Joy & Cake!

I can’t think of a better name for a place that brings so many smiles. In December, Elyse Rosati opened Joy & Cake in Atlantic Highlands. Her custom cakes, cookies and cupcakes offer something more beautiful, unique, and creative than the traditional.

I am constantly amazed by what she can produce from a client’s vision or inspirational snip it . Herbs, spices and flowers give Joy & Cake’s delectable delicacies a touch of magic in every bite. Her confectionary masterpieces truly are works of art, from elegant wedding cakes to whimsically themed groom’s cakes and children’s birthday cupcakes.

It’s Officially Here!

Starting at 12 am November, 25th use promo code:     BlackFriday

** Please note: promo code is case sensitive

All 2010 & 2011 event, portrait & boudoir galleries have been re-released or extended until December 31st. In addition, we have a great holiday sale for you! Our 1 day only Black Friday Sale is a once a year event that you don’t want to miss.

Happy Savings & Holidays!

Please Note: The studio will be closed November 24th through November 27th. All orders are a final sale. Refunds and exchanges are not eligible on sale orders.

Orders placed before November 25th, 12:00am and after November 25th, 11:59pm are not eligible for the Black Friday discount.

All 2011 event, portrait & boudoir galleries will be re-released or extended until December 31st. In addition, we have a great holiday sale for you! Our 1 day only Black Friday Sale is a once a year event that you don’t want to miss.

Happy Savings & Holidays!

**Please note: That any purchases made before or after November 25th are not eligible for the Black Friday Sale discounts.

I am so excited for the Go Naked & Check Yourself event this Sunday at Teak with Sweetest Sin Boutique & Sugarush! Contact Sweetest Sin or Sugarush for tickets… come out to support a great cause (awareness for detectable cancers:Breast, Testicular, & Skin) and go home with some fantastic gifts from fabulous Red Bank business!

It’s that time of year again!  The following deadlines will ensure that you receive your products by the Holidays:

The deadline for all wedding, parent, as well as Couture and Bedside Table (magazine) boudoir album orders is November 14th.  All design approvals must be submitted and all balances must be paid in full on or before November 14th in order to complete the order and ensure holiday arrival.  If you still have revisions to submit, they must be submitted by November 7th in order to meet the November 14th deadline.

For a boudoir Little Black Book or Keepsake Album, your cover selection must be made by November 21st. All print selections for these albums must be submitted by December 5th.

The deadline for all print and canvas orders is December 5th.

Some products may be available after the above deadlines, but will incur rush fees, many of which double the price of the product, so make sure that you get your orders in on time!

**PLEASE NOTE: Our offices will be closed December 23nd through December 26th, and again December 31st until January 3rd. **

If you’re looking for the perfect gift for your parents, grandparents, or significant other, we do have a number of options available, so send over an email and we can discuss what products would best fit your budget.

If you have any questions or need help with your order, please let us know!

 Chelsea & Shane…. married!

More to come soon : )

April showers are upon us, and I thought we could all use a pick-me-up. What better way to celebrate the arrival of Spring than with a showering of gifts. Yes, I will be showering you with beautiful, fun, sexy and pampering gifts this April with the help of a few fantastic friends…

… Over a $1,200.00 $1500 worth of products and gift certificate giveaways!

Every week I will be giving away fabulous goodies such as:

• Girls Night Out at Sweetest Sin Boutique with a $50 gift certificate. Enjoy a private shopping party with your girlfriends complete with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, bra fittings, and exclusive specials

• Dramatically change your eyes with a set of Flirt Lash Extension by Winks for naturally looking fuller lashes

• Gift certificates to the empowering Woman Rising classes with Vivian Taormina at Tao Massage

• Vintage inspired shabby chic Carla Gizzi jewelry and home decor products gift certificate

• a Glowing full body tan with Airbrush Tanning by Nikki

• an Airbrush tanning party with Airbrush Tanning by Nikki

•a Gift basket of  Soapmarket‘s very own MarketBody collection of natural bath and body products including rich and moisturizing body lotion, creamy organic sugar scrub, relaxing bath salts, olive oil & shea butter bar soaps and a vegetable & soy blend candle.

• Explore the incredible potential of hair color! Whether you are battling grays, going for a color change or intensifying your natural color, the expert colorists at Salon Concrete will award one lucky winner with a brilliant hair color service.

• Gift certificate to Frame to Please for beautiful custom framing

• a Petite Portrait Session (for either engagement, maternity, kids, or family portraiture) with BGP

Grand Prize is a PRIVATE BOUDOIR SESSION with BGP

So, what do you have to do?

It’s simple! All you have to do is show some love by liking each of the 9 service provider’s facebook pages (links above lead to their pages). Then, head back on over here to my blog and leave a love note in the comments section of the this blog post (April Showers) mentioning that you just spread some facebook love to BGP and our fabulous friends.
Your name will be placed in the tri-weekly drawings for our goodies.

The GRAND PRIZE drawing  will be on the last day of the month (Saturday, April 30th 2011).

**Winners will be announced here each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday!

Have a lovely Valentine’s Day!

I hope it is filled with surprises.

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Alright all of you brides-to-be, Wedding Walk is back! Mark you calendars for November 13th. Register here, and take a peek at some of the fabulous grand prizes you could win at the Molly Pitcher reception.

Stop by Sweetest Sin Lingerie Boutique to see Angie and me for a stamp that gets you closer to winning those grand prizes.

P.S. We have some give-a-ways of our own ; P

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Congratulations Vicki & Dan! We had so much fun photographing your wedding.

Here’s a sneak peek for you!

Vicki & Dan had a beautiful and intimate ceremony at Holmdel Park. I love photographing at new locations… especially shady ones when it’s this hot : )  In spite of the heat, the wedding party and their guests danced their butts off. It was hard not to with such a great music selection. I think Amy and I were caught shaking our tails a few times too!

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Another wonderful thank you.

After I finished up with a session, I checked my voicemail and was pleasantly surprised when I heard I had a delivery from Edible Arrangements. I wracked my brain of all of the possible senders. A bit perplexed yet excited I drove home and waited for the delivery.

Beautiful, healthy, and delicious! What a great way to say thank you. I truly think I have some of the greatest clients in the world.

Even the cats couldn’t resist the incredible smell. Cricket was more curious than Peanut. I think If I hadn’t shooed her away I would have been missing those grapes.

My husband claimed all of the pineapple, , but I think that was because I had already eaten the yogurt covered strawberries.

Join Sassy Chic Boutique for the Maria Elena Headpiece trunk show July 16 – 18, 2010.

Sassy Chic Boutique

13 Monmouth St.

Red Bank, NJ 07701

732.747.0049

(photos courtesy of Maria Elena Headpieces’ website)

A thank you goes a long way, and when clients go above and beyond that to show their appreciation for our hard work and services it makes me giddy.

Allison & Keith had such a beautiful wedding this past Saturday. I can’t wait to share a few photos. I was so excited to find a little goody bag at our table with my name on it. It took all I had to wait  till I got home to open it. When I finally had the chance I found a warm thank you note, an adorable necklace with a camera, and “camera girl” charm (the back even has a little pearl hanging from it ~ Love it), and this awesome Playmobil.

I had so much fun photographing the little photographer with the flower girl and ring bearer. My husband was cracking up at me when I showed him that I played with dolls all morning on Sunday. The Playmobil is a vignette of a larger scene… a wedding (how appropriate). I can’t wait to get the whole collection… new obsession!

Amy Diamond (a friend, and one of my second photographers) helped me out for Allison & Keith’s wedding. Thanks Amy for a beautiful job as usual. As you can see, we had fun too! I love photo booths : )

A sneak peek of the wedding coming soon!

Be playful! Whether for portrait, boudoir or your wedding day photos, have fun! Accessories are a great way to spice up an ensemble and can make for great props for your session.

Boudoir: Think sassy. A great pair of heels can make all the difference. The taller the better.  Stay away from chunky shoes… they don’t have quite the same effect as stilettos. Don’t forget the stockings, always a provocative touch! Jewelry is a good thing. It doesn’t have to be diamonds and pearls, although you can’t go wrong with either. I love layers. Combining multiple necklaces of all sizes can be a great way to conceal just enough without having to wear a top. Hats can do the same, and add a bit of drama to your photos.

Bridal Boudoir: If you are doing this as a gift for your husband-to-be, don’t forget all of the important details that you have worked so hard at coordinating for your special day… your veil, something blue, of course your jewelry, and especially what won’t be seen by others… your bridal and honeymoon lingerie : )

Wedding Day: These days brides and grooms are looking to personalize their event… show off their personalities. More and more, couples are working around a theme for their day. This means accessorizing. Details are playing a key role in helping them stand apart from the rest.

Brides: From your veil to your shoes ,and the important things in-between is a statement about you. Veils, headpieces and vintage hats can be so sexy. What a fantastic way to add the finishing touches. I also love it when a bride surprises me with a sassy pair of shoes. Jewel adorned, vibrantly colored or leopard print pairs of heels are fun… even a pair of Chuck Taylor’s or cowboy boots… Yeah, that’s what I’m talk’n about!

I am so excited to announce that Dina & Gary’s carnival themed wedding was published again.

Who can resist the allure of a genuine cowboy fit with some wild rope tricks, burlesque, a sword and flame swallower, a contortionist, a magician, and don’t forget the bowling.

Offbeat Bride is fantastic resource for alternative brides and grooms looking to go beyond the traditional. Find everything from advice to vendors.

Thanks Offbeat Bride!

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With so many album companies out there, it has been difficult deciding which best fits and describes my clients’ personalities. Until I found Finao, (Failure Is Not An Option! ~ thanks Scoops (Louise Conover), for finding out what Finao actually stands for).

From the moment I laid eyes on their gorgeous albums I knew Finao was the one for my clients.

… and yes, they are green : )

Flush Mount Albums:

I love layering different textures. Finao offers such an extensive selection of leathers, suedes, silks, and manmade materials (for a vegan alternative). Flush mount pages are a step away from the traditional with multiple images in a graphical layout which are mounted directly to the edge of each page. This design is perfect for panoramic pages and full spread images (stretching across both pages of the album).

Whether your event is simple and elegant, lavish and bold, or an eclectic D.I.Y. creation there is a multitude of options that scream your names. These are albums with moxie… just like you!

Matted Albums:

For clients looking for a more traditional, matted album you have not been forgotten. I offer all of the same great cover options for matted albums as well. Stay tuned for samples.

Jeremy and I were so excited to hear that Louise Conover, one of our awesome wedding photographers (and a great friend of mine) had her images from our wedding published!

Check out the beautiful Intimate Weddings blog. Christina has done such a wonderful job at creating an invaluable resource for brides looking for inspiration for their intimate wedding.

I will be drawing one lucky lady’s name to win a free boudoir session at the first annual Red Bank Wedding Walk this Saturday, March 20th, 2010.

Winner must be a bride… come see me at Sweetest Sin Boutique to submit your name or a friend’s!

We will have Pink Champagne, Cupcakes by Cake in Red Bank & exclusive discounts, specials and Free Gifts for Brides!

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Kat, from Rock ‘n Roll Bride heard all about Dina & Gary’s carnival themed wedding, and was so excited about the couple’s DIY creativeness that she featured it on her blog site. Check it out!!!

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