WEDDING DESIGN: L.A. FABRIC WHOLESALE - I'D GO BACK JUST FOR THE HOT DOG

With just 8 weeks to the wedding in Dallas, I headed to LA to the garment/fabric district to hunt for ice pink fabric - not easy to find in the middle of winter!   Shawna needed draperies and we hoped to find the perfect fabric for them.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GnYxSq73EAroXKorWhkWzZ3WTm6wuh8VIbtoFDXWjq55XCQlA8uTrKZARW2KJ2rl92Cxkjua9lZbD1HpTJHQZ-e2tANn5fvZSaZhrmQHiqhyJQV51dMaQlFk4LKDYcmlHzJ5kMGvbOM/s1600/2717944975_2369bf8975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GnYxSq73EAroXKorWhkWzZ3WTm6wuh8VIbtoFDXWjq55XCQlA8uTrKZARW2KJ2rl92Cxkjua9lZbD1HpTJHQZ-e2tANn5fvZSaZhrmQHiqhyJQV51dMaQlFk4LKDYcmlHzJ5kMGvbOM/s400/2717944975_2369bf8975.jpg" yr="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iv4BSJo-mp9xAF1cnGuUAHGhIREDI9ihDiMK2FPoB_QE0nedlBxydKy7zPU7v0gocClTZc1S_uhYGEBS3YTiiVLYDPEdflq6jQS6GP-z7wTu_ZkTokjfbrH66tpm6rkzBdy2W4o4Wrw/s1600/fabric2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iv4BSJo-mp9xAF1cnGuUAHGhIREDI9ihDiMK2FPoB_QE0nedlBxydKy7zPU7v0gocClTZc1S_uhYGEBS3YTiiVLYDPEdflq6jQS6GP-z7wTu_ZkTokjfbrH66tpm6rkzBdy2W4o4Wrw/s400/fabric2.jpg" yr="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We navigated the fabric district in a frenzy.  There was shopping to do and then kids to pick up - we had a small window of opportunity - we geared up for some serious power shopping and headed into every shop that had a glimmer of pink.   We found the perfect ice pink damask in the very back of a little shop for only $3.99 a yard.  </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVNy5P4yQK0VTQ9pfNRACzGCTWBNAgyF0olwNcEbYxE_f2I1AZFGsdS0sQpudC3N5C8JRMej50PqPAj2ZF_hUDNFfy_BsuqSGl7X0vYz2boE_vs1ZlDzeJy9081EhaEePyp2aDWa5ozk/s1600/mb_ff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Nearby we found the perfect taupe velvet fabric for Shawna's drapes and a wonderful price to make them as well.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I still needed a companion fabric for the wedding, but we were hungry, so we stopped for lunch at a street vendor and had the most perfect hot dog.  Bacon wrapped and covered in grilled peppers and onions and topped with fresh tomato, cilantro and avocado salsa.  Never would have topped a hot dog with any of it, and yet it was soooo good.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RY8qgfJef3EZfQbjRGmlRrfjPIgf8qpG7I2NYW0hoGr2sc0mPMF6mVPIXLmRDgqRETSp-GyCBIhAEqwg3kg386YfFJCe09ePzSRRuILkcVcQ0Drr9Zbnj7DEmHxLcnkdPphyphenhyphenKzm6ZPU/s1600/dangerdogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RY8qgfJef3EZfQbjRGmlRrfjPIgf8qpG7I2NYW0hoGr2sc0mPMF6mVPIXLmRDgqRETSp-GyCBIhAEqwg3kg386YfFJCe09ePzSRRuILkcVcQ0Drr9Zbnj7DEmHxLcnkdPphyphenhyphenKzm6ZPU/s320/dangerdogs.jpg" yr="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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border-top: medium none;">We are excited to go back and investigate the shops we didn't have time to get to, but honestly,  I'd go back just for the hot dog!  Fancy a trip?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4LXOl-wF8mJs7q_aOpc3ank2kVFNb5L3PfWTSNOOtzf59HMC-QB3wy6Eery9SCSEllOfrPBiTd4rXlr_jBkBZxB2hkV4BdcEk-y_EjlMNlFwi8LbgEmlWT8B7mAo-EodYHxlD6Uu544/s1600/cs_ml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4LXOl-wF8mJs7q_aOpc3ank2kVFNb5L3PfWTSNOOtzf59HMC-QB3wy6Eery9SCSEllOfrPBiTd4rXlr_jBkBZxB2hkV4BdcEk-y_EjlMNlFwi8LbgEmlWT8B7mAo-EodYHxlD6Uu544/s400/cs_ml.jpg" yr="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; 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WEDDING DESIGN: L.A. FABRIC WHOLESALE - I'D GO BACK JUST FOR THE HOT DOG

With just 8 weeks to the wedding in Dallas, I headed to LA to the garment/fabric district to hunt for ice pink fabric - not easy to find in ...

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