It's that time again folks! We have a new guest blogger, Noaki of Noaki Jewelry. If you aren't familiar with Noaki and her amazing work, it's time for you to be formally introduced. Her jewelry is to die for! You can also check her out on Etsy! But first, let's get to know a little more about Noaki!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for their kind words and prayers to my family and myself. It's been a really tough week and all of your good energy has helped to get me through. A big thank you to Kari and Amanda, you two are a treat and I am glad to know you. Thank you so much for the care package! You'll never know just how much that meant to me. I'd also like to say to Danny, I love you to pieces! Thank you for being there for me in your own way! Last but certainly not least, thank you Giovanni. I heart you! I could never get through this with out you. You're the best!

Hi Everybody,

As you all know Kenya is my right hand "man". We have known each other for a long time and when I started this business venture she was there pushing me through and later joining my dream. I was shocked to hear yesterday that her grandfather had passed away. I received the call yesterday evening and I was to deliver the sad sad news. I did not know what to do, what to say, how to act. I was not going through this but to deliver the news was hard because she is so close to me. I do not know how it feels but seeing her yesterday tore my heart. I wanted to let everybody know because we need to send prayers to Kenya and her Family in this sad time. I know Kenya and she will get through this, but sending her well wishes will help with the healing.

Thanks,
Giovanni

Do you know what kind of dress is best for your body shape? B/c, to be completely honest, I haven't a clue! iVillage asked fashion designer and Project Runway alum, Austin Scarlett! You know he knows, he designs for Kenneth Pool!!! Amazing! I digress...let's see what he had to say!

I saw the cutest thing on Blush today. It a survival kit for you lips!!! I mean ya don't wanna have chapped lips on your wedding day right! Well this kit has organic lip balm in a variety of flavors like Pepperminty! (Yes that is really what it's called, lol) And best of all you can make sure you and your best girls all have the softest lips and fresh breath on your big day! Very important! It makes a great gift idea. I would love it! Although I'm pretty sure a certain BFF of mine would end of taking them! LOL

At every consultation we do, we always ask "So how did you propose?" I love hearing proposal stories. They are usually very sweet and creative. Well I found a wedding proposal that completely blew my mind when I read it online. He rented out a movie theater and invited 160 of their closest friends and family to witness it. He made sure they got there a little late so that them movie trailers started and to prevent her from noticing any one in the crowd. Well, the unsuspecting bride-to-be, noticed that one of trailers reminded her a lot of their relationship. That's because the groom-to-be created a movie trailer that was a proposal! So in the last few seconds of the trailer the big question was asked! Can you say stunned!!!! Needless to say, she said yes!!! That was a cool way to propose!

Here is the actual trailer he created. Note, the bride has a fear of planes and the "Life flashing before your eyes" scenes are true events portrayed by actors! Talk about big budget!!!



The guy at the very end is the groom!! AWWWWWW....*Tear* How sweet!

Tell us your proposal stories! Did he get down on one knee? Was it in a romantic location? Tell us what made you say yes!

I don't know about you guys but, I'm a big fan of {unique} wedding or party favors! It's never that exciting to me to go to a wedding and get chocolate covered almonds. Although that could be my strong dislike of all things chocolate! Anyway, while at Yankee Candle this past weekend I found that they have candles you can personalize for any event! I love candles, so getting that as a favor would make me a happy girl! Here's what I found...

Take a look at these beautiful flowers! At first glance, that is exactly what they look like, beautiful flowers. But would you believe me if I told you these were made of clay? I kid you not! When I saw Amanda's post last week about these very realistic flowers, I was like, Huh? Blogger say what? I showed the picture to my friend Krissy and she was like " there is no possible way that is clay! That's amazing!" That's some serious talent!!! And you don't have to worry about them dying!











Go check out the Blissful Bride Blog and read more about these creations! I give them 2 thumbs up! Thanks for sharing Amanda!

Remember Kari? (that's her and her fiance in the little circle). She was asked by Wishpot Wedding Blog to do a guest post. She did a wonderful job writing about how to pull of "Antique Chic" and provided a few stylish ideas to achieve the look. Check out the blog post here.

Great Job Kari! Now you have to do a guest post for us! = )

In a time when the economy is in a jam, Unique Designs unleashes a new pricing tier to keep up with the pulse!

Introducing Tempo, a pricing tier for the budget conscious client with an eye for the finer things in life. Invitations custom designed for you. No cutting corners, just cost!

The Tempo pricing consist of:

Invitation - $2.00 ea. (5x7 or smaller, double layered) (includes printed envelopes)

Invitation with RSVP - $2.50 ea. (invitation 5X7 or smaller, double layered) (RSVP 3.5X5)(includes printed envelopes)

Save-the-Date - $1.00 ea. (4x5 or smaller)

Save-the-Date - $1.50 ea. (4x5 or smaller, double layered)

Menu or Program - $1.25 ea. (4x9 or smaller, double layered)

Extreme attention to detail will be center stage with Tempo! Clients can choose from our entire line of Matte or Metallic papers, they can pick and switch until the mix is just right! It's time to dance to a new beat.

Call or visit us online for more details.

We have a great announcement to umm... "announce" tomorrow. Not only will the next President be chosen tomorrow, but Unique Designs has been working on something for our potential clients!

Please don't plan your whole day around our exciting announcement, remember to vote. That is the important thing. VOTE! We all need our voices to be heard, and I would hate for you to forget to vote because of us.

So here's the deal.... you go vote, and we will be right here waiting with the news! DEAL!?

It's candy day! Yay!! I have a skeleton ring on, that's my excuse to go trick-or-treating and Kenya has her Minnie Mouse ears on too! We are soo ready!!

Anyway,

Check out these Halloween Wedding cakes we found around the internet! Some are umm... special, while others are really great! Not sure why you would have a Halloween themed wedding, but hey, who am I to judge. lol. The cakes that have the pinkcakebox.com watermark are especially crazy beautiful.











If you see any more creepy/pretty cakes go ahead and send them to us, or leave us a comment!

There are only 4 months left until Let's Eat Cake! Yea, that's right...I said it...4 MONTHS! My how times files!

We met Beth and her Mother back in September, she was a great girl and was very receptive to new ideas and suggestions. They were so sweet, it was a great consultation! We were hired to design her invitations, guest book cards, menus, programs, and thank you cards. Her wedding will be in Captiva Island, Florida on March 16th. Her colors are lapis (dark rich blue) , wicked (bright green), ecru (cream) with hints of burnt orange. It looks soo good together! Once her invitations are sent we will put them up on the blog.

Can't wait for you to see the completed suite!

Here is another invitation we designed a few months ago. This one is simple 3 layered 5x7 card with some beautiful ribbon detailing. Enjoy!

Following in the footsteps of the creative and awesome bloggers before us, we have decided to have guest bloggers. To get the party started, let me introduce you to our very first guest blogger, Kristy from Posh Pastry. She designs custom cakes that not only look totally amazing but are pretty darn tasty if I do say so myself!

We sent Kristy some very {unique} questions. Check out what she had to say!

1. Tell us a little about yourself.

I am a wife, mother of three boys, and a custom cake designer. I feel like the luckiest person in the world. I have a great family and a job that I love!

2. How did you get started? (Did it start with an Easy Bake Oven?)

You know… I DID have an easy bake oven. I loved that thing, but I could never make it work quite right. I was really in to crafts as a kid. I was always making art projects. My Mom was kind enough to let me use her cake decorating supplies to make all kinds of creations. I even made my parents anniversary cake when I was twelve. My dad is a very talented wood worker. He thinks that I got my sculpting abilities from him. Maybe I did.

3. How do you know Colette Peters? Can you introduce us?

I was lucky enough to take Colette’s class at The Notter School of Pastry Arts. She is amazingly talented and such a great teacher! I learned so much from her. She is as famous as you get in the cake world, but she is incredibly down to earth.

I could introduce you… but I’d have to reintroduce myself first.

3. What do you enjoy most about your job?

My job is so much fun! Cakes are happy things. I get to be a part of some of the most important moments in people’s lives. I love it when a bride sees her cake for the first time and her face lights up! I get lots of hugs and I’ve even had some (happy) tears. One of my brides even took time to send me an email from her honeymoon to tell me how much she loved her cake.

It’s so rewarding to put my heart and soul into my creations. Then, I deliver them to people who are really excited to get them. What could be better?

4. You make so many great tasting cakes, which is your favorite?

This is a really boring answer… I love them all. People ask me all the time if I ever get sick of eating cake. Sadly, the answer is no. I eat cake all the time. I love frosting, all flavors. We went on a long trip last summer. After a few days, I was dying to make some frosting. I bought two new cookbooks on that trip just so I could read cake and frosting recipes.

5. We’ve seen many of your sculpted cakes. They seem extremely detailed. How labor intensive is it?

It really depends on the cake, but it’s usually very very time consuming. When customers order a sculpted cake, they are expecting something awesome. I don’t want to disappoint them. It’s not uncommon to find me in my studio long past midnight. I really try to make my sculpted cakes come to life. I study pictures of the real thing and do my best to recreate it in cake.

6. What is the craziest cake you’ve had to make?

I think that would definitely be the six foot long sculpted alligator that I did for the UF Department of Agriculture’s “Tail Gator” event. That thing was HUGE! People couldn’t believe that it was a cake until we cut it. My favorite moment was looking back at my cake surrounded with people who were taking pictures of it with their camera phones.

I guess second place would go to a can of boiled peanuts and a giant sculpted peanut.

Thank you so much for having me as a guest on your blog! I love your work…it’s beautiful, creative, and fun!!! You all are so talented and I always look forward to seeing more of your designs!

Awww, Well a big thank you to Kristy for being our first guest blogger and answering all of our questions! We're big fans of her beautiful work! If you need more of Kristy and Posh Pastry head on over to their tasty blog!

We have been tagged by MasterPiece Weddings and Kari.

Four things I did today:

1) We discussed designs

2) Discussed designs in the works

3) Created a few new designs

4) Did we mention we design? LOL

Four things on my To-Do list:

1) Just 4 things? Well, let's see...Write our blogs for the week.

2) Work on "Special Top Secret Project"

3) Plan for the Expo in January

4) Design new invitations

Four of my guiltiest pleasures:

1) Gossip Blogs

2) Wedding Blogs

3) Paper

4) Shopping

As you all may remember, I posted a blog to help me decided on a bridesmaids dress. Well, ladies and gents, we have a winner!

We figured we barely ever talk about our wonderful invitations, so why not show you a few. Now remember, we design custom invitations, we are not photographers. You can't really appreciate these babies in a crappy picture, but if you squint your eyes and turn your head to the side you can see the invitations. = )

Below is a new one we created a few weeks ago. It has a very monochromatic color scheme and some beautiful details such as the pull out knot, metallic papers, and scroll motif rub-ons. It's a beauty!


Here is one of my favorites.... I'm not really sure why, it's truly not my style at all, but I like the formal informality of it. Ya know!? It's very playful and fun. I love it!


So there you have it.... We actually work! = ) What do you think? You like? We will be posting a few more invitations later in the week, so check back for more!