Central to every bride's wedding dream is the gown she wears.
Style-Bride Boutique & Design Studio, 315 N. Santa Fe Ave., is about fulfilling those dreams, says owner Mia Gonzalez, who terms the store's recent opening a wish come true for herself.
The 1997 Pueblo County High School grad brings a strong background of education and experience that took root at age 11 when she dreamed of becoming a fashion designer and started teaching herself to sew.
Her junior and senior prom gowns were original pattern creations.
Fashion design school at Colorado State University at Ford Collins propelled her to Beverly Hills design houses upon graduation.
She lists off the prominent bridal and lingerie industry names with celebrity associations like a bride ticks off her wish list.
At Victoria's Secret, Gonzalez was in charge of technical design, making sure every lingerie fabric, lace and notion was in place for Sri Lanka production. While working for designer Cocoe Voci, Gonzalez met actress-musician Moon Zappa and helped make her wedding dress.
One of Gonzales' most glamorous associations was at the Renee Strauss for the Bride in Beverly Hills store, where off-the-rack dresses and custom gowns like Julia Roberts' dress in "Runaway Bride" were sold.
"All of the studios, Warner Brothers, Sony and Paramount, any time they would have a bridal theme or a wedding, they would go over there to either make the gown or borrow the gown," said Gonzalez.
In 2003, her career nearly went academic when she returned to CSU to teach fashion illustration before another Los Angeles adventure.
From the beginning of her fashion career, however, Gonzales, 28, says she always hoped to run a bridal boutique here.
She said her store prides itself on stellar customer service, while offering gowns starting at $300, as well as high-end custom dresses.
In her 11th week of business, Gonzalez says she's found most brides prefer a nontraditional look.
"They don't want the dress that looks like it's from the top of the cake, poufy and plastic and blasted with sequins," she said. "We have girls with tattoos, second weddings so they don't want white, girls incorporating different colors, the different themes, the '50s style."
Plus, Gonzalez, who says she's one of few custom designers statewide, can make a gown from scratch, perhaps starting with a magazine photo. She then adds "a little bit of a twist" in the bride's taste - whatever's needed to realize a bride's special dream.
http://www.chieftain.com/business/1198913436/2
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Cool winter wedding ideas
Your wintertime wedding is perfect for all things stunning and sparkling - in fact, a wintry wedding theme lends itself to endless ideas and details that will wow your guests and leave you with beautiful memories. These tips and trends are paving the way for many memorable weddings. Read on to learn how to make your nuptials the highlight of the season.
For a very current look that is still timeless, try red on red. This passionate color symbolizes love, and better yet, it's festive and perfect for the time of year. Pink reds, orange reds and fire-engine reds all complement each other and serve as a gorgeous palette; plus, you'll be able to choose from a variety of flower types (which is always a perk for your pocketbook).
All-white weddings continue to be a bridal favorite. Think clean lines, abundant florals throughout, and exquisite tabletops. The color white evokes a feeling of beauty and purity, so it fits in well with a wedding celebration. You can have "snow angel" flower girls wrapped in faux fur-lined capes, dropping white rose petals along your path. Add to your winter wedding wonderland by hanging crystal or gold snowflakes and mistletoe.
White with blue can also be a traditional, beautiful wedding theme. For the bride, try a bountiful bouquet of white sweet pea with tweedia, or all-white roses with a gorgeous blue brooch attached at the wrapped stems. Add to your fairy tale with twinkling blue lights against an all-white background, beautiful wreaths delicately decorated in the theme colors and white poinsettias placed on every table as pretty centerpieces.
For your cake, try an edible snowflake motif sprinkled with plenty of pretty iridescent sprinkles. If your soon-to-be spouse is an avid skier or snowboarder, consider incorporating it into the groom's cake. To further surprise your guests, serve hot chocolate along with each scrumptious slice.
A hot new idea for winter weddings is mini trees wrapped beautifully in fabric (over their plastic wrapping) as favors. This is one favor that can certainly symbolize your love - it will continue growing over time. You can place one at each guest's seat or have them set up on tables for guests to pick up on their way out.
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/LIFE/712290309/1079/life
For a very current look that is still timeless, try red on red. This passionate color symbolizes love, and better yet, it's festive and perfect for the time of year. Pink reds, orange reds and fire-engine reds all complement each other and serve as a gorgeous palette; plus, you'll be able to choose from a variety of flower types (which is always a perk for your pocketbook).
All-white weddings continue to be a bridal favorite. Think clean lines, abundant florals throughout, and exquisite tabletops. The color white evokes a feeling of beauty and purity, so it fits in well with a wedding celebration. You can have "snow angel" flower girls wrapped in faux fur-lined capes, dropping white rose petals along your path. Add to your winter wedding wonderland by hanging crystal or gold snowflakes and mistletoe.
White with blue can also be a traditional, beautiful wedding theme. For the bride, try a bountiful bouquet of white sweet pea with tweedia, or all-white roses with a gorgeous blue brooch attached at the wrapped stems. Add to your fairy tale with twinkling blue lights against an all-white background, beautiful wreaths delicately decorated in the theme colors and white poinsettias placed on every table as pretty centerpieces.
For your cake, try an edible snowflake motif sprinkled with plenty of pretty iridescent sprinkles. If your soon-to-be spouse is an avid skier or snowboarder, consider incorporating it into the groom's cake. To further surprise your guests, serve hot chocolate along with each scrumptious slice.
A hot new idea for winter weddings is mini trees wrapped beautifully in fabric (over their plastic wrapping) as favors. This is one favor that can certainly symbolize your love - it will continue growing over time. You can place one at each guest's seat or have them set up on tables for guests to pick up on their way out.
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/LIFE/712290309/1079/life
Saturday, December 22, 2007
'Grey's Anatomy' Star & Singer Josh Kelley Plan Winter-Themed Wedding
Singer Josh Kelley and his fiancée Katherine Heigl are planning a winter wonderland theme for their upcoming wedding. Kelley, 26, popped the question to the Grey's Anatomy star, 28, in June with a three-carat pear-shaped diamond engagement ring.
The singer approves of the winter theme, telling an American publication, "It was Katherine's first idea. Once she started talking about it and what it would look like, I was set."
Heigl adds, "Maybe some horses, sleigh bells. My sister is getting married this coming October so we're doing that one first and planning hers. I get to kind of learn that way!"
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/21/grey_s_anatomy_star_aamp_singer_josh_kel
The singer approves of the winter theme, telling an American publication, "It was Katherine's first idea. Once she started talking about it and what it would look like, I was set."
Heigl adds, "Maybe some horses, sleigh bells. My sister is getting married this coming October so we're doing that one first and planning hers. I get to kind of learn that way!"
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/21/grey_s_anatomy_star_aamp_singer_josh_kel
Planning a Disney-Themed Wedding:
The Date: August 5th, 2000.
The Place: The Reflecting Pond at the University of Central Florida.
The Mission: To meet my future wife in person for the very first time.
Outcome: Happily Married!
Well, there was more to it than that... namely our wedding roughly one year ago and the entire of planning that went into it before hand.
To begin with, we picked a date and our colors for the wedding. Our choices, ice blue and lavender, would set the color scheme for the rest of the items in the wedding.
We looked all over for a reception site location, as well as for a ceremony location. We looked at the Disney Weddings option of course, which would have been nice, but we decided to go somewhere else and use more funds for the wedding itself versus paying more for the venue site. In the end, we picked a very elegant meeting facility for both the ceremony and reception. In fact, the facility was cheaper and nicer than several hotels we looked at! Remember: always take a look at the total inclusive price (given in "per person" format) before dismissing a venue. Ours included all of the food and beverage service, and I'd be surprised if a hotel or commercial meeting facility allowed you to bring in your own food and beverage. Most of the time, you have to use their services.
Now that we knew when, where, and with what color scheme the wedding would have, we started to brainstorm about the wedding itself. We learned very quickly that by far, more effort would go into the reception than the ceremony. Of course that makes sense: there are more activities going on then and the guests will spend more time there then in ceremony area.
We knew we wanted a Disney theme, but we wanted to also incorporate some traditional themes as well. So, we decided that the reception would pretty much be all out Disney, whereas the ceremony would be more traditional (on the surface at least).
THE MUSIC
The key for the Disney part would be the music, and oh man did we have a killer music selection. In fact, that was pretty much all we did Disney as far as the ceremony goes.
The first song we did was the waiting music, or rather the "please be seated while the entire wedding party collects themselves from being nervous wrecks" music. For this we picked what is possibly the best song for this purpose: the Impressions de France Medley from the Official Walt Disney World Soundtrack. This song is over 10 minutes long, has beautiful changing segments of music and best of all, ends with a large pipe organ segment. This not only fit into our traditional wishes perfectly, but it made the place reverberate like an actual church, and was a three minute warning that the processional was about to start. To really feel the effect of it, I instructed our Disc Jockey to slowly crank up the volume during this last section to get everyone's attention that the ceremony was about to start. It was incredible!
For the rest of the wedding party, we took a less climatic version of "Some Day My Prince Will Come" from a CD called "Piano Disney," which I haven't been able to find online since we bought it. It was a very soft version of it, with a single piano playing.
The most important song of the ceremony was, by far, the song she would walk down the aisle to. She picked "When You Wish Upon a Star", and we used the version from a CD called "A Disney Spectacular." It is classic Disney music but just with orchestra, and this song got a lot of people crying before the ceremony even began. It was the perfect song choice, and even builds up to the point where she arrived at the altar.
In fact, I’m so impressed by that track and this CD, I really would like you to go over to Amazon.com and listen to the track right now. Then come back here and tell me you didn’t get a little teary-eyed!
http://www.mickeynews.com/Columns/DisplayColumn.asp_Q_id_E_325
The Place: The Reflecting Pond at the University of Central Florida.
The Mission: To meet my future wife in person for the very first time.
Outcome: Happily Married!
Well, there was more to it than that... namely our wedding roughly one year ago and the entire of planning that went into it before hand.
To begin with, we picked a date and our colors for the wedding. Our choices, ice blue and lavender, would set the color scheme for the rest of the items in the wedding.
We looked all over for a reception site location, as well as for a ceremony location. We looked at the Disney Weddings option of course, which would have been nice, but we decided to go somewhere else and use more funds for the wedding itself versus paying more for the venue site. In the end, we picked a very elegant meeting facility for both the ceremony and reception. In fact, the facility was cheaper and nicer than several hotels we looked at! Remember: always take a look at the total inclusive price (given in "per person" format) before dismissing a venue. Ours included all of the food and beverage service, and I'd be surprised if a hotel or commercial meeting facility allowed you to bring in your own food and beverage. Most of the time, you have to use their services.
Now that we knew when, where, and with what color scheme the wedding would have, we started to brainstorm about the wedding itself. We learned very quickly that by far, more effort would go into the reception than the ceremony. Of course that makes sense: there are more activities going on then and the guests will spend more time there then in ceremony area.
We knew we wanted a Disney theme, but we wanted to also incorporate some traditional themes as well. So, we decided that the reception would pretty much be all out Disney, whereas the ceremony would be more traditional (on the surface at least).
THE MUSIC
The key for the Disney part would be the music, and oh man did we have a killer music selection. In fact, that was pretty much all we did Disney as far as the ceremony goes.
The first song we did was the waiting music, or rather the "please be seated while the entire wedding party collects themselves from being nervous wrecks" music. For this we picked what is possibly the best song for this purpose: the Impressions de France Medley from the Official Walt Disney World Soundtrack. This song is over 10 minutes long, has beautiful changing segments of music and best of all, ends with a large pipe organ segment. This not only fit into our traditional wishes perfectly, but it made the place reverberate like an actual church, and was a three minute warning that the processional was about to start. To really feel the effect of it, I instructed our Disc Jockey to slowly crank up the volume during this last section to get everyone's attention that the ceremony was about to start. It was incredible!
For the rest of the wedding party, we took a less climatic version of "Some Day My Prince Will Come" from a CD called "Piano Disney," which I haven't been able to find online since we bought it. It was a very soft version of it, with a single piano playing.
The most important song of the ceremony was, by far, the song she would walk down the aisle to. She picked "When You Wish Upon a Star", and we used the version from a CD called "A Disney Spectacular." It is classic Disney music but just with orchestra, and this song got a lot of people crying before the ceremony even began. It was the perfect song choice, and even builds up to the point where she arrived at the altar.
In fact, I’m so impressed by that track and this CD, I really would like you to go over to Amazon.com and listen to the track right now. Then come back here and tell me you didn’t get a little teary-eyed!
http://www.mickeynews.com/Columns/DisplayColumn.asp_Q_id_E_325
Planning a Vegas Themed Wedding
Planning a Vegas Themed Wedding
If you just can't get to Las Vegas for your actual wedding, why not create a themed wedding extravaganza? With a little shopping and a lot of imagination, you're sure to create a fun evening for all that come.
The invitation
For your Vegas themed wedding you can start off with the invitation itself. You can announce your intentions for a Vegas theme by making your invitation in the shape of a betting ticket or add a few playing cards with the invitation details. If you like, you could create an invitation that looks like a hotel or casino brochure.
The Vegas chapel
For the wedding ceremony, you can create the ambience of a Vegas chapel. All you need to do is go online and have a look at some Vegas chapels. You will get plenty of ideas to decorate the venue exactly like a Vegas chapel. Alternatively, you can throw in a lot of black and red colors in the shape of playing cards and you will achieve the desired effect. Also, add some flashing lights for a Vegas taste.
The red and black of playing cards create the right atmosphere for the Vegas ceremony. Moreover, they look a class apart from the flashy display of colors.
The Vegas theme reception
At the reception you can let your imagination fly and be as flashy as you like. You can display the Vegas theme to the fullest extent. With casino flavored decorations such as poker chips and cards spread on the tables, and the tables made on different hotel or casino names, you can create the ambience of Vegas. Don't forget to make the place cards in the style of playing cards with the guests name in the center.
To keep up with the theme, think of giving playing cards or chocolate poker chips as favors to your guests. Alternatively, you might want to give music compilations of Vegas related music with the date and couple's name on the front.
The Vegas style cake
A Vegas style cake is the best addition to the themed wedding. You might want to create a cake that is shaped like a slot machine or a casino blackjack table. The ideas are endless. Get a few pictures of casinos and look for shapes that can work for a unique and great looking cake.
Theme music
For the Vegas wedding, you can also use music that is loud and boisterous-just like the city. Or you can go with a lounge singer or Elvis impersonator for the real Vegas feel.
Another great idea is to organize a karaoke contest and get everyone to be a lounge singer for a while.
And for the couple's honeymoon, go to Las Vegas. It's the perfect ending without having to bring everyone with you!
http://www.isavesmart.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=300
If you just can't get to Las Vegas for your actual wedding, why not create a themed wedding extravaganza? With a little shopping and a lot of imagination, you're sure to create a fun evening for all that come.
The invitation
For your Vegas themed wedding you can start off with the invitation itself. You can announce your intentions for a Vegas theme by making your invitation in the shape of a betting ticket or add a few playing cards with the invitation details. If you like, you could create an invitation that looks like a hotel or casino brochure.
The Vegas chapel
For the wedding ceremony, you can create the ambience of a Vegas chapel. All you need to do is go online and have a look at some Vegas chapels. You will get plenty of ideas to decorate the venue exactly like a Vegas chapel. Alternatively, you can throw in a lot of black and red colors in the shape of playing cards and you will achieve the desired effect. Also, add some flashing lights for a Vegas taste.
The red and black of playing cards create the right atmosphere for the Vegas ceremony. Moreover, they look a class apart from the flashy display of colors.
The Vegas theme reception
At the reception you can let your imagination fly and be as flashy as you like. You can display the Vegas theme to the fullest extent. With casino flavored decorations such as poker chips and cards spread on the tables, and the tables made on different hotel or casino names, you can create the ambience of Vegas. Don't forget to make the place cards in the style of playing cards with the guests name in the center.
To keep up with the theme, think of giving playing cards or chocolate poker chips as favors to your guests. Alternatively, you might want to give music compilations of Vegas related music with the date and couple's name on the front.
The Vegas style cake
A Vegas style cake is the best addition to the themed wedding. You might want to create a cake that is shaped like a slot machine or a casino blackjack table. The ideas are endless. Get a few pictures of casinos and look for shapes that can work for a unique and great looking cake.
Theme music
For the Vegas wedding, you can also use music that is loud and boisterous-just like the city. Or you can go with a lounge singer or Elvis impersonator for the real Vegas feel.
Another great idea is to organize a karaoke contest and get everyone to be a lounge singer for a while.
And for the couple's honeymoon, go to Las Vegas. It's the perfect ending without having to bring everyone with you!
http://www.isavesmart.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=300
Themed Wedding Facts
Here on the Medieval Themed Weddings site you will find practical advice and information, articles and news about Medieval Themed Weddings.
By exploring this site hopefully some of your questions about Medieval Themed Weddings and related subjects will be answered.
http://medievalthemedwedding.com/
By exploring this site hopefully some of your questions about Medieval Themed Weddings and related subjects will be answered.
http://medievalthemedwedding.com/
Incredible Winter Wedding Favor Ideas
When you make the decision to get married, you want to make sure that your wedding is one that will not only be remembered by all of your guests, but also one that is a reflection of your tastes and personalities as a couple.
Winter weddings will open up a whole new world of decoration as well as the favor options that you have to choose from in order to accentuate your event with style. The only thing that you may have to worry about is narrowing your selection of wedding favor ideas down to only one or two!
Along with your winter theme, you may have the option of rich colors, snowflakes and other identifiable accents that are reminiscent of the season. Depending on the color scheme or winter wedding theme that you have decided on, you may even want to put together a combination of various winter wedding favors in order to create a lasting impression on all of your guests who will be in attendance. After all, the more the merrier when it comes to your wedding favors, especially if room permits on the tables and your budget allows for a little bit of excitement for a splurge here and there.
Scented Pine Cone Sachets are a delightful addition to any winter theme, especially if you have guests who are traveling from areas where pine cones are scarce or even non-existent. These winter wedding favors can obviously stand on their own for each of your guests as a single favor or even be put together with others for a marvelous grouping of winter accompaniments.
Snowflake wedding favors are another incredible choice that happen to come in all different shapes and forms. You can think of your guests as they decorate their holiday tree at home and give out beautiful Beaded Snowflake Ornaments.
If candy is on your mind as a favor for your winter wedding, you can also get a collection of cute little snowflake favor boxes that are just right for filling with mints, chocolates and more. Even if you have a bit of a sweet tooth, you and your spouse to be can look into delicious little snowflake cookies that are sure to be a huge hit with all of your guests!
Your winter wedding is going to be special no matter what kind of favors you choose. However, the right options in winter wedding favors will definitely give you the guarantee of happy guests and a memorable affair for everyone involved in your big day.
http://www.candlesandsuch.com/articles.html
Winter weddings will open up a whole new world of decoration as well as the favor options that you have to choose from in order to accentuate your event with style. The only thing that you may have to worry about is narrowing your selection of wedding favor ideas down to only one or two!
Along with your winter theme, you may have the option of rich colors, snowflakes and other identifiable accents that are reminiscent of the season. Depending on the color scheme or winter wedding theme that you have decided on, you may even want to put together a combination of various winter wedding favors in order to create a lasting impression on all of your guests who will be in attendance. After all, the more the merrier when it comes to your wedding favors, especially if room permits on the tables and your budget allows for a little bit of excitement for a splurge here and there.
Scented Pine Cone Sachets are a delightful addition to any winter theme, especially if you have guests who are traveling from areas where pine cones are scarce or even non-existent. These winter wedding favors can obviously stand on their own for each of your guests as a single favor or even be put together with others for a marvelous grouping of winter accompaniments.
Snowflake wedding favors are another incredible choice that happen to come in all different shapes and forms. You can think of your guests as they decorate their holiday tree at home and give out beautiful Beaded Snowflake Ornaments.
If candy is on your mind as a favor for your winter wedding, you can also get a collection of cute little snowflake favor boxes that are just right for filling with mints, chocolates and more. Even if you have a bit of a sweet tooth, you and your spouse to be can look into delicious little snowflake cookies that are sure to be a huge hit with all of your guests!
Your winter wedding is going to be special no matter what kind of favors you choose. However, the right options in winter wedding favors will definitely give you the guarantee of happy guests and a memorable affair for everyone involved in your big day.
http://www.candlesandsuch.com/articles.html
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