Year End in Review

Happy New Year!!!! Normally, I'd post a quick, I am so excited for the new year, and how much inspiration its going to bring! But I think what I really want to do, is show you our 2009 is pictures, since pictures speak 1,000 words, it might be funner!So here goes...So a brief explaination:Top Row: A slight change in our marketing and Eventology - totally loved meeting people that I have talked with for years and made some friends for life!Second Row: Make new friends and keep the old ones, some are silver and the others gold! The first is of, myself, Stewart Powers, Amanda, and Amanda - we had a great time at TJ's Studio Networking Event, And...

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Happy New Year!

From all of us at MasterPiece Weddings, we wish you a super duper New Years! Go out and have fun - make some do'able resolutions, and make the most of your year!And remember: The rock that is an obstacle in the path of one person becomes a stepping stone in the path of anoth...

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Sweetest Thing!

We recieved the nicest Thank You card from Kristina and Darren! I think this is a testimonial as to Why Hire a Wedding Planner! What a wedding planner does? And how a wedding planner can rock your socks off!As a wedding planner in Gainesville, Florida (not a big city, nothing metropolitan here) sometimes the little things go a lot longer than you thought.  I just have to brag a bit...Check out their wedding photo's here! {Thanks Gina Leigh!}Dearest Melissa,I'm not sure how we can even begin to thank you for all that you've done for us. We could have gone crazy trying to plan our wedding from Chicago! But you and your...

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Lucky Guest Blogger! Part Duex!

I love Erin's Inspiration boards, they are so pretty and festive! And I can't thank her enough for her Guest Posts! This board began with the festive pinecone boutonniere from April Hiler Designs. Black and white is, of course, a favorite palette of mine, and it is an easy palette to customize to any and every season. Red is a perfect choice for a holiday accent color!Sources: Pinecone boutonniere - April Hiler Designs on Etsy; Cake- Real Simple Weddings; Bouquet on Chair - Anna Williams; Bride's hair - Eclectic Images Photography; Drink - Sweet Paul; Shoes - Jayd Gardina Photography; Bride - TM Photography; Candles - Erin Ever...

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Lucky Guest Blogger!

We have some fantastic guest bloggers in the coming weeks, I hope you enjoy their posts, they are some of my very favoritest people in the whole wide blogesphere! If you don't ready Erin's blog, you are missing out! She is full of amazing designs, inspriation, and wit - LOVE HER! So without further ado, Erin....My favorite color this holiday season is blue. Blue feels romantic and festive. I like the idea of adding a touch of gold and green to make it unusual and unique. If you are planning a wedding over the holidays, did you choose classic, traditional colors or go with something out of the box?Sources: Ring Pillow - 5eizen; Bridal Party -...

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! From our entire family to yours! I hope your holidays are full of wonderment and suprise...

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Winter Boards: Red & Green

Happy Christmas Eve from MasterPiece Weddings! Since we are in the Christmas spirit, we're ending our Winter Board week inspired by reds and greens. {table}{shoes}{vases}{place cards}{ornaments}{suit}{cocktail}{bridal party}{cake}{invitations}What do you thi...

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Winter Boards: All White

How pretty is this all white board created by our intern Melissa? We think it's so fresh and romantic!{dress}{suit}{cake}{sparklers}{centerpieces}{champagne}{place cards}{napkins}{place setting}{invitations}{bouqu...

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Winter Boards: White & Blue

Sources: Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3, Photo 4, Photo 5, Photo 6, Photo 7, Photo...

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Winter Boards: Red & Aqua

This week we are featuring winter inspiration boards in honor of the upcoming holiday. We paired red and aqua together for an unexpected color combination and look how beautiful it came out: {table}{invitations}{cake}{place cards}{truffle}{favor boxes}{shoes}{berries}{bridesmaids}What do you thi...

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Vendorzilla: Photographer

{Source}Photographerzilla... do you realize that after the wedding, you are what the bride and groom have. Your work. Your albums (hopefully!) Your referrals... not if you are a Photographerzilla! Please, don't zilla'ize yourself!Photographerzilla, if you want to be at the rehearsal, that'd be great! If you ask to chat with the bridal party for a minute or two, that's great too... but don't turn that 2 minutes into a 30 minute speech about how you'd like things to run tomorrow... uh, not your day.Photographerzilla, I sent you the timeline in advance we talked about it... you discussed it, we adjusted it to suit your needs... so on the wedding...

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Vendorzilla: Florist

{Photo}Dear Floristzilla, a bride usually has some very specific ideas for her flowers, or her colors, or her look. And she really puts a lot of stock in you to help her make her vision come true. You can quickly go from being her best friend to her floristzilla...Floristzilla, if a bride shows you a picture of a bouquet and says she wants it to look exactly like that, make sure that the bride in the picture isn't a size 2 and this your client is a size 14, that will make a difference in the size of the bouquet. And you don't want her to ultimately be disappointed.Floristzilla, please realize how important colors are to brides. If her colors...

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Vendorzilla: DJ

{Source}DJzilla... WOW! Don't be this guy....Djzilla, we love you, and we want you to make this party awesometastic! So, really... help me out!Djzilla, just because you are a rockstar DJ on Rock The Buzz 101.1 and your morning show listeners love to hear your voice, doesn't mean you should talk through the whole reception.Djzilla, there is a timeline for a reason. We developed the order of events with the bride and groom. Please don't willy-nilly change it. It really confuses everything.Djzilla, don't sing over the music... someone sings that song, and was paid really good money to make that music, you are ruining it.Djzilla, you are an...

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Vendorzilla: Caterer

Caterzilla... oh how we love your food, but your 'tude is killing us!This post is not about one particular caterer, but about all of the things that caterers can do that make them a 'zilla. Caterzilla, it would be nice to see an estimate within a few week of meeting with a client. Waiting 9 weeks and then wondering why the client didn't choose you... hmmm.Caterzilla, if my client wants to know what ingredients are in something you make, it's probably because there is a food allergy, please don't lie. No one is trying to steal your recipes, we just want to make sure that no one dies.Caterzilla, if my client has menu questions and they email you.......

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Vendorzilla: Make Up

{Photographer: Powers Photography}I love this picture! Brittany was just such a beautiful bride! And a joy to work with! {PSA - She didn't have a make-upzilla... I just liked the picture}This week I am going to talk a little bit about 'zilla's. Everyone has heard of the term Bridezilla and frankly... I am not a fan. Honestly, we are blessed, we have amazing brides! I love our brides! If I could collect them all and put them in a little box and keep them with me all of the time I would!But sometimes you have a vendor that you are working with that forgets, it's the bride's day. And there are 30 other vendors that you are working with that day...

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Blogs We Love: Hostess With The Mostest

When I first started blogging I fell in love with Hostess with the Mostess her pictures and her style - ahhh-mazing! If you haven't been there for recipes, decor ideas, drink recipes... really tons and tons of inspiration... you need ...

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Blogs We Love: Planning...Forever Events

Not that I play favorites, but one of my favorite people planners... is planning....forever events (don't tell her, it'll give her a big head) her personality totally shines through in her writing, and it made me fall in love with her.Yup, I have a blog cru...

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Blogs We Love: Cocktails & Details

When you are looking for a fun blog, with tons of great information, look no further than Cocktails and Details. Great drink recipes, beautiful weddings, and everything I need to make me smi...

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Blogs We Love: Lucky Designs

Check out Lucky Me! for beautiful inspiration boards, gorgeous monograms! Beautiful...

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Blogs We Love: With This Ring

This week, I wanted to show you some of my favorite blogs, there are 100s on my Google Reader, but some of my favorites for inspiration and knowledge.Take a peek and if you haven't added these to your Google Reader... you must!First up, With This Ring... great for real wedding inspiration, with tons of real life wedding tips! (and life tip...

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Green & Gray

Intern Melissa did such a great job with this green and gray inspiration board, didn't she?{table}{favors}{cake}{suit}{bridesmaids}{cocktails}{shoes}{bride}{bouqu...

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Event Insurance

{source}One thing you don't think about is having insurance on your wedding day. I mean, think about it. You have it on your house, your car, your health, your life.But what about insuring a party. Have you thought about that... if you answered no, you probably should and here is why...You insure things for events that you can't think about, not necessarily for things you can. For instance - you are probably a 20-something, or even a 30-something, you don't think about dying... but what if you did... that's why you have life insurance.You are having a wedding, the biggest day of your whole-wide-life! Probably the most expensive party you are...

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Check Out Our Clients!

How cute hot are our clients!? Jen and Tony had their engagement session done by Footstone Photography. Footstone did an aaahhh-mazing job, don't you think?!What are your favorite ideas for engagement sessio...

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Hints on Tastings

Photographer: Rebecca JonesI love cake! I mean I seriously LOVE CAKE! So when a client asks me what to look for in a cake, I take that very seriously... probably too seriously. Nahhh... it's cake!How do you taste a cake to make sure that you love it, that it's everything you want it to be, especially your wedding cake!?!?That's a great question, and I am so glad you asked!We've actually talked about MasterPiece Weddings and how we do cake tastings for our clients. But let's talk about the actual tasting part.First, look at the cake, does it look pretty... even if it's just a slice of cake. Is it crumbly or is it a nice moist piece of cake.Second,...

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Testimonials from our customers

Budi and Lia, 11 June, wedding in Kempinsky grand Ballroom  First of all,thank u so much for all your help during our wedding preparation.Thank God everything went smoothly.however,there is some area that i want to share.Firstly, our family feel that photo list, Family of both sides should take photo first before friends.We like the snow effect and dry ice effect during wedding dance and feel that more would make it look nicer. However,other than that everything else was great.The time keeping was great and nothing is forgotten or left behind,Thank u once again Party Purrfect. Budi & LiaPutra and Sherly, 16th Jan 2011 Strawberry...

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