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Stephen Yearick & YSA Makino Trunk Show w/ guest designer Leigh Price
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Wedding Bouquet Inspired Cake Design
YWD_Cakes_Figs.jpg Beautiful cakes and bouquets that are meant for one another...see what happens when the cake baker and the florist work together to create within a themed design ...
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Couture Linens
couturelinens2_r1-c2.jpgEvery issue of Your Wedding Day Magazine dedicates a special section to the enhancement of lifestyle through the incorporation of current trends, because the theme for this YWD issue was inspired by texture...
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Dusk Til Dawn
spring08_duskdawn0_toc.jpgGOWN: “STYLE 479” Stunning Thai silk mermaid dress is fully hand embroidered with delicate floral cutwork over organza, with a scoop neckline and spaghetti straps. A cocktail train completes the look, $5,490. Avine Perucci, A Division of St. Pucchi

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Cocoe Voci’s Vision
ywd_win05_coco_toc.jpgFor Cocoe Voci, the dream began when she was just a child. “As a very young child my imagination soared with the fantasy of the gown. At the time... 
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Things We Love
  • twl_cocktails_toc.jpgTHE ERA OF THE COCKTAIL has made a comeback, and we are, once again, becoming a cocktail culture. With this in mind, what could be more appealing than turning cocktail and bar accessories into your wedding gift registry theme? With the accessories you see here, you’ll be all set for company.

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  • Skip the never-ending search for the perfect favor and head straight to the valet!  Surprise your guests with an old-fashioned donut cart stationed upon the exit.

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  • Northern California’s wine region is ranked as one of the nation’s top five destination wedding locations. Robbin Montero unites the wedding, wine, and tourism industry of Northern Califorina.

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  • ywd08_twlblue0-toc.jpgCustom Designer Cookie Platters
    Entertain with style and panache with these exquisite custom designer cookie platters! Personalize the colors of your cookie platter to match your event’s color theme.  30 cookies, individually wrapped ~ $120  Beau-Coup

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  • spring09_twlredtoc.jpgRuby Red Crystal Chandelier – Hand-cut and polished, 100% crystal with 7 light’s each resting in a bobache, Exclusively available for event design and personal home décor, Rrivreworks.com

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  • ywd07_twlpurple0-toc.jpgEau de Parfum by Vera Wang
    An exotic fruity, floral bouquet teased with vanilla and an unexpected twist of pink guava. The gold crown cap contains a hidden treasure: a keepsake gold band studded with tiny amethyst-colored crystals.  $42 - $68  verawang.com

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Beyond the Big Day

spring09_rc_beyondbigdaytoc.jpgIn the 28 years of our own marriage, and from the experience of counseling several thousand couples, we’ve learned a great deal about what it takes to build thriving marriages. One thing we’ve learned for certain: the choices you make in your first year of marriage can make a huge difference in creating a strong foundation on which to build a life together...

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The Event of a Lifetime
ywd08_eventlifetime_toc.jpgWhen the wedding community comes together to throw a party, you can only imagine the grandeur that is the result.  But in the case of twelve West Coast event professionals, myself included, good-not grandeur--was the desired effect.  The group, ranging from an Orange County wedding planner to a Seattle videographer, traveled to just outside of Nairobi, Kenya to plan and host the event of a lifetime...
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Fanciful Garden
ywd08_fancigarden_toc.jpgWhen event designer Lisa Vorce was asked to develop the Your Wedding Day Fanciful Garden event theme, she immediately envisioned an “over the top sixteenth-century royal garden”....
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Vintage Modern Lounge
spring09_edvintagetoc.jpgAcurrent fave in wedding trends is the lounge seating created for the reception. A lounge is ultra-chic and a cultured way for guests to enjoy the wedding experience. It is a clean and simplistic addition that attracts people to get cozy and talk...
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Worth Every Penny
ywd08_worthevpenny_toc.jpgDuring my first year working as a wedding coordinator, I was pleasantly surprised to find my favorite movie, Father of the Bride playing on TV.  I immediately grabbed a box of tissues for the heart-wrenching scene where Steve Martin’s character, ‘George,’ ushers his little girl down the aisle,
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Creating a Loving Network
vcard_family.jpgIt was right before a friend’s wedding a few years ago that I realized families aren’t always pleasant to each other during the wedding process.  For years it has been suggested that couples seek the advice of the clergy to prepare for their commitment to marriage in the form of “pre-marital counseling”.  More frequently now the family has been getting involved.
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Planning an Estate Wedding
spring09_coor_estate-toc.jpgYou’ve imagined your wedding day a million times and in so many different ways. Each time, you look amazing in your couture wedding gown, all of the details are in place, and you are surrounded by your loved ones who have traveled from all over to witness your special day. But the question is, “How do you get from ‘Will you marry me?’ to ‘I do?’”  With so many details to consider and decisions to be made, where is a girl (or guy) to begin?...
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Why Hire a Wedding Planner? or Would You Do Your Own Surgery?
ywd09_msw_toc.jpgOne of my favorite topics is, "Should I hire a wedding planner and why? After all, my mother and her mom did mom's wedding and everything came out just fine!"...
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Cathryn's Beauty Essentials
spring09_cathrynbe_toc.jpgGuerlain Terracotta Bronzing Powder, L de Lolita Lempicka Roll-On Fragrance, and Marc Jacobs Daisy Solid Perfume Ring. Products selected by our creative director Cathryn Van Breene.
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Destination Orange County
ywd08_dest-oc_casalaguna.jpgOrange County, California has a great array of choices when it comes to wedding venues and romantic, ocean-view experiences. Your Southern Californian wedding is bound to be wrapped in beauty and attentive service.
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Tips
  • # 1 - LOUNGING ANYWHERE
    Wonder what to do to a resort ballroom to make it more interesting and intimate?  You can create individual lounge areas by renting tents of sheer flowing fabric and adding sofas and coffee tables with lots of candlelight in them.  You’ve suddenly created that romantic lounge atmosphere in a standard ballroom and given it more intimacy.  Your guests can move to different “rooms” during the cocktails hour or or they can dance the night away.
    Jill La Fleur, The Wedding Planner 

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  • # 6  RECIPES FOR FAVORS
    Gather together the favorite recipes that you remember as a child. They could be special family recipes, holiday menus, etc.  Have them bound in small books, affix a wedding label on the front with your monogram and date that you were married. And there you have it, a unique favor that your guests will use again and again. Also, it is a wonderful way to acknowledge grandmothers and mothers.
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  • #16 COMFORTABLE RECEPTIONS
    Reception spaces are taking on a comfort theme nowadays. Rather than using cocktail tables alone, couples are creating a lounge effect in their reception areas by adding cozy furniture groupings of sofas and coffee tables, along with tenting and draping, lamps and lanterns, lit up trees and dozens of candles. You may want to hire a jazz quartet or flamenco trio to create a sultry ambiance.  Some couples are even hiring cigar rollers!  You can also use this set-up outdoors for a living room beneath the stars!
    Jill La Fleur, The Wedding Planner

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