Today is the last day of the 4 day ISSE Mexico conference hosted by Inspire Smart Success. ISSE is a series of exciting events for wedding professionals and small business owners to gain insightful information in order to book more business and grow their brand through an experience.
This year, hundreds came out to learn from the best of the best in the Events Industry who came out to Mexico from across the country. Special guest speakers included our very own Youngsong Martin of Wildflower Linen as well as celebrity planners/ designers: Preston Bailey, Diann Valentine and Sasha Souza, celebrity photographers: Mike Colón and Robert Evans, and other talents vendors and marketers including:
Wildflower Linen is pleased to open its first ever RETAIL store - WILDFLOWER LINEN HOME opening this Saturday, December 3, 2011 in Costa Mesa, CA. The store will offer home decor products for sale and feature the highly anticipated collection from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, which includes decorative pillows, runners, table linens, napkins, napkin rings and much more!
Here is a preview of some the New Collection for purchase!!!
GRAND OPENING – SATURDAY DECEMBER 3, 2011: 10:00 AM-7:00 PM
WILDFLOWER LINEN HOME
3321 Hyland Ave.
Suite #G
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714.241.1628 – phone
General Store Business Hours:
Monday-Friday 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wildflower Linen Home and Showroom is located in the South Coast Collection Plaza. Along with our Grand Opening this Saturday, the plaza will be hosting a special Holiday Affair from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM with Live Music, Carolers, Special Guest Designers, Cookie Decorating, Tree Trimming, Raffles, Giveaways and More.
Come to the Grand Opening Day this Saturday, December 3, 2011 and take 10% off your entire purchase!
Happy Holidays!!!
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As MILLIONS of fans get an afternoon nap today to prepare for the midnight showing of The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn: Part 1, Wildflower Linen is pleased to announce that not only will our linens be featured in the movie during the long anticipated wedding scene of Edward and Bella, but our linens also decorated the After Party at the World Premiere of the movie at Nokia Theatre/LA Live this past Monday night!
Wildflower Linen was invited to attend the movie premiere and after party. Although we can’t spill on the details of the movie itself, we can say that Twihard fans will not be disappointed!
The afterparty hosted by Summit Entertainment, was also beautifully designed by Chad Hudson Events with an A-List crowd including the stars of The Twilight Saga as well as other hot celebs!
See an Excerpt from LA Weekly Blog - Kathy A McDonald: The film’s towering, flower-covered prop wedding cake, surrounded by moist red velvet cupcakes, was the appropriate and much photographed centerpiece. Veteran movie premiere and film business caterer Mary Micucci of Along Came Mary provided the vittles and stocked the overflowing buffet stations. Overall production and design was by Chad Hudson Events. On the rooftop of the LA Live parking lot and oft-used event deck, Hudson’s firm recreated the wedding set, complete with draping flower garlands flown in from Europe, a wall-sized waterfall and other picturesque Twilight honeymoon vignettes.
Click HERE for some pics of the main cast of the movie on the black carpet. Official decor photos of the The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn: Part 1 Movie Premiere After Party coming soon!
OFFICIAL TWILIGHT – BREAKING DAWN MERCHANDISE FOR SALE:
Wildflower Linen is official licensee of linens, bedding, and home décor inspired by Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1”
Renowned special-event designer Youngsong Martin and her company Wildflower Linen™ are no strangers to Hollywood glamour, having created high-fashion décor for the post-Oscars Governor’s Ball, Vanity Fair after-parties and such red-carpet galas as a world-premiere bash at the Venice Film Festival in Italy. Youngsong’s elegant table linens and accessories decorated the long-awaited wedding of Bella and Edward, in the fourth installment of Summit Entertainment’s international blockbuster film franchise, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” which is in theaters starting November 18, 2011.
Now, thanks to a unique licensing collaboration between Wildflower Linen and Summit Entertainment, fans of the movies’ legendary romance, passion and intrigue can bring “Twilight Saga” inspired fashion décor into their own home. As an official licensee of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” Wildflower Linen has created an exclusive, themed line of glamorous table linens, chair covers, napkins, and tabletop accessories inspired by the actual linens used in the film. These collections were all created and designed by Youngsong Martin.
Wildflower Linen’s “Twilight Saga” inspired decor items debuted recently at the celebrity-studded “Official Twilight Convention” at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, which was attended by the stars of the films, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Fan reaction to Youngsong Martin’s new line of themed table linens, chair covers and home décor accessories was overwhelmingly positive.
“I am so excited to be returning to my fashion-design retailing roots by marketing these new ‘Twilight Saga’ inspired products for fans who would love to infuse their own celebrations with the ‘Twilight’ touch,” Martin remarked.
Product descriptions, specifications, prices and availability information will soon be provided at Wildflower Linen’s website, www.wildflowerlinens.com. Retailers and prospective purchasers also can obtain information about the official “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” linen products by contacting Wildflower Linen’s headquarters at (714) 522-2777 or twilight@wildflowerlinens.com.
The next chapter of “The Twilight Saga” will be released as two separate films with the first of the two – “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” – slated to be released in theatres on November 18, 2011 and the second coming to theatres on November 16, 2012. Academy Award® winner Bill Condon directed both films starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. In “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” Bella (Stewart) and Edward (Pattinson), plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by a marriage and honeymoon, and the tumultuous birth of a child… which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for Jacob Black (Lautner). With more of the romance, passion, intrigue and action that made “Twilight,” “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” and “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” worldwide blockbusters, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1”, based on Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling book series, begins the conclusion of the tale of vampire love, boundless friendship, acceptance, and finding your true self. The project, based on the fourth novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, is written by Melissa Rosenberg with Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt and Stephenie Meyer producing.
About Youngsong Martin and Wildflower Linen: Since launching Wildflower Linen in 2001, Youngsong Martin has been celebrated for redefining the concept of “designer” rental linens while creating special-event decor for presidential mansions, famed party planning professionals, style-conscious wedding hosts, the U.S. State Department, red carpet events of all kinds, and such superstars as Oprah Winfrey and Elton John. The former women’s apparel designer has also developed a nationwide clientele for her Southern California-based rental company while launching six high-style Wildflower Linen showrooms in Orange County, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Scottsdale, Arizona, and Utah’s renowned Deer Valley-Park City alpine resort area. Youngsong Martin’s international acclaim has grown meanwhile through décor consulting alliances with major hospitality businesses overseas. Youngsong also has appeared in several design-oriented reality TV and documentary series and on radio and TV shows internationally.
About Summit Entertainment: Summit Entertainment LLC is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. While handling all aspects of marketing and distribution for its own internally developed productions and acquired pictures, Summit Entertainment also oversees international sales for its own and third-party products. The studio releases 10 to 12 films annually on average.
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As seen at the “Official Twilight Fan Convention” in Los Angeles.
Stay tuned for a sneak peak at the first collection.
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Wildflower Linen’s “Diana Chair Covers with Rhinestones” take a front seat at the Wedding Nuptials of Shannen Doherty’s wedding featured in US Weekly Magazine.
Last month in late October,Shannen Doherty wed celebrity photographer Kurt Iswarienko in Malibu ceremony. The pair walked down the aisle at sunset in front of 100 of their closest friends and family, and the event is set to air during an upcoming untitled WEtv reality series.
With Wedding Planner and Designer, David Tuteraat hand, Shannen’s Wedding was nothing but fabulous! Caterer Nathaniel Neubauer served the 162 guests rib eye, branzino and beef and vegetable empanadas. Late night, guests downed truffle-infused deep-fried mac ‘n’ cheese squares!
For more info about the whole evening, read this Excerpt from Life and Style Weekly:
In front of 150 of their closest friends and family, former 90210 star Shannen Doherty said “I do” to longtime partner and photographer Kurt Iswarienko at a private mansion in Malibu on Oct. 15.
“Shannen, whose father passed away in November of 2010, walked herself down the aisle in a long Monique Lhuillier ruffled dress with a maroon waistband that matched a maroon flower pinned onto Kurt’s suit,” a wedding guest reveals to Life & Style. “The flower girls matched in black dresses with maroon accents.”
The guest also reveals that the lavish touches started even before the ceremony. “Everyone was picked up at the Malibu Riding and Tennis Club and shuttled to the private estate. Then they were all taken to the ceremony by a golf cart.”
Shannen even changed into a second Lhuillier number, which she described as “blush with lots and lots of tulle.”
Following the ceremony, everyone enjoyed a cocktail hour outside underneath gorgeous chandeliers hanging from trees and sipped on a specialty cocktail called Yours Truly, which is ZYR vodka, Xante pear liqueur, pomegranate juice and champagne served in a champagne flute. The concoction was made especially for Shannen by celebrity mixologist James Moreland. “There was also a cigar tent for the men nearby, where guests took home cigars with Shannen’s new initials wrapped around it,” the guest tells Life & Style. “And the women enjoyed a ‘make your own perfume’ area.”
As for the reception, no expense was spared when it came to party planner David Tutera’s creative and elegant decor. Guests were surrounded by red and white roses and sat on chairs created by Wildflower Linen with ruffled bustles while dining on huge rib-eye steaks that chefs grilled outside.
And since all good things come in threes, Shannon changed yet again into a tight-fitting knee-length dress with a slit up the side for the reception.
“Over a dozen musicians were set up on an orchestra stage along with a DJ,” says the guest. “The bride and groom’s first dance was to “My Baby Just Cares for Me” by Nina Simone, and they later cut the cake to Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.”
The party lasted well past 2 a.m., and cameras captured the spectacular event for Shannen’s upcoming reality show, The Shannen Doherty Project, on WEtv.
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Continuing our International Success, Wildflower Linen has just been featured in one of the hottest Wedding Magazines in Russia, conveniently called Wedding Magazine – Russia!
You’ll probably need Google Translator if you were interested in reading the article but in a nutshell, owner and principal designer Youngsong Martin of Wildflower Linen had an exclusive interview with the Russian Magazine discussing everything from what it’s like to work with top celebrities, how she comes up with her creative table linen and chair cover rental designs and what’s in store for next year.
Exciting news… Wildflower Linen has just launched it’s 6th showroom location at our brand new office in Beverly Hills! We are excited to offer a sneak peak at the space located at the heart of the rich and famous in Los Angeles. Please come join us for a two day OPEN HOUSE beginning next week Tuesday thru Wednesday. Enjoy luscious libations, appetizers and dessert while viewing our new space, latest collections, designer tablescapes and even pick up ideas for your holiday events.
Not going to be in the LA area next week??? You can still see our new collections and designer tablescapes by heading over to the lovely beaches in Orange County and visit our Costa Mesa Showroom.
COSTA MESA SHOWROOM OPEN HOUSE
October 17th, 2011
12:00PM – 4:00PM
WILDFLOWER LINEN
3321 Hyland Ave. Suite G
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Please kindly RSVP to 714.241.1628 or by clicking here on Facebook.
We are excited for our friends Pal + Smith’supcoming bridal event taking place at their showroom at South Coast Collection Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA. We are delighted to be sponsoring the linen rentals along with other great sponsors including B Bride Gowns, Christopher Garren’s Cakes, Paper House Invitations, Fleur Les Fete Florals and more!
For the past three years, Wildflower Linen and Youngsong Martin have been traveling across the globe to Asia to bring American Wedding Design concepts to International Markets. Youngsong started out as a Wedding Marketing Consultant for Lotte Hotels in Korea, helping to design Wedding Packages for their hotels as well as facilitate their annual Wedding Event. She is now in full swing furthering her Asian expansion by working with Beijing, China.
Lotte Hotels & Resorts is Korea’s largest luxury chain hotel with six hotels including: Seoul, Worlk, Ulsan, Busan, Jeju and Moscow. With Youngsong being somewhat of a celebrity in Korea due to her success with Wildflower Linen and previously as a reputable fashion designer in the US, it was no wonder she caught the attention of Lotte Hotels head of Marketing and top managers interested in expanding their “wedding” market. In just one year of Youngsong’s first Wedding Event 3 years ago, Lotte Hotel’s wedding revenue has increased by over 100%!
Every year, Lotte Hotels in Korea hosts a Wedding Marketing Event that brings Korea’s top movie stars, socialites, and VIP guests to join in an evening to view the most elaborate and glamorous wedding decor and style influenced from Western Culture. This includes everything from a full scale ceremony site, dressed to the nine’s cocktail area and a full blown reception dinner seated for 700.
For months prior, Youngsong Martin and a Wildflower Linen team prepare for this huge event in the US where they design everything from the theme, florals, colors, fabrics and logistics for the event. Once the design elements are in place, Youngsong brings with her an additional team of top event professionals from the US, including planners, designers, lighting companies and florists that accompany her to Korea to execute the design plans. Each year, Youngsong chooses different event professionals so that they too can share in this international experience.
2012 Lotte Hotel Wedding Event:
This year, Youngsong’s theme for the Lotte Hotel event was an over the top “Classic Royal Garden” inspired by the British Royal Wedding along with elements from Grecian Gods and Athens, Greece. With last year following a “modern cutting-edge minimalist” approach, Youngsong felt this year should celebrate a more abundant and elaborate design, filling every space on the table and in the room. Regardless of the theme, Youngsong is always mindful to infuse the trends and styles that are current in the Korean culture along with her designs.
The Gazebo was designed to emote an ethereal feel with cast iron rods, covered in champagne drapery and surrounded by a backdrop of lush boxwood hedges. The Ceremony Runway was lined using one of our new linens, the Annette in GOLD. It was also featured in a tablescape showcasing the table linen, chair sleeves with our marilyn ostrich feathers and as chair pad covers.
Just as gold is a symbol of wealth in most cultures and red is adorn on ancient palace ceilings in China, Youngsong wanted to bring in the colors of celedon to symbolize the kingdoms in ancient Korea. All the dinner table linens, chair covers and napkins reflected these colors using our Iridescent Taffeta Turquoise fabrics and Phoenix Aqua Lace overlay. Over a dozen crystal and gold chandeliers that were covered in thousands of florals, were brought in to resemble Greek goddess headpieces. Lush centerpieces, Wildflower Linen Gold Lotus Napkin Rings and other fine details filled every inch of the dinner tables. Over 400 candles were used to create a wall of light. Uplights and pinspots throughout the entire ballroom created ambient lighting to complete the look.
Other spaces of the Lotte Hotel showcased different vignettes including a special hommage to an organic sustainabile environment, decorated tablescapes and a full ice bar in the lounge area.
The whole event was a success and Wildflower Linen and Youngsong Martin are excited to plan next year’s event.
Stay tuned as we will share a part two with some favorite photos of the past 2 events designed by Youngsong Martin.
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Not much needs to be said about this over-the-top elegant wedding that took place at City Hall in San Francisco last year…the pictures speak for themselves.
COCKTAIL:
The Cocktail Area was filled with a Thailand inspired theme to pay homage to the Bride’s family roots. This included 2 - 4 foot tall floral elephant structures that greeted you in the entryway, hundreds of hanging orchids, custom Thai inspired furniture and artifacts, and a 15 foot custom made tree used for the escort cards.
RECEPTION:
Thousands of flowers were used for this event including building the archway to the Rotunda at City Hall, one of San Francisco’s most beautiful buildings. 5 foot table centerpieces, mercury glassware and an over abundance of florals covered every table. The linen rentals used to dress up the tables were our Shantung Amethyst for the table linen and napkins as well as our Winston Napkin Rings made up of silver crystals.
AFTER DINNER PaRtY:
Not only was there dancing on a custom dance floor and stage, vignettes in the bride and groom’s favorite eats were created for guest to enjoy some late night snacks. This included a pub with a variety of the groom’s favorite liquor, a sushi vignette and an adorable patisserie in honor of the bride’s favorite goodies. Gloria of Gloria Wong Design created the whole atmosphere and design for the entire wedding while Jubilee of Jubilee Lau Events facilitated the planning and logistics for this large scale event. And last but not least, guess who else joined the party??? – none other than the Village People!
In honor of Kim Kardashian’s upcoming wedding to Kris Humphries tomorrow, Wildflower Linen would like to do a tribute to celebrity weddings and amazing over-the-top designs. We also can’t help but to mention that all brides, whether a celeb or not, should have designer table linen and chair cover rentals in their decor to make their wedding an ultimate masterpiece!
From the sweet whimsical details of Carrie Underwood and Hilary Duff to the elegance of Ivanka Trump and Nicole Richie, there have been so many beautiful weddings with gorgeous decor and style.
This is the perfect time to share the feature wedding of John and Allyson… winner of the show Bridalplasty which was featured earlier this year on E! Entertainment. This is the piece de resistance to over-the-top glam weddings.
The wedding took place at a beautiful estate in Malibu, called Villa Cascata and with the help of event planner Jessica, from Events By Design, we were able to get a lot of great details about the whole event!
Guests enjoyed a lovely ceremony and a gorgeous cocktail area filled with Moroccan flair and a green motif to enhance the amazing view of the pool area. Along the path were a bunch of little Moraccan sitting areas which encouraged guests to sit and soak in the view.
The planner hung feather escort cards in gorgeous large birdcages and place it over looking the ocean, on the path to the reception tent. Besides the food, Good Gracious! catering created the signature drink of the event which was a delicious blueberry purple basil mojito. The entire menu was designed to please any palate with lots of good eats. Appetizers consisted of goodies such as Mac N Cheese Cupcakes, Caesar Salad Cones & Short Rib Popovers.
THE RECEPTION TENT: Rrivre Davies of Rrivre Works was the head decor designer for the event. He created not only the details of the cocktail hour, but also one of the most amazing over the top tents we’ve ever seen. Rrivre draped the entire inside of the tent in silver fabric and accented the space with gold mirrors and crystal chandeliers. There were even mirrors on the ceiling! One side of the tent was covered in gold mirrors but the other half was covered in gold windows so guests could continue to enjoy the ocean view until the sun went down. A custom bar was even created to keep with the rest of the decor style.
Wildflower Linen used 2 types of linens and chair cover rentals that were in the same color tones. This made for more interest within the tent space. We used a new linen called the Hanae Silver Linen and paired it with the Curly Willow Lavender Chair caps. We then used a more natural linen called the Homestead in Grey to compliment the more detailed Coquette Lavender Chair sleeve.
Sweetheart Table – Do something fun and interesting if you plan on being the center of attention! Here, the glass table with gold fixtures held it’s own with these delectable chair covers. This would be a great place to use designer chair cover rentals in the colors of your event as a special bride and grooms chair.
Katie Gaines from eitak Designs designed the invitations and made the menu cards more interactive by creating a scroll style that guests could open. The amazing florals were from LA Premier.
I began Wildflower Linen in 2001 after a career in fashion design. In that world, one goes to a lot of events and it seemed that although textiles are very important to that industry, that so much more could be done with the most important (and abundant) elements in the room -- tables and chairs. So, I literally brought all my ideas to the proverbial table and haven't looked back.
I began Wildflower Linen in 2001 after a career in fashion design. In that world, one goes to a lot of events and it seemed that although textiles are very important to that industry, that so much more could be done with the most important (and abundant) elements in the room -- tables and chairs. So, I literally brought all my ideas to the proverbial table and haven't looked back.
