TO produce a wedding reception with the perfect blend of Indian motifs and New York style, Barbara Wallace, MBC, CSEP, of Corona del Mar, Calif.-based Barbara Wallace Weddings had to “walk a line” of contrary ideas, she says. The event team — with...
A MOUTHWATERING chocolate treat is a very nice wedding guest favor. A mouthwatering chocolate treat imprinted with the smiling couple's detailed image? Now that turns an event into a special event. And it's just one of the many creatively...
Napa Valley, Calif.-based Beaulieu Vineyard allows couples to create wine bottle labels for their wedding. Customization options — available on the Web site www.myweddingmywine.com — include the names of the bride and groom, the date and a short...
DESPITE its circus credentials, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art was not the most accommodating location for a high-end wedding's cirque performance. And staging challenges were merely a sideshow to the utility and time limitations posed...
At their June nuptials, bride and groom Luz Delbrey and David Streater celebrated a nine-year relationship as well as Luz's triumph over health problems — including a struggle with Bell's palsy and ovarian cancer — with no-holds-barred festivities...
Sharon Naylor's line of books takes the guesswork out of weddings and wedding planning. Helping bridal couples and their guests find the right words for the wedding are the focus of two books, “Your Special Wedding Vows” and “Your Special Wedding...
IT started with an heirloom — in this case, “an exquisite antique pearl necklace in shades of deep pink, purple and copper,” says event designer Marina Birch, of Chicago-based Birch Design Studio. This gift, bequeathed to Birch's bridal client by...
Useful for both brides-to-be and newbie wedding planners, “Countdown to Your Perfect Wedding” by Joyce Scardina Becker offers a week-by-week planning guide to creating a problem-free wedding. The 310-page paperback book covers a wealth of topics...
MOVING heaven and earth for a wedding client is not the sort of thing most event pros would consider out of the ordinary. Moving trees? Well, that's a different story. Yet landscape alteration was just one of the many special measures that...