"Dream Big" & Sign up for Colin Cowie's New "Wedding Chic" Newsletter

Colin Cowie, truly a wedding and lifestyle style setting hero of Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge, is launching his revamped "Wedding Chic" newsletter this summer.

Whether you are a bride, groom, industry professional or "wedding junkie" (put me down for the last 2), I am sure this newsletter is going to be fun, educational and always inspiring to read.

You can sign up for Colin's Newsletter here. I just did and then we can look forward to getting "Wedding Chic" together!

Celebrate your Day with Love, Life & Style!

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"Colin Cowie: Wedding Chic" Book Release TODAY!

Colin Cowie, the arbetur of style and gracious living and celebrity wedding/event planner is Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge's #1 favorite wedding and lifestyle guru. And yes, I really do watch all his segments on CBS' The Early Show and can't wait to watch him host Get Married on the Lifetime Channel coming this January! 

I have had the pleasure to meet him on a few occasions and have him sign a few books. He is truly a class act!

I am so excited to add his new book,  Colin Cowie Wedding Chic: 1,001 Ideas for Every Moment of Your Celebration to my Colin Cowie collection in my library.  

Book Description from Amazon.com:

"Following inspirational introductions from Colin about every part of your celebration, each detail is captured with magnificent photographs: bouquets; ceremony décor; centerpieces; reception décor; food and drink; cakes; invitations, favors, and gifts; appearance for the bride, groom, and attendants; ritual and ceremony; and music and after-party. 

Brimming with the kind of style that has made Colin the number one wedding planner in the world for celebrities,heads of state, and even royals, Wedding Chic finally gathers all of the options in one dazzling, easy-to-reference place. With photographs of more than 1,001 gorgeous details, it is simply the most comprehensive, varied, and beautiful resource a bride-to-be could ever wish for—one that is certain to make the wedding a celebration to remember forever." 

And what makes me even more excited about receiving the book is that I ordered 2 so I could give one away here on my blog! Stay tuned for blog giveaway details coming soon!

For those of you who can't wait, you can buy your own copy by clicking on the link above to purchase the book from my Wedding Concierge Book Cafe. You can visit my store by clicking on the sidebar to the right to browse and purchase more of Mr. Cowie's fabulous wedding and lifestyle books as well.

Update as of 6:00 PM this Evening: How wonderful! The books arrived today and I got a bonus 3rd day Chanukah gift to myself. Flipping through, my initial impression is WOW! The book is chock full of information and images and much more hands on information than "Extraordinary Weddings" is (which is more of a coffee-table style book). I'm looking forward to curling up and reading it over the holidays and sharing it with one special "Diary" reader!

Delicious, Luxury Favors offer Clean, Calorie Free Fun for Guests!

"Le Viette" serves up the "Green Tea Swiss Slice" Gourmet Towel

Looks good enough to eat, doesn't it? Even better, it reminds me of a ring!

These 100% cotton confections are good clean fun and a total indulgent way to pamper your guests at wedding receptions, showers, brunches or bachelorettes. They also add to decor displays and a perfect choice for gracious gift-giving ideas, as hostess gifts and gifts for kids...of all ages. 

Kaitlyn Lee, the owner and creator of "Le Viette" ("le viette" is French for Serviette or napkin) takes hospitality to a whole new level by lovingly recreating sweet looking confections with these dessert towels. 

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge loves these delightful and completely unique and personalized towels. This is a perfect way to pamper your guests and that is just what Kaitlyn thinks too. As a matter of fact, Le Viette's motto is "When indulgences are occasional, they should be exceptional". 

I could not agree more!

Take the personalization even further by selecting your plated dessert or customize your after-party dessert table to include treats and deserts that look like these.

Also check out the chocolate "French Thousand Layer Cake" and the strawberry chocolate "5" Fruit Frais Cake".

Have a Stylish weekend! 

Wedding Seating Charts Get Creative in Replacing "the place card".

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is loving wedding seating charts these days! 

I find myself scouring the internet for all kinds of examples but there are just so many kinds; from elegant to funky, ecru to the wildest colors and beyond, simple table plan to including wedding party, the reception menu, quotes and beyond. 

One of my favorite sites I have found with some really pretty & creative ones is my new friend in Detroit, Tiffany Wunschl of Gourmet Invitations. All the work on her beautiful invitations and paper products are of great and unique quality and I love how she incorporates all the pieces such as the seating chart together. Check out her gallery on her website.

There are many advantages to using a seating chart over place cards even though you still do have to do your home work to create the initial seating plan.

1. Eliminate the tedious and painstaking and time consuming job of writing everyone's name on little 3x5 cards.

2. Save some "green" by not having to buy special place card holders.

3. Go "green" and again, save some green by incorporating your reception menu into the seating chart instead of creating menus for every place setting.

4. Your custom seating chart, can be custom framed and be a wonderful memento of your wedding as most are created in sizes at least 16"x20" and will stay in perfect shape all night long (unlike place cards).

5. You may save money on linen & additional floral & decor by not having to decorate a place card table.

6. You can get much more creative with your design, your font, colors as well as opting for a photo chart, interesting backgrounds etc. that you couldn't dream of with place cards.

7. Generally, seating charts are easier for guests to see as well. Instead of squinting and bending to locate their card, guests can comfortably find their name.

Another company I have enjoyed working with is Documents and Designs who also create very stylish wedding seating charts as well in addition to other wedding ceremony & reception stationery items (programs, place cards, table holders, etc.). They have some very elegant designs, monogram styles, flourishes, florals and more and you can customize anything you can dream up as well. 

Have a Stylish Day.