Ready to Pop Baby Shower!

Having a baby? Planning a Baby Shower?  Need a theme?  How about "Ready to Pop"?  We just helped plan a "Ready to Pop" Baby Shower and the possibilities were endless.  The candy station featured all candies that POP or have POP in them including popcorn, pop rocks, lollipops, popcorn, and rice krispies pop.  The decor, signs and tags all had polka dots to go with the theme.  Theme colors were pink, green and brown. 

We even got to design the game cards for the guests including Celebrity Babies, Baby Trivia, Baby Scramble Words, Candy Bars and Nursery Rhymes.

One of our favorite items at a Baby Shower are advice cards where the guests could write what they wanted to the new parents.  

But for our most unique and fresh item?  Baby Shower money!!!  Money was earned by guests when they won any of the games played and answered questions correctly and these monies were used towards prizes at the end of the shower.  These faux money were colorful, featured a girl silhouette, baby carriages, rattles and as a personal, finishing touch - a little phrase congratulating the happy couple as the security line along the side.  Such a great idea! 

It was a fun affair and so many people popped on by to be a part of the celebration. 

Congratulations Kimberly and Mike!

Transportation Themed First Birthday

Tractors and Airplanes and Scooters Oh My!!!!  You never realize how many modes of transportation there is until you design for a transportation-themed party.  The best part is, with so many types of transportation, the design possibilities were endless!  We had so much fun with this party and got to do some new things that we have never done.  We designed transportation cut-outs where guests were able to write notes to the birthday boy on these cute cut-outs.  It was great decor with all the different colors and ended up as a keepsake for baby Antonio to read when he grows up.

The monogram designed for the party featured a red airplane and was used all around the party, from the food and snacks, to the floral centerpieces, to the napkin rings.  The parents wanted a playful banner so instead of anything digitally produced they made their own signs and used crayons instead of markers for a more youthful and playful look.  It also featured an airplane, vespa and a banner flag for Antonio's name. 

The party had two blue color schemes of powder blue and cobalt blue as well as red.  The floral centerpieces were yellow to give the table setting a pop of color.  They were white flowers in glass jars with slices of lemons and oranges surrounding the interior to give it a refreshing look for this hot summer day. 

The parents wanted it to be a themed party but wanted it to still be simplistic and intimate.  All in all, it was a beautiful family affair with the little bundle of joy as the center of attention.  Happy First Birthday Antonio! 

A Travel-Themed Wedding

We had the pleasure of working with Irene and Erez on their travel themed wedding.  Initially, they were interested in our boarding pass place cards.  As we were in the process of designing, they wanted to also design a custom monogram that featured their own fictional airline company with their wedding colors of blue, red and gold.  Once that was designed and selected, Irene and Erez decided they wanted us to design their programs and menus as well.  Following the theme, we designed passport-styled programs with passport entry and exit stamps on the interior to replicate a true passport.  For the menus, we made them look like in-flight menus that are found on flights. We had so much fun!  

Irene and Erez did a brilliant job in carrying their theme out throughout all aspects of their wedding and were kind enough to share pictures with us.  They had a very detailed and perfectly executed wedding cake that were luggages and included little details like passports, luggage tag, and camera. For their guestbook, they made postcards that coordinated with each destination table name and their monogram where guests wrote on those.  In the end, it became a beautiful keepsake in an album. 

The new trend these days is to have a photo booth, but Irene and Erez created a green screen area where their guests could take pictures and it ended up being their personal airplane boarding in the background!  How smart, fun, and ingenious is that? 

On their beautiful place settings, they had the in-flight menus, a luggage tag party favor, and the postcard to write a note to the couple. The table names were nice and simple with destination city names and complimented well with the centerpiece and table setting.  

All in all, we had such a great time working on their wedding and absolutely loved how it turned out.  Their attention to detail was impeccable and guests surely are still talking about it.

Congratulations Irene and Erez!  Thank you for letting us be a part of your special day! 

Stork Baby Shower Invitation

It's always nice working on Baby Showers because there always seems to be an indescribable ambience of love and happiness while working on them.  The idea of creating a design for a precious little baby that has yet welcomed him or herself to the world.  It's magic.  It really is a miracle and we always get so excited for our clients and parents-to-be.  

For this invitation, our parents-to-be asked for a stork with pink, green and brown colors.  They wanted a subtle look that wasn't too much of one color.  We also designed our signature strip address labels for them to match the invitations and placed in chocolate brown envelopes.  

We are so happy and excited for our couple and are now working on designs for their Baby Shower... FUN!  Stay tuned!  

La Design Boutique is WeddingWire Rated 2012

Los Angeles, CA – June 26, 2012 – WeddingWire is excited to announce that La Design Boutique is WeddingWire Rated in 2012 for Invitations. WeddingWire Rated is the annual ratings program that recognizes wedding professionals across the country for their commitment to service and is the most recognized and trusted brand among engaged couples, as they start their search for local wedding businesses. The ratings program is based on hundreds of thousands of recent newlywed reviews of over 200,000 wedding professionals in the US and Canada, across 20 different service categories.

La Design Boutique has 7 reviews on WeddingWire. Reviews by our newlywed clients include detailed ratings and insightful descriptions about their experiences working with our business and staff. Our reviews provide transparency for potential clients, assisting them in making informed decisions for their big day.

"We are very pleased to announce WeddingWire Rated 2012, recognizing La Design Boutique for their commitment to exemplary service in Invitations," said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire, Inc. “La Design Boutique has shown dedication to their craft and service, helping engaged couples understand what to expect from their business through reviews on the nation’s leading wedding review site.”

As the largest site for wedding reviews, WeddingWire empowers engaged couples with the most comprehensive and trusted review system available in the wedding industry. WeddingWire Rated provides La Design Boutique with the distinction of being WeddingWire Rated and a simple platform to capture client feedback from their wedding planning experience. Engaged couples can easily access all of the reviews for La Design Boutique on WeddingWire.com. We have all of our newlywed clients to thank for our WeddingWire Rated 2012 recognition. 

For more information, please visit La Design Boutique on WeddingWire atwww.weddingwire.com/vendor/VendorViewStoreFront%3fvid%3dfebf96f7a9c944a6. For more information on WeddingWire Rated 2012, please visit www.WeddingWire.com. 

About WeddingWire, Inc.

WeddingWire, the nation's leading marketplace serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 local wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire is the only all-in-one marketing platform for businesses online and on-the-go. WeddingWire offers one simple solution to build a professional network, improve search visibility, manage social media and reach mobile consumers. Businesses that advertise with WeddingWire appear on WeddingWire.com, ProjectWedding.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com, Brides.com and Weddingbee.com.

Comic Book Style Birthday Invitations

One thing that we love about our job is that we are constantly challenged with new, unique and clever visions that our clients have. Recently, we had to create a birthday invitation for two young adults who were combining their parties but had two diffent themes. Jake wanted his theme to be "Avengers" with the main icons which is totally the hype right now. Kayla wanted her theme to be Parisian, with the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomph, damask designs and purple, gray and white colors. They are two completely different looks and we wanted to make sure we executed both visions, but at the same time, exhibiting both equally and allowing them to blend into one cohesive invitation and style. What do you think? We had so much fun doing it and hope it was a great preview to the fun that was in store! Happy 13th Birthday Kayla and Jake!

An Elegant Wedding Amongst the Vineyards

We had the pleasure of working with one of the sweetest brides, Laura, who was having her wedding at a  beautiful winery in Lompoc, California.  To top it off, we helped her with her stationary needs from start to finish!  She chose our Vino Collection which features grape vines and leaves and is truly a timeless look.  From the beautiful invitations she custom designed, to the place cards, programs, menus and party favor tags for the Big Day, to the Thank You Cards after the event.  It was so much fun working with her and we thank her for sharing her beautiful photos and memories with us.  The wedding looked absolutely amazing, and the bride and groom were perfection.  It was elegant, romantic and timeless.  We wish you and Michael a lifetime filled with love and happiness!

"A Very Hungry Caterpillar" Themed Birthday

This has got to be one of our most colorful and fun themed parties we have worked on so far!  One of our brilliant clients and super mommy planned an amazing birthday party for her one year old son, Riley.  The theme was inspired by the children's book "A Very Hungry Caterpillar" and allowed all the colors of the rainbow to be used.  Food signs were made for a candy section that was truly a crowd pleaser with the younger guests.  Table names and place cards were inspired by another children's book, "Brown Bear Brown Bear" and the cake was an ode to Riley's nursery theme of jungle animals.  And did you notice the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" cupcakes?  Fabulous!  The attention to detail and pop of color in this event was nothing less than brilliant.  Thank you for letting us join in on the fun and Happy First Birthday Riley!

Sunset Serenade Themed Invitations

We were fortunate enough to work on Gabrielino High School's Prom Invitations once again this year.  Their theme is "Sunset Serenade" with eggplant, raspberry and gold colors.  Great color combination, right??? We love it!  We designed an invitation for them that featured palm trees and the sun setting in the background.  Doesn't it just make you want to go on vacation?  Or attend this amazing prom?  They were placed in gold shimmery envelopes to give it an elegant finishing touch.

We hope you have a wonderful and unforgettable time tonight Gabrielino HS Class of 2012!

Custom Wedding Maps

La Design Boutique offers beautiful custom maps for your special occasion.  It's difficult to cut and paste a Google Map on to your Directions Card and make it match the rest of the look of your invitations.  Inquire now for a custom made map by us with exact directions you need to your ceremony and reception and add in any icons, monograms, points of interests, hotels and accommodations you may want to include as well!

Travel-Themed Wedding with Passport-Styled Programs

If you are having a destination wedding or a travel-themed wedding, look no further. You may have already seen our unique Plane Ticket-styled Place Cards and if that is exactly what you were looking for, then you will love our Passport-styled Programs. These programs are perfect to include all the information you have on your wedding for your guests from a nice letter, to a dedication, to a walk down memory lane, to the itinerary, to the menu and the list can go on and on. These are customized precisely to your requests. We even include a couples monogram to place on the front that resembles a real passport as well as passport entry stamps inside that make it more realistic and simply charming.

Inquire now on these fun and unique wedding programs!

We are part of the top 5% of Wedding Professionals Nationwide!

{Los Angeles,CA} – January 24, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce La Design Boutique has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Invitations!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, La Design Boutique was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

La Design Boutique is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate La Design Boutique for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that La Design Boutique is one of the very best Invitations professionals within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/la-design-boutique-los-angeles/febf96f7a9c944a6.html.

To learn more about the Bride's Choice Awards™, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

About WeddingWire, Inc.

WeddingWire™, the nation's leading marketplace serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 reviewed wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. WeddingWire also offers a comprehensive suite of online planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire is the only all-in-one marketing platform for businesses online and on-the-go. WeddingWire offers one simple solution to build a professional network, improve search visibility, manage social media and reach mobile consumers. Businesses that advertise with WeddingWire appear on WeddingWire.com, ProjectWedding.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), Brides.com and Weddingbee.com.

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