Brides Against Breast Cancer Gown Sale

Brides,
It is that time of year again!

Who: Brides Against Breast Cancer
What: Gown Sale
Where: The Defoor Centre located 1710 Defoor Avenue NW Atlanta, GA 30318
When: Sneak Preview Event! Thursday 01/28/2010: 6:00pm - 10:00pm (Reservations required for this ticketed event)
Friday 01/29/2010: 10am - 8pm (Free and open to the public)
Saturday 01/30/2010: 10am - 6pm (Free and open to the public)
Why: The gown sale allows brides-to-be a chance to find the gown of their dreams at a great price, while helping to make wishes and memory-making events come true!

Your Champagne Wishes Events, LLC wins 2010 Wedding Wire Bride's Choice Award!

Atlanta, Georgia – Thursday, January 21, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Your Champagne Wishes Events, LLC has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Planning!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Your Champagne Wishes Events, LLC is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Your Champagne Wishes Events, LLC is among the very best Wedding Planning within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today here .

About WeddingWire, Inc. WeddingWire is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding vendors. WeddingWire enables engaged couples to search, compare and book over 100,000 reviewed wedding vendors nationwide, from wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding vendors, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. In addition, WeddingWire has partnered with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) to provide its network of local vendors and online wedding-planning tools in the Weddings section of http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/. For additional information, please visit http://www.weddingwire.com/.

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

Bacon + Shrimp = Heaven. Two of my favorite foods paired together. What could be better?
If you are looking for a dish for your wedding reception or rehearsal dinner that will surely be a big hit with your guests, why not try bacon wrapped shrimp?
It is shrimp kicked up a notch. Sounds so good! Don't you agree?

Wedding Guest List 101

One of the first things that you should tackle in your wedding planning process is your guest list. You should consider what family, friends, and coworkers that you want to invite. Your fiance will also have people that he will want to invite. Let's not forget both sets of parents will remind you of people that you must include. Before you know it, you have a huge guest list.
Your guest list is very important because it determines everything from the number of invitations, place cards, and guest favors that you order to the size of the room and number of tables and chairs that need to be reserved. The more tables and chairs you need, the more linens and centerpieces you will need as well. Your guest list also determines the amount of food, beverages, and staff you must pay for to have happy guests.
Some people choose to have two guest lists. The first list is the must invite list. Those close family members and friends that you can not see celebrating one of the most important days of your life without. The second group are people that you would like to attend if someone from the first list is unable to make it. This method works well for many people. Use whatever system works best for you and your family so that you will have an enjoyable day.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2010 Wedding Trends

I wanted to share with you some predictions for 2010 wedding trends by Get Married and The Wedding Report.
Among the top 10 bridal trends for 2010 appealing to recently engaged brides are:

1. Non-linear aisle
2. Comfort foods with a kick
3. Gifting techie gadgetry
4. Texture-inspired invitations
5. Old, new, borrowed and cobalt blue
6. Wear-again bridesmaid dresses
7. Three-dimensional save-the-dates
8. Old Hollywood glam, for men!
9. Blogger brides abound
10. Personalized plus

According to Get Married, the new bridal trends are all about personalization and expressing your unique bridal style.

Here are some trends from The Wedding Report that I love:

1. From the dress to shoes, vintage will be in big demand.
2. June 2010 will be busier than normal. Couples that put off their 2009 June wedding, because of the recession have booked for June 2010.
3. Candy buffets will be very hot.
4.Warm, bright, bold, and vibrate color tones are in for 2010.
5. In vintage style, black and white photography shots will be in higher demand.
6. While it hasn't gone mainstream, video streamed live weddings will continue to gain interest.
7. Tungsten is the hot metal for 2010, couple are looking for both engagement rings and wedding bands in tungsten.

Candy Cane Martini

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Christmas time means corporate events, holiday parties, and family gatherings. If you are looking for a great drink this season, try a candy can martini.


Ingredients:
1/2 oz Peppermint Schnapps
1/2 oz Creme de CaCao
1/2 oz vodka
Ice


Directions:
Shake ingredients well and strain into a martini glass rimmed with crushed candy cane. Then garnish with a candy cane. Enjoy!



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