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My incredibly radiant friend, Chelsea Benetz, works for a company called Elite Occasions – they make the greatest custom gift bags and baskets for events. Their stuff ranges from adorable to cute to elegant to fabulous!


Chelsea put together this great little event one afternoon a few weeks ago and invited bunches of wedding vendors to come and check out their stuff. She was kind enough to invite me along and I got a few shots of the variety of deliciousness on offer icon smile An "Elite" Event

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There is nothing like champagne in the afternoon!

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Elite Occasions had a bunch of their stuff around and a few of these shots are just some examples of the interesting stuff they can do.

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Some of the wedding planners contemplating the options…..

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Theresa Luongo Pinelli runs a new bakery called Treet – she makes the most amazingly, tantalizingly delicious cupcakes, brownies, cornbread…..pretty much anything scrumptious that you can imagine, she can do it! Oh, and did I mention that she volunteers with Homeward Trails, my favorite non-profit? Yeah, she is pretty much a superstar!

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Doesn’t this make you hungry?!

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Amanda Shafer, from The Artful Cake, attended with her amazing cakes. I met Amanda at a wedding that I second shot with Studio Mathewes in April. She is so sweet and I cannot say enough about her cakes. I had a piece of the cake at that wedding (by the way, yay to brides and grooms who give cake to their vendors!) and it blew me away! And this is saying a lot because I take my cake very seriously. So Chelsea invited Amanda along to this event and I’m incredibly glad she did because it means I got to eat more of her cake!!

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Yes, this is a cake – it looks like a tray of sushi and chopsticks, but it is actually a cake – I think it’s so cool when they can make cakes look like this. I think in my next life, I will be a cake maker.

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Renaissance Hotel was there with this gorgeous little presentation…

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So after many unfortunate scheduling issues, Cynthia & Jon finally had their engagement session last week – and just in the nick of time, since they’ll be married folks in just two weeks!


We started out at SOVA for an absolutely delicious cup of joe (and, I admit it, I have a thing for the green walls there!) and then headed over to the Franciscan Monastery. The Monastery is just absolutely gorgeous and there is never a shortage of bright colors, long low golden light in the evening and fantastic architecture.
Cynthia & Jon are so comfortable with themselves and with each other that photographing them is just totally carefree and easy! They’re just super easy-going and I imagine that during all the stress of wedding planning, it was really nice for them to just get out and spend some (almost alone) time together. I can’t wait for the wedding at the Willard!

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