Wispy, White & Wintery

I just had a bit of a "word association" moment and decided to turn into a quick blog entry.

I'm a born & raised SoCal girl (wouldn't have it any other way)! Yes, I'm "spoiled" by nice and sunny weather nearly all year-round. Living here, we don't get to experience the true meaning of winter, as many other areas do (and, believe me, I'm not complaining). Today, for example, it's December 5th and our weather is still in the mid-high 60's (love it)!

Here's where my mental word association began. As I sat here thinking of (real) winter, I automatically thought of snow... which made me think of snowballs. However, I have no true experience with snowballs. So their white & round shape made ME think of beautiful clusters of baby's breath! Of course, others of you in snowy weather may have different ideas you associate snowballs with. But, nope, my mind thought of fluffy white centerpieces (I guess that's the SoCal wedding planner in me).

It's amazing how the tiny blooms of baby's breath can make such a huge statement when gathered together and beautifully arranged into vases. Not only is it budget-friendly, but it also provides a dreamy and romantic feeling, especially when coupled with candles.

So, with this being an idea that came to mind after thinking about snowballs, I found a few examples of baby's breath centerpieces that would be perfect for winter wedding tablescapes.

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And baby's breath looks absolutely amazing when accenting the aisle for your angelic entrance.

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Or you can also scale down the size, making it perfect for a holiday dinner party at home.

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"SAND" Diego

Today the husby and I fought our way through traffic and headed down to the Imperial Beach Sand Castle competition and street festival. I'd never been before and decided to give it a shot.

Actually, I'm not sure what I was thinking because I spent 10 hours yesterday setting up and coordinating an outdoor wedding, with the ceremony on the beach in Coronado and reception nearby at the Loews Hotel Resort's Marina Terrance. So, I already had enough sun, as well as a sand workout for the weekend. But, somehow I mustered up the strength to go.

Well, after parking about a half mile away, my desire to then walk on the beach and through hundreds of people started to fade. But we still bumped our way through the crowd and I was able to take a few photos before we headed back to the car and back into traffic.

Now I'm relaxing at home and feel doubly drained. I'm sure there were many more sculptures that I missed. But, here are 3 quick pics that I was able to capture:

The one below was was entitled "Beach Bug". It simply looked like a mound of sand with a few arms sticking out of it. I kinda feel like I could have done this one myself LOL!

I believe that this second one was a tribute to Guns n' Roses (with a sculpture of Slash in the middle) IDK??? And, of course, I had to get a picture of the Michael Jackson sand sculpture. There was more to this one and they also had MJ music playing in the background. Unfortunately, it was too crowded and difficult to take pictures. So, I only captured this shot.