Archive for May, 2009

Garters for your Wedding Day

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

I had the pleasure of being at the Julianne Smith Launch Party at Hello Cupcake last night!  Julianne has the most amazing, cute and sexy garters for your wedding day!  To top it all off - she is local (Washington, DC)!  We are going to start selling her garters in our office soon!  Check them out:

We were able to eat yummy cupcakes and check out the garters all at the same time!  I loved meeting Penny, the owner of Hello Cupcake, and eating a yummy carrot cake cupcake!  Aren’t Penny and Julianne cuties!  Cupcakes and garters - how could you go wrong????

Ivy Robinson came up from Charlotte for the event.  Ivy is our Charlotte Couture Wedding ConsortiumDirector and she has been featured several times on Whose Wedding is it Anyway? and on the new series Hitched or Ditched!  

 

I want to also send a quick thanks to Shannon from Sevan Photography for taking the photos and sending them to us so quickly!  We were truly excited to be invited to the event and one of our brides go to be among the exclusive “10 brides only” list to check out the garters and meet wedding professionals from around the area!  

Julianne’s motto:  ”Embrace the Garter Tradition, With Style!”

She is able to custom coordinate your colors with your garter!  Check out her website today!

More to come…

 

Katie Martin

Elegance & Simplicity

President

Founder of the USCWC

Eco-Friendly Wedding Make-Up

Monday, May 4th, 2009

So many brides have written in to me about how to have the best eco-friendly make-up possible for their wedding day.  It really is a great way to start a new beauty regimen!  I mentioned this briefly in a recent post for the Eco-Friendly wedding that was given away by the DC Green Wedding Consortium.  Carola Myers was the make-up artist and used several eco-friendly products that are easy to find (and within a friendly price range as well)!  Carola used Korres and Aveda products that can be found at Sephora, online and of course at Aveda stores!

 

Take a look at the bride’s make-up from the Earth Day Wedding- before and after photos taken by Jennifer Domenick of Love Life Images.  Flawless, fabulous, earth-friendly make-up is possible!

 

 

 

Look and feel great on your wedding day while being Eco-Beautiful at the same time!

 

****Katie Martin

Elegance & Simplicity