The Wedding Concierge is Headed to Philadelphia-Closed Aug 1-10

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is so excited to finally be headed off to "Experience 2008" Conference for the "National Association of Catering Executives (NACE)" being held in Philadelphia, PA this year!!

I am officially "closed" tomorrow, August 1st and will be returning, all reved up and ready to go again on August 11th!

I will be part of a great delegation from Las Vegas made up of my fellow Las Vegas NACE members and friends. I also can't wait to see many of my friends and fellow wedding planners and NACE members from the east coast!

This year NACE is celebrating it's 50th Anniversary as a professional association and Philadelphia takes us back to the very beginning and very first chapter but the focus of this conference is totally looking to THE FUTURE!

I'll be learning all about new trends in the wedding and event and catering industry from the very best in the business including celebrity wedding and party planner Mindy Weiss, getting new insight on how to have stylish yet sustainable and "green" events and just how to do things better and plan fabulous and memorable events working with all these great professionals who make it happen for YOU!

I hope to take lots of pictures and have a lot to talk about when I get back.

YO NACE, YO PHILLY...Here I come!

When Good Cakes (& Bakers) Go Bad!!

I was directed to a blog by a friend/assistant of mine called "Cake Wrecks" which chronicals, rather hilariously I might add, the foibles, follys and weird, scary and downright awful results of what are supposed to be the creations of "professional" cake bakers.

Some of the cakes (they include all kinds, not just wedding cakes) are really unbelievable and the commentary is just fantastic and my eyes are watering from laughing so hard from some of these posts.

However, in the midst of all the funny, there is unfortunately very costly and unfortunate stories behind the laughter. That is, someone who entrusted a supposed "professional" with baking and creating a very important element of their wedding day, only to have that very special element and moment that they envisioned ruined by someone who could care less about their reliability or professionalism or think they had "talent".

Observe the wedding cake below. Doesn't look too bad, does it? Obviously selected by a tartan loving couple but a nice, well made cake all the same.

This cake was the inspiration for a bride named Linda from Texas who asked a "professional" baker to recreate this cake for her. The post & commentary from "Cake Wreck" blog is here

THIS IS WHAT THE BAKER (WHO WAS DRUNK BY THE WAY) DELIVERED!!

Are you kidding me?

According to the original story submitted by Linda's friend Summer, they let that cake sit out in all its pitifullness during the wedding and the poor couple spent their first year of marriage in court trying to get their money back.

Had I been this person's wedding planner, I would not have let that monstrosity out of the kitchen!

Had I been this couple's wedding planner, I would hopefully have been able to guide them early on enough to tell them to research a bit more into this so called "professional's" credentials and referral history (or lack of it) and stop a disaster in it's tracks.

A professional & reputable wedding planner will assist you in finding reliable, professional and truly talented pastry chefs that you can choose from that will be realistically able to tell you if they can provide what you you are envisioning for your wedding cake within your budget. If they can't they (the planner & baker) will help you find attractive yet lower cost alternatives or other reputable bakeries.

Even if you are not planning to or can't afford the full services of a wedding planner, some planners, like Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge, do offer a la carte consultation services that include referral services to qualified professionals.

The fee for a consultation definitely would have worked out to have been much less than this bride wound up paying in court fees, time from work and dissapointment!!

Please, don't let this happen to you. Do your homework & hire the best you can afford. That is being smart and that my friends...is always in STYLE!

Las Vegas Wedding Concierge Joins "Your Wedding Day" Magazine

Ooooh, you know any day is going to be a great day when you get a fabulous new wedding magazine delivered to your door. Well, I guess it is if you are a bride and groom planning a wedding or a Wedding Consultant who loves weddings that is:)

Well, I had a great day yesterday because the beautiful (and I MEAN BEAUTIFUL) new Fall 2008, 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition of "Your Wedding Day Magazine" arrived and I am just in love with this magazine.

I love it so much actually that I am proud and pleased to say Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge has been invited (and I accepted of course) as a "Preferred YWD" Member in their Platinum Wedding Directory. 

I first discovered this magazine while attending the "Special Event Show" convention in Los Angeles in 2007 and it was mainly a Southern California, Santa Barbara based publication. I remember opening the cover and flipping through the pages and was just mesmorized by the images; they were gorgeous. Yes, that is the word, "gorgeous"!! I sent in my subscription information as soon as I got home.

I am proud to be amongst some of the finest and creative wedding professionals in the business in this magazine from California to New York and I am so excited for you to visit the site and see the beautiful "YWD Preferred Feature Profile" about me and my business and all the beautiful resources, images and articles they have to offer online & in print.

The magazine will be in Barnes & Noble Bookstores nationwide in August & you should definitely get yourself a copy, grab yourself a delicious coffee and take some time to enjoy all the "gorgeous", stylish and inspiring images.

Have a wonderful and Stylish Day.

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge has a "Paper Fetish"

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge loves stylish looking wedding tables and I am proud to announce that my company is now representing an exclusive line of luxury and customizable reception products from Paper Fetish Design Studios in Miami, Florida (another hub of MAJOR STYLE!)

The line is actually called Paper Fetish Event Boutique and offers menu cards, place cards, table cards, "Wish Cards" (a great alternative instead of the traditional guest book). There are beautiful selections to choose from with garden, "zen", elegant scroll work, cocktail style and beach theme. Each collection has some custom options such as different papers and font colors to compliment your own "style". Menu and table cards can be customized by framing them in complimentary colors and/or tenting them if you wish as well.

You can visit the Paper Fetish Event Boutique website for an overview of the collections. If you like what you see, please give Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge a call at 1.877.367.9337 or contact me at info@LVWeddingConcierge.com or through my website and mention "Paper Fetish" in the subject line or comments section. I will be happy to give you an exclusive showing of all the options as this collection of products is not available online and only to a a limited number of event planners in each market.

I look forward to helping you top your wedding tables with STYLE!!

The Wedding Concierge is Wired...on Wedding Wire!

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge thanks her fabulous and wonderful clients Kirsty, Catherine & Camille (so far) for all their fabulous reviews of my wedding planning services and for helping me get this nice Wedding Wire Rated 2008 Logo!

I am very honored to announce a perfect score so far which is very gratifying to know that my couples appreciated the services I provided as I do put my heart and soul into every wedding I plan.

What I love about Wedding Wire (other than the basic listing is free) is that my value as a trusted wedding resource for brides on the site improves based on client reviews and not how much money I pay for advertising. Additionally, it allows my colleagues in the wedding industry who I work with closely to create all these beautiful events to endorse my work (and I can in turn endorse theirs) and that is priceless to both me and to you; you get instant feedback from both clients and fellow wedding professionals right at your fingertips!

Wedding Wire is now also officially affliliated with Martha Stewart Weddings which is...to quote Miss Martha herself, a VERY GOOD THING:).

If you are a past Las Vegas Wedding Concierge client or an esteemed wedding colleague, I would be most honored if you would consider reviewing or endorsing Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge and thank you for your support.

Have a Stylish Day!

Witness "LOVE...IN MOTION"! New Video Feature on LVWeddingConcierge.com

Kelly & Andy photographed by: Billy Johnson, Advanced Photography

I invite you to visit www.LVWeddingConcierge.com for the launch of the new video feature on my enhanced website...

"LOVE...IN MOTION".

And that is what this truly is and is intended to be; a showcase to highlight all the emotion and fun and memorable "live" moments on film of the weddings I have had the pleasure to be part of captured and produced by the most talented & creative artists of wedding videography & cinematograpy I have the distinct pleasure of collaborating with.

I can't stress enough how important it is to make room in your wedding budget for wedding videography in addition to photography. It is my hope and intention that this feature on my site will inspire you to consider including this important element on your wedding day!

To have this living documentation of your wedding day; to see and hear the sights and sounds that transport you back to that moment in time as only a creative video artist can bring to life is worth every dollar of the investment you will make when you work with a true professional.

Two wonderful people, Kelly & Andy, who were married at Cili Restaurant at Bali Hai Golf Club in 2006 are the couple whose incredibly memorable wedding I have chosen to launch "LOVE...IN MOTION". The wedding was filmed by the talented Christopher Justus of Document Event Videography.

Thank you for allowing me to share this exciting news with you and I look forward to bringing you many more moments of "LOVE...IN MOTION" in the near future.

Have a Stylish Day!

Las Vegas Wedding Concierge Extends iPod Contest to July 31!

Well hello!

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge here and back to blogging again with a bit more regularity (I hope) as June seemed to turn into quite the busy month and left me little time for checking in with you.

I hope all of you had a fabulous holiday?

I am one lucky lady in that I get to celebrate both my Canadian holiday of July 1st and that of my adopted country; the USA on July 4th.

It is HOT, HOT, HOT here in Las Vegas with temperatures in the triple digits, but all my summer brides and grooms are cool as cucumbers and heading into the final stages of their beautiful and Stylish Las Vegas weddings.

This summer Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is producing some fabulously stylish weddings at some of my favorite Las Vegas venues; Wynn, Las Vegas Resort, The Four Seasons Resort, Las Vegas and the beautiful Bellagio Resort.

I can't wait to share images from these events when they become available as there are some stunning decor details that we incorporated into each and every one of them.

To make up for the fact that I have left you a bit high and dry this last month, I am extending my iPod & iTunes giveaway contest until the end of July! Click here to check out the details!

And for those of you who already entered on time before the original deadline of June 30, THANK YOU and I will be entering your name twice.

It's good to be back and here is to a fabulous & stylish summer for all of our Las Vegas Summer Bride's & Groom's who surely will have some "steamy" & romantic wedding images I'm sure.

Have a Stylish Day!