A Lovely Wedding at Lake Wilderness Lodge

Yesterday, we had a challenge on our hands:

A wedding for 120 people, and only two hours to set up!

Thankfully, we had our new coordinator, Kristen, to help us. She was a big help as the three of us worked hard to decorate Lake Wilderness Lodge for Kat and Corey’s wedding.  Although the skies were gloomy it didn’t rain, and the outside ceremony turned out just lovely. The bride and groom had written their own vows, and it was hard not to get emotional as they declared their love for each other. 

After everything was all set up and the guests were happily taking Polaroids of themselves as a kind of “guest book”, we were able to relax and enjoy a homey, country-type wedding.  The bride was stunning in her beautiful white dress…with her hot pink Manolos peeking out from underneath! Everybody had a good time dancing to the Macarana and eating a delicious cake baked by our good friend Jacqui of Jacqui’s Cakes.  The bride and groom couldn’t have been happier, and all the guests couldn’t stop raving about how “effortless” everything looked.

It looked challenging, but it turned out to be….a piece of cake!

--Dawnet Davis

www.apieceodcakeweddingsandevents.com

80's Birthday Bash!

What a night we had last Saturday! We went all the way back to the 80’s in a themed (complete with costumes!) surprise 30^th birthday party—and yes, the birthday boy was incredibly surprised when he walked into a dimly lit room with forty of his friends and family waiting to wish him a happy birthday!

This was the first major event that I (Kimberly) worked on by myself for A Piece of Cake Events, and I wanted every detail to be perfect. I’m happy to say that according to our happy clients, I succeeded!

The party was held at the elegant Hotel Murano in Tacoma. I set the room too look like a chic dinner party from 1980 (the year the birthday boy was born).  I used these awesome black, stretchy  chair covers to give the room a polished look, and the tables were set with black satin cloths, silver chargers, black satin napkins, sequined runners, and for the favor—a single sequined glove! It was our homage to the late King of Pop, and the guests went wild with them. We had the incredibly talented Latasha Hayes set up a “fun booth” (think photo booth, but with silly hats, umbrellas, and other props for people to be photographed with). It was a great icebreaker and made for some memorable photos, and I don’t know who had more fun with it—the adults or the children!  For information on how to have a fun booth at your next event, go to  www.photomelatasha.com.  Our awesome DJ, Mike with After Dark Entertainment, played the top hits of the 80’s and emceed a moon walk competition.  If you’re in need of an excellent DJ  (and I mean excellent!) you can get a hold of him at djmike@gmail.com.

All in all, it was a great time for everyone—myself included—and from what I hear, it was a party the birthday boy will never, ever forget.

--Kimberly Neil

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Introducing Our Talented Friend!

A Piece of Cake Events is proud to introduce you to Lacaisa, our favorite make-up artist.

Lacaisa is in town for the summer taking a break from the Hollywood scene where she has done make up for television, commercials, and movies; working on both actors and actresses as well as brides from all over the country.

We feel her work is stunning, and while she’s in town she is available to do bridal make-up (and any other kind) as well as beauty consultations.

To contact Lacaisa, call her at (404) 934-4576 or visit her website www.lacaisajene.com to check out her amazing portfolio. I’ve included one photo of her work here in my post, and believe me when I tell you she is capable of making any make-up wish come true.

Give her a call today!

--Dawnet Davis

www.apieceofcakeweddingsandevents.com

A Complete Production

Bertina and Alex’s wedding was planned by A Piece of Cake Events from the very beginning of their engagement down to the details in our hand-tied bridesmaid’s bouquets (which were a lot of fun to put together) Although we started planning for this wedding at the end of March, everything turned out so perfectly that it seemed like we had been planning for over a year. The wedding was amazing: the décor was beautiful and sweet, the groom was charming, the bride gleamed with joy, and the guests were awe-struck by the banquet hall where we held the reception.

The ceremony was at Pacific Christian Center, and was delicately decorated in red, black, and white. While I was setting up there, Kim learned how to tie chair sashes at the reception center near Chamber Bay—not an easy task, but well worth it; sometimes chair covers with their sashes make the biggest difference between an ordinary reception and an extraordinary one.

Although the day started out dreary and overcast by the time we reached the reception hall the sun was peaking out from behind the clouds and illuminating the backdrop of the mountains and Puget Sound. We could not have asked for better weather.

I’ve included pictures so you can see how a complete coordination of the wedding production from A Piece of Cake Events can look—but really, you would just have to ask the bride and groom, or one of the guests, to be told that it was a magnificent day and one to remember.

--Dawnet Davis

www.apieceofcakeweddingsandevents.com

We're Making Some Changes at A Piece of Cake Events!

 

Hello to all!  Here at A Piece of Cake Events some changes are being made…take a look around the website to see our biggest changes! We now have this blog, which we will keep full of fun stories about the events we facilitated as well as use it to update you on any other changes that will be made.

Also, we have a new addition to the A Piece of Cake family: Kimberly Neil, my new assistant. She started interning with me this spring and she was just too good to let go! We’ll be keeping her around for a long while.

So explore our new layout and design, read a few of our blogs, and, if you have the chance, say hello to Kimberly—a talented young woman with a passion for wedding and event planning.

--Dawnet Davis 

www.apieceofcakeweddingsandevents.com

Picture Perfect Photography Launch Party

I just threw a launch party for the amazingly talented photographer, Latasha Haynes.  She just sent me an e-mail thanking me, stating,  “I must say that May 2nd was one of the top 10 most amazing nights of my life”.

It all began back in February when Latasha told me she wanted to throw a combination birthday/launch party in May for her new business. I told her that I could not think of a better location than the Hotel Murano. We discussed plans, and I envisioned a very elegant, fun night where the guests would walk in to see her photographs displayed around the room with a live band playing amidst a candle-lit background. 

Well, everything we imagined together turned into reality—although not without some hard work!

My day started at 1:00pm picking up the cake which we had specially made with Latasha’s new logo decorating the top in icing. It looked spectacular—almost too good to eat!. I headed then to the Hotel to do set-up. I have to say that once it was underway, the guests said they felt it was like being in Hollywood at a glitzy party for some young starlet. We had a photo booth set up for the guests to play in and take their own pictures and there were several giveaways of photography sessions and t-shirts as party favors.

We were able to raise some of the money Latasha needed to buy a new lens for her camera with this creative gimmick of a ceramic piggy bank on which we wrote, “Help make me fat!” Everyone thought it was hilarious and contributed, raising a little over $600.00!

Even though I was working the entire time, I had one of the best nights of my life. The atmosphere was a perfect combination of the elegant-chic that I had planned for as well as simple joy from the revelers and from Latasha herself. It was truly the party of a lifetime, as Latasha said-- “That night will definitely go down in the history books!

Visit this talented photographer at  www.photomelatasha.com 

--Dawnet Davis 

www.apieceofcakeweddingsandevents.com

Having A Ball at Georgetown Ballroom

On May 8^th, I facilitated a wedding at a venue I had never been to before: Georgetown Ballroom in Seattle. A fun and funky red-bricked dancehall, bar and courtyard lit by different colored paper lanterns of all shapes and sizes, the ballroom was definitely suited to this fun, young couple who had won my services in a drawing.

 I arrived with a long list of things to do, and between setting up tables and directing vendors I was very busy—but not too busy to enjoy such a unique union. They had their dog at the ceremony, and she ran around and entertained the guests while they sat outside sipping cocktails prior to the vows. Instead of a cake, this couple had “the scooping of the ice cream” and towards the end of the night, even a hot dog stand (which was perfect to feed the guests after all their dancing)! This was the most relaxed, comfortable wedding I have ever planned--a stress free, genuine good time! 

Have a look at www.redboxpictures.com to see more great pics of this wedding by a very talented Seattle Photographer Andy Rogers! 

--Dawnet Davis

www.apieceofcakeweddingsandevents.com