Stonewall Golf Club Bridal Show

I had the pleasure of attending Stonewall Golf Club's Bridal Show today. As usual Jeanna Hilton from Stonewall put on a first class event.

The other day I had blogged about Turquoise and the use of peacock feathers in floral arangements. One of my favorite florist, Shelley Campbell had a great example of this at the show.

For more information on Shelley's work visit www.shelleysfloral.com

This cake by Celebration Cakes was amazing in person. I have a bride that we are doing custom pink and chocolate invitations for and this cake would match perfectly. We are always happy to work with your cake vendor so they can decorate the cake in the matching motif of your invitations. This is a great way to tie in all aspects of your wedding. For more information on this cake visit www.fabulousweddingcakes.com

We had a great show and enjoyed meeting all the new brides!!

Why We Love "Life is Good"

Life is good receives letters weekly from friends of the line.

The letter below that was sent to LIG explains why we love to sell this line.

Dear Life is good,

Our family has suffered numerous tragedies in the relatively recent past, starting with the loss of an 18-year old son (Cliff) in February 2005 in an auto accident, the loss of both of my wife’s generous loving parents, her only sibling (her sister Janet), and several other family members within a very short period of time. Going to the hospital and funeral home became much too familiar and tiresome to us.

Coming to grips with all this grief has not been easy for my wife or for our family, and only through remaining family and extended family members, close friends, support groups, counseling, faith, our loving pets, and other such avenues, has my wife, myself, and the rest of our blended family been able to cope and go on with our lives.

We saw the Life is good logo one day some time ago and there was Rocket, the happy Life is good dog, on the items we were looking at – we have a Pug/Chihuahua mixed breed dog (Pasquale) that looks very much like Rocket, and Pasquale’s biggest gift to our family is that he makes my wife smile each and every day, which is something that the rest of us cannot accomplish as easily. Seeing Rocket made us think of Pasquale and the joy and love he brings us in his own special way. And it made us think harder about what we had been going through – the Life is good motto has become a way for us to reconnect with life and to enjoy things even though some of those we love are no longer with us.

We have purchased many items of clothing, stickers, and coffee mugs with the Life is good logo on them because they help us to remember that although life isn’t always easy, it IS good. We hope to never lose sight of that again, and we want others to know too.

It isn’t always easy, we still hurt, and life is still throwing us “curveballs” now and then, but with a more positive attitude and Life is good and Jake and Rocket (and Pasquale) to help us along, we feel we might just be okay after all. Every time we see a Life Is Good store in our travels, we have to go inside and look around and soak up the atmosphere. J

Thank you for helping to remind us that Life IS good!

Mike

Turquoise is the "IT" color of 2010

Whether it's fashion or wedding invitations we are seeing Turquoise everywhere. According to the runways in Paris and all the Fashion magazines Turquoise is going to be the "Hot" color this year. We already are seeing this trend in the store. Vera Bradley has brought in this color in the new "Totally Turq" pattern. You will also see hints of it in their "Sittin in a Tree" pattern.


We are also seeing Turquoise trend coming into wedding invtiations as well. People are using the peacock feather theme in weddings as a way to bring in Turquoise. We've seen these used not only on invitations but in floral arrangements as well. How will you use Turquoise this year?