Showing posts with label navy and coral tablescape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label navy and coral tablescape. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

a "mod baroque" tablescape

for this tablescape i adhered to a "color-blocking" style...which more often than not, fits the JL DESIGNS motto - monochromatic!  something about groupings of color (even small ones) just make more of an impact to me...when there are too many colors, i generally find it distracting to the eye...so my personal design aesthetic is to keep it to 3-4 colors (varying shades of those colors are fine)...

in this case, we stuck with a clean white palette (chairs, pipe and drape, vessels) and for contrast, went with a dark navy linen.  my first thought was to do all coral reflexed roses to match the killer plates i found at anthropologie but i saw the orange sherbert toned garden roses and i couldn't resist!  yummy!

the mini cakes were created by melody and let me tell you, not only were they ADORABLE, but they were delicious too!  i loved how she incorporated the graphic floral pattern onto the top of each cake...

i about died when i saw the menu cards allison created!  graphic, clean and the materials she used were of a super high quality...



bouquet of orange cymbidium orchids and peach parrot tulips, finished in a pale coral ribbon and drop beaded trim...


accoutrements are SUPER popular in event design right now...for this shoot i used ceramic trojan horses, white finials and coral votive holders from target but the sky's the limit!  a stack of vintage books, a rustic birdsnest, a petite wood crate filled with summer strawberries - whatever it takes to give the tablescape true "character" as opposed to just a "centerpiece"...



it was SUCH a treat designing this shoot and working with the following AMAZING vendors:

gabriel and carlie from gabriel ryan photographers
megan from classic party rentals, orange county
desiree from wildflower linens

you guys are a dream team!  :)

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

JL DESIGNS featured in bride and bloom magazine - summer 2009

yay!  the wait is over!  one of the tablescapes i designed for the current issue of bride and bloom magazine is finally out so i am officially able to release the photos from the shoot!  below is the stunning cover and the spread they put together...click on either one to enlarge the image...


a HUGE thank you to my amazing publicist leila khalil of be inspired pr for making this happen!  me and the rest of the vendors involved are SO grateful for this awesome press! 
  
another post to follow with more eye candy from the shoot...stay tuned...