iTunes Wedding Essentials Library Expanded

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is delighted to see some "wedding love" from Apple iTunes Store this month for brides and grooms looking to find that ideal wedding ceremony prelude or last song that compliments your personalities and Wedding Style.

The store has expanded their "Wedding Essentials" Library to include their "Essentials" branded mixes of wedding songs for a wide variety of categories; "Classic Wedding", "Modern Wedding", "Country Wedding", "R&B Wedding" plus all their originals such as "Wedding Ceremony", Wedding Reception", etc.

In addition, the "Wedding Essentials" page will lead you to the best choices for all those great romantic wedding related movies we all love, Wedding Podcasts such as "Wedding Podcast Network", Wedding TV Series on iTunes such as "Say Yes to the Dress" and "My Fair Wedding with David Tutera" PLUS all the Wedding Apps available for iPhones, iPod Touches and iPad too.

A Bride (or a wedding planner) could "essentially" get pretty carried away with this great resource! Have fun exploring:)

Download iTunes: www.apple.com/itunes
Apple Store: www.apple.com

Celebrate today and every day with Love, Life & Style!!
Tracey

Bridal Spectacular Show this Weekend, Jan 29-30th, 2010!

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge wants to remind all my readers, both local and visitors who will be in town this weekend to attend the "Bridal Spectacular" wedding show at Cashman Center on Friday January 29th and Saturday January 30th!

This is your opportunity to interact in person with many of the top wedding professionals in Las Vegas and learn the what's new in wedding trends in Las Vegas in fashion, decor, food & beverage, venues, photography, video and other exciting wedding planning ideas.

You can pre-register and save $3.00/per person by purchasing your advance tickets online here. And, if you go on Friday, grooms enter FREE!

To learn more about the Bridal Spectacular Show and all the great wedding pros involved at the longest running and most respected bridal show in Las Vegas, visit their website at www.BridalSpectacular.com

Celebrate your day with LOVE, LIFE & STYLE!

Wedding Concierge is Wedding Wires' Brides Choice for 2010!

First Style Me Pretty and Now this great news today! Thank you Wedding Wire!!

Las Vegas, NV-January 19, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Planning/Coordination Service Category"!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

I am thrilled to announce that Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is among the very best Wedding Planners within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. I would like to thank all my wonderful past newlyweds for nominating me for the *2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today by clicking here.

*Disclosure: Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge does not pay for being listed on Wedding Wire.

About WeddingWire, Inc.

WeddingWire is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding vendors. WeddingWire enables engaged couples to search, compare and book over 100,000 reviewed wedding vendors nationwide, from wedding photography to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding vendors, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. In addition, WeddingWire has partnered with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) to provide its network of local vendors and online wedding-planning tools in the Weddings section of www.MarthaStewartWeddings.com. For additional information, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

Get Your Dose of Daily WEDDING Candy!

One of Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge's favorite daily must-read blogs is Daily Candy; a great lifestyle focused site & newsletter to find all that is new in food, fashion & fun to make your life...a little sweeter:)

They have editions for many major cities like New York, LA, Miami and an all encompassing "Everywhere" version. 

Now life got even sweeter for those planning a wedding with their launch of a new section to the site; Daily Candy Weddings!

Just like the classic "Candy"; you can select local content to get all the wedding goodness on wedding trends and news in your city or region or the scoop across the country.

Enjoy savoring the Candy!

Wedding Concierge Picks Top 10 Wedding Blogs on Blogs.com!

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is honored to be selected by Blogs.com as one of their featured "Top 10 Lists" authors. They asked for my top 10 wedding blog daily reads that every bride should go to for information, education and inspiration before your celebration! 

 "The Las Vegas Wedding Concierge's Top 10 Wedding Blogs"

The blogs are were listed in alphabetical order and you can also find them in my "Wedding Concierge Favorite Reads" links on the left sidebar of my blog! 

• Bridal Bar
  
• Brooklyn Bride
• Elizabeth Ann Designs
  
• In Style Wedding Blog
  
• It's a Jamie Thing
  
• Southern Weddings
  
• Sparkliatti
  
• Style Me Pretty
  
• Wedding Bee
  
• Wedding Chicks
  

Let me tell you that this was HARD! I have so many wonderful blogs that I read daily that inspire me but since it was directed more to what brides are reading most, I felt this was the best cross section. I look at it as my "Basics List" on iTunes. Hopefully they will have me back to share some more insightful "Next Step" and "Deep Cuts" lists-like for you like my "Top 10" wedding photo blogs, design blogs and picks for wedding professional inspiration. 

Blogs.com is a new service from blogging company Six Apart that helps you discover the best in blogs. You can quickly and easily find blogs by category and topic or read daily blog roundups of some of the best blog content around the Web. Top 10 Lists from celebrity bloggers and influencers also help you discover new blogs, and everyone is invited to create their own Top 10 Lists to share with the community.

Las Vegas Wedding Concierge Featured on The Smart Planner Blog!

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is so excited because I am featured today on the Meet the Planners Series of one of my favorite blogs, The Smart Planner.com. 

The Smart Planner Blog, is written by my friend and wedding planner colleague Liene Stevens, in Scottsdale, AZ; owner of Blue Orchid Designs and the fabulous Blue Orchid Blog. 

I had the pleasure of meeting Liene in Scottsdale this past September and we had a great time talking about weddings, our businesses, etc. It was wonderful to meet the very smart, savvy, creative and passionate young lady behind these successful blogs.

The Smart Planner is one of my daily MUST READ blogs and a great resource guide for wedding & event planners to help us grow professionally, creatively and run a successful business.

If you are a wedding and event planner and you don't have The Smart Planner on your list of daily reads, as well as the Blue Orchid Blog (great ideas for planners & brides), I encourage you to do so as they are both habit forming!

Have a Stylish Weekend!

Wedding Concierge Featured on Wedding Podcast Network-"Meet the Masters" series from NACE "Experience 2008".

Tracey Kumer-Moore, JWIC of  Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is excited and honored to be included as one of the featured interviews from the NACE "Experience 2008" "Meet the Masters" series of wedding podcasts from the Wedding Podcast Network.

The NACE (National Association of Catering Excutives held their annual educational conference in Philadelphia, PA this past August called "Experience 2008: The Future of Catering and Event Design".

The conference showcased the best, most talented caterers, chefs, designers and planners in the business including celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss, the coolest and newest trends in food and decor and a lot of the exciting new ideas you will soon be seeing in magazines and on tabletops in 2009.

The Wedding Podcast Network travelled to Philadelphia to cover this event to bring all of the exciting ideas, trends and passion for the industry from the attendees (that would be all those fabulous catering managers, wedding planners, DJ's, event designers, etc. that you are hiring) to you directly to hear to draw inspiration from. This is why I love the "WPN" not only as a benefit to brides but for my own professional education as well!

This special podcast included interviews with Keynote Speaker Walter Scheib; former White House Chef to the Clintons & President George W. Bush, former National NACE president Chef Jerry Edwards,CPCE, The Glazier Group Director of Catering Cheryl Kahn Brocco (The Glazier Group owns Michael Jordon's Steakhouse, "Strip House" Steakhouse which has a Vegas location at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino). Also interviewed are my good friends and fellow Las Vegas NACE members Jodi & Patrick Harris of Sight and Sound Events and my good friend Andy Ebon from the Wedding Marketing Network Blog was also mentioned.

I think you are going to get a lot of great wedding planning information from this podcast so make sure to listen to it on your computer or download it onto your iPod or MP3 player.

Have a Stylish Day!

Wedding Concierge now part of Elizabeth Anne Designs Library

Well this is pretty exciting!!

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge has been invited to the fabulous new EAD Library; a great listing of the top wedding resources as part of the Elizabeth Ann Designs Blog-which is a very beautiful wedding site with so many fantastic ideas and wedding inspirations. 

I am delighted to say I am the first and only Las Vegas Wedding and Event Planner listed on the site with some pretty impressive company so I feel very honored that they love my "diary" (blog), my website and my work. 

Update 8.14.08-Well, I may be the first but now not the only planner as my friend  and colleague Juliet Douglas of Green Orchid Events is now listed as well and congratulations to you Juliet! I couldn't think of a better person to share the honor:)

Do check out the website and I am sure you will love it as much as I do!

Wedding Concierge Gives Away iPod & iTunes Card to Henderson, NV Bride!

CATHIE GLOVER FROM HENDERSON, NV

Wins the Blue iPod 3G Nano & $15 iTunes Card!

Congratulations Cathie and how cool is it that the winner is from right here in the Las Vegas/Henderson, NV area!

Cathie and her lucky fiance are celebrating their wedding right here in Las Vegas this September and I am sure it's going to be a beautiful and memorable day for both of you, your families and friends. 

A pretty blue 8GB, 3G iPod Nano (this one has video) & iTunes card is on its way to you, compliments of Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge, and you will be grooving to your favorite music and watching your favorite movies and music videos in no time. 

Even though your wedding is drawing near and most of the planning is completed, I am sure you will still find some great inspiration by tuning into the Wedding Podcast Network for the very best in "wedding talk radio" on a variety of topics; advice from industry experts in "Meet The Masters" to real life wedding "NewlywedCast" advice from brides & grooms just like you will be soon! 

Best of all, you can listen to all these great programs from syndicated WPN feed right here on the right side of my blog. The  content is always fresh and updated so your friends who are next to walk down the aisle will have a lot to look forward to in hearing everything that is new about weddings! 

Again, congratulations, ENJOY your new iPod & iTunes Card and all the cool music you will buy (Wedding Podcast Network podcasts are  FREE to listen & subscribe to by the way) and I wish you and your beloved the very best for a beautiful and long life together filled with good health, good luck, laughter and of course, MUCH LOVE ALWAYS!

Have a Stylish Day!!

*Stay tuned for another fabulous give away contest right here on my diary come next month!

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!

Say "I Do" to "Wedding Week" on The Food Network!

Weddings, even in this modern day are still family events and, no matter what part of the world you live in, a wedding is still cause for family and friends to celebrate and that means food! The wedding "banquet", be it Chinese, Jewish, Italian, Thai or Indian, is one of the main focuses of the event in entertaining your guests. Food & beverage will also be about half of most couples' wedding budgets.

With all the food trends that are impacting weddings these days, from "global" and "exotic" to "sustainable" and "organic" cuisines for example and the focus on the ever present statement piece; the Cake, it is no wonder that Wedding Week on The Food Network is always such a big hit with brides and grooms who are in the midst of their wedding planning.

Of course, I'm sure you will also find Hotel & Resort Catering Managers, Catering Companies, Restaranteurs, Pastry Chefs and Wedding Planners (yes, Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge included), tuning in too. We love this as much as you do!

So make sure to set your DVR (Digital Video Recorder) to FoodNetwork.com over the coming week as they feature a wide variety of Wedding inspired themes to both their regular programming (Duff Goldman, from Charm City Cakes has quite a lot of coverage this week & next on his show "Ace of Cakes" for example & there is an episode of "Unwrapped" dedicated to all things wedding.

All of this leads up to what the network calls "Wedding Day Saturday" with practically a full day of wedding programming. Click here to see the schedule.

Speaking of "specials", I must confess that I love all the Wedding Cake themed "Food Network Challenge" shows. They are always so exciting, interesting and almost agonizing to watch as they create exquisite sugar masterpieces that boggle even the most creative minds.

Enjoy the shows and...

Have a Delicious & Stylish Day!

Stylish Gift of the Month February Giveway-Colin Cowie Book Collection

I didn't make it on time for a Valentine Giveaway, but I still want to give a lucky "Diary" reader a very special gift this February for my "Stylish Gift of the Month" Giveaway.

Coline Cowie is one of my favorite celebrity wedding and event planners! Of course I love his gorgeous work and his fabulous style but the reason I admire and respect Colin Cowie is that he truly cares about the real meaning behind the wedding day and what it holds personally for each couple. He also understands the word "style" is not exclusive to the rich (anyone with imagination who puts love and heart into planning their wedding can create a beautiful and stylish affair), and that being a gracious bride and groom and making your guests welcome, comfortable and appreciated at your celebration is as memorable (or sometimes more so) than all the fancy decor and that will always be the very best way to be "in style"!

So because I love Colin and I love you for visiting and reading my blog, I am giving away a "Colin Cowie Book Collection Valentine" that will include the following...

• Colin's gorgeous coffee table wedding book, "Extraordinary Weddings" which is bound in a stunning pink (I think Colin calls it "vermillion") just reminds me of Valentines' Day. The images are absolutely stunning and the weddings, from rendering to finished events are truly inspiring!
• Colin's new lifestyle book, "Colin Cowie Chic: The Guide to Life as it Should Be".
• "For the Bride" by Colin Cowie *A must have for the Gracious Bride
• "For the Groom" by Colin Cowie *A must have for the gentleman in every groom.

You can read more about all these wonderful Wedding Planning & Lifestyle books by clicking on them in the gallery in this post or by visiting my Book Cafe!

To enter the contest, please respond to this post by no later than 11:59PM, Pacific time on February 29, 2008 by leaving a comment with your name and city. For extra "bonus points" (I'll enter you twice), tell me one thing you like to do for your sweetie to make every day feel like Valentines' Day (and remember my 15 year old niece sometimes reads my blog!).

I will announce the winner on March 1, 2008 and the lucky winner will receive all 4 books delivered right to their home.

Good luck and have a Stylish Day!!

InStyle Weddings.com is NOW Online!

In Style Weddings magazine has now lept from the page to the web and Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is one happy wedding planner!

Everything I love (and I know you do too) about the magazine is now online and even better with so many more things to do and discover from reading about Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman's nuptials and style to celebrity wedding style advice from Preston Bailey!

The rings, the dresses, the fabulous celebrity wedding style and glamour; it's all here!!

Make sure to bookmark InStyleWeddings.com in your arsenal of stylish wedding planning resources and of course...

Have a Stylish Day!!

How Delightful!!

I am delighted to say that my blog, "Diary of a Las Vegas Wedding Concierge", has been selected to be a part of the "Delightful Blogs" list of very stylish, fun and intersting blogs!

"Delightfulblogs is an edited directory of stylish blogs for women including shopping, fashion, design, travel, family and pop culture" as described on their website at www.DelightfulBlogs.com.

I find so many interesting ideas from other wedding planners and wedding professionals who blog as well as great ideas for fashion, home and beauty that I love to share with you whether it's wedding related or just good FYI that every stylish lady (and their men) can use.

If you stop by their site, please give my blog a shout out and vote!

Thank you and have a delightful and Stylish Day!