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Salem Dream Wedding

Sunday, February 9, 2014 - 11 am at the Salem Convention Center

The Salem Dream Wedding is an event designed to give one bride thousands of dollars in services and product for her wedding! But we're not stopping there, for all brides attending we have door prizes and give-aways, as well as gift baskets for the first 20 brides who show up with their pre-sale tickets. In addition to being eligible for amazing prizes, dozens of wedding professionals will be available to talk with and show their work. There will also be an interactive workshop to help you at any stage of wedding planning.

So what exactly are we going to do for 3 hours? 

-Talk with industry professionals

-Sample The Salem Convention Center catering

-Enjoy some yummy h'ordeuvres

-Win door prizes

-Interactive workshop designed to spend time answering your most important questions for planning the big day.
-Grand prize give-a-way at the end of the workshop, must be present to win. 

Each guest you bring with you is another chance you have to win, so bring you groom, mom, sister, and maid of honor, the more the merrier! 

We hope for this event to be a way for us to break the mold of a traditional bridal show and have it be a lot more fun than a typical workshop.

For a list of participating vendors, door prizes, and more, visit our website http://salemdreamwedding.info/ or click here to purchase tickets. 

July segment on AM Northwest

As a bride you have put thought into your wedding day for quite some time; you have planned
out where it will be held, what style of food will be served, and what color you would like your
bridesmaids to be wearing. All of these aspects will be unique to you and to your wedding;
therefor the emergency kit you bring with you needs to be just as personal.

This month on AM Northwest I was able to show some of the most popular items to bring on the
big day and share some tricks to tackle the mishaps and allow everyone to go back to the party.

 

When creating your shopping list think through your event, venue, and the needs of your bridal
party and guests. If you need some inspiration there are lists available online. Be careful and
save money by not buying items you will likely not need. For example, clear nail polish is often
on these lists, if you or no one in your party is wearing nylons you don't need it. Creating the
shopping list can be fun and you may find it helpful to brainstorm with your bridal party, you can
even ask one of them to gather the items and bring them on the day.

Regardless of your venue it is important to ensure there will be snacks and water available while
everyone is getting ready!

April segment on AM Northwest

I can't believe that I forget to share last months segment on AM Northwest! I have so much fun and love spending time down at the station that I almost forgot to share this with everyone.

I LOVED having flowers from Swoon Floral. We met recently and I am really enjoying getting to know the business and getting a chance to work with them this summer. They did our flowers for the open house and we have our first wedding together on August 2nd. I love my job!!!

DIY on AM Northwest

Truth be told, I am a DIY girl at heart! I absolutely love to be crafty, creating and recreate all kinds of projects. And when it comes to weddings, I get excited when I hear a bride wants to do projects to help make the wedding reflect her and the groom that bring in a glue gun!

On the 19th I was able to share on AM Northwest just a few things about DIY and how I like to bring it into a wedding. With only six minutes to share, we barley scratched the surface of what I wanted to say and do. Below you will find a few more of the notes I had planned to share, but really, if you are a DIY bride I would love to get a chance to meet and create with you!

• Don't do any projects that have/need to be finished or put together on the wedding day or the week before for that matter!! Some examples would be...
• Make your own bouquets 
• Cook your own food
• Assemble floral arrangements 
• Know that actually making things yourself can be more costly than having a professional do it. Some examples would be...
• Printed things like invitations, programs, ect.
• Dessert/candy bars
• Floral
• You don't have to be crafty to diy something for the wedding
• Create the invite with the designer
• Pick your playlist with the dj
• Bring a family receipt to the caterer or baker
• Utilized Pinterest for inspiration

Suggestions for good safe projects

• Pre-made centerpieces (pictures attached)
• Party favor wine charms (picture attached)
• Place card holders (picture attached)
• Party favor coffee bag with "Love is brewing tags" (picture attached)
• Boutonnieres (going to make on air) 
• Cup cake liners
• Custom headpieces or jewelry 

New office space

We are very excited to announce that we are going to begin meeting with our Portland clients at our new office space on Lovejoy street, just a few blocks east of 23rd.

A few weeks back I was contacted by Samantha of So Many Moments Photography, she was looking for a wedding planner to share her space with. When we met there was an instant friendship formed. She was so sweet and mother to a darling little baby girl just one month older than my youngest son Asher. We knew in an instant it was a good fit.

We will also be joined by Denmark of Bridge City Music, a DJ we have been working with very closely for several years now. Denmark is a wonderful guy and trusted friend who has taken very good care of our couples when they choose to hire him!

As you can see from the pictures (left) Samantha has done a great job decorating the office and providing a very comfortable location to meet with couples. We are really excited to be moving to this space and look forward to meeting our couples there as well.

As a celebration of the move we will be having an open house in the spring, stay tuned for details!!!