The new Wedding Suite in Nordstrom

Please join award winning cake decorator

 Pastries By Vreeke

for the Grand Opening of

The Wedding Suite

Thursday, March 3, 2011

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topanga Plaza, California

If you’re a bride-to-be, your wedding day will be one of your most joyous days—and the time you spend shopping for it should reflect the happy occasion to come. That’s why we want to make shopping for you and the whole wedding party an experience you’ll remember almost as much as your big day. We’ve introduced you to our Wedding Stylists, and now we’re excited to announce the impending opening of our first Wedding Suites.

Fully appointed with gowns, bridesmaid dresses, comfy seating for the whole party, extra-large fitting rooms and so much more, our Wedding Suites are the perfect place to sit down with our stylists and make the day of your dreams a reality.
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Marylin & Lori Vreeke of Pastries By Vreeke enjoying the evening chatting with brides and other wedding vendors.

Pastries By Vreeke, located in Westlake Village, California created this display cake especially for the Nordstrom Wedding Suite event.

 Every ten minutes or so, the two sets of models would switch, enabling the brides to see so many pretty dresses!

















So many different styles to choose from. They all look so pretty, especially when the models are beautiful!

Even the mother of the brides had fun trying on dresses from the huge selection.

Jo & Tony owners of Maravilla Gardens in Camarillo, California
 enjoying all the desserts supplied by Command Performance Caterina.

Tobey Dodge, wedding planner extraordinaire discussing The Wedding Suite with one of the Nordstrom staff.

So many pretty wedding dresses at Nordstom to theme my wedding cakes after

Brides can never get enough Bling!

  

Refreshment galore supplied by Command Performance Catering
The new Wedding Suite in Nordstrom is amazing.  The staff is wonderful, very knowledgeable and makes the wedding dress fitting very enjoyable.  Not only do they offer attire for the entire bridal party and guests, they also offer facials, manicures, and a list of vendors.

The most amazing thing about the Wedding Suite in Nordstrom is the prices of the dresses.  The highest prices we found for wedding gowns were barely $1,000. 

I'm going back with a family friend for a fitting.  She found the most beautiful dress when she was there.  Can't wait to see the show!

Many thanks to Command Performance Catering for the wonderful evening of desserts!

Ventura County Wedding Locations

Ventura County is home to some of the most beautiful and unique wedding venues. There are multiple Country Clubs, Hotels, Historic Homes, Garden Sites, Vineyards, Beach weddings, Restaurants, ocean piers, Zoo weddings park sites to name a few.  Really the choice is endless.

Pastries By Vreeke delivers to many wonderful wedding sites in the Ventura County.



Spanish Hills Wedding Cake



County Club Weddings in Ventura County

Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks,

Spanish Hills Country Club, Camarillo

Moorpark Country Club, Moorpark

Saticoy Country Club, Somis

Sterling Hills, Camarillo

Los Posas Country Club, Camarillo

North Ranch County Club, Westlake

Sherwood Country Club Wedding Cake





Westlake Village Inn Wedding Cake





Hotel wedding sites in Ventura County

Hyatt Westlake, Westlake

Westlake Village Inn, Westlake

Mandalay Beach Resort, Oxnard

Four Seasons, Agoura









McCormick Home Ranch Wedding Cake

Historic Homes wedding sites in Ventura County

Camarillo Ranch Home, Camarillo

McCormick Home Ranch, Camarillo

Hummingbird Nest, Simi Valley



Golf Course wedding sites in Ventura County

Sterling Hills, Camarillo

Los Robles Greens Country Club, Thousand Oaks,

Wood Ranch Golf Club, Simi Valley

Vineyard wedding sites in Ventura County

Bella Victorian Vineyards, Camarillo



 

Bella Victorian Wedding Cake













Garden wedding sites in Ventura County

Hartley Botanica, Somis
Maravilla Gardens, Camarillo

Rancho de las Palmas, Moorpark,

Walnut Grove, Moorpark,

Hartley Botanica Wedding Cake







Other wonderful wedding sites in Ventura County

Calamigos Ranch, Malibu

Regan Library, Simi Valley

Scarlett Belle River Boat, Oxnard

Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens





Calamigos Ranch Wedding Cake







 Tips when visiting wedding sites in Ventura County:
(courtesy of Here Comes the Guide)
•If you really love the site, ask the venue representative to put together a proposal with all the pricing and policies—including the tax and service charge—so you have an idea of the basic cost.

•Bring a camera with you to every location you visit, and organize the photos by location name when you get home. After seeing a series of places, it’s easy to confuse them. Having a photographic record will help you remember what was special about each site.

•Pay attention to venue as a whole: Check out everything, including the restrooms, the foyer, the dressing rooms, the outdoor lighting and even the kitchen. You want to be sure your vision can be realized at this location. If possible, make arrangements with the site representative to visit the venue when it’s set up for a wedding.

•GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING. Your date is not officially reserved until you sign a contract and, in many cases, give a deposit—even if a site contact says you don’t need to worry about it. Once you’ve found THE PLACE, make sure you ask what is required to get your booking locked in and then follow through on satisfying those requirements. And don’t assume that just because the site coordinator said you can have 4 votive candles per table, you’ll get them. Before you sign a contract, read the fine print and make sure it includes everything you and the site contact agreed on. As new things are added or changed in your contract, have the updated version printed out and signed by you and the site representative. Also, document all your conversations in emails and keep your correspondence.

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Check out Google Maps for Ventura County Wedding Venues



HOT WEDDING COLORS FOR 2011

Some of the Hot Southern California wedding colors for the 2011 Wedding Season encompass all the warm colors.  We are seeing a lot of brides picking warm browns, oranges, gray tones and earth tones

Pastries By Vreeke, located in Westlake Village, California creates extraordinary wedding cakes which incorporate the pallet of your wedding and reception.

For more info on Wedding Cakes in Southern California, give Pastries By Vreeke a call at

(805) 523-CAKE

New York In January! Cold Cold Cold

Took a trip to New York city to create a special birthday cake for a special birthday girl!

 

 Happy Birthday to Colette Peters of

Colette's Cakes!

 Colette's Birthday cake was created by her assistant Jen, her intern Laila and me Lori Vreeke of Pastries By Vreeke.  Colette's cake was themed after the work of artist Hundertwasser.

Leila and Jen painting away on the birthday cake

Colette's Cakes 681 Washington Blvd. New York, New York

One of many treasures to be found at Colette's Cakes.

This is a mosaic wall Colette made on a wall separating the entry from the kitchen.

It was very cold and snowy in Manhattan, but that didn't stop me from window shopping while visiting the city.  Jen and I had a fun time trying to catch snow flakes on our tongues and going out for Matzo Ball Soup.

Pastries By Vreeke will be showcased locally at

Hyatt Westlake

Westlake, California

Sunday, January 16, 2011

11:00am - 3:00pm 

E-mail me for a complementary pass to the show!

Stop by for a chance to win free goodies

Taste some cake samples

Check out our display of amazing wedding cakes.

Happy New Year!

Hyatt Westlake Link

SPANISH HILLS BRIDAL SHOWCASE

Pastries By Vreeke will be showcased at the beautiful

Spanish Hills Country Club

 

Camarillo, California

Sunday, January 9, 2011

3:00 - 6:00pm

Stop by for a chance to win free goodies

Taste some cake samples

Check out our display of amazing wedding cakes.

Happy New Year!

http://www.spanishhillscc.com/camarillo-wedding.htm

TOP 10 CAKES OF 2010

I created some wonderful cakes in 2010 for some wonderful clients. Some were for weddings, some parties and one for TLC's Ultimate Cake Off.  

#1

This is definitely one of my all time favorite cakes. This creation was for a wedding for a great couple in the movie industry. They both travel a lot for work, hence the luggage and the sugar film reels represented the movies. All the labels and tags on the luggage were of places they have visited together.

I love getting unique orders like this!

#2

This beautiful cake served 600 guests for a beautiful couple who were married at the beginning of the year at the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Hotel. Everything about this wedding was beautiful from the ballroom itself to the floral centerpieces that adorned each table.

#3

This is one of my favorites because I just loved the colors of the roses. The pastel colors are so soothing to the eye, I could look at this picture forever.

#4

This cake was so fun with the Mardi Gras theme with the deep purple and golds. It's always fun to carve the cakes a bit to achieve the funky look of each tier. Bella Victorian Vineyards is a great backdrop for an outdoor wedding, nestled in the mountains, not far from the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by vineyards.

#5

This softly sponge painted cake in shades of violet was stenciled with beautiful patterns. The monogram was created with sugarpaste and the cake was made even prettier with edible butterflies.

Oh how pretty!

#6

Just a simple cake but oh so elegant. I love changing things up a bit and alternating the tiers between square and round.

#7

This "Monkey Boy" bridal shower cake was created for a couple that I made a wedding cake for. I used their invitations as a guide for the design. I love making custom cake toppers, gotta love the monkey :)

#8

The reason I love this cake so much was that it was created for a groom serving in the US Marines.

God Bless all the military personnel who make our country safe.

#9

This is one of 13 dogs I created for a Bat Mitzvah. Each table had a different breed of dog as the centerpiece. The dogs were auctioned off at the end of the evening to the highest bidder and the money collected went to a charity.

#10

I can't take all the credit for this cake that was created for TLC's Ultimate Cake Off. I was just part of Colette Peter's winning team that created this cake in 9 hours for Griffith Parks 75th Anniversary.

I have never worked so hard in my life, but it payed off in the end.

Thanks Colette for having me as part of your team!

I'd love to know what everyone thinks of my favorite cakes of 2010.

Which one's your favorite?

Happy New Year to all my followers!