Our Family Wedding

Is it true that when you marry someone that you marry their family? If so, Lucia and Marcus maybe in some trouble because of their meddling dads in Our Family Wedding. Not to mention Lucia's mom who is planning the wedding of "her" dreams.
Lance Gross and America Ferrera star as the loving engaged couple and Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia star as their dads. The cast also include Regina King and Diana Maria Riva. I love these stars, great wedding movies, and look forward to seeing this movie when it is released March 12, 2010.




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Double Wedding Ceremony

What do 2 brides + 2 grooms =? Double the love of course! We had to share with you the double wedding ceremony of Cedar Wang to Howard Yu and Cindy Liu to Zhack Zhao. The two couples are very good friends who decided to share in this special time in each others lives by having their weddings together. So when was the best time to do this? Valentine's Day weekend of course.

Your Champagne Wishes Events, LLC had double duty coordinating for the couples and arranging all of the lovely flowers for the wedding and reception. It was a unique and wonderful experience working with two great brides who had very different visions to blend their styles together.

It rarely snows here in Atlanta, but wouldn't you know it snowed their wedding weekend. But a little snow wasn't going to stop these four. They drove off from the church to the reception with the top down on the bright yellow convertible Jeep as planned as if it was 90 degrees outside. Gotta love it!

Hope to share professional photos soon.

Valentine's Drink

Valentine's Day is almost here. It is one of my favorite holidays, because it is a time to show the ones you love that you care. So whether you plan to spend a nice quiet romantic night at home with the one you love or have a fun night out on the town, make it special.

If you are looking for a special drink for Valentines try a Love Potion! Here is what you need:

2 oz cranberry juice cocktail

1 oz raspberry vodka
splash of grenadine

splash of lime juice

ice

Directions:

Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker and strain into a chilled martini glass. Add raspberries and chocolate to garnish. Enjoy!

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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.