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Bridal Bouquet Trends In 2016 That Will Impress Your Friends

January 20, 2016 admin Leave a comment

January is halfway over…and we have been having fun researching trends for the new year! As the Cabo floral expert, we, of course, are always so excited by bridal bouquets! So let’s delve in…here are some gorgeous looks, great unique additions to bouquets, and fun different ways to use some of our traditionally favorite flowers!

Here’s what we came up for you…trends that we know will impress your friends! (As if a wedding in Cabo isn’t enough to impress!)

BABY’S BREATH: Colored or white, this flower used to get a bad rap. No longer! Use it alone to create a wispy wildflower look.

GREENERY GALORE: Greenery is the master of this bouquet. A fresh look!

ADD CURLY WILLOW & AN ALTERNATIVE GREENERY: How about lamb’s ear for the greenery in this bouquet? We love this trend! Add some curly willow to your bouquet, for the beautiful rustic and romantic look!

COLOR AND RIBBONS: Huge & colorful…with a ribbon drape. Couldn’t be cuter…can’t wait to create a bunch of these bouquets at Cabo Flowers and Cakes this year! Don’t go small here!

Connect with us through our social media! Let us help you create the most amazing floral decor…keeping it up-to-date and on-trend!

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REAL LIFE WEDDING: Mallory & Evan

January 8, 2016 admin Leave a comment

Welcome to Mallory & Evan’s special day! It’s bright, beautiful and full of fun! We at Cabo Flowers & Cakes loved creating the flowers and floral decor for this exuberant couple for their dream destination wedding in Cabo! Once again, we also loved working with these amazing vendors here in Cabo: Beth Dalton, owner of For You, I Do Weddings and amazing photographer, Daniel Jireh. (Thanks for sharing the photos, Daniel!)

Mallory & Evan’s chuppah (shown above) was so creative and showcased their happy personalities perfectly! Those balls are officially called “pomanders” and we were so pleased with this whimsical wedding look!

We also had a blast creating this beautiful bouquet! Mallory wanted color and succulents, and we were happy to oblige!

Her bridesmaid bouquets were similar (just a bit smaller) and added even more pops of color throughout the wedding!

One of our favorite parts of Mallory & Evan’s floral design were these luscious hair flowers! What true beauty…just what every bride wants for her wedding day!

Congratulations, Mallory & Evan! Thanks for making Cabo Flowers & Cakes such a large part of your special day!

Beth Dalton: www.foryouidoweddings.com

Daniel Jireh: www.danieljireh.com/blog/portfolio

Location: Cabo del Sol golf clubhouse

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REAL LIFE WEDDING – JESSICA & JOSH – SUNSET DA MONA LISA RESTAURANT

December 12, 2015 admin Leave a comment

When Jessica & Josh shared their wedding design concept with us, they knew they wanted elegance! They had an amazing location for their Cabo wedding, at the world famous Sunset Da Mona Lisa Restaurant overlooking Monuments Beach and our thrilling Arch, and they wanted that to shine.

But they also wanted flowers and decor for both their ceremony and their reception that were special and glamourous!

We love what we created for them, in their theme colors of white, blush pink and gold. Take a look! (Photo credit: Sara Richardson Photography)

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DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CUT YOUR WEDDING CAKE?

December 8, 2015 admin Leave a comment

This may seem like a very simple question, but we here at Cabo Flowers & Cakes actually hear it a lot. And the reason is…there is a ceremony that goes with cutting your wedding cake! Even when you are in Cabo, for your Cabo wedding! We’ve all seen it a hundred times before at weddings where we’ve been a guest, but when you are actually in Cabo, cutting your own wedding cake, it feels different! This is YOUR cake and you are the one who has to cut it! If you are working with a Wedding Planner (and we recommend that you do…contact us for our recommendations), she will know how to do the cake cutting, so follow her instructions. If not,…here’s how:

You should have a separate cake table, decorated beautifully, with a linen, candles, and of course flowers from Cabo Flowers & Cakes! The table should be located in a central area, where there is plenty of room for your guests to stand in front of it, while you two stand behind it. (The table can be moved into this more central area right before the cake cutting time if you want it to. Just don’t move the table with the cake ON it. No cake crashes, please!)

2. Your cake should be on a cake stand on the table (again, have a professional move the cake onto the stand, on the table.) Also on the table should be your cake cutting knife and your cake server. If you want your champagne glasses on the table, that is fine too.

3. You also need a small plate, a napkin, and two forks. These should be set up behind the cake, which is facing your guests.

4. When it is time to cut your cake, your DJ should begin playing your pre-selected cake cutting song, and the MC should ask your guests to gather around the cake cutting table. Your MC can narrate the cake cutting if you are comfortable with that.

5. Know ahead of time which layer you are going to be cutting into. (Some cakes have fake tiers and you do not want to cut into that!) You will normally cut into the bottom tier of your cake.

6. With both bride and groom holding the knife, make a small slice in the cake. Go all the way through, from the top to the bottom of the cake. Most cakes will have their bottom tier on some type of cakeboard. You don’t need to cut that.

7. Then, together, grab the cake server, and place that under the little cake slice and gently lift the cake slice onto the plate.

8. Using the server, cut the slice into two bite size pieces.

9. Determine ahead of time whether you will be feeding each other cake from your fingers or your forks. Forks? Each use a fork to place the cake in the other’s mouth. Fingers, go one at time (bride first), placing the bite size piece in our spouse’s mouth. Gentle or smearing icing all over the place? That’s up to you!

10. Enjoy this traditional moment! And make sure the photographer was there the whole time getting photos!

Make sure that, for your destination wedding in Cabo San Lucas or San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Flowers & Cakes is the one to supply your wedding cake!

www.loscabosflowers.com

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PAPER FLOWERS – TRULY MEXICAN!

December 4, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Mexico (and Cabo!) are known for their bright colors and festive attitude! It’s always fiesta time around here! Many of our clients like to bring this bright and happy feeling to their events through the flowers and decor that they choose. One really fun way to do that is to use Mexico’s famous paper flowers. While we offer, of course, the highest quality in real flowers, we still love paper flowers, too (they’re one of our specialties!)

How can you use paper flowers at your Cabo event? Here are a few ideas:

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Incorporate the paper flowers in a real flower bouquet or centerpiece. The best of both worlds!

Use paper flowers on their own to create a bouquet, a centerpiece or a head piece. A paper flower tucked behind the ear says, “Viva la Mexico!”

Create garlands to line a walkway or over a window, walkway, or arch.

Use them as accents on mirrors, in trees, on lamps or anywhere else where you need a touch of color.

Use them on paper products. They can be glued onto anything, like gift bags, menus, programs, or signs.

We have no limit to our creativity here at Cabo Flowers & Cakes, so just ask us! We’ll design memorable paper flowers for you for your Cabo wedding or special event that will literally last a lifetime!

www.caboflowersandcakes.com

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By The Sea: Beach Inspired Yummies for your Wedding

November 7, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Yes, we know, Cabo is one of th Blue sea and flowers e top destinations for a beach weddings (if not THE top destination!) Our ocean is teal blue, our Cabo beaches are golden, and the sunsets are truly painted with an artist’s brush! So, we here at Cabo Flowers and Cakes get it, the beach and the ocean are truly inspirations for your event.

That’s why we think you should consider including a Cabo beach theme as part of your wedding treats…whether it’s your actual wedding cake or maybe some other type of treat (see our cute beachy cupcakes below.)

Cabo Flowers and Cakes specializes in white chocolate and/or milk chocolate shells, that you can use to decorate your wedding cake. (Look closely and see how adorable this cake topper is!) The shells can also be colored (think coral for star fish or just get creative) to match your theme.

fun beach cupcakes To be used as an after-event treat, we can create these cupcakes with sunglasses, flip flops or palm trees. (Get creative and let us know what else you’d like to include…we are always open to your ideas!)

This wedding cake below showcases some of our white chocolate shells options. We can also include Bride/Groom sea horses as a cake topper, if that’s what you’d like.

Let Cabo’s beaches inspire you…let Cabo Flowers and Cakes help you create a wedding cake or wedding treat that fits with this ocean theme!

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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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EMPLOYEE HIGHLIGHT – MEET JOEL

October 3, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Joel Lopez Taylor

Joel Lopez Taylor has been a member of the Cabo Flowers and Cakes family for 8 years, but it seems like longer! He has been a part of every project, and a help to every customer, since the minute he started working with us! He is a customer-service enthusiast, and said this is his favorite part of the job. “I know more about other people’s needs than my own, and I’m here to help with those needs,” he said.

We asked him a few other questions, and loved his responses so much we wanted to share them with our clients (and future clients)…

Why does Joel enjoy working at Cabo Flowers and Cakes? He answered that it helps him to grow as a person, and to mature. Thanks to his bosses, he said! (Not to toot our own horns, but we have loved watching Joel grow as an employee and become a wonderful administrator and someone we rely upon constantly.)

Joel’s favorite location for a wedding? One of our favorites, too! Cabo del Sol golf clubhouse.

Joel’s favorite flowers? It’s all about the smell! Tuberoses and Casablancas. Great choices, Joel!

His happiest moments at work? “When a person says Thank You or that their flowers are beautiful!” (He actually hears that a lot…love it!)

Let’s end this blog with his final words. Why should a client use Cabo Flowers and Cakes? He said, “Because we make beautiful things!” Simple, to the point..and true. We DO make beautiful things. Check us out for your Cabo events! Thanks, Joel!

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“CAN YOU COPY [INSERT WEDDING ITEM HERE] FROM A PHOTO?”

September 25, 2015 admin Leave a comment

A question that we, at Cabo Flowers & Cakes, get quite often is this: can you copy [and go ahead and insert anything related to a wedding here] from a photo? In this visual age of technology, with everyone looking at images of everything at all hours of the day and night, brides are looking at a lot of photos. You, dear bride, are accessing photos from a hundred different wedding websites, sharing photos on Facebook, and pinning photos of everything you love for your wedding on Pinterest. (Have we mentioned that we would love you to access Cabo Flowers and Cakes’ social media as well? If not, please do!)

With all this being said, the next question is…what do you do with all of these photos that you like (love!) that are assisting you with your wedding planning? Please share them with us, your wedding vendors!

We love your photos (contrary to what other’s may tell you about professional pride, and design aesthetics.) Your photos help us understand what you really, truly are drawn to, and we can help create that for you.

Photos can be used to inspire, to explain…or to copy. To inspire, or to explain, you may show us several photos and say, “I like the ribbon on this…AND the color of that.” We use the photos as a jumping off point to create something unique and beautiful.

But…and we are cool with this…sometimes down here in Cabo, we have brides say, “I want it (the cake, the bridal bouquet, the chuppah) to look just like this!” And we do our best! Sometimes we need to adapt or alter, mostly because of actual flower or ingredient availability in our little southern Baja peninsula. Sometimes we need to do a bit of a change up for weather reasons. (Cabo is hot and sometimes humid, and sometimes we, as the floral and wedding cake experts, will advise as to what works best here.) But all in all, we can re-create your dream wedding cake or wedding floral design based on a photo. Send it to us, let us have a look, and be happy with the results! (Of course, we do also have the disclaimer that while we do the best we can to re-create the exact look of the photo, we are also all individual artists and so there may be some slight variations.) Just like at the beauty salon when you bring in the photo of Jennifer Aniston’s hair style!

The Cabo Floral and Cake Experts