Violaine Diogene

I have to confess that I’ve had a very healthy obsession with the amazing designers at Praez Occasions! If you’re ever lucky enough to work with those phenomenal designers, you too will develop a healthy obsession with their work!

Praez Occasions full-service design firm, a true atelier with an unconventional flair for the fine details, committed to helping you announce your life’s most precious moments with exceptional quality and sophistication. Their passion is the expression of your unique vision, style, and taste. Inspired by everything around them, Praez Occasions custom design and handcraft creations that evoke lasting memories, from your Save The Date to your Thank You notes.

I love these planning tips from their website which I think most brides can certainly appreciate. Off course you absolutely must visit their site for more information about their scrumptious invitations.

Planning Advice from Praez Occasions.

We employ a collaborative 3-part process that spans approximately 8-10 weeks, during which we analyze your needs, explore custom styling options, and execute the fine details. For best results, we offer the following tips:
• Start out a minimum of 3 months before the event to provide ample time to achieve your desired results
• Share your ideas & “design wish list”
• Provide details and images of the event site
• Submit venue maps & directions, as they can be incorporated into your design
• Submit images of your floral arrangements whenever possible
• Supply any special wording or phrases that you want to use
• Proofread everything carefully! It costs more to fix a mistake than to do it right the first time
We provide digital proofs on every design via Adobe PDF file by email, and make a physical sample available for final approval before commencing production.

Loving everything Praez Occasions,

Violaine Diogene

“Prisoner of Love!” This is my absolutely, without a doubt my favorite invitation. The title sums it all for me. Can you imagine being the invite to receive such an invitation? What would you think about this wedding? I know I would gasp!

Can you imagine getting this as your Save The Date? I’m giggly just thinking about it!

I just love the peacock feathers in this menu card. What a grand way to dress the tables and make a statement.  Do allow your eyes to wonder to the little details of the fine fabric and peacock studs.

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By celebrating the courage & spirit of these couples, we help create lasting memories that will be cherished for years to come. It is our hope that others facing similar situations will find hope, strength, and the promise of eternal love.

Officially launched in January of 2010, Wish Upon a Wedding currently has over a dozen chapters to serve Wish Applicants. We service couples residing in or wishing to get married within 300 miles of any one of our chapter locations.  New Chapters open regularly.

If you would like to be a part of our Wish Granting Team {or know someone who would} please submit a Wish Granter application.

This party was the celebration of many different things. One was turning twelve, a year spent on the honor roll in an honors program and her very first slumber party just to name a few.

To start, Nastajea invited eight of her closest girlfriends from school. After a few site tours, Nastajea choose the stunning Mansion Hotel on Peachtree because she always wanted to have a pool party and with a February birthday, such party was never possible. The Mansion Hotel on Peachtree featured an amazing indoor pool as well her favorite restaurant NEO which is where the girls would have dinner for the evening and breakfast the next day.

Nastajea was really involved in every aspect of planning the party from choosing from her vendors from my list of preferred vendors to the décor. She really wanted her guests to go home feeling like her slumber party was like none other. She begins the design process by choosing her theme base on her love for retro polka dots and bright colors such as fuchsia and lime green. Below are the elements of her slumber party.

Loved planning this slumber party,

Violaine Diogene

The beautiful Mansion on Peachtree

Praez Occasions did an amazing job with the invitations. The designer came up with these fun hand drawn retro polka dots in Nastajea’s colors. Each invitation was customized with the invites names with a sneak peek to the slumber party

Each invitation were delivered in this lime green box with a hand tie fuchsia ribbon.  Each invitation also included a sleeping mask.

The girls arrived promptly for the party and enjoyed the ride in the limo to the hotel.

Originally we booked a junior suite for the party but decided to surprise Nastajea with the Presidential Suite.

The girls were surprised with their own personalized swag bags which were displayed on the dining room table. Each swag bag included a silk polka dot pajama short with either a pink or lime green tank top. The bags also included fuchsia or lime green nail polish, earrings and flip flops.

The girls had Hilarye working every minute she was there. I wanted to capture the day so that Nastajea can always have the memories and pictures to reflect on the day she turned twelve. Hilarye from http://www.myfotographa.com/ captured all the photos of the day.

This is what it was all about to Nastajea; being able to go swimming in February with her friends! I love that Hilarye was able to get this shot of them jumping in the pool.

Perfect Petals designed these centerpieces with Nastajea’s favorite flowers; calla lilies with polka dots ribbons around the rim of the vase.

NEO was closed that early evening just before the Valentine dinner rush and the girls had the restaurant all to their selves. They each ordered from the menu.

Sugarplum Visions is Nastajea’s favorite bakery and her cake had to come from their shop. Jamie was so accommodating to this twelve year old. She even had her own tasting!

The girls along with Nastajea were shocked to see that they each received their very own mini cakes to take home.

The birthday girl at the end of the evening….

I’m sharing this with you because I want to remind you that this is your wedding and you’re able and allowed to do whatever it is that you wants. If’ you’re a bride like Kelsie and you want to just shock your guests upon their arrival at the reception, by all means make it happen. There is no rule to what and how you should do your own wedding decor. Well, you know what I mean. I don’t want you to go crazy with your colors or anything but I just want you to keep an open mind about what’s available to you. Be creative, step out of the box and surprise the most important guest of all; you!

Below are some of the most amazing centerpieces I’ve ever come across. I love, love and I do mean love the very first centerpiece as it just took my breath away. This actually more than a centerpiece as every other table were graced with handmade canopies of birch and vines which featured dripping votives. While mossy pots overflowed with garden flowers with wooden lanterns and votives to punctuate each lush table. Do you hear that? That’s your guests gasping in amazement as they step foot in your reception!

How do you envision your reception décor? Like to contact the florist responsible for such amazing work? Davinci Florist and Stone Blossom would love to speak with you if you”re a bride who can handle these daring centerpieces.

Daring you to be daring,

Violaine Diogene

Now, I just need to justify the need to have a set of eight in every color for my future theme dinner parties.

Grateful for ruffles,

Violaine Diogene

Giddy about Converse,

Violaine Diogene

These little burst of colored clips are all handmade and custom in your colors. Think how cute these would be on your bride’s maid’s shoes and just think, they can use them over and over again. I vote you buy a few and surprise your girls with a paid in your next opportunity.

I, on the other hand, I’m getting the burned orange, and multi colored rose.

Thinking of my heels,

Violaine Diogene

After visiting your site on a regular basis, I can tell you that I love just about everything you have on the site, but the dresses below are my absolute favorites. I’m thinking the first two will be in my front door just in time for my birthday!

Inspired by the 1940s era,

Violaine Diogene

If you are a Twilight fan like me and like a few million others, you do not want to miss this event. Along with seeing the movie before anyone else, plan on attending a cocktail party which will feature Twilight-tini’s! Oh, did I tell you that I’m tickled pink about this event?

Here are the details according to the invitation.

What do vampires have to do with brides & bat mitzvahs? Absolutely nothing. Unless of course, you’re a Twilight fan like us!

Occasions Magazine is Atlanta’s magazine for celebrating in style. Period. To celebrate the release of our 1st anniversary issue AND the release of the third movie in the Twilight Saga series, Eclipse, we’re planning a party of our own.

Join us Tuesday June 29th at 6:30pm for the ultimate pre-party and an exclusive screening of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse at Regal Cinemas at Atlantic Station that night at 9pm… before anyone else gets to see it!
There will be food, photo booths, Twilight-tini’s, swag bags, candy buffets, music mixes from your favorite Twilight tunes and…free movie tickets!

So tell us if you’re Team Edward or Team Jacob and get your tickets because seats are extremely limited!

The Ballroom at TWELVE Atlantic Station
361 17th Street Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30363

Violaine Diogene