Black Brides 9

Happy Valentine’s Day!

2012-02-14T07:21:00.001-08:00

Uptown Magazine’s Weddings & Travel Issue

2012-01-04T20:41:00.001-08:00

Uptown Magazine’s Wedding Issue is available now. http://uptownmagazine.com/2011/12/inside-the-uptown-weddings-travel-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-16702

2011-12-28T21:05:00.000-08:00

Amsale 2012 Spring Collection

Modern Bride Magazine Closing

2009-10-05T21:19:00.000-07:00

Conde Nast is closing Modern Bride Magazine. It's sad. They are also closing my other favorites Gourmet, Cookie and Elegant Bride. Do you think these clothings are because of the economy only or does bridal blogs like these also play a part in it? Read the full article about the closing here.

A Romantic Contest Giveaway Perfect for a Bridal Shower

2008-06-11T12:17:00.000-07:00

Christian Fiction is pleased to announce a special contest created for our community. On July 5, 2008 we will have a grand prize drawing for a special gift basket which will include:

Keeping His Pants on Until He Gets Home Book,
12 Pillow Talk Love Notes,
2 Glasses,
1 bottle of sparkling apple-cranberry
1 Beanpod Candles melter
Beach Walk wax soy beads
Bird of Paradise wax soy beads
and 9 tea lights.

To enter the contest to win this basket, subscribe to Christian Fiction or check back in from now through July 5 for the June Brides edition of the My Husband is Mine blog tour. We will be buzzing about Joyce Oglesby's book, Keeping His Pants On Until He Gets Home.

New V-Neck Chiffon by David's Woman

2008-04-13T14:37:00.000-07:00

David's Bridal Woman has a nice V-Neck Chiffon dress for woman sizes that has received high reviews from its clients.

Question: Has anyone else tried it on? What did you think?

Lane Bryant: The Bridal Collection No More

2008-04-13T14:17:00.000-07:00

Now if I were walking down the aisle tomorrow this would be the dress for me. But since I'm not I will gladly pass it on to you curvaceous lovelies. Lane Bryant's bridal collection is closing out. Click here for more choice to choose from. All items on sale. All items final close out. No return.

Honestly, I didn't know about the collection until it was too late.

Oscar De La Renta Spring 2008 Collection

2008-04-13T14:07:00.000-07:00

If you missed it, here's Oscar de la Renta's spring Bridal Collection here. I think this dress is adorable.

The Knot: Wedding Trends 2008

2008-04-05T22:15:00.000-07:00

The Knot's 2008 Top Wedding Trends

Making Split Decisions

The Gray Area

A Return to White

Lush and Luxes

Sample Stations

Vintage Visions- photo of Kenneth Pool "Arabesque" Wedding Dress Designed by Austin Scarlett

Green Weddings

Home Spuns

Cover Bands

Read the full article for details. A great band in Atlanta is Chris Lewis' Front Line Entertainment.

Bridal Video: Character Wedding Cake

2008-04-05T22:01:00.000-07:00

BlackBrides 9 will feature a bridal video every weekend. If you would like to spotlight your wedding, bridal service or bridal show, contact me. This week the feature is Character Wedding Cake

Jay Z & Beyonce Jump the Broom

2008-04-05T21:33:00.000-07:00

Yesterday according to People Magazine Jay Z and Beyonce Knowles wed. Congrats. Since all the guests wore white I wonder what the bride wore?

Amsales Spring Collection 08 Show

2008-02-20T01:01:00.001-08:00

Check out Amsale's SPring 2008 Collection and tell me what you think.

Kindle: Wedding Planning Guide

2008-02-19T23:09:00.000-08:00

If you're a wedding planner, you can use Amazon's Kindle to house everything you need to meet your client's needs. Here are:

9 Kindle Uses for Wedding Planners

1. House your Magazines

2. Stores your Wedding Vendor Contracts and Info.
WIth Kindle you can house your contracts, vendor photos and much more. You can email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.

3. Getting the latest wedding news delivered to you instantly before it hits the newstands

4. Read the latest bridal blogs without needing wifi
Kindle is completely mobile. No PC and no syncing needed. Using the same 3G network as advanced cell phones, it deliver your content using our own wireless delivery system, Amazon Whispernet. Unlike WiFi, you’ll never need to locate a hotspot. There are no confusing service plans, yearly contracts, or monthly wireless bills.

5. Check out new Wedding Books before you buy
I have three books that I will never use, but I liked the cover, thought the author knew much about wedding planing and was wrong. WIth Kindle you can read the beginning of the book and decide for yourself if this book is worth the price.

6. Wedding Books on the Cheap.
New releases are $9.99. Wee!

Examples:
Before You Plan Your Wedding...Plan Your Marriage

The Budget Wedding Sourcebook

Modern Bride Honeymoons and Weddings Away: The Complete Guide to Planning Your Romantic Trip Ever (Modern Bride Library)

7. Make Notations for your Clients
You may find the perfect linen combination for a client's wedding in one of your subscriptions. You can add notation to those pages, so that you can come back to it with ease.

8. Built in Dictionary
Now you don't have to fumble when you don't know the difference between a chartreuse and celedon.

9. Store MP3s.
You can house some wedding songs for your clients to hear.

Amsale Trunk Show Schedule

2007-09-25T07:24:00.000-07:00

September 27-30
1. Saks Fifth Avenue Bridal Salon, St. Louis.

314-567-9200

2. Kleinfeld, New York
3. Allegria Bridal, Belmont, MA
4. Dina Alonzi, Toronto, Ontario
5. Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX
Clear here for more of the schedule

Brides Target Mizrahi

2007-05-18T14:21:00.000-07:00

New York-based fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi has expanded his designs for Target by debuting an exclusive wedding collection on May 5, 2007. Mizrahi, a celebrated name in American fashion, will launch his first-ever wedding assortment exclusively on Target.com. The collection includes pieves for the entire wedding party: bridal gowns, bridesmaid’s dresses and men’s accessories. Ranging in price from $9.99 - $159.99.

My bridal gowns are all reinventions of the classics, providing an affordable alternative for women everywhere... . I put a lot of design energy into designing this collection for Target because every bride deserves to find the gown of her dreams, regardless of her budget. Every woman remembers how she felt on her wedding day for the rest of her life, so ensuring she feels confident in the ‘perfect’ dress is very important to me.
-Mizrahi

Bridal Exposition Tomorrow

2006-07-21T14:34:00.000-07:00

Antioch Wedding Expo

Saturday, July 22 2006

1:00-5:00 pm

Antioch AME Church

765 South Hairston Rd

Stone Mountain, GA 30088

A variety of reputable local bride vendors and some from bordering states. Lots of samples and giveaways. Spectacular fashion show with 4 companies.

Contact: Regina Crowder

Antioch's Special Events Ministry

404.310.6728

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Engaging Desserts

2006-01-26T08:39:00.000-08:00

Found this great site through my best friend, Tasha, who is taking cake decorating as a hobby. Her teacher, Heidi has a great site and the cutest cake. It is a cake designed to look like an engagement ring box with a diamond engagement ring. The entire cake is edible. Yummy!!

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Weddings Valentine Style

2006-01-18T11:20:00.000-08:00

This book is featured in February 2006's edition of Essence Magazine.Click on the pic to direct you to the book. The cost of the book is $54.95

Book description:

Valentine has been featured in InStyle, Essence, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Grace Ormonde Wedding Style, among other periodicals, as well as on InStyle Celebrity Weddings, Entertainment Tonight, E! News Daily, and VH1 Rock N' Roll Weddings. She receives constant applause for her extraordinary ability to trump continuously her own creativity in producing one-of-a-kind celebrations, her energy never failing from vision to execution. Her signature style is clean, simple elegance with touches of eclecticism, meshing tradition and innovation. And in Weddings Valentine Style, she offers lovebirds with and without big budgets a treasury of information and inspiration for dreamweaving a glorious "I Do" day.

Sounds good Has anyone purchased it, yet? I plan to get the book as a birthday gift to myself and meet her here in Atlanta, but her date's conflict with other commitments.. Here's her tour schedule for the book. Anyone planning to go to her book signing hit me up.

weddings Valentine style
2006 TENTATIVE AUTHOR’S BOOK TOUR

February 1
Riverside Church
Riverside Drive and 122nd Street
New York, NY
212-870-6700
Time: TBD

February 3
Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast/Restaurant
347 MacDonough Street
Brooklyn, NY
Time: TBD

February 7
Shrine of the Black Madonna
944 R.D. Abernathy Boulevard SW
Atlanta, GA
404-752-6125
Time: TBD

February 9
Borders
34300 Woodward
Birmingham, MI
248-203-0005
Time: 7-9pm

February 12
Borders
9301 Tampa Avenue
Northridge, CA
818-886-5443
Time: 2-4pm

February 21
W Hotel Lakeshore
644 N. Lakeshore Drive
Chicago, IL
312-943-9200
Time: 7-9pm

February 2
Hue Man Bookstore
2319 Frederick Douglas Blvd.
Harlem, NY
212-665-7400
Time: 6-8pm

February 6
Margaret Mitchell House
990 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA
Time: 7:00-8:30pm

February 8
Borders
101 Rice Lake Square
Wheaton, IL
630-871-9595
Time: 7:30–9:30pm

February 10
Shrine of the Black Madonna
13535 Livernois Ave.
Detroit, MI
313-491-0777
Time: TBD

February 12
Eso Won Books
3655 S. LaBrea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
323-294-0324
Time: 7-9pm

February 25-26
A Weekend with
weddings Valentine style
and Bacara Bride
Bacara Resort & Spa
8301 Hollister Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA
805-571-3200

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African Princess Bridal Bouquet

2006-01-06T07:23:00.000-08:00

African Princess: Peach & Raspberry

Bridal Cascade Bouquet:
Cascade filled with the highest quality Premium Garden Roses (Peach, Sunset Coral and Raspberry), Casablanca Lilies (White and Pink), Peruvian Lilies (Hot Pink/Raspberry), White Pastoral Symphony Orchids, Ivory Dew-kissed Tulips, Peach Dew-kissed Tulips, Ivory Fairy-Tale Roses, Cream/Peach Fairy-Tale Roses, Plumosa Fern (Asparagus fern)

Found this gorgeous peach cascade bouquet at Bridal Silk Creations.

Silk or real wedding flowers?

If you have allergies, silk or a combination of both, is a good option. If your bridesmaids have allergies, silk flowers are the way to go. And if you find a great vendor, just take a picture of the bouquet you want and he/she will make it choice perfect.

Dee

Click on Bridal Silk Creations to see the matching bouquets for the bridesmaids and the mothers.

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Who's the Smart-E-st?

2006-01-04T13:35:00.000-08:00

Angela Benson, author of the Amen Sisters, Abiding Hope & Awakening Mercy named me one of the smartest people on the internet. I'm so honored.

Now my mind is going bonkers with all the smart people I've met via the Net. Before I make a final decision, who have you found to be the smartest E-person?

Dee

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ViBride Christmas

2005-12-20T09:04:00.000-08:00

Found a great site for African-American Brides named ViBride. It has honeymoon destinations to Africa and the most darling jumping brooms I've ever seen. Maybe we can have the owner stop by and guest blog for us one day on planning a wedding.

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Blackberry Soul Celebrations

2005-12-19T10:07:00.000-08:00

This year I was invited to four baby showers and a handful of weddings. After a while, you start seeing the same thing at each if the guest of honor is an African-American woman. Smith's Blackberry Soul Celebrations is a great gift to your galpals, who will get engaged this holiday season or for yourself if you find yourself having to plan the event.

Are you throwing any bridal showers in 2006?

Philosophy: Here Comes the Bride

2005-12-12T08:53:00.000-08:00

Philosophy: The first rule of marriage is to marry yourself before you ever marry someone else. primping and pampering have always been a traditional routine for brides-to-be and we[Philosphy] have assembled all the essentials that a bride will need before her trip down the aisle.

This gift pack comes with a facial cleanser, moisturizer, hair conditioner, body emulsion, foot and hand cream.

$45.00 (7 piece set )

Nice idea for a bridal shower gift. You can purchase Here Comes the Bride at Sephora stores or online at Amazon or Philosophy.com.

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Bridal Movie Watch: The Engagement Ring

2005-11-26T11:58:00.000-08:00

Ok. So it's officially Christmastime. Hallmark Channel and Fox Family have broken out their favorite movies. Even TNT has coined their own new Christmas classic sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, that will air on Monday and it involves something that Blackbrides loves to talk about--engagement rings!!

The Engagement Ring:

TNT is heading to the Napa Valley wine country for its latest original movie THE ENGAGEMENT RING, a romantic drama starring Emmy®-winning actress Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond, TNT's The Goodbye Girl). Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Lainie Kazan (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Beaches), Vincent Spano (Alive, Oscar) and Tony Lo Bianco (The French Connection, City of Hope) join the cast. Catch this: Her real-life love--husband, David Hunt, doesn't play the love of her movie heart, but her cold, business driven fiancee.

If you watch this movie, come back here and tell me how you liked it. I will be tuning in as well.

Dee

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Christmas Bridal Gift: Something New

2005-11-22T10:02:00.000-08:00

Victoria's Secret

Make Me Gorgeous Eye Quad

$26.00 Includes Silk Wear Color Eye Shadows in Copper Penny, Golden Sands and Golden Olive, and new Defining Luxury Gel Eye Liner in black. Domestic.

These shades are great for African American skin tones. And the jeweled top case is cute enough. What do you think?

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Barbie Bride

2005-11-15T07:18:00.000-08:00

Christie and Ken are getting married. This is a nice keepsake collection for any upcoming blushing black bride. Remember when we used to play with Christie and the white ken as children. Now we can have a love triangle! Hee Hee. Do you like this doll? Have you seen others that can top this?

Dee

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Ty Wilson's Wedding Accessories

2005-10-17T12:05:00.000-07:00

If you are looking for a cosmo kind of wedding check out Ty Wilson's Licensed Products here.

I want something...I don't know what it is yet, but when I do I'll want it. You know what I mean?

Dee

Bride & Groom Christmas Ornament

2005-10-17T11:53:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know we have two more months until Christmas, but I saw the cutest ornament at the Lenox store near my grandmother's house. It is an African American Bride & Groom ornament. I have two newlywed couples that would love these ornaments. I'll add it to my christmas favorite things list. Do you think it's cute?

Dee

Chocolate Brides

2005-10-17T11:50:00.000-07:00

Found a great site today with a large message board of tips and trends for your chocolate wedding. It is called Chocolate Brides. Check it out and tell me if you liked it.

Dee

Kerry Washington on InStyle

2005-10-12T10:09:00.000-07:00

Washington's Crossing
Engaged actress Kerry Washington gets ready for her wedding--and considers what she'll wear in InStyle Magazine.
If you're planning your wedding, have you decided on your dress? What style wedding do you plan to have?

Dee

Black Bridal Designers on The Knot

2005-10-07T12:43:00.000-07:00

An excerpt from The Knot-Styles for the African American Bride...

Looking for a gown that expresses your heritage? These five designers create unique dresses with African inspirations.

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2005-10-04T07:22:00.000-07:00

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