Pink Wedding Gown: Oscar de la Renta

Our second favorite pink wedding gown was designed by Oscar de la Renta. This lace gown is gorgeous. It has a pink cummerbund draped across the waist creating a more feminine silhouette and adds a soft, romantic splash of color.

Pink Wedding Gown: Vera Wang

This week the Industry Insider and the Something Blue blog are featuring pink wedding gowns. Brides magazine is joining a national effort to mobilize the bridal fashion community in joining the fight against breast cancer. Twenty-one leading designers have created a wedding dress with a “Something Pink” theme.

Our absolute favorite pink wedding gown was designed by Vera Wang. It is a strapless silhouette with precision pleats and a draped bodice done in blush matte taffeta. Visit Vera Wang for more information on where to buy this dress.

Pink Weddings: Pink Inspiration by Kelly Moore Photography

I love this photo by Kelly Moore Photography.  Everywhere you look there is pink: bridesmaid’s dresses, flower petals, and of course the cute dog sporting a pink boutonniere and a pink tie.  How cute!

Pink Weddings: Beautiful pink bouquet

Here’s a beautiful pink wedding bouquet that would be gorgeous with any bride from Events of Love and Splendor.

-Floral design by Taka of Be Buds
-Photo by Christine Marie Photography

W Hotel Supporting Susan G Komen Foundation

Many companies are supporting the cause more for education and additional research for breast cancer. If you are looking for an evening out, the W Hotel at Victory Park in Dallas is offering a “Cosmo for the Cure” cocktail in the Living Room throughout December.  A percentage of proceeds from the sell of the cocktails will benefit  Susan G. Komen.

If you have a client looking for a ceremony and reception venue, consider the W Hotel. They have a WOW VOWS offer with many extras:

• Upgrade to a Fantastic Suite for the couple
• $100 Bliss® Spa gift certificate
• Breakfast in bed the morning after for the couple
• Champagne toast for up to 200 guests for your rehearsal dinner or reception
• Wedding cake cutting and plating for your rehearsal dinner or reception
• Complimentary venue rental for the ceremony

Pink Weddings: Pink Tie Inspiration

These pink ties look awesome with these grey suits.  A great look for a wedding!

Wedding Email Scams

Although wedding email scams have been around for several years, there seems to be an increase of this scam among wedding professionals lately.  The number that I receive each week is ridiculous.  If you are new to the industry or you have been lucky enough to not get any of this junk mail, please be cautious.

The objective in the email is to lure the wedding professional into being hired. They will over pay you with a worthless check, money order, or stolen credit card and then ask the wedding planner to mail them back the overage. They ask you to book various vendors that that need and usually request very specific things for their wedding day - I guess so they sound more convincing.  Usually they are not in this country and want you to handle all arrangements including accommodations, ceremony, reception for guests coming from all over for a wedding that is just two or three months away. Obviously, the check they send will not clear the bank because the funds do not exist.

Be cautious and do not become a victim to these idiots. Remember what Grandma used to tell you, “If it sounds too good to be true…” You can report Internet scams to the Internet Fraud Complaint Center.

Pink Weddings: Dessert Receptions

Candy buffets and dessert receptions have been popular for some time. New York City event planner, Amy Atlas has some great images on her blog and website if you have a client looking to put together a desert reception together. Amy Atlas’ unique dessert tables have made her a sought-after event planner in New York City.

Seeing Pink Weddings at the Industry Insider

Our Something Blue blog is focusing on Pink Weddings in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.   We have received many pink wedding photos to publish along with many pink ideas.  So the Industry Insider is going to be showing you some pink inspirational photos and ideas this month as well.

If you have a wedding photo that has “something pink” in it, please feel free to submit it to us at blog@dallasweddingplanner.com and we will see about putting it on the Industry Insider blog.

Be sure during October to check out both blogs and see pink everywhere.

Color Trends from Pantone’s Spring 2009 Fashion Color Report

Pantone, the renowed authority on color, released their Spring 2009 Fashion Color Report recently. As a wedding planner and wedding professional the seasonal color report can provide volumes of ideas for the next season’s wedding colors. Bright colors return to the top ten list for Spring 2009.

If you are working with a spring bride trying to decide on her color selections, maybe this Spring 2009 Fashion Color Report will help both of you.

Business Quote

Joanna Shields, President of Belo. com said this great quote in Forbes magazine:

“Your career is long and the business world is small. Always act with integrity.”

No one could say it better than that.

I Love Organization

Since I believe everything should have a “home” and I’m into details and organization, when I saw this idea from the organziational queen herself, Martha Stewart, I thought how cute. Orderly and fun all in one.

If you are looking for a way to keep your work organized with your clients and your many to do lists, maybe this would be an idea for you. Or even a clipboard for each day with that day’s projects to be completed.

Oh, it feels great to be organized!

Source: Martha Stewart Living

Last Dallas Wedding Planner Training Program this Year – Oct 31 through Nov 2, 2008

Due to the many inquiries, Dallas Wedding Planner is having one final session of the Dallas Wedding Planner Training Program this year before the holidays roll around. The dates for this class will be October 31st through November 2, 2008.

Here’s your chance to learn how to get your wedding planning business organized, learn how to write a contract and discuss your fee structure and be ready for all of those bride’s engaged over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

Check out all of the details and specifics and sign up today and secure your place in the upcoming October class. Class space is limited. Dallas Wedding Planner offers an “Early Bird Registration” savings of $250 so don’t miss that deadline of October 3rd.

Helping your Bride Select Bridal and Bridesmaid Jewelry to Match

As a wedding planner your brides may come to you with help on selecting their wedding jewelry as well as their bridesmaid’s jewelry for the big wedding day.  I have a few tips to help you assist your clients in this process to make it easier and fun.

For the bride, adding the final touch of jewelry is like the icing on the cake.  It is that final detail that brings together a brides look on her most special day.  When it comes to hair accessories, there are so many options for brides.  If your bride prefers a tiara, headband or comb to go with a veil (or to be worn without a veil) the best place to start is the color selection.  Is your bride’s wedding bands gold or silver tones?  Match your metal type in your tiara or hair accessories with the metal types of the wedding bands.  Secondly, is your brides dress white, ivory, pink, champagne?  Does it have a ribbon around the waste in a great color?  You will want to coordinate that color scheme throughout your hair accessory selection to have a coordinated look.

Thank you Dallas Wedding Professionals

Dallas Wedding Planner would like to thank each of the wedding vendors who supplied samples, magazines and business information for the September Dallas Wedding Planner Training Program this past weekend.

Our thank you to: My Wedding Labels, CucaLu, Serenata Strings, Pinnacle Elite Entertainment, Leslie Spurlock Photography, Phase 3 Photography, the Knot, FLASHBOX Photography, Threejays Carriages, Dance on the Vine and Artizan Digital Motion Pictures.