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Connect . Plan . Design

Sedona’s most anticipated and well-attended wedding event. the Sedona Wedding Boot Camp,  is coming again this year on February 18th from 10:00 to 5:00. Connect . Plan . Design with leading wedding experts at Sedona’s wedding headquarters…. the Sedona Wedding Studio! This is Sedona’s main wedding event of the year.

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This is not your typical, same-ole-same-ole wedding show with ordinary rows of uninspiring booths lined up and down aisles. Come see the overwhelming difference and convenience an elegantly designed environment can make. Connect with Sedona’s 80 best vendors and venues at the Sedona Wedding Studio. Plan your entire Sedona wedding in a gorgeously decorated, visually inspiring atmosphere. Plan to attend The Sedona Wedding Boot Camp… the Sedona wedding planning event with a refreshing designer twist. Don’t miss it.

Quickest Directions:  I-17 North and take Camp Verde Exit.  Go left on Hwy. 260 all the way into Cottonwood.  Go right on State Route 89A into West Sedona. Go left on Mountain Shadows for parking. ( 5th stop light ) This is the easiest way to avoid traffic and delays.  See you there!

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After a year in production, the new Events By Show Stoppers website is up and running.  Please visit the website here. It has stunning galleries, slide shows, videos, and tons of features.  Show Stoppers is located in Sedona Arizona and is one of Arizona’s hottest floral companies.

FEBRUARY 18TH, 2012 / 10:00 to 5:00

Sponsored By The Sedona Wedding Studio

CONNECT . PLAN .  DESIGN

The 2012 Sedona Wedding Boot Camp has tripled in size!  Last year attendance was at capacity prompting the addition of more space. The 2012 Sedona Bridal Boot Camp is brought to you by the Sedona Wedding Studio, Northern Arizona’s largest and most comprehensive wedding organization with over 80 members. The 2012 Boot Camp will offer fresh and inventive ways for brides to plan their stylish Sedona weddings.

Brides will be able to connect with Sedona Wedding Studio vendors in an intimate setting while sampling food, cake and other treats as they stroll among beautiful vignettes, displays, and permanent exhibits in the gorgeous SWS Showroom.

This year’s expansion will include a fabulous “wedding inspirations” pavilion adjacent to the Sedona Wedding Studio, where brides can find everything and everyone they need to plan their Sedona weddings.   Don’t miss Sedona’s largest and most anticipated wedding event.

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The Royal Palms staff could not have been nicer and more wonderful to Ken and I and our staff.   One after the next, staff members commented to us how rarely they ever see anything like this wedding.  Many were taking pictures. What a nice compliment!  Ken and I and our staff want to thank Jessica and all the great people we met and worked with at the Royal Palms.  It is a fabulous property only surpassed by the wonderful people who work there.

Scottsdale’s own Amy Mancuso brought Ken and I into this project.  Amy’s skills at producing some of the most gorgeous weddings and events are legendary.  Our first project with Amy was not only lots of fun but the chemistry was almost like we had been friends forever.  The entire experience was just great.  Thank you Amy!!  Be sure to visit Amy Mancuso here:

We will begin by introducing the stunningly beautiful bride, Carina, in this lovely portrait by Phyllis Lane

This is Drew, the handsome groom.  What a lovely couple.

Ken made a splendid bouquet of pinks and white.  Carina requested a pale pink and white color palette.  Pink and white peonies, white David Austin roses, pink and white sweet peas, lisianthus, delicate white allium, pink roses and ivory spray roses were incorporated into the design.  Touches of rhinestones were used to complement the lace and trim from her gown which was furnished for the handle wrap.

There were four lovely bride’s maids.  Each girl carried a bouquet similar to the bride’s.   There were peonies, roses, lisianthus, and various shades of pink and white sweet peas that were tied with a simple ribbon.

The Ceremony

The ceremony was held in the charming Allegro Garden.  This arch is one of the most impressive Show Stoppers has ever created.  It took 6 designers to complete.  We began at 9:00 am and finished about 3:30.   Thousands of blown ivory roses in various shades were used in the design, along with dozens of Casablanca lilies, blush dendrobium orchids, pink jasmine vines and  hundreds of white hydrangeas.  English Ivy was attached to the stucco behind the arch to appear as if it was growing on the wall. Even more ivory roses were used for the rose petal carpet below the arch along with hundreds more pale pink roses for the steps.

Four gorgeous cascading floral displays were placed on the balustrade on each side of the arch.

These designs incorporated hundreds of ivory roses, with genestra, pussy willow, snap dragons, blooming cherry branches, white wax flower, blush dendrobium orchids, pink jasmine vines and pink campanula arranged in antique wrought iron planters.

Here is a detail shot of one of the displays.  You may click on any image in this feature to enlarge.

This is a great detail shot of one of the legs of the arch.  This piece just kept devouring roses and got more beautiful as every bloom was attached.  In all, more that 2000 water tubes were used to design this piece.  Just filling the tubes took an entire day.  We used a custom, reinforced steel frame to support the weight.  Constant misting was required to keep the display comfortable.

Finally, this detail shot gives a front row seat as to how the top of the arch was designed.  Now for the aisle leading up to the the arch.

The aisle was a beautiful path that complemented the arch perfectly.  Several shades of ivory roses were used to created this 25 foot carpet.  A slightly darker pink was used to mimic a detail we found in the invitation.  It is always such fun to see guest’s reaction when they see one of Show Stopper’s carpets.  Even more fun is when they see the bride as she steps into the lush carpet and makes her way to the alter.  Even though the design is mussed and swirled as her dress glides across the petals, the effect is breathtaking and exciting to watch.  Forty of the chairs had cones that we fashioned of hand-made paper.  We trimmed each cone with pink tulle and ribbon, then filled them with rose petals for guests to toss.

As chair markers, pomanders were designed for every chair along the aisle. The melon sized pomanders were make of white carnations garnished with two blush cymbidium orchids at the top.  To finish, we used pink jasmine vine wound around the pomander.  This is a great image of one of the 12 pomanders with the aisle ribbon tossed around the chair.

As the newly married couple were introduced, Phyllis Lane captured this extraordinary black and white image of the pair just before they headed down the aisle towards the cocktail party and reception.  This is a great image, as it shows the scale of the arch with the lovely bride and groom as a point of reference.

As the bride and groom headed down the aisle to make their exit, Phyllis Lane captured this image of the back of Carina’s incredible gown.

The Cocktail hour And Reception

The patio outside the Palmera Salon was turned into a fun cocktail lounge. White leather furniture and illuminated plexiglass tables were brought in for furnishings by Creative Event Rentals.  Show Stoppers designed sheer white drapes with large pink tassel tie backs.  Fabric draping was also swaged across the existing overhead beams, then up-lighted with pink.  We appreciated the assistance of Quest Drape with the installation of the fabrics. The area was detailed with pink florals.

The Reception

Nearly every surface of the room was transformed.  First, the existing floor was covered with white carpet.  All the walls were draped with hundreds of yards of sheer fabrics.  Each 10 foot section required 42 yards of fabric to get the fullness we wanted!  The ceiling was draped with even more fabric.  The existing iron chandeliers were replaced with 3 giant sparkling ones. More free standing drapes were layered in front of the walls and tied back with gorgeous custom pink tassels.  Service entrances and unneeded doorways were screened with yet more fabrics.  In all, fabric lengths equivalent to over 6 football fields were used!  We have included this gallery without captions. Phyllis Lane’s exquisite images say it all!

Please take the time to see a time lapse video of the entire transformation in the next post down, along with credits of everyone involved in this exceptional wedding by Amy Mancuso

Our sincerest congratulations to Carina and Drew!

Sedona Wedding Planners,

Venues, Vendors and Services

The Sedona Wedding Studio

Over 75 Leading Sedona wedding professionals, including wedding planners and venues have joined to become the unsurpassed, SEDONA WEDDING STUDIO. HERE, brides can find fantastic information and links to an elite, “invitation only” membership of the best Sedona wedding professionals available today, all represented under one roof in a beautiful West Sedona studio and showroom.  Brides can save time and money, avoid worry and have the confidence of knowing that they have found the ultimate source for the best Sedona wedding services.  The SWS membership list reads as a who’s who in the Sedona wedding industry.  The SEDONA WEDDING STUDIO is Northern Arizona’s most comprehensive wedding professionals network with the largest membership represented in 20 great categories.

The most stringent stipulations and standards are required before being invited to join this exclusive group of award winning experts and wedding planners.  Members are pre-screened for excellence in their field.  S.W.S. members are consistently the busiest, simply because they are among the most popular, trusted and referred experts in Sedona.

Among the many qualifications considered are at least 5 years of experience. Peer and industry recognition is extremely important. Exquisite talent, dependability and value of services is mandatory.  Publication in recognized industry magazines is also taken into account.

The standards required of members involve much more than simply paying dues to be on a listing.  The Sedona Wedding Studio does not restrict membership to only those vendors who live in or around Sedona.  The S.W.S is a private membership and is not modeled after any other organization.  Quality is priority at The Sedona Wedding Studio.

By selecting Sedona Wedding Studio vendors, Sedona brides can go straight to the best and avoid long, unreliable, confusing lists.  A Sedona Wedding Studio bride can plan her wedding in an unbelievably appointed showroom.  Brides can arrange meetings and discussions in lovely conferencing areas and meet vendors in person.

Helpful resources are everywhere in the SWS.  Video, slide shows  and photography showcase the talent of all the SWS members.  Brides can listen to music selections by talented Sedona Wedding Studio musicians and even have make-up trials by studio make-up and hair artists.  Catalogues, fabulous displays, merchandise, samples and more complete the Sedona Wedding Studio experience.

Sedona’s Top 75

Wedding Professionals

With this exciting group of talented Sedona artists and professionals, The Sedona Wedding Studio has become the hub of the Sedona wedding community!  The SWS is much more than just an on line resources guide.

The SWS has an actual location as well. Stop by and see why no wedding will be complete without a visit to The Sedona Wedding Studio, located in beautiful West Sedona at 1710 West State Route 89A. Suite # 2. Brides now have the convenience of having the most celebrated Sedona vendors coming to them in pre-arranged consecutive appointments instead of spending their limited time traveling all over town seeking meetings and information.

Annual Day of The Dead Celebration

Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is quickly becoming America’s newest holiday.  This fun holiday celebrates the lives of the dearly departed.

Loved ones create alters called ofrendas and honor their deceased loved ones by displaying their photos, favorite foods, objects and possessions that they enjoyed in life.  Even the lives of our furry friends are celebrated with thier favorite toys, treats and photos.

The holiday occurs on November 1st when it is believed that the deceased come back to visit their loved ones.  Various Katrina’s, playful skeleton people made of paper mache, wood or ceramics, decorate homes and doorways along with flowers, candy and lots of candles.  Traditional flowers include orange marigolds, white fever few, red cockscomb, roses and purple status.  Here are some great images of last years’s day of the dead event at Tlaquepaque by Sedona Bride Photography.

The huge fountain in Tlaquepaque’s Patio del Norte is decorated for dia de los muertos with pumpkins, squash, cactus, persimmons and berries.  Fun katrinas sit around the edge of the fountain with tons of candles and fruit.

Here is an overhead shot of the fountain.  The backdrops were painted by Show Stopper’s own, Tracey Downes, and are inspired by the old sideshow banner art typically seen along the midways at State fairs and circuses.

Here is one of the ofrendas showing the alter decorated with katrina’s, fruit, cake, candy skulls, candles, flowers and a dia de los muertos backdrop.

Paper mache katrinas

This is a great image of a niche in Tlaquepaque’s Patio del Norte decorated with fresh flower ristras, candles, rose petals, katrinas and fruit.  Don’t miss this very special and colorful event.  Be sure to bring your own ofrenda, candles, flowers, photos etc. to honor those you love and contribute to the dia de los muertos display at Tlaquepaque on the evening of November 1 beginning at dusk.

To all of you who have been there for us, thank you so very much for helping us get through this extremely difficult time as best we can.  We also wanted you all to know about this lovely website where our beloved friends will be seen and loved forever. JettBo was honored by a dear friend of ours.

We were so moved by her gesture as it really does help ease our pain every time we visit his memorial. We hope this will in some way benefit all the wonderful animals that enrich our lives and help comfort everyone who loses a dear furry family member.  Here is the link to The Golden Bone Memorial Wall: