For the first time ever, Arizona will have a bridal week geared towards attracting engaged couples / brides-to-be who are planning their wedding. It’s a great opportunity for vendors to attract clientele and get them to experience your products first hand, rather than just reading or surfing the web about your company.
For the first time ever, Arizona will have a bridal week geared towards attracting engaged couples / brides-to-be who are planning their wedding. It’s a great opportunity for vendors to attract clientele and get them to experience your products first hand, rather than just reading or surfing the web about your company. Your company participation in the first ever Arizona Bridal Week can be one of the exclusive getting those prospective brides to talk with you first hand about what you have to offer, try your products and perhaps booking the sale.
Our Friday feature today is about the doing it yourself option for your wedding. Many brides do this now for many reasons. It may be reasons due to financial, sentimental, one-of-a-kind or simply just making it home-made and completely to the couple's taste.
We at ABW are avid twitter stalkers of the bridal industry and love eying new products, websites, trends and pretty much anything about the industry. Today, we found diybride, based out of San Jose, California and even though they are not an Arizona company their website is very resourceful none the less for any wedding anywhere.
We're glad we did our research on them, their website features many resources for "Do It Yourself" projects from the cake to sewing the gown. They even have books for sale, which is a great to carry around with you while you wait for appointments or prefer to read books instead of staring into a computer screen.
Happy surfing! This website will keep you entertained all day and once you are done reading you will most definitely want to start many of the projects by the weekend.
Photo taken from Fairytale Brownies -www.brownies.com, Father's Day is just around the corner : )
We received a box of treats today unexpectedly from our wonderful friends at the Prescott Wedding Walk and as we were about to choose someone at random for our Wedding Wednesday feature, this may be all about desserts today.
We were curious when the packaging read Fairytale Brownies and thought there would be no way the brownies could have survived a trip through the Arizona heat, but it did.
We opened up the box and it was well insulated and even had a ice pack, but the box of brownies didn't get wet from the condensation due to the careful wrapping around the ice pack. I think we were more impressed with the packaging then the actual treats.
But everything from Fairytale Brownies was well done, there was even a little note that read:
Caring for your Brownies: Fairytale Brownies are always guaranteed fresh upon arrival. If you can resist eating all of them in less than one week, refrigerating or freezing is recommended. Brownies will stay fresh for 30 days in the refrigerator or 6 months in the freezer. Thawing takes about one hour at room temperature, or remove the wrapper and microwave on low power (times will vary).
You are probably thinking that putting them in the microwave is going to blow your mind away, when they are warm they taste like they were freshly baked. I can't make brownies as good as this, so it was pure enjoyment because you don't have to spend the time making them and cleaning up the mess.
In honor of Wedding Wednesday, I decided to a blog. As you can see it's been a long time coming. When you do 10 events in one week, one tends to want to take a long break from everything. But we (the Arizona Bridal Week team) is in full force again, until after the next bridal week, which may or may not be Spring of 2011.
It takes a lot of planning and we may need more people to acquire this year to be able to pull off another event next year. If you are interested in volunteering your services, help plan events or simply have a few ideas to throw our way send them to info@arizonasbridalweek.com.
We are partnering up / have partnered up with several other companies and have events this year, so all ya have to do is attend a few shows connected with companies like
These are just a few, there will be more to come when I get any word of more events I will post : )
Now that I have re-introduced myself again, I wanted to feature a photographer who was great to work with during the Arizona Bridal Week. Her name is Keri Doolittle and she is currently transitioning from Arizona to Colorado.
Her work and personality shows that she has a passion for life, especially when it comes to photo journalism. When you meet her you instantly feel the energy she has and could you imagine the energy she will have to shoot your wedding. When the reception is well and done, Keri will be the last person standing still shooting with her camera, capturing something you never expected to - a perfect intimate photo with your new spouse. Something that only Keri Doolittle Photography was able to capture.
Winestyles TONIGHT http://tinyurl.com/ycyq24z - enjoy the wine from the large selection at WineStyles and catering by Fresh From the Kitchen LLC, just email info@arizonasbridalweek.com to RSVP (even if you don't have a ticket, you will not have to pay if you RSVP before 4pm today).
For tomorrow's Sunday Expo show we are discounting week long tickets and offering up a special day rate for this show only!
Come out to the MADCAP Theaters (use to be the Harkins Theater on Mill Ave) and enjoy our day rate of $5.00 a person or $8.00 a couple. We are also discounting the week long couples tickets from $35.00 General Admission to $20.00 and our $75.00 VIB (Very Important Bride) couples ticket to $50.00.
As an added bonus every attendant gets a goodie bag sponsored by getmarried.com filled with getmarried count down calendars, getmarried pens and a coupon for 20% off redeemable at getmarried's online shop.
We also have delicious cookies from Cake Contessa, $5.00 off name change coupons from MissnowMrs.com, $300. off your photography package and a free engagement session with Christina Smith Photography, if a couple signs up with Reeves Photography & Videography at Arizona Bridal Week, they will be entered into a grand prize drawing to win the new iPod nano (with video camera) with their names and wedding date engraved! There will be many more give-a-ways prizes during the day, but you have to attend if you want to win.
Don't miss out on your goodie bag full of savings and don't miss out on a fun filled day of events and entertainment! Our DJ and photographer with Bridal Show Special will be providing great tunes and will be taking pictures and printing them for our guests to come home with a memento from the show. I'm sure our infamous Reverend G is sure to entertain as well, but if you haven't found an officiant to marry you Reverend Giovanni is exactly what you need!
Below is what we have in store for our attendants! All guests are welcome to come at 9:00am, come there early to increase your chances of winning!
For a $5.00 donation to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure gets you an additional entry into the raffle drawing for prizes all day and gets you into CCSP bridal poker games available all day to win additional prizes.
9:45am - 1st prize winner announcement 10:15am - Yoga Demonstration by Karve Studio - get your body into bridal shape! 10:45am - 2nd Prize winner announcement 10:50am - Makeup Demonstration by Cherelynn Baker 11:10am - 3rd Prize winner announcement 11:15am - FREE popcorn and water to watch a fun loving wedding movie 1:00pm - Afternoon Makeup Demonstration by Cherelynn Baker 1:30pm - Announcement of our $1000. Cornelis Hollander Fine Jewelry Gift Certificate
My media associate and the photographer of this photo, Nikolai de Vera and I worked on this ad for about 7 hours. I think we are finally happy with it :) It will run in the Wedding Chronicle in September.
Register to win a couples ticket to the Arizona Bridal Week, September 26th - October 3rd, 2009. The week includes 8 days of bridal fashion and events, showcasing unique venues like Sanctuary Resort at Camelback Mountain, The Wrigley Mansion, Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore, MadCap Theaters, Thee Wedding Warehouse, Lillian Lottie Couture, Fleur't Boutique and Winestyles.
Enjoy a week of fun filled events sure to help you plan the wedding of your dreams, while being entertained with fast paced bridal fashion shows featuring local designs by Jennyvi Dizon, Angela Johnson, Susan DiStaulo and Alex Garcia. The Arizona Bridal Week will not only provide brides-to-be with direct access to top local vendors and designers, but will also benefit the Phoenix Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Registering is easy. Simply visit www.arizonabridalweek.com and fill out the bridal registry form. Several lucky brides will win tickets to the Arizona Bridal Week and an exclusive invitation to the media preview on August 28th, 2009.
All brides who register before September 15th, 2009 will receive a free gift voucher redeemable during the Arizona Bridal Week, September 26th through October 3rd, 2009.
Phoenix, AZ—July 10, 2009—Planning a wedding in Arizona just got easier and a lot more entertaining.Arizona Bridal Week is proud to announce the recent partnership with Lifetime’s TV show Get Married.With the collaboration of the only eight-day bridal event in Arizona and the ideas from the highly resourceful wedding show “planning is a piece of cake.”
About Arizona Bridal Week
Arizona Bridal Week will debut in the Valley from September 26, 2009 to October 3, 2009. The upscale, eight-day event will not only provide brides-to-be with direct access to top local vendors, but will also benefit the Phoenix Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. Arizona Bridal Week is devoted to premiering the more fashionable side of the wedding industry by featuring exciting themed events, unique venues, and a fast paced atmosphere. For more information, visit www.arizonasbridalweek.com.
About Get Married
Get Married is a national, integrated multi-media wedding planning destination, and the only resource that reaches couples through a highly synergized, tri-media platform: a TV show on Lifetime Television, a highly-trafficked website and a glossy print publication. Whether brides watch, read, or surf, Get Married is making wedding planning a piece of cake.
ON TV: Get Married’s show airs on Lifetime Television weekday mornings and streamed daily on GetMarried.com. Hosted by world-renowned wedding and event designer Colin Cowie, Get Married’s series includes interviews, ides and inspirations from the most sought-after industry experts.
ONLINE: The robust website – GetMarried.com - offers brides unique video content, image galleries, informative articles, local resources, planning tools, and interactivity with other brides and wedding professionals.
IN PRINT: Get Married magazine, the “new shopping & trend guide for the savvy bride,” will introduce and translate the latest wedding trends while offering a fresh perspective, in a new, uplifting and edgy voice for creatively-innovative and inspirationally-driven brides.
Get Married’s three-pronged wedding platform offers brides the most informative and personalized wedding planning experience.
Blogger Brides
Blogger Brides, is an online blogging community brought to you by GetMarried.com. In addition to offering brides in-depth content, ideas and resources, Get Married’s Blogger Brides provides unique digital components including the ability to post video online. Brides and wedding professionals can view video clips from Get Married’s TV show as well as video blogs from our host, renowned celebrity event designer, Colin Cowie, as well as co-host and TV star DeAnna Pappas.
From the real bride to the celebrity blogger, Get Married’s Blogger Brides community offers its bloggers an assortment of wedding insights and trends:
Star Bloggers: Industry experts offer the latest trends and insights from high-profile – and often celebrity - weddings. Follow star bloggers including celebrity wedding experts such as: photographer Robert Evans who shot Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ wedding, as well as Get Married’s host and co-host, wedding extraordinaire Colin Cowie and TV star DeAnna Pappas.
Blogger Brides:Real brides discovered by Get Married who share their wedding planning process, everything from choosing the perfect dress to walking down the aisle.
Community Bloggers:Anyone! All members can blog and share ideas, photos, videos and wedding related information with their friends and family.
