New Year's Eve Wedding

Watch the first-ever wedding in Times Square tomorrow night on New Year’s Eve sponsored by GetMarried.com.

Go to www.getmarried.com/times-square to watch the LIVE stream beginning at 6PM EST December 31, 2010. There will be various celebrity appearances, the wedding ceremony at 9PM and a performance by Taio Cruz and more.

Enjoy!

Wishing you a Happy New Year and a very prosperous 2011.

Happy Holidays!

I want to wish everyone a wonderful happy holiday and wishing each and everyone of you good health, happiness and prosperity.

Thank you to all my 2010 clients for making Smooth Weddings a success. I look forward to a great 2011!

See you next year!

Pantone Announces 2011 Color of the Year

Pantone just announced their 2011 Color of the Year - Honeysuckle! Isn't it gorgeous? I love this color.

I reprinted the announcement below directly from the Pantone website as I couldn't have said it any better.

What signature color will you choose for your 2011 wedding? If you don't have one yet, you might consider Honeysuckle.


A Color for All Seasons
Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new color, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a color for every day – with nothing “everyday” about it.

While the 2010 color of the year, PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise, served as an escape for many, Honeysuckle emboldens us to face everyday troubles with verve and vigor. A dynamic reddish pink, Honeysuckle is encouraging and uplifting. It elevates our psyche beyond escape, instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that have become part of everyday life.

“In times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits. Honeysuckle is a captivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going – perfect to ward off the blues,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “Honeysuckle derives its positive qualities from a powerful bond to its mother color red, the most physical, viscerally alive hue in the spectrum.”

Eiseman continues, “The intensity of this festive reddish pink allures and engages. In fact, this color, not the sweet fragrance of the flower blossoms for which it was named, is what attracts hummingbirds to nectar. Honeysuckle may also bring a wave of nostalgia for its associated delicious scent reminiscent of the carefree days of spring and summer.”

Honeysuckle is guaranteed to produce a healthy glow when worn by both men and women. It’s a striking, eye-catching hue that works well for day and night in women’s apparel, accessories and cosmetics, and in men’s ties, shirts and sportswear. Add a lively flair to interior spaces with Honeysuckle patterned pillows, bedspreads, small appliances and tabletop accessories. Looking for an inexpensive way to perk up your home? Paint a wall in Honeysuckle for a dynamic burst of energy in the family room, kitchen or hallway.

Win a trip for two to the Esperanza Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico!

You can enter to win this Ultimate Romantic Getaway from Brides magazine and DailyCandy.

If money is tight, this would be the perfect mini-honeymoon.

Prize includes:

~Round trip coach tickets for two on Alaska Airlines
~4-night stay for two at the Esperanza Resort
~A couples massage
~Plus, first-class amenities and gourmet cuisine

Sponsored by Daily Candy, Esperanza and Alaska Airlines.

Go to brides.com and enter for your chance to win.

Hope you win!

Source: DailyCandy

Happy Thanksgiving!

I wish everyone a very safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

I will be taking the rest of the week off, but thought I would share with you a little blurb about the history behind us celebrating Thanksgiving Day on the last Thursday every November. Enjoy!

In the fall of 1863 the Civil War raged across this country taking the lives of the best young men that this land had to offer and threatening to tear the nation in two. In the midst of such chaos and bloodshed it would have been easy for the country's leader, President Abraham Lincoln, to raise a defiant hand toward heaven and question the wisdom of God. But, that is not what President Lincoln did, instead, he sat down and penned the following words.

"The year that is drawing to its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of such an extraordinary a nature ... (that) No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It is seemed to me fit and proper that they should solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens ... to set apart the last Thursday in November ... a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings ... and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and Union."

Happy Thanksgiving!

Photo Credit: The Food Network

Wedding of Norah and Casey - October 23, 2010

New wedding up. Check out "Wedding of Norah and Casey" under "Another Smooth Wedding" under the link on the left.

Thanks.

Announcing...

my newest adventure!

I am very excited to tell you about a new business I just founded. I have just launched a new online consignment store for quality new and gently used wedding and decorating items.

I have found that sometimes my clients have leftover items, such as vases or candles, that they don't know what to do with or don't have the storage space to keep them. I have thought about opening this type of store for a long time and have finally decided to go ahead and do it. I want this to grow to a place where a "budget-savvy" bride can shop and save money.

Since I am just beginning, my little online store only has four items right now (one of the items I'm featuring - wedding luminaries pictured above) that I happened to have had on hand. Therefore, I am soliciting all brides and newly marrieds to consider consigning your items at my store and make some money at the same time. For details, please go directly to my Web site at:
www.weddingconsignmentshoppe.webs.com.

Help me build my store and I'll help you make some money.

Thank you!