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Be the Hostess with the Mostess

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Never has it been more important to be the Hostess with the Mostess than during the wedding planning process.  Whether you are the bride, maid of honor, mother of the bride or the mother of the groom you will want to come off as a gracious hostess.

Here are few quick pointers:

  • Always make sure the bride is informed of the guest list
  • Keep the guests in mind at all times
  • Make sure there will be sufficient refreshments
  • Have the appropriate entertainment
  • Be creative with decor (and enlist help where needed)
  • Write thank you notes

There really is an endless list of how to be a wonderful and gracious hostess.  Here are a few websites to get your started:

Hostess with the Mostess (make sure you click through to their blog

CasaSugar - This website is filled with interesting articles for ideas - a true lifestyle blog

eHow - When in doubt - always go to websites like eHow, About and Ask

Bing - This is one of the best new search engines, giving google a run for its money

Look out for my upcoming new books The Everything Mother of the Bride Book and The Everything Wedding Book coming out in 2010!  These books will also help with great hostess ideas for your upcoming wedding!

Congratulations and enjoy the Engagement Process!

Katie Martin

photo by Documentary Associates

photo by Documentary Associates

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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

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