Style to the Aisle...a Bride's RUNWAY Coming Jan 2011

We're so excited to be teaming up with Wish Upon a Wedding to help them make wedding dreams come true! Memorable Moments & KIS Agency has teamed up with some of the best bridal salons,  designers and wedding professionals to bring engaged couples and event professionals an amazing evening of glitz and glamour to the runway on January 23, 2011 at the Historic Tremont Grand in downtown Baltimore.


Style to the Aisle...a Bride's RUNWAY was created to bring that much needed inspiration to brides as she plans for her big day.  We have created an awe-inspiring fashion event, a celebration, an event brides to be can go and enjoy a fashion-week experience only bridal.  We will also be featuring the debut of the 2011 bridal collection of renown celebrity event planner and host of WE TV's "My Fair Wedding" David Tutera.


A portion of the proceeds will benefit Wish Upon a Wedding, the world's first nonprofit wedding wish granting organization which is dedicated to granting weddings to couples who are facing terminal illness, regardless of sexual orientation.  For tickets and more information, visit our official event website at http://www.styletotheaisle.com/. If you would like to be apart of the awe-inspiring event, contact Michelle Davis; mdavis@memorablemo.com or Lana Rae; LANA@KISagency.com.

Scratch-Off Save the Dates


Scratch-off save the dates!  Who doesn't love to take a penny and play with scratch-offs?  Well now you can give your guests a little excitement with these scratch-off save the dates from designer Leslie Hamer of Unless Someone Like You.  Choose from one of her playful designs and customize your colors and text for the perfect introduction to your wedding day.

What Grooms Should Do For Weddings

We're always talking about things that appeal to the bride, today we're switching it up and focusing on the groom.  The wedding is a really big deal for both man and woman. Today we're giving you some helpful tips for the groom so you don’t face the wedding pressure and to make your wedding go smooth.


The most important thing for you is to understand your fiancée, as she's thought about this dream wedding since she was little girl. Every girl dreams about their wedding and playing “dress up” bride when they were little. Now as you can understand that you are the man of that dream. You will also notice lots of changes in her. She will be pumped up and worried about lots of things such as, how would she look, will the guests have good time, would anyone like her idea and things like that.

You’re Options
As it is you’re wedding too, you should have some opinions and options. You can give some ideas about flowers, food, photos and things like that. You don’t have to be expert at china patterns and flowers for this but it is wise to share your ideas. It will also make your fiancée think that she is not alone doing everything and you also care about the wedding.

Brides always talks about the wedding
As I stated earlier, a women has always dreamed about her wedding since she was a little girl. So, your fiancée will be talking about the wedding all the time. Listen to her, help her out. Throw some of your ideas too and if you don’t understand what she's talking about, then ask her to explain. She would be happy to do that. Let her know that you are also excited about the wedding too.

Give her timeout
If she is doing all the major work and planning for the wedding, then give her a break. Too much pressure may cause her illness. You definately don’t want to see her looking sickish while she is walking down the aisle. Cook her dinner, do the dishes, rent her favorite movie. Do anything to please her and give her a good time.

The questions

Okay, now your fiancée may come up to you and ask you questions like “what wedding theme would you like?”, “what colors should the flowers be?”, “what type of music should be played during dinner?” and things like that. Don’t be afraid of these kinds of questions and don’t feel bad if you don’t know the answer. Ask her and she will be happy to explain it to you.

Take some responsibility
You will find that your fiancée is working really hard and making plans about the wedding. And your mom will probably call her every hour and talk about the wedding too. Try to fit in the conversation and planning with mom and fiancée. Tell your mom that, it’s your wedding too and you do want to make some suggestions.

Parents
Believe it or not but both your parents and your fiancée’s parents can be a disaster at the wedding. But there is no denying that these guys raised and cared for you. But the wedding is completely yours and you don’t want it messed up. You can take some of there ideas if you like. Pick your arguments very carefully and make sure your arguments don’t collide with others.

Get some re-enforcement
Weddings is a kind of arrangement where you will discover your finances will hit the wall. Planning the wedding is really hard and you and your bride will both face the problem with time and money. The best suggestion is to hire a consultant who will plan every little detail that you and your bride both probably missed.

The best thing is to have fun and make sure things goes well. Stick to the plan and give the bride support, things should go well.

Happy Planning!!!!

Eye Candy Friday {It's All About Sweets}

Anybody that knows me, knows that I have a HUGE sweet-tooth.  So deciding to add a dessert bar service was a no-brainer.  It wasn't anything to think about, but I do check out other pics for inspirtation for my weddings and special events to ensure the sweet station will be a huge hit.  When I came across these pics from scissors.paper.cake, I immediately wanted to grab some sweets.  This birthday party is tooo adorable, I would love to put my stamp on an event like this.

Australians know how to throw a party!! This gorgeous Bumble Bee 1st birthday party by scissors.paper.cake (great inspiration on this site!). Imprintables. Love the pale yelow and white palette and definitely one of my all time favorite dessert tables. Just look at that backdrop! 

Rock Candy Cosmo

CANDY + COSMO = A Great Summertime Cocktail. Cheers!


Ingredients:

1 oz. vodka

1/2 oz. triple sec

1/2 oz. lime juice

1/2 oz. Cranberry juice

Garnish with pink rock candy on a stick

Pink sugar rim (optional)

Directions:

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice to the shaker and shake vigorously.

2. Strain into the glass, garnish with the rock candy, and serve.

One Bridesmaids Dress - 15 Ways

I was first introduced to these fabulous bridesmaids dresses by Two Birds Bridemaid while watching WE TV's David Tutera - My Fair Wedding and I absolutely fell in love with these dresses. 
The bridesmaid dress can be worn 15 different ways for your wedding. It is offered in 18 colors, 4 different lengths, and various sizes. You can even request a color fabric swatch and a sample dress before
 you make your decision.

New Baby Photo Shoot

Over the past few months I have been surrounded by friends, clients and colleagues that have been blessed with giving birth to a new baby.  Just recently one of my closest friends prayer was answered, she is now expecting her first child.  I came across this new baby photo shoot andI just had to share the photos....this is too adorable.  We have a baby shower we'll be doing in two weeks and we can't wait to share in this family's happiness.  Check out these photos below::

photos from Jason Agelini Photography

Eye Candy Friday { It's All About the Shoes}

You have the venue, the flowers, even the photographer.  The two most important things for a fashionista bride is the gown and her shoes and I have created a inspiration board devoted totally to a bride's shoes.




Enjoy....have a good weekend!

Real Wedding - Vintage Glam Wedding

Alot of times I don't have time to go get bridal magazines for inspiration, so often times I go to other wedding websites to look at real weddings to get those creative juice going.  Now let me tell you, I was browsing on Style Me Pretty and came across THE most gorgeous wedding.  I mean it is simply amazing, from the attire to the reception decor...it was flawless.  Ladies, you are truly going to fall in love with everything about this wedding like I did.  Here's a handful of pictures from Victor Sizemore Photography.

The pictures below are of the venue was transformed into a virtual 1940's jazz supper club.....breathtaking!

Eye Candy Friday { A Bit of Bling}

Just wanted to kick off the weekend with some amazing shots of bling, just what a girl needs right?  I love wedding photography, its nothing like two people coming together as one.  I am just blessed to be able to play a huge role in two people's lives.  Check out these fabulous shots!

above photo from Mary Beth Tyson
above photo from Joe Elario Photography
above photo from Justine Miller Photography
above photo from Studio 222 Photography
above photo from Evoke Photography


Wedding Dresses from Johanna Johnson {crystals + vintage}

Johanna Johnson, based in Australia, introduced her 2010 collection called "Zepphora". It's inspired by the "heady nights of the 20's and 30's where the evening shone with cresol beads and the heady scent of violets and jasmine". The latest creations are entirely handcrafted and feature Swarovski crystals, heavy platinum tones and Parisian bead-work. Along with the absolutely stunning 2010 wedding dress collection, Johanna Johnson has also launched an online accessory store called "Trousseau". All designs are created exclusively by Johanna in her "signature romantic, vintage style". Below is a small preview of her new dress collection along with a few of her accessories.

Enjoy Your Day Wedding Contest


Calling all brides and grooms to enter our Enjoy Your Day Wedding Contest with some fabulous prizes.  Tell us about your DREAM wedding and you have a chance to win wedding planning packages, an engagement session and complete wedding day makeup application.  Now what bride wouldn't what that for her wedding day?  Click on our Events/Contests Page for complete details.  Contest ends July 31, 2010. 

GOOD LUCK!!!!

We Love Baby Showers!


Besides weddings we love styling showers and parties, so when I came across this beautioful baby shower picture I was too excited.  The color palette is so fun and really puts some pizazz in the traditional colors for baby showers.  The color palette for the party was inspired by the Tiny Prints invitation. A tent covered the beautiful table setting, and was decorated with paper lanters and a special “Baby Mama” banner. They made sugar scrub jars for the party favors and it doubled as the placecard. My favorite decorative element is definitely the huge Z they covered in artificial flowers…the baby-to-be’s name is Zoe. Baby Zoe’s room is to be decorated with bla-bla dolls so they made tags on the back of all of the chairs with cut outs of different bla-bla dolls. And here is a darling activity: while the guest of honor, opened gifts, they had baskets of ribbons, glue and buttons for the guests to make baby Zoe hair clips! Too cute, right?

Our Spotlight Vendor - For The Modern Bride

We're always looking for new companies to spotlight and we came across this company today on none other than Facebook.  This company is awesome in creating and designing for the modern bride.  For The Modern Bride is a company that specializes in wedding logos, stationary and wedding card boxes.  After going through their fan page, we were speechless.  Here's what made our jaws job:

Custom Wedding Logos

For the Modern Bride does some great work, the wedding logos are outstanding.  Any of bride would love any of their designs and would compliment any style wedding.  Now let's take a peek at their wedding card boxes and custom wedding invitations.

Wedding Card Boxes

Custom Wedding Invitations