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This adorable wedding was shot by 13:13 wedding photography in South Florida! They rock! Letty and Pedro were an adorable couple and they have the most beautiful wedding! Amazing taste of crystals of elegance and the sparkle of the lights is just breathe taking in this wedding. Oh so fabulous!! Check it out!!!! The wedding was held at Epic Hotel in downtown Miami! Others who helped this day are: Reinhardt Productions |
Check out all of our past “Planning 101″ posts. We’ll be doing more of these in the future, so if there’s a specific area in which you’d love to get some advice, drop us a comment and we’ll try to incorporate an article to answer your questions! Planning 101: Wedding Planner Lingo - Revealed Planning 101: Who needs a Wedding Planner? Planning 101: Choosing your Venue Planning 101: Creating a Fab Lounge Space Remember, we’d love to write about issues you need assistance with. Let us know some topics you’d like to see in upcoming “Planning 101″ posts! xoxo, Cassandra |
Bon Voyage Readers, I will miss you all for the next week! Yesterday, September 21st was my very own 6 month wedding anniversary to my Husband!
Tomorrow, September 23rd is my husbands Birthday!
So, we are celebrating in style by taking a much needed vacation on a BIG OLE’ Cruise Ship!!
I am so EXCITED! We have lots to share when I return, and Cassandra will pop in to say hello while I am away! Have a happy week while I am away!! Lets just pray I do not get swine flu from some crazy passenger.. just kidding!! |
We were honored when Brian from Tampa Wonderworks Film and Video told about this awesome production that they put together, I just could not wait to share it!!!! Julie and Trent were fabulous in trashing the dress on the super 8mm film too!! This is how Brian descirbed the event: Julie and Trent were the winners of our fantastic collaborative Trash the Dress giveaway with Carrie Wildes Photography, Confetti Events & Weddings, HD Beauty Design by Pamela, Events in Bloom, and A Hair Affair! If you have been following the blog you know that Julie submitted the winning story idea “Can’t Always Hit ‘em Straight.” Trent, an avid golfer, wanted their wedding on a golf course, Julie wanted the big dream wedding. Trent did the right thing and gave Julie her dream wedding. During their 1st toast as husband and wife, they used the glasses Julie’s grandmother gave them. As they picked up the glasses filled with champagne, Julie’s stem broke and the champagne spilled all over her dress. Thanks to that stain, she decided that Trashing her already stained dress would be a wonderful way to fulfill Trent’s golf course wedding dream, at least a little bit. Julie and Trent really helped make this a unique event and a fun time for all of us. Trent got all dressed up in an old style golf outfit that really went with our vintage themed Super 8mm film. Julie was really into the spirit of the Trashing and had no reservations about any of the crazy ideas we had! A big thanks to Mike and Deborah from Emerald Greens in Carrollwood for letting us utilize their beautiful facility! Also, here are some photos as well.
Julie + Trent Trash the Dress from Tampa Wonderworks Film and Video on Vimeo. |
This adorable Tallahasse wedding is just darling. Mary Beth Tyson shot this lovely wedding of Erin and Bret! What an adorable couple, oh so in love!
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Caitlin and Brandon have the most adorable love story. She is an adorable, Florida Bride! She has her own blog called Beary Excited Bride! as well that has her whole wedding planning journey! They are getting married in October and we can not wait to share all the details of their big day!!! This is their love story and how it all began… In March 2003, Brandon and I went on a Carnival Cruise for our senior year spring break trips. While Brandon is from Tennessee and I am from Connecticut, it is not too often that a northern and southern high school has the same spring break week. On the first night of the cruise my sister, her best friend, I were trying to make new friends. I spotted a tall, cute, brown haired guy waiting for the elevator and decided I had to talk to him. I was surprised when he spoke with a southern accent! Sadly our conversation ended there – I thought I scared him off because I had ambushed him while he was trying to go to his room! The next night I searched the boat until I found Mr. Tennessee again. We ended up talking until almost 4am! We spent the whole week together, holding hands and arguing with one another like an old married couple. At the end of the cruise, we had a heartfelt goodbye and planned to keep in touch. I’ll never forget at dinner the last night the crew sang, “I’m leaving on a jet plane” and I had to hide my tears. After going our separate ways, we realized we missed each other way too much to call each other “friend” - but our distance was an issue, and we knew we couldn’t be anything more living 900 miles apart from one another.
Their proposal story in Caitlins words…
The following morning we left my parents house at 4am to beat the traffic to Cape Cod. Brandon started the day off by telling me he had some really upsetting news, but could not tell me until we were away from my parents. Being the impatient person I am, I bugged him all day long, but he would not speak a word. That evening we headed to the Beachcomber on Cahoon Hollow Beach in Wellfleet with my parents and their best friends. Brandon told me to tell everyone we were going to take pictures on the beach. I figured that I had waited long enough to hear his so very important information and I could wait until after dinner, so I told him to forget it. He insisted that we walk on the beach so he could tell me the news and took off towards the steep sand dune that led to the ocean. I put up a fit, not wanting to get my feet dirty in the wet sand and not wanting to fall down the hill. He took off down the sand dune knowing that I had no choice but to follow. This is when he started acting weird. He started rambling about me being far away from my parents and him feeling guilty and blah blah blah. Naturally, I got emotional, so he gave me a big bear hug from behind and kissed me on top of my head. As we stood looking out at the ocean, I realized I felt something digging into my back, and started to squirm of out his hug. As I tried to escape he whispered in my ear, “I want you to know I made everything up that I just told you… so I could do this…” In one swift motion he spun me around, got down on one knee, and said, “Will you marry me?” I was so excited I didn’t even notice he was holding an open box with a ring inside. I was crying and jumping up and down for a good couple of minutes before he asked, “Don’t you even want to see the ring??” Of course I said, “YES!!” and with shaking hands he put the most gorgeous and shiny diamond ring EVER on my left finger… One part of the story that I rarely get to tell (because after I reveal how he did it, people move straight onto wedding details) is that when we announced our engagement to my family waiting inside of the restaurant, we soon discovered there was an hour and a half wait until dinner! We all headed to the outdoor patio to have some celebratory drinks. However, we were stopped by thunder, lightening, and quarter sized hail!! Hail in August in Massachusetts on the BEACH is definitely not an ordinary occurrence… Here are a some adorable Engagement sessions of Caitlin and her fiance by Addilay Photography!
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Florida Bride’s Blog photographer Stephanie Lynn sent us this adorable engagement session. Joann and Christian chose North Florida’s Hanna Park as the location for their engagement shoot, and Stephanie was able to get some great shots. The couple is obviously so in love, and we can’t get enough of their sweet dog in some of the pics, too! Thanks for sharing, Stephanie. And Best Wishes to Joann and Christian! |
I love this couple, they are adorable. Florida Brides Blog Vendor, Kallima Photography did an amazing job capturing their love!
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La Dolce Vita Photography shot this adorable couple around Jacksonville, FL! They are darling, and we just had to share! They have the most adorable dog, Pumba!
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Brides, if you have been dreaming of a hand-painted, custom-monogrammed fabric aisle runner for your wedding, then today’s giveaway is for you! This week, I had the pleasure of meeting with the lovely Liz Rine, owner of Couture Wedding. Her showroom is located in the Avondale area of Jacksonville, and features all of her adorable creations, including fabulous hand-painted aisle runners, custom table decor, and paper products. Not only was it awesome to chat with a fellow wedding vendor, Liz was definitely generous with spreading the love! In addition to offering Flaire Weddings and Events clients a discount of 15% on any of her products, she’s also offering a completely free, no-strings-attached giveaway for Florida Bride’s Blog readers. Here’s the prize: one lucky lady will win a hand-painted, custom-monogrammed fabric aisle runner, featuring her wedding colors and theme elements. The value of this aisle runner is $125.00! It’s incredibly easy to enter! Comment here, telling us why you’d like the aisle runner, how it would look in your venue/location, and what colors/theme elements you’d like to feature in your custom monogram. the more details of this nature the better. The only requirement is that your wedding be at least three months away, to give Liz time to perfect your runner. The contest will continue for several weeks, and we will announce the winner toward the end of September. To help get the inspiration going, here are some fabulous images of Liz’s work.
All right — get to commenting! One lucky bride will win a beautiful custom aisle runner, valued at $125.00!! |
Stay tuned to the blog tomorrow: we will be announcing a super-fun giveaway. Planning on customizing your wedding with cute details? Then this is one giveaway you won’t want to miss! Check back tomorrow for all the fun. |
We love this cute cute wedding! Natalie and Frank are so adorable and SO in love! Forever by Kylene shot this super cute wedding and we just had to share it!! Venue: Hidden Hills Country Club Flowers: Arlington Florist Entertainment: McGee Entertainment & Events, Inc. Makeup: Jenny Knight, 904.866.6063
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This adorable couple is just too cute for words! Vue Photography rocked this adorable engagement shoot in Alys and Rosemary Beach!!
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A year later, fate brought us back together. We were reunited on spring break once again – this time as freshmen in college and on the beach in Fort Lauderdale. Over five and a half years later, we are more in love than we have ever been and thankful we found one another on that big boat. =0)
