A successful wedding starts with perfect planning! A memorable honeymoon is no different. But with all the time spent planning your wedding you just don’t have time left to plan anything else. Nailing down the details for your once-in-a-lifetime honeymoon could be stressful and time consuming. Over my years in the travel industry I have […]
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Hundreds of blushing brides-to-be attended Sophisticated Woman’s Bridal Show held in September at Maison Lafitte in Mandeville. The fun included a fashion show, wedding vendors and door prizes. And be sure to look for the “Sophisticated Woman’s Bridal Magazine” at Barnes & Noble!
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AS A PHOTOGRAPHER for over 20 years, I’ve learned a lot about making the wedding day run smoothly, as well as what to avoid. Here are a few tips to help you on the photography area of your planning: 1. EXPECT HAIR AND MAKEUP TO RUN OVER. Between your sister asking four times which pair
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Callie and Charlie’s love story begins in a barn. Callie Bowlin grew up in the one-light town of Livingston, Louisiana, riding four wheelers, swimming in ponds and cheering on a competitive squad. “My mom always told me I was a weird mixture of a tomboy and a girly girl,” Callie explains. Charlie Richardson was born in
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Rachel Bruff, daughter of Donelle and Randy Bruff, met Will Lambuth, son of Connie and Mitch Lambuth, during college at the University of Southern Mississippi and married on May 7, 2016 in a simple, sophisticated ceremony at Juliana’s Wedding and Event Center in Ponchatoula. DID YOU HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER? No. I did most of
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Olivia Lauren Lemoine, daughter of Tina Chabert Lemoine and Randy Lemoine, married Dustin Paul Sampey, son of Donnella Robinson Sampey and Floyd Sampey, on March 19, 2016 in a glamorous ceremony at Money Hill Country Club in Abita Springs. Olivia and Dustin reside in Madisonville where Olivia owns a boutique, Confetti, and Dustin works for
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YOUR WEDDING CAKE should be two things: beautiful and delicious. Some brides choose ornate confections while others opt for a much simpler “less is more” approach for their wedding day desserts. Either way, we are loving these wedding cake trends for 2017. Naked Cakes Naked Cakes with their exposed layers are the perfect examples of
WITH OVER 25 years of experience in the travel industry, Stephanie Miller Murphy decided three years ago to open her own boutique travel consulting company, Travel with Stephanie, which specializes in luxury travel and custom international travel. According to Stephanie, the top reasons couples choose destination weddings are ease of planning, cost-effectiveness and amount of
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We are 58 days from the wedding now and I’m not sure where all the time has gone. I find myself: -Buying little gifts that I knew I had to get for people but I completely forgot about -Picking out songs for the ceremony and first dances (much more difficult than it sounds) -Attempting to
My dad, of all people, shared this video with me and it is too good not to share. If you are planning a wedding, you will laugh. You will laugh so hard and then maybe cry because the reality of your wedding planning situation will set in. And then you will probably laugh again
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Wedding cake trends for 2014 are far from ornate. Instead, brides seem to be opting for a much simpler “less is more” approach for their wedding day desserts. 1. Tiny Cakes: These pint-sized, one- or two-tiered beauties are being seen both on their own and as the centerpiece for a larger “dessert table” featuring different
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Bridal Headpieces come in many different forms and are definitely trending right now. Some hark back to 1920s headbands and tiaras, some are bohemian gorgeous floral wreathes and circlets, not to mention all forms of veils: chapel, cathedral, lace-trimmed, jeweled, Juliet, the list goes on. I could write an entire separate post about how much
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