StarDust Bridal Salon Honored with Award as Industry Favorite

Last night was a beautiful night of celebration. The American Association of Certified Wedding Planners (AACWP) held their Eighth Annual Vendi Awards, celebrating the favorite vendors of the esteemed organization's 100+ professional wedding planners. And guess what...

Yes - StarDust won the award for Favorite Bridal Salon! We are incredibly honored to recognized among a field of several worthy salons (one of which is our sister boutique, LuLu's Bridal!). The AACWP's polling method is a two-part process, where contenders must first be nominated, then voted on by the membership of the Association. Thank you, AACWP members, for this honor and for the privilege to serve you and your brides in this wonderful DFW wedding market! We love our jobs!

Another highlight of our evening was the promotion of two of our wedding planners from "trained" status to "certified."

Our planning rock stars Devan and Laura make it official, having exceeded the stringent requirements to earn Certified Wedding Planners status! Congrats, ladies!

Here are a few pics of the gorgeous evening, hosted by the always elegant Four Seasons Resort and Club. We'll round up some more for you soon, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy these!

 

Here is the complete list of winners (and links to their FB pages), in the order awarded last night:
Favorite Invitations: Southern Fried Paper
Favorite Bridal Salon: StarDust Celebrations
Favorite Transportation: Premier Transportation Services
Favorite Minister: LoveNotes Weddings - Marty Younkin
Favorite Ceremony Site: Perkins Chapel at SMU
Favorite Lighting: BEYOND
Favorite Linen Rental: BBJ
Favorite DJ: Simply Music - Brian Prescott
Favorite Band: The Walton Stout Band
Favorite Hair/Makeup: Elan Makeup Studio
Favorite Caterer: Food Glorious Food
Favorite Rental Company: M&M The Special Events Company
Favorite Videographer: CandleLight Films
Favorite Photographer: Amy Karp Photography
Favorite Bakery: Creme De La Creme Cake Company
Favorite Florist: Branching Out Floral and Event Design
Favorite Reception Site: Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas

Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners! Thanks again to AACWP for a fabulous event and for continuing to elevate the wedding industry to the highest standards! And finally, a HUGE "thank you" to our truly outstanding team at both StarDust and LuLu's for your hard work and dedication to our brides, grooms and their families and friends - we couldn't do it without you!

Stardust’s Fort Worth Club Showcase Display

Did you catch us at the Forth Worth Club’s Annual Bridal Showcase this past Monday evening? It was a great night of visiting with FW-area brides and some of our favorite fellow wedding vendors! Stardust was thrilled to be asked to create a design for the event, and this gorgeous tablescape was the result of our efforts.

Isn’t it lovely?! Our color palette included apricot, lavender, cream and antique rose, perfect muted hues for a vintage wedding. And speaking of vintage, look at the pearls and lace!

The Forth Worth Club, with its 1920s-era ballroom, was a great venue to feature this design honoring times past.

We also put together this traditional cake display, so simply elegant with soft amber lighting, georgette draping and beautiful floral to compliment our classic tablescape.

Our own Marsha Ballard French with Fetê des Fleurs' Craig and Darren.

BIG kudos and thanks to our fabulous vendor partners for helping us bring this wonderful vision to life:
Ducky Bobs, linen and china
Fetê des Fleurs, floral
With a Bit of Pizazz, menus and place cards
Ft Worth Club, wedding cake

p.s. We know our iPhone photos do not do this fabulous design justice, but hope you enjoyed them nonetheless!

Visit Us at the Fort Worth Star Telegram Bridal Show

We hope you picked up a copy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram yesterday to snag your copy of the newspaper’s special bridal publication. The pull-out bridal section is published as a prelude to the Star-Telegram Bridal Show, to be held at the Gaylord Texan on Sunday, August 28. Yes, that is this coming Sunday, so be sure to mark your calendar!

The StarDust Celebrations family of bridal salons is pleased to have a booth at the event that will feature gowns, accessories and more from all three of our beautiful bridal boutiques! We have also been invited to participate in the fashion show, produced by Susan Huston, and we’re thrilled to contribute six gorgeous designer gowns to the show. The runway show will begin at 2:00 p.m. and will feature bridal gowns, bridesmaid dresses, mother-of-the-bride and mother-of-the-groom ensembles, tuxedos and accessories.

The Star-Telegram Bridal Show is Tarrant County’s most spectacular and comprehensive bridal event and will showcase wedding vendors from every category, including venues, entertainment, photography, florists and event designers, videography, catering, beauty, wedding cakes and more! Make plans today to come by and visit our booth. See you there!

Details
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Bridal Show
Gaylord Texan in Grapevine
Sunday, August 28, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.