Party Perfect Invites: Stevie Streck Designs

Based on the designer’s original watercolor artwork, Stevie Streck Designs invitations are lovely, unique and whimsical. She offers several designs that are just perfect for all of the social events that go along with weddings: engagement parties, wedding showers, bachelorette parties, bridal luncheons and rehearsal dinners. We were so excited this summer to add this collection to our lines we carry in our Stardust salon. Check out some of these simply darling designs!

Soooo cute, right?! Ladies, this is just the tip of the iceberg! Come in to our Plano location to check out our Stevie Streck album full of adorable invitations for every wedding-related celebration you can think of!
p.s. Be sure to check out Stevie’s amazing story; it’s a really good one!

Rehearsal Dinners with Pizzazz!

Historically a mere formality that followed the wedding rehearsal, the rehearsal dinner is intended to give the couple’s friends and families time to relax before the wedding day and an opportunity to get to know each other. Finally, the rehearsal dinner has evolved. Now, while the dinner still is to never overshadow the wedding ceremony and reception, grooms’ families are finally showcasing their own event planning savvy by hosting a fabulous rehearsal celebration.

More mothers of grooms are seeking our planning services to help them design a fun and elegant event, whether the dinner is to be formal or more casual. We help them select the perfect venue, determine a theme and find fun and creative ways to implement it. As with any great wedding reception, timing is important to the rehearsal dinner, so our planners also help them map out the evening’s schedule, working in any special touches throughout the event timeline. Another recommendation we like to make is to engage a professional photographer, or even a videographer, to capture the party. So many special things, such as touching presentations and witty toasts, take place during the rehearsal dinner, it’s important to preserve those memories!
Here are some images from just a couple of the rehearsal dinners we’ve planned with grooms’ families.

This couple had a lot of out-of-towners coming in for the wedding, so we went with a Texas theme. The caterer served authentic barbecue; we incorporated cute Texas-y decor, including wildflowers and bandannas, and brought in a mechanical bull for guests to ride!

Props are always a big hit at rehearsal dinners! We used cute fiesta-themed pinatas as part of the decor at this Tex-Mex rehearsal dinner and the guests had lots of fun with the stick-on mustaches. The groom's family also put together a sweet photo montage for guests to reminisce about the bride and groom.

How 'bout it, brides? Are your future MIL's planning a fun and super-special rehearsal dinner for you? We look forward to seeing this trend continue! Happy planning!

Knockout Bridesmaids Dresses (200th post!)

We have to start off this morning by celebrating that this is our 200th post on our blog! Yay, thank you to our wonderful and faithful followers who have been reading us! We hope you enjoy our blog - well, your blog, really - so please feel free to comment with suggestions of topics you'd like to see us cover! Now, on to these sensational dresses...

We simply adore these super-cute short bridesmaid dresses from Jim Hjelm Occasions!

The Spring 2012 collection is now in store, and our staff and clients have been going crazy over them! These are definitely not your typical bridesmaid dresses, destined to be stuck in the back of the closet until the end of time from the moment the newlyweds head for their honeymoon. These gorgeous dresses, featuring tons of the fashion details we raved about here, are so stylish and versatile that they truly can be worn again after the wedding! We especially love those rich jewel tones which offer a great alternative to the LBD for your next cocktail party!

Lovely brides, several of these stunning styles would make a perfect rehearsal/rehearsal dinner dress, don’t you think?!

Come into our fabulous Stardust salon to check out these beauties!