(Above): One of my favourite parts of the show was the Kate Spade-inspired tea lounge we created in the main ballroom. It was called "Love, In Spades." In order to separate our show from other shows, we really wanted key areas to be experiences for our guests, much like you'd find at a wedding reception! Here at WedLuxe, we're smitten kittens with the Kate Spade brand (so much so we have even recently designed our office around the signature black and white stripes)! There's something graphic and whimsical, yet upscale and modern about everything Kate Spade, and we adore it.

So, a tea lounge was created to drop in for a spot of tea (that's PINK tea, if you ordered the Toasty Almond tea on the menu courtesy of our tea room sponsor, Tealish)! Yes, we picked pink tea on purpose! ;)

The entry was created with tall silk black and white draped fabric. Micki's did the draping and Aaron from 5th Element Events sourced the PERFECT drapery to match our sketch! It arrived from NYC with DAYS to spare. I could barely contain my excitement when on the night before the show, the sketch became reality. SO FUN!

Rebekah Cuff, one of our amazing WedLuxe designers created ALL of the signage and design elements for this room including the awesome banners that hung from the entry and the podium. 

All of the floral was created by Marta Urbanowitz of 5th Element Events. The furniture was all sourced from Contemporary Furniture Rentals Inc (including the pillows)!




(Above): The stunning gold mesh linen was provided by The Linen Closet. (Who also provided the gold linen upstairs in the Beauty Boutique).




We had custom-designed napkins printed in gold and white. The napkins were sourced locally from Artik.



For each cocktail table, we stuck menus into carnation balls. Gold metallic cardstock framed the top layer of the menu. We used wooden shish-kebab sticks between the layers of paper to place them into the carnations. Simple, yet effective!



I loved the mirrored cocktail tables. They're available in white or black from Contemporary Furniture Rentals Inc. 



Rebekah created four giant signs (they were 6.5ft each) that featured adorable little quotes. This one was my fav! :)



As a cute alternative to a chair, we paired these tufted patent ottomans with the white mirrored cocktail tables for a few areas of the lounge.  



Some of the menu items provided by The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto catering department for the tea lounge included gold
polka-dotted macarons and gold-dusted pink cake pops.



It was fun to see our guests relax in the lounge with a magazine and a macaron! :)