VIVEZ LA VIE WITH MADDY K

Great news! Maddy K has now partnered up with Vivez La Vie, a worldwide concierge service company. This new collaboration will be exclusive to Maddy K clients and give them access to a free personal concierge service for a whole year! Let Maddy K and Vivez La Vie give you back your most valuable asset: your time.

Now Maddy K couples and their guests can have more time to indulge in other activities! Your personal concierge team will work out the details and take away the stress. Vivez La Vie will learn your personal tastes and assist you with any travel arrangements, restaurant reservations, guest accommodations, Spa day for the girls and even finding a babysitter! You can now simplify your life by taking advantage of your free one year membership with Vivez La Vie’s personal concierge team courtesy of Maddy K, enjoy!

ABOUT VIVEZ LA VIE

Founded in 2006, Vivez La Vie quickly established itself as an innovative enterprise offering new resources to address local needs, a broad international network and a top level team. The enterprise has already won several awards including the 2007 Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest and the 2008 Prix Reconnaissance Innovation, a distinction honoring Quebec's most innovative businesses.

Today, in addition to serving its international clients, Vivez la vie continues to expand its private concierge team and its worldwide affiliated partner network in order to continue optimizing its services.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Rich of his studies in both Thailand and Taiwan, Nicolas rapidly evolved on the workplace from sales and customer service position to upper management. He’s very proud of his achievements at Dell computer working with the Preferred Account Division in Toronto and as director of Customer Service and Chief of Operations for the corporate branch of Van Houtte in Montréal.

Now with 15 years work experience in the corporate world and service industry, founding managing director Nicolas Marion belongs to that generation of dynamic young entrepreneurs endowed with a capacity for achieving greater client satisfaction by combining efficiency and know-how, effectiveness and accessibility.

A firm believer in local and social involvements, he actively participates on the board of the SADC des Laurentides, a non-profit agency that promotes the social and economic development of the Laurentian community, as well as being a member of the ICEA, the International Concierge & Errand Association.

As we get closer to spring (28 days till spring!), we want to share some of the hottest colours when it comes to spring weddings. Today we are focusing on clover green. Green is always popular for spring and summer weddings, clover green gives you a darker version of green that contrasts great with springs natural backdrop.

You can easily pair clover green with white, pinks, browns, blues and blacks!

Here is a little inspiration in clover greens.

Introducing Luisa Galuppo's Sweet Tip of the Week

Since graduating from Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Institute, Luisa has experience much of what the wonderful world of culinary art has to offer, pastries in particular. Over the past several years, she has had the pleasure of working in some of the best hotels, pastry and chocolate shops Montreal has to offer. All of these great experiences have led her to her true passion; cake! Exquisite wedding and specialty cakes!

After studying with Toronto based cake designer, Bonnie Gordon, and having had the chance to work with the very talented Allyson Meredith of Allyson Meredith Cakes, she has since launched Luisa Galuppo Cakes. Having always been passionate about baking, she is now able to combine her love of pastry with her love of art and design.

Each of Luisa’s cakes is custom designed to reflect the personal style and taste of her clients and always made with the best quality ingredients, exceptional attention to detail and with great care! Luisa believes that the perfect cake is not only beautiful, but more importantly, delicious! It is a labor of love.

Luisa couldn’t be happier to be collaborating with Maddy K and looks forward to sharing her love of cakes and helping you find the right one! Get professional tips on how you can sweeten up your special day each week by tuning in to read Luisa’s Sweet Tips of the Week!

Something Blue...

This spring there are a lot of great colours to choose from, and we'll be sure to make collages on all of them. From blues to greens and reds to purples it'll be a colourful and vibrant wedding season. We'll start the season off with something blue!

We'll see a lot of Light Aqua Blue (or Tiffany blue) accented with whites, creams or dark browns this spring. We love this colour because it's cool and fresh as well as a lot of fun! You can easily use this colour as a simple accent or set your theme around it. We've seen it paired a lot with vibrant red roses or orange tulips.

Here is some inspiration on our cool, fresh and fun Light Aqua Blue.

One of the most frequent questions I get from budding brides is how best to leverage spring seasonal flowers for their upcoming weddings.

I find that this is a very personal issue, but I have some thoughts about what has worked well for brides based on my experience.

For example what could be better than a beautiful display of spring flowers for nuptials occurring in April or May? Some great arrangements can be made with tulips, which are a personal favorite of mine. While they are known to come from Holland, Montreal brides will
be delighted to know that they are grown locally, making them good not only for the ever-tight wedding budget, but for the environment, as well.

Another favorite spring flower is hyacinth. During the spring, they give off a beautiful radiant fragrance. For wedding table displays, they can also be kept with their roots
in a clear square vase which gives a contemporary feel that your guests will be certain to be talking about for days.

There is no holy grail for wedding flowers. What is good for one bride may not be optimal for the next. But, with a bit of planning and creative thinking, floral arrangements can make tying the knot that much extra special extra-special.

If you have any questions regarding your wedding flowers or if you would like to make an appointment to get your wedding flowers done by Maddy K Flowers please email me: victoria@maddyk.com

Personalized Ribbon

These ribbons are a fabulous finishing touch to any favor box or place setting! Personalized with your names and date, or with your own special message, they will be memorable wherever they are used. They come in various colors and could be purchased from our very own Boutique.