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A Unique Item For the Discerning Bride, Champagne Flutes 2008-03-05 08:44:00 You are a discerning bride, looking for something different from the normal wedding nic-nac. These sleek, modern and unique Champagne
Toasting Flutes are the perfect choice for your wedding toast(s). Conceived by Netherlands-based designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew, these handmade Toasting Flutes are the iconic flute housed inside a discreet outer tube. The mouth-blown double-walled ensures the bubbly stays crisp and cold, sip after sip throughout your wedding day. A unique item that can be used again and again, after the wedding for the discerning bride!Champagne Toasting FLutes Read more:Bride
Groom's Survival Kit 2008-03-04 22:18:00 What do you get the groom who has everything, namely you? From Ms. & Mrs. we first got the Wedding Survival Kit, then the Bride's Maid Survival Kit and... the Grooms Survival Kit! Included: Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Dental Floss, Mints, Pain Reliever, Antacid, Facial Tissues, Deodorant, Razor, Shaving Cream, Styptic Pencil, Adhesive Bandages, Nail Clipper, Hair Comb, Interior Mirror, Lint Remover, Mending Kit, Scissors, Safety Pins, Boutonniere Pins, Stain Remover, Static Remover, Wrinkle Remover, Stress Ball Keychain, Extra Wedding Bands, Black Socks. I especially love that stress ball and chain! Cool idea for those stressed out grooms.Your groom and his men will keep their composure on the big day with this . The kit includes all the essentials to keep his stress level at a minimum. In
Personalized M&Ms 2008-03-04 19:15:00 This is too cool. Today I stumbled over the Mars Inc. website (chocolate is a girl's best friend!) and discovered they are offering to personalize the backs of M&Ms for weddings, parties, birthdays etc!Here is what their website says: Personalized
M&M'S® Chocolate Candies on mymms.com. MY M&M'S® are a great way to customize your wedding favors, birthday party, or give as a creative gift. Personalize your candy with your choice of color and a personal message.Check it out!-Amy
Essense of Australia 2008-03-04 11:39:00 I was looking around the Essense of Australia
site at their Couture line of bridal gowns. I love their gowns, but I really fell in love with these three! I love their simple lines, especially in the skirt. A relief from the gowns of the last few years with those over done poofy Cinderella skirts.
A Reminder 2008-03-01 10:33:00 Monday is Basilica Day when the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame opens their books to brides and grooms who want to book the church for their wedding in 2009. Wake up early ladies and flex those dialing fingers and good luck! Here's hoping you get the date and time you want!And once you have your wedding dates be sure to check back here for the Best Bridal Guide to your Wedding Day for those Essential Wedding services in the South Bend, Mishawaka, Notre Dame, Elkhart and surrounding area!-Amy Read more:Reminder
Rehearsal Dinner 2008-03-01 09:49:00 Hi. I was wondering if you could answer an question. I am getting married at Notre Dame in July and I am having trouble finding some place for the rehearsal dinner. My favorite hangouts while going to Notre Dame won't hold 50 people, do you have any suggestions?KatieCongratulations on the impending nuptials Katie! I know you are just going to love having your wedding at The Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame, such a beautiful church.There are many great locations in South Bend, Mishawaka to hold a 50 person rehearsal dinner.ItalianSunny Italy, located on Hill Street in South Bend, this is an old family run restaurant offering the best in Italian food.Papa Vinos provides excellent Italian food with a modern twist. Really good.Bruno's Pizza, the original, located on State Road 23 and Read more:Rehearsal
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Seating Arrangement Idea 2008-03-01 09:25:00 Sorry for going MIA, I had to get out of town and to someplace warm, like Florida. This snow we are having is getting depressing!Cynthia Basker, wedding coordinator extrodinare over at Celebrated Events in South Bend has posted a couple of cool ideas from one of her wedding receptions.Fist you have place card trees. Creating little hanging ornaments of the place cards and hanging them from trees!Another great idea is to take the table numbering used for assigned seating at the reception and place pictures of the bride and groom on the table with their corresponding age. So at table one there were pictures of the bride and groom at age one, at age 15 there were pictures of the bride and groom at age 15 and so on.This is a fantastic idea, especially if your number of tables does not exceed
Welcome to Bernarodo's For The Bride 2008-02-20 07:51:00 I'd like to welcome Bernardo's For The Bride
to our listing of high quality wedding vendors in Northern Indiana for the discerning bride! Bernardo's offers some of the best service we have found in wedding dress shops. Lead by Jackie, the ladies at Bernardo's For The Bride are there to help you find that perfect wedding gown that you will treasure.Bernardo's For The Bride carries multiple lines of wedding gowns, Maggie Sottero, Casablanca Bridal, Allure Bridal, Amelie, Pronovias, Essence of Australia, Sottero & Midgley and many more.Visit them at 742 Eddy Street in South Bend, IN! Read more:Welcome
Great News! 2008-02-19 21:52:00 This is so cool. I do not know how I missed it. My favorite South Bend wedding video company has added photography and changed it's name. River City Productions is now Allure Films and Brian has welcomed aboard Greg Luzney, photographer extraordinare! This is too cool. I know these two combined will create something unique. Brian and his team of wedding videographers are fantastic and looking through Greg's wedding photography work, that they have posted I'm in love! You can't go wrong hiring Allure Films, check out their wedding photography and videography!I'm actually in love with the wedding photo above, such a classic. Read more:Great
Wedding Style Trends! 2008-02-16 17:50:00 Over at Celebrated Events, our favorite wedding coordinator Cynthia has posted about her trip to The Special Event 2008. While there she picked up on some of the trends for 2008, from wedding colors to glass beads, it's an interesting read. Wedding StyleTrends
for 2008And congratulations on being a speaker Cynthia!-Amy
Popular Father and Daughter Dance Songs 2008-02-16 11:04:00 Quick question, I need a song for my F&D Dance
, any ideas?Thanks.BrendaYou need ideas for the Father
and Daughter
dance song? You have come to the right place. Check out our sister site Wedding Grooves for our list of popular Father and Daughter dance songs We have also embeded the videos posted to YouTube so you can listen to the song too!Good luck and let us know what you choose!-Amy
A Big Congratulations to McDonald Studio and Dave and Ann Patnaude! 2008-02-15 14:40:00 Dave and Ann Patnaude, owners of one of my favorite photography studios, McDonaldStudio
last week were recognized for their industry contributions by the Professional Photographers of America. The PPA awarded them their National Award, the highest award the association puts out! A major recognition for a little midwest studio located in South Bend, IN.Congratulations
Dave and Ann!
Heads Up on Postage Rate Increase 2008-02-15 11:11:00 Everyone Postage
is going up on May 12th for the second consecutive year from 41 cents to 42 cents. The price of the FOREVER stamp will go up at the same time. If you purchase the FOREVER stamp for 41 cents it will still be usable for first class postage after the rate increase takes place. So in order to avoid the rate increase I recommend going out and purchasing a few rolls of the FOREVER stamp. Other rates are going up also, so depending on the size of your wedding invitations, you should check with the postal service so you’re not surprised when it comes time to mail them out. Read more:Heads
Trunk Show at Girly Girl Gifts! 2008-02-14 22:37:00 It is time to save those pennies girls! I was surfing my favorite blogs today when I found this posting on Girly
Girl Gifts
!Ever After Collection by Ali Oesch We here at Girly Girl are excited to announce that Ali Oesch of One of a Kind Jewelry is currently developing a line of wedding jewelry that will debut here, in our store! The Ever After Collection will be designed exclusively for the bride and her bridal entourage. We can't wait to see what Ali creates! We will be holding a trunk show here at Girly Girl to unveil the much anticipated collection on Thursday, March 27, 2008. We will be sending invitations to all of you who are on our mailing list.-----------------I love Ali's work! It's so fresh and fun and now she is doing a wedding line. I can not wa Read more:Trunk
Hilton Garden Inn, Big City in South Bend 2008-02-12 19:12:00 Guest Blog by Brian Peterson of Allure Films.-----------------------------------------------------------I've been involved in weddings professionally since 1989 and one of the disappointing things about having a wedding in South
Bend, Mishawaka and the surrounding Michiana area has been the lack of a facility that can bring the big city feel to a wedding reception. If you ever have been to a wedding in NY, Chicago, LA or Atlanta, you know what I mean. We have fantastic locations like Palais Royale, Windsor Park, Knollwood Country Club, Marriott, etc which are top locations for a wedding. But they are products of the midwest small town feel, lacking the big city type ambiance, attitude and pomp of a Four Seasons, Ritz, Drake or Marriott banquet hall in downtown Chicago.I cringe every time I Read more:Hilton
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Sweepstakes on Brides.com 2008-02-07 13:33:00 I just found out about this. Along with their sponsorship of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Brides
.com is offering a chance to win a trip to Fiji. You have till the 14th to enter! Enter here. Read more:Sweepstakes
27 Dresses 2008-01-25 23:11:00 I have a prediction. Benny & The Jets is going to be the next big song of the summer wedding season. Katharine Heigl and the dreamy James Marsden have a really funny sing along in 27 Dresses
that will resurrect this song.Tonight I saw the very funny and wonderfully acted 27 Dresses. A tried and true romance with a lot of laughs, I thoroughly recommend it. And girls you may want to leave the significant other at home unless he really enjoys chic flicks this is not one for him.
Win A Necklace From Tiffany & Co! 2008-01-14 09:50:00 To celebrate the opening of the new Gillepsie Ballroom at the Hilton Garden Inn, they are having a drawing for a Tiffany
sterling silver necklace! All you have to do is visit the new Gillepsie Ballroom (hopefully they'll settle on one name for it soon :-)) between February 1 and March 15, 2008 to be entered.Call Nicole Smeltzer, Events Sales Manager at 574.232.7700 to set up your showing at the Hilton Garden Inn South Bend.Any Taylor Read more:Necklace
Welcome To The New Michiana Weddings! 2008-01-13 22:50:00 Welcome to the new Michiana Weddings
, For The Discerning Bride! Michiana Weddings' goal is to present the best of the best wedding facilities and professionals in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan. These wedding professionals have distinguished themselves with creativity, customer service and quality in their respective fields. Unlike our sister websites, MichianaWeddings.com and BridalFilms.net, Michiana Weddings For the Discerning Bride listings are by invitation only. So bookmark the new Michiana Weddings, For the Discerning Bride and check back often. We will be updating and expanding the site in weeks to come!Legal Disclaimer: Michiana Weddings makes no guarantee as to the quality or services offered by the vendor/facilities/professionals listed here. Everyone can have a bad ni Read more:Welcome
Hiring Your Wedding Reception Disc Jockey 2008-01-13 13:16:00 Over the last two weeks and attending the various bridal shows that have been put on I have noticed a trend among the wedding disc jockeys that have popped up; They are selling the music list, the audio equipment and the light show but they are not telling you anything about the entertainment!There is a common misconception that a DJ is about pushing play on a cd player or computer and blaring music out over a pair of loud speakers. Since starting at Michiana Weddings I have been to dozens of weddings and that is what a lot of Disc Jockey
s are about and what they sell, but it is NOT good wedding reception entertainment! In fact DJs who are just about the size of their music libraries, the brand their audio equipment is or the number of lights in their show seldom create a party atmosphere Read more:Hiring
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Wedding Inspiration 2008-03-10 12:11:00 I love the fall and I love deep dark red and this real life weddings has them booth! Thanks to Cynthia Basker over at our favorite wedding coordination company, Celebrated Events we have this inspiration board from Kristine & Jason Listner. Kristine and Jason were married on October 27, 2007 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the University of Notre Dame. The reception followed at the Palais Royale. Here is a few photographs to inspire your wedding!If you are a past bride and groom, or getting married soon in the South Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Plymouth area, we'd love to get a few images from your wedding to feature so other brides and grooms are inspired. Drop an email to michianaweddings at ameritech dot net! Read more:Inspiration
Green Wedding Favors 2008-03-14 09:14:00 Green is in with weddings and you can't get much greener than these wedding favors from the BloemBox Collection. A feast for the eyes, each BloemBox favor contains a long strip of hand made seed ribbon. This favor is made with all natural, biodegradable paper embedded with flower seeds. Simply plant the ribbon in soil, water and watch as your own beautiful garden blooms. These wedding favors / gifts appear on the Oprah ‘O’ List and have been seen in InStyle Magazine. The Bloembox collection includes an assortment of six varieties: Carnation, Pansy, Flanders Poppy, Shirley Poppy, Sunflower, and Zinnia. Each favor includes 15 ft. of seed ribbon. Read more:Green
Wedding Sweepstakes! 2008-03-19 09:45:00 One of the movies I'm looking forward to, Made Of Honor is having a sweepstakes! You can win a wedding, a European honeymoon and many other prizes. Sponsored by the Knot and the movie.Made of Honor Wedding Sweepstakes
-Amy
Wedding Contracts 2008-03-20 21:02:00 From the mail bag:Dear Amy Taylor,I have found a photographer we absolutely love and want to hire. However he says he does not use a contract and all we have to do is put down a fifty percent deposit. I have signed a contract with everyone else and find this strange. My Fiance says just put the money down and forget about it, but I am a little less sure about that especially since it is $1500. What should I do? Do I need a contract or not?Thank you,Mary to SeanMary, I have one rule, signed contract or I am going elsewhere! This is a pet peeve of mine! I can't believe in this day of age anyone would not be using a contract. The simplest contract is what, where, when, who and how much. This way there is no misunderstanding about the basic details of the agreement, what would you do if he cam Read more:Contracts
Wedding Favors 2008-04-01 20:25:00 Dove Chocolates now allows you to personalize the foils. These would make great wedding favors for your guests.-Amy
How To Tie A Tie 2008-04-02 20:13:00 Is your fiance like my boyfriend, can not tie a knot to keep his shoe strings from flapping, let alone a tie? Today I found on YouTube several instructional videos to help all of our significant others with the binding issues with ties. I am afraid though there is no help for those shoe laces.The Four-In-Hand KnotThe Full WindsorThe Half WindsorGet your significant other to master one of these knots and you will be ready to step out in style to the next engagment party, bridal shower, rehearsal dinner!
7 Questions with Cynthia Basker. 2008-04-10 13:24:00 Recently I had an opportunity to sit down with Cynthia
Basker of Celebrated Events fame. Cynthia has been a wedding producer or if you prefer, wedding coordinator in South Bend since the late 1980's, producing some of the most lavish, beautiful and unique weddings seen in the Michiana area. We have raved about her style and ideas in the past, here is Cynthia in her own words:1.) Describe a Celebrated Events wedding.Our goal for every wedding Celebrated Events has the privilege of being a part of, is that it directly reflects the personality and style of the every one of our brides and grooms. When I hear guests say, 'this is so them' during the event/wedding itself, I know we have done our job.2.) What are the 3 adjectives that describe your wedding style?Effective, efficient and exper
Wedding Day Vendors Should Work As A Team! 2008-04-09 09:29:00 If you are a bride your wedding day is something you have dreamed about since you were five years old. A wedding can be stressful, a large amount of money is riding on it along with your dreams and hopes. To reduce stress as much as possible and fulfill all your wishes, you need to assemble a winning team of vendors and service professionals when planning your wedding day!The success of a wedding and making your dreams come true depends on assembling a team of professionals that offer their best at all times, communicates and leave their egos at home. Professionals aren’t just part of their own little area of your wedding: DJs need to do more than just play the music, they are the ones with the microphone and speakers. The best man’s toast can not be delivered if there is music playin Read more:Vendors
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