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Meet Perla…She’s creating your arrangement!

October 27, 2015 admin Leave a comment

After 8 years at Cabo Flowers and Cakes, we can’t imagine how we’d get along without Perla. She is one of our top floral designers, having risen through the ranks at Cabo Flowers and Cakes over the years. She’s an orchid lover, and a wedding lover! In fact, one of her favorite parts of her job is going to the actual weddings and helping to set up all the florals. She’s a hard worker (it’s gets hot and sweaty, pulling together all the floral arrangements for a beach wedding in Cabo!) but she never complains! She can wield a staple gun along with the best of them, and can fix a troublesome flower with tools from her every-handy toolbox!

Perla’s favorite wedding locations are Cabo del Sol golf clubhouse and the Sunset Da Mona Lisa restaurant, and her favorite part of her job is producing the floral arrangements for a wedding. She says she loves it when she delivers the wedding flowers, and everyone smiles!

Perla recently worked with a local wedding planner, Katie Thompson of Dazzle ‘Em Event Design, putting together elaborate floral decor for a beachfront wedding. “I love Perla! I love the way she takes what she does so seriously!” said Katie. “Every wedding is very important to her. For every flower order, she checks, re-checks and then checks again to make sure everything is literally perfect!”

On a personal note, Perla is also an avid soccer player. In fact, practicing her English, she sang, “I love, love soccer!” as she was being interviewed! She also loves learning English and has become much more outgoing in her second language.

Why should a client use Cabo Flowers and Cakes? “Porque somos los mejores,” Perla says. (Translation: Because they are the best!)

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YES, YOUR CAKES NEEDS A STAND!

October 23, 2015 admin Leave a comment

OK, Cabo brides, we know how it is with cakes. You’ve done your research, you’ve searched your heart (you may have even drawn sketches) and you’ve done your cake tasting. You’ve finally determined your perfect wedding cake, and you’ve submitted your fabulous ideas to us! Good job!

But, as we look over your order, we notice…something is missing! What exactly is your stunning wedding cake going to stand on? Yes, you need a cake stand!

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A cake stand completes your look! A cake stand makes a 3-tier cake appear to be a 4-tier cake, or your 2-tier appear to look like a 3-tier. (You get the idea!) A cake stand keeps your cake about 6” off your beautiful linen. And a cake stand is one more decor element that you can use to add dazzle and elegance to your overall Cabo wedding. It also makes your cake easier to cut (raises it to cutting level) and looks great in pictures.

Convinced? If not, then take a look below at some of our gorgeous cake stand options that might work beautifully for your Cabo Flowers and Cakes wedding cake. Let us know your favorite! (Plus we custom design cake stands, too, if needed.)

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KEEPING YOUR EVENT DECOR FRUITY

September 10, 2015 admin Leave a comment

We, at Cabo Flowers & Cakes, know a little trick to keep your event decor fabulous – and affordable – with a touch of whimsy! Add a bit of fruit to your decor. Yes….fruit! Lemons and limes are our favorites, but really you can add almost any type of fruit. Keep it whole or slice it…just make sure to showcase the true beauty and color of the fruit. And make sure it’s a match, color-wise, for your event’s theme and decor.

These sliced lemons lining the tall cylinder vases were a perfect fit for this luncheon’s bright, airy, and natural look. Adding the baby’s breath, Mason jars, and wrapping everything in raffia added the final finishing touches.

For this Cabo wedding’s natural feel, curly willow and tall cylinders of whole limes, lining the aisle walkway, were added to the ceremony decor. What a perfect way to mix the colors of brown, green and white! Very creative, very catchy!

Interested in adding some color, texture and a hint of fun to your wedding decor? Give our floral designers at Cabo Flowers & Cakes a call. We’ll create something delicious for you!

http://www.loscabosflowers.com

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FOR THE LOVE OF SUCCULENTS:

August 27, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Let’s take a minute and celebrate the most popular plant to now be a part of the Cabo wedding scene! It’s our little green friend…the succulent! It’s popping up everywhere… from rustic farm weddings to beachfront seaside weddings like we have here in our beautiful destination wedding location, Cabo San Lucas. And we at Cabo Flowers & Cakes couldn’t be happier!!!

Destination Wedding Photos by Dino Gomez

Succulents grow as an individual bloom and are the perfect shade of a mellow, mild green. They add color and texture to any floral arrangement without stealing the glory from other beautiful blooms. They are hardy and long-lasting, and add a bit of fun too!

We love to add succulents to bouquets (bridal and bridesmaid), table centerpieces, as boutonnieres (not usually the whole bloom but just a snippet of one), and as mini arrangements perfect for a cocktail table or in a restroom.

Really, the only limit to what you can use a succulent for is your imagination or your budget.

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BLACK AND WHITE WEDDING: A CAKE TO MATCH

August 25, 2015 admin Leave a comment

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As black and white themed weddings have become more popular (even at destination wedding locations like Cabo San Lucas), we’ve upped our game when it comes to cake decor. Black and white wedding cakes have become high-end and on-trend, and we here at Cabo Flowers & Cakes are specialist for this type of cake.

Here are some examples of how a black and white wedding cake stays traditional, elegant and yet unique. A few things to be aware of for a black and white Cabo wedding cake:

1. An expert cake designer, like we have on staff at Cabo Flowers & Cakes, must make sure your colors do not run! The black stays black, and the white stays white. This is the #1 consideration when creating a beauty like these cakes. P1010074

2. Keep it classy! One way to do this is to have more white than black on your wedding cake. This keeps your cake amazing, not scary. P1020208

3. Pull in the decor from your bridal attire and/or event decor. Black polka dots or stripes on your event linens? Pull that theme into your cake decor as well.

In the end, a black and white cake is a perfect way to pull together all of your black and white event decor.

http://www.loscabosflowers.com

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ARCHES AND FRAMES – THE CHUPPAH’S COUNTERPART

August 12, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Here in Cabo, the chuppah (also sometimes called a canopy) gets all the attention. With it’s four legs, and it’s beautiful draping…most of our brides start their wedding planning intent on a structure like this. But, we wanted to let everyone know…at Cabo Flowers and Cakes, we love arches and frames too.

What’s a frame? It’s basically a two-legged chuppah/canopy, and so we add this to the arch category as well. These ceremony structures are just as beautiful as many of the chuppahs and canopies we design (and they are more affordable). Here are a few to convince you, too:

Remember, in Cabo we are famous for our Arch. So…maybe your wedding ceremony decor should include one as well!

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CUPCAKES VS. CAKES – WHICH IS BEST FOR YOUR EVENT?

August 5, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Remember being a kid and loving the cupcakes your Mom brought to school on your birthday? People have always loved cupcakes…they’re cute, individual and easy to eat. Face it, they’re fun! It’s no different here in Cabo…we love our cupcakes too.

But cupcakes for your Cabo wedding?

Cupcakes have reached a new level of popularity with many of the cupcake reality shows like “The Cupcake Girls” and “Cupcake Wars.” However, unlike in the States, here in Cabo we don’t have a speciality cupcake shop on every street corner. Therefore, if you want a cupcake, you need to order one from us, Cabo Flowers and Cakes.

But, again, the question, cupcakes for your Cabo wedding?

Sure, if you want them! Wedding cakes have always reigned supreme and probably always will. But cupcakes add a touch of whimsy to what can be a very serious affair (your wedding!) The brides that choose cupcakes do so for the following reasons:

Fun!
A variety of flavors
As a unique decor item
As part of a larger dessert bar
In conjunction with a wedding cake

So, go ahead, order cupcakes for your Cabo wedding! Let us know what flavors you want (yes, you can add a filling to a cupcake as well) and we’ll help you design something that will make your guests smile (and grab a chocolate one AND a strawberry one!) Because, sometimes, with cupcakes, just one won’t do.

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THE CARE & HANDLING OF YOUR FLOWERS

July 29, 2015 admin Leave a comment

When planning a wedding in Cabo San Lucas, flowers should always be a part of your decor. At Cabo Flowers and Cakes, we of course understand this and know that part of our responsibility when we provide the flowers for your Cabo wedding (whether it’s at a resort, private villa or even on the beach) is to make sure the flowers are delivered in pristine condition!

We wanted to take a moment to share with you how we ensure a smooth delivery of your personal flowers (that’s your bridal bouquet, bridesmaid bouquets, boutonnieres, etc.).

The main concern for us is that your flowers stay cool in our heat. We know and love Cabo, but let’s face it, it can get very warm here. (It’s one of the reasons we all love it.) Good for us, not so good for our flowers. 2012-07-17 19.00.22

We also know that you will need your personal flowers for your pre-ceremony photography. So we want to make sure that your flowers are delivered in time for that, but not too much time before your ceremony.

We will work with you (and/or your wedding planner) to determine your flower delivery timeline, but we usually plan on delivering your personal flowers directly to you two hours before your ceremony start time.

We keep your flowers refrigerated for as long as necessary before transport. Then, once they are delivered directly to you, please keep your flowers in a cool place (an air-conditioned room is fine) and in a vase with a tiny bit of water if possible. (Make sure the bouquets do not drip on your dress when you take them out of the vase for photos. Just a dab with a paper towel or napkin will work.)

If you care for your personal flowers early on in the day, they will last beautifully throughout your whole celebration.

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DON’T LEAVE YOUR CHAIRS NAKED

July 29, 2015 admin Leave a comment

When we at Cabo Flowers and Cakes work with you to create your Cabo wedding decor, we have a checklist of sorts. We know every element that can be made to shine with flowers, and there is ultimately one part of ceremony decor that many brides overlook. Their chairs!

Please, we beg of you, don’t leave your ceremony chairs naked. They flank your aisle, where you will walk as you greet the love of your life. Your aisle will be prominent in all of your photos and so will the chairs that line the aisle.

Chair flowers are fun, festive and they tie together all your ceremony decor. Use them just on the aisles (for a more affordable option) or place one on each chair (either on the back or on the side.) Even if you are using a chair cover or a chair tie, there is always a beautiful space for a flower as well. The results will be…phenomenal!

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REAL WEDDING: PAULINA & MICHAEL

July 13, 2015 admin Leave a comment

PaulinaMike_411 We, at Cabo Flowers and Cakes, get a lot of pictures sent to us of floral items that brides want us to (re)create for their weddings. What is our most requested chuppah? It’s this beautiful design that we created for Paulina and Michael’s beach ceremony at El Dorado Beach & Golf Club! Because it is so loved, we decided to feature their wedding as this month’s Real Wedding Highlight. (Plus the antique chandelier is just simply gorgeous!)

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Paulina and Michael were high school sweethearts. Her mom owned a house in Cabo, where she had spent many wonderful days and weeks, and so when she and Michael decided to get married, they knew Cabo was the place! El Dorado was a gorgeous option for their ceremony and reception, and so the planning began.

With orange being their primary color, and brown, natural beige, and yellow being highlight colors, we focused on a simple arrangement of just orange/yellow cala lilies for her bridal bouquet . Paulina wanted to let the bright colors speak for themselves, without crowding in lots of secondary colors. We think her approach worked wonderfully!

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However, when it came time to decorate for her reception tables, Paulina knew that she wanted to create table centerpieces that were spectacular, and that added some additional color to her bronze table linens. She added in white and orange roses, with green cymbidium orchids and draped Belles of Ireland, with alternating dark wood pillars and bronze urns, for a high-low look. With the glow of her amber candles, the tables were so romantic and carried out her brown and orange theme perfectly! We at Cabo Flowers and Cakes are proud to have been a part of this amazing Cabo wedding! And we’d be happy to re-create this look for you, too!

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