Congratulations to Bernice Jimenez, Winner of Our Wedding's Luxury Gift Basket

Our Wedding showed up in style on Sunday to AfWPi's Downtown Drive Around Bridal Expo. It was a great turnout, where Tara and I talked to at least 100 brides. As you may recall, we were giving away an awesome gift basket with wine, $100 to the Firehouse restaurant, a gift certificate for a free dozen cupcakes, a beautiful necklace, and more from our sponsors. (Thanks to Jazzy Jewels, Scribner Bend, Cupcake Craving, Total Beauty Experience, Botanica Floral Design, and The Firehouse.) All the brides we met were so deserving, but thanks to random chance, Bernice Jimenez was our winner! She came and picked up her gift basket on Tuesday and she was so appreciative. She loves the necklace and earrings. She and her fiance will be married this August. We wish you luck, Bernice! You deserve the day of your dreams. 

Posted by Haley Myers on Thursday, February 18, 2010 in Sacramento Wedding Blog | Permalink | Comments (0)

Reporting on Romance from PostSecret.com

You've heard of Postsecret, right? It's a blog this man Frank Warren began as a community art project where people anonymously mail their secrets on postcards to him, and he posts them on his blog. It's exploded and is insanely popular; he's published two books, etc. This is a blog I look at every week. (New secrets are posted every Sunday.)

I'm writing about postsecret today because I read the most strangely endearing, heartfelt secret and I wanted to share it. For everyone getting married, I hope you're jumping in for the right reasons, but here's a message from someone who married for, arguably, the wrong reasons, and has still managed to have a life she loves. Her secret says:

"Almost fifty years ago, I didn't marry the man I loved because he didn't ask me. I married a man I didn't love because he did ask me. At age 22, I was afraid that was my best option. How crazy was that? The surprise is that I had a very good life."

Posted by Haley Myers on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 in Sacramento Wedding Blog | Permalink | Comments (1)

This Sunday: Downtown Drive Around Bridal Expo

Please join us this weekend at the Downtown Drive Around Bridal Expo!

Who: You! Brides-to-be and family and friends

What: A new twist on a bridal show -- Learn about some of the region's most talented and well respected bridal professionals, from florists and bakeries to DJs and caterers at three of Sacramento's hottest venues

When: Sunday, Feb. 14 from 12 noon to 5 p.m.

Where: Start at The Citizen Hotel (926 J St.), then be whisked to two more locations--the Sacramento Masonic Temple and the historic Elks Tower--in a limo or by horse-and-carriage

Why: Meet vendors, start planning, get your wedding questions answered

Prizes: Stop by the Our Wedding booth for a chance to win our Luxury Wedding Gift Basket, including a $100 gift certificate for a floral arrangement from Botanica Floral Designs, a gift certificate for 1 dozen cupcakes from Cupcake Craving, $100 to The Firehouse restaurant, $100 worth of beauty products from Total Beauty Experience, and a necklace from Jazzy Jewelz by Nancy! 

Cost: $15 online (purchase tickets online here) /  $20 at the door. Get a $5 off coupon here!

Hope to see you there, where you can pick up a free copy of Our Wedding magazine and talk with our knowledgeable staff.

Posted By Haley Myers on Monday, February 8, 2010 in Sacramento Wedding Blog Planning Local Resources | Permalink | Comments (0)

Crazy for Azaara

I am crazy for this jewelry site out of L.A. called Azaara. I discovered them when my field of vision was arrested whilst flipping through the most recent issue of Martha Stewart Weddings. They have a fantastic jewelry spread featuring antique-feeling star and celestial-themed pieces. One in particular, a ring from Azaara, made my heart skip a beat. Then I pulled up the website and almost collapsed on my office floor, seizing with jewelry mania.

Sorry for the dramatic description, but the rings. The rings. The rings. OK the earrings. The construction is beautiful. Blending old and new. I love that. You have to take a look.

The ring pictured here, style number RX501, retails for $170, but they have so many pieces priced lower than that, and so many styles if this isn't your bag. Baby.

Posted By Haley Myers on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 in Sacramento Wedding Blog Fashion + Beauty | Permalink | Comments (0)