So...This is a really AMAZING thing. Words can not describe the way a giveaway like this makes you feel.
Bride's Across America is an event where bridal salons across our lovely USA are donating and giving away designer gowns to qualified Military Brides. Yes! Giving them away.
Each store is preparing their particular giveaways, so some will give away 5, some 10, some more than that. Each store is deciding what their contribution will be on an individual basis.
In order to qualify: " You must be engaged, be on active duty in the military, or have a fiance on active duty in either Iraq or Afghanistan. All military brides must show proper ID, copy of deployment papers, orders or other qualifying proof."
Please visit the Brides Across America Website
Important Note, visit each store or call them, each shop is planning their own date of their event. The store in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Patricia South's The Bride's Choice is having their giveaway on Veterans Day, November 11th, so quick, call 954-791-6007 & make your appointment!!!
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED! CALL & MAKE YOUR APPT.
MY PERSONAL HEARTFELT THANKS TO OUR SOLDIERS & THEIR BRIDES TO BE FOR THEIR SACRIFICES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM! THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING US!
until next time.....
EASY WEDDING PLANNING AND HAPPY GOWN GIVEAWAY!
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Nov 4, 2008
Oct 24, 2008
Cost Effective Wedding Invitations
Have you seen the wedding invitations at V.P. Invitations?
They have some fantastic choices and some unbelievable prices!
Less than $1 per invitation....So, for the frugal bride, these are excellent! Take a look at this one:
Isn't it gorgeous? And, the invitations come with rsvp cards and PRINTED envelopes!! Amazing.
Just thought I would share. Have a wonderful weekend.
until next time.....
EASY WEDDING PLANNING!
They have some fantastic choices and some unbelievable prices!
Less than $1 per invitation....So, for the frugal bride, these are excellent! Take a look at this one:
Isn't it gorgeous? And, the invitations come with rsvp cards and PRINTED envelopes!! Amazing.
Just thought I would share. Have a wonderful weekend.
until next time.....
EASY WEDDING PLANNING!
Oct 23, 2008
Wedding Invitation Postage Costs
A client of mine recently received her wedding invitations from cardsandpockets.com, and they are absolutely beautiful!
She took them to the post office to have them hand-canceled (per my suggestion) and when they were weighing them to check the postage cost....(trust me, it's not what you think), the wonderful Post Office employee had a thought. She said “I need to check the width of this” and placed one of the invitations into a three dimensional box. The idea is that the envelope is to slide through the box 100% on its own. Well, guess what? It did not. Now, don't get me wrong, the envelope only needed slight shimmying to slide through. But, it was enough to warrant a parcel post fee! So, my clients invitation postage budget RADICALLY changed from $1.01 ($0.59 invitation + $0.42 rsvp) per envelope to a whopping $1.76 per envelope! Yes, $1.34 for the invitation and $0.42 for the rsvp envelopes.
Now, isn't that crazy? That's almost 200% the cost! Outrageous.
Anyway, the point is, be careful when designing these new pocket style invitations. Try to use paper that isn't overly thick and be aware of any embellishments you add to the invitation. Also, it may help if you stick them under an encyclopedia for a day or two to flatten them!!
until next time.....
EASY WEDDING PLANNING!
She took them to the post office to have them hand-canceled (per my suggestion) and when they were weighing them to check the postage cost....(trust me, it's not what you think), the wonderful Post Office employee had a thought. She said “I need to check the width of this” and placed one of the invitations into a three dimensional box. The idea is that the envelope is to slide through the box 100% on its own. Well, guess what? It did not. Now, don't get me wrong, the envelope only needed slight shimmying to slide through. But, it was enough to warrant a parcel post fee! So, my clients invitation postage budget RADICALLY changed from $1.01 ($0.59 invitation + $0.42 rsvp) per envelope to a whopping $1.76 per envelope! Yes, $1.34 for the invitation and $0.42 for the rsvp envelopes.
Now, isn't that crazy? That's almost 200% the cost! Outrageous.
Anyway, the point is, be careful when designing these new pocket style invitations. Try to use paper that isn't overly thick and be aware of any embellishments you add to the invitation. Also, it may help if you stick them under an encyclopedia for a day or two to flatten them!!
until next time.....
EASY WEDDING PLANNING!
Oct 10, 2008
Honeymoon ~~ Beware Cell Phone charges!!
Honeymooning overseas? Enjoying the slopes of Canada or the beaches in the Carribbean? You might find an unwelcome shock when you return home...your cell phone bill!
Okay, ladies....This is rotten....All the more reason I need to get the word out.
When you go on your honeymoon (to the island...to london...to hawaii..., basically anywhere out of your home location!) Please, please, please, check that your cell phone company isn't going to raid your pocketbook while you are gone!
Not only are voice minutes much more expensive in other countries, but your "Rollover Minutes," "Fave Fives" or "My Circle" plans probably also are not valid in other countries.
Hear me out. There are a lot of us with blackberries & these really great data plans...we get our email on our phone. Your antenna is "on" all the time. This is the first part of the nightmare.
Let's say you get off the plane in Albuquerque (love bugs bunny!) and, guess what? Your cell phone antenna is constantly checking your email. Yes, constantly! And, you return from your beautiful, relaxing, smooth, lovey-dovey, romantic 10 days in Aruba and in another 5 days, you receive your $987 phone bill!! Yes, perhaps even more than that!
Do you check email using your phone? Send or Receive text messages? Browse the web? Use Internet-based GPS mapping? Have you installed some application on your phone that will update or alert you real-time of various events? How about RSS feeds? Do you get RSS feeds of your favorite blogs? Every single electronic transaction is subject to extraordinary charges!
I know a colleague of mine who, even though she did not make a single phone call, did not browse the Internet, did not text anyone, or even use her phone at all for a week's vacation, came home to a cell phone bill that was SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS!!! Why?...because even though her phone was left in her suitcase the entire time, it was turned on. That meant it was connected to another country's cell phone provider, and for the entire duration of her vacation, she had a permanent data connection to their network, accruing charges by the minute!
Now, don't get me wrong, some cell phone companies may be forgiving, they may understand if you call them crying....But, why risk it?! Turn that thing off when you leave the U.S.
You're on your honeymoon for goodness sakes! Don't you have something else to pay attention to, other than your crackberry?
until next time.....
EASY WEDDING PLANNING!
Okay, ladies....This is rotten....All the more reason I need to get the word out.
When you go on your honeymoon (to the island...to london...to hawaii..., basically anywhere out of your home location!) Please, please, please, check that your cell phone company isn't going to raid your pocketbook while you are gone!
Not only are voice minutes much more expensive in other countries, but your "Rollover Minutes," "Fave Fives" or "My Circle" plans probably also are not valid in other countries.
Hear me out. There are a lot of us with blackberries & these really great data plans...we get our email on our phone. Your antenna is "on" all the time. This is the first part of the nightmare.
Let's say you get off the plane in Albuquerque (love bugs bunny!) and, guess what? Your cell phone antenna is constantly checking your email. Yes, constantly! And, you return from your beautiful, relaxing, smooth, lovey-dovey, romantic 10 days in Aruba and in another 5 days, you receive your $987 phone bill!! Yes, perhaps even more than that!
Do you check email using your phone? Send or Receive text messages? Browse the web? Use Internet-based GPS mapping? Have you installed some application on your phone that will update or alert you real-time of various events? How about RSS feeds? Do you get RSS feeds of your favorite blogs? Every single electronic transaction is subject to extraordinary charges!
I know a colleague of mine who, even though she did not make a single phone call, did not browse the Internet, did not text anyone, or even use her phone at all for a week's vacation, came home to a cell phone bill that was SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS!!! Why?...because even though her phone was left in her suitcase the entire time, it was turned on. That meant it was connected to another country's cell phone provider, and for the entire duration of her vacation, she had a permanent data connection to their network, accruing charges by the minute!
Now, don't get me wrong, some cell phone companies may be forgiving, they may understand if you call them crying....But, why risk it?! Turn that thing off when you leave the U.S.
You're on your honeymoon for goodness sakes! Don't you have something else to pay attention to, other than your crackberry?
until next time.....
EASY WEDDING PLANNING!
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