Happy Thanksgiving!

Dallas Wedding Planner and the Industry Insider wishes you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  Enjoy the quite time amongst your family away from work. Happy Turkey! We will be back next week with our next post.

Jon and Kate renew their wedding vows on TLC

As my daughter has quadruplets, I am an occasional watcher of Jon and Kate Plus 8. Last Monday night, November 17th, TLC aired a special episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8. In this episode, the multitasking parents of 8, Jon and Kate Gosselin, renewed their wedding vows at the Grand Wailea in Maui, Hawaii.
Their [...]

Colin Cowie to host Get Married

If you are a fan of Get Married shown on Lifetime TV, you will definitely want to tune in for season two of the show airing January 5th. They just announced celebrity event designer, Colin Cowie will be replacing David Tutera who hosted season one of Get Married.
I must admit that I have not seen [...]

2009 Wedding planning training courses offered

Dallas Wedding Planner offers a comprehensive training program designed to prepare each individual to succeed in the wedding industry. Each session focuses on a particular topic of the business while integrating each area into an overall understanding of what it takes to operate a successful wedding planning business. Students will have extensive interaction with the [...]

Beverly Clark’s wedding survey released

Recently, Beverly Clark released a 2008 Bridal Market Survey completed by their website visitors regarding their wedding planning details, as well as information obtained regarding destination weddings. Dallas Wedding Planner and the Industry Insider thought you might find the results interesting. Enjoy!
Beverly Clark’s 2008 Bridal Market Survey

A gorgeous Bizzaro wedding gown

There are so many wonderful wedding gown designers.  I recently saw a wedding gown from Bizzaro in Sydney Australia.  The bride, Gisella Varrica and groom, Pasqualie Faga were recently married in Sydney and wore a Bizzaro Thai silk gown which featured a ruched corset bodice with Swarovski crystal and pearl beading detail.
Look at these pictures.  [...]

Is social networking good for small business?

There is a lot of talk and discussion these days about social networking. Is your business on Facebook, on Twitter and should it be there? Is it valuable your for your business? Here’s an interesting discussion on social networking by Seth Godin, author of numerous books on marketing and business.

Inspiration: Green and White Bouquet

We thought this was a pretty bouquet. A nice touch of green and white with a splash or red. Hypericum berries, ti leaves, and alstroemeria give this bouquet of white lisianthus a festive touch of color. The photographer and floral designer is Sandra Meyer.
Source: Better Homes and Gardens

Inspiration: Fall Place Card

I found this on the Martha Stewart website and thought immediately that this is an clever inexpensive way to do place cards at a fall wedding reception.
This is a sweet gum tree spur bringing the outdoors to your table.

How many blogs are you reading?

Do you find time in your busy schedule to read numerous wedding blogs? Honestly, you could spend the entire day looking at wedding websites and blogs if you had nothing else to do.
On Build a Better Blog they made a good list of smart ways to use comments on other blogs and I wanted to [...]

Inspiration: Candy Buffet

Here’s a pretty display of sweets from Amy Atlas that would be a nice touch for a dessert table at a wedding or even party for that matter.

Update on Wedding Email Scams

On October 3rd, I did a post on wedding email scams.  I have had several emails in regards to this post. I continue to receive numerous emails every week that are a scam.  If some of you are wondering what a typical email scam looks like, here is one that I received today.
Hello
I’m looking for [...]