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By: Michelle Nowak, Event Producer, Good Gracious! Events We can all dream about the perfect wedding: set in a countryside, surrounded by vineyards with the finest grapes, beautiful galloping horses in the pasture, a pond complete with black and white swans, and chandeliers hanging in mid air just below a sky of stars... For Bernadette and Ryan this was no dream, the happy couple had their fairytale wedding with no details spared! Guests arrived to lavender lemonade, cucumber water and Vanilla Bake Shop sweets to to wet the appetite before the proper ceremony near the main house. Following the ceremony, Seasonal Berry Sangria with a Church Estate 2007 Pinot Noir was served in the Fleur de Lis pink and purple colored glassware. Guests shared in the bride and grooms excitement and enjoyed hors d' oeuvres and rustic cheeses amongst the wines very own grape vines. GG! tray passed a mix of comfort with a twist... Mac & Cheese Cupcakes, Caprese Panini's and Smoked Chicken Par...

To all of you who missed us Thursday, July 7 th at Church Estate Vineyards in Malibu, we couldn�t resist to recap the day for you! Church Estates is one of our favorite locations to work at, and so when the opportunity came around to participate in the WIPA ( Wedding Industry Professionals Association ) event we jumped at the chance and ended up collaborating with such amazing creative partners and event professionals! Like any event we plan at Good Gracious! there was no detail left astray! Carefully planned we decided to create an atmosphere that went with the natural beauty of the property, and even we allowed ourselves to feel like guests for the day as we escaped to a small beautiful retreat in the heart of Malibu�s hills. Guests were welcomed at the tennis courts by none other than the hospitably friendly Premiere Valet. With a map in head, guests set out for cocktails and appetizers in the vineyards. Dan Smith of GG! was on hand to share his magnificent cocktail. He left...

Wedding Styles Posted by Desire� OK, so not the most original of titles but totally appropriate for what I'm going to share with you. Of course that phrase --let them eat cake -- was allegedly uttered by Marie Antoinette, one of the original fashion doyennes, and it's been a hot topic for years ... did she say it or not? So, in her spirit, here are some examples of how Good Gracious! Events has kept the connection between high style and cake alive, delicious and beautiful. DRAMA + FONDANT Drama meets fondant! This cake in yellow and lighted by a chandelier hanging from the trees matched not only the bride's color palette but also the elegant style of this outdoor wedding. Yellow was the color ... Elegance was the theme. AN OCEAN OF COLOR We called this award-winning wedding Oceans of Love because it took place in Malibu overlooking one of the most famous Pacific Ocean spots in California. But it could easily have been called Oceans of Color for the five spicy hues the weddi...