Cake Week at the Industry Insider

I have found over the years, brides are always looking for an awesome looking design for their wedding cake. I found a bakery shop in Toronto, Canada called Papillon Cakes. They have some great looking cakes so I decided this week I would have “cake week” at the Industry Insider. Each day this [...]

Spring Break

The Industry Insider and Dallas Wedding Planner will be taking a week for Spring Break. This week there will be no posts but we will return on Monday, March 31st with Cake Week on the Industry Insider.

Inspiration:Grand Exits

As a wedding planner, I am always looking for new ideas for a grand exit of the bride and groom. If you haven’t heard about flutter sticks well, here they are. These “Flutter Flicker” 6 ” sticks cost $1.50 each, from Flutter Fetti. This picture show the tubes covered with pretty paper to tie [...]

Martha’s New Ventures

You might have heard a couple of weeks ago, Martha Stewart bought the rights to the popular TV chef, Emeril Lagasse franchise of cookbooks, television shows and kitchen products for $50 million dollars. Martha Stewart Living expects this new asset to their company will add $8 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
What [...]

Inspiration:Midnight Snack

Is this cute or what? If your bride is wanting to give your guests a favor, we all know that food is always a hit.
This would make an adorable midnight snack for the guests or their next morning breakfast – milk and donuts. Or you could do milk and cookies or milk and blueberry [...]

A New Vendor for your Database

Last week I had the opportunity to meet Stephanie Worsham with CucaLu. They specialize in cruffles and cakes. Cruffles are cake truffles. Their cake is rolled into an extremely moist bite-sized ball then dipped in luscious chocolate or vanilla coating. They offer numerous flavors such as lemon, strawberry, carrot cake, not to mention the [...]

Inspiration:Pretty Punch

I love this. If your bride is having punch at her wedding, put it in a different container. Have fun with it. Round punch bowls are boring and old!
Help your bride and caterer think outside the box. Most caterers are used to doing it the same old way that they have done [...]

Brides Magazine now Offering Stationery

Well, there is now one more company that will be competing for those brides dollars and their stationery needs. BRIDES Magazine and Gartner Studios are introducing the BRIDES Magazine Wedding Collection for the DIY bride available exclusively at Michaels craft stores.
The collection includes print-your-own wedding invitations, programs, save-the-date cards, place cards, favor boxes, and other [...]

Bridal Hairstyles

If you have a bride struggling with her hairstyle for wedding day, you might recommend that she check out Model Bride. On this website, they have a section on wedding hairstyles. They give instructions on how to accomplish the look a bride selects and any accessories needed to complete the hairstyle. Here’s a [...]

Cherry Blossoms

Yesterday, we did a post on wedding cakes. Any bakery that a bride is working with, I would think would have access to the pretty items to decorate their cupcakes to make them pretty. But in case you or your bride is hunting for places to purchase them, here’s an option by Wendy [...]

Inspiration:Pretty Cupcakes

I know there has been a lot of talk over the last couple of years about having cupcakes at a wedding instead of having the traditional wedding cake. Honestly, I must say I have not been crazy about cupcakes at weddings because I thought most of the cupcakes were ugly and looked like typical [...]

Best Achievement in Event Rentals

At the recent January Special Event 2008 held in Atlanta, Ducky Bob’s Event Specialists were awarded the “Best Achievement in Event Rental Support”. For a 400 guest wedding at the bride’s family home in Dallas, Ducky-Bob’s Event Specialists supplied a clear acrylic flooring for a dance floor set over the pool, black-trimmed clear vinyl tent [...]

Expert Advice from Colin Cowie

Colin Cowie says, “The most powerful element of any event is timing. Many things seem to be 20 minutes too long. A great experience comes from not necessarily being there too long but having a great experience in a short period of time.”
Source: Brides.com

Inspiration:Beach Colors

If your bride is planning a beach destination wedding or just loves the look, these are pretty colors for a Caribbean or Hawaiian wedding.
Different hues of blues with the color of orange are bright and cheerful for any spring or summer wedding.

Inspiration: A Great Boutounniere

We saw this boutonniere in InStyle Weddings from wedding planner Michelle Rago and I just loved it.
Some florists unfortunately, make boutounnieres way too big or way too often use a rose that is way too big. They break and they don’t look good.
This boutounniere is just perfect. It is constructed with kiwi vine, a galax [...]