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The Art of Living with Marilu Henner, an educational and lifestyle cable program that produces 5 minute segments for various cable channels, will be featuring Perfect Wedding Guide i
n an upcoming segment. The Art of Living will produce a segment on Perfect Wedding Guide’s franchising business model, to educate their viewers on franchise opportunities. We are scheduled to shoot the segment in early 2010!
Best known as a Broadway, TV and film actress, Marilu Henner is also a full-time mom and author of seven best-selling books, including Marilu Henner’s Total Health Fitness Makeover, and Marilu Henner’s 30-Day Total Health Makeover. Henner began her professional acting career starring in the first national touring company of Grease, later appearing with the Broadway Company. This was followed by several more Broadway plays. Henner went on to star in numerous television shows including Taxi, Evening Shade and eventually became executive producer and host of The Marilu Show.
Look to these straight-off-the-runway 2010 spring wedding fashion trendsto find inspiration for your walk down the aisle.
Vintage Veils
Taking it’s cue from old Hollywood glamor, birdcage veils are a great recreation for the modern wedding ensemble.
**Tip: Your veil can serve double duty. Find veil styles attached to jewel encrusted hair clips or feathered headbands. 
Black Embellishments
No longer only for the rocker girl, black embellishments are making its way onto this season’s wedding dresses. From floral motifs to intricate beadwork to sashes and ties, black is this season’s best accessory for spring 2010 wedding fashion trends.
The Mini Dress
Shorter hemlines are here to stay! Last year the mini dress hit the runway and it looks as though the knee-baring style is making a repeat appearance in spring 2010 wedding fashion. This flirty frock is perfect a beach wedding or perhaps a “second dress” for a cocktail reception. Style inspiration: a must-do for the young and the young at heart.
Statement Jewelry
Designers showcased a variety of baubles with this season’s gowns. Crystal bib necklaces, soft pearls entwined with hard metals and the ever-present chandelier earring are just some of the spring 2010 wedding fashion trends brides can look forward to.
**Tip: Layering jewels is a big red-carpet trend. But the key is to find pieces that blend with the overall look of your wedding ensemble, with the focus centering on your wedding gown.
Tulle & Net
Light and ethereal, designers are going back to basics with these whimsical fabrics. Whether peeking from under a short hemmed skirt or used to construct a layered ball gown, the look of tulle will have you “floating” down the aisle.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
1:00pm -4:00pm
Hyatt Regency Downtown
~Come see the Great Diamond Dash brought to you by the Perfect Wedding Guide! Be one of 5 lucky ladies to get the chance to dive into a large wedding cake in search of FREE diamonds!Meet the area’s finest wedding professionals
~See the latest in bridal attire at the fashion show
~Avoid the lines, pre-register online now (and to receive the discounted ticket prices).
Tickets are $10.00 at the door. Become a Facebook Fan and receive FREE admission.
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Check out these photos! We took our kids to get some fun photos taken for their birthday 
invitation. Kevin’s Photography created a beautiful invitation with Ally’s photo on the front when she turned one a few years ago. You can see it displayed in Kevin’s studio. Now Ally is going to be turning 4 and Adam (our newest) will be turning one. Kevin always has a way with kids – which is great when you’ve got a flower girl/ring bearer in your wedding party!
Can’t wait to receive the invitations from Kevin’s to be able to send them out to our family and friends! What a keepsake!
What’s the one thing that dictates the decor, floral arrangements, invitations and just about everything else associated with a wedding? Color! Whether it’s bold, bright hues or soft pastels, color plays one of the biggest roles in planning a ceremony and reception (not to mention styling the wedding party!). If you’re a bride who’s in love with color, but you’re not quite sure how to find a signature shade and make it work for your big day, we can show you how to choose wedding colors that reflect your personality and creative ways to incorporate them in your venue (without overdoing it!).
Space and seasonality
When deciding on wedding colors, ask yourself two questions (depending on how far along you are in your wedding planning, these questions should be fairly easy to answer). One: what is the time of year your wedding will take place (winter, spring, summer, fall)? The colors of the season are a great guide for finding your wedding colors. Two: What kind of space will be used for the ceremony and reception (indoor/outdoor, church, ballroom, formal, casual?) Some venues are blank spaces—ideal for decorating to your exact specifications. But some spaces have a fixed look that can’t be changed (colored carpet or wallpaper), which could clash with the colors you may have in mind.
Look for inspiration all around you
How is your home decorated? What is your favorite shade of lip gloss? What colors do you see most in your closet? Taking inspiration from everyday life is a great way to spotlight your personality in your wedding color choices. Need more help? Visit a bookstore and pick up fashion and home decor magazines. The runway is a good place to turn to for ideas, as designers are the best sources for relaying the latest trends. In fact, the Pantone Color Institute creates color combinations every season just for designers in the fashion and interiors industry to use with new products. Even our wedding expert, Susan Southerland of Just Marry!, uses a Wedding Planning Color Wheel to help brides match shades when selecting a color scheme. Read More.
Brides and grooms have a tough task at hand when it comes to choosing attendants for the wedding party. Your childhood friends, college buddies, relatives and the like are all vying for a chance to stand with you on your big day. Here, we show you how to narrow the list and select the best group of friends and loved ones to serve as your wedding VIPs.
Image courtesy of photoEDGE.
Number of attendants to choose:
You’ve been to weddings where the wedding party is a never-ending introduction of everyone the bride and groom have known since grade school. The truth is this: you can have as many or as few people as you want in your wedding. And contrary to popular belief, the ratio of bridesmaids to groomsmen (and vice versa) doesn’t have to be equal. But as a general rule of thumb, it might be a good idea to have more guests in the congregation than people standing at the altar.
Friends vs. relatives:
Your first cousin or your college roommate? Your future sister-in-law or your best friend? Deciding between friends and family when choosing your attendants can put couples in an awkward situation. But the decision should be made according to the relationship you have with that person. If you’re closer to your school chum than your cousin, by all means, you should ask your friend to serve as an attendant.
Remember, the wedding party isn’t the only place where family can participate in wedding festivities. You could always ask a cousin or another relative to recite a special poem or scripture reading, usher during the ceremony, or serve as a hostess at the reception.
Click here to find about choosing the best man and maid of honor.
Video is everywhere, especially at Albuquerque weddings. Celebrities, politicians and everyday people all use professional video services to preserve that special day. Let’s face it, after all the flowers wilt, the cake is eaten and the friends and family go back home, all you have is great video!
The magic of a professional video offers a lasting memory of your wedding day that you can enjoy for years to come. Remembering what grandma and grandpa looked and sounded like as they give a special shout out in Spanish, Chinese, or Navajo. Also, what dances and music were popular and how good or badly all the party goers danced to the “Electric Slide” or “La Marcha”. Everything that happened on that eventful day, good or bad is captured as video.
Credit: Award Winning Photography and Video
Our company did a recent Albuquerque wedding where the groom grabbed the top layer of the multi-layered wedding cake and threw it at his bride. She then grabbed the rest of it and threw it at him—this is a great example of moments that can be captured forever with a professional wedding video.
A professional videographer should also capture pre-wedding events where he can talk to family and friends (like at the rehearsal dinner). Here the videographer will have a wireless handheld microphone and have loved ones express their love for the happy couple and why they think the bride and groom are perfect for one another. The wedding videographer may also ask guests to share a funny story about the bride or groom and then will incorporate these bytes with lovely moments to create a “love story” video.
These are only a few examples of how a professionally made video can create an everlasting treasure , that will live on and on and on.
Tony Todisco is the owner of Award Winning Video & Photography, a full-service video and photography production company located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
It often surprises newly engaged couples how formidable a social event their wedding will become. Wedding costs can be shocking. There are so many details to consider, including the planning and organization, and, most importantly, who will pay for what.
Photo by PhotoEdge
For many, it’s the first time they’ve ever been intricately involved in a project this large. Even the smallest, most quickly designed wedding requires planning and expenditure. After all, you intend for it to be a once-in-a-lifetime event: One of your first decisions needs to be about wedding costs.
How you parcel out this financial load often is based not just on available resources and affordability, but on tradition. In times past, a bride’s parents paid for the lion’s share of the wedding. Today, however, the bridal couple, often with help from the groom’s parents, can share the cost. It’s also common for bridal couples to shoulder the entire burden of their celebrations.
When a groom’s parents contribute to the wedding costs, they become co-hosts. This means your wedding invitations should carry their names, too. If the couple pays their own way, “ownership” of the event is theirs and the inclusion of parents on invitations becomes a courtesy or sign of affection and respect. Read More…
The bulk of your wedding budget will go toward the wedding reception. Wedding planning101 tells us that the best way to cut cost is by managing the guest list. If you have a long wedding guest list and limited funds, look for ways to have a beautiful wedding that fits your budget.
Traditionally, the bride’s family sets the wedding guest list number. But with more couples paying for their own weddings and more grooms’ families helping out, your wedding guest list and its size affect everyone involved.
Often there’s an equal division—a third to your family, a third to your fiance’s family, and a third shared by you and your fiance. Traditionally, when the bride and groom come from the same town, both families are allocated an equal number of guests, with mutual friends shared among the three lists. If your groom comes from a distant location, consider allocating fewer guests for his family. Send announcements rather than invitations to those distant friends and acquaintances who are unlikely to attend. Read More..
