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Wedding Bootcamp in Los Angeles

admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:12:39 +0000

The Wedding Bootcamp will take place on March 1st at Hansen’s Cakes (Tori Spelling’s favorite). There are some incredible names lined up including Jobyna’s Bridal featuring couture gowns by Ines Di Santo, Beauty by Lori who will offer beauty consultations featuring Smashbox Cosmetics and more! Be sure to take advantage of this amazing opportunity to speak directly with some of the top vendors in the wedding industry. And best of all it’s FREE for Bridalinquirer readers by visiting www.WeddingSalon.com and use code BLBC for your two complimentary tickets!!! Enjoy…

Meet Divine Events by Helena {BI Featured Vendor}

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:42:50 +0000

Introducing Divine Events by Helena…Bridal Inquirer’s newest Featured Vendor!

{photos by Melissa McClure Photography}

Helena is a romantic at heart who loves nothing more than seeing two people join their lives together in marriage and celebration with loved ones. Helena worked as a wedding coordinator’s assistant and gained valuable experience establishing the skill set necessary to successfully plan and execute flawless events. She quickly realized that she wanted to begin planning weddings for her own clients and launched Divine Events by Helena.

Helena offers Day-Of, Day-Of Plus, All Inclusive and Destination Coordination packages. All packages include itinerary development or assistance, day-of vendor coordination and time management. Contact Helena today for a more detailed description of her services and to schedule your free consultation today!

Anthropologie Registry!!!

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:40:12 +0000

I had no idea…Anthropologie allows you to create a “wish list”…which is just an even cuter way to say “wedding gift registry”! How exciting…I LoVe Anthropologie home items! Here is my “wish list”:

What are you wishing for?

Meet “After the Engagement” ~ San Diego Wedding Coordinator

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:23:04 +0000

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I am pleased to introduce you to Courtney of After the Engagement, one of Bridal Inquirer’s featured vendors for the month of November! Courtney offers day-of, month-of and full-service packages and is one of San Diego’s most highly sought after wedding coordinators. Her services are budget friendly making her accessible to brides planning a $5,000 or a $500,000 wedding. Her main priority is that YOU have the wedding of your dreams! To read more about After the Engagement, click here.

Custom Signs for your Wedding Day!!!

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:57:11 +0000

Back Porch Shoppe offers custom shabby-chic, vintage inspired, 100% handcrafted wood signs…adorable wedding decor!

A Must-Do Pre-Wedding Checklist

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:11:17 +0000

I came across a post today on the $2000 Wedding blog and it was such a great pre-wedding to-do list that I wanted to share it with you. It is so easy to get caught up in all of the details of planning your wedding, but discussing these key issues are a must-do (IMHO), even way before the planning ever begins. Of course it is all easier to say and harder to do! I knew my husband for ten years before we were married and after a year and a half of marriage, we are still learning how to communicate as the married “us”. =) I am in no means an expert, but just thought these were so well written and rang true.

Figure out how to fight in constructive rather than destructive ways: Disagreeing is inevitable, and reaching compromise and shared understanding takes work. When we fight, though, we have to do it in ways that build our relationships rather than tear them down. After a fight, we should have new insight into our partners that will prevent a fight later on. Or we should have a new strategy for dealing with conflict. Or we should be able to look at each other and say, “That was really cathartic. I feel a lot better. I love you.” We should fight in ways that don’t leave us bitter or festering or armed with ammunition that we will use against our partners later on down the road.

Create a shared budget: Money is a huge source of tension in a lot of relationships. It’s important to figure out what your individual spending styles are and decide how to mesh them. Also, it’s good to come up with an action plan for paying off debt.

Discuss how to share tasks equitably: A lot of work goes into running a household (doing dishes, cooking dinner, grocery shopping, cleaning the toilet, calling the repairperson when something breaks, paying bills, mowing the lawn, finding fun things to do on Friday nights, sending holiday and thank you cards, etc.). Figuring how to share these tasks equitably can help lay a foundation for equality and mutual respect.

Delineate your needs and wants: It takes a lot of self-work to bring healthy selves into a relationship. An important piece of introspection is figuring out what we each need and want and to share those needs and wants with our partners. Sometimes we have needs that aren’t being met while we’re dating but we think they will magically start being met after we’re married.

Reach agreement about the state-of-our-home: Different partners tolerate and crave different levels of cleanliness and order. It’s important to discuss these differences and find ways to deal with them.

Agree on a sketch of your life together: I’m not suggesting you set your life path in stone, but I do think it’s wise to talk about the big rocks: how many kids you think you might want to have, what kind of place you want to live in, how you want to spend your vacation time, how you want to balance work/family/hobbies/friends/exercise.

Divine Moroccan Inspired Dessert Table

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:02:45 +0000

Turquoise and Peach…what a delightful color combo!

This wonderful Moroccan inspired dessert table is by the amazing Amy Atlas.

Her dessert tables always leave me wanting more!

Don’t you just want to throw a party when you see these yummy treats???

Party Poms are Puuurrrttttyyy!

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:03:14 +0000

LOVING this super stylish and inexpensive way to add a splash of color to your reception venue! Keep the theme going by adding the matching napkin holders too!

You can find yours here.

Scrabble, anyone?

admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:18:50 +0000

Pink Cake Box has the MOST unique cakes I think I have ever seen. Isn’t this one FANTASTIC?

Now YOU can air your DIRTY laundry too!

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:50:06 +0000

Now YOU can “Air Your Dirty Laundry” at your engagement party with pre-made kits from Melangerie! As much as I would like to call myself a DIYer, this sure does make it easy to have a super fun party theme in a bag! And you can make a keepsake or guestbook out of all of the cute notes when you are all finished! As soon as we get our house I am going to get myself a kit to throw a housewarming “Air Your Dirty Laundry” party! FUN!

This guest book idea encourages event attendees to decoratively air out the guest(s) of honor’s “dirty laundry” by jotting funny stories on note cards shaped as t-shirts, tank tops, pants, and skirts. The kit is available in 6 different colorways (Red, Orange, Blue, Purple, Green and Neutral) for $35/ea, and includes the following packaged in a sweet mini laundry bag with space to fill-in the event date:

*40 note cards (10 t-shirts, 10 tank tops, 10 pants, 10 skirts)
*48 mini wooden clothespins (to clip up notes with)
*8 yards of clothesline
*1 coordinating prompt label that encourages guest’s to write notes (shaped to fit on a 50 fluid oz. Tide detergent bottle)