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The 2010 Top Wedding Trends- NJ/NY Wedding Planner

The 2010 Wedding season is in full effect in the world of Weddings! Designers have released their new looks for this coming season and wedding experts are also releasing their ideas for top trends for all 2010 weddings. With the economy, people trying to go green and more brides willing to step away from the norm the trends are endless. Below are a few of the most common ones and some ideas! Enjoy.....

• Green Eco Friendly Favors- Going green is a big trend right now and definitely one that everyone should consider even if it's with a small aspect of your wedding such as your favors. Check out Beau Coup's website for some great ideas and use our discount code for special savings! http://www.beau-coup.com/green-wedding-favors.htm For other ways to go green check out our past post about Green Weddings!

• Metallic Colors- This past wedding season the hot colors to user were bright! This coming season we are seeing a lot of metallic (golds, grays, platinum's, bronze, etc) . Whether you choose to use these as a main color or accent they look great! This is a great design look for a Winter wedding and for fall weddings you can pair the metallic with a red, blue, brown and so on as an accent to these great colors! Just have fun with it!

• Grooms Cake- Although this tradition is not new it has definitely become more popular. This is originally a southern tradition that is meant to represent something the groom enjoys such as a hobby, sport, sports team, etc! Surprise the groom on the wedding day or even at your rehearsal dinner. It's a great way to personalize your special day and do something different!

• Short Wedding Dresses- Brides are stepping away from the norm and into short and fun dresses. This has slowly started up with Brides having a second "reception" dress for their wedding but now more brides are wearing tea length & short dresses for their entire Wedding day and I LOVE it! These dresses are fun, spunky and they look so great for an outdoor or less formal wedding, but you can definitely pull this off for a formal event. Personalize your look with some great jewelry and sexy heels! This is a great alternative for the modern bride :)

• Birdcage Veil- The long cathedral veil was seen a lot this past wedding season but this new season we are going to be seeing a lot more of the shorter veils. This is a great compliment to the short dresses but also look great with formal gowns. Again this adds a little spunk to your look. The Birdcage veil really gives a great vintage feel to your wedding day look, pair it with a great brooch, feather or flower and it gives it that extra touch!
  

• Mismatched Bridesmaids Dresses- My last favorite growing trend, the mismatched bridesmaids! This look is great and usually makes everyone in your bridal party happy. There are two good ways of pulling this off choose one color and allow them to pick a dress in any shade that is the one color you specify and also allow them to pick out a style that fits their figure best! This is a big step away from the traditional bridesmaids look. It photographs well and shows each persons personality!
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Green Weddings - NJ/NY Wedding Planner

There’s such a huge buzz about “Going Green!” People are starting to recycle more; a Hybrid is the new Hummer. With such an emphasis on saving our planet, why not have a “Green Wedding?”

It doesn’t even have to cost more, it can cost less. If you have your wedding locally, you don’t have to fly. Which means less Carbon Dioxide in the air and more money in your pocket. You can also use local seasonal flowers instead of conventional shipped flowers. Shipped flowers usually are full of pesticides that pollute our earth and they are much more expensive. Another great idea is to buy a vintage ring instead of a new one. Making one gold band creates approximately 20 tons of mining waste.

An additional great “green” idea is to recycle. There are so many ways you can salvage materials from your wedding. You can recycle the unwanted paper, plastic, metal, etc. If you don’t know where the closest recycling center is near your wedding sight, just go to Earth 911. You can donate all the left over food using Feeding America to find the closest food bank near you. You can also recycle your wedding gown at Making Memories.

The most environmentally friendly menu is made up of vegetarian locally grown products. The more local, the better. For the main course, chicken and fish are greener than beef. The cake is best made out of organic ingredients.

The save the date can be done by email and the invitations and photo album can be printed on recycled paper. You can even try organic makeup for you and your bridal party!

Try some of these ideas for a beautiful, budget friendly, green wedding.

Good Luck!
Love,
Liza

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The Office- Pam & Jim Wedding FINALLY- NJ/NY Wedding Planner

So just on a fun note, one of my favorite shows "The Office", Pam & Jim finally got married! After watching for how many seasons and watching these two flirt with each other, and then him declaring his love for her, but then being rejected. Then reuniting and finally finally getting engaged, the wedding happened last night. Jim and Pam had to deal with what most brides and grooms deal with which are awkward family moments, wedding guest and so on. The wedding party did a great dance down the aisle at the ceremony doing a spoof off the popular YouTube video (http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/clips/office-wedding-dance/1164915/) . This episode was great because it really showed how no matter what goes wrong on your wedding day the only thing that really matters in the end is that you and your new husband/wife are happy and look forward to your future together. If you like Pam's wedding gown it was Designed by Galina and can be found at Davids Bridal. Jim also gave the sweetest speech at the rehearsal dinner, it put a tear in my eye ;) See it below! If you missed the episode they have it online at nbc.com .

Nadya