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Soiree for Sweethearts

LASTING LOVE

miscellany of lustrous accents sets the tone for an evening centered around a special duo’s 50-year marriage. The shimmer of a striped ecru linen underlines a parade of golden décor, from glass dinnerware etched with an exquisite filigree-style border to knotted napkin rings made of sparkling gold rope. Dappled votives and pillar candles festooned with decorative swirling vines further the tableau’s warm glow. Nestled in a gilded vessel, an ethereal fusion of white roses, lilies, and hypericum berries, interspersed

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