Etsy Finds

I love hunting through Etsy to see what creative goods I might find. Today, I happened across a few cool items...

San Jose Engraving (sjEngraving) is a home based workshop located in downtown San Jose, California. They are a husband and wife team - Joanne and Tony Cheng who specialize in custom engraving on natural rocks, glass and wood for all occasions. Love what they have done with these beautiful stones, they could easily be used for placecards for guests and serve as lovely favors. How beautiful and unique.

I have been looking for a cake topper that could be used to incorporate our theme... what do you think of these? Aren't they adorable?

Minnesota mom and QTIFF Cottage owner Tiffani Schreinerand enjoys working with all sorts of mediums. She has been working with polymer clay for over fifteen years and absolutely LOVES making little creatures - humans and animals! She puts her whole self into her work and gets carried away with tiny details. Can you tell? They are all custom made and designed specifically by you. Cool huh?! I think I might have to order one, and have Rusty and Fletcher included... what do you think?!  Check out Cake Toppers by Tiff today.

Its in the details

I have a 4 year old niece who is a girly girl and I love her to pieces. Bill and I have asked her to be the flower girl in our wedding and she is very excited! You ask her what she wants to wear and she says pink and purple. Must be her favorite colors, mmm, not sure about that but ok. Alexandra and I have to come to terms with what she will wear but I have a feeling that when she puts on the pretty white taffeta dress, she won't care what color it is. She will think she is a princess and I have to say I am looking so forward to having her join me and my sister Kate on my special day.  I was thinking too that she could get some funky shoes that come in pink and purple. Maybe that will satisfy her!

This photo is from last summer, can you tell I love her?! Regardless, she and I have lots of details to work out when I am home at Christmas time. I have narrowed down many things on the TO DO list but at the beginning it was definitely a work in progress. So much to think about....

Bill and I love biking and sailing. How do you combine those ideas for a wedding? And I wanted cerise pink. Cerise pink - what is that? Its a beautiful shade of dark pink, not fuschia and not red-ish pink but somewhere in between. I love gerbera daisy's and Bill's favorite color is orange. Uggg. How do you get all this to come together you ask? Well its all in the details. This is the part that I LOVE, taking initial concepts and bringing them to flourishing.

We've chosen some very beautiful and fun details with a little help from our florist friends at Flowers From Sky's the Limit in Petoskey . The other details, well they will be left as a surprise, but I can say its all coming together very nicely!

Rumblings of facebook

I have been trying the last few days to get my posting entries from my blog to post to A White Dress Affair facebook page. I would really prefer that my postings not post to my personal page. I mean, I don't mind but I'd really love it if they'd post to page I manage.....

I have looked in help and its been NO help. So, I added NetworkedBlogs to my facebook page and this will be a test to see if my entry will automatically post to the facebook page correctly.

Just curious, readers what blogs do you follow and why? I was never really a blog reader before but now I rather enjoy it! Hope you all have had a glorious weekend, I am off to feed my doggies and the grocery store is calling my name. Oh the joys of a busy stepmother, fiance, and wedding planner....

SPOTLIGHT SERVICE: Something Borrowed

What is A White Dress Affair you ask? We provide inspiration for planning weddings and events across the state of Wisconsin.

Something Borrowed?  This is something different than your traditional something borrowed. Here YOU plan all the details; we make sure its carried out just as you dreamed. Basically, you borrow us for the day.

We help by smoothing the bride's nerves on the day of the wedding, knowing that she will be thinking of many different things that day. We make sure she hasn't missed any details and help bring together her vision for what this day will look like. We make sure everything and everyone is in the right place at the right time.

Typically we begin working with the client 30-60 days before the wedding and we invest 20 hours of time bringing this all together. From consultations to rehearsal coordination to securing the plans for the day of the wedding. We even help with having that something borrowed item!

We look forward to assisting you with your special day! Wishing you much love and happiness. God Bless.

Client Only Page

Most people don't like bringing up the subject of money, but me who comes from a banking background, isn't afraid to broach the subject.... Besides everyone needs to be paid for their services, right?

Every afternoon, I come home and work diligently on something for the business. Typically, when Bill comes home from work and I am sitting in the same spot as I was the day before, it seems my laptop is attached to my thighs. Anyway, today I discovered a way our clients could easily pay us online. Isn't technology a wonderful thing?

After we've received the signed event agreement, you will be provided access to our "client only page" so you can easily pay your bill. We have several payment options available. Currently, we are running a 10% discount promotion for those that pay in full within 30 days of signing the event agreement.  Cool huh?! I am hoping the site will be up and running by the beginning of November. Watch for more details. 

Toodles. Gotta find a way to get my legs unattached from this computer.

Social Media here we come

I personally have accounts on both MySpace and Facebook. This allows me to stay connected to family and friends. And, it almost makes me feel like I am still in Michigan, not the 600 hundred miles and a lake that seperate us. So this week it seemed like a good idea to create a Facebook page for A White Dress Affair and get onboard with Twitter. Follow us on Twitter at AWDA_Weddings and LIKE us on Facebook. We love you!

By the way, we launch officially at our first event, the Madison Wedding Planner and Guide Winter Bridal Show on January 15 and 16, 2011 to be held at the Alliant Energy Center. Come check us out. But in the mean time feel free to pass the word (socially, that is) about how we can help plan the perfect wedding.

And Its Official!

A name has been born and A White Dress Affair, LLC is now official. Miss awesomeness herself, Victoria Pater  is assisting me with logo design and I couldn't be happier. Victoria was a referral from Aletha from Pearls Events, a West Michigan event planner, who thinks very highly of her as well. As a matter of fact, it just so happens they are sisters! mmm, coincidence you say?? Yes, Yes!  But needless to say, I am meeting with Victoria next weekend when we are in Chicago and am so excited to meet her and see what creative ideas she has come up with.

It seems since I last posted, I have been quite busy because I am also in the process of creating a new website. It is just waiting for final revisions in order to make it go LIVE. And if I don't say so myself, I love it and am so pleased with it that I could burst. I can't wait to share it with you! So until then, as I think day and night about ways to market A White Dress Affair.... feel free to pass along to all your friends. I would be happy to meet them.