Babes Brunch- Celebrating the Success of Women

Babes Brunch- Celebrating the Success of Women in Portland, Oregon 

Babes Brunch is created by Mae and Co Creative 

Letting your local wedding community know you're offering wedding consulting services along with your party styling means networking and telling every one you meet how EXCITED you are about the services you're offering.  When the Babes Brunch came up, I had to go!

Held at The Evergreen in SE Portland, an event space with circular windows to let the light stream in, beautiful brick walls above and white wood paneling below make this space versatile for any wedding theme.  Maple flooring adds a touch of warmth.  There's a mezzanine above with a staircase leading down to the event space for couples wanting to make a grand entrance, a place to get ready for the wedding or a cozy space for guests to relax from the partying below. The space doesn't feel big, it feels intimate, even though it can host 445 people on the main floor.

The theme for this Babes Brunch was day light disco. I can get down with that. I've never been a night owl. And I had the perfect dress for it that I picked up at Target a few years back on sale. I KNEW there would be an occasion for that dress.  If you've been a fan of Fizzy Party for awhile, you know I love to dress the party theme. If you hire me as your wedding consultant and want me there on the day of your wedding, I'll totally dress your wedding theme.

Spring Wedding Inspiration

Spring Wedding Table Inspiration 

Go Naked. With your table. 

Spring weddings are a great time to go naked with your table.  Don't hide that beautiful wood table under a full table linen.   High light the wood with a colourful table linen.  I like to go with a lighter fabric for spring weddings.

Add some pattern

Looking to add some pattern onto your reception table?  Do it with the napkins.  You can go for something light like this floral pattern or go big and bold. You can even go for a lighter pattern for the table and go with something bolder for the cocktail napkins.

Add some romance with coloured place settings

Light coloured place settings add a touch of romance to your table.  If your larger rental places don't carry coloured place settings, check with the smaller rental companies.  Smaller rental companies tend to have more specialty place settings and other rental items. They might also be more willing to special order items for your wedding if it's something they think they can re-rent out to other couples.

 

Clearly I need to work on my photography skills. This ones a little fuzzy, oops! This is why you hire a professional photographer for your wedding.  Yes I know, they seem expensive but SO worth it.  Oh sure, you could save some money by having your family and friends take photo's but you could end up with fuzzy pics like mine above. This is your wedding! There's places to cut costs and places not to cut costs. And a photographer is not one of those vendors where you cut costs.

Coloured candles + Floral's 

Colourful candles can compliment your floral's.  Are you doing as much of your wedding as you can on your own with the help of family and friends ? Pick up or borrow some small glass bottles to hold your flowers.   You can get flowers at farmers markets for a great price.  Ask your family if they have any candle sticks you can borrow, rent them or shop your thrift stores for some. Don't worry about them matching.  Unless it's just going to bug the heck out of you if they don't match. 

The day I styled this table it happened to be a beautiful spring day. But if you live in Oregon an outdoor spring wedding can be tricky.   The day could be beautiful and sunny or rainy.   I highly recommend a tent.  Don't take a chance on the weather being perfect on your spring wedding day.


Styling by Fizzy Party
Place settings, candle sticks, and cutlery from Power of Love Rentals
Candles from Party Swizzle 

My Ideal Couple

My Ideal Couple 

So Exciting!! You got engaged 💍 You've been basking in that post engagement glow and now you're ready to start planning your wedding.  Which is not easy.  You've got everyone and their mother giving you their opinions.  Then there's all those ideas sucking you down the Pinterest  rabbit hole and don't even get me started on the Instagram wedding worthy overwhelm.  

Love letters from Oriental Trading.  Backyard wedding. 

You had all these plans that you were going to plan your wedding yourself but then when you really sat down to do it and all the outside influences started creeping in you were like, Dang, we need a little help.  So you search the net for a wedding planner but that's not really what you need.   A wedding planner is too full service for what you're looking for.  You just want a little help with a few things.  So you type in wedding coordinator and wedding consultant.  Ok, these services look more like what you're looking for.  But which one do you choose? You want to pick someone who matches your style and personality.  

Am I the right wedding consultant for you?

Photographer A Well Crafted Party 

Your my ideal couple if you like to have fun!  You want to plan your own wedding but dang it it's hard and you still want to have a life. You don't want wedding planning to consume all your free time and you just want a little help here and there.  Or maybe this is your second marriage or a vow renewal and you don't want the big to-do and are looking for someone to help you create a little more relaxed playful wedding.  Or maybe you don't even want a wedding, you're thinking an elopement. 

Your the type of couple that wants to get married on the beach, in a backyard, in the woods, standing in a waterfalls pool, up a mountain trail that ends in a beautiful view, in a park or even a boxing gym. You want to add some wedding elements, décor and design to these places but you don't want the big fancy pants go all out type of wedding.
 

Backyard wedding styled shoot by Fizzy Party 

You want a more causal vibe to your wedding.  No large guest counts, you want a more intimate gathering.  It's not about the numbers at your wedding. It's about sharing it with the people who have special meaning in your life.  No seating charts or 4- course meals. You want your guests to have fun and a memorable experience. Not the same type of wedding they've been to before. 

Your wedding is fun, colorful, whimsical, quirky and very personalized.

Octopus chandelier from Chandeliers by NK and part of Fizzy Party's collection

I'm that wedding consultant who will help you when that thought hits you and you're like, 'wait, how do we do this idea I just had?' Or, ' I can't figure out how to make these elements look good together.' Being creative, crafty and styling on the fly are my strong points.  I'm the stylist who the morning of a party or wedding will wake up at 5:00 a.m. and think, OOOOHHH, YES! I NEED to add this little detail.  My husband calls that stress. I call it passion. 😉

Photographer Photography Hill 

I help my couples with vendor recommendations, hiking up to your mountain view point and helping you plan out how to add some wedding flair to the spot, send you monthly checklists to keep your stress level down because you think you're forgetting something and so much more. Think of me as your wedding helper who's there for all the little bits of help you need. 

Photographer Photography Hill 

 
I can't wait to help you plan your fun, unique, whimsical, outdoor, adventurous wedding!
Let's chat- Tiffany.fizzyparty@gmail.com