VivaNetworking High Tea with a Panel of “Designing Women”
Speaking on “Adding Beauty to Our Lives to Enhance Well-Being”

June 9, 2007
1:00 – 4:00 PM

 

 

Our Panel of Experts

 

 

 

                    

 

     Monyka                    Gina                           Teri                              Debbie      

   Berrocosa               Garunkstis                 Rizzutti                            McHale

The Women’s             GG Design             Rizzutti Fine Art        Interior Transformations

Wine & Dine®          Inspirations    

 

 

 

Our Hostess Viviane

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Viviane shares her wonderful story of building her business and the satisfaction of seeing the joyful effect that the affordable treasures she has brought from Paris have on the women who wear them.


Visit Viviane on the web at www.boutiqueviviane.com.

 

 

Monyka Berrocosa – Food and Wine Author, Journalist and Expert

www.womenandwineevents.com   and   www.MyCity4Her.com

Easy & Elegant Entertaining with Wine

Ms. Berrocosa will help you discover the beauty and elegance of wine starting with how to taste, how to effortlessly pair with food, how to purchase for any situation and how to make the simplicity of entertaining with a wine work for you.

 

 

Debbie McHale of Interior Transformations, Interior Designer

debramchale@yahoo.com

What does your home or office say about you?   How do you feel when you are there? Learn how color and textiles can transform your space.  Discover why and how colors make you feel.  Experiment with different textures to warm, invigorate, romanticize, or calm the various spaces in your home and office environments.

 

 

Gina Garunkstis of GG Design Inspirations, Interior Designer

www.ggdesigninspirations.com

 

The Peaceful Home:

 

Our home is our sanctuary. It is the place where we terminate the day and originate the next one. It is the place where we connect with our loved ones, our friends. Everything about our home represents ritual, a ritual that is part of our everyday life. It is the place where we re-energize ourselves after a long and stressful day.  After all, we need it to provide more than a roof over our heads. We need it to restore our mind and our emotions. It is about the human spirit. You need your home to be a comfort zone.

 

What does this mean?  It is a reflection of who you are. Is it a cozy nest, warm and  welcoming, a place of refuge?  Or, is it chaotic and unwelcoming? What image do you want to project and what kind of environment do you want to  live in?

 

A calm ambience can set the tone of your home from the moment you walk in. This design style is the main ingredient in setting the stage in all your rooms.

Let's talk about some ideas on how to decorate for comfort, warmth, and peace. 

 

 

Teri Rizzutti of Rizzutti Fine Art

www.rizzuttifineart.com

 

"The Fine Art of Beauty"

 

Professional Fine Artist and Gallery Director, Teri Rizzutti, will be sharing insights on the delightful yet soulful benefits of surrounding oneself with beauty. Beauty speaks to us individually....delving past surface levels we resonate with beautiful objects on an emotional level.   It is here that beauty feeds and nourishes us...particularly as women.

Discover how Fine Art (an object of beauty) can inspire us, transport us to a place of serenity and enhance our quality of life.