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REAL LIFE WEDDING – JESSICA & JOSH – SUNSET DA MONA LISA RESTAURANT

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When Jessica & Josh shared their wedding design concept with us, they knew they wanted elegance!  They had an amazing location for their Cabo wedding, at the world famous Sunset Da Mona Lisa Restaurant overlooking Monuments Beach and our thrilling Arch, and they wanted that to shine.

cabo-wedding-vendorsBut they also wanted flowers and decor for both their ceremony and their reception that were special and glamourous!

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We love what we created for them, in their theme colors of white, blush pink and gold.  Take a look! (Photo credit: Sara Richardson Photography)

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Meet Perla…She’s creating your arrangement!

 

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After 8 years at Cabo Flowers and Cakes, we can’t imagine how we’d get along without Perla.  She is one of our top floral designers, having risen through the ranks at Cabo Flowers and Cakes over the years.  She’s an orchid lover, and a wedding lover! In fact, one of her favorite parts of her job is going to the actual weddings and helping to set up all the florals.  She’s a hard worker (it’s gets hot and sweaty, pulling together all the floral arrangements for a beach wedding in Cabo!) but she never complains!  She can wield a staple gun along with the best of them, and can fix a troublesome flower with tools from her every-handy toolbox!

Perla’s favorite wedding locations are Cabo del Sol golf clubhouse and the Sunset Da Mona Lisa restaurant, and her favorite part of her job is producing the floral arrangements for a wedding.  She says she loves it when she delivers the wedding flowers, and everyone smiles!

Perla  recently worked with a local wedding planner, Katie Thompson of Dazzle ‘Em Event Design, putting together elaborate floral decor for a beachfront wedding.  “I love Perla!  I love the way she takes what she does so seriously!” said Katie.   “Every wedding is very important to her.  For every flower order, she checks, re-checks and then checks again to make sure everything is literally perfect!”

On a personal note, Perla is also an avid soccer player.  In fact, practicing her English, she sang, “I love, love soccer!” as she was being interviewed! She also loves learning English and has become much more outgoing in her second language.

Why should a client use Cabo Flowers and Cakes? “Porque somos los mejores,” Perla says.  (Translation: Because they are the best!)

 

FOR THE LOVE OF SUCCULENTS:

Let’s take a minute and celebrate the most popular plant to now be a part of the Cabo wedding scene!  It’s our little green friend…the succulent! It’s popping up everywhere… from rustic farm weddings to beachfront seaside weddings like we have here in our beautiful destination wedding location, Cabo San Lucas.  And we at Cabo Flowers & Cakes couldn’t be happier!!!

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Succulents grow as an individual bloom and are the perfect shade of a mellow, mild green.  They add color and texture to any floral arrangement without stealing the glory from other beautiful blooms.  They are hardy and long-lasting, and add a bit of fun too!

We love to add succulents to bouquets (bridal and bridesmaid), table centerpieces, as boutonnieres (not usually the whole bloom but just a snippet of one), and as mini arrangements perfect for a cocktail table or in a restroom.

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Really, the only limit to what you can use a succulent for is your imagination or your budget.

THE CARE & HANDLING OF YOUR FLOWERS

2012-01-14 15.28.28When 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.

REAL WEDDING: PAULINA & MICHAEL

 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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