Luxe Entertaining: Luxe Report Designs Tablescape Sneak Pease

Remember our concept board for an upcoming event?!  Well the event was this past weekend and we had the table professionally photographed.  Here's a sneak peak until we get the proofs back from the photographer!

Luxe Entertaining: Luxe Report Designs Tablescape

We've begun throwing ideas around for an upcoming event styled by Luxe Report Designs.  We're thinking, Palm Beach meets Hollywood...a mix of regency, glam with pops of coral, orange and fuchsia!

Stay tuned for the final execution!

The Concept

Luxe Lifestyle: Favorite New Purchase: String Lights

While we were in Napa we fell in love with the enchantingness (is that a word?) and charm clear string lights brought to the vineyards as well as our outdoor dining experience!  Turns out wine isn't the only thing we brought back from wine country!  I loved the idea so much, I ordered a set as soon as we got back home.

Now we're ready for al fresco dining (and our Napa Revisited dinner party)!

Clear Party String Lights

Luxe Lifestyle: Friday Vignettes: Life's Simple Pleasures

TGIF!  It's almost the weekend... and for me, that's reason enough to celebrate!  

Today's vignette feature rosé & a cheese board. Cheers! ;)

Luxe Entertaining: Hank's First Birthday

Let's take a little break from our Napa trip to talk about what happened the weekend before we left...Hank's First Birthday!!! 

Do you remember the original concept for the lobster-themed bash I posted several weeks ago?

 

I included everything from the original concept in the actual party.

 

 

 Guests grabbed to-go style boxes that they opened to fill with yummy bites!

 

 

The spread featured picnic style Maine lobster rolls and coleslaw.

Cocktails sipped and stirred with striped straws and monogrammed drink stirrers from Society Social.

 Staying true to the theme, we even hunted down the remaining cans of Shipyard's Summer Ale simply for the lobster art!

The mini lobster rafts that started the whole thing!

A cake waiting to be smashed...cupcakes for the guests.

 

One year already! What a fun celebration we had!



 

Luxe Entertaining: Napa Style

Spending a week in Napa Valley didn't just inspire us to wear the latest fall fashion trends, but the natural, rustic style of the Valley has us loving a whole new kind of home décor.  It may never be a style that we go for year round, but as fall approaches we are totally ready to re-live the week and  throw our own Napa-themed evening inspired by the items we loved most on our trip. 

We envision large farm tables decorated with grapewood vines and vases full of sunflower bouquets, an illuminated setting with strung bistro lights and lots of candles.  A magnum wine bucket stocked with bottles from our favorite vineyards, glasses and tasting carafes for each guest.  Rustic style knives for cheese and wine pairings, and lion's head soup bowls for the best creme de tomate en croute.  We're sure a post-dinner bocce ball rematch will be in order (the boys were sore losers).

Once our weather gets cool enough to feel like fall, this evening will be happening! Stay tuned!

 

Farm Table / Pinot Noir Glass / Tasting Carafe / Soup Bowl / Cheese Knives / Grapewood Vine / Magnum Wine Bucket / Bocce Ball Set / Bistro Lights

 



Luxe Entertaining: Hank's First Birthday

It's hard to believe that in one month we will be celebrating Hank's 1st Birthday! Time really does fly! We're hosting a small get together to celebrate the big day, and even though we're keeping it small, it doesn't make the planning any less fun!

I've decided on a lobster/nautical theme.  I'm not really sure how I came to decide on lobsters, but when I stumbled upon some great lobster blow-up rafts for the pool, it sealed the deal!  So images of lobsters will adorn the invitations and the napkins, and of course there will be plenty of personalization celebrating Hank including custom napkins and monogrammed swizzle sticks. I'll bring in more color with navy and white cabana striped table runners, red striped paper straws, ginger jars, flowers and balloons.  Cupcakes for guests and a little smash cake for Hank.  I love the simplicity of this cake and how they spelled out "one" with candles. And we will have more fun celebrating "1" with these gold number balloons. Lobster gummies will serve as party favors for guests to take home!

 

The party planning is in full effect, stay tuned for the outcome!

Luxe Lifestyle: Scenes From My Bday Weekend

Last weekend was a whirlwind of fun, surrounded by loved ones, celebrating my birthday!  Thank you to everyone who made it so incredibly special!!

Bday Bruch!  Lots of mimosas, cake and girl talk!

I got to share my bday weekend with this precious munchkin...My nephew's 1st birthday!

Even "Uncle Zander" Came to Visti & Celebrate!

Intimate Dinner Party at Home with Great Friends!

Tuni Partaking in the Festivites with a "Pupcake"

Breakfast In Bed

Long Awaited Froyo

Bday Flowers

Luxe Entertaining: Happy Birthday Christin!

We interrupt our normal weekly posts for a very special announcement: Today is Christin's Birthday! This weekend was a weekend of celebration, and we kicked it off Saturday morning with a girls birthday brunch at Nick & Johnnie's on Palm Beach.  Yummy cake, fab presents and of course lots of champagne started the weekend right!

Happy Birthday Christin! I love you! 

 

  

 

 

 

GET THE LOOK

 

 

Clamshell / Edible Glitter / Candles / Starbursts / Napkins / Straws

 

 

Luxe Entertaining: Bachelorette Dinner Party

This weekend 2 of my dear friends are getting married!  A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hosting a bachelorette dinner party for the bride-to-be.  You know we always love an opportunity to entertain...And a girly soiree is especially fun!  I didn't get my fill of the gold sequin table runner, so I used that as the starting point for the tablescape...add bunches of hydrangea in simple glass cylinders, white linens and lots of twinkle and we're good to go!...Oh, and don't forget the champagne!

Cheers Alex & MK!  A lifetime of love and happiness to you! xx