Green Tuesdays (on a friday): Water Bottle Decor

I subscribe to a ton of blogs, from wedding blogs, design blogs, to eco-friendly resources, and one of the newsletters I find daily in my inbox is Ideal Bite. This site offers great, small, easy ideas for greening up your daily life - inspiring and super simple to read and DO. Today's read (from Seattle Bite) spotlighted the Urban Affirmation Water Bottle. When I saw this chic bottle with the giant words "celebrate" I immediately thought about how cool these bottle would look on your table at any wedding or event, especially one with modern or contemporary vibes. Can you imagine these gracing the table at a modern art museum or loft venue?

Now, at $25 each they are a bit much for each guest (unless you have a super high budget, and if you do, call me ;) ) but a few on each table would look fabulous and could work as a small water 'pitcher' (they are 25 oz, 2.75 inches wide & 11.5 inches tall)). Since they are glass they are completely re-usable so they would make great take-away gifts (I can see the guests fighting over these!)

I know I want one!

Daniela

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Fabulous, colorful favors

Eloisa from Pezzidamore emailed us at Bella Signature Design the other day about some fabulous new wedding favors she put together. Usually it's hard to impress me with favors, because many look SO generic or "weddingy" to me. What excited me first was Eloisa's passion about her product, so I looked up her website Pezzidiamore.com. I instantly fell in love with the packaging - it' s bright and happy, just the perfect little morsel of cuteness to thank your guests with. But then there is the actual gift waiting inside, and the story that it represents...

"Bem Casados" (or "well-marrieds") are treats traditionally given away at weddings in Brazil. Eloisa explains that the Bem Casado represents two united parts (each side of the cookie) sealed by support, love & mutual respect, and that each guest should receive one to bless the union and give them luck. I love this idea! The treats are super light and airy, and at Pezzidamore, they are each handmade. Eloisa described them as "caramel bathed in a special sweet sauce." Okay, I was convinced. You all know HOW picky I am when it comes to sweets!

To top it all off, Eloisa wraps these special treats in fabulous fabrics and ribbon to match your theme and color palette. Perfecto!

Got some great favor ideas too? Let us know! You can email us at Daniela at bellasignature dot com

Daniela

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New Give-away from Totally Chocolate

As promised, here is our wedding favor giveaway...

Totally Chocolate is a Washington-based company that makes custom chocolate treats...

From extravagant (and super yummy) chocolate truffles

to more cost effective smaller chocolates in gift bags, Totally Chocolate's treats are creamy, chocoloatey goodness. I have to admit, having been born and raised in Germany with a ton of relatives in Switzerland, I am a total chocolate snob. When Dori from Totally Chocolate first called me and asked if i wanted a sample, I said "sure!" (because who turns down free chocolate?) but i wasn't expecting much (sorry, Dori - you DID prove me wrong!)...A lot of american chocolate to me tastes like chocolate flavored candy versus rich, creamy chocolate. Literally the NEXT morning, this giant box of chocolates arrive at my studio's door (you could have fit 6 shoeboxes in this box!) with a huge assortment of chocolates. Truffles, bon bons and cookies, oh my! Again, I was a bit skeptical , since you all know I am not a fan of anything too "weddingy" or ordinary, and some of the samples were a bit corporate looking for a wedding (but PERFECT for a team meeting or corporate event). However, the custom items had so many applications that I immediately started thinking of what you could do with a "custom chocolate mold" it can be anything you want!!

I was pleasantly surprised that the chocolate was creamy, rich and "totally chocolate-y" with none of that cheap chocolate aftertaste like candy bar chocolate can have. My absolute favorite were the shortbread cookies with chocolate (YUM!) and the plain chocolate. Check out their website, which has mostly corporate looking stuff, but you can use your imagination...which leads us to our contest: Totally Chocolate is giving away one free custom chocolate mold (a $100 value!) to one of our readers! All you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post about a creative chocolate shape/design you would use and what you would use it for (Wedding favor, kid's birthday party, corporate event)! Dori will pick a winner one week from today, Wednesday April 22nd. Comments left before midnight on April 21st will be considered (they must be appropriate or they will not be posted - nothing overly naughty please!)

Have fun!

Daniela

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Custom wedding favors & Giveaway!

April is Giveaway month here at Bella Signature Design! This week we have some great wedding favor ideas - and of course, a great prize to go along with it. For some fabulous wedding favors, completely custom AND edible, check out: Totally Chocolate.

Stay tuned tomorrow for our write-up and contest rules tomorrow!

Daniela

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Covet Mondays: Glassybaby

On our second post of items I covet, I knew I had to bring up Glassybaby. I had long heard about these vessels, these candleholders/mini vases...and the amazing story that brought these glass creations into existence...But honestly, when I first heard the price (and had not actually seen one in person) I thought "wow, $40 for a candleholder." Still, the beauty just from the photographs of these yummy little vessels led me to call them up last month and ask them to be part of a photoshoot we had been asked to do for Bride and Bloom Magazine. Sweet Marissa promptly sent me 8 samples, and I swooned! They feel amazing in your hand - heavy, yet comforting, thick glass with saturated color (there are translucent ones as well!) These are no ordinary candle holders!

Glassybabies come in hundreds of colors, with amazing shades of every hue you can think of. Amazing bridesmaids gifts, thank you gifts for people who helped out at the wedding, or very decadent favors. Best of all, Glassybaby now has a rental program where you can rent them for your wedding! I imagine tables bedecked in every shade of amber to orange, or purple and raspberry...

I so fell in love with these that I bought one of the samples that Marissa had sent - a thick, yummy gray one named "Battleship." Something about the gray glass lit from within reminded me of calm, of hot tea on a gray northwest day. But alas, one Glassybaby is NEVER enough. And with new names like "Molten, Frog Hunting and Windowpane"? I don't know what they will look like, but I am coveting "Molten" just from the name!

Daniela

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