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Bridal Party Jewelry

Several weeks ago I did a posting about Shayna Sabatini's new line of custom bridal jewelry for brides, mothers, bridal party, gifts, etc. You can see that posting here. Shayna is hosting a jewelry open house at her home in the Belmont area and is inviting all who are interested in seeing her jewelry up close and creating a one of a kind piece for yourself on your wedding, your bridesmaid's for their gifts, or a gift for your mother or soon to be mother in law that they can keep as an heirloom. You can view the evite here to RSVP, however, here are the event details:

Location: 1504 Sweetbriar Avenue, Nashville, 37212

View map here

Date: Saturday, November 7th, 2009 from 2:00-5:00p.m.

If you have any questions, please call Shayna at 509.3722.

We'd love to see you there! 

Happy Planning!

~ Mary Alice, Nashville Wedding Planner

A Delightful Day

Bridal and bridal party jewelry and accessories

At A Delightful Day we are always looking for beautiful new items to share with Nashville brides, and I have the honor of introducing Shayna Sabatini. She contacted me and I just fell in LOVE with her one of a kind, custom pieces that she has created. She is known for her beautiful pieces at Anatra Jewel in Belle Meade and has a keen eye for designing pieces that are timeless, but can incorporate a modern look that you'll want to wear forever. You have the flexiblity to use gold or silver and many choices in gem stones and accents. See some of the beautiful pieces created below and you can contact Shayna directly by email at shakeysab@yahoo.com  and mention that you saw her gorgeous jewelry on the Delightful Day blog. These are perfect gifts to yourself on your wedding day to wear with your bridal ensemble, for your bridesmaids to match their attire, or for a mother of the bride or groom as a gift. She also has created her hand engraved pieces for grooms and has a resource for creating the cool leather bands below for the guys or ringbearer. Enjoy the jewelry goodness!

Happy Planning!

~ Mary Alice, Nashville Wedding Planner
A Delightful Day

Nashville Premarital Workshop- September 25-26th

FOREVER AFTER

You guys will be happy. Forever. Promise.
Ok. We aren’t really promising that. But we are promising that you’ll have fun, grow closer as a couple, and get a $60 discount on your TN marriage license.
Does it really get any better than that?

Marie McKinney-Oates of the Nashville Marriage Studio is offering her Bound Together Premarital Workshops again this fall to engaged couples who want to learn about strengthening their upcoming marriage and getting to know more about each other and how you will function as a unit. Learn more about Marie McKinney-Oates at her blog, www.nashvillemarriagestudio.com/blog. Here is a summary of what the Bound Together workshop is going to be:

BOUND TOGETHER PREMARITAL EDUCATION WORKSHOP

DAY ONE - September 25th
Friday night
6pm – 8pm
On this night the facilitator, Marie McKinney-Oates, will do all the talking. Well, MOST of the talking. Marie will cover 4 different topics: Personality Type, Love Languages, Finances, and Sex.
You will take short quizzes that will give you better idea of who you are and who your fiance is. Marie will breakdown how the different personality types fit together, how to meet each others love language needs, and how finances and sex can trip a couple up during the first year.
This is a great night because you learn so much about yourself and your partner. The workshop is over by 8 pm so there is more than enough time for you and your fiance to enjoy a quick date night. Grab some drinks and dessert and talk about what you learned!

DAY TWO- September 26th
Saturday morning
9am – 12pm
We get started early the next morning, but don’t worry because there will be coffee and donuts waiting for you. You’ll need the energy because today it’s all about practice, practice, practice!
The second day is all about you and your partner interacting. We will talk about what bad communication looks like and why bad habits can lead to disastrous arguments. We will then learn what makes good communication good. And when we’re done learning you guys will begin practicing (no worries, there will be no “role playing” or acting in front of the workshop…all practice will remain between the couple).
We will close the workshop with Mark Oates (Marie’s husband). He’ll walk you through how to change those nasty, drawn out fights into short & sweet ones. This part of the workshop is a big hit with the guys (second only to the sex stuff).

To get more information on the workshop, see Marie's blog above, or visit the registration website at http://boundtogether.eventbrite.com and the discount code is Delightful to receive $10.00 of your registration for being a "delightful" blog reader!

 

Bridal jewelry and accessories

If you have an eye for glamorous accessories and are on the hunt for the perfect jewelry to compliment your wedding day garb, look no further than this fun find Leigh found. Perfect Details offers shoes, earrings, necklaces, tiaras, clutches, hankies, and includes items for your bridal party as well that have a very vintage touch. They even have these uberly sexy Badgley Mischka bridal shoes:

Wouldn't these be H-O-T, hot with a shorter dress?!

Here are some other fun items that Perfect Details offers:
This would be gorgeous as a bustle accent if you have a bustle that comes to point. It would also be gorgeous as an accent to a sash or used in your hair.

 

~ Mary Alice, Nashville Wedding Planner
 A Delightful Day

Dress up your wedding cake

Your wedding cake is the focal point of your reception. Everyone wants to know what kind of cake you're having, what is looks like, and how it tastes! With it being a focal point, having a really fun or elegant stand will truly top off a beautiful design. A new company, Raise the Cake, has some adorable cake stands that you can purchase or your can custom create your own cake stand to match your theme, decor, or specific element of design. There are many different collections to chose from, such as the The Big Bling Collection:

The Feather's Collection:

The Elegance Collection:

The Amber Collection:

Each of these offer the ability to change the fabric colors, add ribbon, and in a variety of sizes. Choose a stand with a little bling, texture, or just color to perfectly compliment your sweet dessert!

~ Mary Alice, Nashville Wedding Planner
A Delightful Day

Invitation assembly

Your invitations are the first thing, unless you send save-the-dates, that your guests are going to see and brides want them to be personalized and scream "their wedding". The picture stamps have been all the rage recently for couples to use a stock engagement photo of theirs, or more and more on blogs I am seeing antique stamps being used as well that you can purchase through stamp shops. But for a less expensive option to personalize, one adorable company, Paperwink, that is based out of California, has these adorable rubber stamps that can be personalized for you to use for your wedding, and after becoming Mr. and Mrs. Such an inexpensive investment, at $18.00 each, they have so many fun, antique, and retro styles. Check them out and find one that truly fits your wedding style. Happy Planning!

~ Mary Alice, Nashville Wedding Planning
A Delightful Day

Wedding Blogs

Picture courtesy of Yes, Please.

Another wonderful wedding blog has been discovered in the planning world! 100 Layer Cake is a delightful blog that has everything from colorboards, their version of inspiration boards, to beautiful real weddings, to great DIY projects like these adorable succulent favors. I absolutely love it and could sit and read on this blog for days. Check it out in the midst of those boring, not wedding related :), work days! Enjoy! Happy Planning!

~ Mary Alice, Nashville Wedding Planner
A Delightful Day

Wedding Blogs

Blogs are all the rage right now for everything you could think of under the sun, including some incredible wedding planning blogs. Sometimes I will mention one of my favorites, Wedding Chicks, but at a workshop put on by the fabulous Smart Planner, Liene Stevens, of Blue Orchid Designs in Scottsdale, I was introduced to Green Wedding Shoes. Jen, who is based out of Los Angeles, loves design and all things wedding related. I could sit all day and read through her blog postings about photography, inspirations of color and design, wedding posts of real couples, and overall wedding inspirations for you! Check out Green Wedding Shoes for more wedding inspiration!


 

Little Colin Housley

I had to share the adorable newborn session that Dove Wedding Photography did for A Delightful Day's Amber Housley and her new baby boy, Colin. Enjoy!

http://doveweddingphotography.com/slideshow/LittleColinHousley/

~ Mary Alice Sublett, Nashville Wedding Planner

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Budget savvy suggestions

A wonderful friend of A Delightful Day, Lotus Blossom Photography, asked us to produce an article for her blog about budget savvy suggestions. This inspired me to do a month long blog feature on budget savvy suggestions, once a week taking a few items and making suggestions for how to fit things within their budget range. I hope you enjoy!

• In thinking about your décor, consider what you can do to get the biggest bang for your buck! Lighting can drastically change a space. Whether you like the idea of doing uplighting, color wash, gobo’s with your personalized monogram, LED lights, lanterns, etc. this can make a huge statement in your wedding style and surprising be within your budget.

• Linens are another beautiful, and textural, location to up the ante’ without racking up a lot of debt. Choose a beautiful fabric in one of the colors in your décor and dress up your table. This will eliminate the need of lots of florals on your tables and you can accent with a beautiful linen napkin in a coordinating color for even more spice!

• Paper goods are such a fun way to make a statement for your wedding style. The save the date and invitations, to the menus and seating arrangements, these are the first impressions your guests have and even if you don’t have thousands to spend, there are many resources to create one of a kind imprints of your style within your budget!

•  Florals can greatly run up a bill quickly, so think of ways to follow your wedding style without necessarily using them. Using fruits is a big trend right now in centerpieces and is a very inexpensive way to fill vases and limit the number of florals needed. They can be sliced or whole and create a punch in color on your tables, like limes and lemon’s for spring and summer weddings, to pomegranates for fall and winter. 
  
• Invest in a wedding planner! So many articles and websites are pushing that wedding planners can get you discounts, discounts, discounts. However, that’s very misleading. We’re here to support you in this process, make budget worthy suggestions, and lead you to the vendors who will be best for your wedding day including incentives or not. Sanity and less stress is worth the investment and value of a planner!
• Create a priority list as to what is the most important to the two of you and plan your budget accordingly. Most importantly, create a day that reflects who you and your fiance’ are and all of the rest will fall into place.

Look for more budget savvy tips coming soon!

~ Mary Alice, Nashville Wedding Planner

A Delightful Day