Meet & Greet
As planned, this past Wednesday I met with a lovely couple that has a wedding planned for late May of this year. The couple plans to have a very simple and sweet event with just under 100 guests. The ceremony and reception will both be taking place at a church that has event [...]

Hey everyone! Wow, so we are already on the 20th installment of Belle, quite fitting that it coincides with the beginning of wedding season. Of course weddings happen every month of the year, but typically in the US & especially on the east coast, May – October tend to be very “wedding heavy”.
This season I [...]

Okay, we’re partial to the photography on this particular site that sells organic, “green” clothing. Everyone looks so good in those dresses that drape so elegantly. But we also like the clothes themselves—classic styles, but with interesting design details.
In case you’re looking for a last-minute spring wedding outfit, or if you’re starting your search for [...]

Social Media – And then there was Facebook
I totally have a love-hate relationship with Facebook and have for years. It literally is everywhere, and has claimed some serious territory on the social media landscape.
Again, I waited to join Facebook pretty much until it was deemed mandatory by my growing curiosity. The buzz became too much [...]

Social Media – Tweet Your Heart Out!
Haha, I’ve never been one to pass up a cheesy play on words. Okay so here’s the deal - I hate Twitter. No really, I am REALLY not a fan. But it seems like almost everyone else is! Or maybe some people don’t love it, but they do it [...]

Social Media – To Blog or not to Blog…
There is no way around it, social media is everywhere. The argument persists, is it here to stay or just another passing fad? Well, whatever your school of thought – the fact remains that social media is front and center and if you are looking to grow [...]

Invitations! Invites and Save the Dates are likely your couple’s first opportunity to formally communicate with their guests. If you are working with clients at this stage in the game, you will probably be an integral part of helping them source, compare, select and order their stationery.
Keep in mind that while save the dates can [...]

This may sound a bit surprising, but the planner often plays a role in helping a couple select a ceremony officiant, and will occasionally assist in arranging further communication. While some clients have a family or familiar officiant they would like to preside over their ceremony, many others may not have clergy they would consider [...]

Yummy!
Cakes, sweets and pastries, in some way shape or form are typically a part of most weddings. As recent trends have seen, this can take the form of cupcakes or mini individual cakes for your guests - and lately even pies have made an appearance on the wedding dessert scene! Although ordering a cake may [...]

All great fashion and design trends come and go, and come again. After a couple of decades when clean-shaven faces were de rigueur for the modern man, in recent years the mustaches and beards of yore have become ubiquitous on the faces of hip young men.
A truly popular trend, however, will resonate beyond itself and [...]