Saying Goodbye

Dear loyal readers (if there are any of you left) and friends,

It is with a somewhat heavy heart that I write this post. As you can see it's been some time since the blog was updated. To be honest, my heart hasn't been in writing the blog. I told myself I would think about if I wanted to continue while I was on vacation. It's now been a month since I went on vacation, and I haven't had the desire to write a post.

My heart isn't in it anymore. Originally, I started this blog to get to know people in the wedding industry and to keep up with the news and trends in the industry, as a way of me possibly embarking on a career as we wedding and events planner. While I have made many friends, I didn't find many open doors to the career path I was hoping for.

As time has gone on, I realized that while I love weddings, I might not be cut out to be a wedding planner. In addition, there are so many wonderful wedding blogs out there, it has been hard for me to compete and at this time, I don't want to even try.

To those wonderful vendors and friends that I was honored to meet and feature here, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your time and talent. I hope to still stay in touch with you and follow your doings.

To those who took the time to read the blog, who followed me on Twitter and Facebook, and who encouraged me in the past ten months, I thank you for believing in what I was doing.

The site will remain open until September when the domain name expires. I hope that the stories here will lead to some good contacts for the vendors I have featured.

Thanks for visiting and many happy wishes to you all!

Vendor Spotlight - Minnesota Dessert Table Designer Shauna Younge

There is a new trend in the wedding industry that I've seen many couples partake in - designer dessert tables! If you follow any of the major wedding websites out there or pick up a wedding magazine, I'm sure you've seen these gorgeous tables filled to the rim with gorgeous confections such as multi-colored macaroons, custom designed truffles, and some of the most adorable cupcakes you've ever laid eyes on, amongst other things.

While these tables might look simple enough to design, it actually takes a keen sense of style and a great deal of knowledge about what materials are available to you to make the dessert table of your dreams come true and that is where today's vendor comes in. Today we are pleased to welcome, Shauna Younge, of Shauna Younge Dessert Tables to Savvy Chic Weddings.

Weekly Wedding News And Around The Wedding Blogs

It's Monday which means I have all the wedding news and best wedding blog posts for you to enjoy. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and take a look!

Vendor Spotlight - MN Wedding Photographers Staja Studios

Friday's here! One of the things I love to do most on Fridays is daydream and get lost in my favorite wedding blogs. Today, I find myself getting lost in my own blog.

As some of you know, I am really into Twitter. It is a great way to make new friends and contacts and keep up with the wedding industry. A few months ago I started following Minneapolis Wedding Photographers Staja Studios . As I always do when I start following someone new on Twitter, I took some time to view their website and blog. To say I was Amazed would be an understatement! Their photography is truly breathtaking - classic, elegant, emotional, and heartfelt. In short, they are all of the things I love in a wedding photographer.

Jason and I have been able to converse a bit through e-mail and by phone and I am honored to share some more information about Staja Studios, their philosophy and thoughts on photography, and of course, some beautiful photographs I am sure you'll all get lost in!

Monday News and Blog Round-Up

Ahhh, another week done which means another week of wedding news and beautiful blog posts to sort through.

First things first, we have a winner in our contest to win a 1 year subscription to the wedding magazine of your choice. This was a Facebook "like" and a blog comment contest, so if you left a comment or "like" us on Facebook you were entered. Our winner is Mindy Marinelli who likes us on Facebook. Congratulations, Mindy! We'll be having more contests in the future, so stay tuned.

Now on to this week's wedding news and blog posts:

The Eco-Chic Registry

I want to first start by apologizing for no post last Wednesday. I wanted to write about buying recycled gowns, but I feel I need to do more research on this and talk to some experts before I go forward with that. Look for a detailed post on this subject in the near future.

Today, I want to talk about items you can add to your wedding registry that are organic or eco-friendly. Yes, there are specific places you can go online to create a completely eco-friendly registry, but I am sure most people won't do that, or won't use one of these sites exclusively. Instead, I want to focus on products you can find at some of the bigger stores out there and show you what they have to offer in the way of environmentally conscious options. Even if your entire registry isn't made up with these types of things, you may still want to add a few things to your registry. I think you'll be surprised at what is available and how truly chic and beautiful it can be.

Monday Wedding Headlines & Blog Round-Up

It was another slow week in wedding news, but there are plenty of blog posts for you to check out. Without further ado, here is the best from last week: