<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156</id><updated>2012-01-25T14:16:02.399-08:00</updated><category term='keepsake book'/><category term='facebook'/><category term='party'/><category term='pirate'/><category term='ice cream cone'/><category term='birthday'/><category term='organization'/><category term='Cute Spring Basket Idea'/><title type='text'>Special Occasion Design</title><subtitle type='html'>Wedding and Event Design</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>44</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-4563851728692284999</id><published>2012-01-25T10:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T10:37:22.387-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='keepsake book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pirate'/><title type='text'>Pirate Party. . ARgghhh!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;﻿Special Occasion Design was recently featured on the Swanky Press blog.&amp;nbsp; The pirate party blog post was so cute I decided to do my own take on it! You can read the full article over at &lt;a href="http://www.swankypress.com/blog/2012/01/boy-birthday-party-ideas-pirate-party/trackback/"&gt;The Swanky Press&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;This set up immediately caught my eye! What a wonderful idea to make each table its own pirate ship.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;If you are crafty at building things this would be an amazing thing to do! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Click on the photos to link to the pages in which they were found. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://littleshindigs.blogspot.com/2009/01/ahoy-matey-part-3.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293646654673657618" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FJPMIHjYUqc/SXbPleJCHxI/AAAAAAAAA04/CXBps61FO5M/s320/chschildrens1007014001.jpg" style="display: block; height: 409px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" width="281" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="picBox" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1261" height="320" src="http://www.swankypress.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cupcake-toppers-main-photo-1024x1024.jpg" title="cupcake toppers main photo" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Every party needs party themed treats. You can get a FREE&amp;nbsp;cupcake toppers printable at &lt;a href="http://www.swankypress.com/blog/2012/01/diy-tutorial-pirate-flag-cupcake-toppers/"&gt;swanky press blog&lt;/a&gt;! ($0)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://zebracakes1.co.uk/pirate-cake"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pirate Cake Pirate Cake" class="size-full wp-image-796" height="320" src="http://zebracakes1.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Pirate-Cake.jpg" title="Pirate Cake" width="262" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Such a fun cake! I think the treasure is&amp;nbsp;within&amp;nbsp;:)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/65093137/pirate-photo-booth-prop-kit?ref=sc_2"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pirate Photo Booth Prop Kit" height="234" src="http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.204938227.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Everytime I design a party I always make sure I have tons of keepsakes to remember it by.&amp;nbsp; These pirate photo props are perfect for catchings special memories on film. Your guests will have such a fun time playing with them and posing for a photo . These are available from &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/65093137/pirate-photo-booth-prop-kit?ref=sc_2"&gt;LittleRetreats&lt;/a&gt; on etsy ($32)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/item_286/Pirate-Party-Keepsake-Book.htm"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pirate Party Keepsake Book" border="0" height="265" src="http://www.spoccdesign.com/images/large/IMG_4757484x322.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;When it is all finished you can store your photos and memories in this personalized pirate keepsake book from &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/item_286/Pirate-Party-Keepsake-Book.htm"&gt;Special Occasion Design&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It comes in several colors to match any pirate theme. ($35)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Ahoy Matey!! Enjoy your pirate party!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-4563851728692284999?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/4563851728692284999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/pirate-party-argghhh.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4563851728692284999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4563851728692284999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/pirate-party-argghhh.html' title='Pirate Party. . ARgghhh!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FJPMIHjYUqc/SXbPleJCHxI/AAAAAAAAA04/CXBps61FO5M/s72-c/chschildrens1007014001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-6712728188758572678</id><published>2012-01-23T11:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T11:16:32.309-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Valentines Day with DIY Rose Pomander instructions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;﻿Special Occasion Design is gearing up for Valentines Day with a special pre-day party.&amp;nbsp;We chose to decorate in red and pinks for this occasion. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-35p5Eaf8lFY/Tx2oJ9P8dLI/AAAAAAAAAKg/kqpyihWu3uI/s1600/DSC_0385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="226" nfa="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-35p5Eaf8lFY/Tx2oJ9P8dLI/AAAAAAAAAKg/kqpyihWu3uI/s320/DSC_0385.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The dining table and buffet&amp;nbsp;were decorated in a ruby red tablecloth, pink&amp;nbsp;napkins and&amp;nbsp;silver chargers&amp;nbsp;by &lt;a href="http://www.special-occasion.net/"&gt;Special Occasions East&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of Grand Blanc, MI.&amp;nbsp; The center of the table is decorated in a pink and white damask runner available at &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/&lt;/a&gt; ($20) and a DIY rose centerpiece. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GUQZnM44gzs/Tx2osw9GmuI/AAAAAAAAAKw/mJP8zeuYCgU/s1600/DSC_0397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="214" nfa="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GUQZnM44gzs/Tx2osw9GmuI/AAAAAAAAAKw/mJP8zeuYCgU/s320/DSC_0397.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tXzBtQ742pg/Tx2p7AtGPeI/AAAAAAAAALA/EbBQW0-JPC0/s1600/DSC_0373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="214" nfa="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tXzBtQ742pg/Tx2p7AtGPeI/AAAAAAAAALA/EbBQW0-JPC0/s320/DSC_0373.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;We decorated the buffet to match the table setting with a ruby red linen and damask runner.&amp;nbsp; We also added a DIY rose pomander to this table, which you can read how to make below. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cPqRF_REn2U/Tx2qMJAcHzI/AAAAAAAAALI/gT_Kns8rqgI/s1600/DSC_0377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" nfa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cPqRF_REn2U/Tx2qMJAcHzI/AAAAAAAAALI/gT_Kns8rqgI/s320/DSC_0377.JPG" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Arent these adorable!&amp;nbsp; These cute valentines day cake pops were the hit of the party. Available from &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Cooke-Confections/257514277654911"&gt;Cooke Confections&lt;/a&gt; in Linden, MI. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The party was alot of fun and enjoyed by all of Special Occasions employees and&amp;nbsp;families. Hopefully this inspires you to host your own &lt;em&gt;Special Occasion&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F3DU5EPPYdM/Tx2r30WFYWI/AAAAAAAAALQ/en72C0pwdaQ/s1600/DSC_0381.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="297" nfa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F3DU5EPPYdM/Tx2r30WFYWI/AAAAAAAAALQ/en72C0pwdaQ/s320/DSC_0381.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;DIY ROSE POMANDER INSTRUCTIONS:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;What you will need:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;2 rolls of colored paper streamers ( I got mine at the dollar store)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;hot glue gun&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;glue sticks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;3" styrofoam ball (you can choose any size)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Start by cutting a strip of paper streamer about 24" long. You will want to vary the length each time to make different sized roses. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6LdhasPYZA4/Tx2skKCVFJI/AAAAAAAAALY/IzDhJX-PbTE/s1600/diy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="232" nfa="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6LdhasPYZA4/Tx2skKCVFJI/AAAAAAAAALY/IzDhJX-PbTE/s320/diy2.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Fold the paper over about 1/3 of the width the entire length of the piece. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Next you will want to start at one end and roll the paper into a rose between your fingers.&amp;nbsp; Its best to twist the paper once in awile to get a more realistic look. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4C405_UzNQ/Tx2tJb_JSOI/AAAAAAAAALg/bYdN-3BGWx0/s1600/diy3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="232" nfa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4C405_UzNQ/Tx2tJb_JSOI/AAAAAAAAALg/bYdN-3BGWx0/s320/diy3.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;You will want to add a small dot of glue at the end when you finish to keep the rose from unraveling. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Next add glue to the bottom of the rose and affix to your styrofoam ball to cover. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LBR-vQKpO7Q/Tx2tlCy7zYI/AAAAAAAAALw/ShBPhinMcT8/s1600/diy4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="232" nfa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LBR-vQKpO7Q/Tx2tlCy7zYI/AAAAAAAAALw/ShBPhinMcT8/s320/diy4.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Once you cover the entire ball, find a nice vase to display it on and your done! I also added ribbon to the base of my vase for a finished look, however you can add rocks or anything that inspires you. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;Have fun!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-6712728188758572678?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/6712728188758572678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/valentines-day.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6712728188758572678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6712728188758572678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/valentines-day.html' title='Valentines Day with DIY Rose Pomander instructions'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-35p5Eaf8lFY/Tx2oJ9P8dLI/AAAAAAAAAKg/kqpyihWu3uI/s72-c/DSC_0385.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-9069131576788059458</id><published>2012-01-23T06:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T06:30:15.785-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bella Grey Designs Blog Feature</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Today we are lucky enough to be featured on BellaGrey Designs blog! An amazing blog that discusses event design and decor. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bellagreydesigns.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="106" nfa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jd8RG3TYl_g/Tx1uqVqHCkI/AAAAAAAAAKY/4JQ3uYd97IY/s320/Bella_Gray_Header.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;﻿Be sure to stop on by and follow their blog.&amp;nbsp; When you are there you can sign up to win a $50 gift card to &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-9069131576788059458?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/9069131576788059458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/bella-grey-designs-blog-feature.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/9069131576788059458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/9069131576788059458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/bella-grey-designs-blog-feature.html' title='Bella Grey Designs Blog Feature'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jd8RG3TYl_g/Tx1uqVqHCkI/AAAAAAAAAKY/4JQ3uYd97IY/s72-c/Bella_Gray_Header.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-6882532036892586764</id><published>2012-01-12T06:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T06:46:01.946-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='organization'/><title type='text'>Spring Cleaning</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="previewItemDiv" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="previewItemDiv" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;With the weather being so unseasonably warm so early here in Michigan my body has already geared up for spring cleaning! I decided to start in my workspace, since this is the area that upsets me the most if it is disorganized. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;However, before we begin. . I must confess that I am a fabric hoarder.&amp;nbsp; No matter if I have a use for it or not. . If I see a fabric that I like I buy it!&amp;nbsp; So as you can imagine I have alot of fabric laying around.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I wanted to take a before picture to show you the improvement, however I was just to embarrased to let you see how out of control it has gotten.&amp;nbsp; :)&amp;nbsp; So here is the "after".. . you can use your mind to picture the "before". &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t4i_x2povcw/Tw7r7SI2adI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/q7LBRIRQ-XQ/s1600/ry%25253D400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="290px" kba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t4i_x2povcw/Tw7r7SI2adI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/q7LBRIRQ-XQ/s400/ry%25253D400.jpg" width="400px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Neat and organized, just how I like it!&amp;nbsp; Ok. . now heres how I did it for you other fabric hoarders out there. ﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;First, I purchased comic book boards.&amp;nbsp; They come in a pack of about 100 boards for $10.00.&amp;nbsp; I used 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 boards, but other sizes will work too.&amp;nbsp; I purchased mine at a local comic book store, but you can also order them on amazon for around the same price &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ultra-Pro-Golden-Comic-Boards/dp/B004O3AY5U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1326378450&amp;amp;sr=8-3"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Next you want to lay your fabric out with the selvedge edges together and fold up to get to your desired width. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2df33b3127cceff4ccf2a46c600000030O08IbN3Lhu4bA9vPhQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" class="largePrevImg" height="290px" src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2df33b3127cceff4ccf2a46c600000030O08IbN3Lhu4bA9vPhQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/" width="400px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Second, place your board on the fabric and roll it up to make your own mini bolt! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2df33b3127cceff4c257b46e200000030O08IbN3Lhu4bA9vPhQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" class="largePrevImg" height="290px" src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2df33b3127cceff4c257b46e200000030O08IbN3Lhu4bA9vPhQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/" width="400px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Then all you need to do it line them up in a bookshelf or storage unit and voila! Instant organization!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I am now ready to get back to designing guest books and other event items. Enjoy your spring cleaning :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="previewItemDiv" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-6882532036892586764?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/6882532036892586764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/spring-cleaning.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6882532036892586764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6882532036892586764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/spring-cleaning.html' title='Spring Cleaning'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t4i_x2povcw/Tw7r7SI2adI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/q7LBRIRQ-XQ/s72-c/ry%25253D400.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-5037922347364606138</id><published>2012-01-09T07:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T07:20:31.707-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ice cream cone'/><title type='text'>Ice Cream Social</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;It is only January, however the planner in me is already thinking towards my daughters birthday this summer.&amp;nbsp; Every year&amp;nbsp;her birthday&amp;nbsp;turns into an outlet for my need to create and design.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Since her birthday is in the hot month of July, I&amp;nbsp;was thinking&amp;nbsp;an ice cream themed party would be perfect.&amp;nbsp; Not to mention all this fab stuff I found browsing around on Pinterest and etsy! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Oioipzq50S4/Twr-Iy72PaI/AAAAAAAAAKI/UDUain10Fi4/s1600/il_570xN_282464867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320px" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Oioipzq50S4/Twr-Iy72PaI/AAAAAAAAAKI/UDUain10Fi4/s320/il_570xN_282464867.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/75457833/ice-cream-door-hanger-happy-birthday?ref=sr_list_5&amp;amp;sref=&amp;amp;ga_search_submit=Search&amp;amp;ga_search_query=ice+cream+decorations&amp;amp;ga_order=most_relevant&amp;amp;ga_ship_to=US&amp;amp;ga_view_type=list&amp;amp;ga_search_type=handmade&amp;amp;ga_facet=handmade%2Fpaper_goods"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;photo from getthepartystarted on etsy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I just love signs! Anywhere you can incorporate personalization into a party helps to make the event all the more memorable.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Getthepartystarted over on Etsy had so many cute items for an ice cream themed party.&amp;nbsp; I just cannot get enough of how cute these are! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://img2.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.282588526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Ice Cream Door Hanger - Happy Birthday Party Decoration Sign - Sweet Shop Theme in Pink &amp;amp; Brown" border="0" height="320px" src="http://img2.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.282588526.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;photo from getthepartystarted on etsy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;All of decorations are cute and all, but my favorite part of any party is DESSERT! For some reason I always tend to go overboard with sweets, sending the kids home to their parents acting as wild childs :) My daughters&amp;nbsp;birthday party last year&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;rented a cotton candy machine to make pink cotton candy for her Barbie themed party.&amp;nbsp; Not to mention the 8 ft. candy and sweets table to go along with it.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This year I think I will go this route for my candy table.&amp;nbsp; My sister is a pro at making cake balls. . so I will have to beg her to help me make them&amp;nbsp;since I am not so crafty in the kitchen. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pinned Image" height="266px" id="pinCloseupImage" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/54395107969041625_ZC6ICpXP_c.jpg" width="400px" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;photo from karaspartyideas.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;﻿ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And after all the hard work I put into creating such a special day, I want to remember the details forever.&amp;nbsp; With my children being so young, they will not have any idea all the fun mommy had planning their parties. Here is the perfect way to keepsake a perfect day. . . a cupcake themed party book. The party book has pages to record who came, what gifts were received (making thanks you cards&amp;nbsp;easier) and also to store photos from the day or cards. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Ice Cream Cones Party Book" border="0" height="266px" src="http://www.spoccdesign.com/images/large/IMG_4772484x322.jpg" width="400px" /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/item_287/Ice-Cream-Cones-Party-Book.htm"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;photo from spoccdesign.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$35.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;After all is said and done. . and everyone has eaten enough sweets to put them into a coma and the decorations have come down, you can bring the memory back to your guests with theme related thank you card.&amp;nbsp; I found these on etsy as well. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Ice Cream Cone Folded Notecards - Set of 10" height="320px" src="http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.261173133.jpg" width="400px" /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;photo from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78993025/ice-cream-cone-folded-notecards-set-of?ref=sr_list_39&amp;amp;sref=&amp;amp;ga_search_query=ice+cream+cone&amp;amp;ga_view_type=list&amp;amp;ga_ship_to=US&amp;amp;ga_search_type=handmade&amp;amp;ga_facet=handmade%2Fpaper_goods"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;arhdesigns&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; on etsy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This party looks like it is going to be alot of fun.&amp;nbsp; You will have to come back in July to see how it all turns out at the real party.&amp;nbsp; I may have more idea by then too!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-5037922347364606138?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/5037922347364606138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/ice-cream-social.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5037922347364606138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5037922347364606138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/ice-cream-social.html' title='Ice Cream Social'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Oioipzq50S4/Twr-Iy72PaI/AAAAAAAAAKI/UDUain10Fi4/s72-c/il_570xN_282464867.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-197734889897599591</id><published>2012-01-08T08:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T08:14:16.661-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='keepsake book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><title type='text'>We are Evolving!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Special Occasion Design is proud to announce our new line. . . Birthdays!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;With the increasing popularity of childrens birthday parties and all the work that we as parents put into making these event special, why not remember how special the day was for years to come.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Introducing Keepsake Party Books ($35)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ziPCL2ucVnM/Twm_0wnngBI/AAAAAAAAAKA/C4ZgKr5E_zc/s1600/IMG_4757+%2528484+x+322%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212px" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ziPCL2ucVnM/Twm_0wnngBI/AAAAAAAAAKA/C4ZgKr5E_zc/s320/IMG_4757+%2528484+x+322%2529.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Available at &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Your party book will include:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;10 pages (5 sheets) of Guests Signature pages - 80 Guests&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;10 pages (5 sheets) of Gift Record pages&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;20 pages (10 sheets) of photo/scrapbook pages &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Keepsake Party Books come in a variety of colors and themes.&amp;nbsp; Everything from Princess, Elephants, Cowboys. . ect.&amp;nbsp; Each book comes personalized with your own wording and creates a memory to last a lifetime!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-197734889897599591?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/197734889897599591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/we-are-evolving.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/197734889897599591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/197734889897599591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/we-are-evolving.html' title='We are Evolving!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ziPCL2ucVnM/Twm_0wnngBI/AAAAAAAAAKA/C4ZgKr5E_zc/s72-c/IMG_4757+%2528484+x+322%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-6951694565866855756</id><published>2012-01-07T10:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T10:44:28.819-08:00</updated><title type='text'>News</title><content type='html'>Well the Prize A Day Giveaway has ended so I must now prepare all the packages and get them shipped out to their rightful owners :)&amp;nbsp; If you were one of the lucky winners. . Congratulations!! It was alot of fun.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MDU-oPulnwo/TwiRlwBWoyI/AAAAAAAAAJY/Jmei6kwdrAE/s1600/giveaway+%25231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200px" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MDU-oPulnwo/TwiRlwBWoyI/AAAAAAAAAJY/Jmei6kwdrAE/s200/giveaway+%25231.JPG" width="132px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LE8h5zqg0hE/TwiRsFYC5FI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Y635gvKfucI/s1600/giveaway%25234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150px" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LE8h5zqg0hE/TwiRsFYC5FI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Y635gvKfucI/s200/giveaway%25234.JPG" width="200px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W8DUGJYi6J4/TwiRqye9KaI/AAAAAAAAAJo/cLelIEvjNVk/s1600/giveaway%25233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150px" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W8DUGJYi6J4/TwiRqye9KaI/AAAAAAAAAJo/cLelIEvjNVk/s200/giveaway%25233.JPG" width="200px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SJB68XSjOgo/TwiRufTLD4I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/DjAsaIR-C5w/s1600/Giveaway+%25235.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="170px" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SJB68XSjOgo/TwiRufTLD4I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/DjAsaIR-C5w/s200/Giveaway+%25235.bmp" width="200px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S7SBMnDPFDA/TwiRo3rpvzI/AAAAAAAAAJg/uPqP7gNXwd0/s1600/giveaway%25232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200px" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S7SBMnDPFDA/TwiRo3rpvzI/AAAAAAAAAJg/uPqP7gNXwd0/s200/giveaway%25232.JPG" width="154px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-6951694565866855756?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/6951694565866855756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/news.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6951694565866855756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6951694565866855756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/news.html' title='News'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MDU-oPulnwo/TwiRlwBWoyI/AAAAAAAAAJY/Jmei6kwdrAE/s72-c/giveaway+%25231.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-4320988406414515568</id><published>2012-01-04T08:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T08:51:40.770-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Prize A Day Giveaway</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Do you love winning things? Me too!&amp;nbsp; Special Occasion Design is hosting a giveaway on our facebook page the first week of Jan 2012. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;You could win amazing prizes just by simply commenting under the posts.&amp;nbsp; So jump on over to &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/spoccdesign"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/spoccdesign&lt;/a&gt; and look for the giveaway post to enter! Its just so easy to win.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Good Luck!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vSYHp0og0WM/TwSDknga3hI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/4Dre5Iv3iwk/s1600/giveaway%25233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vSYHp0og0WM/TwSDknga3hI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/4Dre5Iv3iwk/s320/giveaway%25233.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-4320988406414515568?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/4320988406414515568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/prize-day-giveaway.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4320988406414515568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4320988406414515568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/prize-day-giveaway.html' title='Prize A Day Giveaway'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vSYHp0og0WM/TwSDknga3hI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/4Dre5Iv3iwk/s72-c/giveaway%25233.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-9097884064453939686</id><published>2011-09-02T15:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-02T15:02:10.359-07:00</updated><title type='text'>REAL Special Occasion Design Weddings that we LOVE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Congrats to Andrew + Ashley :: Grand Rapids, MI &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Puq2J7LnvMA/TmFPlpywShI/AAAAAAAAAJE/KOqExLK41dI/s1600/annarborwedding1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="215px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Puq2J7LnvMA/TmFPlpywShI/AAAAAAAAAJE/KOqExLK41dI/s400/annarborwedding1.JPG" width="400px" xaa="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;We were so excited to see Andrew and Ashleys green wedding.&amp;nbsp; The soft colors create a light-hearted and clean look for a nice evening. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;The floral decor was designed by Floral Sense using chartreuse pomanders from (yup, you guessed it!) Special Occasion Design.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PUDwaCQYW58/TmFPgqRITKI/AAAAAAAAAJA/3GMAbiCSwVQ/s1600/annarbor4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PUDwaCQYW58/TmFPgqRITKI/AAAAAAAAAJA/3GMAbiCSwVQ/s320/annarbor4.JPG" width="216px" xaa="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Floral Sense mixed 13" pomanders with 11" pomanders to give dimension&amp;nbsp;to the room. They also used smaller pomanders hanging on ribbons to line the walk down the aisle.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Wonderful job to all who worked on this! We love it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Special Thanks To:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/spoccdesign#!/pages/Floral-Sense/140925962598410"&gt;Floral Sense&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://blog.craigwatsonphotography.com/2011/08/andrew-ashley-grand-rapids-mi/"&gt;CraigWatsonPhotography&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2-QEZ6hmI0/TmFPmCJlF8I/AAAAAAAAAJI/-86sEqxygTg/s1600/annarborwedding2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="height: 518px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 324px;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2-QEZ6hmI0/TmFPmCJlF8I/AAAAAAAAAJI/-86sEqxygTg/s400/annarborwedding2.JPG" width="400px" xaa="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-9097884064453939686?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/9097884064453939686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/real-special-occasion-design-weddings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/9097884064453939686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/9097884064453939686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/real-special-occasion-design-weddings.html' title='REAL Special Occasion Design Weddings that we LOVE'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Puq2J7LnvMA/TmFPlpywShI/AAAAAAAAAJE/KOqExLK41dI/s72-c/annarborwedding1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-8585433654854384762</id><published>2011-08-23T16:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-23T16:45:36.529-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tips to Choose Perfect Wedding Linens</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Table cloths can be used to make your reception room special.&amp;nbsp; This is the one cost you don't want to skip out on!&amp;nbsp; Using chair covers, table linens and linen napkins will help to bring a finished look to your event and makes even a budget room look better. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first thing you want to consider when choosing your linens is your table size.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Most venues provide round tables, but you&amp;nbsp;may want to ask about rectangular tables for a&amp;nbsp;non-traditional look.&amp;nbsp; Count the number of chairs your table will allow, this&amp;nbsp;will help your linen consultant know the proper sized linen to provide to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;The next thing you will want to consider is&amp;nbsp;what length linen you prefer.&amp;nbsp; Linens are normally available in either an overlay, which is a short&amp;nbsp;table cloth that covers only the top of the table with a small overhang, or a floor length linen.&amp;nbsp; For&amp;nbsp;formal&amp;nbsp;affairs I recommend going with a floor length linen. The overlays are better suited for an accent color.&amp;nbsp; Most venues&amp;nbsp;only provide a white poly overlay for your tables, so be sure to contact a local linen company for options or ask your venue&amp;nbsp;for names of a reputable company.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-idMB4mZ51cs/TlQ4SQs8h0I/AAAAAAAAAI4/PiWzNrf7Kho/s1600/penny5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240px" qaa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-idMB4mZ51cs/TlQ4SQs8h0I/AAAAAAAAAI4/PiWzNrf7Kho/s320/penny5.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aZ7JxUejDjA/TlQ4cBEH4sI/AAAAAAAAAI8/F7L3Suyd3LM/s1600/IMG_4231+%2528322+x+214%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212px" qaa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aZ7JxUejDjA/TlQ4cBEH4sI/AAAAAAAAAI8/F7L3Suyd3LM/s320/IMG_4231+%2528322+x+214%2529.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;(&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Floor Length Table Cloth pictured above)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(Overlay over venue white poly&amp;nbsp;pictured above)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Once you decide on your colors and table linens you may next select a chair cover to match.&amp;nbsp; Many companies now carry chair covers in several colors and designs, not just black and white! Chair covers also come in many sizes, so know what type of chair you are working with prior to meeting with your consultant.&amp;nbsp; Banquet chair covers will not fit a folding chair!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.special-occasion.net/item_29/Damask.htm" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Damask" border="0" height="200px" src="http://www.special-occasion.net/images/thumbs/IMG_4005214x322.jpg" width="132px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.special-occasion.net/item_30/Tie-Back.htm" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Tie Back" border="0" height="200px" src="http://www.special-occasion.net/images/thumbs/IMG_4008214x322.jpg" width="132px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.special-occasion.net/item_15/Imperial-Stripe-Satin.htm"&gt;&lt;img alt="Imperial Stripe Satin" border="0" height="200px" src="http://www.special-occasion.net/images/thumbs/BLACKSATINSTRIPE.JPG" width="137px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Damask Cover&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Black Stripe&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Tie-Back Cover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Finally you will want to choose a sash color to coordinate with your linens and ask what styles of ties are available to set your event apart.&amp;nbsp; Your consultant should be able to show you a few different styles to help you find one that catches your eye.&amp;nbsp; Be sure as well to ask about renting napkins as many venues will not be able to match the color of your linens resulting in a kaleidoscope effect. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.special-occasion.net/images/thumbs/210707_725879225451_40005858_36934593_6517771_o214x322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Rosette Sash Tie" border="0" src="http://www.special-occasion.net/images/thumbs/210707_725879225451_40005858_36934593_6517771_o214x322.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.special-occasion.net/images/thumbs/sash2214x322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Rosette Tie)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;* All Linen Photos compliments of Special Occasions East, INC located in Flint, MI*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.special-occasion.net/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;http://www.special-occasion.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-8585433654854384762?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/8585433654854384762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/tips-to-choose-perfect-wedding-linens.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/8585433654854384762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/8585433654854384762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/tips-to-choose-perfect-wedding-linens.html' title='Tips to Choose Perfect Wedding Linens'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-idMB4mZ51cs/TlQ4SQs8h0I/AAAAAAAAAI4/PiWzNrf7Kho/s72-c/penny5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-6463889181008506045</id><published>2011-08-01T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T08:46:17.769-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Even Birthdays Can Be a Special Occasion!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;Even birthdays can be a special occasion with Special Occasion Design!&amp;nbsp; Check out this weekends event, a 55th Birthday party!&amp;nbsp; Beautiful and lots of fun. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FZNTgTLppb8/TjbHDaEPjRI/AAAAAAAAAIs/lwFbPMepGdQ/s1600/IMG_4222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FZNTgTLppb8/TjbHDaEPjRI/AAAAAAAAAIs/lwFbPMepGdQ/s320/IMG_4222.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M0VlsMY-jW0/TjbHEo-pCcI/AAAAAAAAAIw/wBYe96egsJw/s1600/IMG_4227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M0VlsMY-jW0/TjbHEo-pCcI/AAAAAAAAAIw/wBYe96egsJw/s320/IMG_4227.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-krK-GI1tFUc/TjbG-AaXFcI/AAAAAAAAAIk/5JfZRYnKOYY/s1600/IMG_4218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-krK-GI1tFUc/TjbG-AaXFcI/AAAAAAAAAIk/5JfZRYnKOYY/s320/IMG_4218.JPG" t$="true" width="212px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-olaj2F_WqEU/TjbHGZ2gynI/AAAAAAAAAI0/lGcssxpQADI/s1600/IMG_4246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-olaj2F_WqEU/TjbHGZ2gynI/AAAAAAAAAI0/lGcssxpQADI/s320/IMG_4246.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;We loved the use of fuchsia and chartreuse! This event even showcased the birthday girls favorite thing, Flamingos! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Centerpieces by &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;Special Occasion Design&lt;/a&gt; in Fenton, MI&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Linens by &lt;a href="http://www.special-occasion.net/"&gt;Special Occasions East, Inc&lt;/a&gt; in Grand Blanc, MI&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Venue - &lt;a href="http://www.waldenwoods.com/"&gt;Waldenwoods&lt;/a&gt; in Howell, MI&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E4UhJ-4OPaU/TjbG8nIaHJI/AAAAAAAAAIg/Q4rxziKnY6s/s1600/IMG_4225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E4UhJ-4OPaU/TjbG8nIaHJI/AAAAAAAAAIg/Q4rxziKnY6s/s320/IMG_4225.JPG" t$="true" width="212px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-6463889181008506045?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/6463889181008506045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/even-birthdays-can-be-special-occasion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6463889181008506045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6463889181008506045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/even-birthdays-can-be-special-occasion.html' title='Even Birthdays Can Be a Special Occasion!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FZNTgTLppb8/TjbHDaEPjRI/AAAAAAAAAIs/lwFbPMepGdQ/s72-c/IMG_4222.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-2712869676950881292</id><published>2011-08-01T08:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T08:22:43.001-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook'/><title type='text'>New Coupon Codes to be released!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Do you follow &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/spoccdesign"&gt;Special Occasion Design&lt;/a&gt; on Facebook?&amp;nbsp; If so you are eligible to recieve coupon codes for each level of fan followings!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Heres how it will work:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Facebook fans hit 100 mark - a coupon code for 10% off your entire order (rental or purchase) on either etsy or our website will be released. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we hit 150 fans a 15% coupon code will be released and so on up to 500 fans! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;So be sure to become a fan on facebook and share our page with all your friends for greater savings!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/spoccdesign"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; to become a fan!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Special Occasion Design" class="photo img" id="profile_pic" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/187781_295611881000_5992541_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-2712869676950881292?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/2712869676950881292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-coupon-codes-to-be-released.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2712869676950881292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2712869676950881292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-coupon-codes-to-be-released.html' title='New Coupon Codes to be released!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-1033284227928642675</id><published>2011-03-29T07:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T09:57:51.668-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Blog Giveaway!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thank you for visiting our newly designed blog! We are just so excited about having a new blog and being able to showcase our clients real wedding photos, giveaways and more.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Even though we are celebrating we are giving YOU the gift!&amp;nbsp; One lucky winner will win a custom made&amp;nbsp;guest book and pen set&amp;nbsp;compliments of &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;Special Occasion Design.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fVKeUEadAY/TZHtX-k-XzI/AAAAAAAAAIU/Z74HgaXTobw/s1600/il_430xN_170387677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fVKeUEadAY/TZHtX-k-XzI/AAAAAAAAAIU/Z74HgaXTobw/s320/il_430xN_170387677.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Our Zebra print guestbook is fun and flirty.&amp;nbsp; Perfect for a bridal shower, bachelorette party, baby shower or wedding! Get more specifics on the item up for grabs &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/item_127/Zebra-Guest-Book-Set.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ways to Enter:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;1) Enter a comment below telling us why you would like to win﻿.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;2) Get a second entry by "like"ing and&amp;nbsp;posting on our &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Special-Occasion-Design/295611881000"&gt;facebook&lt;/a&gt; page about the giveaway&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;3) Get another entry by Tweeting about the giveaway and post here that you tweeted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Winner will be chosen by random on March 31, 2011&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Value of winnings $60.50 - NO CASH VALUE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;*May not be substituted for cash&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Good Luck!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-1033284227928642675?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/1033284227928642675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-blog-giveaway.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1033284227928642675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1033284227928642675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-blog-giveaway.html' title='New Blog Giveaway!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fVKeUEadAY/TZHtX-k-XzI/AAAAAAAAAIU/Z74HgaXTobw/s72-c/il_430xN_170387677.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-4049654635809456018</id><published>2011-03-24T06:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-24T06:34:00.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fun Gifts From Etsy</title><content type='html'>While shopping around on Etsy (as I so often do) I can across these personalized salt and pepper shakers.&amp;nbsp; So adorable!&amp;nbsp; I wanted to buy them for myself but thought about all the weddings I was attending this summer as well.&amp;nbsp; These would make awesome bridal shower or wedding gifts! So I thought I would share.&amp;nbsp; Tell me what you think and please post links to your favorite etsy gifts as well! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mEftMgYSpS0/TYtIHurB10I/AAAAAAAAAIM/3MBgZObxGos/s1600/il_570xN_212232206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="140" r6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mEftMgYSpS0/TYtIHurB10I/AAAAAAAAAIM/3MBgZObxGos/s320/il_570xN_212232206.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;By: Preppypapergirl &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/66903020/personalized-salt-and-pepper-shakers"&gt;http://www.etsy.com/listing/66903020/personalized-salt-and-pepper-shakers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-4049654635809456018?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/4049654635809456018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/03/fun-gifts-from-etsy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4049654635809456018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4049654635809456018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/03/fun-gifts-from-etsy.html' title='Fun Gifts From Etsy'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mEftMgYSpS0/TYtIHurB10I/AAAAAAAAAIM/3MBgZObxGos/s72-c/il_570xN_212232206.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-3148265732229043451</id><published>2011-01-12T09:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-12T09:43:43.615-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Real "Spoccdesign" Weddings</title><content type='html'>Are you one of our many brides to couture your wedding with Special Occasion Design originals? If so, you have the chance to be featured on our blog, ect AND possibly win a personalized 8x8 photo or scrapbook album!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ill tell you how! Simply send us your photos of our products in use at your wedding and you will be entered into the sweepstakes! One lucky bride each month will win, but you can only enter once :) Unless of course you get married more than once. . . . . &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go to our facebook page &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=295611881000&amp;amp;notes_tab=app_2347471856"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more information and forms to enter.&amp;nbsp; Just look under the "notes". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TS3oPeBZ3dI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gqGHsOnX-UU/s1600/il_430xN_149009867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TS3oPeBZ3dI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gqGHsOnX-UU/s320/il_430xN_149009867.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Best of luck to all our lovely brides and grooms out there!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-3148265732229043451?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/3148265732229043451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/01/real-spoccdesign-weddings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/3148265732229043451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/3148265732229043451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/01/real-spoccdesign-weddings.html' title='Real &quot;Spoccdesign&quot; Weddings'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TS3oPeBZ3dI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gqGHsOnX-UU/s72-c/il_430xN_149009867.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-2519779249351478149</id><published>2011-01-11T06:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T07:21:58.104-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-2519779249351478149?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/2519779249351478149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/01/are-you-bride-in-michigan-enter-to-win.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2519779249351478149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2519779249351478149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2011/01/are-you-bride-in-michigan-enter-to-win.html' title=''/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-6754366755743015961</id><published>2010-12-14T10:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-14T10:39:07.795-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Featured Treasury on Etsy</title><content type='html'>From time to time we are also chosen by other artists and fans to be included in a treasury on Etsy.&amp;nbsp; These are collaborations of an individuals favorite items on etsy and are sometimes chosen for the front page of etsy.&amp;nbsp; This week we were lucky enough to be chosen for two treasuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TQe5Ij9AAbI/AAAAAAAAAHE/wJQemSKUs2c/s1600/treasury2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="281" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TQe5Ij9AAbI/AAAAAAAAAHE/wJQemSKUs2c/s400/treasury2.bmp" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; above: Pistachio Damask Guestbook - available &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/item_106/Pistachio-Damask-Guest-Book.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TQe5FWUCUFI/AAAAAAAAAHA/I7UZJgbawKk/s1600/treasury.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="201" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TQe5FWUCUFI/AAAAAAAAAHA/I7UZJgbawKk/s400/treasury.bmp" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;above: Your Love is Music Garter - available &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/item_23/Your-Love-is-Music-Garter-Set.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-6754366755743015961?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/6754366755743015961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/12/featured-treasury-on-etsy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6754366755743015961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6754366755743015961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/12/featured-treasury-on-etsy.html' title='Featured Treasury on Etsy'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TQe5Ij9AAbI/AAAAAAAAAHE/wJQemSKUs2c/s72-c/treasury2.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-5807634752950569483</id><published>2010-11-30T14:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T14:52:19.787-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Featured Bride - Melissa &amp; Chris TX</title><content type='html'>Melissa and Chris decided to go with a turquoise and brown beach wedding in Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Beach Theme" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-715" height="266" src="http://realetsyweddings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/200912-963324_0340_900.jpg" title="Beach Theme" width="400" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See more photos of their special day at &lt;a href="http://realetsyweddings.com/tag/spoccdesign/"&gt;http://realetsyweddings.com/tag/spoccdesign/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img alt="Flower Girls" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-712" height="266" src="http://realetsyweddings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/200912-963324_0093_900.jpg" title="Flower Girls" width="400" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you Melissa for this gorgeous photo of your two adorable flowergirls!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get your matching flowergirl baskets at &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;.&amp;nbsp; They come in several color combinations and either white or ivory base.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-5807634752950569483?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/5807634752950569483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/11/featured-bride-melissa-chris-tx.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5807634752950569483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5807634752950569483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/11/featured-bride-melissa-chris-tx.html' title='Featured Bride - Melissa &amp; Chris TX'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-664978564913253203</id><published>2010-11-30T13:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T14:55:07.434-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Featured Bride Wedding - Sarah &amp; David</title><content type='html'>Sarah and Davids light pink and damask wedding was one sure not to be missed!&amp;nbsp; The light pink and damask design created an elegant and classic look for their guests. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="DS-447" class="size-full wp-image-1310 aligncenter" height="265" src="http://realetsyweddings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/dands1.jpg" title="DS-447" width="400" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://realetsyweddings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/62-199x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="DS-102" border="0" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1278" height="300" src="http://realetsyweddings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/62-199x300.jpg" title="DS-102" width="199" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Thank you Sarah and David for your guest book , pen and matching ring pillow purchase.&amp;nbsp; They look beautiful! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;For more pictures and design ideas from Sarah and Davids wedding view their story at "My Real Etsy Wedding" at &lt;a href="http://realetsyweddings.com/tag/spoccdesign/"&gt;http://realetsyweddings.com/tag/spoccdesign/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get yours &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/category_11/Guestbooks-Pens.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-664978564913253203?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/664978564913253203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/11/featured-bride-wedding-sarah-david.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/664978564913253203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/664978564913253203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/11/featured-bride-wedding-sarah-david.html' title='Featured Bride Wedding - Sarah &amp; David'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-9118082752299590290</id><published>2010-11-30T10:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T14:56:04.551-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Feature</title><content type='html'>Every so often we are fortunate to be featured on amazing blogs from brides who have used our products.&amp;nbsp; Todays blog is a real treat!&amp;nbsp; Charli ordered our custom made monogram letter hangers which complimented her purple, white and black designer wedding perfectly.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="purple wedding lighting at stonehouse at stirling ridge new jesey" class="size-full wp-image-380" height="800" src="http://manwifeanddog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/purple_wedding_lighting_reception_stonehouse_at_stirling_ridge2.jpg" title="purple_wedding_lighting_reception_stonehouse_at_stirling_ridge2" width="490" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check our Charli's complete&amp;nbsp;wedding blog here :&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://manwifeanddog.com/2010/11/17/damask-wedding-purple-wedding-fall-wedding-charli-gibran/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://manwifeanddog.com/2010/11/17/damask-wedding-purple-wedding-fall-wedding-charli-gibran/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pictures are amazing! Great Job Charli. . . your wedding is sure to&amp;nbsp;be an inspiration&amp;nbsp;to many brides!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="damask wedding details purple and white wedding ceremony outdoor wedding new jersey" class="size-full wp-image-385 " height="600" src="http://manwifeanddog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/purple_white_damask_wedding_ceremony_stonehouse_at_stirling_ridge2.jpg" title="purple_white_damask_wedding_ceremony_stonehouse_at_stirling_ridge2" width="490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-9118082752299590290?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/9118082752299590290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-feature.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/9118082752299590290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/9118082752299590290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-feature.html' title='Blog Feature'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-5959881980727947201</id><published>2010-11-06T09:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-06T09:12:19.887-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Holiday Gift Ideas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;What better gift to give a newlywed than a scrapbook or photo album to store their cherished photos in!&amp;nbsp; Special Occasion Design is beginning to offer our holiday line of scrapbooks available both at &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.etsy.com/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.etsy.com/&lt;/a&gt; .&amp;nbsp; Add your gift recievers names and wedding date or any personalization you prefer! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Customization is available! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TNV9Q4C5BZI/AAAAAAAAAG0/g-NiUHX2ILM/s1600/il_430xN_116586874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TNV9Q4C5BZI/AAAAAAAAAG0/g-NiUHX2ILM/s320/il_430xN_116586874.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TNV9aEkblUI/AAAAAAAAAG8/C5hPNkBqDgk/s1600/il_430xN_126233168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TNV9aEkblUI/AAAAAAAAAG8/C5hPNkBqDgk/s320/il_430xN_126233168.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;As a special thank you to our readers use this link when shopping and receive 15% off your total order from now until Christmas Day.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/?code=Holiday2010" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/?code=Holiday2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Order soon for before&amp;nbsp;holiday shipping!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-5959881980727947201?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/5959881980727947201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/11/holiday-gift-ideas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5959881980727947201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5959881980727947201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/11/holiday-gift-ideas.html' title='Holiday Gift Ideas'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TNV9Q4C5BZI/AAAAAAAAAG0/g-NiUHX2ILM/s72-c/il_430xN_116586874.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-2883306180527838749</id><published>2010-10-09T06:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-09T12:28:28.669-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Denises' Damask Wedding</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;The hot trend this fall is to add pattern to make your wedding pop.&amp;nbsp; Denise used Special Occasion Designs Dandy Damask Runners in black and white to make her statement.&amp;nbsp; The use of the pinks and the black made an elegant event with tons of personality! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Beautiful event photo Denise!&amp;nbsp; Thanks for sending it in!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; 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border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TLDCEBlE16I/AAAAAAAAAGs/gKDzLV2krs8/s1600/IMG_5457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ex="true" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TLDCEBlE16I/AAAAAAAAAGs/gKDzLV2krs8/s320/IMG_5457.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-2883306180527838749?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/2883306180527838749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/10/denises-damask-wedding.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2883306180527838749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2883306180527838749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/10/denises-damask-wedding.html' title='Denises&apos; Damask Wedding'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TLBrgOvav_I/AAAAAAAAAGk/uK0_KMzf3A4/s72-c/get_convo_image.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-4090226161034973468</id><published>2010-09-09T13:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T13:01:27.742-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NEW ITEM!</title><content type='html'>We are proud to now offer fabric covered letters to match your wedding items already purchased from Special Occasion Design!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These letters range in size from 6"-36" and come with a coordinating ribbon to hang. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add personalization to your event or home with these custom made fabric letters. Available in several colors and prints!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="263" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIk81DPkp7I/AAAAAAAAAGc/DXrqJG8TQxI/s400/IMG_8574+(800x527).jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Available at &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/item_129/Fabric-Covered-Letters-wRibbon.htm"&gt;Special Occasion Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;$20.00 - $125.00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-4090226161034973468?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/4090226161034973468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-item.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4090226161034973468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4090226161034973468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-item.html' title='NEW ITEM!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIk81DPkp7I/AAAAAAAAAGc/DXrqJG8TQxI/s72-c/IMG_8574+(800x527).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-8829162997385170554</id><published>2010-09-03T07:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T07:43:34.302-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marji's Wedding - March 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;We were drawn to this madison damask inspired wedding with fushia accents by bride Marji.&amp;nbsp; Her wedding gleamed with elegance and rich color! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIEGcRqnMmI/AAAAAAAAAFs/2aVzeGVdz9o/s1600/me_1036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIEGcRqnMmI/AAAAAAAAAFs/2aVzeGVdz9o/s320/me_1036.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Bridal Bouquet Wrap by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Special Occasion Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIEG7V_LxuI/AAAAAAAAAF0/wUufbj2BBQY/s1600/me_1564.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIEG7V_LxuI/AAAAAAAAAF0/wUufbj2BBQY/s320/me_1564.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Cardbox, letters and Pen by Special Occasion Design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Cardboxes are a great way to keep your cards safe and dress up your gift table! They can be either purchased or rented from Special Occasion Design.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIEHF0shOzI/AAAAAAAAAGE/ZI3CUVIz6j0/s1600/me_1598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIEHF0shOzI/AAAAAAAAAGE/ZI3CUVIz6j0/s320/me_1598.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIEG-geOGRI/AAAAAAAAAF8/9PtEhgRdiFQ/s1600/me_1891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIEG-geOGRI/AAAAAAAAAF8/9PtEhgRdiFQ/s400/me_1891.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Pomanders by Special Occasion Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Such a Beautiful Bride and a beautiful wedding! We are in love with the fushia color scheme!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-8829162997385170554?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/8829162997385170554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/marjis-wedding-march-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/8829162997385170554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/8829162997385170554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/marjis-wedding-march-2010.html' title='Marji&apos;s Wedding - March 2010'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/TIEGcRqnMmI/AAAAAAAAAFs/2aVzeGVdz9o/s72-c/me_1036.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-8667123548252942994</id><published>2010-09-03T07:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T07:25:56.526-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Featured Bride Series</title><content type='html'>We are now beginning our featured brides series!&amp;nbsp; If you've used Special Occasion Design for your wedding and would like to be showcased please send your photos to us at &lt;a href="mailto:spoccfavors@yahoo.com"&gt;spoccfavors@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-8667123548252942994?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/8667123548252942994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/featured-bride-series.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/8667123548252942994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/8667123548252942994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/featured-bride-series.html' title='Featured Bride Series'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-4125437418020680588</id><published>2010-01-19T12:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T12:26:54.738-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Valentines Day</title><content type='html'>Hosting a Valentines Day party or special evening for you and your soon to be hubby?&amp;nbsp; Why not decorate your table on a low budget!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special Occasion Design is now carrying items to make any event a "Special Occasion".&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/S1YVTwTk3DI/AAAAAAAAAFE/2FeNXnO6u1w/s1600-h/IMG_2341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ps="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/S1YVTwTk3DI/AAAAAAAAAFE/2FeNXnO6u1w/s320/IMG_2341.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38859714"&gt;Valentines Day Runner&lt;/a&gt; from Spoccdesign on etsy - $15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-4125437418020680588?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/4125437418020680588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/valentines-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4125437418020680588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4125437418020680588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/valentines-day.html' title='Valentines Day'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/S1YVTwTk3DI/AAAAAAAAAFE/2FeNXnO6u1w/s72-c/IMG_2341.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-2449578882644620730</id><published>2010-01-13T19:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T19:49:06.200-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Were on Facebook!</title><content type='html'>So we have just joined this century and logged on to facebook.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As was my New Years Resolution to be proactive with advertising, blogging and so forth I am taking the first step towards my goal.&amp;nbsp; I hope to have many more posts to come.&amp;nbsp; Please help to keep me on track with sending in comments, pictures and so forth.&amp;nbsp; At least then I would know that people are reading this&amp;nbsp; and that would be enough to keep me going. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Search for us on Facebook under Special Occasion Design&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-2449578882644620730?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/2449578882644620730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/were-on-facebook.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2449578882644620730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2449578882644620730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/were-on-facebook.html' title='Were on Facebook!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-4745471895031987029</id><published>2010-01-09T19:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T19:14:25.816-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats</title><content type='html'>First, let me say "Congrats" to all of the newly engaged bachelorettes and bachelors after the holiday season!  It is such a popular time to get engaged as love is in the air. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special Occasion Design is bringing on tons of new products for the new year!  Not only are we here for you for your big day, but we now offer items for the engagement party, bachelorette party, showers and baby showers .   Check out our new line at our site &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;Special&lt;/a&gt; Occasion Design . &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking for more one on one interaction, try checking us out at &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.etsy.com/"&gt;etsy.com&lt;/a&gt; .  Here you can easily contact us and have your items custom made to your envisions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come check us out at either site! We are excited to speak with you about your big day !!!  As a special "thank you!" mention coupon code "Love10" and recieve 10% off your total. *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Not including shipping.  Valid only 1/1/2010 - 2/1/2010&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-4745471895031987029?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/4745471895031987029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/congrats.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4745471895031987029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/4745471895031987029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/congrats.html' title='Congrats'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-1503585294933537854</id><published>2009-06-04T07:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T07:23:38.399-07:00</updated><title type='text'>FREE GIFT</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SifYm8Vv3kI/AAAAAAAAAEg/dWzpp47g7R4/s1600-h/09-04a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343477646442356290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 144px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SifYm8Vv3kI/AAAAAAAAAEg/dWzpp47g7R4/s200/09-04a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;During the month of JUNE purchase any order totalling $75 or more and recieve a free BRIDES totebag! (not including shipping charges)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;ORDERS MUST BE PLACED AT &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;www.spoccdesign.com&lt;/a&gt; to qualify.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please take a peak around the store.  We have added several new items for the summer to make your special event unique and personalized!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-1503585294933537854?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/1503585294933537854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/06/free-gift.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1503585294933537854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1503585294933537854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/06/free-gift.html' title='FREE GIFT'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SifYm8Vv3kI/AAAAAAAAAEg/dWzpp47g7R4/s72-c/09-04a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-6901730254788134865</id><published>2009-06-02T12:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T12:26:57.302-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We are growing!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV8gQuZfZI/AAAAAAAAAEI/tx83TesAnzI/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342813426632195474" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV8gQuZfZI/AAAAAAAAAEI/tx83TesAnzI/s200/untitled.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thanks to all the wonderful people who have supported Special Occasion Design in the last year and a half, we are growing as a business! &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV8v2Q7uII/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Xujg6rx7JTE/s1600-h/il_430xN_41425058.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342813694407194754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV8v2Q7uII/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Xujg6rx7JTE/s200/il_430xN_41425058.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We are beginning to bring on Lillian Rose, Wilton and other wedding products to our site!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV81uBsH9I/AAAAAAAAAEY/kAN4nuoWfM4/s1600-h/il_430xN_65750292.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342813795274989522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 103px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV81uBsH9I/AAAAAAAAAEY/kAN4nuoWfM4/s200/il_430xN_65750292.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please visit us at &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/&lt;/a&gt; for great items! Here are a few newbies!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-6901730254788134865?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/6901730254788134865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-are-growing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6901730254788134865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6901730254788134865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-are-growing.html' title='We are growing!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV8gQuZfZI/AAAAAAAAAEI/tx83TesAnzI/s72-c/untitled.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-5433200412707921000</id><published>2009-05-06T13:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T12:22:54.369-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We are not just a wedding site!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Special Occasion Design is not just about the weddings! We also offer several baby shower items to celebrate your new bundle of joy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Create a custom keepsake as well as help out abused children in need!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="thickbox preview_link" href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/wpsc/product_images/wedding%20business%201720.jpg" rel="Personalized_Keepsake_Book_-_Pink" jquery1241640439140="8"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV7_DJcfdI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Zicjbz_SKpE/s1600-h/wedding+business+1720.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342812856051858898" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV7_DJcfdI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Zicjbz_SKpE/s200/wedding+business+1720.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DONATION BOOK:Special Occasion Design is a proud supporter of the Whaley Children Center located in Flint, MI. 10% of the profit from the sales of the baby shower book goes directly to their cause. Whaley Childrens Center -http://www.whaleychildren.org/index.php&lt;br /&gt;Get yours at &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/products-page/baby-shower/"&gt;Special Occasion Design&lt;/a&gt; only $35.00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celebrate the bundle of joy with these boy or girl themed favor boxes! Only $2.25 each.&lt;br /&gt;Available @ &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/products-page/baby-shower/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/products-page/baby-shower/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-5433200412707921000?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/5433200412707921000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-are-not-just-wedding-site.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5433200412707921000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5433200412707921000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-are-not-just-wedding-site.html' title='We are not just a wedding site!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SiV7_DJcfdI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Zicjbz_SKpE/s72-c/wedding+business+1720.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-8189867198935678419</id><published>2009-04-29T14:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T14:51:51.259-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We are Live!</title><content type='html'>Special Occasion Design's new website is up and running! While we are still in the process of adding new items, please take a look around. We are offering great start-up deals, cheaper than on Etsy! But hurry, they wont last long!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enter to win $25 worth of items through Special Occasion Design! Your choice! To enter simply make a purchase at our new site from now (April 29 ,2009) till May 29,2009 and you will be entered into the drawing. Drawing date is May 30th, 2009. Winner will be notified by email.&lt;br /&gt;Only purchases made at spoccdesign will qualify.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Shopping!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-8189867198935678419?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/8189867198935678419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-are-live.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/8189867198935678419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/8189867198935678419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-are-live.html' title='We are Live!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-5064916538906814413</id><published>2009-04-28T05:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T05:48:15.069-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Its Here!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Wedding season is upon us! Are you ready???&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can alway tell when wedding season has hit full gear and it has! From now till the end of September my weekends are full with decorating , setting up weddings and designing for my online stores. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;What are the big colors this season?? Well, it seems to be the "mermaid" colors of aqua/turquoise and green and the "rich" colors of olive and eggplant. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23890109"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329722226682495458" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/Sfb6IIjqAeI/AAAAAAAAAD4/tBiJpw2S4b4/s200/arti_168_turq.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;What is the big trend this summer? Pomander kissing balls! They are selling off the shelves! They come in any color to match your wedding and either in hydrangeas or roses. Coming soon - Turquoise rose balls with a green ribbon and bow. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Available @ &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23890109"&gt;http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23890109&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Want to win a free kissing ball???? Check back soon for details!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-5064916538906814413?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/5064916538906814413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/its-here.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5064916538906814413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5064916538906814413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/its-here.html' title='Its Here!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/Sfb6IIjqAeI/AAAAAAAAAD4/tBiJpw2S4b4/s72-c/arti_168_turq.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-3953534649132010490</id><published>2009-04-23T20:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-23T20:35:32.844-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Coming Soon!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SfEzb2x1jmI/AAAAAAAAADw/YAsIIDnedbk/s1600-h/mary2.png"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328096387810037346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SfEzb2x1jmI/AAAAAAAAADw/YAsIIDnedbk/s200/mary2.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Special Occasion Design is now opening our own online boutique!!! Coming soon is a brand new website with new offerings, grand opening deals and fabulous items!  sneak peak----&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The new site will be &lt;a href="http://www.spoccdesign.com/"&gt;http://www.spoccdesign.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please check us out at our new home in the next week or two. (I will let you know when we go live!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-3953534649132010490?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/3953534649132010490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/coming-soon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/3953534649132010490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/3953534649132010490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/coming-soon.html' title='Coming Soon!!!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SfEzb2x1jmI/AAAAAAAAADw/YAsIIDnedbk/s72-c/mary2.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-2528393656079192865</id><published>2009-04-07T19:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T19:47:52.489-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SPRING FLING</title><content type='html'>I am ready for spring to finally arrive in Michigan.  While today we were blessed by a winter storm that left our roads and blossoming spring plants covered.   So to bring sunshine to Michigan I am offering a Spring Fling discount for all my readers! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simply make a purchase during the month of April and convo me on etsy letting me know you are ready for spring and I will deduct 10% off your total purchase price!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Valid only on purchases placed during the month of April 2009. Please contact me prior to purchase for a reserved listing. Discount does not apply to shipping charges.  May not be combined with any other offers or discounts. Customer must convo me with the words " SPRING FLING" to recieve their discount)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!! And Think Spring!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-2528393656079192865?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/2528393656079192865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-fling.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2528393656079192865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2528393656079192865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-fling.html' title='SPRING FLING'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-2411802083554243691</id><published>2009-04-07T19:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T19:38:22.620-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My New Adventure</title><content type='html'>Lately I have been asked by several brides if I could make them cardboxes. It was a product that I had not yet offered. The guestbooks and accessories have kept so busy that I really had not had time to create. However, I decided to go for it. I am super excited about this new category that I am now offering to my brides. . custom made cardboxes!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23346943"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322143755530532210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdwNjDf19XI/AAAAAAAAADo/_Ks2pp-Ajpw/s200/IMG_0090.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This box was made in a hot pink poly shantung fabric that I love because it has such great texture for a solid fabric. We accented in orange with a bow and ribbon. This box would also look super cute with some gerber daisies and polka dots :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Custom Cardbox by LilyElle  - Get yours &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23346943"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-2411802083554243691?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/2411802083554243691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-new-adventure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2411802083554243691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/2411802083554243691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-new-adventure.html' title='My New Adventure'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdwNjDf19XI/AAAAAAAAADo/_Ks2pp-Ajpw/s72-c/IMG_0090.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-7568758027271476857</id><published>2009-04-05T10:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T19:39:47.821-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I got a new camara!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I just bought a professional camara for my business and LOVE it! It is a EOS REBEL XS Canon. Cost a pretty penny, but well worth it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdjkMUmUxrI/AAAAAAAAADQ/OuIOKxqtP20/s1600-h/IMG_0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321253860077258418" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdjkMUmUxrI/AAAAAAAAADQ/OuIOKxqtP20/s200/IMG_0003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are some cute pics I took of my daughter just to try it out! (eating her morning oatmeal)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdjkqzzX2HI/AAAAAAAAADg/jFx-Cd80HuU/s1600-h/IMG_0018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321254383849560178" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdjkqzzX2HI/AAAAAAAAADg/jFx-Cd80HuU/s200/IMG_0018.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;It really makes a difference on my product pictures too: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now I am going to go re-shoot all the items in my store. Whooo. . This may take awile!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-7568758027271476857?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/7568758027271476857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-got-new-camara.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/7568758027271476857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/7568758027271476857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-got-new-camara.html' title='I got a new camara!'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdjkMUmUxrI/AAAAAAAAADQ/OuIOKxqtP20/s72-c/IMG_0003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-1026833355959525279</id><published>2009-03-30T19:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T19:21:06.759-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Brand New Items</title><content type='html'>Special Occasions is working hard to create new hot designs for the season. Here are a few of my new favorites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22988900"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319169964105673858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdF85nJyLII/AAAAAAAAADA/uCF3eoPvhqU/s200/SpecialOccasionDesign+188.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paris Garter - $18.00 One of a kind. My inspiration for this piece was my husbands little sister, she is a paris freak. And. . paris is the city of love, so why not!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdF9XUmfv5I/AAAAAAAAADI/P1SzLesAUeU/s1600-h/SpecialOccasionDesign+169.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319170474521902994" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdF9XUmfv5I/AAAAAAAAADI/P1SzLesAUeU/s200/SpecialOccasionDesign+169.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This new set was a custom order from a bride, but when it was complete I just loved it! It is a plum blossom, zen design in jade and chocolate brown. Simple elegance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$40 Lilyelle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdF9XUmfv5I/AAAAAAAAADI/P1SzLesAUeU/s1600-h/SpecialOccasionDesign+169.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdF9XUmfv5I/AAAAAAAAADI/P1SzLesAUeU/s1600-h/SpecialOccasionDesign+169.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-1026833355959525279?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/1026833355959525279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/brand-new-items.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1026833355959525279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1026833355959525279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/brand-new-items.html' title='Brand New Items'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdF85nJyLII/AAAAAAAAADA/uCF3eoPvhqU/s72-c/SpecialOccasionDesign+188.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-1223286564709228642</id><published>2009-03-30T19:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T19:13:20.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Purchases</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdF71eJhfTI/AAAAAAAAAC4/sIOd5L0Pjow/s1600-h/il_430xN_62025765.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319168793457556786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdF71eJhfTI/AAAAAAAAAC4/sIOd5L0Pjow/s200/il_430xN_62025765.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;After my long days and nights of working on wedding items, I thought that it was time to buy myself something :) My purchase was this purse by &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5135453"&gt;purseona&lt;/a&gt; on etsy. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it! Great price too, only $42.00.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I cannot wait for it to arrive.  I will let you know what I think! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-1223286564709228642?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/1223286564709228642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-purchases.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1223286564709228642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1223286564709228642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-purchases.html' title='New Purchases'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SdF71eJhfTI/AAAAAAAAAC4/sIOd5L0Pjow/s72-c/il_430xN_62025765.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-5535595006558395950</id><published>2009-03-20T08:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T08:59:00.074-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Word Around Town</title><content type='html'>First, I would like to say Thank you to everyone who has supported Special Occasion Designs this last year. It was and is continuing to be an amazing year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please take a look at and show your support to these sites which have featured our products and helped to grow our business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brides.com/blog/weddedbits/102/2009/01/4609/stylish_guest_books.html"&gt;BRIDES.COM &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2009/02/23/25-fabulous-baby-shower-favors.aspx"&gt;Babble.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aboutserendipity.com/blog/?cat=11http://"&gt;Serendipity.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.thehandcraftedwedding.com/handcrafted_wedding/indie_stars/"&gt;Handcrafted&lt;/a&gt; - The cure for the common wedding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THANK YOU!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-5535595006558395950?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/5535595006558395950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/word-around-town.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5535595006558395950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/5535595006558395950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/word-around-town.html' title='The Word Around Town'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-3670159238690886181</id><published>2009-03-19T20:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T20:19:40.358-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hottest Color This Year</title><content type='html'>What is the Hottest color combination this year?  Vote Now at the bottom of this page!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-3670159238690886181?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/3670159238690886181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/hottest-color-this-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/3670159238690886181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/3670159238690886181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/hottest-color-this-year.html' title='Hottest Color This Year'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-1904459223823251531</id><published>2009-03-15T10:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T10:26:49.486-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Gifts for your Bridal Party</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Be sure not to forget about all the wonderful people who have helped to make your day special, your bridal party! Forget the boring traditional gifts, go personalized!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22313980"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313463444202184338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/Sb022b6x3pI/AAAAAAAAACo/AV4pebuJrhA/s200/SpecialOccasionDesign+029.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These personalized monogram shot glasses are perfect for groomsmen or bridesmaids! Each set includes 4 shot glasses with their initial. Several designs and colors to choose from! Just contact &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22313980"&gt;Lilyelle at Special Occasion Design &lt;/a&gt;on Etsy. $10 per set of 10.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/Sb04r_5tDUI/AAAAAAAAACw/BKKF_mKCvqk/s1600-h/il_430xN_57033138.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313465463906045250" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/Sb04r_5tDUI/AAAAAAAAACw/BKKF_mKCvqk/s200/il_430xN_57033138.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These Personalized Spa Wraps and Slippers are sure to be a hit! Several colors and themes to choose from at &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_5&amp;amp;listing_id=20966676&amp;amp;ga_search_query=bridesmaid+personalized&amp;amp;ga_search_type=category_tags_weddings"&gt;MonogrammingByTammy&lt;/a&gt; on etsy. $35 per Set&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-1904459223823251531?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/1904459223823251531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/great-gifts-for-your-bridal-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1904459223823251531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/1904459223823251531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/great-gifts-for-your-bridal-party.html' title='Great Gifts for your Bridal Party'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/Sb022b6x3pI/AAAAAAAAACo/AV4pebuJrhA/s72-c/SpecialOccasionDesign+029.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-6042663896428884109</id><published>2009-03-11T18:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T19:30:02.765-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cute Spring Basket Idea'/><title type='text'>Cute Spring Ideas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SbhqhatxzdI/AAAAAAAAAB4/XzXa2y_1Akw/s1600-h/il_430xN_57519128.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312112882823056850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SbhqhatxzdI/AAAAAAAAAB4/XzXa2y_1Akw/s320/il_430xN_57519128.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sending welcome baskets to your out of town guests? Want to put toiletries in the restrooms to coordinate with your wedding? Check out these adorable handmade baskets! I found them over at &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21113379"&gt;ETSY&lt;/a&gt; by Sprinklemehappy. Love them!&lt;br /&gt;Each basket is made sturdy and is said not to bow with weight. &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SbhzYrZYXvI/AAAAAAAAACQ/V23eVOhaFAw/s1600-h/il_430xN_61039341.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312122628286734066" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SbhzYrZYXvI/AAAAAAAAACQ/V23eVOhaFAw/s200/il_430xN_61039341.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This adorable shabby chic wedding sign is perfect for any event indoor or outdoor! What a stylish way to welcome your guests!&lt;br /&gt;Found at &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=cat1_list_10&amp;amp;listing_id=22160951"&gt;Thebackporchshoppe&lt;/a&gt; on etsy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6825656"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312121092547897362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/Sbhx_SUtaBI/AAAAAAAAACI/HheMFxdsmss/s200/il_430xN_60973506.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Would you believe me if I told you these were not real flowers? Nope, and no one else would be the wiser either! You could get a custom made wedding bouquet for the same price you would at a local floral shoppe and it would last you for a lifetime of memories!&lt;br /&gt;Prices start at around $135 per bouquet and $12.00 for boutonnieres! Check these out at &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22110433"&gt;FentonFlorals&lt;/a&gt; on ETSY.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-6042663896428884109?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/6042663896428884109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/sending-welcome-baskets-to-your-out-of.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6042663896428884109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/6042663896428884109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/sending-welcome-baskets-to-your-out-of.html' title='Cute Spring Ideas'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Mn5oxc-sF0/SbhqhatxzdI/AAAAAAAAAB4/XzXa2y_1Akw/s72-c/il_430xN_57519128.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719368028489478156.post-3982428674430206011</id><published>2009-03-11T12:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T19:51:43.136-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Spring is in the air and Love is Blooming! My favorite season. But more than just being my favorite season because the sun is shining and the weather is warming, spring is the beginning of wedding season. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Thank you for joining us here at Special Occasion Design. I have been planning weddings for the last 4+ years and enjoy every moment of it. After having my first daughter Lily, I began an online wedding boutique to sell high quality customized wedding favors and accessories. Our online store has been open for over one year and has had wonderful success. Thank you to all who have supported us!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Here at Special Occasion Design Blog we will be bringing to you the new items of the season, giveaways, polls and more. Keep up to date on the latest great wedding items and themes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Again, thank you for joining us and please visit back soon! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Shop Special Occasion Design @ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lilyelle.etsy.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;http://www.lilyelle.etsy.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1719368028489478156-3982428674430206011?l=specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/feeds/3982428674430206011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/welcome.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/3982428674430206011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1719368028489478156/posts/default/3982428674430206011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://specialoccasiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>Special Occasion Design</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14253901884387488108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
