Happy New Year!

Hey everybody

Happy New Year from Cocoa Berry Design

Not too sure if it's too late in the month to be saying that! But we hope you've all had a great Christmas break...

As 2011 is now upon us - we're keen to bring you some fabulous blogs about fabulous things! Most of it will be wedding related and some will be just for fun!

We know we've been a bit slack in the posting department - however that's all going to change. Well, we hope it's going to change...

We hope you enjoy our posts and we'll look forward to any feedback you may have.

Love CB xox

Photo by Smash Photography

Black and Green Goodness

Hello! Today I thought we would post an inspiration board of sorts. We have taken one of our new designs (currently nameless!) and paired it up with a few images that would help to set the tone and theme for your wedding. 

We like to show how your stationery can influence your theme for the day! Something as simple as lime green and black colours in your stationery can lead you on your way to a fresh and bold theme. Enjoy!

Top Left image by Diana Sanders

Claire and Stuart - Beautiful Bronze

Here are a few pics of a recent job for the lovely Claire and Stuart. They went for an 'Off the rack' design 'Text Only' and added their personal touch with a customized map, extra insert, RSVP postcard and address labels. A fabulous colour palette of beautiful bronze, cream and black was chosen and resulted in a stunning combo. Simple and elegant with a bit of edge. Love!

A cute wee customized map

The Stamford Wedding Soiree

Hello All,

Thought we would let you know when we will next be out and about for a show and tell!

The next event we will be appearing at is the The Stamford Wedding Soiree at the gorgeous Stamford Plaza Auckland.

The details are Saturday 21st August 2010, 5.30pm - 7.30pm, Albert Street, Auckland. So come along for some bubbles and canapes, meet the wedding specialists (and meet us of course!) and check out the fabulous venue that is the Stamford Plaza.

For more details and to reserve your ticket see here

A quick pic of the show we did earlier this year! 

The Boutique Bride - Grand Opening

Hello World Wide Web!!!

We have just finished a full on weekend that was the grand opening of The Boutique Bride. 

For the opening we decided to show how a collective of specialists can get together and show how together we can create a one cohesive theme. The theme for the opening was '30 Love' drawing from inspiration from the 1930's and bringing it in to the present day.

I wanted to post a few pics that we took of the day to show how we created stationery to fit this vintage theme. 

Belinda from Smash Photography (who is also part of The Boutique Bride) was documenting the whole day including an editorial shoot the following day - and needless to say she has some amazing images of both days that will come in following days!! So here is a small peak at what you can expect.

The Grand Opening - The Boutique Bride

As you may or may not know Cocoa Berry is part of The Boutique Bride and it is very exciting to announce that the grand opening is upon us!!!! 

A brand new concept in the wedding industry has recently been created. A group of Aucklands best wedding specialists have joined together to form "The Boutique Bride". We have experts in the areas of wedding dresses, bridesmaids and flower girl dresses, hair and make up, invitations, flowers, cakes, photography, accessories, styling and event co-ordinating. All of our specialists are available for consultation at our show room in Verrans Corner on the North Shore, Auckland.  For more inspiration or to book an appointment, visit our website www.theboutiquebride.co.nz. or contact Cocoa Berry Design here

Decorative Decadence

Hello Interweb. Feeling more and more like a bad blogger at the moment - I notice my last post was in MAY whoops!!!

So here goes the first post for June. Another example of taking one of our off the rack designs, adding your own touch and making it extra special.

Kirstin and Friedrich chose the Decorative Frame design and changed the colors to fit their theme of Jade green and crisp white. To make their invites extra special they chose two types of speciality paper stock. A textured paper for the outside and a delicate translucent paper for the inside. Add in the custom designed motif of their initials, and you've got yourself something rather special.

Here are a few pics of invite and the construction of the final product. Thank you Kirstin and Friedrich you were an absolute pleasure to work with!

Hot off the press and ready to be assembled (over 300 pieces!)

Close up detail of the textured paper

The delicate insert 

Looking down on the inside, with insert. 

Front and back of the final product