The Wedding Feast in History

Ever wonder what started the whole wedding reception idea?

Historically, the wedding feast sealed a couple's new union. It was during this time that loved ones gathered to share in the fullness of the moment and wish the newlyweds well. These celebrations stay fresh in our memories thanks to priceless photographs such as this one.

Choosing a Reception Site

When you are searching for the perfect venue to hold your reception start with these simple questions first. Is it near where your ceremony will be taking place? Is the date available at the venue? Is it in your budget? YOu will save high levels of stress when you hire an experienced professional to work with on your wedding.

We have two programs we offer for wedding  receptions. Artful Design and Artful Design Le'Grand. Artful design we walk with through the space use your budget, design and let you do the work . In Artful Design Le'Grand we take care of everything for you. All we need an a final approval of the design. After all this is your wedding, it should be done the way you like and with as little of stress as possible. When planning your once in a lifetime event don't forget the obvious, when enjoy the planning process and you are marrying your best friend.

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Black Sheep Bride Speed Vendor Event

Black Sheep Bride Speed Dating Bridal Expo Event 

When: Thursday, 8/28 from 6-8pm

Where: Black Sheep Restaurant Rooftop
1534 Oak St, Jacksonville, Fl 32204

What: We will be trying out a new school concept to old school wedding networking events, Speed Dating for Brides and Vendors. The evening will start off with appetizers and mingling, then we will begin the speed dating cycles. Each Bride will have 3-5 minutes with each vendor. Vendors and Brides will both have a basic information about each other before the event starts and we will be covering the basics in each chat: 1. Vendor's Style/Offerings/Samples 2. Basic Pricing 3. How the vendor gives back with their time, $, or product to causes they are passionate about.

How: The bride will have a communication card listing her basic information and each vendor's name with check boxes that identify if she is interested or not in pursuing the booking further. We will get all contact information to the appropriate vendors the next day.

Why: It is said It only takes 7 seconds to make a first impression, so If we can begin to network with newly engaged brides and create an intimate, friendly environment (without the chaos or craziness of bridal expo layouts) with like minded peers and professionals.... 7 seconds should be all it takes, but we will give ya a few minutes just for fun!

Click here to register
https://www.facebook.com/events/812854568735548/

Follow Black Sheep Bride and see products and vendors that give back. 
http://www.blacksheepbride.com/

Which came first?

The check depositing or the thank you card? 

After you get married you may wonder which to do first. Deposit the gift checks or send out the thank you card. Deposit the checks as soon as you can. If you are leaving for the honeymoon the next day and will not have to go to the bank ask a trusted family member or friend. You may want to splurge on your honeymoon and go on an extra adventure and these funds were given for you to enjoy, so indulge. As with all wedding presents, it is best to not delay sending thank-you notes. Add this task to the top of you to do list as soon as you return from the post nuptial adventures.

Wedding Ceremony in New Smyrna Beach

Beautiful ceremonies can take place oceanside. One of our favorite places to do so is in New Smyrna Beach. There is great parking and some locations have very few visitors on the beach. This gives the secluded feel without the prices of having your wedding in Cabo San Lucas. 

Rent our Bamboo Chuppah / Pergola with custom fabric

The nice this with getting married on the east coast of florida is the sun will be behind your photographer adding amazing light to your ceremony area. 

Beach decor can be rented from us

With the blue skies and beautiful ocean waves as your wedding background how could you go wrong?

Beautiful Orchids and Calla Lilies

Happily Ever After starts NOW!

When you are complete with your wedding pictures you can have a sand castle ready to go or write a simple message in the sand. 

Now this is a great imagine for your Thank You cards.

All images provided by http://www.oceanvideophotography.com/

Destination hometown showers.

It is always fun when friends and family want to throw you a bridal shower in destination cities, but what about about when you have moved only 2 hours away from home. Most weddings today are thrown and funded by the bride and groom themselves. Which has resulted in weddings having guest list under 100. With wedding invite lists being limited, having multiple showers can create an issue. You may have some guests invited to showers that you had no intention of inviting to your wedding. That can create awkward situations. Not only for you but also for the host of your additional parties.

The rule of thumb is that if a guest is invited to a bridal shower the guest would also be invited to the wedding. However, you could get around this rule by making sure that the host of your party has informed people that you will be having an intimate affair. This will clear the air long before the bridal shower. If you have made it very clear to your host that you want to keep you wedding a small intimate affair they will not convey your message to guest but insist on throwing you a shower, you should gracefully accept. Have your mom or another person who is close to you pass the message along that a casual get together would be a much better way to go. Like a brunch or cocktails at a local restaurant. This will take the pressure off and lessen the formality.

Circle Taffeta Overlay

Just added our Circle Taffeta Wedding and Event Linen to our website to help clients choose linen online. This should make choosing details for their event easier. 

We understand that sometime coming into the design studio is not an option because of distance or because of time. We are hoping by creating these online galleries this will give our clients more time in their busy schedules when planning an event. 

Come check out the rest of what we have been doing. 

http://www.flowersomg.com/overlays.html

Circle Taffeta Black 

 Circle Taffeta Gold

 Circle Taffeta Guava

 Circle Taffeta Malibu Blue

 Circle Taffeta Silver

Circle Taffeta White

Should I feed my vendors?

Yes. many vendors will place a note in their contracts that a "vendor meal" must be provided by the client on day of service. Should you not see it listed, a nice gesture would be to ask. This meal does not have to be the same as you are feeding your guest and your sales and catering manager will assist in this process. Most caterers have a less expensive meal option choice to choose for your vendors. If your venue is accustomed to hosting events all year long they may even have a designated spot for your vendors to dine out of site of your guest. Which allows for a better experience for all. Some clients may ask why this is necessary. Keep in mind that vendors can work on site anywhere from 7 to 14 hours in one day on your event. These are not typically work environments and a designated lunch or dinner break is never scheduled. Nor seldom even an option. There for a run down the street to grab lunch is never accessible. eating onsite is the only way to keep the showing rolling.

Let the Party .... Party on!

Guest with Military Uniform on at your weddings. Appropriate?

One bride was concerned that her cousin who was military was going to steal the show at her wedding by wearing his Military uniform. Was she turning into a bridezilla? Was it going to be a distraction at her wedding? Was she being self centered?

With the way the world is today, we are fortunate to have so many women and men ready, willing and able to volunteer to protect our daily freedom. As long as the person is in the service they are entitled to wear their uniform. Sure they may receive more attention than if they were in civilian clothing, but no need to worry. Nothing can take the focus off the bride and groom on such a special day as their wedding day.

Napkins — Rent, Buy or Make?

Take a look at one brides journey with wedding napkins. Do you know we start our napkin rentals at .50 each? She does bring up a great point and food for thought.
Enjoy~

Row after row of fabric at Elegant Fabrics NYC

After receiving the quote from Wildflower Linen, I decided that I should explore other options besides renting—either buying cheap napkins or making them.
If I bought, I would look for napkins from one of the discount stores like Kohls or Overstock.com on sale—I’m thinking like 70% off!

I have been searching on the internet and it has been crazy difficult to find the color napkins I want. So I think I may just need to stumble upon them. I am hoping for a dusty peach or rose color, and something with natural fibers and textures. Has anyone seen anything? Pottery Barn would be my style… but not my price range!

Every day I walk past a little gem of a shop—it is called Elegant Fabrics. Have you heard of it? Yep, it is the place Project Runway went for oh-so-many seasons. I love their selection of fabrics. It is unworldly! If you are used to Jo-Ann’s or Walmart you will be gasping for air when you find this place. There are no quilting calico prints anywhere!

Fabric Swatches

So after work last week I cruised around Elegant Fabric so I could find that perfect material. It couldn’t be too thin, or too shiny. It needed to be soft enough to wipe your mouth.
One of the best things about going to a fabric store in the middle of Fashion District in New York City is that they have swatches ready for you. They are used to fashion and design students asking them for swatches so they are ahead of the game. They have them pre-swatched and hanging from the fabric bolt so you can help yourself and leave the clerks alone!

The Selections

My favorite — Raw Silk @ $14.95 per yard

It took me a while to find exactly what I wanted but this is basically it: I like raw silk or dupioni, either in golds, pinks and peach neutrals, and soft colors with a pop of coral color.
I wasn’t even considering any fabrics over $19.95—but was really aiming for half this—which wasn’t realistic here. Unfortunately half the fabrics in there were $19.95-$24.95. So that eliminated a few at the get-go.
On the way home I looked at tutorials on how to make dinner napkins. They say I would need about 1 yard of fabric for every 4 dinner napkins. Since all the fabric at Elegant is 60″ not the more common 45″ I could get away with a little less yardage.
But would this be cost effective at $19.95 a yard? Not really!! But I could always keep the napkins for later…?
Would it be worth the trouble of cutting it into square, and perhaps hemming four sides of 75 napkins? What do you think?

Read more: http://www.weddingbee.com/2010/07/08/diy-napkins/#ixzz2r8mcal8l

http://www.weddingbee.com/2010/07/08/diy-napkins/#axzz2r8larvqK

Flowers OMG Receives Bronze WeddingWire Rated™ Badge

Flowers OMG Receives Bronze WeddingWire Rated™ Badge

  Port Orange, Fl  – July 23, 2013 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading online wedding marketplace, is thrilled to announce that Flowers OMG has received the WeddingWire Rated™ Bronze badge for excellence in floral and linen.

The esteemed WeddingWire Rated™ program recognizes wedding professionals who have received positive newlywed reviews about their business on WeddingWire. The program recognizes businesses across more than 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and requires a minimum of three wedding reviews and an average rating of 3.5 stars or higher.

Within the WeddingWire Rated™ program, there are five different levels that wedding professionals can reach based on the number of wedding reviews they have received (Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Black).  The WeddingWire Rated™ Bronze badge is awarded when a business receives ten or more quality reviews.

As a member of WeddingWire, the world's largest wedding review site with over one million reviews, Flowers OMG's achievement of Rated™ is an impressive milestone and an indication of the positive experiences expressed by their past clients.  As a recipient of the Bronze badge, Flowers OMG is highlighted on WeddingWire, which is comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada.

"With the growing importance of online reviews, WeddingWire is pleased to celebrate the successes of the wedding professionals who have received positive reviews on WeddingWire," said Sonny Ganguly, CMO, WeddingWire. "We are honored to recognize Flowers OMG for their impressive work within the wedding industry."

"Flowers OMG is thrilled to have achieved the WeddingWire Rated™ Bronze badge for floral and linen in Port Orange, Fl. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire; it means so much to us and our business to have received the positive feedback that helped us earn this badge.  We are dedicated to providing excellent service to our clients and look forward to increasing to the next Rated™ level in the near future."

For more information about Flowers OMG, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront at WeddingWire.com/FlowersOMG.

To learn more about the WeddingWire Rated™ program, please visit  http://wed.li/ratedinfo

About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire®, the nation's leading marketplace serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 reviewed wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. WeddingWire also offers a comprehensive suite of online planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire is the only all-in-one marketing platform for businesses online and on-the-go. WeddingWire offers one simple solution to build a professional network, improve search visibility, manage social media and reach mobile consumers. Businesses that advertise with WeddingWire appear on WeddingWire.com, ProjectWedding.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com, Brides.com and Weddingbee.com.