The Truth behind Floral Décor: Arches

June 10, 2008 by  
Filed under Flower Friday, Wedding decor

I had the privilege of assisting on a truly beautiful wedding this past weekend. You would have loved it: outdoors at a wonderful botanical garden on the grounds of the Cheek mansion. The florals were bright, happy, perfect for a summer day and quite extensive. There in lies the bugaboo. Saturday in lovely NashVegas was [...]

Treats for Your House Party

June 9, 2008 by  
Filed under Wedding planning advice

Come on. You all know how much I like swag. Nothing beats a fun creative swag bag as a way to remember an event, double score when the bag is a cool as the swag in it. At last weeks conference in Celebration, Fl, Rebecca pulled in a favor from a friend from the neighborhood [...]

Flower Friday: Preston Bailey and Marcy Blum

June 6, 2008 by  
Filed under Wedding decor

I had the chance recently to be part of an Inside the Designers Studio with none other than Preston Bailey and Marcy Blum. Instead of doing their standard conference presentation, Rebecca Grinnals had set up a more intimate discussion with Bailey and his oft times partner Marcy Blum. What a treat. Together they shared with [...]

Get Married

June 5, 2008 by  
Filed under Finding Inspiration

I just got back from a fabulous conference in Florida with some of the top trend setters in the industry. Over the next few days I want to go indepth on some of the people and products I ran across. So let’s get started. I rode in from the airport with the darling Stacie Francombe, [...]

Flower Friday: The Carnation

May 30, 2008 by  
Filed under Flower Friday, Wedding decor

Some times the simplest things can have the biggest impact. Take for instance the humble carnation. We have all seen the old fashion, boring flower arrangement with a few carnations and a bunch of green filler or even worse the single green carnation in the bud vase tied with paper ribbon. I think we can [...]

$1000 Tigerlilly Jewelry Giveaway

May 28, 2008 by  
Filed under Uncategorized

WooHoo! My favorite jewelry designer, Mandy Greenan is giving away $1000 of her fabulous bridal jewelry to one lucky bride. Tigerlilly is looking for its Bride of the Season for summer. Not only will the winner receive a gift certificate for Mandy’s beautiful bridal and bridesmaid jewelry and hair accessories; she will be featured on [...]

Rose Petal Monogram

May 22, 2008 by  
Filed under DIY Weddings, Flower Friday

If you follow the Dish then you know I have had my share of stories about rose petals; good, bad and hysterically funny. Whether it’s keeping my head down while the planner and the church lady argued over their very existence or traipsing through the pouring rain and lightning to collect them off the grass, [...]

Wedded Bits

May 15, 2008 by  
Filed under Uncategorized

Laura over at Brides.com just tipped me off to an online survey they are running about the central question in the Sex and the City movie: Will Carrie and Big tie the knot and is she ready for marriage? It seems that the brides-to-be that were polled think that they will indeed do the deed. [...]

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