Unveiled Wedding Event in Los Angeles

I love attending wedding shows. I get to meet a variety of wedding vendors and sample delicious wedding cakes!

There’s a great bridal event coming up at the end of the month in Los Angeles, and if you live or will be in Southern California on Sunday, March 27th you should definitely check it out.

Unveiled: Bridal Style Revealed is an outdoor bridal event featuring couture bridal collections, the areas top wedding vendors and wedding experts, including Darcy Miller, Editorial Director of Martha Stewart Weddings.

Darcy will share the latest wedding trends and planning tips and you’ll be able to speak to some of the top bridal bloggers, including 100 Layer Cake, What Junebug Loves, Green Wedding Shoes, The Bridal Bar and The Bride’s Cafe.

As with any bridal event you attend, bring a friend or your mom - if your groom can't make it - and a tote to collect brochures and business cards as well as a notebook and pen to jot down notes.

Here are all the details:

Date: Sunday, March 27, 2011
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Beverly Canon Gardens, Beverly Hills
(Between Montage & Bouchon and Beverly & Canon Drives)
Tickets Cost $30 in advance or $40 at the door. Visit unveiledevent.com to purchase yours!

Engaging Images

This is probably the only time in your life where you will hire a photographer to take pictures of you. While there's no question that you will love your wedding pictures, it'd be nice to have some great shots of the two of you together in a less formal setting.

Talk to your photographer about scheduling an engagement portrait session. Some photographers include one in their wedding packages and others may offer a discounted rate because you hired them for the wedding.

Scheduling time to capture special moments between you and your fiance is great for three reasons:
1 - fabulous pictures for your home, holiday card, parents and grandparents
2 - you'll have a great photo for the engagement or wedding announcement in your local paper
3 - both of you will become more comfortable with your photographer and in front of the camera

You should not hire a photographer, or videographer, if you aren't comfortable with him or her. Of all the vendors you hire, the photographer and videographer will be in your face, literally giving you instructions on how and where to stand, on your wedding day. If you're not comfortable working with who you've hired it may show in your wedding pictures.

Talk to you photographer about scheduling an engagement portrait and what his or her costs are. And if you are still meeting with photographers, ask them if they’ll include a portrait, or portrait session in the package you buy.

The picture above was one of the many beautiful moments captured by Los Angles based photographers, Lindsey Hinderer & April Killingsworth at Sweet Monday Photography. Their wedding package includes a complimentary engagement session. To see more of their work, checkout their blog.

Inc.

Many brides wonder how they can incorporate their wedding theme into their details. All of the items in your stationery wardrobe should include elements of your theme and palette.

Tip #2: After you've selected your invitation, ask your stationer if there are additional items available in that design. Some invitation books include options for your program, place and seating cards as well as favor tags and thank you cards.

The place cards pictured above are from Lucky Paperie, and a great example of having your invite design on other wedding day details.

This fabulous stationery store in Pasadena, California carries some of my favorite lines, including Snow & Graham, Hello Lucky! and Egg Press. In addition to wedding invitations, Lucky Paperie carries announcments, custom stationery and wedding favors.