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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?
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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.
2010 Wedding Trends
We are heading into the home stretch wrapping up 2009. If you got engaged, it probably was a great year for you! So as you plan your wedding, here are some fun 2010 Wedding Trends to keep in mind.
- Less IS well Less — Smaller weddings are still the trend. The average size of a wedding is 150 down from 200 to 250 a few years ago.
- Location, location, location — Couples are getting creative with locations such as art galleries, off beat smaller museums, and restaurants that specialize in wines and small plates. Many couple are even opting for the at home wedding.
- Going techno — For the super cas weddings, couples are using email and custom websites to annouce thier engagements and wedding details — causing Emily Post to churn in her grave no doubt!
According to Lori Stephenson, owner and senior event consultant with LOLA Event Productions, ”Smaller wedding sizes open the opportunity to look at creative venues like galleries, restaurants and loft spaces, not just traditional hotel ballrooms. If a couple in the medical profession are tying the knot they might want to consider a location like the Chicago’s Museum of Surgical Science.”
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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!
I Take This Engagement Ring
We wait our entire lives for that perfect guy to get down on one knee and ask “Will you marry me?” Then we cry, we laugh, we hug, and we stare at our ring for days and days. But why a ring? Why not a bracelet? Or a necklace? Or a toe ring? What’s the deal with engagement rings anyway? This is a tradition we kinda take for granted. Believe it or not it wasn’t some marketing ploy drummed up by the jewelry industry. Or was it? Actually that sparkly diamond gracing your ring finger is more than just a ring, it’s a symbol of love, commitment, fidelity, eternity and honor. Pretty neat.
The history of engagement rings, goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks. Those Greeks gave out rings as a token of care and affection as well as betrothal rings. But, a girl couldn’t bet her toga that the ring was a sign of marriage, they were also given out as friendship rings too. Too bad Socrates didn’t write, “Sorry, Athena, He’s Just Not that Into You.”
The Romans were a sentimental bunch, that’s a big NOT! They carved keys onto their engagement rings to symbolize the woman’s right to half of everything the man owned. Or we could go the Hollywood route and say it was to symbolize that she had the key to his heart. Whatever works for you.
Flash forward to the fourteenth century, the royals and the rich folks started exchanging what we now consider engagement rings. The deal was only the super wealthy could afford to exchange rings. That was because several centuries before the Pope instituted a mandatory waiting period or engagement before couples could get married.
Like most of our modern day traditions, the Victorian Era marked the time when the masses started giving and receiving engagement rings. During this period, engagement rings included precious stones.
It wasn’t until the 1940′s when De Beers launched an advertising campaign targeting the US that the diamond became the stone of choice for the engagement ring. And that’s why modern brides have a diamonds on their fingers as a symbol of love and commitment.
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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Something old, new, borrowed & blue
Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a silver sixpence in her shoe.
We’ve all heard it. All brides have to have something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue on their wedding day. But did you ever wonder where that wedding tradition actually came from? The saying dates back to the Victorian era. It started in Great Britain around 1551. And for good luck and happiness brides have been honoring the tradition ever since.
Let’s break it down for you:
- Something old – represents the link between the bride’s past especially her ties to her mother or grandmother, most importantly it signifies the continuity between the bride’s family and her new one. Oftentimes brides wear a piece of antique jewelry.
- Something new – symbolizes good luck and happiness in the marriage. The wedding dress is usually the something new and it represents the fact that the bride and groom are building a new life together.
- Something borrowed – is especially important because the bride should “borrow” something from a happily married friend, to lend the bride some of her martial happiness. This piece is of course returned after the wedding and can be anything of sentimental value.
- Something blue — is the ancient symbol for faithfulness, purity and loyalty. In the olden days, couples wore blue arm bands, but the modern bride usually wears a blue garter. FYI…Moments of Elegance features blue garters ranging in price from $18 to $22.
So, there you have it. May your wedding day be a memorable event filled with love and happiness with a little dash of luck!
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Fun and Festive Fall Favors
The days are getting a wee bit shorter and the leaves are changing — fall is here. Whether you’re planning a fall wedding or a just for fun fall party, you’ll want to check out these festive fall favors.
Truly, is there anything more beautiful than watching the leaves change? These fall favors capture nature’s beauty and bring it right to your table. You”ll just love the Autumn Leaf Candy Dishes, perfect to use as wedding favors or for any fall themed event. The lovely Leaf Place Card Favor Boxes with Designer Place Cards are sure to make a statement at your event.
When we think of fall we think of the bounty of the fall harvest and these edible favors are sure to
bring the harvest home. You can almost smell the yummy “Fall for Love” Muffin Mix. The Sachet Tea Infuser Favors – Autumn Blend brings the tastes and scents of fall like apples and vanilla right to your tea cup.
These cute and clever fall wedding and party favors are sure to delight your guests such as the Fall Leaf Bookmark Favor or the Autumn Leaf Design Bottle Opener. Just so you know, these are just a few of the new fall favors and table decorations featured on momentsofelegance.com. To find more check out the Fall Wedding Favors online catalog.