How about images of....

1. Wedding Favors
2. Bouquets 
3. Cakes 
4. Reception Tables
5. Cakes 
6. Invitations

Originally Posted by GauchoSteph 

 

Also, I think Pinterest could be great for hair/makeup inspiration!

Great idea!

You can check out DJ Mannia's BDW Page here, under wedding vendors: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/mannia-audio-video-illumination-punta-cana

If you have any new pictures, videos, or insight, share it on his review page. 

Thanks!

This message is brought to you by Luxe Destination Weddings. 

The Discount:

Luxe is offering 20% Off of the Opulence Package for any BDW bride who sees and clicks on the Luxe ad show below and inquires about services. 

The Luxe ad will be rotating throughout our BDW Pages, so keep an eye out for it!  This is a great deal. 

The Opulence Package builds upon the Bliss Package. Below is the explanation of both. To learn more about Luxe Destination Wedding Services send a Private Message to Jessica4Luxe on BDW or go to http://www.luxedestinationweddings.com/SERVICES/. 

The Opulence Package 

Thanks,

Christine 

BDW Staff

This information is brought to you by Blue Petal Destination Weddings. Blue Petal is comprised of a team of Professional Wedding Coordinators and Expert Travel Agents focussed on taking the stress out of your day. 

Announcement:

Blue Petal's Senior Wedding Designer, Keine Dennis recently visited the Riviera Maya to personally meet up with the On-Site Wedding Coordinators for her brides. She witnessed several mock weddings and blogged about all of it on the Blue Petal Facebook page. Blue Petal Manager, Ginger Blum will be doing the same thing in mid October 2011.  

This month can expect a steady stream of hot wedding news, fresh from Blue Petal on the Riviera Maya!  

Blue Petal is Canadian travel wholesaler with elite status and dedicated group coordinators with Transat Groups and Thomas Cook.  This week, Blue Petal has been invited to VIP Status with Canada's heavy weight wholesaler, Air Canada Vacations! Blue Petal exclaims, "This is a huge honour (spelled the Canadian way!), as we now have a dedicated AIr Canada Vacations team which service only a small handful of VIP agencies coast to coast. Faster quotes, faster solutions, better relationships and happier brides!"

Blue Petal limits their Wedding Designers to 4 weddings per month to give each bride & groom the dedicated attention they deserve. If you are hoping to book with Blue Petal, please act quickly as availability is limited.  

Lastly, Blue Petal would like to offer our BDW Brides a special deal. 

Blue Petal can arrange a Bride's Dress Rehearsal at Karismal for only $399 USD per couple.  

The Deal: 

Now wedding couples have the opportunity to view their potential wedding location first hand! For only $399 per couple (airfare not included), brides and their grooms can stay for 3 nights at their hotel of choice and have the opportunity to taste different cake options, sample menu items and even view the various locations and setups for their ceremony and private events!

Questions?  Want to know more about this deal?

Contact the Blue Petal Team on BDW by visiting their Sponsor Showcase Page and Private Messaging any either Ginger, DaniBluePetal, or Petal Keine.  

Thanks!

Christine

BDW Staff 

Jessica4Luxe, 

Thanks! This is very helpful information. 

-C

Win a Free Photo Enlargement with Smile Market:

To participate and win, you will need to follow these 4 steps:

How to Enter

1. Join BestDestinationWedding.com
2. Go to Smile Market's Vendor Page and select "Add to Your List" then "Want to Book."  
3. Become a Fan of Smile Market on Facebook  
4. Log into BDW with your new account and send SMPhotography a Private Message.    

        Please include the following information in your PM to us:

• Name of the Bride & Groom
• Date of your wedding
• Hotel/Resort you are staying at
• Your Username on BestDestinationWedding (BDW)
• Your Email Address associated with your BDW Account

• You will receive a confirmation email from Smile Market Photography once we have validated your  information.

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***Important: Print this confirmation email out and present it to your Smile Market Photo Sales Assistant to receive your free 8â€x10†photo enlargement.

Details:

This free enlargement is only applicable to brides getting married at participating Smile Market Resorts.  See a list of participating resorts below. Smile Market will give a limit of one photo enlargement per couple per wedding.

This enlargement is not transferable to another couple. The Smile Market Associate will select the photo for enlargement upon the couple’s arrival.

Contest ends December 31, 2011

Participating Resorts:

Moon Palace
Cancun Palace
Beach Palace
Le Blanc
Cozumel Palace
Aventura Spa
Westin Regina
Sun Palace
Le Meridien
Ritz Carlton

Barcelo

Their Work:

Congratulations to our First Place Winner: Melissa727 

And Congratulations to Ginamb our Second Place Winner!!!

We hope to see you in pics of your party flops. Thanks to everyone for participating. 

Getting Married on the Beach????

It’s your wedding. It’s your day.  Everything is personalized to your event, and your shoes shouldn’t be any different.  If it’s a wedding on the beach you’ll need some Party Flops. Party Flops specializes in personalized flip-flops for the bride, groom and bridal party. These flip-flops are a popular hit with everyone! 

Party Flops is a proud sponsor of BDW and would like to offer our community the chance to experience the fun & comfort of Party Flops.  

One First Prize Winner will receive:

15 pairs of personalized flip-flops for their wedding party and 2 pairs of Just Married flip-flops for the bride and groom.

10 Second Prize Winners will receive:

2 pairs of Just-Married-Mark-on-the-Sand Party Flops for the bride and groom.

How to Play

Click the image below to fill out the BDW-Party Flops Contest Form. It only takes a minute!

Details:

1. You must be a BDW member to play.
2. Party Flops will the select winner.
3. Contest will run from 9/7/11 to 9/21. Contest Closes 9/21 at 4pm, PST. 
4. Party Flops will be responsible for shipping the prizes. 
5. You must have a physical shipping address.

Read Reviews on Party Flops

Testimonials: 

1."Every bride needs to USE Party Flops! The flops were perfect! They gave me 3 designs to choose from and they would have given me more but I was so happy with the 3 that I chose one of them. they were easy to work with, the product was outstanding and totally affordable. All of my wedding guests LOVED getting their flops, my husband wore his our entire honeymoon, he didn't want to take them off!

 

EVERYONE needs to get Party Flops for any event you are planning! They are the best and only service to use!"

 

2."The wedding flip-flops were such a fun addition to our beach wedding! Guests loved them, and so did I. I also greatly appreciated how quickly Alex and his staff at Partyflops put together a mock-up of what we wanted (they were right on target, btw), and how quickly they made and shipped them. All around, a great experience."

 

3."We ordered flip flops for our bridal party as well as the parents and those that helped out with our wedding. We sent in our design and Alex worked with us to enhance our original design. The out come was fantastic,they arrived promptly and were in plastic bags with bows to match, they made wonderful bridesmaides gifts (they wore them for the reception) I would highly recommend Party Flip Flops."

 

 

   

Good luck everyone, 

Chris

BDW Staff

We are pleased to announce that Jamieirene is the winner of this contest! 

How did we determine the winner?  BDW created a list of all our entries (one entry per member) in the order of the which they were submitted.  We used Random.org's List Randomizer to randomize our list. The first name in the randomized list is our winner. 

Hello BDW Brides,

We are pleased to announce the Gonzalo Nunez Engagement Shoot Contest!  

Win a free engagement photo shoot in New York by Gonzalo Nunez.  Gonzalo is a professional wedding photographer with an impressive portfolio and several years experience.  He has a photojournalist style that naturally captures your priceless moments.

Many of our BDW brides have used Gonzalo Nunez and loved his work. See what they had to say on his Photographer Review Page. 

The Prize:

• One Engagement Photo Shoot in New York 
• Date: October 2nd
• Gonzolo will provide you with 30 of your best shoots from the day
• The images will be provided electronically

How to Enter: 

• Tell us how your love story started (i.e. how you met your partner).  Please submit your story as a reply to this post. 
• Follow Gonzolo Nunez on Twitter: @gonzalo_nunez.   If you are uncomfortable providing your Twitter Handle with your publicly posted story, then please send your handle in an PM to Chris Elias28.
• Go to Gonzolo's BDW Photographer Review Page and click "want to book," under the "People who listed this."  

Details:

• This contest will run from 9/7 to 9/16 @ 3pm, PST
• Only one entry for each BDW Bride
• You must be a member of BDW.  NOTE: This is OPEN TO COUPLES WHO ARE ALREADY MARRIED, too. 
• You must follow Gonzalo on Twitter. Please provide your twitter handle so that we can verify your information. 
• You must share your "how you met" story
• You must select "want to book" for Gonzalo's Photographer Review Page.
• We will use Random.org to fairly and objectively select a winner. 
• The winner will be announced in this thread and will receive a congratulatory PM from me, Chris Eilas28.
• Air fare not included

Hurry, the contest has begun. Let us know how you and your love met!

An Example of a Past Engagement Shoots in New York:

On the Beach:

Trash the Dress:

Gonzalo's BDW Showcase Page

Other Important Links:

Please visit Gonzalo's Blog for the latest updates:

www.gonzalonunez.com/blog 

Gonzalo's Website: 

www.gonzalonunez.com

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/nunezgonzalo 

visit his facebook profile to see what people say about him. 

www.twitter.com 

@gonzalo_nunez 

referrals: 

http://www.ispwp.com 

Gonzalo belongs to a very exclusive photography society. They only accept the best photographers in 

the world. Gonzalo typically places in the top 20 out of 600. 

The Nonconformist's Bouquet 

Floral bouquets are gorgeous, timeless, and traditional, but sometimes the occasion and our personality beg for something a little more avant-garde.  Today, there are a myriad of alternatives to the floral bouquet that serve as beautiful and unique options to the traditional.  The first and most recently publicized is the gorgeous broach bouquet, followed by feather, fabric and even paper bouquets that will satisfy that nonconformist in you.  

Country star, Miranda Lambert walked down the aisle toward country star, Blake Shelton carrying a beautiful bouquet made of sparkling, colorful, bejeweled broaches, seen below. 

Miranda’s statement making bouquet is as personal as it is lovely.  According to US Weekly, Miranda asked her wedding shower guest to bring a broach with them to the shower.  She then had the Ritzy Rose combine the broaches into the work of art you see here.  She topped it off by wrapping the stem of the bouquet with her mother’s lace handkerchief.

Can’t afford the Ritzy Rose?  Etsy has a vendor who is selling very similar, custom-made versions for $475.

If you are looking for a softer side for your bouquet try a feathered bouquet.  These come in a variety of options from the simple to the dramatic.  These bouquets add texture, volume, and elegant movement as you float with them down the aisle.  Try playing with the idea of a feathered fan in place of a bouquet if you still crave something a bit more out of the norm. 

Fabric is versatile, flexible, and can be molded to fit any form, any style.  Fabric bouquets can look very expensive, but my favorite is a country-vintage inspired bouquet made of gingham red and white rosettes. 

Last, but not least, is the delicate and intricate paper bouquet.  These bouquets are no simple task.  They are unique bouquets gently crafted into works of art. 

These non-floral options are ideal for the destination-wedding bride.  You will not have to worry about securing a local florist, or about flowers wilting in the heat.  After your day, your bouquet can become a precious keep-sake!

No matter what medium you choose to design your bouquet in, it should be a bouquet as fitting for you as your dress.  Enjoy the options! 

ATTN BRIDES: GO GET YOUR FREE GOLD ACCOUNTS!!!!

EVERYONE IS A WINNER WTIH SHOTCLIP.  

TO RETRIEVE YOUR FREE ACCOUNTS YOU MUST REGISTER WITH SHOTCLIP.COM AND ENTER THIS CODE AT THE END TO MAKE IT A FREE GIFT ACCOUNT:  BDWSHOTCLIP_123

***BDW is interested in your feedback on this gift. Try it out and tell us about it in a BDW Review in the link below: 

http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/shotclip

Summer 2011 Brides, we are giving away 50 Free ShotClip Accounts!

ShotClip & BDW are teaming up to bring you an opportunity to win a ShotClip Gold Account for your wedding this summer.  ShotClip allows you, your groom and 4 other selected members of your friends and family to share the same video editing account and collaborate together on creating wedding footage that is personal and multidimensional, capturing your day from the different perspectives of those of know and love you best.

Shotclip.com is like the video version of disposable cameras, its a great way to get your guests involved and you will get lots of extra video footage of the Wedding, especially all those candid unscripted moments that the professional might miss. Your Gold Account will be accessible for 12 months of editing to insure that you are getting the perfect video! 

Here is a video teaser for the type of tutorial features your Gold Account will come with:

Here is how to win a ShotClip account for your wedding:

1. Go to www.shotclip.com and “Like†them through the Facebook “Like†button provided below their homepage video.
2. Respond to this thread to let us know that you have liked ShotClip and tell us your top-choice person you want on your camera crew and why. 
3. You will be automatically entered in our raffle to win!  We will announce the winners in the thread and

Details:

1. This contest will last for three weeks.
2. Summer 2011 Brides are preferred.  We would like to hear your experience with this program.
3. BDW will make the announcement of the winners.
4. BDW will Private Message the winners to collect the necessary information for ShotClip to create their accounts.
5. Requirement: You must have fun with this!

Thanks,

BDW and ShotClip

       So you are having a destination wedding in Cancun.  You have a wonderful venue picked out for the ceremony, the travel and hotel are taken care of, you even have a great selection of DJs to choose from, but what about hair and makeup? 

You wouldn't trust your hair and makeup to just anyone back home, right?  This is a job for a professional. 

     Melissa Parry from MVP Hair & Makeup provides professional services for brides in the Cancun and Maya Riviera area.  She is an LA native whose heightened popularity led her to Europe and then Cancun.  She is ever faithful to her LA clientele and flies back every 8 weeks to service them. 

    In the video below Melissa takes us through hair and makeup with a lovely Cancun Bride, Lacey.  Melissa  covers Lacey's area of concern and accentuates her blue eyes with a lovely brown smokey eye. She finishes the look with a romantic hairstyle that compliments her neckline and will show the long earrings Lacey will be wearing.

MVP Hair and Makeup Artistry is a BDW supported sponsor. 

Hi Everyone, 

I am going to my coworker's pre-wedding henna party tonight.  She is an amazing woman, but we only have been working together for about a month now, so I am short on ideas. I want to get her a gift just for her. Any thoughts?

Best,

Chris