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If you have not seen the new website, please visit at www.LVWeddingConcierge.com/blog.

Thank you to all those who follow my blog as subscribers and I appreciate your support so very much.

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See you at the new site and thank you!
Tracey

NEW YEAR, NEW CHAPTER, NEW BLOG!

Goodbye 2010 and Hello 2011!

Goodbye to the old blog and hello to a new chapter in the "Diary of a Las Vegas Wedding Concierge"!

Today I am closing this chapter and closing this blog and moving to a brand new home right on the Las Vegas Wedding Concierge website.

Please visit my new blog home at www.LVWeddingConcierge.com/blog and bookmark the new site.

I look forward to seeing you at the new improved blog and I'm ready to welcome you to open the first page.

Celebrate today and everyday with Love, Life and Style!
Tracey

Think (Pantone Honeysuckle) PINK for 2011 Weddings

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is tickled. . . PINK to discover the breaking style news today that the arbiters of all things color at Pantone, have selected "Honeysuckle" pink as the "Color of the Year" for 2011.

Here is the description of the color from Pantone . . .

A Color for All Seasons "Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new color, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a color for every day – with nothing “everyday” about it."

BRIDES...REJOICE!! I know I have one pink loving bride in particular getting married this May who was fashion forward, choosing a shade of pink quite similar, long before this news hit . She is probably jumping for joy that her favorite color is going to be in abundance for her pleasure (and all you other pink loving brides and readers).

Whether it's cakes, gowns, dresses, stationery, ties, makeup, floral and decor, linens and more, the wedding world is blushing (pink of course) and gushing over this lovely, cheery shade that radiates optimism for the future that is celebrated with marriage.

I love the use of "Honeysuckle Pink" in this style board "My Personal Artist", Michelle Mospens, has created and allowed me to share with you. It pairs it with "beeswax yellow" and "coral rose orange" (I just love the names these colors get...so delicious sounding).

I truly adore the 2011 color of the year honeysuckle. xoxo

Here I have paired honeysuckle pink, beeswax yellow, and coral rose orange. Remember, when creating your color combination know that you may not be able to find the perfect “honeysuckle pink” to match the color you see online. Don’t fret a hue in the same color family will work perfectly for your big day. Remember to have fun and mix it up a bit. A dash of light pink here and there are lovely too. Look for many more inspiration boards to come! Enjoy!!-Michelle

Michelle's website and blog are filled with beautiful color inspirations, invitation styles and ideas for you to dive into as well as expert advise on selecting color palettes for your wedding style and more.

And though I am usually all about the turquoise (2010 Color of the Year by the way and still going strong)...

Today I am celebrating PINK on my blog with Love, Life & Style! It compliments the gray beautifully, don't you agree?

Want to read more online about this topic?

From the Wall Street Journal: The New Hue for 2011

Redefining the "Perfect Wedding"...Again

 Bride Lauren truly enjoying her wedding day with her friends
Image by LorenzFoto

  

My friend and super-fantastic Wedding Planner & Designer, Sasha Souza just recently posted on her blog, Sparkliatti, about making the madness stop when it comes to the "Perfect Wedding" rhetoric & other "catch phrases" that encourage less than gracious behavior. 

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge wrote about this myself quite a while ago on my blog and I can't think of a better time than now to re-post my views and stand with Sasha, and many other wedding colleague friends on this subject. It IS important!

Here is the post (I made some revisions) from March, 2007.

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My good friend, Andy Ebon, who is a marketing specialist for the Wedding Industry, posted on his Wedding Marketing Blog, the problem with using that overly cliched term; "Perfect Wedding" in advertising to brides.

From Andy

"Just for laughs, I ‘Googled’ the phrase "Perfect Wedding". Sadly, it received over 1 million results. That’s a lot of people living in the fantasy land, either believing or creating unrealistic expectations..."

I could not agree with Andy more! And,unfortunately, the majority of those search results are generated by wedding & bridal media propagating the myth. You know who you are! 

I don't like it one bit! It's deceptive because the "Perfect Wedding" is unattainable.

Asking for and expecting perfect brings undue amount of stress and STRESS IS a BEAUTY KILLER! Look at the faces of those "Bridezillas" who expected perfect on their wedding. They will have to endure the results with images of their tired, sour, sad, mad faces when they could have been joyous and glowing, knowing their day was not about "perfect" but happiness in confirming their life together with the person they love the most.

I never use the term "Perfect Wedding" in conversation with brides or in my literature. If you tell me that is what you want, truthfully, I may not be the planner you are looking for. I am a very accomplished wedding planning professional but I can not and will not promise you a "Perfect Wedding".

But, I will promise you this. If you allow yourself to relax, trust in yourself, in the tasteful details you choose and wedding professionals you hired (with the guidance of your wedding planner), you will find it much more enjoyable to go through the entire wedding journey, the wedding itself and the next day when your new life going forth together with your partner begins.

And down the road, those special little unplanned, spontaneous and surprise moments of your wedding day; the ones that made you laugh and cry and smile, are what you will always remember as being "Perfect"!

Celebrate Your Day with LOVE, LIFE & Style.

Newly Revamped Aisle Dash Blog Features Las Vegas Top 10 by Wedding Concierge!

Image by Chelsea Nicole Photography

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge wants to let you know that there is more great wedding blog news out there for brides with the re-launch of the all new and improved Aisle Dash" Blog. "Aisle Dash" is the official wedding blog of AOL.

The Aisle Dash makeover is complete and is looking rather chic and fantastic with it's new look. It's clean and fresh and very easy to read and navigate and has so much great advice right up front and accessible.

One of their features on their new blog is a "Top 10 Reasons to get Married in...." as part of their Planning & Etiquette and Destination Wedding Content.

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge was honored to be asked to write this feature for Las Vegas and it appears as the inaugural l article for this feature on the launch of the blog. I am so honored and thank you Aisle Dash for the opportunity to be included!

If you don't already know why Las Vegas is consistently rated one of the most popular wedding destinations in the country (and world), well read my article here for my Top 10!

And while you are at it, browse around the Aisle Dash Blog and let them know how you like it.

Disclosure: Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge received no compensation for this article from Aisle Dash or AOL or the companies mentioned in this article.

Celebrate Your Day with Love, Life & Style!

Style Me Pretty: "Inspiration to Reality" Las Vegas Style

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge and friends had a simply fabulous day on Wednesday at a photo shoot bringing this "Inspiration Board" to life.

I am a member of the Little Black Book of wedding professionals on Style Me Pretty, one of the most popular and trend-setting wedding blogs that appeals to both brides and wedding pros for it's gorgeous images and attention to the details in their writing.

Style Me Pretty has a tool where you can enter the "Style Circle" free and create "Inspiration Boards". If you don't want to make one yourself, you can spend hours admiring all the amazing boards that readers have created. There are so many ideas out there from so many creative brides to view. It's hard not to get "inspired"!

The concept of the "Inspiration to Reality" shoot is for a team of wedding professionals to select an "Inspiration Board" that we love and bring our own twist to bringing that inspiration to life.

We chose this "Feathers & Fur" inspiration board created by Chiara and I can't wait for Chiara to see what we have put together. I know she and all of you will LOVE IT!!

Some of the Las Vegas creative dream team members that made the magic happen are Chelsea Nicole Photography, Naakiti Floral Design, Gourmet Invitations, Couture Bride and our amazing venue, Springs Preserve.

Stay tuned for the gorgeous results and a list of the entire creative team in a few weeks on Style Me Pretty for the big reveal.

Celebrate Your Day with Love, Life & Style!

Wedding Concierge Now Available on Kindle Store!

Just because Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge doesn't have a cool Amazon.com Kindle Wireless Reading Device (yet) doesn't mean I can't take advantage of offering my readers the convenience of reading my "diary"/blog in Kindle form.

As you know, the Kindle is a great way to read your choice of over 400,000+ books, periodicals, blogs and magazines in convenient & super fast digital form, with the ability to preview books, save money & space; it's been the latest buzz!

I'm a self-professed MAJOR tech geek so this is right up my alley to want to dive into this and offer you the opportunity to try it out.

So, now I am proud to say you can have your Kindle and Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge too...

The Diary of a Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is now available for instant download on the Amazon Kindle Store.

The subscription is $1.99 and there is a complimentary 14 day trial (I love Free Trials!!)

If you download the blog, I would love to hear your reviews on how you enjoy reading my blog in this format and what you think about using the Kindle in general. Please share...I love when you share!

Celebrate Your Day with Love, Life & Style!

Vote for the Wedding Concierge!

Lara McCullough who writes one of my favorite blogs called Ready 2 Spark has become a great social media friend as well an inspiration to me and many other event industry colleagues.

Lara spearheaded and brought together a community of Event Professionals, better known by the has tag #EventProfs, on Twitter to chat and share ideas on a regular basis and it has been a huge success! So much so that we now have our own Blog Awards.

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is especially excited about this since my blog, "Diary of a Las Vegas Wedding Concierge", was selected as one of the 6 finalists in the "Wedding Blog" category!

I am honored to be among some pretty fabulous company of many other bloggers and wedding professionals I know and admire so this is truly an honor.

I would be so appreciative if you would consider voting for me and thank you for your support. Also, if you are a wedding/event professional and are familiar with any of the bloggers in other categories, please show your support to them as well and make these Blog Awards a great success overall.

Here is the link to vote for Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge in the Wedding Category.

Thank you Lara!

Celebrate Love & Life!

Wedding Concierge Offers Best Las Vegas Bachelorette Bets on "Survive Wedding Season" Blog!

Image Found at www.mybigfatengagement.com

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge had the pleasure & honor to be featured as the guest "Expert Blogger" today on a great site called "Survive Wedding Season" written by Liuba Shapiro. The "SWS" blog, for short, is about offering smart products, advice from seasoned wedding industry professionals, and personal wedding season survival tips from guests like you. It's a lot of fun and very informative so I encourage all my diary readers to check out this great blog for all it's helpful info from what to wear to what to gift and more. And of course, you can enjoy my article, full of top bachelorette bets in Vegas from clubs to restaurants to transportation ideas to help your friend celebrate her "Last Single Girl" night on the town in Vegas in...STYLE!!

Read the article Here.

Style Me Pretty & Crate & Barrel $4K Registry Giveaway!!

When "Style Me Pretty" starts talking in superlatives, you better pay attention!

The unbelievable contest to celebrate their new website launch has just been announced and it is truly deserving of the superlatives. Ready for this?

They are giving away, in partnership with Crate & Barrel a $4,000.00 Bridal Registry Gift Card to one lucky "Style Obsessed" couple. 

WOW!!

Below is all the important 411 you need to know to register and enter directly from StyleMePretty.com. Best of luck to all of you. Hmmm, makes Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge want to get married all over again:)

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Every two weeks, we’ll be filling you in on our favorite four products from the Crate and Barrel brand (I have a deep love affair with all things Crate and Barrel, as they were the home of my own wedding registry, so this is more than exciting for me). We’ll then be gifting one of our favorite products to YOU at the end of that week!

But here’s the best part. Sign up for a Crate and Barrel registry through Style Me Pretty and you’ll be entered to win – wait for it – a FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR Crate and Barrel shop card. Yep, you read that right.

By simply creating your Crate and Barrel wedding gift registry through Style Me Pretty, you’ll have the chance to win a ridiculous amount of money towards Crate and Barrel, along with a huge handful of pretty incredible products. To see full rules and regulations for the shop card giveaway, click right here.

Check back in a bit to hear this week’s favorite four! To create your registry and enter our incredible giveaway, click right here!

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Please note: You must use the link above to enter the giveaway. If for some reason you have trouble opening the link, just cut / paste this url into your browser:

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/jump.aspx?t=7&a=1070&bid=1007861bid

Have a Stylish Day!

Wedding Concierge Article (by Tracey) Featured on Style Me Pretty!!

Image by Ashley Bartoletti

Image by Chelsea Nicole

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is over-the-moon excited to tell you that a feature story I wrote about Las Vegas Wedding Style, titled "Your Vegas Wedding Style is Showing" (a little play on a past Las Vegas marketing campaign) is featured on the Little Black Book Blog of Style Me Pretty.com. Style Me Pretty is considered one of the top wedding blogs on the internet as a go-to source for "Style Obsessed Brides" as their tag-line states.

The article I wrote also features two of my favorite, fabulous, female Las Vegas photographic artists; Chelsea Nicole and Ashley Bartoletti. 

I wrote the article as an interview asking 5 questions about what sets Las Vegas apart with the "Style" of weddings we do here, what we love about shooting/planning weddings off and on the strip and it includes some of the fabulous work of Ashley & Chelsea so you can get an idea of all the variety of venues, ambience and styles that we have available in this great city. 

From beautiful mountains and lake views to the energy of the strip; the article is made up of the answers to these questions from both Ashley and Chelsea and from my perspective as a wedding planner. 

Sincere thanks to Style Me Pretty and to Eddye!! I am so proud and honored that you have been so generous to publish my article (I hope you will see more of me in print in the future). 

I hope that you enjoy the article and the beautiful images. It's being blogged in 2 or 3 parts I believe. 

Please do let us know what you think by not only commenting on the article at Style Me Pretty, but I know that Chelsea and Ashley will be thrilled to hear your comments on their blogs. I most certainly would appreciate your feedback here as well:).

Visit Chelsea Nicole's Blog

Visit Ashley Bartoletti's Blog

Enjoy!

"Blogging Boot Camp" Comes to Las Vegas July 22!!

Liene Stevens: "The Smart Planner"

on JULY 22, 2009

BRINGS THE BLOGGING BOOT CAMP TO....LAS VEGAS!!

Photo by: LorenzFoto

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge, along with my wedding colleague, Juliet Douglas of Green Orchid Events and TISOH-The International School of Hospitality (where I teach Wedding Coordination & Design), are delighted to announce we have arranged to bring Liene Stevens, "The Smart Planner" to Las Vegas for her "Blogging Bootcamp" workshop. 

Liene Stevens, a wedding planner colleague of ours in Scottsdale, is the owner of Blue Orchid Designs, a wedding planning firm and The Smart Planner; a website she started just over a year ago that provides business coaching advice and resources to wedding planners committed to raising their own personal bar of excellence in every aspect of their business. Her subject matter covers every facet of owning and operating a creative wedding business and has quickly become one of the most read blogs in the wedding industry and I am definitely one of her fans. 

Liene is taking her "Blogging Bootcamp" on a US Tour this spring and summer after a successful launch in her hometown. From the Smart Planner...

"Space is limited and will be filled on a first come, first served basis so reserve your spot now!  Laptops are optional, the workshop is a full day from 9:00 am -4:00PM and lunch will be provided. Registration for the workshop is $150.00.

The Smart Planner Blogging Bootcamp is open to all wedding professionals, not just wedding planners. This "boot camp is the best and most comprehensive workshop on social media for wedding professionals on the market. Some of the topics covered will be....

• How to discover and leverage your blogging voice
  
• How to maximize your blogging ROI
  
• How to develop killer content - consistently"

It's Hotter Than July in Vegas but BE COOL and join us for the Blogging Boot Camp!

Seeking Your Help for a Better Blog/Website Experience

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge's friend and fellow wedding planner, Emilie Duncan of Emillie Duncan Events  in Ohio has put together a short questionnaire about what attracts you, as a reader, to our websites and/or blogs. Is it the content, the images? We want to know the answers so we can better serve your interests and needs for getting the information you seek in researching quality wedding professionals for your event. 

I am looking forward to hearing the results of this survey and encourage you to take part. I am currently in the stages of redesigning and upgrading my blog and these results may certainly help in guiding me in creating the best and most productive site experience when you visit the new blog and my website.

So, thank you in advance for your participation and please do let your friends know about this to help get a healthy amount of quality feedback.

Tracey

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I promise, this will only take a minute of your time!  If you wouldn’t mind, please click on the link below and answer 9 quick, easy questions about different design aspects of wedding vendor’s websites.

Wedding Vendor Website Survey

We won’t record anything about you other than what state or country you are from - we don’t even ask for your email address so no spam or anything like that.

You will likely see this link on lots of other blogs and sites - this survey is being shared all over the blog-o-sphere so please take the survey only once.

If you have additional comments on the subject, please feel free to email me with those and I will share them with the other wedding vendors who are participating!  We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!

(If you are a wedding vendor and would like to participate, just copy this post to your blog and email the link to emilie {@} emilieduncan {.} com - I will send you the results once we have closed the survey in March)