DIY Wedding Decor

We just love working with WCIU, You and Me this Morning.  For our segment yesterday we focused on Bold Color a BIG trend this wedding season.  If you missed our segment yesterday you can view the video here.  Below I have listed all of the details and vendors involved  in this segment!  Enjoy!

All floral design was provided by my very talented sister-in-law Tiffany Burdick, Owner of The Petal Boutique.  We chose to design bold colored pomanders.  Each created with carnations!  Can you believe how gorgeous they are!  Pomanders can be carried by your bridesmaids or used as pew decor.  After the ceremony we suggest re-using them as the centerpieces as you see here.

Our Bold  Hot Pink linen was provided by Unique Party Rental!

 This escort card display is so easy to make.  We chose paint chips from a local home improvement store in the various colors of our theme. The very best part of this is the paint swatches are FREE! We punched out the circles with a 3 inch circle craft punch. So all you have to do is write out your table assignments and tack them right to the cork board!  We had some fun listing the names for the segment!  Zach Morris was invited!

 Here is our gorgeous bridal bouquet designed by Tiffany Burdick with The Petal Boutique.  It was created with white roses, white peonies, white ranaculus, and white lilacs.  We wanted the bouquet to be completely white but have alot of texture!  And might I add that the combination of the lilacs and peonies made this bouquet smell wonderful!

 To add our bold colors to the bouquet we added a colored ribbon wrap.  Doesn't this look fun!

 We work with Dessert Designer, Kelly Siebens with Lillycakes and I had been begging her to make a "lillycake cake," and this segment was the perfect opportunity for her to launch this new product!  Isn't it great!  We had the cakes decorated to match our bold theme as well.  This cake held 200 lillycakes!

 Bite-sized desserts are such a trend right now and I think this is a great way for Brides and Grooms to have a very fun and creative yet affordable wedding cake.

I hope you enjoyed all the details!  If you have further questions or would like to speak with us about designing your wedding you can contact us here.'

Another Cupcake Class!

If you haven't made it to one of our cupcake classes with Lillycakes you have to sign up.  We have so much fun!  This class comes just in time for Spring! 

We will be creating the "all cracked up cupcakes", perfect for your Easter celebration. As well as Chocolate Cups with Ganache Mousse!

Check out all of the fun we have been having at our classes!!!

To register for our March 12th class contact me at amanda@ladievents.com or 815-739-5234.

La Di Events Presents: Decadent Dessert Classes by Lillycakes!

Have you heard? We have partnered with Lillycakes to host Decadent Dessert Classes!  These are the
how-to classes to make fabulous desserts that will impress guests at your gatherings!

This Thursday we will be hosting our second class and you don't want to miss out!

Decadent dessert class:

Thursday February 3rd

Sub Zero/Wolf Showroom

196 Exchange Blvd

Glendale Heights IL

Cost: $30

Check out what is on this Thursdays lesson menu:

 Chocolate Dipped Hi-Hat Cupcakes

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

You will work hands on at the class to create these yummy desserts!

We still have openings for this Thursdays class!  To Register contact me at amanda@ladievents.com or

815-739-5234.

If you are unable to make it to this class check out our upcoming classes.

For more information on Lillycakes check out their website here!

Lillycakes

Mmmmmm, Lillycakes. Well I was introduced to my new favorite treat by one of my clients. She was raving about them to the point that she emailed me a review of what she liked about each flavor. So after some not so painful arm twisting I called up Kelly Siebens the creator of Lillycakes to have a taste. I believe my exact words to her in my email reply immediately following my taste was subject: Lillycake Coma, Body: "I have just tasted heaven on a stick"!What is a Lillycake? Well first the name is after Kelly's adorable daughter Lilly!
A Lillycake is moist cake encased in chocolate on a stick. Or as I have renamed it "Heaven on a stick."
Since, my first taste which I believe was Wednesday June 23rd, I have already had two more batches of Lillycakes! Well I shared of course!! Above you see the very adorable Lillycakes that Kelly made special for my 3 year wedding anniversary. I loved that she took the time to decorate them special for our day!

My Husband has a sweet tooth just like me, maybe even worse, and he had 2 Lillycakes on the way home from Kelly's house! His personal favorite is Chocolate!

I am a big fan of the Red Velvet, and Lemon. Which funny enough I told Kelly that I was not a "lemon" type of girl and she said that I had to try it. Guess what Kelly, you were right!!

Here are more pictures of the standard Lillycakes which are available in the following flavors: Chocolate, Vanilla, Lemon, Red Velvet, Carrot Cake, Strawberry, Caramel, German Chocolate, Orange/Mimosa, and Peanut Butter.

Here you can see the Peanut Butter and German Chocolate! Yummmy! Each Lillycake comes individually wrapped to keep them fresh longer!

With the trend of Sweets tables showing up at events this is a great addition to any party. My Neighbor has already used them for a baby shower. I actually will be giving them out as a favor for my next event as well. Standard Lillycakes (shown above) are $18 a dozen. Specialty Lillycakes are $30 a dozen (Peeps, Hello Kitty, Graduation caps, etc)

Want to learn more about Lillycakes? Check out Lillycakes facebook page for more information! Or tune in Live to Fox News Chicago this Monday morning, July 12th, where Kelly and her Lillycakes will be featured on the Deal of the Day!