Today our Member Spotlight features Dorinda Duclos, owner and lead designer of Favors by Dorinda, personalized candy bar wrapper favors and custom candy cakes. Dorinda shares with us some background on how she got started in the industry and narrates some details from one of her recent events!
Chocolate and art have always been my passion, so I combined the two to add sweetness to any beautiful occasion.
Favors by Dorinda was born in April 1998. As an art major in school, my love for creating was never far away. After a 20 year career in pharmacy, the arts called once again. Active in many organizations throughout the wedding industry, as well as a social media expert, you’ll often find me on Facebook & Twitter, chatting away about today’s trends, what’s in, what’s out and what’s coming up.
I’m married to an incredible man, Neil, who supports me no matter what crazy idea I happen to come up with. I’m a proud mom of two wonderful children, Jonathan and Alyssa. This is what I truly live for and my family inspires me to keep moving forward, making my dreams always come true.
Our Royal Wedding ~ Lady Rebecca & Sir Jonathan
“Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethew today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam. And wove, twue wove, wiww fowwow you fowevah and evah… So tweasuwe youw wove” ~ Princess Bride
On Friday, September 16, 2011, my son, Jonathan, married the love of his life, Rebecca. I can honestly say that it was the most amazing wedding (short of mine lol) that I have ever experienced. It was a medieval wedding. The men wore tabards and swords, the women dressed as medieval princesses (especially my daughter, Alyssa). Even the guests dressed for the occasion! And yes, the parents did, too! We all got into the festivities, including a fire show, a juggler & a flutist. The entertainment was amazing.
A special thank you goes out to Agnieshka Burke of Pumpkin Coach Events, who brought this event to life. She did an amazing job the day of the wedding, never missing a beat and making sure that everything was perfect!
We’d also like to thank Dominick from The Bethwood in Totowa, NJ. Without his willingness to make dreams come true, we couldn’t have had this wonderful day. The entire staff at The Bethwood was professional, kind and always smiling! They made it very easy for the guests to truly enjoy everything that was happening around them.
I had the honor of making the candy bar wrapper favors & mintbooks for Jon & Becky, using Jon’s artwork as the background.
As a special surprise for the bride and groom, my husband and I commissioned Robert Calabrese of Robert Edward Woodworking to create a dragon statue that would be the base for a castle cake we asked Sabrina Kuratana, owner of a cake dream, to make for us. They blew us away! The dragon is amazing, carved of wood, perched over the castle, guarding the happy couple. The cake is incredible, too beautiful to cut! But cut we did!! Wow! The cake was so delicious…a chocolate cake with mocha filling. I know where my next big occasion cake is coming from 
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So I’ve shared some of the hi-lights of this magical day but the most important part was watching my son and his new wife. The glow from their faces, the sparkle in their eyes, truly showed how very much they love each other. And after all, isn’t that what it’s all about…
Congratulations to Jonathan & Rebecca ~ Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness, laughter and most of all Love!
Event Planning: Agnieshka Burke of Pumpkin Coach Events, http://www.pumpkincoachevents.com
Location: The Bethwood, http://www.thebethwood.com/
Custom Dragon Statue: Robert Calabrese of Robert Edward Woodworking, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Robert-Edward-Woodworking/130564263634282
Cake: Sabrina Kuratana of A Cake Dream, http://www.acakedream.com/
Favors: Favors by Dorinda http://www.favorsbydorinda.com/
