Trend - Cakeless Decadence

post from Dynamite Weddings on 05 July 2009 05:52:00 AM. © Dynamite Weddings

If you're not a huge cake fan, talk to your caterer or baker about creating an individual dessert that your guests can enjoy. They will have tons of ideas and your guests can try something other than the expected cake they see at most traditional weddings. Consider something like this delicately designed bread pudding. Mmmm....

Dessert by Sugar & Spice and...
Photo provided by The Memory Journalists

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L'ORANGE

post from Bride Chic on 05 July 2009 05:19:00 AM. © Bride Chic

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Happy Sunday. Here's a new way of thinking of that warm summer color between red and yellow: If bright orange is over powering to you, go for gradual muted tones melting into variations of coral and sherbet . . .

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Picture a Day - Day 214

post from Introverted Wife on 05 July 2009 04:24:00 AM. © Introverted Wife

My Craptacular Fourth of July Weekend.

A report by me, for me and of me.

*A hem* The day of Independence didn't start out too bad. In fact, it was looking to be a rather good day. Our celebratory Beer Can chicken turned out quite well and very flavorful (no setting a whole chicken on fire this holiday):After eating our fill we set out to accomplish some house chores trying to blissfully ignore all the hoops we had to jump through on Thursday to appease the loan people (who just had to wait a week before, with a holiday weekend coming up, to spring it on us. Really, thanks guys. I'll get you a fruit basket full of poisoned apples) and how we almost couldn't get the house due to the appraisers ignoring the basement. (We got a deal, but it's gonna cost us another $1,000 in the down payment)

We spent a few hours at a furniture mart sitting on things and poking around every drawer imaginable (I'll share our finds some other day when I'm in a happier mood). Around about after noon the whole day started to take a wrong turn.

The weather started out sorta nice (if you ignored the foreboding clouds in the distance) so we took the chance to duck outside and shoot off our rather boring fireworks.

We were planning on saving our bigger more night-tastic fireworks for later, what with when night would fall and all.

Then the storms blew in. I thought, oh we better try this before it thinks of raining. And crouched out in the parking lot, a grill lighter in one hand and a fountain cone in the other I cursed the never ceasing wind with all my breath.

With cold storms, constant rain, and constant stress coming at either our housing situation, our jobs or from family problems (you don't even want to know, but suffice it to say I'm thinking about adopting a dog from a local shelter again) this has been -- by miles -- the most craptacular and shit-tastic fourth of July I've ever attempted to celebrate in my life.

Both of our stomachs are boiling away with stress and worry, instead of encouraging cookouts and swimming the weather sent everyone hiding inside, and we didn't even get to see any damn fireworks.

I seriously hope you all had a much better holiday because I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy (well maybe one or two).

Now to just hope and pray that we make it to Friday without having another major meltdown.

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LNG Co-Directors Needed

post from Association of Bridal Consultants - North Carolina Branch on 05 July 2009 04:04:00 AM. © Association of Bridal Consultants - North Carolina Branch

We need LNG Co-Directors in ? Greensboro, Charlotte, and Asheville. The more you put in something - the more you get out of it!!

At our last Co-Directors meeting we discussed several things, such as:

We went through how the LNG meetings are going and Raleigh stated that they had more interest.by using www.meetup.com. New Bern meetings are going well.

Raleigh Brides Against Breast Cancer Feb 2010 ? we went through the ?To Do? list and assigned action items, removed some and added some. I updated that list and e-mailed access to it for everyone. We also finalized the Bridal Show Plan and that was e-mailed out also.

September New Bern Meeting ? I also sent the forms for sign up, please take them to your meetings, we need people to sign up to attend!!

April 2010 Meeting ? This one will be April 11th in Asheville. I am working to get a large name wedding designer and hopefully Sandra Hadley to go though ?How to close a sale as a wedding planner? more information and a ?To Do? list will follow.

Membership Booklet ? Pam is creating one with all of our member?s information in it. It will go into a 3 ring binder and will be available at our September meeting.

NC Wedding Pros Social Marketing Tool ? If you haven?t joined yet, be sure to do so and join your LNG Groups so you can send messages, all of NC has been invited.

NC Wedding Pros main website. If everyone could take a minute and go though each page of the website and fax or e-mail me with changes/updates/ideas I would appreciate it!

October Bridal Show ? I posted booth forms on the google docs, please also take them to your LNG meetings, we need booth reservations!

This was a great meeting. We discussed several things & got a lot done. We always have fun when we get together! So think about becoming an LNG Co-Director, it's fun & you lean a lot! Please give it a try & contact Veronica to find out more.

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On the fourth of july

post from One Love Photo on 05 July 2009 02:57:00 AM. © One Love Photo

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Snapshot Sunday - Golden Autumn

post from Polka Dot Bride on 05 July 2009 01:36:47 AM. © Polka Dot Bride

I know this might be a weird photo for those on the other side of the world where summer is shining. But the beautiful Autumn colours captured by Natasja Kremers Photography in this photo of Felicity and Andrew’s wedding (see more here) shone like gold to me.Photo by Natasja Kremers PhotographyWant More? Check Out These [...]

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Diamond Ring Solutions In Times Of Recession

post from Engagement Rings, Wedding Rings, Diamonds and Diamond Jewellery on 05 July 2009 01:20:09 AM. © Engagement Rings, Wedding Rings, Diamonds and Diamond Jewellery

The American company FreddyDiamonds.com say that they have found just the solution for times when people do not have as much money to spend and still want to buy a diamond for the diamond engagement ring. What they are doing is getting diamonds that have been classified as belonging to the lower grades and through [...]

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051 - Why blogging is a challenge to me

Most of you know that I?m a Spanish speaker and I?ve never had real English classes. So I?ve learn over music, movies and Internet. Back on 2006 I knew just some words and the basics ?where?s the bathroom? and ?can I have one?? Kind of conversation. My goal by doing the interchange program then was to learn English the tough way, just go there all by myself and live the experience :) Never thought I would find the love of my life there yay!

I?ve managed to learn enough to understand everything people tell me and start conversations, BUT it was really hard to me to not do the ?translate everything on my head? process before speaking or writing.

Because I lack all the English grammar, and because sometimes it?s REALLY different than the way we normally do it on Spanish. I was really scared about actually working in California and communicate ALL DAY on English. (I even had nightmares :O )

Then I thought about blogging and here comes my personal challenge -> English speaking people are actually reading this!! I know I?m a baby blogger, but doing this pushes me to not just plan our dream wedding but also to practice and learn ( Because I?m also following and reading all the wedding related blogs I found interesting) Yes! I?m learning from all of you :P

I know there's different stories about why you started to blog ( If you actually have a blog) if so What does blogging means to you?

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