The Elegant At-Home Wedding!

Our good friend and wedding planner extraordinaire, Janice Carnevale, has just released her fabulous e-book on planning at-home weddings. For anyone who has planned a wedding at home, you know that it is never as simple as it seems and there are SO many details to consider. If you're considering having a wedding at your home, please check out this invaluable resource. It is chock full of amazing tips to help you avoid common pitfalls and will make you think of things that never occurred to you.

Congratulations to Janice on creating such a great book and on its release! Check the e-book out now!

Join us for Tea With a View!

We're thrilled to announce a lovely bridal event that Engaging Affairs is co-hosting with The Mandarin Oriental Washington D.C. hotel. For all D.C. area brides and grooms (or brides can bring their mother or maid of honor if their groom demures) still in the midst of planning your wedding, please join us for an afternoon of tea, culinary delights, mini spa treatments and much more.

This is a RSVP-only event with limited space so contact Heather Mello at the Mandarin with your names and preferred "pouring" time to get a spot on the list: MOWAS-Catering@MOHG.com.

We hope to see all our newly engaged Bridal Bubbly readers there!

Gorgeous Wedding Indian Video!

ruchi + trushar from Belvedere Stories on Vimeo.

Gorgeous 3-day Indian wedding celebration planned and coordinated by our very own Christine Godsey! Enjoy!

Engaging Affairs Loves . . .

Just a few things the Engaging Affairs team loves!

Lazaro at Love Couture!

Miami Heat {Michelle and Kramer}

Make no mistake, Michelle and Kramer were kismet from day one.  In a whirlwind romance, the two fell in love and planned a serious celebration in less than a year so they wouldn't miss a second starting their lives together.

Our team headed south on Wednesday to start wedding preparations and in hopes to stave off Superstorm Sandy.  Luckily for our beautiful bride, the rains just dampered any sun we had hoped to get in the days before the festivities began and by Friday night's welcome reception guests were enjoying the sounds of steel drum under the stars.

Saturday morning brought a sun and calm that had been missing all week.  The beauties got dolled up while sitting in front of the most picturesque view of the ocean.

Our anxious bride and groom didn't let a windy beach keeping them from a photo session and exchange of feeling that brought about incredible emotion.

The sunset ceremony was perfect timing as the wind finally died down.

Following a cocktail reception in the property's Cabana Court, the celebration really began.  Greg Denard of the Greg Denard Orchestra brought the house all the way down until the Springsteen cover band took over.

Thank you to the team at St. Regis Bal Harbour, Tony Gajate Photography, Cabana Pictures, Dalsimer Atlas Floral and Sincerely Yours.

Sara

Engaging Affairs!

Just a fun (and recent photo) of us at the Reagan Building Sparkle Lounge! From left to right: Christine, Laura, Sara and Amanda.

Engaged Inspiration {Fox Ventures}!

For this year's Engaged in Washington show, we were excited to partner with Fox Ventures at The St Regis DC. We love the amazing things that Fox can do with plexi and we are obsessed with their twinkle dance floor.

We also featured their fun "dessert cube" which we used to display the cold hors d'oeuvres.

Fox also created some custom plexi pieces just for us so stay tuned for photos of those and of our fun space!

See You at Engaged!

Hope to see you this Sunday at The St. Regis for a lovely afternoon of sweet nibbles, smooth sounds and visual delights!

Engaged in Baltimore!