We are moving :)

Working Brides has updated the main website and in doing so we have integrated the blog onto the site :)

So please take a peek at the new site and update your RSS feeds to our new location!!

http://workingbrides.com/wp/blog/

Thanks,
T~

Color Palette Thursday

So today we have something romantic and soft, yet fun and preppy!! Can't you see this palette and plaid print on your invite, bridesmaids dresses, menus etc. Just darling!!




Bridesmaids in sweet yellow dresses and a plaid sash :) I am in L O V E!! Ohh and your MOH can have on pink and do the sash in a more yellow than pink sash, so cute!

T~

Happy Anniversary!!

This is a Happy Anniversary shout out to Reema & Jigar Patel :) They celebrate One Year tomorrow!!!

Wishing you another fantastic year,
T~

Blog Features :)

This week Working Brides was featured on the TWO hottest South Asian wedding sites :) It is certainly a great start to the day when you go to read your morning paper (wink wink) and see your work and gorgeous clients on the first page!!! It was also so cool to see that the Maharani wedding was a FAV wedding of mine from last year. It was Aarathi & Ramsey who just celebrated their 1 Year Anniversary!!!!!

Take a peek at what was featured on
South Asian Brides Magazine

&

Maharani Weddings

Thanks Ladies for the blog love :)

Since we were out of town this week we missed our Color Palette Thursday, but will make that up next week and we have a cool feature in the works :)

T~

Color Palette Thursday

Ok so I am day late, you know I am not good at blogging, lol!!!

Today take a peek at this Summer Fun Pallette for an August bride :) She saw last weeks pallette but really needed it to have an extra pop!! So Claire what do you think of adding green and bringing the blue into a more beachy feel??


T~

Jen & Brad 3~20~10

The first wedding of the year for Working Brides was for Jen & Brad!! Such a fantastic couple who began with a ceremony at their Alma Mater, the University of Maryland!! This is where the football star and cheerleader met and fell in love as well!

We were nervous about the weather throughout the entire planning process, but really lucked out w/ a FABULOUS day and evening!! The guests were able to enjoy cocktails on the patio at the Newton White Mansion which was a real treat for March.

One of my favorite parts of the reception was Jen changing into her white mini bridal dress, so stinking cute!!

Thanks to all my fab vendors!

Now kick back and enjoy a quick highlight video :)




The dress was adorable wasn't it?
T~

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Color Palette Thursday

This week I was thinking Fresh & Cool, so the teal and yellow were calling my name.

Can't you see it already this relaxing blue as your linen and the fresh, vibrant yellow flowers w/ a splash of white!! You can kick this up in the evening w/ blue lighting and the room will feel like the you are in the ocean



What can you do with these two colors??

T~

Sneak Peek @ Monica & Rahuls Wedding

This past weekend OFFICIALLY started Working Brides 2010 wedding season!! We kicked it off with one of our amazing South Asian Weddings!! For Monica & Rahul's Punjabi wedding, they selected a color palette of Green and Pink!! I am happy to report that we had a sunny day in Frederick, but the craziest winds imaginable. On more than one occasion the mundap almost blow over and crashed on Partyland Flowers decorator Sachi Sood's head :( For those of you that don't know a mundap is an Indian ceremonial stage where the wedding takes place.

So my pics are horrible and sad to say I only took these few, lol!! Fortunately we had the incomparable Keith Cephus from Virgina Beach as our photog, so FAB pics are sure to surface soon!!





Yes thats an elephant ice luge :)

Happy planning,
T~

Color Palette Thursday

Ok so I am a day late on Thursday color palette entry, but better late than never!! We have had a CRAZY week here at Working Brides so you have to forgive me, lol!!

So tomorrow we officially start wedding season and in spirit of that I give you a watermelon citrus color palette. Tomorrows bride Monica loved the idea of pink and green together so here is a twist on that adding a splash of bold yellow!! The combination of the shades of pink and green will be what truly help to make the colors pop!


Congrats in advance to Monica & Rahul, tomorrow will be spectacular!

T~

Color Palette Thursday

Here at Working Brides we are constantly trying to come up w/ news ways to use color so that our clients can have a truly custom day. So play w/ color palettes quite a bit and have decided its time to share :) This is one I call Spring Fling!! Hope it brings a smile to your face and some inspiration for your day!!!




I love the having shades of pink/purple and splashing it up w/ the yellow and green. Then the hint of blue is just for some added fun and flair :) This may be a bit much for my Western brides, but it can certainly be tamed by losing a color or two. I am certain my South Asian brides can imagine the fun they can have incorporating these color throughout their many events.

T~

Summer Day Of Planning Sale

This is to all you busy, detailed and organized brides, our "Brilliant Bride" Day Of package is on sale!!
You have planned away for the last 10-18 months, its time to release and allow your vision to play out w/ the help of a professional planner!! I know some of you think that your girl friend or Aunt will take care of the details on that day, but do they know what to do in crisis?? Are they equipped to handle stressful, on your feet thinking situations? Are you sure you want to find out??

Working Brides is offering $250 off the Brilliant Bride package for any Summer 2010 weddings.
Space is limited so you need to jump in now!!

T~

WEDDING NOUVEAU

Hello Ladies,
It is such a gorgeous day today and I was lucky to get started early this morning meeting a new Bride Nikki!! She was super sweet, thanks to her for coming out so early today to meet me!! When I returned to the office I was happy to see Alisha & Marks wedding featured in a lovely spread on Wedding Nouveau!! Thanks so much to Fri Bailey over at Wedding Nouveau for taking the time to chat with me!! Alisha & Marks wedding will have be featured today and one day next week as well!

Let me tell you that this blog is such a great source for fun, different, and cultural weddings. I really enjoy the range of work that Fri shares with her readers and I am sure you will too!! So grab a beverage and take a peek :)

Happy FRIday :)

T~

ps Shout out to Partyland and Baltazar photos for helping make this wedding FAB!!

SitaGita

What a nice surprise we had today when we were told the Woman over at SitaGita wrote up a column on Working Brides and and all we do :) SitaGita is new to us, so we really want to thank you ladies for taking the time to look into Working Brides and even more for writing us up!!! There first line reads
"Working Brides Wedding Planner is a name to reckon with in the field of wedding planning"
WOW, thanks, lol!!

Take a peek at there site, it is chock full of info:
http://sitagita.com/shaadi/arrangements/planners/working-brides.html

T~

Bridesmaids Dresses, what to do with it afterwards?

So all you ladies still holding on to a bridesmaids dress or TWO, here is a solution or TWO!!

Hitched a bridal boutique in DC is taking used and dry cleaned gowns and they will them have them available for ladies that can not afford a gown.

OR

Turn your gorgeous gown into a throw pillow :)




Its tough to pay $200-500 for a gown you truly only wear once, so try coming up w/ a way to recycle :)

T~

Day of Planning on SALE!!

This is to all you busy, detailed and organized brides, our "Brilliant Bride" Day Of package is on sale!!
You have planned away for the last 10-18 months, its time to release and allow your vision to play out w/ the help of a professional planner!! I know some of you think that your girl friend or Aunt will take care of the details on that day, but do they know what to do in crisis?? Are they equipped to handle stressful, on your feet thinking situations? Are you sure you want to find out??

Working Brides is offering $250 off the Brilliant Bride package for any Summer 2010 weddings.
Space is limited so you need to jump in now!!



Give us a call to reserve 301-972-4223
T~

ooh la la, Jewelry

Ladies and Gents there is a new line of custom jewelry that you must check out!!
City Girl Accents has just hit the airwaves and they are HOT!!!

Brides if you are looking for custom jewelry for your Bridesmaids and Mothers this is the place to go. They haven't launched the bridal portion as yet, but it is soon to follow. I have a few pieces of my own already :)

...and they have the new "Pandora" charm bracelets. they are even having Charm Bracelet parties, where you can invite a bunch of ladies over and make your own bracelet!! Such a great idea and great excuse to hang out with girls, drink wine and leave w/ a keepsake, lol!!

Take a peek at a few of their items, which can be purchased on Etsy!!







This last pic is a choker and is oh so cute ( I have this as well)!!

For the bridesmaids, take a peek at one of my pieces City Girl made :) Ignore pic quality, but these can be necklaces as well and in any color you can imagine to match your color palette



Stop by their Etsy shop :)

T~

FREE SAVE THE DATES!!!

Hello Ladies, and have I got something for you today :)
Jean M invites is GIVING away up to 75 free Save the Date invites, yes I said it FREE!!! It is for a limited time so move now if you can.

Check out this link and all you have to do is sign up. This is for a limited time and only a select few STD's but they have some cute ones.
http://www.myjeanm.com/index.cfm?ssource=linkshare&siteID=psP_j8p9pfM-WECPyDqQIhU1QidvCyGA0g

T~

Bouquet Love

Today I have the task of searching for the "IT" bouquet for a late summer bride. So while I wait for a new client to drop by I figure I will share some of my findings with you :)



This is so stunning, the idea of a monochromatic bouquet really is a statement! This brides colors are purple, green and platinum and this is the "IT" bouquet to me!!



Pink & green is such a lovely combo!!








Not a big fan of cascading bouquets, but this one is to die for. Actually Danielle from last year had one similar! So elegant!




I am so in love w/ black Calla's even though they look purple, lol!!




I love the texture in this bouquet!!



Now ladies size really does matter!! This bouquet is lovely, but in the picture it looks far to big for this petite bride. When designing a bouquet the florist must take into consideration the holders size. Make sure that he or she takes that into account for you the Bride, but also for your bridesmaids. Since the BM's are not typically w/ you giving height and body structure to the florist is a must!

What are you thinking about for your bouquet? When looking for pics, don't discredit any due to color. Look at the shape, the types of flowers, the size and the design. Flowers come in many colors and varied shades so color will come to you, trust me.

Good Luck

T~

Forgive me I no not who designed the above bouquets, but if you see your work, please let me know so that I can give you credit!

CAKES, CAKES, CAKES

So today I would really like to have a nice slice of Clara's Designer Cakes lemon cake :) Since I can't I decided to share pictures of delicious cakes with you!!! I am totally obsessed and in love w/ Clara's cakes so I will start with her designs and move in to some other favs around the country!!







This cake is so amazing, The Can Can Cake!! How can you not love the detail on this baby?? You can see how much love and time Clara puts into each and every cake!!



Pardon the coloring, but I loved this mini cakes that Clara did for a very small wedding we had last January. They were such a hit!!


Now this cake ran a close tie w/ Danielle cake, for my FAV CAKE OF THE YEAR!!! OMG, this is fantastic!! Clara really killed this one, and delivered it for me all the way to Ocean City!! Simply stunning!!

That wraps up Clara's GORG cakes!!! OMG is so AWESOME or what??

I totally heart this elegant cake below, so chic!!


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The amazing Slvia Weinstock made this and boy its stunning!!


There is something really bold about this, and I like it, lol!!!




This humidor was done by one of Clara's fav cake designers Swank Cakes out of NC. This is such a fantastic grooms cake!! I mean you don't even want to slice into it!! Great job guys over at Swank!!

OSCARS, OSCARS, OSCARS

Ok so the 2010 Oscars are officially over!! What a night it was, many may know that I am an actress and lived in LA for a few years, so I do LOVE the Oscars!! Surprisingly its mostly for the clothes, lol!! Here are a few for those of you that may have missed it...

One of my Favs is Vera Farmiga in Marchesa!! I LOVE this gown, the color, the 3D feel. Its FAB!!



Sandra looked great as well!! So genuine and heartfelt!!


Congrats to Monique!! You were amazing in Precious, you really WENT there!! Yea for MD!! I actually met Monique when I lived in LA and she really is so cool and chill and REAL!!




Love that Nicole is all gown up now, but lighten up a bit!! You look gorgeous, but a lil old!


There is something about this gown that I really like :) I know it may make many a bad lists, but I dig it, lol!!





Ok so the top of this gown is great!! Rock the bling Zoe, but for real the train.... OMG

This is a TRAIN WRECK!!!



Seriously Charlize, you know better!!! OUCH, terrible!!

and my WINNER for best Dressed, Best body, just BEST all around is to someone who wasn't even nominated. Demi Moore killed it in this Versace gown!!! My goodness what is this woman drinking, she looks AMAZING!! I don't know how old she is and that's the way it should be. She looks 33. Work it Demi :)



Who was your fav?


T~