Wedding {Parties}...

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Duck ....

Wedding {Chic} vs Wedding {Bleak}

found this article that summarizes {quite nicely i might add} trends that are ......

{IN} on the wedding front
and...


{OUT} on the wedding front....


.... tell me what your thoughts are. feel free to add to the list...

{Celebrity} Nuptials::

Tia Mowry {Hearts} Cory Hardict {Hearts} Tia Mowry

{photo via bonmariage::special thanx}

A {Wedding} in Presidential {Style}...

Jenna Bush {Hearts} Henry Chase Hager {Hearts} Jenna Bush

{photos via bonmariage::special thanx}

Vote for {Melissa} & {Ryan} to {Win *}

Ryan & Melissa are one of four couples selected to participate in the Today's Show :: Race to the Altar contest. they reside in Naples, Florida where Ryan, has, not too long ago returned from a tour in Iraq and where Melissa will be teaching elementary education...read more.

Below you can view a very special montage of pictures of Melissa & Ryan {and a cast of family & friends}.
Be sure to tune into NBC's Today Show and watch them live! Remember, they need your vote! Cast it {HERE !!} Voting starts on Wednesday the 14th May! And with your help they'll see you at the altar!!

Smart Money = Smart {Destination} Weddings...

{photo via weddex::special thanx}

This month's Smart Money magazine features 5 full pages packed with information about {destination weddings}. Taking the lead from destination and marketing experts like Rebecca Grinnals, Preston Bailey and Joanne Brown, you will a very comprehensive and complete artical that will surely assist with some of your destination nuptial plans. Usually, I don't read this magazine until days after it hits my mailbox, but I couldn't resist when I saw, in the article line-up, that this traditionally non-wedding

magazine, was addressing a topic - {weddings}- that is as near and dear to me as my 'smart money' topic * . Here's a hand to the editors and everyone at the magazine !!

{Great} Dresses for your {Bridesmaids}

{Venue} Planning Tips ...

Wedding {Venue} Budgetting

{Black} Gowns... Revisited....

i am working with this wonderfully exciting couple who have an amazing {Goth} theme for their upcoming nuptials! i am so very much looking forward to planning their big day with them because this is new {read:: 'exciting'} theme territory for me! we have a little time to plan because their day of 'i do' is not until next year. but yesterday we started with the bride's first checklist item:: The {Gown}!! we found that the online community offerred us the widest variety {choice}.and while discovering the gowns in the previous post, we stumbled upon these deliciously wonderful {Black} gems. with so much choice in design & style, she has not settled on any particular one. here are the pics from our finds thus far... {the women in the pictures are models}

{Gown} Alternatives from ....

Antoinette Ensemble in Gold and Red

Antoinette in satin Ensemble

Wedding {Attire} :: 101

Happy {Monday} !!! ...

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It's in the {Cup} Cakes ....

{photo via this site::special thanx}

these wonderful little mini cakes are a great alternatives to the traditionally large ornate cakes or the signature customized confections that are the 'belle of the ball' at the wedding reception. serving individual cakes allow for greater flexibility in personalizing your dessert with a special, & individual, touch. order these beauties early in the planning to assure that they are exactly as you want them - {last minute fixes are sure to be a challenge to your cake designer}.