeous barn.  SO much character!

Cute frames and sweet plaques with the bride and groom/s initials.  These would be adorable touches to any shabby chic party.

Look closely, they used an antique door for the table top.  Cute, right?  I say genius!

This table is so pretty.  Every detail is looked after.  I think this would be a great theme for a bridal tea as well.

Can you feel the warmth?  If you are enjoying drooling over the amazing photos and your wheels are spinning with all the fun details, you've got to go on over and check out the rest of the Shabby Chic Wedding Mock Up over at Stage Right's BLOG.  Once you are there, look around.  This is one of MANY awesome concepts.  These ladies are a notch above the rest and surely the pride of Kelowna's party planning community.

Zebra Print, Lime and Teal Office Party

To celebrate the 4th anniversary of Rhino Chiropractic, I created a fun color scheme and focused on one area of the office.  I took these photos before the food was set out but you can get the ides:)

Spruced up water bottles using the paper scraps left over from the banner.

I was extremely thrilled when I popped into my favorite dollar store (Party @ Buck Or Two +) and discovered that the owner had just taken a balloon course down in Dallas.  She is a balloon bouquet master and she created a fantastic creation for me for a really great price!

Cute little cupcakes with flags!  I love the mini cupcake size for parties.  It is the perfect amount; kids eat the whole thing {not just the icing}, grown ups don't feel guilty taking a second one, and small = cute!

Cute cute cute!  And the fab cupcake papers?  Michaels is carrying tons of great patterns now.  Being in Canada, it is always exciting when we can get great stuff like this without having to get it shipped here.

This party was limited to one wall in the office with one table in front of it.  It was really fun to go all out and make that area amazing.  I find if you try to spread the decor out all over the place, it often gets lost.  This way, the eyes were directed to the party table and there were not tons of unnecessary decorations.

Have you ever thrown an office party?  Got any tips?