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Spring & Summer & Fall Oh My!

Spring & Summer & Fall Oh My!

When deciding a date to get married, there are so many things to factor into the decision. Questions may arise like...What season should we get married in? What day of the week? What does should definitely NOT be the day? Well...lucky for YOU I'm here to help! So lets settle some of those concerns!

Seasons

There are many things to consider when picking a wedding date in a specific season. For instance, do you want a spring wedding with flowers blooming and the sun shining? Or maybe a winter wedding with a blanket of snow covering the ground. Maybe the warmth of summer or coziness of fall? When deciding take into consideration your occupation. If your a teacher, it would probably be better to plan a date in the summer time. If your a tax accountant you definitely do NOT want to have a spring wedding and so on.

Day of the Week

It is important to consider the day of the week you would like as well. Do you want a weekend wedding? Or, if most of your guests are in town and available would you consider a wedding during the week? Know what you want...After all, it is YOUR day :)

Dates to AVOID

Ok. So the last thing we want to is to have our guests chose between, lets say Superbowl Sunday and your wedding. I mean, lets face it, you may not have many guests in that case. SO to avoid the risk of this happening, be sure to cancel out the days that are any big holiday's or events. July 4th, Thanksgiving, World Series, Labor  Day,etc. You want ALL of your guests happily focused on your day!

#TBT (Throwback Thursday) Christian And Melissa Highlights-Lancaster Wedding Venue

Keep Calm...

The 14 Hottest Wedding Trends For 2014; Presented By Huffington Post

Hey there, lucky bride! A new year is nearly here, ushering in a new swoon-worthy wedding season. We went up and down the coasts talking to wedding experts and everyone agrees: 2014 will be the year of true romance. Weddings are going softer, sweeter, lusher and more heartfelt. It’s a return to classic chivalry, to the things that made our mothers cry, and it’s happening just in time for you to melt hearts and make memories.

1. Pink is back! Do you already feel like a blushing bride? Carry that sweet love over to your color scheme, says Tara Guérard, the event designer behind ultra-luxe Soirée in Charleston and New York. "It’s the nudes, the blushes, the peaches — not Pepto Bismol pink!" she announces.

2. The return to romance ushers in a new love for the formality of days gone by. Think white-gloved waiters and big band dancing, crystal candlesticks and gold-rimmed china. One major bridal inspiration for the return to tradition comes from Hollywood. "It’s the look of ‘The Great Gatsby,’" says Beth Helmsetter of Beth Helmsetter Events in Los Angeles. Her brides are still falling hard for the bubbly, approachable elegance of the Roaring Twenties.

3. Pattern is making a new play but throw out the hard-edged looks.“Chevron was big last year,” says Tara, “but now I’m seeing trellis-patterns, bold stripes and florals.”

4. Lush, soft, Exquisitely romantic — the flower of the year is the many-petaled tree peony, says New York’s Ariella Chezar, whose work has been seen at the White House. Amber Gustafson of Los Angeles’s Amber Events picks a similar bloom — the sweet-smelling garden rose. Find out which flowers are in season for your wedding here.

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Airbrush Makeup, Bridal Makeup;Certified Makeup Artist Here For YOU!

Airbrush Makeup, Bridal Makeup, I LOVE Makeup!

Looking your best on your wedding day is EXCEPTIONALLY important. The right makeup, the right hairstyle, and the right dress all tie into helping make your wedding day as special as can be. Finding a good bridal makeup artist is key. Don't choose just ANYONE to help you on your big day! Choose a certified makeup artist, like myself, to get the job done right! As a professional makeup artist, specializing in bridal airbrush makeup, I understand the key elements to help those lips say "POW" and your eyes "POP"! Below is a link to a great blog that offers tutorials, videos, blogs, and good information regarding bridal makeup and fashion! I liked it, and thought i'd share with all of YOU! Hope you enjoy it!  

http://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com/cosmetics/101-wedding-makeup-looks/

 

In the mean time CHECK OUT MY TUTORIAL as I transform one of my brides into the perfect princess!

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Beautiful Danish Wedding - Inspired Anyone?

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Came across this blog and wanted to share it with all you brides to be in the Antleope Valley! Come see me if this inpspires you! - Karen Elegant Affairs, AV’s first choice in Wedding & Reception venues. 661.951.2261  

Danish Wedding by No Eye Has Seen Photography

    Oh how I love understated elegance. Lucky for me (and you) this cozy Danish wedding by No Eye Has Seen Photography serves up a delightful amount of just that through all the thoughtful and personal details. Let’s see, a cake made by the bride’s mother that took five days, a castle to share with their guests for the event, nods to their culture and love story, and a lovely blogger bride’s vision of a perfect wedding brought to life – I’d say this wedding is understated in the best possible way. For even more cozy, be sure to check out the full gallery of goodness.  

   

   

click here for the full wedding gallery! From the Bride…We knew from the beginning that we wanted our wedding to be cozy and intimate, and that it should reflect us as a couple. Planning this wedding forced us into an adventure of really getting to know ourselves, and extracting what was essentially us from the expectations that surrounded us and the traditions that surrounds a wedding. To sum it up in two words, we went for a “cozy elegance”, mixing elements of Danish and the Mediterranean, and keeping a balance between vintage and Scandinavian modern. We didn’t feel the need to have the grandest of cakes, or the most spectacular of flowers – instead, we liked things to be understated and personal, pretty and feminine and chose a very simple palette of white, pink, charcoal grey and black. Our wedding was quite small with only 40 of our closest family and friends for the dinner and party. This is small even in Danish standards, where the number of guests at wedding will usually lie somewhere between 60 and 100. An intimate wedding, we felt, made it all that much more exclusive, and gave us the time to talk to our guests, some of which had travelled from other countries. We chose Sophienberg Castle as our venue because it was everything we wanted – it was small enough to give that cosy atmosphere which we were looking for, had a beautiful view over the sea and a park in the back for our guests to enjoy – and we were able to rent the whole castle for ourselves. With its gleaming white exterior and sparkling black roof, it also has a very timeless Danish, architectural style. We wanted our guests to feel that they entered a cocoon for a day in which we could create new memories together. My mum had spent 5 days prior to our wedding making the wedding cake from scratch, which we served immediately after the ceremony. The cake consisted of fruit filling with a white chocolate layer over the entire top. We served cake and pink cremant from century old wooden boats, while we sailed down a romantic canal together with our guests. After the boat ride, Thomas and I left to get our portrait pictures taken while our guests drove up to the castle and got ready for dinner. We had chosen Alicia from No Eye Has Seen Photography to photograph our day, because she has a style which we really liked – a great balance between edgy and romantic, and a very different style from most wedding photographers in Denmark. Our engagement session with her the August prior to the wedding proved to us that she could make us look good in pictures even though we usually feel very awkward in front of a camera, and she is amazing at directing us and trying out many different things that we would never have thought of ourselves. The pictures really speak for Alicias talent – we didn’t believe we could look so good! In many ways, our wedding was quite reflective of what would be expected at a Danish wedding, such as having homemade goods like the cake and stationery. We also followed the Danish traditions of ripping the veil and cutting the groom’s socks, and dancing the bridal waltz before midnight. However, we felt it was important to sprinkle in some Mediterranean atmosphere too. I lived most of my life in Italy, and we were engaged in Barcelona in Spain; and we dream of one day buying an apartment in Paris, having had our favorite holidays there. We had an acoustic guitarist play background music throughout the dinner and also the bridal waltz. We set up long, narrow tables in 2 long rows so assimilate an Italian family dinner. My parents imported “Brutti e Buoni”, light almond and vanilla cookies which were invented a century ago in the area where I was brought up in Italy. It was quite important to me that my dress and the shoes were designed by a native of one of these countries, and ended up with a dress and shoes by Spanish designers Enzoani and Pedro Garcia. Throughout the planning process however, we drew a lot of inspiration from American wedding blogs such as Style Me Pretty. By bringing in elements such as a photobooth, the butterfly escort cards, and a shrug from Etsy which we had read about on American sites, we incorporated elements that really made our wedding stand out to our guests. During our planning process, I got inspired to start my own wedding blog, Pretty Chic Blog which is the only one of its kind in Denmark, hoping to be able to inspire other Danish brides with ideas on how to make their own wedding personal and a reflection of themselves. Photography: Alicia Candelora of No Eye Has Seen Photography / Reception Location: Sophienberg Castle / Shoes: Pedro Garcia / Dress: Blue by Enzoani / Knitted shrug: Deniz’s shop at Etsy / Photobooth: Think Photography

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#TBT (Throwback Thursday) Vincent And Faith Highlights

Not Only Am I A Wedding Planner...

Not only am I a wedding planner but if you didn't know I am also a make up artist. I love doing this for my brides when I get the opportunity. Another one of my beautiful brides. She looked amazing!!

A Surprise Wedding Proposal Story - Caught on Film!

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A Surprise Wedding Proposal Story - Caught on Film!

Posted Friday, January 07, 2011 11:29 PM

Today's blog entry is a little wedding fairytale! This is Lee and Matt, and he has the thumbs up from all the girls in the office today. The rest of this story is brought to you by their lovelyphotographer!

Her favorite number is 11. She loves ice skating. She's always wanted to get married on Friday 11/11/11. He contacted and hired me before Christmas [so that we could do this shoot on 1/1/11]. We made plans via email; I checked his Facebook page to know what they look like, etc.

(This is the famous statue at the World famous Rockfeller Center skating rink)
The day of we sent text messages to each other. I positioned myself at the edge of the rink and he spotted me.  After they slowly went around 2-3 times (he's not an ice skater), he stopped, hugged her, and got down on one knee and asked her to marry him.

She later said that she thought it was a joke because they were still waiting to get engaged. People on and around the rink applauded and cheered and they took 2 more laps around the rink.

Congratulations Lee and Matt!
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Photos: WendyG Photography (WendyGPhoto.com)

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Reference Link: The Wedding Planning Institute
Elegant Affairs
42525 10th Street West
Lancaster, California 93534
Phone (661) 951-2261
Email Address: AVAffairs@yahoo.com