Vendor Spotlight: Unique Bride

With exclusive rights from Jenny Lee and James Clifford, Unique Bride is the Bay Area’s premier bridal salon. Located in downtown Burlingame, Unique Bride offers the finest couture fashions from a moderate to high-end price range. From wedding gowns to bridesmaid dresses, this is the place to go.

Unique Bride offers daily appointments for you to meet with your own consultant who will talk you through finding your style, discussing your budget, location and the formality of your wedding, all to find the perfect dress.

Alterations are available at Unique Bride for an additional charge and require a daytime fitting appointment. For more information or to view the collections available at Unique Bride, visit their website at http://www.uniquebride.com/. Unique Bride's collections including but not limited to: Amsale, Alvina Valenta, Christos, Kenneth Pool, Lazaro, Monique Lhuillier, Rivini, and much more!

We will have two gorgeous models displaying some of the latest wedding dress collections that are now available at the Unique Bride salon. Here are the pictures from the dress fitting last week!
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Vendor Spotlight: Classic Party Rentals

Need linens? How about a tent for your wedding? Or even fine china dinnerware? If you said yes, Classic Party Rentals is the place to go. With Classic Part Rentals every event is a big event. The company takes on all sorts of events from weddings to automobile product road shows to high profile Hollywood award shows. With offices in California, including San Diego, Los Angeles, Napa and San Francisco and throughout the rest of the country, Classic Party Rentals is the leading event rental company in the U.S.

Classic Party Rentals has won various awards such as Rental Company of the Year (2006 and 2009) and Best Tent Installation as well as Zagat Survey’s highest rated major party rental source. With a growing network of 2,000 event professionals, Classic Party Rentals will see you through any occasion.

Classic Party Rentals will be providing beautiful linens, china, glassware, chairs, and setup a lounge area for Bella Intima ! Be sure to check them out while you are with us! To register for Bella Intima go to our website http://www.bellaintima.com/.

Vendor Spotlight- PHOTOBOOTH Royale

PHOTOBOOTH Royale will be our first stop on our tour of the vendors attending Bella Intima.

The latest trend in wedding photography is having a photo booth at your wedding. Photo booths allow your guests to take fun photographs and give you great memories of your special event.

PHOTOBOOTH Royale, offers competitive pricing, high quality supplies and exceptional personal service. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, PHOTOBOOTH Royale has served Alameda, Berkeley, Foster City and Fremont as well as Lodi and Sacramento. Packages include an on-site photo booth attendant, unlimited sessions, high-quality duplicate photo strips, CD’s of DVDs of images taken, custom messages or graphics online hosting of images up to six months and delivery, set up and haul-away.

Everyone attending your event will have great fun with a photo booth. You can even include props for even more entertainment! For more information, please visit http://www.photoboothroyale.com/.

PHOTOBOOTH Royale will have a booth open for you to take free pictures during Bella Intima! Also, make sure to enter in the drawing for a free photo booth rental at the Bronze level valued at $595.

Don’t forget to register for Bella Intima! Visit http://www.bellaintima.com/ and register for free admission!

Vendor Introductions

If you are reading this, you are probably recently engaged! Congratulations! Bella Intima is the perfect place for you, the brides-to-be, to meet all the amazing professionals and get endless ideas for your special day! With the exquisite table top designs, lighting, drapery, floral ideas and the fashion models previewing the top wedding trends for 2009, Bella Intima is the place to be!

Bella Intima aims to provide inspiration and fun with talented photographers, beauty tips from the local top makeup/hair artists, tasting of exceptional food, sipping bubbling champagne and receiving free bridal magazines and samples! Don't forget to enter for raffle drawing for your chance to win many amazing prizes. All proceeds from raffle sales go towards the Lucile Packard Children Hospital.

Over the next few weeks, we will be featuring information on each vendor for your reading pleasure. Meanwhile, please register yourself on www.bellaintima.com for free admission! Stay tuned for all the information you need to get ready for Bella Intima!

Vendor Spotlight- Allied Arts Guild

About Allied Arts Guild
Allied Arts Guild is a beautiful and historic garden oasis, home to unique shops, open artists' studios, and a charming café. Since 1929, Allied Arts Guild has provided an inspiring environment for working artists, beautiful gardens and shops for visitors, and support for critically ill children at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.

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The Allied Arts Guild Auxiliary is a volunteer organization whose purpose is providing support for the benefit of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford and for the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children.
The membership is comprised of women who enjoy giving their time working at Allied Arts Guild, whose profits are donated to the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital for uncompensated care, and to “Tally Ho,” the organization’s annual fundraising event benefiting the special projects of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
Through ownership of the Allied Arts Guild, the Allied Arts Guild Auxiliary is proud to say that we are supporting the arts, protecting an historic California landmark and providing support to critically ill children at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.

History
Allied Arts Guild stands on part of what was once a vast 35,250-acre land grant dating back to the late 1700s. A king of Spain, probably Charles IV, ceded the property to Don Jose Arguello, commander of the Presidio of San Francisco. It was called Rancho de las Pulgas, literally "Ranch of the Fleas"!
In 1929, wealthy art lovers Delight and Garfield Merner bought 3.5 acres of the land located at the edge of Menlo Park. Working closely with architect Gardner Dailey and artist Pedro de Lemos, they began to realize their dream of creating an arts guild in California. The Merners' goals were to provide a serene, beautiful workplace for artists; to encourage the crafting of handsome objects for everyday use; and to support all peasant or folk art, especially that of early California.
The gardens were inspired by the gardens the couple had visited in Spain and were named in the Spanish manner: The Court of Abundance, at the entrance to the main building; The Garden of Delight, or Blue Garden; and Cervantes Court, the inner courtyard featuring a mural of Cervantes dedicating "Don Quixote" to his patron, Count de Lemos.

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Paths were paved with stones from nearby San Francisquito Creek; and the tiles and objects of art used to decorate the walls were brought from Spain, Tunis and Morocco. Mosaics and frescoes were executed by Maxine Albro and the de Lemos family. The Guild's logo was designed by Mr. de Lemos, who arranged the letters AAG in a monogram depicting a boat sailing upon a tranquil sea.

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The Merners retired from active operation of Allied Arts Guild in 1935 and leased the complex to the Home's Senior Auxiliary. Later, Allied Arts Guild Associates, Inc. bought the property and continued to operate it for the Home's benefit. In 1951, the Allied Arts Auxiliary assumed its trusteeship and management. This auxiliary has been landlord, shopkeeper, supporter of the arts and protector of this historic site since that time. The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, once the Convalescent Home, receives all profits from Allied Arts Guild for aid to critically ill children.

Come and be inspired!

Everyone needs some beauty and love in this time of uncertainty, that's why I decided to host Bella Intima, the bridal charity event, together with the Allied Arts Guild.  I believe we need to band together and continue to give to charities even with the economy in the state its in, that is why all proceeds from Bella Intima will be donated to the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.  Held at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, Bella Intima will take place on April 18, 2009.

Bella Intima means "beautiful heart/love".  Beautiful hearts have come together in the form of several great professionals in the wedding industry.  Our passion for the weddings we arrange, the newlyweds who are getting married and the love they share is even more inspiration for this wonderful event.

We have lots of amazing things planned for Bella Intima.  There will be hors d'oeuvres, desserts and complimentary champagne.  We will be featuring the latest 2009 wedding trends, music, bridal fashion, decoration ideas, food, drinks and will have raffle drawings!  You can win a free photobooth rental from PHOTOBOOTH Royale, and many other amazing prizes donated by our wonderful vendors!  Participants will enjoy a distinctive afternoon affair beyond the ordinary in the picturesque Allied Arts Guild.

The Allied Arts Guild, located at 75 Arbor Road in Menlo Park, dates back to the late 1700s.  In 1929, a piece of the original 35,250 acre land was purchased by Delight and Garfield Merner, who later turned it into an arts guild providing a serene, beautiful workplace for artists in California.  To this day, the guild fulfills its founders' dream of a European-style crafts guild.  The Allied Arts Guild is available for special events, shopping, lounging and is a perfect setting for Bella Intima!  For more information, please visit http://www.alliedartsguild.org.

My company, 8events, specializes in weddings, corporate events and event planning as well as providing unique floral arrangements.  I work closely with event professionals located in the Bay Area and pride myself on only recommending the best services to my clients.  Every event is special to me, and I believe everyone deserves a beautiful and memorable event that fits his or her own personal style.  Please visit my website for more information.  http://www.8events.com.

Free admission and special goodie bags will go to the first 300 brides to RSVP.  $10 donation at the door will get you a raffle ticket.  For a list of vendors, to RSVP, directions or to read our blog, please visit the Bella Intima website:  http://www.bellaintima.com

We look forward to having you at Bella Intima!  Come and be inspired!