Now that spring and summer are just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to explore new wedding trends! One particular trend we see gaining in popularity these days is the concept of “cocktail weddings”. This concept forgoes the traditional (and more formal) sit-down dinner or buffet in favor of trays of food passed around throughout the event. It’s a complete meal on a small plate while grazing throughout the night. Think tapas at a wedding. Keeping the food coming throughout the night keeps guests happy and satiated without disrupting the flow of the night. Check out some of our favorite cocktail wedding ideas below!
1. Small Bites. Start the event with appetizers as you would at any wedding. Small bite size morsels are perfect – pimento cheese, pickles on food picks, antipasto skewers, goat cheese endive bites, and onion tartlets are just a few of our favorites.
2. The Main Event. Once the event is in full swing, start passing party trays and platters filled with hearty fare like grilled cheese bites (choose breads like challah or pumpernickel matched with brie with pears, cheddar with apple, or spinach pesto with gruyere). Serve shots of soup like gazpacho, butternut squash, or tomato cream.
3. Bubbly Bar. Free-flowing food requires good drinks of course. Consider hosting a champagne bar (another hot wedding trend), also called a “bubbly bar”. It’s an easy and elegant way to give guests a personalized bar option. Serve pineapple, cranberry, or orange juices as non-alchoholic options. Then set out bowls of fresh fruit – blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and peaches for garnish and extra flavor. It’s a great way to try out different concoctions and keep guests entertained throughout the night.
4. Sweet Tooth. Finally, don’t forget to bring out the sugar bites at the end. Mini cupcakes, macaroons, cake pops, and bite-size brownies all fit the bill when it comes to cocktail weddings. Finish the night off with mini cups of coffee or espresso for a truly satisfying food experience.
Let us know if you’re throwing a wedding cocktail party this year – we’d love to hear your ideas!
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HOW TO ENTER
1. Submit a photo of you and your betrothed by uploading your photo on our “Spring 2013 Engaged Couples Photo Contest” Page on Facebook.
2. Get your friends and family involved by sharing your photo. Encourage them to “LIKE” Koyal Wholesale and VOTE for your photo. Each Koyal Wholesale fan may vote once per day!
ELIGIBILITY
Open to all engaged couples who have never before won a prize from Koyal Wholesale! Entrants must be 18 years of age or older.
SUBMISSION PERIOD
Starts: Thursday, March 8th at 12pm PST
Ends: Tuesday, March 19th at 11:59pm PST
VOTING
Starts: Wednesday, March 20th at 6am PST
Ends: Thursday, March 28th at 11:59pm PST
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Friday, March 29th at 1pm PST
Official Rules:
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
Sponsors
This promotion (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Koyal Wholesale and is subject to the following terms and conditions.
Eligibility
Contest is open to legal residents of the United States, excluding Rhode Island and Puerto Rico. Void where prohibited by law. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age at time of entry, and possess a valid form of identification. Invalid or ineligible entries shall be excluded from consideration. Employees of Sponsors, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and agents, and foregoing employees household or immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling, or grandparent) are NOT eligible to enter Contest. By their submission of entry, participants warrant they are legally entitled and authorized to make such submission, either on their own behalf, or as to information submitted upon the express authorization of another on whose behalf the information is submitted. In the event of a dispute as to the winner”s identity, entries will be deemed made by the holder of the email account associated with the entry.
Timing
Entries must be received by 11:59 pm PST on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 to be eligible. Voting begins at 6:00 am PST on Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 and continues until 11:59 pm PST on Thursday, March 28th, 2013. Winners will be announced on Friday, March 29th, 2013.
Prizes
1st Place – One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a $100 Koyal Wholesale Gift Voucher & (1) 16” x 20” Printed Winning Photo Canvas (Estimated Value $86)
2nd Place – One (1) Second Place winner will receive a $60 Koyal Wholesale Gift Voucher.
3rd Place – One (1) Third Place winner will receive a $50 Koyal Wholesale Gift Voucher.
Benchmark Prizes:
100 Votes or more Prize* – Entrants with 100 Votes or more will receive a $15 Koyal Wholesale Gift Voucher. (*$15 Koyal Wholesale Voucher will NOT be awarded to top 3 winners!) Prizes will be sent to qualifying participants by email before April 6th, 2013.
50 Votes or more Prize - Entrants with 50 or more votes will receive one limited time 25% off coupon.
Coupon Code will be sent to qualifying participants by email before April 6th, 2013.
Judging
Engaged Couples Photo Entries will be judged based on total number of votes. The entry with the highest vote count, wins.
Multiple Votes per Person
You may submit multiple votes. Only one vote per day will be counted!
Earn Extra Votes by Referring a Friend
You may earn 50 extra votes by referring a friend to enter the contest. Referral must be made by pressing “Refer A Friend” in the contest app. Once friends actively enter the contest you will receive 50 extra votes.
Inappropriate Content
Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. We retain sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content.
Disqualification
Koyal Wholesale has the authority to disqualify any winner or contestant that has broken any of the Official Rules. Negative comments posted by a contestant or party affiliate on the contest app, Koyal Wholesale Facebook page or on a contestants personal Facebook Page will be terms for disqualification. Koyal Wholesale has the authority to determine the definition of a negative comment.
Privacy Policy and Terms
Entries are subject to Koyal Wholesale’s privacy policy on the website, which terms and conditions entrants accept and agree to by submission of entries pursuant to these official rules. By entering, the information you provided may be sent to promotional partners identified in this promotion. You may be contacted by the Sponsors and/or any promotional partners with future promotional offers.
Release
By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees to defend, release and hold harmless the Sponsors and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and the foregoing companies’ officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives and agents, and Facebook, (collectively “Releasees”) from and against any actions, claims and/or liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind, (including the violation or infringement of any proprietary or personal right of any individual or entity) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest, and/or the use, acceptance, or possession of a Contest prize, and/or participation in a Contest prize-related activity, including any action, claim or liability arising from the unauthorized submission of any information. By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsors the right to use, publish, and display a winner’s (and where applicable a participant’s) name, photo or photographic likeness, city and state, and prize awarded, for the purpose of advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Web, without review, notification or approval, all without additional consideration, unless prohibited by law.
Conditions
Participants agree that by participating they release the Releasees from any liability in connection with: a) Entries that are ineligible as a result of being lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, stolen, postage due, or misdirected; b) Any typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the selection and announcement of a winner(s), or the distribution/awarding of a prize(s); c) Any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, damage, injury, technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/telephone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof. Sponsors reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the term and conditions of the Contest. In the event that the Contest is infected by a computer virus/worm, or is not capable of running or being executed as planned (as a result of but not limited to an error, omission, defect, delay, misdirection, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, action of entrants, or technical failure) or any other cause which in the sole opinion of Sponsors corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any suspect entry or entrant and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. In the event of such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension, notice thereof will be posted at the entry website(s) mentioned above, and winner(s) will be determined solely by Sponsors in a random drawing from among all eligible non-suspect and/or non-disqualified entries. In such event, Releasees shall have no liability to any participant who is disqualified due to such an action. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
Law
Subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants or Sponsors in connection with any drawing or award, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of, the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any cause of action by you with respect to the offer (and/or any information, products or services related thereto) must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred. All actions shall be subject to the limitations set forth in above. The language in these official rules shall be interpreted as in accordance with its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party. All legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with the offer of these official rules shall be brought solely in Los Angeles County, California. You expressly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of said courts and consent to extraterritorial service of process.
Lately, we’ve been noticing runways and fashion magazines filled with a particular trend we wholeheartedly embrace: ruffles!
From skirts, shirts, purses, and even bridal gowns, it seems that everyone is ready to embrace this ultra elegantly feminine detail. Seeing ruffles everywhere got us thinking how to incorporate ruffles into wedding decor. Ruffles are perfect to infuse a little femininity into a modern or casual wedding. A few of our favorite ideas below:
1. Are you planning to treat your guests to a candy buffet? Consider using ruffled table linens, such as overlays or table runners. Though the focus remains on the scrumptious candy display, ruffled linens add a pop of elegant detailing.
2. Play with ruffles at your reception by ditching standard chair covers and throwing a ruffled cover over the chair back instead. It’s a sure way to add immediate texture and depth to your overall reception decor.
3. An easy DIY idea to go big on ruffles – check your local fabric store for a big ruffled piece that is large enough to be used as a backdrop. Hang this piece as a textured backdrop for your candy table, dessert bar, or behind your cake display. It’s guaranteed to instantly grab your guests’ attention.
4. Pair ruffles and flowers together! Another fun DIY idea – wrap ruffled fabric around vases that will servce as your centerpieces. You can choose colors that either complement the flowers or the overall decor scheme. You can also wrap the fabric around votives that use LED for an ultra-glam look.
These are just a few of our ideas but we’d love to hear more from you. You can also scour our Pinterest board for more ideas!
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Though we’ve not yet hit the warmer months, you’ve probably noticed a particular shade of yellow popping up everywhere these days.
Lemon yellow is shaping up to be one of the hottest color trends of the season. Fresh and spunky, lemon yellow works both as an accent color or main color. It works especially well for summer weddings when the season calls for bold and bright colors. Check out some of our favorite decor ideas below.
For a nighttime outdoor wedding reception, we love lemon yellow hanging decor pieces like lemon yellow nylon lanterns or yellow tissue paper pom poms.
Save money on centerpiece flowers and fill cylinder vases with lemons instead. Or hang yellow kissing ball pomanders from chairs for a subtle decor touch. We also love the idea of an elegantly decorated aisle lined with shepherd’s hooks with hanging lemon yellow pomanders.
Don’t forget to add to the dessert table! Cupcake wrappers festooned in lemon yellow served side-by-side to lemon bars will showcase your dessert bar in just the right amount of sunny brightness.
If you’re afraid to go big on lemon yellow, try using the color sporadically in just a few places. For instance, yellow confetti spread over reception tables or the dessert table adds just the right amount of color to your tablescape. Or save the pop of color for your take home favors – add yellow personalized labels for candy boxes or tie them with bright yellow ribbon.
However you decide to incorporate lemon yellow into your special day, let us know! We’d love to hear your ideas.
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Because love don’t cost a thing, we are giving you a FREE printable Valentine’s Day card! Simply click here to download the file, print on 8.5″ x 11″ card stock, cut, fold & give it to that special someone! If you can’t print it at home, take the .pdf file to your local print shop.
Have a Happy Valentine’s Day!
xo,
Koyal Wholesale
While our previous post focused on candy buffet basics, today we look to the decor details that can turn your candy buffet from ordinary to extraordinary!
Every candy buffet begins with candy of course, but with so much to choose from it’s best to start small. Decide on a color palette or theme (vintage candy, sports-themed candy) and go from there. From there, you can go about setting your buffet table.
It’s best to have some bulk candy on hand to fill various jars and bowls. But we like adding a little variety to our candy buffets by including dessert treats like cookies, cupcakes, or even macaroons. Add personalized favor tags and labels around cupcake boxes or candy jars. Decorate around the jars of candy with mason jars filled with vintage paper drinking straws or lollipops.
It’s all about the details so don’t forget to add small decor pieces like cupcake toppers or mini paper flag picks. Depending on your theme, tie burlap ribbon or satin ribbon around candy jars to accent your color palette.
Finish off the buffet table with decorative accents like pinwheels, tissue paper pom poms, and even hanging paper lanterns.
 With candy buffets, the possibilities are endless. Guests are treated to a visual treat while indulging their sweet tooth. Let us know if you’re planning a candy buffet for your next baby shower, bridal shower, or wedding – we’d love to see your imagination in action!
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Candy buffets are a trend that we are happy to see stay around for a while! Versatile and easy to customize to your own tastes, candy buffets have become a wedding favorite. Since it’s all about presentation, it’s best to decide on a theme or style for your display and go from there. Candy buffets are a perfect DIY project but also fun to take on for those brides that may be afraid to let their creative impulse take over. At the end of it all, there is no right or wrong way to display a candy buffet. So dive right in and let your imagination run wild!
Let’s start with the basics – items and supplies you’ll need regardless of the style of your candy buffet. Whether planning for a large-size table spread or an intimate table with your favorite sweets, you’ll need an assortment of sizes and shapes of candy buffet jars and vases. Glass cloche bells are perfect to display cakes and pies. You’ll also need a couple of aluminum candy buffet scoops and steel candy tongs – though not required for each and every candy jar. Cake pops are very popular right now and a cake push pop stand showcases them in the best way possible.
Next, you can add a whimsy element to your candy buffet with candy buffet signs. Personalize your message with wooden black board directional arrow signs and or miniature rectangular wooden blackboard signs.
Finally, if you love cupcakes as much as we do, don’t forget to leave room on the table for a gorgeous cupcake stand to display these treats in all their glory!
Now that we covered foundational items needed for almost any candy buffet display, our next post will delve into decor details galore.
Looking for additional inspiration? Check out or Pinterest board for more ideas!
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HOW TO ENTER
1. Submit a photo of you and your betrothed by uploading your photo on our “Valentine’s Engaged Couples Photo Contest” Facebook Page.
2. Get your friends and family involved by sharing your photo. Encourage them to “LIKE” Koyal Wholesale and VOTE for your photo. Each Koyal Wholesale fan may vote once per day!
ELIGIBILITY
Open to all engaged couples who have never before won a prize from Koyal Wholesale! Entrants must be 18 years of age or older.
SUBMISSION PERIOD
Starts: Tuesday, January 29th at 12pm PST
Ends: Tuesday, February 5th at 11:59pm PST
VOTING
Starts: Wednesday, February 6th at 6am PST
Ends: Wednesday, February 13th at 11:59pm PST
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Thursday, February 14th at 1pm PST
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
Sponsors
This promotion (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Koyal Wholesale and is subject to the following terms and conditions.
Eligibility
Contest is open to legal residents of the United States, excluding Rhode Island and Puerto Rico. Void where prohibited by law. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age at time of entry, and possess a valid form of identification. Invalid or ineligible entries shall be excluded from consideration. Employees of Sponsors, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and agents, and foregoing employees household or immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling, or grandparent) are NOT eligible to enter Contest. By their submission of entry, participants warrant they are legally entitled and authorized to make such submission, either on their own behalf, or as to information submitted upon the express authorization of another on whose behalf the information is submitted. In the event of a dispute as to the winner”s identity, entries will be deemed made by the holder of the email account associated with the entry.
Timing
Entries must be received by 11:59 pm PST on Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 to be eligible. Voting begins at 6:00 am PST on Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 and continues until 11:59 pm PST on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013. Winners will be announced on Thursday, February 14th, 2013.
Prizes
One Grand Prize winner will receive a $100 Koyal Wholesale Gift Voucher. One Second Place winner and One Third Place winner will receive a $50 Koyal Wholesale Gift Voucher.
Judging
Engaged Couples Photo Entries will be judged based on total number of votes. The entry with the highest vote count, wins.
Multiple Votes per Person
You may submit multiple votes. Only one vote per day will be counted!
Earn Extra Votes by Referring a Friend
You may earn 50 extra votes by referring a friend to enter the contest. Referral must be made by pressing “Refer A Friend” in the contest app. Once friends actively enter the contest you will receive 50 extra votes.
Inappropriate Content
Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. We retain sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content.
Privacy Policy and Terms
Entries are subject to Koyal Wholesale’s privacy policy on the website, which terms and conditions entrants accept and agree to by submission of entries pursuant to these official rules. By entering, the information you provided may be sent to promotional partners identified in this promotion. You may be contacted by the Sponsors and/or any promotional partners with future promotional offers.
Release
By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees to defend, release and hold harmless the Sponsors and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and the foregoing companies’ officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives and agents, and Facebook, (collectively “Releasees”) from and against any actions, claims and/or liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind, (including the violation or infringement of any proprietary or personal right of any individual or entity) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest, and/or the use, acceptance, or possession of a Contest prize, and/or participation in a Contest prize-related activity, including any action, claim or liability arising from the unauthorized submission of any information. By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsors the right to use, publish, and display a winner’s (and where applicable a participant’s) name, photo or photographic likeness, city and state, and prize awarded, for the purpose of advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Web, without review, notification or approval, all without additional consideration, unless prohibited by law.
Conditions
Participants agree that by participating they release the Releasees from any liability in connection with: a) Entries that are ineligible as a result of being lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, stolen, postage due, or misdirected; b) Any typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the selection and announcement of a winner(s), or the distribution/awarding of a prize(s); c) Any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, damage, injury, technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/telephone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof. Sponsors reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the term and conditions of the Contest. In the event that the Contest is infected by a computer virus/worm, or is not capable of running or being executed as planned (as a result of but not limited to an error, omission, defect, delay, misdirection, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, action of entrants, or technical failure) or any other cause which in the sole opinion of Sponsors corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any suspect entry or entrant and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. In the event of such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension, notice thereof will be posted at the entry website(s) mentioned above, and winner(s) will be determined solely by Sponsors in a random drawing from among all eligible non-suspect and/or non-disqualified entries. In such event, Releasees shall have no liability to any participant who is disqualified due to such an action. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
Law
Subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants or Sponsors in connection with any drawing or award, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of, the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any cause of action by you with respect to the offer (and/or any information, products or services related thereto) must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred. All actions shall be subject to the limitations set forth in above. The language in these official rules shall be interpreted as in accordance with its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party. All legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with the offer of these official rules shall be brought solely in Los Angeles County, California. You expressly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of said courts and consent to extraterritorial service of process.
Privacy Policy and Terms
Entries are subject to Koyal Wholesale’s privacy policy on the website, which terms and conditions entrants accept and agree to by submission of entries pursuant to these official rules. By entering, the information you provided may be sent to promotional partners identified in this promotion. You may be contacted by the Sponsors and/or any promotional partners with future promotional offers.
Release
By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees to defend, release and hold harmless the Sponsors and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and the foregoing companies’ officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives and agents, (collectively “Releasees”) from and against any actions, claims and/or liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind, (including the violation or infringement of any proprietary or personal right of any individual or entity) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest, and/or the use, acceptance, or possession of a Contest prize, and/or participation in a Contest prize-related activity, including any action, claim or liability arising from the unauthorized submission of any information. By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsors the right to use, publish, and display a winner’s (and where applicable a participant’s) name, photo or photographic likeness, city and state, and prize awarded, for the purpose of advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Web, without review, notification or approval, all without additional consideration, unless prohibited by law.
Conditions
Participants agree that by participating they release the Releasees from any liability in connection with: a) Entries that are ineligible as a result of being lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, stolen, postage due, or misdirected; b) Any typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the selection and announcement of a winner(s), or the distribution/awarding of a prize(s); c) Any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, damage, injury, technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/telephone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof. Sponsors reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the term and conditions of the Contest. In the event that the Contest is infected by a computer virus/worm, or is not capable of running or being executed as planned (as a result of but not limited to an error, omission, defect, delay, misdirection, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, action of entrants, or technical failure) or any other cause which in the sole opinion of Sponsors corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any suspect entry or entrant and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. In the event of such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension, notice thereof will be posted at the entry website(s) mentioned above, and winner(s) will be determined solely by Sponsors in a random drawing from among all eligible non-suspect and/or non-disqualified entries. In such event, Releasees shall have no liability to any participant who is disqualified due to such an action. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
Law
Subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants or Sponsors in connection with any drawing or award, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of, the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any cause of action by you with respect to the offer (and/or any information, products or services related thereto) must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred. All actions shall be subject to the limitations set forth in above. The language in these official rules shall be interpreted as in accordance with its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party. All legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with the offer of these official rules shall be brought solely in Los Angeles County, California. You expressly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of said courts and consent to extraterritorial service of process.
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Happy Monday everyone! Hope you are ready to start a wonderful week! To get your Monday off to a right start right, we’re introducing a little color inspiration.
You may have noticed a certain color popping up almost everywhere lately. From fashion to stationary to colorful desserts, MINT has become the IT color of the season! We couldn’t be happier for mint is versatile, fresh, and oh-so-lovely.
Incorporate mint into any aspect of your wedding. Play up mint fashionably – we love the idea of mint bridesmaid dresses, flower girl dresses tied with mint sashes, mint colored shoes peaking out from under your wedding dress, and even a mint colored party dress for the after-party!
Love dessert tables and candy buffets? Set up a mint-colored wonderland with vintage paper drinking straws, cupcake wrappers, and bulk candy. Go all the way with the mint theme and serve up chocolate after-dinner mints, mint chocolate-chip cookies, and even mint-flavored tea.
With party decor, use mint as an accent color rather than as the base color. Pair mint with blush, ivory, or gold for maximum effect.
 If your wedding palette incorporates other colors, then consider using mint at your bridal shower instead. Tissue paper pom poms and kissing ball pomanders provide just the right amount of decor detail for an intimate affair.
Let us know how you plan to use mint at your next event! Check out our Pinterest board for more ideas!
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Thinking about having a rustic style wedding? If so, here are ten reasons why a rustic celebration might particularly suit your style:
1. If you’re a DIY kind of bride, a rustic wedding is perfect for your creative impulses. Simple homemade touches tie a rustic theme together and can be done using what you have lying around the house.
2. Going rustic allows you to play with a variety of textures – think bark, birch, burlap, lace, twine, and more. The essence of rusticity is the lack of rigid style rules, so feel free to combine your favorite lace runner with that burlap table cover!
3. A rustic wedding creates a sense of nostalgia that allows for a brief respite from reality. Creating an atmosphere of a bygone era is always a welcome escape from everyday life.
4. Leave the tux at the door – choosing a rustic style for your wedding means you can opt for a more casual dress code. Whether that means mismatched bridesmaid dresses, a groom in his favorite pair of sneakers, or cardigans at night when it gets chilly, less formality in dress is perfectly suited to a rustic wedding.
5. Choosing a rustic style decor opens you up to a variety of outdoor spaces for your wedding. You may think you’re restricted to barns and the like, but because rustic style is about small, simple details, practically any outdoor space, from your own backyard to the local park, can be turned into a rustic wonderland.
6. If you love homestyle cuisine, whether catered or homemade yourself (think BBQ), then a rustic style wedding is perfectly suited for your menu choices. Macaroni and cheese, apple pie and ice cream – guests will indulge in comfort food favorites.
7. When it comes to style – you’re a minimalist. For you, small details go a long way – think mason jars filled with lighted candles, simple invitations tied with baker’s twine, and cupcakes sitting atop mini wooden cupcake stands.
8. Choosing a rustic style for your wedding doesn’t mean you have to forgo other styles. It’s easy to incorporate vintage, modern, and even glam elements into your wedding while still maintaining an overall cohesive rustic theme.
9. If at the end of it all, your goal is to create a cozy and intimate atmosphere for you and your guests, then go for a rustic style wedding. Handmade details, personalized touches, and creative decor elements contribute to that warm, celebratory feeling.
10. You are naturally inspired by the outdoors and scenes of uncrowded nature. Because rustic weddings focus on the smaller details, this allows for the natural beauty of your outdoor venue to shine through. Use big sky scenes and mountainous backdrops as pieces of your wedding decor.
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