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StrictlyWeddings.com & Neiman Marcus Host Mindy Weiss’s Book Signing

On April 29, 2008, StrictlyWeddings.com and Neiman Marcus Downtown hosted an event to meet celebrity event planner and author, Mindy Weiss, as she signed copies of her new guide for brides, THE WEDDING BOOK: The Big Book for your Big Day. Special congratulations go to Trudy Baade who was the lucky winner of the Chanel clutch, courtesy of StrictlyWeddings.com.

With so many exclusive bridal designers and styles, Neiman Marcus Downtown is the perfect place for the bride to get started. She can enjoy the utmost in bridal services like alterations and gown delivery, while taking advantage of fabulous experiences throughout the store, including make-up consultations, bridal showers and rehearsal events, and InCircle® point opportunities on gifts purchased through her bridal registry.

Neiman Marcus and StrictlyWeddings.com are proud to be luxury partners and enjoy providing bridal customers and event planners alike with the highest level of quality and care. This online luxury wedding resource for the upscale bride offers vital information to help her select from the finest in wedding-related services. StrictlyWeddings.com hopes to make all of the choices easier by putting you in contact with premier wedding professionals in every category who have been chosen for their unprecedented attention to detail and excellent standards.

Look to StrictlyWeddings.com and NeimanMarcus.com for calendars of upcoming bridal events and trunk shows throughout Dallas. And when planning a bridal event for yourself or someone close to you, think of us for all of your special event needs. We look forward to seeing you again at future events!

Photography by Andrea Polito Photography

Flowers by The Urban Blossom

Mindy Weiss Signing Her Books at Neiman Marcus Downtown

Mindy Weiss being interviewed by CW33’s Victoria Snee

StrictlyWeddings.com with Guests

Staying Organized

Here is a site that will help you plan and organize your wedding – talk about a stress reliever!

Muse: Wedding Inspiration

Mindy Weiss, Celebrity Wedding Planner, Booksigning Party at Neiman Marcus Downtown

Neiman Marcus Downtown and StrictlyWeddings.com invite you to join us for a champagne reception to meet celebrity event planner and author MINDY WEISS as she signs copies of her new guide for brides, THE WEDDING BOOK: The Big Book for Your Big Day.

 Tuesday, April 29

2 to 4 p.m.

1618 Main Street, Dallas TX 75201

Couture Salon – Second Floor

Complimentary valet parking on Commerce Street

Enjoy a conversation with Mindy Weiss at 2 p.m. followed by a booksigning.  Register to win a Chanel handbag!

Please RSVP at 214.573.5769

To reserve your book before the event, please call Gift Galleries at 214.741.6911

Embellish the Ceremony Space with Unexpected Touches

Celebrity wedding planner, Lisa Gorjestani, has earned a reputation for showstopping designs. Here is a tip to consider for your wedding day:

When the exchange of vows takes place outdoors, the back row of chairs is usually the first thing guests see. To dress up the seats, Gorjestani hangs a bucket of flowers or envelopes filled with fragrant petals, autumn leaves or fresh herbs from each. “Afterward, I use the floral arrangements to decorate the bar at the reception.”

Bridal Show Fashion Week: New York

“Bridal Week is usually regulated to red-headed step-child status in the fashion world—and rightfully so. All those shiny white dresses start to look hypnotically similar, and what the designers lack in creativity, they make up for in rhinestones. The spring 2008 season, which wrapped up last week, showed off gowns that were, for once, more high fashion and less David’s Bridal. Designers like Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Monique Lhuillier, Elizabeth Filmore, and Reem Acra dared to stray from the usual formulaic looks and offered up off-the-shoulder dresses, pleats and ruffles, and even pastels. The showstopper of the week: Reem Acra’s silk taffeta cape gown with an embroidered belt. Next year, save the lace and satin for your tablecloths.” – New York Weddings

Personalized Gift Wrapping Paper

The latest trend in gift wrapping…personalized wrapping paper! We love this idea, and with your own personal greeting printed on each roll of
paper, there will no mistaking who the gift came from. This is perfect for bridal party gifts and wedding gifts too!

Choose from a wide selection of gift wrap styles. Customize by entering your own personal message and selecting the font style as well as the print color. Text can be up to 37 characters in length, including spaces (48 characters for Emma Condensed font style). Personal message printed on 60 pound heavy weight paper. Measures 30” in width, and comes in a 12 ft. roll, or 24 ft. roll.

Click here to start your order!

With how many places should I register for wedding gifts?

Between one and three stores. This should be enough to give you a range of options without confusing your guests.

Summer Wedding Trends 2008

The Press Release Newswire has published the wedding trends for summer 2008 according to mywedding.com:

More Green Weddings
Environmentally sensitive weddings have proven to be more than a trend as they continue to be as popular as ever in 2008.
Branded Weddings
To make planning easier and more cohesive, many couples are choosing to create a “wedding logo” to theme their wedding around. Not only does this help couples narrow down choices for decor and food, it also gives couples a chance to infuse their personality into their wedding’s design.
Local Destination Weddings
Couples are deciding to think like tourists in their own towns and opting out of the traditional church and reception hall wedding. Instead, many are choosing wedding venues that have vacation appeal, right in their own towns. This way couples get the best of both worlds–the feeling of a destination wedding, without the long-distance planning hassles.
888 Weddings
While 7/7/07 was the hot wedding date last year, this summer couples are making their lives easier by choosing a wedding date they’ll never forget–8/8/08. The date falls on a Friday, which often reduces the cost of a traditional Saturday afternoon wedding–making it an even more attractive choice for simplicity-seeking couples.
Favorable Favors
Couples are opting out of the traditional miniature monogrammed wedding bells and choosing to hand out favors their guest can really use. This summer’s favorite favors include: potted plants that double as centerpieces, seed packets, miniature jars of honey or fruit preserves, personalized tea bags, and other perishable items.

Sick On Your Wedding Day and What To Do About It

With all the nerves and stress leading up to the big day, your immune system will definitely be compromised. Here are some tips from  WeddingFavors.com that will help if you are sick on the day of your wedding:

Red or puffy eyes–Get two small baggies and put a few ice cubes in them. Cover them with two fluffy washcloths and lay them over your eyes for 10 minutes. This will brighten your eyes up and reduce the puffiness by constricting the blood vessels.

Lackluster lips–Apply a rosy-pink lip gloss to your lips. The color brings a vitality to your pucker, unlike nudes, which can make you look corpse-like.

Red face–Apply a creamy bronzer. It counteracts the pinkness.

Cold sore–There’s no real quick fix here, but you want to start the healing as soon as possible. An over-the-counter medication like Abreva can speed the healing, and you can wear it under make-up.

Diarrhea–Relief is in your medicine cabinet or at the pharmacy. Immodium A-D, Pepto-Bismol and Kaopectate will all help stop the runs.

Headache–break out the extra-strength Tylenol, Advil, Exedrin, whatever you’ve got handy. 

Sore Throat–This tip comes from opera singers. Anything warm (not too hot!) and thin (like tea or broth) is good for relaxing the throat. You can add some things to your “hot water infusion” to increase the healing power like honey, lemon, ginger, cayenne pepper or licorice. If you’re a smoker–DON’T!

Bloating–Coated peppermint oil is a quick fix for abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea and gas. Peppermint oil is available in capsule form.

Cold, congestion–Sorry. No quick fix. Take what you normally take for a cold, and be glad you can make yourself look good despite feeling under the weather. Get into survial mode and do whatever it takes to enjoy your day.