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Sip on some fizz and bring on the frills!

The anticipated Fizz & Frills special issue here! On September 9, 2012, we hosted our second Fizz & Frills in the charming Old Town Pasadena with Lovely Jubilee and had great success! We had a tremendous turnout of brides and frill lovers alike, ready to shop and be inspired for their big day. We were absolutely thrilled to bring awesome shops, like 31 Bits, Paper Pastries, Olivia Nelson, Daughters of Simone, Petit Plume, Ticings, J and R Foods, Veiled Beauty and many more! Check out our full recap on p. 94.

In this issue, we talk about a city safari wedding that the Utterly Engaged team put together for Propel, a photography workshop by Caroline Tran. You will get a behind-the-scene look at a photographer’s passion to share and teach her craft to aspiring photographers and artists, and how an editorial shoot unfolds. You will find these Propellers in our 11 up and coming photographers to watch out for in 2013.

The frill lover in you will also get tickled pink by a dramatically romantic wedding filled with sparkle and glamour, set in the historic Plaza Hotel in New York. And if you remember Hazel Bourget of Blu Bungalow, the elite event planning studio where we held the first Fizz & Frills last year, you will enjoy the He Said/She Said article in this issue, where we interviewed her and her husband of 8 years on their love story.

As we near the end of 2012, we leave you with this last issue for the year and we will be taking time to reflect on the years past and look to the future to set new goals to reach new heights. We look forward to see in the new year!

Lucia & Henny

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See who’s who at the marketplace as we reveal them everyday!

Ready to go shop? Get your tickets now!

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31 Bits is a socially minded business designed to give internally displaced women in Northern Uganda an opportunity to counter poverty. 31 Bits employs 110 women who make all of their jewelry out of recycled paper. By giving their beneficiaries access to the international market, they are able to earn a consistent income, providing homes, food, and education for their families.  They believe in holistic care, through their programs they are providing literacy education, financial and vocational training, empowering individuals to further their careers.

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Paper Pastries is a small stationery studio located in Los Angeles. In addition to their ready made line,  they also offer custom design for everything from invitations and social stationery, to birth and moving announcements.  Additionally, their signature calligraphy styles offer an elegant yet modern aspect to make each design uniquely your own. Fine paper, attention to detail, and diligent customer service set them apart.

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L.A. based Sweettoof Studios launched Ticings® gluten-free, edible dessert toppers in 2009 to bring a modern sensibility to classic cakes and soft-frosted desserts. Ticings are thin sheets and rounds of sugar and (corn) starch based icing printed with FDA approved edible inks. They peel easily and can be placed on freshly frosted cupcakes, mini cupcakes, brownie bites, cookies, petit fours, cakes, and more. Ticings are a simple way to elegantly decorate desserts of many types, limited only by the imagination.

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See who’s who at the marketplace as we reveal them everyday!

Ready to go shop? Get your tickets now!

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If you saw our morning post about Katharyn and Joshua’s sweet (and kinda sexy) cooking engagement session, you know you’re in for a treat! KT has agreed to share her family recipe for the blueberry cobbler pictured in her engagement sesh for all you ladies! So go ahead, put on your cute Anthro apron and invite your man over because someone’s about to get lucky tonight!

Photos by Emilia Jane Photography

EASY PEASY BLUEBERRY COBBLER by Katharyn Molinaro

Ingredients for 8×8 Square Pan
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
Fruit filling of choice - 1 1/2 cartons of blueberries (her favorite is 1 carton of blackberries and 4 peaches, thinly sliced)
1/2 cup melted butter
Cinnamon

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350˚
Spray baking dish
Combine flour and sugar
Spoon 1/2 of the dry ingredients to cover the entire bottom of the dish, keeping the dry mixture loose, not packed
Spoon have the butter over dry ingredients (it will just sit on top)
Add your fruit filling
Combine the remaining dry ingredients and butter to create a dough
Place the dough in cobbles over the fruit
Sprinkle with cinnamon
Bake for 45 minutes
Enjoy warm with ice cream!

If you want to see a variation of this recipe, you can read it on her food blog. Enjoy!

Okay, get your mind out of that dirty sink disposal. We’re not gonna show you some sexy pictures on this blog (unless it involves Channing Tatum or Matthew McConaughey… okay, for a moment there I lost my train of thoughts). But what we will show you is a couple whose relationship centers around food and the kitchen. Katharyn and Joshua spent a great deal of their time together trying new restaurants, traveling to places where they can explore different cuisines, but no matter how many new places or countries they visit, there is no place quite like their kitchen table, where cooking becomes a bonding experience and a place where they can just be themselves and enjoy each other’s company. And I couldn’t agree more! (Read point #1) You ladies should really try this at home because as you can see in the pictures below, he can hardly keep his hands off her! So props to KT and Joshua for giving us this sweet cooking inspiration!

Photos by Emilia Jane Photography

And turns out that Katharyn has her own food blog called love.making.in.the.kitchen (hello!) and she’s kind enough to share the recipe behind the yummy blueberry cobbler pictured above. This recipe is easy peasy and can make any lady look like a pro! (a total plus for us newbies in the kitchen!) So be sure to come back later for the recipe!

Okay, that title alone should intrigue you. We all know how cold and gray a Spring day in Washington could be, but the day Althea and Cory planned their engagement photo session in their hometown of Gig Harbor, the  sun decided to come out and take a peek at these two lovebirds. The photos that they ended up with came out oh-so-lovely with vibrant colors! Don’t you love it when the weather play nice?

Photos by Calima Portraits