This was such a fun bat mitzvah that we did in late spring from repeat clients for their 2nd daughter’s bat mitzvah in Bethesda!

She really let us great creative by using our cupcake trees along with wheat grass to place along the edge of the kid’s tables along with nestled cupcakes!

The adult tables had tall [...]

Ok – so I am officially obsessed with this cake.  Debbie Delardi from Cakes by Design outdid herself with this one! I am in love with it!  Debbie based the design on the Save-the-Dates and Invitations by her Etsy designer Magnolia Papier!
She also made cupcakes which we inserted paper flowers from Magnolia Papier into!

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While we have already added this to the press section of our website – we are still pretty jazzed about our feature in the newest issue of  The Bride & Bloom Magazine!

This issue is amazing – complete with all sorts of ideas from all over the place about how to go green for your wedding [...]

We have recently been contracted to make cupcake trees for a few of our clients.  I finally have a semi-decent shot of the tree. Cupcakes by Cakes by Design.

We have made about 4 different ones and our couples have loved them so much – they have them as decor in their homes now!  A great [...]

We seem to get so lucky to get some of the best brides and grooms in the city!  All year long we get the pleasure of working at the Ronald Reagan Building and this year – Ameena & Jamie take the cake for the best wedding of the year!  We got a taste of the [...]

I really love cake – but I really cannot stand a beautiful cake that tastes terrible!  Unfortunately that is the norm.  I have a few bakers that I love that do great work, beautiful art with fantastic flavors.
My favorite is Cakes by Design.  Debbie has become such a great friend and part of our family. [...]

Elegance & Simplicity had the opportunity of providing a lucky couple with wedding planning and floral designs along with all stationery items for their wedding day on Earth Day!  The Washington DC Green Wedding Consortium went all out to provide a lucky couple with over $50,000 worth of professional wedding services and products.  Katie Martin, the director [...]

Hello everyone!
I have been getting a lot of emails about how Dana & David are coming along with their Green Wedding Plans!!
Her dress is picked, she met with Avalon about Eco-Cuisine as well.  They are getting married at Mount Vernon United Methodist and they have picked out their invitations!  With that – they have also [...]