Sylvia Weinstock is an icon in the cake world.  She is known around the world for her towering cakes of sugar flowers.  I was lucky enough to meet her and receive a copy of her new book, “Sensational Cakes“…not even out!!

Engage ’08!  The Encore, was a b2b luxury wedding business symposium at the Ritz Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes moderated by Rebecca Grinnals (the force behind Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons ) of Engaging Concepts.  The group of people attending was fantastic!!  My mind is still in a whirl trying to digest it all.

One of my favorites is the fabulous Randy Fenoli.  Although he was already a huge name in the wedding gown design industry, he’s reaching a new audience as the Fashion Director of Kleinfeld which is featured on “Say Yes to the Dress“.  Randy has added a huge value to the show.  He’s just so lovable and adorable as well as amazingly talented!!

Kathryn Arce, Rebecca Grinnals  and team of Engaging Concepts did a wonderful job on the symposium.  I can’t describe it as well as Donna Von Bruening does on her blog.  Please check out her blog on it: http://www.dvbphoto.com/ .  Donna was the main inspiration to our blog.  She is a super writer and I love following her blog.

The team from Southern Weddings was so much fun!  I’m drawn to smiley people and they never stopped smiling!  Their first issue comes out in January…can’t wait.  Here is Lara, Laura and Kirstin.