|
Things We Love |
-
Orange 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.
Read more...
-
 Art of Shaving
Generates a rich lather for the classic wet shaving experience
with a shaving brush – close yet comfortable. Formulated with glycerin and coconut oil. In an elegant teakwood bowl.
~ $45 Fred Segal Beauty, shop.fredsegalbeauty.com,
310.451.5155
Read more...
-
 Custom 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
Read more...
-
 Red Butterfly Ornaments - Made of fabric with glitter accents, Potterybarn.com
Read more...
-
A Hawaiian-destination wedding awaits you with warm, balmy weather and spectacular sunsets over the ocean. Karina McGee, an event-planning specialist, pointed us to these dreamy Hawaiian places:
Read more...
-
On her A-List, Linda Pitelli of Eventful Designing is captured by the magic and imagination of Los Angeles and it's major star factor.
Read more...
|
|
 |
|
YWD Blog |
|
Enter to win $100,000 Ultimate Wedding contest |
|
 Getting Married? Enter to win $100,000 Ultimate Wedding contest, and leave the planning to A-list expert Jo Gartin...
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Besides making all your dreams come true, weddings offer such a marvelous opportunity to journey to fabulous regions with your family and friends, indulge in sybaritic spa treatments, and experience an exquisite honeymoon location.
|
|
Read more...
|
 Brides happily take on the responsibility of planning their big day. The process is exhilarating and exciting, from trying on wedding dresses to cake tasting, choosing colors, flowers, bridesmaids, and locations...
|
|
Read more...
|
 Coordinator and Event Designer, Sandra Williams of Finishing Touch, was
greatly inspired by Los Angeles–based interior designer Kelly Wearstler
for this look in which Williams describes as “Old Hawaii meeting the
modern world.”
|
|
Read more...
|
 Your invitation arrives in the mail. Your guests will open the envelope right away, impatiently, and that first act will give them a glimpse of what is to come...
|
|
Read more...
|
 DRESS: J Crew Stwist Dress , Marigold, Fitted and floaty in lightweight
silk chiffon with a delicate crinkled texture. $170 SHOES: Vintage Suede Pump. Stylist’s own
|
|
Read more...
|
|
 The Academy Awards went green in 2007, a powerful statement in response to the global concern over the depletion of our natural resources. We have adjusted our daily habits to protect our environment, and we can do the same on the most important day of our lives by taking our wedding to that next level in eco-consciousness. With such lavish splendor celebrated in one weekend, we can reduce the effect weddings have on our planet and astonishingly, change doesn’t have to be difficult; there are many shades of green.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
 The bridal party’s accommodations are traditionally taken care of by the bride and groom. For the couple who can afford it, paying for the travel expenses as well is a gracious gesture...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
 Synchronizing the ceremony and reception times is a common challenge for brides. Often, reception venues offer two time slots, generally 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to midnight...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
 Green is definitely the new black and weddings are no exception. Gone
are the days of rubber chicken, and ever-present are the strides of
major hotel chains and catering companies offering eco-friendly fare...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
 In 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...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Tips |
-
# 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.
Melissa Lee, Events of Santa Barbara
Read more...
-
# 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
Read more...
-
#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
Read more...
|
|
To begin the plan for her event design creation, Camilla Svensson Burns
pulled out her dictionary to explore the meaning of the word
“sensual”—Your Wedding Day’s theme for this issue.
The first wedding celebrated at this glamorous resort was in 1887, and
today the Victorian storybook castle at water’s edge remains one of the
world’s premier wedding venues. Recently hailed by the “Travel
Channel” as number one resort in the United States...
As a born-and-raised California girl, I knew one thing for sure—when I
got married, it would be on the beach. Not next to the beach, not
overlooking the beach or on an ocean view terrace, but actually on the
sand...
For 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...
