June 22, 2014

Wedding Planning & Beyond!!! - Part I - "Just be careful these Divas will melt your heart and become a part of your family." - Foz & Tamara


We recently received this Review on Wedding Wire from this very special Bride & Groom of ours...

"On Monday June 23 I will be happily married for 2 years however it feels like yesterday . The divas have a way of making dreams come true !! With bright red lips, whole hearted smiles and a whimsical outlook these gals can do it all! The more of a challenge the more amazing the event .. Everyone is still talking about my Hollywood glam wedding . It was academy award winning . Just be careful these divas will also melt your heart and become a part of your family . Their passion is contagious!!" 

When meeting with a Bride & Groom for the first time, we never know what is ahead ...but with Foz & Tamara...well, we really have to start back with a radio interview we did with Foz, long before Tamara was in the picture...



Foz is a local radio DJ celebrity who interviewed us
in 2008 when we started our business as
"The Dessert Divas."




And who knew that the radio interview would be 
the beginning of a wonderful friendship & working relationship 
which included Rebekah & Jennifer MCing with Foz 
for some fashion/wedding events around Wilmington!!! 


 So we were thrilled when Foz called with the news he was engaged
and asked us to help them with their wedding!!!


We fell in love with Tamara from Day One!


And from that very first planning meeting - which included 
Tamara's mother, Val, and Foz's mother & brother, Patty & Jeff, 
we knew we were in for a great time!!!
(And it didn't take us long to win over Val, despite the fact that 
when Tamara asked her to attend the meeting with
"The Divas," her response was, "Divas, my ass"!!!  
We have been laughing about that ever since!!! ;););)


photo by Belinda Keller Photography
So from that day on, with Video cameras in hand,
we Divas became a fixture at every special event 
in Foz & Tamara's lives, 
beginning with their engagement photo shoot ...



photo by Belinda Keller Photography


...to what was a very happy "cart before the horse" event...
their Baby Gender Reveal Party!!!...

CLICK THE PHOTO ABOVE
 to watch this video as Foz & Tamara find out exactly 
who was on the way - "Maxim" or  "Misha Jo" !!!


...and as the Wedding Planning continued...

...the meetings got even more fun as we discovered - Foz is a great chef!!!
One meeting resulted in this "Top Omelette Chef" competition
between Foz & Rebekah!!!
CLICK THE PHOTO ABOVE to see who won!!!



In the midst of all the fun, we did get some Wedding planning done!!!
Foz & Tamara wanted to have a glamorous Hollywood style Wedding 
with the Ceremony to be on the USS North Carolina Battleship, 
where Foz proposed to Tamara,
and their Wedding Reception to be held under a double peaked tent
on the Cape Fear River front property next to the ship.


photo by Belinda Keller Photography

This is the sugar paste Battleship we created to top
their Rehearsal Dinner Cake, 
including a tiny table set for a gourmet meal
just like when Foz proposed!

photo by Belinda Keller Photography


...Stay Tuned for Part II
Foz & Tamara's glamorous Hollywood Style Wedding!!!

(910) 399-6276
Deborah Place, Rebekah Hinkle & Jennifer Mattis





June 21, 2014

An Old Hollywood Style Wedding on a WWII Battleship, The USS North Carolina - Part II



 Looking like Hollywood stars themselves, 
Foz & Tamara held their Wedding Ceremony on
a WWII Battleship, the USS North Carolina. 
  It was the perfect environment
 for their Old Hollywood Style Wedding! 

All photos by Belinda Keller Photography


On their Wedding Day, June 23, 2012,
 storm clouds gathered...




















...but we decided to go forward and set up everything  on deck for the ceremony!!!



Guests began to arrive -
with their umbrellas - just in case!


                                                                              

But as Tamara and her Bridesmaids' limo arrived,
the clouds parted and the weather was picture perfect!!!





Guests gathered on deck 
for a pre-ceremony glass of wine.


                                                          


There was a 40s Style Photo Op 
while the Bridal Party waited for the ceremony to begin!!!


                                                                                                                       




















Foz & Tamara took a tour of the reception site
before the guests arrived!!!



We Divas were thrilled when Foz & Tamara came to us
asking us to do their Wedding Planning & Directing,
Floral & Event Design,
Wedding Cake, &
Videography!!!
And especially since they wanted a glamorous Old Hollywood design!!!



On the Cape Fear Riverfront property next to the ship,
the Wedding Reception was held under a white double peaked tent
with a white columned, red carpeted entrance!




Foz & Tamara's Wedding Cake
was a four tiered chocolate & vanilla buttercake
with raspberry filling, frosted in our signature Italian Buttercream.
The Art Deco cake design was created
with handmade sugarpaste and royal icing elements
 inspired by an Art Deco Chandelier we had seen!



 For this vintage Hollywood look, we used a color palette of
Black, White, Silver, and Orange -
incorporating the groom's favorite color!
Surrounding the dance floor, round tables for eight
with black chiavari chairs were covered with Silver Crinkle linens.



We created the floral designs with orange Asiatic Lilies,
orange Alstromeria, orange Calla Lilies,
white Calla Lilies, white Dendrobium Orchids,
and Fatsia leaves we had sprayed silver.










For a photo backdrop, we hung a black velvet curtain
 with a cascade of mirrored squares,
and framed it with vases of tall, willowy bamboo leaves.











The tablescapes were created with silver chargers,
mercury glass and Art Deco crystal vases and mercury glass votives.
The centerpieces on several tables included
classic white ostrich plumes in mercury glass trumpet vases
with silver hanging amaranthus.





For the tablescapes, we used silver chargers
with black napkins in a pocket fold,
in which we tucked in a large silver fatsia leaf
that we had sprayed silver.



The sun set and the lights of Historic Downtown Wilmington
could be seen across the Cape Fear River.
It was time to get the party started!!!




First dance to Etta James' "At Last."







Rebekah capturing on film
all the right moves...


as Jennifer leads the line dancing
 in all the right moves!!!






And this was just the beginning!!!...





In September,
we Divas got to bake another
 Special Event Cake -
this time for Tamara's Baby Shower!!!







From what Tamara told us about her active little one,
we knew she had a
"tiger in her tank."
So we designed the cake with a cute little DJ tiger,
in honor of his Daddy,
Radio DJ - Foz of Z107.5.
But this call sign was M for Maxim and 109.12 -
his due date,
October 9, 2012!



But Maxim decided to wait it out
until the perfect birth date...
10-11-12 !!!


Oh, Maxim is going to be trouble,
he had Three Divas crying
from Day One!!!

~~~~~
On our Wedding Wire site, Tamara & Foz wrote...

"On Monday June 23 I will be happily married for 2 years however it feels like yesterday . The divas have a way of making dreams come true !! With bright red lips, whole hearted smiles and a whimsical outlook these gals can do it all! The more of a challenge the more amazing the event .. Everyone is still talking about my Hollywood glam wedding . It was academy award winning . Just be careful these divas will also melt your heart and become a part of your family . Their passion is contagious!!"

And yes, this wonderful family has invited
our little family of five
to be family with them!!!

Thanksgiving 2012
Jennifer, Eve, Tamara, Maxim, Foz, Stephen,
Deborah and Rebekah

Christmas 2013
Eve, Maxim, Stephen
Jennifer, Deborah, Foz, Tamara, Rebekah
We love you Fosdicks!!!

~~~~~
To see the entire story of our year filming these wonderful events,
CLICK THE PHOTO BELOW




Photos by Belinda Keller Photography
Cake by The Three Divas
Floral & Event Design by The Three Divas
Planning & Directing by The Three Divas
Videography by The Three Divas
Venue - USS North Carolina Battleship - Wilmington

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(910) 399-6276
Deborah Place, Rebekah Hinkle & Jennifer Mattis