FABULUXE!® BellaFortuna Luxury Gifting Lounge | 2010 Emmy® Awards

We are so excited to share a recap of our participation with the Bella Style Garden ~ Emmy Gifting Suite that was held on August 27, 2010 in honor of the 62nd Prime Time Emmy® Awards. The event was held at the private Warner Bros. estate in Beverly Hills, CA.

Rachelle with Natalia receiving  one of our So Fabuluxe! gifts

So Fabuluxe!® Couture Event Styling is a focus driven innovator of luxurious event designs based in Los Angeles. We specialize in the art of creating classic, chic and couture invitations, while styling fabulous lifestyle events for every celebration. Anita Thompson, President of BellaFortuna Entertainment and producer of the luxury gifting suite approached our company to design something really chic, sweet and original that would bring smiles and delight to the children being honored with Daphna Edwards Ziman, Founder of Children Uniting Nations  http://www.childrenunitingnations.org/

Rachelle Jones & Daphna Ziman, Founder of Children Uniting Nations

So Fabuluxe!  was sincerely honored for the opportunity to showcase some of our most creative and scrumptious designs for this couture "Candyland" themed gifting suite. This event was all about bringing awareness to Children Uniting Nations, (CUN) is one of Los Angeles largest mentoring programs that helps underprivileged and foster children. The children are often forgotten by the system.

Actress "Lo" Bosworth

It is our human duty and responsibility to give back to our community and to our future generation. We can all help this cause by becoming mentors to (CUN) by offering our time, talents and gifts where needed. Actress and celebrity spokesperson "Lo" Lauren Bosworth was the host for this event. Photo credits: Jen O'Sullivan

Rachelle Jones (seated) left, Lauren Jones, Sandee Creager, right, Monique Hogan The "FABULUXE" Dream Team

We focused on three distinctive areas to our FABULUXE Land Luxury "sweet" Suite. We featured lavish eye-candy decor, by designing a decadent over sized raspberry frosted cupcake, that stood about 3 feet high. We flanked the outside of our "Sweet Spot" gourmet sweet shop with two "sugar-free" 6ft tall whirly pops and sweetly embellished a centerpiece shaped as a cupcake.  What is So Fabuluxe! glad you asked, our unique niche is our ability to utilize fabulous embellishments creating a memorable couture experience. We are a chic, upscale couture event styling and design firm that specializes in one thing: ORIGINALITY. Our custom, bespoke designs are created with you our client in mind, your wishes, desires and fantasy are made reality.

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Our personal suite was imaginatively decorated with a bit of lavishness and edginess. We incorporated a black capped suede tabletop covering.  Totally blinged-out stands, with an overall chic French Parisian look. Pink suede was used as the table cloth underneath. Adding luxury to our suite six couture ottomans in soft brushed pink stripes and turquoise was a classic motiff.  Over the top, turquoise crocodile covered coffee tables. We do custom designs and rentals...

Our logo was the centerpiece of our suite, our designers suspended an oval shaped beveled styled mirrored, etched and embellished with Swarvoski® crystals. The mirror was attached to a soft pink tufted suede quilt, the look was simply oh-so FABULUXE! this design was created with the help of (my sweet angel) friend Marcella!

So Fabuluxe! would like to take this opportunity to thank some very special people who we had the pleasure or partnering with us to make our luxury gifting suite a grand success and the talk of the town!

Sandee Creager - Candee by Sandee

Candee by Sandee - assisted us by providing a bountiful candy buffet for our "Sweet Shop". Believe me the kids and the (adult) kids loved Sandee's table. "Luxury never tasted this sweet!"

The table was filled with all the sweet specialities we've come to love over the years. Thanks Sandee for helping us on this special occasion.

See Sandee's website for sweet treats for all occasions. http://www.candeebysandee/  

We showcased Southern Girl Desserts with the help of owners Katarah and Shoneji to whip up some of their fabulous, tasty and extremely eye catching cupcakes, and you know who stole the show...the Red Velvet cupcakes! They were simply devoured, people just kept asking for more it was a smash hit! Stay tuned for their grand opening soon. http://www.southerngirldesserts.com/ Thanks ladies. 

R&B Artist Molina Moye enjoying the Red Velvet cupcake from Southern Girl Desserts

I  reached out to my good friend and Executive Chef, Charlene Powell-Hamilton of Food Decor who exclusively caters to private  high-end, luxury clients. Charlene prepared the most mouth watering, delectable giant sized, chocolate dipped strawberries you have ever seen or tasted.   Charlene also provided gorgeous crystallized sugar-encrusted red grapes. Wow! the presentation was d-e-l-i-s-h! 

We had to keep the staff away from sampling until the event was ready to start...it was the sweetest taste of luxury ever!

We contacted Raj Tents because our Candy land theme was extra sweet, we wanted our designs to pop with colorful luxurious silk organza chiffon's, mixed with the opulence of fuchsia, gold and creams. Thanks to Dominic at Raj Luxury Tents for helping us fulfill our vision of luxury and class. Visit their site at http://www.rajtents.com/

BBJ Linen. was our next strategic partner  http://www.bbjlinen.com/

I met Kim at an industry event in the summer, we both realized we followed each other on Twitter, but had never met. This was the perfect opportunity for our companies to work together and form a working relationship. Kim invited me over to the BBJ show room in Culver City.    As I swooned over all the delicious colors, luxurious textiles and various styles it was quite difficult to make up my mind. Finally, we agreed that the Tulip Garden and the Turquoise L'Amour would be the perfect fit for my event! Thanks Kim for your stylish tips and great tabletop selections for weddings and social occasions.

We sought the help of the amazing Jen O'Sullivan, a Beverly Hills Wedding Photographer. I met Jen at CRASH the WEDDING:  A "Luxury Green" event for charity. Proceeds were donated to Step Up Women's Network. I was quite impressed with her event and her photogenic style of storytelling. Jen and her assistant Becca captured some stunning shots of our work and several of the celebrities that visited in our suite. See Jen's work at http://www.jenosullivan.com/ Thanks Jen for making us all look so fabulous!

Our swag bag strategic sponsors where: Sara Elizabeth Jones of Somewhere in Time | Vintage Hair Clips, http://www.sarahejones.com/ Sara is a hair & make-up artist and has expanded her brand to design custom-created vintage-style hair clip appliques in the shape of cupcakes and ice cream cones...embellished with pearls, rhinestones and silk fabrics that we wore at the event. A perfect accompliment for any wedding, bridal party or special occasion. And sweetly done might I add. We also had Michelle Lockert of Mimi's Handmade natural Body Butters "luxuriate for your body". Michelle provided us with some Tangy Tangerine, Lavender and Mint Spearmint personal samples. Reach Michelle at  MLockert@yahoo.com We so appreciate your partnership!

Monique Hogan aka "Candy Girl"

Ms. Monique Hogan owner of Star Party | Couture Children's Parties. Star Party, is a full service party planning company that specializes in creative children’s parties.http://www.starparty.net/ was a swag bag sponsor as well as one of my "Candy Girls" Monique greeted the guests by passing out some of our sweets in this uniquely designed apron french inspired and embellished with hand-embroidered lace. Our sweetly decorated acrylic carrying case was embellished with pink ostrich feathers and a pink suede ribbon, such a nice touch. Now isn't that just Dulce!

Photo Credit: Eddie Montgomery, IWAB Photography

My daughter Lauren Jones also stepped in to help us out for the day...a big thank you for all your assistance!

Lauren Jones & Handing out sweet treats!

Just an extra big Thank you to all those who supported our efforts in making this journey a reality. Whether you gave us advice, support or referrals, we appreciate all your efforts and resources.  Our suite received an overwhelming amount of love and appreciation for a fabulous, uniquely original design. Special thanks to my stylist Lisa Jackson of Joie-de-Vie and my dressmaker, Loretta Brown "She who makes you look good, and yes, you both did! Stacey Gitten, Hitching Post PR, Desiree Patterson at Social Creative, My at Springcart Designs, Sammie at Deference Clothing, Carly Salindong, Kristy and Terry at Artiface, Marcella "my angel" and her team big thanks of course to my best friend and husband Rickey thanks for your loving support!

 

Live your life...So Fabuluxe!

Rachelle Love Jones

http://www.so-fabuluxe.com/

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