Review from clients

Everyone tells you that a wedding is just one day but those people are wrong. A wedding lasts for as long as you are planning it whether that is 24 hours or like in my case, 16 months. Many people make your wedding day possible and a lot of those people are with you for the entire process. Some are with you on the day even more than your fiancée.

This is all to say choose your vendors carefully because you will spend a lot of time with them. That is why I am truly thankful I found Lori. When other people could care less about the color of the table clothes, she would spend time with me discussing color and size and texture and anything else that could possibly be considered. I could lean on her when I needed too, like

when the best man started dating a girl that I was convinced would drink too much and fall on the cake.

During planning meetings, she was prepared, pleasant and punctual and she always met me in places that were accommodating to me. The day of the wedding I was amazed at how much I didn't realize I would need her. If my family had to be reigned in to do her job then all the planning I had done would have been left to the interpretation of those who have never done anything like it before. Instead, I worried about myself and left her to make my vision come true.

When recently engaged friends ask me for advice, I say one thing. Hire a wedding coordinator and if you are smart, you will hire Lori Losee.

~Courtney & Doug, October 1, 2011

Wedding Featured on Wedding Channel

Thanks to the amazing photographer Clane Gessel for submitting the breathtaking July wedding of Lauren & Brian on Camano Island back in July on Wedding Channel.

(Click on image to see the wedding submission)

Jane Lee Photography

Thanks to Jane Lee Photography for this breathtaking photos from Michelle and Howard's August wedding at Tacoma's Museum of Glass

Vendor Spotlight: Valerie's Creations

Valerie Frazier has been helping brides realize their vision in invitations, save the dates, paper accessories and favors for over ten years in the Greater Puget Sound area.  A crafty lady with a keen eye for design, she started Valerie’s Invites to fill a gap she saw between extremely pricey custom invitations and cookie cutter products.  “I just knew that a bride could have gorgeous personal invitations without busting a budget.”


She has worked as a design consultant and product provider for some of Seattle’s top paper and invitation stores while continuing her own work saving dreams one wedding at a time.

As her business has evolved, she is now helping those “do it yourself” brides by providing design, printing and assembly assistance.  Her knowledge of wording and etiquette, papers and printing processes can save you from an invitation disaster!  If you want to make your own invitations, you need to consider the time and expenses involved in materials as well as the priniting costs.  It is always a good idea to have a designer help you with the design and provide you with the materials and guidance so that you get an invitation that you are proud of to send to your guests!

Before meeting with perspective invitation designers, consider your budget and how many invitations you will need.  Since invitation costs can vary greatly,  it is good to have in mind a number that you are comfortable with.

We consider it such an honor to be able to work with couples on their weddings!  We want to make it special and unique, just for them.  We try never to do the same invitation twice -  there is always something different for each couple.  We have couples who are coming back to us for baby announcements and other events in their lives!

Please see Valerie's Invites at www.valeriesinvites.com or call Valerie for a free consultation at 425.241.5692.

Lego Birthday Party

For my oldest son’s 7^th birthday, all he wanted was something Lego themed. He has been obsessed with Legos so this was the perfect theme for his birthday party. For the concept of the dessert table, I actually found the fabric at Joann Fabrics right after Halloween. It was fabric used with make a Minnie Mouse costume, but it gave me the inspiration for the table. To match the backdrop fabric, I found the red wrapping paper with white sparkly polka dots at Target around Christmas time. It was a perfect fit. For the other décor, I found the Lego Mini-figure head a few months back thinking it was a great Christmas present so it was hard to hide this large toy in my garage from two very snoopy boys. The finishing touches were the Capri Sun boxes that I wrapped in solid color wrapping paper.

For the food, I wanted to spotlight the Lego Mini-figure by creating Marshmallow pops which I also hand drew faces of some of the mini-figures that my sons have. To complete the look, I made Lego brick candy. I also made vanilla, chocolate and strawberry cupcakes, topped with butter cream frosting along with a Lego brick candy. My new tasty treat that I created was Lego brick and Lego mini-figure gummy candies. They were so easy to make (I used blue raspberry, raspberry, lime, lemon, orange and grape) and by far the most popular of all the kids and adults in attendance. Finally, I made Lego brick sugar cookies that I topped with mini M&Ms.

As a thank you to all of the guests, I created Lego brick replica gift bags complete with handmade Lego brick crayons, candy, and other Lego related goodies.

Also, a big thank you to Valerie from Valerie's Invites for creating amazing invitations complete with a little bag of Legos that were part of the invitation.