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Are you a Bridezilla?
Let’s face it. There is a bit of a Bridezilla lurking in all of us. It’s a big day. It’s your big day and you want it to be perfect. You have thought over every detail in your mind over and over and over. If you want to know if you are a Bridezilla, they check out Blushing Bridezilla.com. The site features their Are You a Bridezilla Quiz, where you can answer questions like:
Your Maid of Honor gets pregnant 8 months before your wedding. You…
- Relieve her of her Duties. You need a Maid of Honor who can actually party at the bachelorette party and the bridesmaid dress won’t fit her now anyway.
- Change your entire color scheme to match her most comfortable maternity moo moo.
- Schedule her a dress fitting for 2 days before the wedding and call your caterer to order a supply of sparkling cider.
The Bride-0-Spherefeatures pics and stories from other brides. These ladies look like perfectly sweet brides, they must just have a touch of zilla in ‘em. And you can even submit your own Bridezilla Tale. This one is priceless:
My husband and I own a Bed & Breakfast overlooking a lake and we often host weddings on site. Last summer we had this Bride who was furious because there were no sailboats out on the lake that day. She complained that – all of the photos on our brochures and website had sailboats in the background, so why wouldn’t there be any out there on this, most important of days? She accused us of deceiving her and told us we ruined her wedding photos now that she didn’t have her picture perfect setting. Worst of all was the fact that, after explaining to her that we don’t actually own any sailboats and therefore have no control when they’re on the lake, she replied by saying: “Better start calling your neighbors!” — Gloria
Lot’s of fun stuff like all the info on bridal gowns, wedding favors, bridal registry, wedding cakes, flower decorations, engagement rings to check out, whether your the bride or in the bridal party. Today’s post is about Pastel Wedding Gowns. Who knew white weddings were a thing of the past? So have fun embrace your inner Blushing Bridezilla.
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Wedding Planning Tips from Moments of Elegance
Planning a wedding can be a bit stressful, can’t it? But it doesn’t have to be, really it doesn’t! We swear! We are here to make sure you have the perfect day…the day you have always dreamed of ever since you were a little girl.
Here are some little ways you can make your big day super special:
Share a Secret
Have a little secret between the 2 of you that day whether it be wearing matching underwear or having something “just between you” in your hand, bouquet, pocket or even a special look and when ever you get nervous you look at your partner with “the look” and you’ll both know what each other are thinking about. Some people may catch it and wonder what it’s all about but it’ll be “your little wedding day secret” that helped you get through the day together… depending on each other at the beginning of your life as a family.
Best Man 101
The duties of a best man include being an assistant to the groom and the head of the groomsmen; he also is in charge of the bachelor party, getting the groom to the church, paying the officiant, signing the marriage license, holding the rings and giving a toast at the reception. He has a lot of responsibility and its also traditional to give him a nice gift at the rehearsal dinner to say thank you for all of his hard work!
Choosing Wedding Favors & Decorations
When deciding what wedding favors and decorations to use, there are some questions you can ask to help you choose:
Do you want something that will feature your names and wedding date?
Do you want something that will be fun to play with at the reception?
Do you want to give something that´s useful?
Do you want something that will last for a long time?
Do you want something that will be part of the table decorations?
Do you want a favor that will express both of your interests or personalities?
You’ll also want to find the BEST Wedding Favor company to work with, like Moments of Elegance.
Congrats from The President
Send one of your wedding invitations to the President, Pope, and the Queen of England and be on the lookout for a special wedding surprise back from them. Be sure to send their invites out early.
Things to ask your wedding planner
How long they have been in business?
How many weddings they have organised.
Can they provide references?
How do they charge, hourly, fixed fee or % of your wedding budget? Do you feel comfortable with this?
Do they accept commission from suppliers is it passed on to the client?
Do they operate on a full time basis or do they have another job?
Ensure they have public liability insurance.
Do they have a portfolio for you to look at?
For more Wedding Planning Tips visit Moments of Elegance Wedding Planning Tips. Do you have a wedding planning tip? We bet you do! If so submit it to Moments of Elegance Wedding Planning Tips.
Get Your Party Planning Questions Answered HERE
Planning a wedding can be a wee bit stressful, can’t it? How many people should you invite? How much should you budget for flowers? And likewise, planning any event, a birthday party, holiday gathering, baby shower, wedding shower, anniversary party, you name it, and it’s tricky. Well, never fear Moment of Elegance is here! Here to help you answer any party planning or entertaining questions you may have.
Need to know how many bottles of wine you’ll need for your next party? No prob. Here’s the wine bottle equation, figure one bottle of wine yields four glasses. Next figure that you’ll need a half of bottle of wine, per guest, (that’s two glasses per person). If you have 20 guests coming to your party you’ll need ten bottles. Or for you math savvy peops, 20 people x 2 glasses = 40 glasses of wine. 40 glasses/4 = 10 bottles.
If you have party or wedding planning questions, that you need answered ASAP, here’s what you need to do, just post your answer below in the comments section and our party planning expert will respond.
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It’s a Heart Shaped World of Favors
Yep, V-Day is right there around the corner. The world has gone heart shaped. It’s hearts, hearts, and more hearts. Here are just a few of our fav heart shaped favors, heart shaped gifts, and heart shaped jewelry:
“My Hearts” Stamped Necklace ($65) — As seen in Pregnancy Magazine! Two itty bitty sterling silver hearts (1/2″) are hand stamped with the initial of your choice and strung from sterling chain with a freshwater pearl. Absolutely darling!
“Measure Up Some Love” Heart Shaped Tape Measure (as low as $1.40) — Guests can “measure up
some love” with these heart shaped tape measures. With its key ring attached, this favor is sure to stay handy and add a “lovely” accessory to their keys.
Golden Hearts Cookie (as low as $5.95) — These cookies are as delicious as they are gorgeous!! These Orange Vanilla Spice Cookies are painted with a pink heart that is then edged with rolled fondant and finished with gold luster. Each cookie measures about 3-1/2″ in diameter.
Triple Strand Heart Bracelet ($27.99) — Make your wrist say, “Ooh La La!” with this Triple Strand
Heart Bracelet. Chain linked hearts dance gracefully along this one of a kind toggle, making it an ideal blend of trend and tradition.
Two Heart Wine Pourer In Gift Box (as low as $2.25) — With prominent interlocking hearts at its top, this sleek and light weight favor, from Fashioncraft’s Vineyard Collection, makes a tasteful
addition to any love filled occasion
For more heart shaped favors for your wedding, baby shower, or Valentine’s Day Party, check out our heart on-line catalogue.
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Bridal Accessories
You spent hours and hours pouring through bridal mags and tried on a thousand dresses. You’ve found that perfect dress. You’ve found THE dress. But what about your bridal accessories — your shoes, jewelry and maybe even a tiara? Because let’s face it every girl should feel like royalty on her big day. Finding the right bridal accessories is like icing on THE cake.
Silver Baguette Tiara ($79)
Looking for bridal tiaras or bridal head bands? Then you just have to check out our Bridal Tiaras Catalog. Our beautiful bridal tiaras and headpieces will be the perfect accent to any hair style and bridal up do. We offer an elegant selection of quality tiaras, bridal headpieces, decorative combs, bridal headbands, and hair pins by today’s popular bridal designers.
Silver Bracelet with Tiffany set Swarovski Austrian crystals ($36)
Next up — jewelry.Okay, nothing can compare to YOUR engagement ring, but we’ve found some dazzeling pieces for the bride and brides maids too! Our bridal jewelry collection is so elegant and looks so authentic that it is difficult to distinguish them from higher priced couture designs.
Tiara Heel by Jonathan Kayne ($59.95)
You just have to top off your day with a pair of super special bridal SHOES! Of course you do! Whether you’re looking to strut your stuff in strappy sandals, retro pumps, or slingbacks, we’ve got the best in bridal shoes and special occasions shoes.
"Soon to Be Mrs..." Bride Hoodie Sweatshirt ($45)
But there’s more! We’ve got more bridal accessories — bridal purses, bridal garters, bridal showers, bachlorette stuff and To-Be-Wed Wear for Brides & Brides Maids.
Out With The Old & In With The NEW
It’s out with the old and in with the NEW…new favors and gifts that is! At Moments of Elegance, we have over 2,000 new products to add that extra pop to your wedding, bridal shower, baby shower, baptism, confirmation, birthday party, or graduation. Because as you know, the key to a fantastic event is in the details!
You won’t want to miss our New Products catalogue featuring fun and festive favors and gifts. There are literally thousands of favors and gifts to choose from, here’s just a small sample:
Cheery Cherry Blossom Design Candles (as low as $1.60) – A pretty symbol of good fortune, love and the rebirth of spring – not to mention its beautiful color combination of pink and brown – the cherry blossom is gaining in popularity as a decorative element at weddings, showers and more.
Fleur de Lis Design Mint Tins(as low as .70) — Add a touch French flair to your special occasion
with these fleur de lis design mint tins as your favors.
Tiny Square Hand Stamped Necklace ($62) – Two hammered squares (About 1/2″ each) are hung from a thick, sterling ring and strung on sterling chain. A cream freshwater pearl adds the perfect detail. Each square can fit up to 6 characters.
Olive You Always Collection Oil & Vinegar Sets (as low as $4.20) – Looking for fun favors that are destined to be used over and over again? Well these flavorful kitchen favors make a recipe for success.
Angel Design Letter Openers (start as low as $1.55) — What could be better than sending your guests home with an angel at the end of your special day? Angel favors are an inspirational and beautiful choice for weddings, Christenings and so much more.
NYC Icon Natural Tote Bag ($20) — What a unique way to welcome your guests to an out of
town/destination wedding! Perfect as out of town welcome bags, rehearsal dinner gifts, corporate gifts, or even wedding favors.
This is just a sample of a few of the new fab gifts and favors we have, so you just have to check out our New Products Catalogue. You must! Really.
Holiday Weddings: Dos & Don’ts
Sliver bells, sliver bells…er, um, wedding bells, wedding bells, it’s wedding time, not Christmas, in the city. Hear them ring, oh, hear them ring. Maybe it doesn’t have a ring to it, but in any event, there are literally no “off” times to get married. Many couples love, love, love to pick the holidays to get married. The pros — many of your guests will be in town celebrating the season. The cons –the weather. It can muck up the best laid plans from delayed flights to frozen roads. With a little planning you can have the perfect holiday wedding, just follow these tips.
Holiday Wedding “DOS”:
- Be fashionable — you don’t have to go the velvet route just because it’s 30 below.
- Do create a warm & cozy reception — candles, lush warm fabrics all can go along way in creating a winter wonderland.
Holiday Wedding “DON’TS:
- Be fashionable & safe — make sure your bridesmaids have coats and boots. You don’t want them trudging around in heels and strapless gowns!
- Let your guests freeze outside — if you have a receiving line be sure to organize it indoors.
For more holiday wedding dos & don’ts, visit TheKnot.com.
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Hot Color Trends for Weddings
Color Me Beautiful
What are the hot, hot, hot wedding color trends??? For the last few years monochrome colors like black, white and gray have been the go to colors for weddings. The new color trends are infusing the monochromes with a punch of color like a muted plums and yellows.
Eye on Patterns
But the color story doesn’t end there… patterns are tres chic. According to Lori Stephenson, owner and senior event consultant with LOLA Event Productions, “Vintage brocades have been really popular in the last few years, but there are many other fabulous patterns with a contemporary edge from the 1960’s and 70’s that are great mixed with some of the mod elements that are so popular right now with décor like mirrors and Lucite.”
Tone On Tones
Unify your wedding by allowing bridesmaids to choose their dress in a different shade of your “chosen” color. Brides can also add a splash of color to their gowns too.
Color can color your wedding beautiful. So follow the trends, use a punch of colors and add patterns and have fun!
Bridal Showers Do’s & Don’t's
Here are bridal showers do’s & don’t's taken from the book Wedding Etiquette by Peggy Post. According to Ms. Post, here are some helpful tips for the bride and the host:
Bridal Shower Do’s & Don’ts
- Do send thank-you notes to all shower guests—even if you thanked them in person at the shower. And don’t forget those who couldn’t attend but did send a gift.
- Don’t ask guests to address their own thank-you notes.
- Do send a thank-you note and a gift to anyone who hosts a shower for you.
- Don’t coerce anyone—especially bridesmaids—to host a shower. It’s a financial burden that many aren’t able to take on.
- Do include registry information on a separate sheet in the envelope with the shower invitation, but not on the invitation itself. The theme of the shower (Kitchen, bath, lingerie) may be noted on the invitation, but color preferences or sizes should be noted on a separate insert.
- Don’t invite anyone to a shower who won’t be invited to the wedding. Showers are intimate gatherings for people you know very well—not excuses to haul in more gifts. The only exception is a workplace shower to which a large number of coworkers contribute. (If an office shower involves only a few coworkers, thoughtful couples will probably include these colleagues in the wedding guest list.)
If you’re looking for some fun ideas for bridal shower favors and gifts, be sure to check out Moments of Elegance Bridal Shower Favors.
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Avoid the Top 5 Wedding Mistakes
Weddings are a crazy mix of joy and stress. For many of us, we have been planning our weddings since we were little girls. We want the big day to go off without a hitch. Although, things can, and let’s be perfectly honest something will probably will go wrong. But trust us, you’ll get over it! In any event, here are the top five wedding mistakes brides-to-be can make.
1) Issues with the marriage license. Be sure to know the rules and regs in your state or the state you are getting married in. They do vary, so you’ll want to know what’s what.
2) Postage. Wedding invites come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, so be sure to take yours to your local post office to ensure that you have proper postage for your envelopes. It would be a bit of a bummer if all your invites were marked “return to sender.”
3) Last minute beauty treatments. Weeks before your wedding is not the time to try out a new hair cut, hair color, facial, beauty treatment, tanning bed or fad diet. The last thing you want is to have purple hair and red splotches on your face in your wedding pics!
4) Waiting too long to buy a wedding dress. Getting your dress should be one of the first things on your “To Do” list. It can take months to get your dress. You”ll also want to factor in times for fittings and alterations.
5) Booking the hotel rooms for your guests. You’ll want to reserve a book of rooms for your guests soon after you book your locale. You can always cancel them.