At Cream & Flutter, our most creative and inspiring work is often brought to life while working with brides and party throwers.  So when we began collaborating with Anthropologie‘s newest bridal brand, BHLDN, it seemed like a dream come true.

Now, we could not be any happier to announce our formal partnership with BHLDN, where we will be combining our delicious pastries and confections with their gorgeous decor and apparel.  You can now purchase a selection of Cream & Flutter products in the Chicago BHLDN retail store, and you can also find a selection of BHLDN decor items on display and for sale at Cream & Flutter.  We strongly believe that this relationship will create new possibilities for both Cream & Flutter and BHLDN clients, and are looking forward to continuing our work with BHLDN in new and unique ways.

Love the BHLDN style as much as we do? Ask us for a BHLDN dessert table! We are happy to incorporate BHLDN treat pedestals, signage, cake embellishments, and backdrops along with our Cream & Flutter sweets to create a totally swoon-worth display that your guests will adore.

Take a peek at BHLDN decor here.

To get started on your dessert table design, e-mail amanda@creamandflutter.com

Lucky us!  We recently got to spend the day with two wedding industry greats: BHLDN and Martha Stewart Weddings!

The Martha Stewart Wedding Party was a huge hit among Chicago brides, bringing the best in Chicago wedding vendors, loads of great food, tall flutes filled with mimosas, and wedding advice from the celebrity editor herself, Darcy Miller!

Michele, Danielle, and I turned heads all day in our colorful BHLDN spring frocks, while showing off the coveted Onyx gown from Catherine Deane, more of the BHLDN spring collection, and a full display of color coordinated sweet treats.  Lynn from Pollen floral design brought us the lovely spring blooms.

Of course, the best part of the day was meeting all of those sweet brides.  Congrats to you all and happy wedding planning!

~Amanda

It’s no secret how much we adore partnering with BHLDN, so we couldn’t have been happier to see their Chicago retail storefront celebrate one year of success working with fabulous brides in the windy city.  We jumped at the chance to collaborate with so much local creative talent and were humbled to design this event alongside So Dressed Up, Pistil & Vine, Truffleberry Market, and of course, BHLDN themselves.

With the recent release of the BHLDN spring 2013 collection and also with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, romance seemed an appropriate inspiration for our little fete.  Many ruffles, roses, and teacups later, the store had been transformed into a lovely garden tea party, complete with sparkly gowns, lace parasols, and lots of pink!

The Cream & Flutter dessert table was full of tiny bites you might enjoy at an afternoon tea.  Channeling Sofia Coppola in her stylized drama of Marie Antoinette, we snagged a compilation of BHLDN’s cutest tea plates, cake pedestals, and serving pieces to create an eclectic display of cakes and cookies in a very feminine color palette.  We included shortbread cookie sandwiches with cherry jam, toasted almond rochers, mini vanilla cupcakes with strawberry buttercream and champagne bubbles,  meringue tarts with scottish lemon curd, passionfruit and vanilla bean french macarons, lemon blackberry poppyseed bread, and fresh strawberries with mascarpone whipped cream.

We talked with so many sweet brides that, even with the snow falling outside, we were swept away by dreams of summer weddings.  And while we are not planning our own nuptials, we couldn’t help but mentally select our favorite frocks and matching accessories… just in case we got invited to celebrate with some other happy couple!

For those of you who weren’t able to join us, please enjoy these photos of all things gorgeous from the party last Thursday.  Can’t get enough?  Check out all of the pieces online and shop to your heart’s content!