Wedding Week 2010

Mark your calendars for March 24-28, 2010

Wedding Week 2010 is an educational conference geared toward event professionals. You will have the opportunity to hear from and speak with some of the most prominent industry professionals in the nation. Wedding Week consists of 4 days of symposiums, workshops and events directed toward elevating the special event industry standards and practices in event production, business consultation, and client standards.

They will also be having several events such as a Cake Design Challenge, Tablescape Competition, Pink Veil Event and Grooms' Events.

Guest Speakers to include: Preston Bailey, Sasha Souza, Diann Valentine, Donnie Brown, Preeti Shah, Katie Martin, Andre Wells, Linyette Richardson-Hall, Janie Medley, Stacie Francombe, Pearl Taylor and Isha Foss.

http://www.weddingweek2010.info

Call: 888-373-6856

1920s Inspiration Board {Speak-Easy Style}

Outside club (Flickr by Mukhina Ekaterina), speakeasy (weddingnouveau.com), bridesmaids (oncewed.com), lavender whiskey sour (Martha Stewart Weddings), ceremony programs (brides.com), cake topper (brides.com), bouquet (Style Me Pretty), bridal gown (Martha Stewart Weddings)

We're channeling Chicago jazz and Speak-Easy style today. I love details like retro Bride and Groom cake toppers, the lavender whiskey sour and programs that look like telegrams. And tell me that slinky gown with the bottom flounce isn't the perfect dress for a bride to change into for dancing!

Alison and Laura

Monachetti Video Preview {Eliza and Micah}

Eliza & Micah//A New Year's Wedding from Monachetti on Vimeo.

Enjoy this fun video from my New Year's Eve wedding at The Monaco. Thanks to the fun and talented guys from Monachetti Video for sharing!

Mad Men Inspiration

Dress (brides.com), gloves (weddingaces.com), birdcage veil and shoes (Snippe
and Ink), groom (Style Me Pretty), cigars (Style Me Pretty), oysters (Style Me Pretty), typewriter (Style Me Pretty), Christina Hendricks and bridesmaids (In Style Weddings)

We are loving "Mad Men" and cheer the return of gloves, birdcage veils and pill box hats (and although we love the look of cigars, we could do without the era's chain smoking). What better way to infuse a little glamour and style into your wedding than with some vintage chic (like using an old typewriter for a guest book)! Hope you enjoy a little 1950s inspiration.

Alison and Laura

And the Winner Is . . .

Wahoo Wedding! Congratulations Wahoo! Shoot us an email (laura@engagingaffairs.com) with your contact info within the next 48 hours and we will get you set up with your free Coco Myles dress. Thank you to everyone who voted and took the time to look at all of our inspiration boards and dress designs. We had a lot of fun and hope you did, too.

We have some fabulous new inspiration boards for you this week so be sure to keep reading. And if you'd like to see an inspiration board about a special theme or look, let us know.

Vote, Vote, Vote!

Today is the last chance to vote on your favorite Coco Myles dress creation and wedding fantasy! Just check out the posts from last week (from "Lavish, Lavish, Lavish" through "South Beach Chic") and vote on the post you like best. One lucky voter will win her very own Coco Myles dress! We will pick a winner first thing tomorrow morning and post it. Stay tuned and good luck!

Peacock {Blue} Wedding Inspiration

credits, clockwise, from top left: LoveLifeImages, Style Me Pretty, In Style
Weddings, In Style Weddings, Style Me Pretty, Style Me Pretty, Flights of Fancy,
Style Me Pretty, Martha Stewart Weddings, Flights of Fancy

Lately, we have been using peacock feathers a lot. We've tucked them in menu cards, used them to tie on chairs and even made an entire table topper out of them! I love the luxe look and decadent colors. Peacock blue and vibrant green look amazing together but the feathers even look great with shades of orange. Enjoy this peacock-inspired inspiration board!

Laura and Alison

South Beach Chic {Christine}

I designed my Coco Myles dress based on my dream wedding.

The setting…South Beach

The mood…Sexy South Beach Chic

My bridesmaid’s dresses are fun and flirty which reflects the fashionable beachfront hotel the wedding is being held at. Knowing that my guests will want to party and have a good time, the dresses need to be light weight.

Let me set the tone of the wedding for you. During a ceremony being held over the plexi-glassed pool, the warm wind of the ocean blew. Cocktail hour was held in a white curtain draped lobby where guests listened to live Latin music and smoked cigars rolled by a Miami native, guests reconvened by the pool to enjoy passed tapas and danced all night to the sounds of one of Miami’s best DJ’s. The color schemes of the wedding day mimic the Art Deco design of South Beach’s Ocean Drive.

Christine

So now you've seen all of our Coco Myles dresses and fantasy weddings to go with them. To recap, we have Alison's "Lavish, Lavish, Lavish," Laura's "In The Pink," Sara's Yellow Vision, Grace's "Autumn Fantasy," Amy's Orange Italian Riveria Vision and Christine's "South Beach Chic."

So let us know which is your favorite (you can vote just by commenting on your favorite post) and you'll be in the running to win a free Coco Myles dress of your very own! We will extend voting through Monday so everyone has time to read all of our fun posts and then we'll pick a winner on Tuesday morning. Happy voting!

What's That? You Want An Option That's Not So Ordinary, You Say?

Let's just say, if I had my chance at choosing bridesmaid dresses again I would definitely go BOLD. I can be a definitive extremist sometimes in my fashion style but for my own wedding, I had some trouble determining which color to put my ladies in. And I am certain, if you are a bride of a similar nature to myself, you carry a sassy bridal party with you which makes the decision that much harder.
I hear you, I hear you! The gowns out there to choose from are pretty, no doubt. But somewhere inside they just don't have quite enough, what's the word... PERSONALITY. So in keeping with the name of the game, here is my ultimate fairytale wedding!

First, think Amalfi Coast in Italy. Moving on from there, we have the rest of the details falling right into place from the invitations to the bridal jewels. Now, how could we possibly say no to these fabulous, one-of-a-kind gowns for your ladies?

{Click on the Inspiration Board below for larger view!}

Oh, and leave the traditional getaway cars for the traditional brides. Your getaway car... well, let's just say that we traded up...


Happy Planning!
xoxo,
Amy Lorraine

Autumn Fantasy {Grace}

All photos Martha Stewart Weddings

Since Coco Myles dresses can also be beautiful wedding gowns, I have chosen to create a dream wedding dress!



Imagine an autumn wedding with the leaves slightly falling in rural, wine-country Virginia in the month of October. You booked the most beautiful outdoor wedding under a clear-top tent and all the candles are glimmering in the last few winks of sunlight. The autumn season nip-in-the-air is just cool enough as you take a deep breath in the crisp evening. Everything in your tent is covered with flowing flowers from the ceiling to the wall; as far as the eye can see, there are white roses. This is what you imagine heaven to be as you make your next steps down the aisle. Your bridesmaids are standing ahead smiling, some tearing up as you hold tightly to your bouquet of cascading stephanotis. As your husband-to-be smiles, it's everything you have hoped for because he is looking at you just as you have always imagined. Your sweetheart neckline, satin gown swishes like a bell along the petals on the ground as you approach your love. What a perfect day!

Your vision of the reception is everything you have dreamed. As your bridesmaids enter the room in their auburn-colored dresses tied ever so slightly in the back with a thin taffeta bow, you look ahead at the glowing centerpieces placed strategically over the rust-colored linens. The centerpieces are filled with dark orange and red calla lilies, dark green leaves, yellow sunflowers and long curly willow branches. From each branch hangs a small, dark yellow, flickering votive which sets the mood of the room to warm and romantic. You grab your husband's hand and approach the dance floor thinking of how much you love this day and how magical it is to sway around the room in your beautiful, perfect, wedding dress.

Grace