Project Red Dress

Here at Bella Signature Design we are so excited to be a sponsor at this year's "Project Red Dress"! This is the second annual Project Red Dress, following it's sold-out debut last year.

This year's event is being held at the beautiful Fairmont Hotel, and features a cocktail reception followed by the highly anticipated runway show of the hottest red dresses from some of Seattle's most innovative designers, students in the fashion industry Proceeds from the event benefit the student winner of Project Red Dress with a Fashion Group International-Seattle scholarship and the American Heart Association.

I am having a blast coming up with some creative ways to create a few sensational designs with a tiny budget, with a red theme near valentine's day(red flowers are triple their normal cost for the week preceding Valentines day...) I am seeing a miniature version of a red dress made out of flowers, some suspended orchids, trailing roses...how fun!

The runway contest will be judged by local design professionals and celebrity designer Nick Verreos, best known for his designs on the show Project Runway. Hmm, I'll have to come up with a really creative boutonierre for him!

If you don't have your tickets yet, click below to purchase some - they will be available at the door that night, but will be more expensive! (Hint: The VIP tickets are the best!)

Don't miss the chance to be a part of this fabulous event, full of fashion, glamour and fun - we could all use a little of that right now! See you there!

Daniela

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Special Event Furniture Rentals

While at The Special Event in San Diego (the national show/conference for Special Events, including weddings) a number of vendors introduced new lines - it was exciting to be one of the first to see all these new fabulous wedding decor items! Cort Furniture Rentals, who has an entire Special Events section, not only threw a fabulous party, but unvailed a ton of fantastic furniture that I can't wait to use at my events - here is a peek, straight from the convention showroom floor!

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Hottest Event trends

As I have said before, as a wedding planner and designer in Seattle, I feel it is my responsibility to keep up with the trends in the industry and make our clients aware of what is out there. While Seattle is a great source of new music and a certain kind of style, California, New York and of course Europe are often a few steps away in offering amazing decor and products to make any wedding or event even more fabulous. This last week we spend the week in San Diego checking out some fabulous new event ideas, trends, rental furniture, floral growers, etc. We attended a ton of fabulous seminars to learn more eco-conscious vendors, ways to save our clients money, etc - and we had a blast! We will be spending the next few weeks showcasing some of our finds on our blog, so for now, we send you to Sasha Souza's blog at www.Sparkliatti.com (she's been on our blog roll forever!) for her commentary on one of the great seminars we attended. I had the pleasure of meeting Sasha, and she is as sweet and hilarious in person as she is on her blog. (For those of you who don't know, Sasha Souza is a fabulous event designer to the stars). Her blog is full of fabulous finds, so keep reading if you haven't had a chance to add Sparkliatti to your own blog feed!

Keep tuned this week for all of our fabulous finds, such as wedding decor ideas, new wedding color palettes, fabulous favor ideas, and fabulous new wedding trends such as scenting your reception!

Daniela

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New Chiavari Chairs

Wow - sorry for the long delay in posts, we have a big event this weekend that we have been making custom furniture for, sewing wall drapery for and today, stripping about 1000 stems of roses for - phew! We also had a fantastic time doing a photshoot today for a stunning bridal magazine - we can't tell any details until the magazine is published, but we'll give you lots of details then !

One of the blogs I read is Sasha Souza's great blog, Sparkliatti (see blog roll on the right). Today she mentioned the new line of Chiavari Chairs that is coming out, and I had to share!

We use Chiavari Chairs A LOT at weddings, the most common colors being the walnut brown and gold, but we have also used white, silvers and black...some of the new colors coming from Royal Table USA out are bright red, clear, and Glow-in-the-dark!! Not so sure about glow-in-the dark chairs at a wedding, but perhaps at a party...Sasha on her blog mentioned a bar mitzvah, and I could totally see that! I LOVE the idea of the clear bubble Chiavaris though, modern yet elegant. Will someone PLEASE bring these to Seattle??

Daniela

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