This is a Great Bridal Show

Planning For the Renaissance Bride

RENAISSANCE HARBORPLACE HOTEL BRIDAL SHOWCASE

See how we can make your wedding day a dream come true at our one-day wedding showcase where you can explore the magical ambiance and savvy service Renaissance offers.

We have the expertise to execute every wish and family tradition to make your wedding a dream come true.

Come preview the grandest ideas and packages of 2010.

When and Where: Sunday, February 21st, 2010 — 11am – 3pm.

Grand prizes being given away exclusively during this event include:

•Honeymoon on us!

A 5 night hotel stay added to your Honeymoon Registry Account

•2 round-trip airline tickets, domestic or international, anywhere Delta Airlines flies

•A pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes to wear on your special day

Participate in our Bridal Showcases to find out how we can help you pay

for your honeymoon with us.

Click Here to rsvp

The hotel is located at 202 East Pratt Street at Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Bridal Event of the Year

Want to win a honeymoon to an exotic location? Would you also like to see gorgeous wedding florals, the latest in bridal fashions, creative wedding stationery, fine china place settings, and tour the finest hotels in DC? How about if we throw in the opportunity to taste mouth-watering cakes, hors d'oeuvres and signature cocktails? These are just a few of the things available at the Engaged Magazine 2010 Bridal Event taking place from 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm on Friday, February 5th. Start at any of the luxurious hotels and then allow yourself and your entourage to be transported via limo bus to each of the four other hotels. Each hotel will be filled with wedding vendors ready to wow you with the best of what they offer for weddings and other special events.

Among the honeymoon trips being given away the night of the event: The St. Regis Bora Bora, The St. Regis Princeville Hawaii, The Intercontinental Paris France (giving 2!), and The Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt Ireland. There are others to be added too. These are just a few of the dozens of wonderful prizes to be awarded at the event.

Tickets are limited so hurry, hurry to the Engaged Magazine website to purchase your tickets on line today.

We will be at historic and beautiful The St. Regis Hotel so be sure to stop by and say hello. We might even have a gift for you!

Straight From the Runway

It was a fun night filled with beautiful flowers, delicious food and fresh from the runway fashions from Waters Bridal. No we weren't in New York City, we were at the closest thing Baltimore has to a New York bridal salon: Betsy Robinson's Bridal Collection in Owings Mills.

The front desk was adorned with a fresh flower arrangement.
This beautiful Waters dress is new for 2010. Love it.

Sassy bridesmaid dress also from Waters. Look at how well this combination of flowers goes with the dark blue dress!

The detail on this bouquet is amazing. All flowers for the event and on the photos shown here are from the talented Victoria Claussen at Romance of Flowers.

This floral chair accessory is perfect for denoting the bride and the groom's chair at the reception.

Victoria added bling with hanging crystals and Mercury glass votives.

Here it is, our table display at the entrance to the salon. The elements on this table are from Select Event Rental: dark brown chivari chairs with latte bengaline cushion, Crystal stemware, Deco flatware, Copper Sparkle charger, Starlet Copper base cloth and Organic Gold tablecloth.

We doubled the napkin using Fantasy Chocolate and Pebble Ivory, also from Select.

The flowers at the base of the gorgeous centerpiece from Romance of Flowers.

A simple bouquet of white tulips grace the entance table.

Time for champagne. Pictured from left to right: Kelly Barry, Victoria Claussen, Elizabeth Bailey, Betsy Robinson and salon manager Jennifer

Rentals: Select Event Rental

Draping and Lighting: Accent on Events

Food: The Classic Catering People

Flowers: Romance of Flowers

Photography in this Post: Katherine Morrison

Make-Up for Models: Studio of Make-Up

Hair Styling: Elegant Hair by Giselle

Other Vendors at the Event: The Event Library, Table Toppers, Ralph Alswag Photography, Suburban Video and The Wine Merchant

Freakin' Fabulous

We had the best time at The Engaged Magazine Bridal Event earlier this week. The event was held at the magnificent Willard Hotel in Washington DC. There was a wonderful first impression of the event as guests entered the lobby and were greeted by the sounds of 6 musicians from Crystal Strings playing beautiful music. At check-in, brides and their guests were given a bright red bag from Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salon and then made their way to the Crystal Ballroom to visit with some of Washington's best wedding vendors. It was nice to see our friends from Engaging Affairs, Thomas Bowen Videography, Janet Flowers, Steve Canning Photography and Betsy Robinson's Bridal Collection.

We always love to meet new vendors and at this show we got to chat with the folks at Digital Lighting, Patty Cakes, and Blushing Bakeshop.

The wedding brunch was held in the Grand Ballroom which was set with lovely, long tables decorated by Plants, Etc. and Select Event Rental. The menu from the talented chefs at the Willard included Chilled Seafood Amuse Bouche, Brioche Breakfast Pizza, Quail's Egg Benedict, Smoked Salmon Mini Bagel, and Hash Browns with Applewood Smoked Bacon. The dessert was amazing: Lemon Thyme Bread Pudding with Wild Strawberries AND Belgian Chocolate Beignets with Caramel Sauce. Yum.

The highlight of the day was listening to speaker Clinton Kelly from TLC's most watched show, What Not To Wear. Clinton spoke about his four main components of style and how they relate to dressing for the wedding day. He was humorous, warm, and willing to talk with anyone who had a style question or who just wanted to meet him and say hi. After his speech, he signed copies of his new book Freakin' Fabulous which outlines his rules of life to become a "better you".

Pictured above are two of my wedding assistants with the star of the day. From left to right: Claire DeRose, Clinton Kelly, and Caroline Bailey (who was very excited when Clinton declared her shoes "fierce").

Thank you to Steele from The Willard and Doreen from Engaged Magazine for planning a great event for brides and their guests.

Couture Bridal Show - This Saturday!

The Washington DC Couture Wedding Consortium is hosting a Couture Bridal Show this Saturday (January 31st) at the Stephen Decatur House Museum from 12 noon - 5pm.

Exclusive dresses from Promise for the Savvy Bride, a fantastic goody bag, and DCCWC Vendors!

Register here. 

Learn about the Stephan Decatur House Museum here .

A Splash of Pink Sweetness

We had an amazing time at Prima Bridal Show on Sunday!

We joined forces with Victoria from Romance of Flowers with floral design, Patti from Table Toppers with linens, and Sue from Loane Bros with the tent and furniture.

We are so grateful to Victoria who really made lemonade out of lemons with the potted tree that unexpectedly appeared in our tent.  The tree wasn't movable so Victoria added cherry blossom branches and Patti dressed up the pot with linens.  We used it to display our photo albums which made the whole effect look entirely on purpose.  It was a great example of how sometimes we just have to take what we're given and make it look like we had it planned all along!

We spoiled our Brides with Pink Champagne and Pink Cotton Candy.  The cotton candy was a huge hit and perfectly accented our pink, black, and white color story.

Despite some misting early in the morning the Brides and their guests showed up cheerful and ready to chat about their weddings.  Our tent was packed the entire show!

Many thanks to all of the everyone who attended Prima 2008 - vendors and brides!

Get excited for Prima 2009!

Miss Us?

We're going to be at the Prima Bridal Show at Green Spring Station in Lutherville today from 12 - 3.  Stop by and see in our fabulous tent!  Just look for all of the sweet pink delicious-ness.

If you don't have a ticket yet, they are available at the door for $20.00 per bride.  All guests of the bride are free!

Need directions or more information?  www.PrimaBridalShow.com

Can't make it?  Silly enough to live out of state?  We'll have pictures up in no time!

Prima - This Sunday!

We can't wait to see you at Prima - Baltimore's Premier Bridal Show on Sunday, April 27th at Green Spring Station in Lutherville between Noon and 3.

There will be a variety of Baltimore's Best Wedding Vendors, Door Prizes, and a fabulous embroidered tote bag full of goodies.

Be sure to sign up at www.PrimaBridalShow.com soon, tickets are going fast!

Prima - Baltimore's Premier Bridal Show

We are thrilled to, once again, be participating in Prima - Baltimore's Premier Bridal Show.

We can't wait to see you on Sunday, April 27th at Green Spring Station in Lutherville between Noon and 3.

There will be a variety of Baltimore's Best Wedding Vendors - including us!

Be sure to sign up at www.PrimaBridalShow.com soon, tickets are going fast!

A Bridal Extravaganza

There will be a fabulous bridal event taking place on Sunday, January 27th at The Willard Hotel in Washington DC.
The incredibly talented floral designer Preston Bailey (no relation :)) will be there along with famous wedding cake diva Sylvia Weinstock.
Attendees will feast their eyes on couture gowns from wonderful designers and feast again with a four course tea presented by the staff at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel.

Go to http://www.engagedmagazine.com/ for more information and tickets. See you there!