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Tap a Keg for a Modern Wine Country Wedding

by careysweet4 days ago in Weddings.0 Comments

Alcohol can be a significant investment for any wedding, particularly if top-shelf liquors are served. Adding further to the cost is an open bar, where guests may order as many drinks as they wish. Then, if you factor in both a rehearsal dinner and a reception, it’s easy to see how costs mount up. To keep the outlay more reasonable, {…}

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Wedding Day Coordination Special

by JenJones1 week ago in Weddings.0 Comments

You’ve had visions of flowers and favors dancing in your head. The venue is booked, the music is lined up, the dress is tailored perfectly and now it’s time for it all to come together – perfectly. Planning the most romantic and special day of your life can be exciting and daunting. When it all comes to the big day, {…}

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Take Over an Entire Property – and the Town – for Memorable Bachelorette Party

by careysweet2 weeks ago in Weddings.0 Comments

Sometimes, when friends live all across the country, it can be difficult to plan a bachelorette party. Gal pals may come to a bride’s town for her actual wedding, but making another, earlier trip for that great last blow-out together might be out-of-reach. Yet here’s a thought. The bachelorette party can be celebrated a night or two before the wedding. {…}

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Some Country Flair Makes a Fabulous Statement

by careysweet1 month ago in Insiders Guide, Weddings.0 Comments

One bride got her photo taken with a horse, the two of them standing in a sun-dappled emerald green pasture, she in her long white dress and the noble equine decorated with wildflowers in its mane. Another couple posed atop a tractor, with baskets of heirloom apples all around and an orchard in the background. With America’s return to locavore {…}

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Don’t Cut it Too Close with Salon Appointments

by careysweet1 month ago in Weddings.0 Comments

And the bride wore black. As in a bag, over her head. All because she hadn’t given enough time or thought to the importance of a pre-wedding salon consultation. While such a result would be rare – professional stylists are professionals for a reason, after all – it’s an act of kindness to both your salon artist and yourself to {…}

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Party Favors Bring Sweet Surprise

by careysweet1 month ago in Weddings.1 Comment

Some wedding couples offer hard candies in colors sparkling like jewels and presented in sheer gauzy bags tied with a pretty bow. Others prefer candied almonds, in elegant colors to match the wedding theme. Then, there are the opulent, the bridal-minded who, when planning the special accent to the occasion, think only of the best and choose something entirely memorable {…}

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It Was a Beautiful Buffet… um, Bride

by careysweet2 months ago in Weddings.0 Comments

All eyes are on the bride at the wedding. But let’s be honest, many minds are on the dinner. Even as the vows are being exchanged, and eyes are tearing up at the beauty of it all, it’s not outrageous to admit that more than a few stomachs are rumbling, too. Yet the easy days of “chicken or beef” are {…}

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High Atop a Mountain, Your Private Wedding Awaits

by careysweet2 months ago in Weddings.0 Comments

Marilyn Ambra has heard all kinds of challenging requests as owner of Marilyn Ambra Party Consultants, Inc., a Northern California wedding and event design, planning, and management company. One of her favorites comes from wedding clients requiring ultimate privacy for their celebrations. Sonoma County is one of her best go-to solutions, she says, with so much to explore over a {…}

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There’s Time for the Storybook Experience, but Also Time for Online

by careysweet2 months ago in Weddings.0 Comments

Who hasn’t seen a movie where the (wealthy) guy gets the high-end jewelry store to close for a personal viewing and the (nonplussed) woman picks out something cute and glittery? Wasn’t one of those films Sweet Home Alabama, where the would-be groom commandeered Tiffany’s on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and, ultimately, his intended, played by Reese Witherspoon, shunned him for {…}

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Have Beauty, Will Travel with On-Site Salon Services

by careysweet2 months ago in Weddings.0 Comments

A perfect upsweep hairdo, or gently tousled mane. Shiny lips, sparkling eyes and glowing skin – these are what wedding dreams are made of. The bride wants to look her best, or even better, like that naturally stunning movie star or princess. Natural, perhaps. Most celebrities have hairdressers and make-up artists on-staff, who work up with them for each public {…}