This Month: Appearance by Randy Fenoli of "Say Yes to the Dress" and Other Events!

Randy Fenoli from TLC's Say Yes to the Dress will appear at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 16 and 17, in a very special event to benefit the "Open Your Heart...Make a Forest Ridge Education Possible" matching campaign for endowed scholarships.

Fenoli will present two shows - including an opening night VIP reception limited to 100 - about his experiences as the star of TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress and Say Yes to the Dress: Big Bliss. Fenoli, Fashion Director at the Kleinfeld Bridal store, is seen by millions of viewers and works with nearly 15,000 brides a year.

He'll share his experiences in a pair of presentations to the Forest Ridge and greater community: Tuesday, November 16, from 7:30-9:00 p.m. and an after-school event on Wednesday, November 17, from 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Tickets are: $150 for the VIP reception and performance on Tuesday, November 16; general admission tickets for both days are $30 for students, $40 for adults if purchased in advance; $50 on the day of performance. Click HERE to purchase tickets.

Also, on November 7th, 2010 from Noon - 5:00pm, You're Invited to an Open House Tasting! Hosted by Simply Seasoned Catering

Location: A Manor of Wine
610 1st St
Snohomish, WA 98290

If you are planning a wedding, holiday party or corporate event than please join Simply Seasoned Catering for a special afternoon filled with tastes of the season, sweets, music, wedding and party attire, wine tasting and photo shoots.

Seven event professionals will dazzle your senses so you can relax and get the items on your To Do List checked off all in one enjoyable Sunday afternoon.

From The Gown Up

Laura Marchbanks Photography

Simply Seasoned Catering

Taylor'd Events By Jennifer

The Cake Walk Shop

The Petal and Stem

Wave Link Music

RSVP HERE

Get Married is hosting a unique wedding on New Years Eve in Times Square! Bethany and Geoffrey are Marine reservists who met in Iraq. And now they'll say I do in front of millions in the biggest wedding in the world on the biggest night of the year!

Get Married is asking you to help pick every aspect of their wedding from the favors to the rings even to the gown!

VOTE HERE

Check back every week for new votes on what the lucky couple will wear and share when Get Married hosts the first-ever wedding in Times Square this New Year's eve!

Thanks for Voting Us #4 in Western Washington!

Thanks to all our fans, friends & clients, It's Your Day has been announced as #4 Wedding Planning Company in Western Washington! We are truly honored. To see the results and results of other winners go HERE.

To say thanks in the hugest way, we are going to offer a continued discount- not just on bookings for the rest of 2010 for dates in 2010- but for any bookings made through December 31st, 2010 for any open dates we have.

We will also be offering 20% off our boxed set of Christmas and Thank You sets of expressions which can be custom ordered. (See us for details).

Thanks again! Please help continue to spread the word about us- as word of mouth advertising is the most effective as always!

Hannah! Our Wonderful Apprentice...

For anyone who doesn't know, we did a search at the end of last year to find an apprentice/intern to help out with events, and learn from us along the way and probably teach us a thing or two as well. In January we brought on a wonderful gal named Hannah that we decided would fit the bill.

Not only has Hannah been a great blogger and a big help at our first wedding of the season but she has great ideas as well. Here is a short bio about her:

Hannah started planning events as a college sophomore, when she became President of a large statewide political non-profit organization. She planned at least 5 events quarterly for the following 2 years, from concerts to guest lectures and formal banquets.

In her senior year at the University of Washington, Hannah obtained a marketing and communications internship at a bridal website. This piqued her interest in the wedding industry and she has pursued a career in it since then. Last year she also worked in a bridal fashion shop, where she was fortunate enough to converse with brides on a regular basis while playing dress up!

Hannah is working with Ashley and Christina to find a way to combine her event planning experience with her love of all things wedding related and hopes to manage her own wedding consulting business someday as well.

Trends are Fleeting

I was 12 when I discovered my parents' dirty little secret. After 22 years of marriage, they had forgotten the events of this once happy day and never realized just how dreadful their mistakes were. Initially I found it difficult to look in the eyes of people whom I have always respected and loved. At the tender, impressionable age of 12, I caught my first glimpses of my parents' wedding album. The horror that lay between those pages? My father's robin's egg blue bell-bottomed and ruffled tuxedo and my mother's shapeless hippie dress she made from scratch with three panels of pastel colored polyester on the skirt. Evidently my mother and father have forgiven themselves for their fashion blunders because, when I confronted them with the incriminating pictures, they simply laughed and shrugged their shoulders exclaiming, "It was the seventies!". While my dad may have thought that he looked cooler than The Fonz, he has since admitted that he wishes that he would have just worn a black tux, sans ruffles and flared legs. As you plan your wedding and are tempted by vendors offering to preserve your bouquet or choreograph a bridal party dance down the aisle, keep something in mind: trends are fleeting, but classic styles are timeless. How do you recognize which trends you should ignore and which are here to stay?

This is a difficult problem to sidestep, especially when wedding dresses imitate fashion and there are countless bridal magazine touting the new colour du jour. Recently, volume in fashion is back in a big way and wedding dresses are no exception. In her Fall 2009 line, Vera Wang included billowy dresses in odd shades of yellow and beige that were so voluminous they made models look human sized. Unfortunately, "hot" colors come and go with each passing season; we will probably bid adieu to brown as a bridal color just as quickly as we passed over Vera's purple gowns in 2008. Brides will inevitably choose to wear dresses that actually show off their figures and designers will succumb to this demand in due time. Like my mother's prairie dress with panels of pastel colors, stylish items always go out of style. Make the foundation of your look classic and amp up the modernity by playing with bling and shoe trends instead.

Feel free to succumb to trends if it will save some serious dough or if the trend in question only affects a minor part of the wedding. If financially sound advice also happens to be quite "hip", then it might be worth considering. Using an iPod playlist as wedding music instead of a dj is a virtually free maneuver that will also help personalize your day. Instead of favors, donate money in the guest's name to a favorite charity. However, be wise when sacrificing the fundamentals. Build the bricks and mortar of your wedding day on standard practices and experiment with details that don't matter in the grand scheme of things. When you look back on your wedding in 30 years, all that will have remained is your love and your wedding album. Important decisions like the venue, decorations, guests, and fashion will live forever in your pictures. The food, music, and superfluous details like favors will be long forgotten. Play around with the smaller details to create your own mix of style and timelessness, and you'll be sure to have an unforgettable day that you will cherish for a lifetime.

-Hannah

Vendor Interview on MySnohomishWeddingBlog

We were recently interviewed for My Snohomish Wedding to be showcased on their blog. Check it out to find out more information about us and our business at http://www.mysnohomishweddingblog.com (please copy and paste, sorry the html was not working!)

Also, our new website is officially up now- check it out~