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ARCHES AND FRAMES – THE CHUPPAH’S COUNTERPART

August 12, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Here in Cabo, the chuppah (also sometimes called a canopy) gets all the attention. With it’s four legs, and it’s beautiful draping…most of our brides start their wedding planning intent on a structure like this. But, we wanted to let everyone know…at Cabo Flowers and Cakes, we love arches and frames too.

What’s a frame? It’s basically a two-legged chuppah/canopy, and so we add this to the arch category as well. These ceremony structures are just as beautiful as many of the chuppahs and canopies we design (and they are more affordable). Here are a few to convince you, too:

Remember, in Cabo we are famous for our Arch. So…maybe your wedding ceremony decor should include one as well!

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CUPCAKES VS. CAKES – WHICH IS BEST FOR YOUR EVENT?

August 5, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Remember being a kid and loving the cupcakes your Mom brought to school on your birthday? People have always loved cupcakes…they’re cute, individual and easy to eat. Face it, they’re fun! It’s no different here in Cabo…we love our cupcakes too.

But cupcakes for your Cabo wedding?

Cupcakes have reached a new level of popularity with many of the cupcake reality shows like “The Cupcake Girls” and “Cupcake Wars.” However, unlike in the States, here in Cabo we don’t have a speciality cupcake shop on every street corner. Therefore, if you want a cupcake, you need to order one from us, Cabo Flowers and Cakes.

But, again, the question, cupcakes for your Cabo wedding?

Sure, if you want them! Wedding cakes have always reigned supreme and probably always will. But cupcakes add a touch of whimsy to what can be a very serious affair (your wedding!) The brides that choose cupcakes do so for the following reasons:

Fun!
A variety of flavors
As a unique decor item
As part of a larger dessert bar
In conjunction with a wedding cake

So, go ahead, order cupcakes for your Cabo wedding! Let us know what flavors you want (yes, you can add a filling to a cupcake as well) and we’ll help you design something that will make your guests smile (and grab a chocolate one AND a strawberry one!) Because, sometimes, with cupcakes, just one won’t do.

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THE CARE & HANDLING OF YOUR FLOWERS

July 29, 2015 admin Leave a comment

When planning a wedding in Cabo San Lucas, flowers should always be a part of your decor. At Cabo Flowers and Cakes, we of course understand this and know that part of our responsibility when we provide the flowers for your Cabo wedding (whether it’s at a resort, private villa or even on the beach) is to make sure the flowers are delivered in pristine condition!

We wanted to take a moment to share with you how we ensure a smooth delivery of your personal flowers (that’s your bridal bouquet, bridesmaid bouquets, boutonnieres, etc.).

The main concern for us is that your flowers stay cool in our heat. We know and love Cabo, but let’s face it, it can get very warm here. (It’s one of the reasons we all love it.) Good for us, not so good for our flowers. 2012-07-17 19.00.22

We also know that you will need your personal flowers for your pre-ceremony photography. So we want to make sure that your flowers are delivered in time for that, but not too much time before your ceremony.

We will work with you (and/or your wedding planner) to determine your flower delivery timeline, but we usually plan on delivering your personal flowers directly to you two hours before your ceremony start time.

We keep your flowers refrigerated for as long as necessary before transport. Then, once they are delivered directly to you, please keep your flowers in a cool place (an air-conditioned room is fine) and in a vase with a tiny bit of water if possible. (Make sure the bouquets do not drip on your dress when you take them out of the vase for photos. Just a dab with a paper towel or napkin will work.)

If you care for your personal flowers early on in the day, they will last beautifully throughout your whole celebration.

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DON’T LEAVE YOUR CHAIRS NAKED

July 29, 2015 admin Leave a comment

When we at Cabo Flowers and Cakes work with you to create your Cabo wedding decor, we have a checklist of sorts. We know every element that can be made to shine with flowers, and there is ultimately one part of ceremony decor that many brides overlook. Their chairs!

Please, we beg of you, don’t leave your ceremony chairs naked. They flank your aisle, where you will walk as you greet the love of your life. Your aisle will be prominent in all of your photos and so will the chairs that line the aisle.

Chair flowers are fun, festive and they tie together all your ceremony decor. Use them just on the aisles (for a more affordable option) or place one on each chair (either on the back or on the side.) Even if you are using a chair cover or a chair tie, there is always a beautiful space for a flower as well. The results will be…phenomenal!

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THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR CAKE IN CABO

July 13, 2015 admin Leave a comment

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You’ve decided to have your destination wedding in Cabo. Excellent choice! We applaud your decision! And, of course, you’ve decided to use the best wedding cake baker in Cabo as well, Cabo Flowers and Cakes. Another excellent choice! Now, we are here to help ensure that you choose a cake that will be the most beautiful and completely worry-free in our fabulous Cabo weather. It’s warm here, and we all like it that way! (We know it’s probably one of the reasons your chose us for your wedding.) Now, let’s just be sure your cake likes it too. Here are a few time-tested tips from us:

We all love fondant…it’s so pretty and fun, and you can do such beautiful things with it. We love it too! But here’s the truth: fondant needs a cool, dry place to hang out in. And it should not be refrigerated and then brought out to a warm location (like your outdoor wedding location.) This can cause condensation, and no one wants a drippy wedding cake. If you don’t have a cool, dry (emphasis on dry) place at your wedding location (and that can be true for a variety of locations around Cabo), then we suggest you skip the fondant. But our pastry chef can work magic with buttercream, making it look like fondant in many instances. And fondant details (like flowers, petals, leaves, dots etc.) will still work wonderfully, no matter where your cake is stored.

The truth about buttercream frosting for your cake in Cabo is that it can be refrigerated (without getting condensation), thus ensuring that it will not melt before the cake cutting. This is key to having the cake of your dreams actually look like the cake of your dreams as it sits upon your cake cutting table.

No cake (and especially a Cabo wedding cake) should sit out on the cake cutting table in direct sunlight (ever!) and it should never sit out in general for longer than an hour. Any good wedding planner will know this, but make sure you reconfirm when exactly your wedding cake from Cabo Flowers and Cakes will be brought out for your cutting celebration.

With these helpful hints from our cake expert, we know that your Cabo Flowers & Cake wedding cake will be an amazing addition to your special celebration!

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REAL WEDDING: PAULINA & MICHAEL

July 13, 2015 admin Leave a comment

PaulinaMike_411 We, at Cabo Flowers and Cakes, get a lot of pictures sent to us of floral items that brides want us to (re)create for their weddings. What is our most requested chuppah? It’s this beautiful design that we created for Paulina and Michael’s beach ceremony at El Dorado Beach & Golf Club! Because it is so loved, we decided to feature their wedding as this month’s Real Wedding Highlight. (Plus the antique chandelier is just simply gorgeous!)

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Paulina and Michael were high school sweethearts. Her mom owned a house in Cabo, where she had spent many wonderful days and weeks, and so when she and Michael decided to get married, they knew Cabo was the place! El Dorado was a gorgeous option for their ceremony and reception, and so the planning began.

With orange being their primary color, and brown, natural beige, and yellow being highlight colors, we focused on a simple arrangement of just orange/yellow cala lilies for her bridal bouquet . Paulina wanted to let the bright colors speak for themselves, without crowding in lots of secondary colors. We think her approach worked wonderfully!

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However, when it came time to decorate for her reception tables, Paulina knew that she wanted to create table centerpieces that were spectacular, and that added some additional color to her bronze table linens. She added in white and orange roses, with green cymbidium orchids and draped Belles of Ireland, with alternating dark wood pillars and bronze urns, for a high-low look. With the glow of her amber candles, the tables were so romantic and carried out her brown and orange theme perfectly! We at Cabo Flowers and Cakes are proud to have been a part of this amazing Cabo wedding! And we’d be happy to re-create this look for you, too!

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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH – LUIS FERNANDO

July 13, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Proud doesn’t even begin to describe how we feel about July’s Employee of the Month, Luis Fernando. He’s been a member of our Cabo Flowers and Cakes family for four years, and he has grown so much in his knowledge of flowers, floral design, and customer service. When you get some of our beautiful flowers delivered to your event, it helps to know the faces behind the scenes.

Things to know about Luis Fernando:

He loves his job. He creates floral arrangements, makes deliveries, works with clients, and sets up for weddings. His favorite part of the job? Driving the Cabo Flowers and Cakes van around Cabo, making deliveries.

He loves flowers. His favorite flower? The Casablanca lily. Why? “Because they are durable (very important when you are a florist!) and smell nice,” he explains.

Making clients happy makes him happy. “When a client is happy, then I feel content and satisfied with my job,” he says with a smile.

The Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach Sky Pool is his favorite wedding location in Cabo. This is interesting, because this is not the easiest location to work at (lots of hills going down to the beach, which then, of course, you must go up again as well!) But it is an amazing location and so worth the extra bit of effort! Check it out.

He loves going to the beach! (Like everyone else who lives or visits Cabo! Our beaches are gorgeous!)

Why he thinks a client should use Cabo Flowers and Cakes? “Because we do good work!”

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GETTING CREATIVE WITH YOUR CHUPPAH

July 13, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Destination Wedding Photos by Dino Gomez

There is nothing more perfect and beautiful for a Cabo beach wedding than a chuppah at the center of your outdoor ceremony. They are so popular here for a reason…because they look amazing in pictures and they are extremely romantic. (Plus, they are easy to set up in the sand, in grass or on a platform, and they form a perfect backdrop to the crashing waves of Cabo.)

A simple bamboo chuppah structure can be transformed based on the fabrics and flowers that you choose (and many other items that work well to decorate a chuppah too, like shells, starfish, feathers, and more.) You are truly only limited by your imagination (and your weddings color scheme!)

Here are some of our favorites…to inspire you, to delight you, and to prove that your chuppah is an important part of your floral decor. We here at Cabo Flowers and Cakes are the Cabo Floral Experts and we get great joy from helping you create the chuppah you’ve envisioned for your Cabo wedding!

#1 The “Natural Wood” Chuppah

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#2 The “Two-Toned Draped” Chuppah with Chandelier

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#3 The “Floral Border – No Draping” Chuppa

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#4 The “Elegant Satin Drape” Chuppah

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WHAT ORCHIDS CAN YOU GET FOR YOUR CABO WEDDING?

July 11, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Cabo has a million reasons why it is one of the most popular wedding destinations in the world! We have the amazing temperatures, the crystal clear blue water, the Arch, the Mexican hospitality…and so much more! We at Cabo Flowers and Cakes also know that our flower decor and design can rival the top floral design companies in the good ole US of A. With that being said, however, it is always important for a bride to know exactly what she can expect when she comes to Cabo to get married…in terms of her flower choices and their availability. One thing brides may not realize is that on the Baja peninsula, no cut flowers are grown. OK, a few mini cala-lilies at special times of the year, but 99% of the time, we are required to import our flowers from the Mexican mainland and there are limits to the types of flowers that we can get at certain times of the year.

We at Cabo Flowers and Cakes love orchids as much as any bride with some time on her hands and a keyboard to Google “orchids.” We love the Eria Orchid and the Lycaste Orchid, and all the bearded orchids too! However, and we say this with a sad face, these are not available to us here in Baja. The orchids that are available to us, though, are fabulous and fancy and will make a splash at your Cabo wedding. So, which orchids can you get for your wedding here in Baja?

–Cymbidium Orchids in yellow, green, white, light pink, and darker pink

–Dendrobium Orchids in white, green, and fuchsia

–Oncidium Orchids in yellow

–Phalaenopsis Orchids in white & fuchsia

Rest assured that with our creative designs and floral know-how you’ll never miss the orchids we can’t get and you’ll be thrilled with the orchids that we can! Another important note in regard to our orchids: we can also paint or tint with special floral paints to modify and enhance the colors. Just let us know what you need – we are here to create what you want.

Here are some wonderful ways that we have created magic with these magical plants…real weddings with really beautiful results!

And check out our website and Facebook page (Cabo Flowers and Cakes) for even more photos of all of our work:

www.loscabosflowers.com.

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IMPORTANT THINGS TO ASK AT YOUR CAKE TASTING (ESPECIALLY FOR A CABO WEDDING):

July 11, 2015 admin Leave a comment

#1 HOW WILL THIS CAKE FARE IN THE WEATHER [ON YOUR DATE]?

Different cakes (and frostings) react differently in different temperatures. With most Cabo weddings being held outdoors, this is a really important question to ask. Then make sure that the cake you’ve picked out will hold up perfectly during your event’s time of the year.

#2 CAN I SAVE (AND TRAVEL WITH) MY CAKE TOP?

Tradition says that the top tier of your cake should be saved for your one year anniversary. However, if you are having a destination wedding (like in Cabo), many countries may limit what you can and can’t take back across the border. If you have to check off the box on your Customs form stating that you are carrying back food, this may increase your chances at time in the Customs line. Don’t bring back food. Enjoy your top tier of your cake with your guests at the event, or save it for the day or two afterwards.

#3 WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALTY?

Your cake baker’s specialty will be that cake that she specializes in, that she is an expert at. It will be the cake that she likes the best and is very proud of. That may be reason enough to trust her and trust that this must be one awesome cake combination for it to be so highly regarded by her. Go for the specialty, at least on one tier!

#4 HOW DO YOU PRESENT THE CAKE?

Does the cake include a cake stand? Is there a choice of cake stand? Can I see photos of that? What about with cupcakes? (Their presentation is especially important, as you don’t want them to look like you are at an elementary school birthday party in your wedding photos.) How the cake is actually presented on the night of your wedding is almost as important as how it tastes. Almost…

In the end, your cake tasting should be fun and informative (and a great way to get your groom involved as well.) We all love a great slice of cake! At Cabo Flowers & Cakes, we love a tasting too because it gives us a chance to make sure our couples are happy and in love with their cake choices.

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