Wedding 101 Classes -- WTRITO Reader Discount!

Hooray!
A Post-Christmas Clearance Sale on Wedding Stuff!

Magnificent Milestones and CS Brides are hosting Wedding 101 classes in the month of January. Mention the "with this ring, i thee obsess" blog to receive a $50 discount on the ticket cost. See the details below.

With Magnificent Milestones

January Sessions

Offered Tuesdays & Thursdays

12 PM - 1 PM

Magnificent Milestones | 1041 W. Madison St.

Join us for our January session of Wedding 101, offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 PM to 1 PM. The classes cover budget, guest lists, timetables, vendors and venues. All "graduates" leave with a bridal swag bag full of over $1,000 worth of discounts and incentives, a customized budget and a list of our favorite vendors.

For more information please visit
www.magnificentmilestones.com

Cost is $200 for four, one hour sessions.
Lunch and swag bag included.

What a fun way to burn through your engagement energy, score some swag, and support a small business.

White Christmas Wedding Inspiration

Last night, Andy and I celebrated one of my favorite Christmas traditions -- The Music Box Christmas Show. This year, we saw "White Christmas."

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That movie just thrills me to the core. Its handsome general, witty retro banter, and beautiful costumes and jewelry (Oh! The jewelry!) absolutely entrance me and makes me wish that I would have been born in a different era. However, this viewing - which has to be my 500th - made me realize how much wedding inspiration the film offers.

First Dance

The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing

You'd certainly be unique...

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Wedding Dress and Centerpieces

Rosemary Clooney's Dress in the Carousel Club Scene

The terrible screen captures above were taken from this video:

I don't know why I didn't go more retro with our wedding. I kind of dabbled in it, but do wish that I went a bit more balls to the wall** with it. Oh well. It was lovely. Someone else should remake Rosemary Clooney's dress in white and send me pix of it!





**"Balls to the Wall" is currently in my phrase rotation because I just found out that my 4-year-old godson, who is very holy (despite my being his godmother), heard his dad listening to that song and has been walking around the house singing it. I got in trouble for saying "butt" and "dupah" in front of his older brother a few years ago, so I am sure that my poor friend is not pleased with her husband.

Happy 500th Post to Me! Note Card Giveaway

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Holy Cow! 500 Posts?

Blogging has been such a treat and I'm truly flattered that even a few people take a moment out of their busy days to read my random-and-not-really-important-in-the-grand-scheme-of-things thoughts. I've been surprised and made giddy by some of the wonderful e-mails and compliments that I've received from people and, most importantly, made some new friends. I had tea with two "blog friends" on Sunday and, as we were laughing and talking about some pretty important things going on our lives, I was so thankful for the evening that I was sitting at home, feeling completely overstimulated by wedding planning, and decided to try blogging as an outlet in hopes of saving my friends and family from wedding overload. (Although, I don't know if it worked.)

To celebrate my 500th post, I am cleaning out my craft bins and giving away a set of seven (yup, seven, not six, not eight) thank you cards with matching Pool-colored envelopes. The winner can choose "bejeweled feet" or "plain."

You may recall this design from the thank you cards that I designed from my Paper Source shower. 

I don't know if anyone will be reading blogs over the holidays, so I'll keep the contest open through the beginning of the year. If you're interested, please comment by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, January 3. If your e-mail address does not display in your profile, please include it in your comments. Thanks and Good Luck!