Real Life Chocolate B & B Bride-- The Porter - Law Family!

I'ts that time of year again, when everyone is filled with the real spirit of the Holiday Season. I hope that you are enjoying time with friends & family and celebrating the love that only this time of year really brings out. I'm looking forward to a bigger & better 2012 for YOU & me!

My last post for 2011, includes another Real life Chocolate B & B bride- Mrs. Rashaun Law! This wedding, was in short- Haute Hollywood! Rashaun & her husband Dwight pulled out all the stops for their Hollywood themed, movie-inspired, red carpet affair. They thought of everything, including a photo backdrop that was
inspired by the movie Brown Sugar for the guests to take pictures in front of. Now how cool was that!

I created the broom for her nuptials, and I'm glad we had a chance to work together to add the bling she needed for the jumping the broom ceremony. Hope you love it as much as we do!

Bride & Groom Names: Rashaun & Dwight Law
Ceremony: Unity Church of Christianity
Reception: Las Velas, Houston, TX
Date: May 29, 2011
Describe Your Wedding Style: Hollywood
My favorite moment:
There were so many moments that I loved on our wedding day, however if I had to choose, it would be our time alone right after we were pronounced husband and wife. My coordinator rushed us into a room ...it was very surreal for the both of us...no crowd, no cameras, no hand shakes, just taking it all in for the first moment alone as husband and wife, TIME STOPPED. I will forever remember that moment.
Wedding advice to Brides to Be:
My advice would be to not stress the small stuff. We all want a perfect day, however there will be some mishaps along the way. Perfection is when you are united with the man of your dreams..
Best part of being married:
The best part of being married is knowing that you are now one with your lover, your best friend and confidant.

Real Life Bride with Flavor: Meet the Brown-Synder Family!

Todays featured couple Meegan & Johnny, are again another example of the great tool that ETSY.com can be for wedding vendors & couples who want something unique for their nuptials. Meegan contacted me about flowers that would reflect her wedding style- nothing fussy, relaxed but sophisticated. So with that I created the bridal flowers for the bride & groom ( including the brides hair flower), along with the wedding party & parents. I think she pulled it off well --Here's how you can too!

Bride & Groom Names: Meegan Brown & Johnny Snyder

Location & date of wedding: Newtown PA. May 1st 2010

Describe your WedStyle : Casual, relaxed and very low key!

My favorite moment: Oh which one... Getting out of the car and seeing my hubby to be waiting for me…the kiss.. our first dance.. too many!!!

Wedding advice to brides: Take in all the advice given but only you can choose which you want to take and which you do not care for! Its your day!! (and his) Don't be afraid to say no!!

Best part of being Married: Again so many!!! Being a Mrs., knowing I have the rest of my life with my husband, always having my best friend to talk to, Just hearing him call me wife :)

Customer Creations

It's been a while since I shared a few pictures of my beautiful clients, so here's a couple pics from the real life brides to be album!

A Seattle/Texas bride with Vision...

You know I love Etsy.com , because I get to meet some very creative brides with vision who are so trusting to have a complete stranger to create something for their wedding day! Etsy.com has been a God-send for a lot of artisans all over the globe- so thanks to them as well :-)

To close off my wedding season for 2010, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to create the flowers for a lovely bride named Angela. I can honestly say I so anxious to see her wedding pics. She is going to have a FABULOUSLY creative wedding - from her unique Wai-Ching wedding dress, to the handpainted bridal bouquet I created for her. In all, I created 11 bouquets, 5 corsages and 14 bouts for the men.

Here are some pics I sent her of her products before they were shipped to the Lone Star State. I really enjoyed making these for her, and I hope to do more bouquets similiar to these in the near future.

Something Borrowed, Something Blue ...

Various shades of blue- A broom and an bouquet designed for Mrs. Terri & Mrs. Katrina! Congratulations to you both!

Client Pics**

The summer has certainly been a busy one for me, and Im sure all of you as well. I've been well though - celebrated my 3rd year of marriage, went to Jamaica and turned a year older, @ 31! All in all, I'm thankful for growth in every area in my life and thankful I had the opportunity to work with some great brides this summer!
Here's a few pics of my clients & work- take a look, and tell me what you think !

Apple Red, Lavender and Happy all over !

When my latest bride initially told me lavender & red were her colors, I'll admit I felt a tinge of "how in the world was I going to pull these two colors off" ?! But now, I'm thinking, YES this works! What do you think?

Mays Brides- Mrs. Marsha & Mrs. Meegan!

I promised to show you some pictures from my latest clients wedding, so here there are! I refer to both Marsha & Meegan as my "dream" clients because they both really allowed me to be as creative as possible with her wedding items! I can certainly appreciate this because often times brides aren't receptive to new ideas when it comes to designing their wedding, they've been dreaming about for years! But Mrs. Marsha & Mrs Meegan were both flexible and a pleasure to work with - and I 'm very happy with the end results!

Tell me what you think: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chocolate-Brooms-and-Bouquets/113884361823

Be careful what you pray for because you just might get it!...

I was reminded of my grandmother advice when I sat down last night after working feverishly to complete all of my 2010 prom orders- and I went to bed with a huge smile. As tired as I still am - I am thankful business is picking up and I really enjoy what I'm doing :-) My talent is a blessing that I don't take for granted and I am thankful to have the opportunity to share it with my clients. Thank you to every student & bride that has supported me by sharing your beautiful vision - YOU ARE my inspiration to keep pressing on. God is good yall!

Anyhoo, I've been busy, and this weekend I have 3 weddings and a prom...I will take pictures of everything and post them soon :-) Toodles

Work.Work.Work.Work.Work!

So May has had me absolutely busy- Can you say 3 weddings this month and a prom! Here is a sneek peak of what I've been working on. Corsages for both weddings and prom, Centerpeices- I promise to post more as May winds down :-)

My bride from Philly...

Just wanted to share what I've been up to - I just finished creating some fabu flowers for my bride from Philly. She is wearing a hot silver dress with black meshing on top- so the white & silver flowers will complement her dress and her red hair! I crafted her bouquet, hair flower and the grooms bout from the calla lilies/roses & the bridesmaid & groosman flowers were made from the wooden rosebuds. We'll have to wait a while to see her professional pics but I'll keep you posted ;-)

Working on a Sunday afternoon...

Hey guys, just sharing a pic of my latest creation! What you think?

My first award!

Its official, my blood pressure has shot off the charts!

My company, Chocolate Brooms and Bouquets has been chosen to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2010. This award recognizes the top 5 percent of local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service and professionalism!! Whoo- hooo!

What does that mean, you say? Well, the Bride’s Choice Awards™ are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds (brides and grooms) through extensive surveys and reviews, which means your past clients have spoken on my behalf and selected me to receive this honor!

Im excited & thankful to God that he keeps reminding me to press onwards!

Michelle Obama @ the PROM!

This year I am expanding my services to celebrate the last party every teen looks forward to - PROM NIGHT!

Yes that's right, prom season is just around the corner & I've been invited to create corsages & bouts for 3 well known Chicagoland highschools ( one of which is my alma amater - Whitney M Young Magnet Highschool) and I'm very excited!

In the meantime, I'm creating ads for other schools to use to promote my business. So while I'm reserching the current trends of 2010, I came across this fantaboulous lady - or First Lady- I should say, Michelle Obama at OUR alma mater - Whitney M Youngs 1984 prom! She was fly even then :-)

A New Year... A New Me!

2010 is going to be my best year yet! Yep, I'm claiming it folks!

I dont do new years resolutions per say, I rather call them GOALS!!

I thought I would share my numero UNO goal with you...drums please....

1) Improve marketing strategies by May 2010: This includes, a new website design, better visuals, attend more bridal shows and network more! Better marketing = more clients!

Vendor friends & readers what are your goals for 2010?

Photoshoot Chocolate B & B style!

So Im super excited! My next project: a fun photoshoot with a few of my clients! I can't wait to show you the pics. The idea is to show off a few new creations from my bouquet selection. So for right now I have slated three gorgeous girls, all former brides to be who also happened to be my clients. I can't wait. The preperation has just begun! Stay tuned :-)

The Pink & Green AKA Wedding!

This past weekend I attended the wedding of a good friend of mine from highschool! Although we didn' t attend the same college, we kept in touch throughout the years so it was good to see her marrying a guy she crushed on from way back in the day!

So as gift to my AKA fanatic friend ( lol- she will kill me when she sees this lol) I created a broom for her pink & green wedding. I also must say she did an excellent job pulling of these colors in the middle of October, in Chicago! So here's a picture of the broom and a candid shot from the wedding, I'll post more pictures shortly- Hope you like it!

CONGRATS AGAIN TO MR. & MRS. CUMMINGS!!