WEDDING: Ceremony Officiant at Hotel Figueroa in Downtown Los Angeles, CA

CONGRATULATIONS: Giselle and Franck!

This couple's nuptials were celebrated at the historic Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles.  G & F chose to include a reading from On Relationship by J. Krishnamurti as a part of their non-religious, multicultural ceremony.



The Hotel Figueroa special events director, Juno, possesses an ideal combination of detail-orientated organization and unobtrusive oversight.  Thanks to DJ SAM for his skills and accessible personality.  Photography by PATRICK CHAI.

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Gifts for My Girls - Shop Local!

I tried to shop locally as much as I could for our wedding, from my bridal gown by Texas designer Audrey Hart to our Texas-themed favors. The bridal party gifts were no exception! I wanted to give my bridesmaids something personal and special that they would really enjoy, beyond the stereotypical bridesmaid gifts that get thrown away or stuffed in the closet forever.

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Bottle of Local Wine
Haak Vineyards is the only winery in Galveston County. I picked up a different Haak bottle for each bridesmaid hoping to match the varietal with the kind of wines she likes.

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Hand-painted personalized wine glasses
To go with the wine, I bought hand-painted personalized wine glasses in the wedding colors (purple and blue). I found St. Clair Boutique through Etsy, who is located here in Austin and makes all kinds of personalized and monogrammed treasures. Since she lives so close to me, she dropped off the glasses to my door and I saved on shipping!

Happy bridesmaids with their wine glasses!

Personalized satin hangers
This was really just a project I wanted to do after I saw this on WeddingBee, but I hope the bridesmaids liked it all the same!


I got a set of basic satin hangers from Bed Bath and Beyond, printed out tags with each bridesmaid's name, and hung the tag on the hanger. In theory, this was supposed to make it easy for us to distinguish between bridesmaid dresses on the wedding day.

Satin Padded Hangers

Maid of Honor
My maid of honor was absolutely amazing, and I wanted to show her how much I appreciated all that she did for me and how much stress I know I caused her! To relieve the stress, I got her a gift certificate to a spa near her in Washington, DC. I was happy to see that the spa is a certified "green" facility!

Nusta Spa

Junior Bridesmaid
Since I clearly can't give a bottle of wine and a wine glass to a pre-teen, I wanted to make sure I got her something special too! I settled on a personalized cosmetic bags and jewelry roll set. I had found some adorable bags made an Etsy seller plethora, who is probably about 20 minutes from my house.

Silk Jewelry Roll, Satin Cosmetic Bag

But by the time I got around to purchasing, I had run out of time and just needed something quick, so I ordered it online.

Mud Pie Cosmetic Bags and Jewelry Roll Set

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Title: What do Girls Want as Gifts From Geeks?

http://live.pirillo.com - Laura writes: "Some men are great at picking out that special gift to give to their partner. Men that are "geeks" seem to be the worst gift givers. Let me rephrase that... they are bad at giving "girl" gifts. Every girl now and again loves to receive that Techie gift from her guy: like an ipod, iphone or Blu-Ray player. However, there are times when we need to feel special - that our guy cares enough to know about what makes us a girl."

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Supima Lasting Moments Contest for Brides

Supima, maker of luxury cotton goods like super-soft towels and linens, is sponsoring the Supima Lasting Moments contest for us brides to share our engagement and wedding stories and win Supima products!

Supima products are sold at lots of retailers around the country, and the contest site has more then ten big-name stores where you can add their luxury towels and linens to your wedding registry.  Plus, they have great tips for brides, like how many towels to register.  I didn't know I need 6 - 12 bath towels!

There are TWO easy ways to enter the contest!

1) Visit supimalastingmoments.com upload a video about your engagement or wedding.

2) Laugh, cry, and cheer at all the uploaded videos in the public gallery, then vote on your favorite video. You can vote five times per day!

Let's get to the prizes!

Twelve lucky brides will win sets of Fieldcrest® Luxury white towels. Imagine these big fluffy towels in your bathroom and linen closet!

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Looking at all those big soft towels make me want to run out to Bed, Bath, and Beyond real quick and add them to my own registry!

See the full contest rules and prize descriptions here.

** This post brought to you by Supima Lasting Moments

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Monogram Aisle runner for Christine

Christine had contacted me with a design for her wedding aisle runner.  She really liked the design, but there was something about it that wasn't quite right.  She and I worked on it a bit, and made some changes.  We selected different fonts, and we modified the overall design without compromising it, to make it work within budget.
I think it came out great and she is really happy with it!

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Title: Phineas and Ferb - Vanessassary Roughness

Vanessa finds it uncomfortable that her dad is still taking her around on his scooter. Dr. Doofenschmirtz arrives at the mall with a long shopping list. Among the items he needs is a capsule of "pizzazium", an extremely rare element (but oddly, commercially viable), the uses of which are currently unknown. Much to the doctor's frustration, the last capsule of pizzazium has been taken by someone else right under his nose. It is later revealed that Baljeet has the capsule which he needs for his science project, with Buford acting as a "wall of meat" to protect it. Vanessa persuades her dad to let her have her own car if she succeeds in retrieving the capsule. Reluctantly, the doctor gives her a pizzazium-locator to aid her in the search.
Mrs. Flynn drives Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Stacy and Perry to the mall. While Mrs. Flynn goes shopping, Candace wants to find the perfect present for Jeremy. Buford carelessly drops the capsule into Candace's hands, which Candace mistakes for a lantern, and keeps it.
After being left alone at the "Park Your Pooch" area, Perry receives a call from Major Monogram, who informs Perry that Dr. Doofenschmirtz is present at the mall trying to buy materials for his next evil scheme. As there are many of Perry's acquaintances around, he puts on a sporty Hawaiian shirt, sunglasses, shoes and remains undetected throughout the caper. Perry steals the capsule from Candace only to drop it later when he bumps into Dr. Doofenschmirtz. The doctor asks him if they have met before.
Ferb is reading when he sees Vanessa approaching the capsule behind his chair. He pushes her out of the aisle, narrowly missing Buford and Baljeet riding a cart who regain the capsule. Candace and Stacy chase after the capsule wearing helmets and rollerblades. Dr. Doofenschmirtz accidentally activates a lawnmover, which joins the party in a humorous and noisy chase all around the mall. Ferb and Vanessa cooperate smoothly, both displaying impressive acrobatic skills. Perry enters a ball launcher, successfully catches up with the others and temporarily gets hold of the capsule before bumping into Dr. Doofenschmirtz once more. Candace, Stacy, Buford and Baljeet end up crashing into a line of shelves. Vanessa swings down the ground floor on a rope of lanterns. She grabs the capsule, but the rope she uses gets caught in the rampaging lawnmower which is stuck at the top of an escalator. The lawnmower is slowly pulling her up the escalator when Ferb swings to her rescue on a fishing rod. Ferb cuts the rope and swiftly disassembles the mower with a Swiss army knife.
Ferb uses the ball launcher to send the capsule flying across the mall, landing near the entrance. As Dr. Doofenschmirtz gleefully picks it up, Perry pulls a detector towards the doctor and the alarm goes off, as the capsule hasn't been paid for. Dr. Doofenschmirtz is accused of shoplifting and dragged away by the security guards. Vanessa thanks Ferb with a kiss on the cheek and runs after her dad. Phineas, who has been sitting on a massaging chair all the time and is completely unaware of everything that happened, shows up next to a dazzled Ferb.

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GILL AND TIM'S INTIMATE FAMILY WEDDING AT THE BOWES MUSEUM IN TEESDALE

What a great day I had photographing Gill and Tim's lovely wedding at The Bowes Museum and their wedding breakfast overlooking the most fantastic views of Teesdale.

They were always enthusiastic about relaxed, chilled out photography to document their great wedding celebrations, but I also managed to grab a few minutes with them at Bowes Museum to produce some stylish images.

The rest of the day allowed me to capture the fun and ambience of their wedding in a magnificent historic building and onward to an amazing marquee setting for champagne, and great food by specialist caterer Alexander MacMurray with some excellent speeches from family and friends.

The Picture Gallery in The Bowes Museum is an amazing setting for any wedding - especially so if you are looking for a different type of wedding venue. Aileen Risbey, who co-ordinated the wedding and her colleagues did a great job, while the eight magnificent floral displays by Grace Hunter of Darlington Flower Club were quite unbelievable in their scale.

Gill looked fabulous on the day and had a great time with her close friends and relatives while Tim and his brothers looked extremely smart in their top hats and tails.

If you would like me to photograph your wedding at BOWES MUSEUM, in a relaxed, professional and natural observational way, with no bother or hassle or stress, then ring me now to check your date for late 2010, 2011 or 2012. ADD ME AS A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK WITH NO OBLIGATIONS, TO SEE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM GILL AND TIM'S WEDDING, AND LOTS OF OTHER ADDITIONAL WEDDINGS.More information and weddings here on my WEBSITE . Don't lose your day! RING FOR FREE ON 0800 804 7270 or 0778 715 0966DIRK VAN DER WERFF

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NEWS: A Non-Denominational Ceremony is Best of 2009!

OneWed Announces "Best of 2009" Awards Recipients and
Honors A Non-Denominational Ceremony

Top Wedding Planning Website Awards Leading Wedding Professionals with Annual Distinction

Chicago, IL (January 13, 2010) -- OneWed.com, the ultimate online resource for wedding planning and home of WeddingPreParty.com, today announced the recipients of their "Best of 2009" awards.   The program celebrates the best wedding planning and service professionals in the wedding business, and OneWed is pleased to honor A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY with this distinction.

The wedding professionals selected for this prestigious acknowledgement are an elite group of vendors who have received the most positive reviews based upon OneWed's 5-Star rating system. Each year, the coveted award is only given to the most highly-rated OneWed wedding vendors as voted by couples themselves.  "We are thrilled to award A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY with this prestigious annual honor," says Jennifer Napier, VP of Marketing.  "At OneWed, we believe in sharing the love, and we're so excited to celebrate the wedding specialists who work every day to make couple's wedding days as memorable as possible."
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The previous excerpt was taken from a OneWed.com press release.  For more information, or for a free, no-obligation consultation about your wedding ceremony, please see A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY on the web!

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Something I'm seeing more of: invitations for weddings, and other parties, that incorporate a playing card theme.



With a design that might remind you of a playing card, these invitations might work for couples getting married in a Casino, in Vegas, or who like to gamble, or for those fun pre-wedding parties.

The two featured invitations are both examples of how this can be done with a simple, cost effective design. Both are made of white card stock, and have rounded corners.

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