Entries from July 2007 ↓

Are you interested in getting $5,000 for your wedding? I thought so! Mirassou Winery is running a contest called “I do with Mirassou”

Here’s a quote from the Mirassou website…

Just tell us in 150 words or less how you would use the $5,000 Grand Prize to create your dream wedding and how Mirassou wine will complement your wedding reception. Entries will be judged based on originality of dream wedding, appropriateness to the dream wedding theme, how Mirassou wine complements the dream wedding, and grammar. Limit one entry per person, household, or email address.

So checkout their site for details. You have until December 1, 2007 to enter.

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Hi everybody! I’m back from LA. This morning I got to go to Vanilla Bake Shop in Santa Monica to sample their great cupcakes. I loved the cute little shop they have! Nicely decorated with a few tables if you can’t wait to dig in. I got a box of six of their “Cupcake Babies” so I wouldn’t feel too guilty. Lucky for me they were out of their “jar of Dirt Cake” but they did have a small “shot glass” size I got to try, it was delicious. I was also glad to see they had Mint Chocolate cupcakes babies, my favorite!

Up top there’s a picture of one of their beautiful Cupcake Towers! The owners, Amy and Jeremy, decided to take a break from their catering business while they got their new shop going but they said they will start catering again sometime in August! So if you want one of those great wedding cupcake towers or want them to make a wedding cake for you check with them to see if they are available.

Anyway, their cupcakes are great. I especially loved the Mint Chocolate, Mocha Chocolate (picture below, notice the espresso bean), and Bittersweet Dark Chocolate! Compared to Sprinkles Cupcakes over in Beverly Hills, I find these a little lighter, and their icing is more whipped and creamy (and I didn’t have to stand in line for 20 minutes to get in the door!). I also like the option of getting a smaller version to reduce my guilt factor. But, I will definitely have to go check out Sprinkles again to confirm , I definitely don’t want to give you any bad information!

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Sorry Folks, no top 5 this week, I’ve just been overwhelmed and haven’t had a chance to put one together.

But, I do have quite the plan for the weekend! Going to LA! Of course I’ll be on assignment to bring you some good info…

Saturday, I’ll be going to Valerie’s Salon in Beverly Hills to get my eyebrows done. I love that place and so does a lot of celebrities! Check out the website for details. I had appointments next to Candy Spelling twice! I’ll fill you in next week and give you some eyebrow tips that I learned there.

Sunday, I’ll be checking out the Vanilla Bake Shop! I’ve been dreaming about that place for a few weeks, ever since I blogged about it. I’ll let you know how that goes in gory detail!

So, check in next week!

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I don’t have to tell you how expensive it is to have a wedding. It’s unfortunate that many couples get to start their marraige dealing with some major debt!

Well if money is a factor I found an article “100 Creative Ways to Cut Wedding Costs” over at Credit Card Lowdown. Not all of them will be practical for everyone but there are some good ideas in this list.

This is a long list broken down into categories, from alcohol to invitations! Would make a good reference as you go through the planning process.

Let us know which ones you find useful.

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Rhonda
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Looking for a great honeymoon location? The August / September issue of Modern Bride has their 11th Annual World’s Best Honeymoon Survey. They took a survey of 6,000 luxury travel agents. They ranked their overall favorite honeymoon destination, the hotels and resorts with the most luxurious amenities, as well as the destinations that offer the best in categories such as romance, seclusion, affordability, adventure, nightlife, food, and culture.So here are this year’s Top 10 Honeymoon Destinations direct from the Modern Bride press release!

1. Italy (3rd in ‘06) – the number one honeymoon destination for the first year ever, with vibrant cities, tantalizing cuisine, and a culture that has embraced true love for centuries

2. Hawaii – a top destination for eleven years with its luxurious resorts and sprawling beaches

3. Tahiti – for lovers looking to savor the sights, scents and flavors of a French Polynesian treasure

4. Costa Rica (26th in ‘04) – exotic rainforests, erupting volcanoes, and wildlife reserves promise an adventure lover’s paradise

5. Mexico – for a blend of rich culture, endless fiestas, and thousands of miles of white sand beaches

6. France (9th in ‘06) – for exquisite works of art and architecture, decadent desserts, and an amazing countryside

7. Maldives – over 1,000 secluded isles offer out of this world sailing, diving, and swimming in crystal blue waters

8. Anguilla (34th in ‘03) – where the beauty of the Caribbean meets with posh resorts and eclectic cuisine

9. Fiji – a South Pacific oasis of limestone caves, Asian inspired cuisine, and pristine coral gardens

10. Greece – a convergence of sumptuous food, enchanting island hopping, black sand, and emerald seas

Anyone going to one of the top-10?

Looking for seclusion?
Most secluded: Maldives, Seychelles, Tahiti

Looking for a romantic location?
Most romantic: Tahiti, Italy, Hawaii

There’s about 20 more rankings by category in the magazine. So if you are still undecided on where you’re going for your honeymoon, check out Modern Bride!

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Well it is like Christmas in July! I just received my brand new Dell Inspiron! I traded in my Pentium III laptop…that’s right Pentium III. I was operating in the stone age! It feels good to be sitting here typing in Word 2007! It was just in time too! Today I had to restart my old laptop 5 times just to get to my Windows ME desktop! Now it’s time to get down to business…

Today I’m going to pass on some pictures of some pretty unique groom cakes.
Are any of you getting a groom cake for your groom? The jury is still out on this one for me. It kind of remi nds me of getting your 1-year old their own mini cake to destroy on their first birthday.

Anyway, these cakes are from Pink Cake Box in New Jersey. Anne Heap the baker and founder of Pink Cake Box definitely makes some incredible cakes, check out her site to see more.

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Rhonda

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I was browsing through my Jo Gartin’s Weddings: An Inspiring Guide for the Stylish Bride book for some ideas to blog about and I came across her section on bridal shoes. She has a lot of great ideas about how to give your wedding a personal flair; you might want to check it out.

Anyway she had some great tips about bridal shoes. You know those things that look so pretty can turn into a torture device by the end of the evening, so here’s some ideas to try to avoid the pain!

- Use your wedding shoes as house slippers for a week or two so you can get used to them
- Have an extra pair of comfortable shoes with you so you can bail out on the bridal shoes if things get too painful
- Get yourself a pair of satin ballet slippers to use as the night progresses and your feet start hurting

I thought the ballet slipper idea is a pretty good one! She gets ballet slippers for her brides from http://www.allaboutdance.com/.

Thanks to picture_bunny for the picture!

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Hi everyone, it’s the day you’ve all been waiting for! Here’s the top-5 wedding blog posts of the week as I saw them!

Once again Weddingbee’s Weekly Roundup from July 16th helped me find two of the five.

1. This one is a follow-up from last weeks top-5 when I had the post “Save the Date and Year.” At the time I wasn’t sure if it was true, but evidently it is. Here’s the news story from CNN… “Man Arrives At Wedding A Year Early.”

2. This second article talks about the insatiable drive for extravagance in weddings. It comes out of PopPolitic. So, why do we keep getting more and more extravagant? No one knows for sure but this article gives us a few theories. Checkout… “Here Comes the Bride…Again and Again.”

3. As a little bit of a contrast to the last story, Leslie, from Decidedly Uncomplicated posted about a touching experience which kind of puts things in perspective. When it comes down to it, what really matters in life? It makes you think, checkout… “Meeting John Doe.”

4. On the lighter side, here’s something that I thought was pretty unique alternative to the standard wedding guest book. This one comes from The Wedding Planner’s Blog, checkout… “Postcards From the Wed…”

5. The Earth Friendly Wedding Blog asks the question “Is it possible to have an earth friendly wedding and a beautiful wedding too?” Well they show you that it is possible! Checkout… A Real Earth Friendly Wedding!

See you next week! Have a great weekend!

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Rhonda
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Latest Wedding Invitations Trend…

One of the latest wedding invitation trends is the use of pouches and pockets to contain all your wedding invitation inserts, such as response cards, reception information, etc.

Here are a couple of unique wedding invitations with pockets…

This first one called “Solstice” from Checkerboard. It would make a great wedding invitation for a winter wedding. The outer jacket is shimmering silver, the wedding invitation is on crisp white paper. All your wedding invitation accessories fit neatly in the pocket!

This wedding invitation is from Carlson Craft. It’s a beautiful deep red envelope with a heavy white paper wedding invitation with deep red dots. You can get response cards and reception cards that match your wedding invitations and put them in the pocket!

To find out more about these wedding invitations or find a bunch more, just click on them!

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Rhonda
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