The choices are endless for fall brides. From flowers and colors to décor, fall brides can create the wedding of their dreams simply by using their imagination.
While they may not have spring's tulips or summer's peonies, many flowers and colors are available for fall brides.
"Burnt orange was big last summer and I'm still seeing some of it this year," says Ryan Larson, owner and wedding coordinator of Savoir Flair Wedding Coordinating in Los Angeles. "But the big thing this year is chocolate brown. Chocolate brown and hot pink, hot green or hot blue -- [that's] very in."
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Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Monday, April 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
2008 wedding trends: letterpress invitations
A wedding invitation is the earliest hint your guests will receive about your wedding. It sets the tone for your event. It gets guests enthused and makes them look forward to your big day. Letterpress invitations will be especially in vogue for 2008 weddings, with couples designing their own unique invitations and graphics.
Letterpress invitations are created just as the wording suggests; each individual letter is put into place and then pressed into the paper. In modern letterpresses, the impressions are from metal typeset and custom engraved plates. The surfaces of these plates are inked and then pressed onto the paper to obtain a reverse image. Excellent letterpress work gives greater visual definition to the typeset and artwork. Wedding invitations made with letterpress are very unique works of art.
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Letterpress invitations are created just as the wording suggests; each individual letter is put into place and then pressed into the paper. In modern letterpresses, the impressions are from metal typeset and custom engraved plates. The surfaces of these plates are inked and then pressed onto the paper to obtain a reverse image. Excellent letterpress work gives greater visual definition to the typeset and artwork. Wedding invitations made with letterpress are very unique works of art.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Kathy's Wedding Showcase designed as one-stop shop
When Kathy Niesen invests time and effort helping area brides organize their weddings and doesn't hear from them again, its like one of her children has left home.
"They sort of become family when you're working with them," said Niesen. "Then, they don't come back."
"We go through everything with them," Niesen said.
Niesen, 59, former owner of Kathy's Hallmark, has carved a unique niche in the ever-burgeoning wedding planning industry. She owns Kathy's Wedding Showcase, 101 Bank St., which is designed as a one-stop shop for brides.
Kathy's joins other Grass Valley wedding businesses, including Vanity Faire and Lynette's Tux-n-Tailor/Lynette's Bridal Boutique.
Vanity Faire recently added traditional bride and bridesmaid dresses to its offerings through a store catalog. The store continues to offer nontraditional wedding dresses that it's had since the store began 10 years ago, said shop owner Sherri Soares.
It wasn't until the past week that Kathy's Wedding Showcase, which opened its doors in July, had a broad spectrum of vendors offering services through the store.
The expanded services and last month's wedding fair at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City bolstered business, Niesen said.
"We're just jumping out of our shoes," said Niesen late last week.
The shop's 23 vendors include: photographers, disc jockeys, a bridal fitness business, wedding cake groups, wedding gown services and gifts for bridesmaids and groomsman. Niesen's goal is to eventually have more than 100 vendors offer services through her shop.
Beyond the one-stop concept, Niesen said she's offering what a wedding consultant or planner would offer without charging.
"I'm like a booking agent for them," Niesen said. Most professional consultants could charge between $1,500 and $10,000, she said.
Niesen makes her money by charging the vendors fees for locating in her shop and she does wedding invitations herself.
"I don't want them to fill in the blanks (on their wedding invitations)," Niesen said. She said she wants the brides to come up with invitations tailored to the couple personally.
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"They sort of become family when you're working with them," said Niesen. "Then, they don't come back."
"We go through everything with them," Niesen said.
Niesen, 59, former owner of Kathy's Hallmark, has carved a unique niche in the ever-burgeoning wedding planning industry. She owns Kathy's Wedding Showcase, 101 Bank St., which is designed as a one-stop shop for brides.
Kathy's joins other Grass Valley wedding businesses, including Vanity Faire and Lynette's Tux-n-Tailor/Lynette's Bridal Boutique.
Vanity Faire recently added traditional bride and bridesmaid dresses to its offerings through a store catalog. The store continues to offer nontraditional wedding dresses that it's had since the store began 10 years ago, said shop owner Sherri Soares.
It wasn't until the past week that Kathy's Wedding Showcase, which opened its doors in July, had a broad spectrum of vendors offering services through the store.
The expanded services and last month's wedding fair at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City bolstered business, Niesen said.
"We're just jumping out of our shoes," said Niesen late last week.
The shop's 23 vendors include: photographers, disc jockeys, a bridal fitness business, wedding cake groups, wedding gown services and gifts for bridesmaids and groomsman. Niesen's goal is to eventually have more than 100 vendors offer services through her shop.
Beyond the one-stop concept, Niesen said she's offering what a wedding consultant or planner would offer without charging.
"I'm like a booking agent for them," Niesen said. Most professional consultants could charge between $1,500 and $10,000, she said.
Niesen makes her money by charging the vendors fees for locating in her shop and she does wedding invitations herself.
"I don't want them to fill in the blanks (on their wedding invitations)," Niesen said. She said she wants the brides to come up with invitations tailored to the couple personally.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Award winning designer sings praises of wool
LOCAL woman Fiona Kliendienst, owner of Tuscan Elegance, took out the professional section at The Australian Woll Fashion Awards with a wedding dress that she had designed for a friend.
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Mrs Kliendiest has been committed for a long time to working with wool, and was last year named Rural Woman of the Year for her efforts in the development of fashion utilising wool.
As well as making singlets for shearers, she prides herself on stocking a number of wool evening gowns and wedding dresses at her couture evening wear store, Tuscan Elegance.
Like many other designers, she sings the praises of wool as ‘a beautiful product to work with, especially silk wool, which drapes really beautifully and holds the pleats in the dress really well’.
She says she designed the dress specifically for a friend’s upcoming wedding, with the idea of a dress that is for a quintessential country woman.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
When ketuba didn't wow, bride created her own
Tsilli Pines couldn't find a ketubah that she and her fiance liked. The Jewish wedding contract is often artfully handwritten and later framed as a wall decoration. But Pines, 33, a Portland, Ore.-based graphic designer, wanted something modern and simple. So she designed her own ketubah -- and then one for a friend.
"I started thinking that other people might also be drawn to what I was doing," she said.
Pines researched the historical precedent of the form and was attracted to the asymmetrical designs from Iran, which were very much in the spirit of modern graphic design.
"A lot of the early, native ketubot were incredible, too -- they were more bold than ornate, and I found that beautiful," she said.
Having grown up in Northern California, she found the simplicity of Japanese design a big influence: "I've looked at an enormous amount of material in the course of studying and practicing design, and I'm sure a lot of that makes its way into my work."
Pines is creating ketubot that feature trees or flowers or birds or moons under the name New Ketubah.
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"I started thinking that other people might also be drawn to what I was doing," she said.
Pines researched the historical precedent of the form and was attracted to the asymmetrical designs from Iran, which were very much in the spirit of modern graphic design.
"A lot of the early, native ketubot were incredible, too -- they were more bold than ornate, and I found that beautiful," she said.
Having grown up in Northern California, she found the simplicity of Japanese design a big influence: "I've looked at an enormous amount of material in the course of studying and practicing design, and I'm sure a lot of that makes its way into my work."
Pines is creating ketubot that feature trees or flowers or birds or moons under the name New Ketubah.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Invites to Wedding Website: Making it Match; Popular Online Stationery Retailer Wedding Paper Divas Partners with ..
Wedding websites that match wedding invitations! This partnership marries popular designs from Wedding Paper Divas exclusive stationery collection to the personal wedding websites for engaged couples available from Nearlyweds!. Couples can easily select design templates for their wedding websites on Nearlyweds.com that coordinate with chic stationery ensembles available at Wedding Paper Divas for a polished wedding theme.
Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) February 5, 2008 -- Brides passionate about coordinating every wedding detail can wake up less stressed this morning.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
How did you get engaged: Readers tell their stories
We asked our readers share their stories. We got so many great stories, that we can't fit them all in this space. More stories can be found online at www.thedailystar.com.
Some of the proposals were simple expressions of love, and others were complex paths to the final question. Some were spur-of-the-moment decisions, many others involved much planning and many people involved.
All are special to the couples involved.
Here are their stories:
I was on vacation in Paris with a girlfriend, having lunch, when the waiter sent over a rose. "From the gentleman," he said. Only there was no one in sight except for a couple and an elderly man. Next came a bottle of champagne, again, a gift from "the gentleman." We couldn't figure it out _ who could be sending these presents? Next thing you know, my boyfriend tapped me on the shoulder, dropped to his knees and presented the ring.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Some dos and don'ts for planning your wedding
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- You're planning the day of your dreams - your wedding. It may be the first time you and your husband-to-be collaborate on a major event and you both want it to be perfect. And it should be because it's the beginning of your life together, whether it's your first or second marriage.There's a lot to deal with and a lot to think about. Emotions may run away with each of you before you walk down the aisle to exchange rings because you're overloaded with "do this" and "don't do that" tips from everyone around you.To help you get through all the preparations, the Founder's Inn in Virginia Beach, Va., put together a "wedding do's and don'ts" list. They are professionals, so they can help you keep your cool and enjoy the day you've always dreamed about. Do hire a wedding coordinator.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Cancer bride dies just 90 minutes after death-bed wedding
A bride died from cancer just 90 minutes after her wedding and after a desperate race against time to carry out her last wish.
Elaine Stephenson, 48, a former nurse, married her partner of 11 years Chris Johnson, 50, in a bedside ceremony.
Tragically she died just an hour and a half later with Mr Johnson and her son Ashley, 17, at her side.
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Elaine Stephenson, 48, a former nurse, married her partner of 11 years Chris Johnson, 50, in a bedside ceremony.
Tragically she died just an hour and a half later with Mr Johnson and her son Ashley, 17, at her side.
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