Tie the Knot in Style

This weekend’s show is one of two this spring in Visalia. The other, “A Wedding Style Soiree,” will be March 14. These shows give couples a chance to comparsion shop and to see what is popular in weddings, said Debbie Mancini, whose business Mancini Production Inc. sponsors “A Bridal Odyssey.” She said brides and wedding professionals are getting more creative than ever... [Read more]

Blue Ridge Bridal Show To Change The Wedding Industr

Blue Ridge Bridal Shows is on a mission to change the image of a traditional bridal show with a “Hi Tech Digital show” held at The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (ADC) on Sunday, January 24, 2010 from 12-4 pm. This hi tech show is open to the public and will be held at ADC located at 181 Kernstown Commons Boulevard in Winchester, VA 22602. Admission to public is free.Brides are encouraged to register... [Read more]

Celebrate with a smaller wedding

The scaled-down weddings of last year are likely to continue as a trend this year, say industry experts, but that isn’t necessarily bad news. Lori Stephenson, owner of Chicago-based LOLA Event Productions, says less can be more. Stephenson says a guest list of 150 is now an average size as compared to 200-250 a few years ago. There is also a noticeable increase in guests turning down wedding... [Read more]

Frugal weddings a growing trend

By Margaret Fosmoe   Tough economic times have affected all areas of American life, including wedding planning, some engaged couples and vendors said Sunday during the Bridal Spectacular at Century Center. Photographer Pat Brownewell, of Elkhart-based Brownewell Photography, said he’s noticed a trend in the last year or two toward bridal parties demanding rock-bottom rates. Brownewell said he... [Read more]

BridalTweet.com Is Now The First One-Stop Community That Helps Professionals Grow Their Wedding Businesses

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ — BridalTweet.com today announced the launch of a new suite of recommended business services for wedding professionals. The online wedding community will now expand its focus by providing wedding vendors with various ways to optimize their wedding businesses within the growing wedding industry. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100111/NY34861) BridalTweet.com’s... [Read more]

Tammy Knows the Big Business of Weddings

AWARD-WINNING wedding planner Tammy Bateman says most people are unaware of the economic importance of the wedding industry to the Kempsey shire. The wedding industry was largely unaffected by the recent economic downturn, and brings in hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to the Macleay Valley economy. Mrs Bateman’s company Red Jaffer, at South West Rocks, was honoured at the 2009 NSW... [Read more]

Couples Want Wedding Guests to Invest in Their Lives, Not Their Linens

January 5, 2010 — Gone are the days of registering for crystal and china that will only be used a couple of times a year. Instead, enter the era of the wish registry, and a chance for wedding guests to give newly married couples once in a lifetime experiences, a brighter future and a chance to live their life together to the fullest. Newly launched UponOurStar (www.uponourstar.com) is the industry’s... [Read more]

Wedding Gown Preservation Co. Receives National Production Facility Award

State-Of-The-Art Production Facility Recognized as “A Model of Industrial Production Efficiency” ENDICOTT, N.Y., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Endicott-based Wedding Gown Preservation Co. received national recognition last week for their state-of-the-art cleaning and preservation facility. American Drycleaner Magazine awarded them a Special Honor in the category of “Outstanding Production... [Read more]

Nashville Cleaner Saves Bride’s Wedding Dresses

Frayed, yellowed wedding gown? He saves them. By Juanita Cousins The Tennessean http://www.tennessean.com A second-generation wedding gown hung in a crowded closet for nearly three decades before daylight shined on its yellowing satin and champagne stains. Years before, a dry cleaner shredded the Chantilly lace on Cindy House’s gown, also worn by her mother in 1956. Then Surendra Kumar, owner of... [Read more]

David’s Bridal Call Center Stays North America Based

Home and Abroad While offshore contact centers offer costs savings, cultural concerns keep many e-retailers local By Zak Stambor (http://www.internetretailer.com) Every country has its own wedding rituals. In the U.S., they can include tiaras to unity candles—not the kind of terms people in other countries would often learn when studying English. That’s why wedding products retailer David’s Bridal... [Read more]

Not Your Mother’s Wedding

When it came time to say “I do,” these three couples did it their way. To say that the traditional wedding went out with June Cleaver’s pearls is only partly accurate. Sure, we’re no longer seeing as many pastel bridesmaids’ dresses with dyed-to-match satin pumps. Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” is just as likely these days to be ousted by rap or rock ’n’ roll. Even the traditional bouquet... [Read more]

Make Your Wedding And Other Occasions Special And Memorable With Rafi Michael Photography Services

Capturing the precious moments of life is highly important to enjoy the pleasures of nostalgic moments. Are you a person who often take the past photos and cherish those good old moments? Rafi Michael Photography offers their exclusive services in various kinds of photography including wedding, fashion photography, corporate photography. A wedding photographer must foresee the moments to click the... [Read more]

Layer upon layer of wedding trends

The average 2009 bride in the U.S. spent $19,500 on her recession-era wedding. And while that may seem a whopping figure, it’s down from the average $28,000 spent on nuptials in 2007. Maybe that’s why do-it-yourself weddings are the growing trend, and why other couples are just trying to wait out the economy before saying their I dos…[Read more]  Read More →

SimplyWeddingStuff.com

Expert design staff helps customers create unique and original weddings and bridal showers MENOMONIE, WIS., December 17, 2009 — SimplyWeddingStuff.com, a leading online retailer of unique wedding favors and bridal shower invitations, introduces its new Design Concierge Service, which connects customers with party-planning experts to help in the planning of their own special events…[Read... [Read more]

Trash the Dress

Imagine a bride in a dumpster, or splattered with ice-cream, or in a greasy car workshop – these are the shots that make wedding photographer Edmund Tham stand out…[Read more]  Read More →

New Video Shows Wedding Band Customization

Novell Design Studio, an American wedding band and bridal jewelry manufacturer with over 22 years in the jewelry industry, is proud to announce the launch of its latest online video brochure. This brand new video illustrates Novell’s unique customization capabilities with several wedding band morphing segments which are set to original music composed by Novell CEO Bruce Pucciarello. Any average consumer... [Read more]

Recession Downsizes Matrimony

Fewer wedding bells were ringing in the Stateline Area this past year, as couples either postponed marriage or found less expensive ways of getting hitched…[Read more]  Read More →

International Association of Wedding Industry Professionals

The International Association of Wedding Industry Professionals is a grass roots organization of wedding professionals all dedicated to promoting the wedding industry. Join our virtual network online at http://groups.google.com/group/iawip  Read More →

Weddings + Recession = A Wedding Stimulus Plan

Most weddings are planned about a year before the actual date of the event. I am sure that brides who were engaged this year never realized how a recession could affect their wedding plans…[Read more]  Read More →

Wedding on the Beach? Reserve a Spot For $100

MUSKEGON — Want to have a beach wedding with Lake Michigan as the backdrop at Muskegon’s Pere Marquette Park?…[Read more]  Read More →