April 13, 2010: Mr. Darcy Proposal Mug! Quite possibly the best thing I found on Etsy all year, in my humble and Pride and Prejudice loving opinion.

June 8, 2010: 2 Years Ago Today… I just love a sappy love story, and I love including love letter posts in my blog.  Could I use the word love more frequently in a sentence?

June 20, 2010: Where to Buy Vintage Stamps One of my favorite ways to add some personality to your wedding invitations.

July 9, 2010: Bridget and Gerry – June 6, 2010 I loved this wedding – the couple, the photography, the flowers, the personality, the intimacy, the glam, the joy.

August 20, 2010: Where to Register? A super practical and helpful post to answer a common question.

September 3, 2010: Fun with Thank You Notes Other ways to add some flair to your notes.

October 13, 2010: Gayle and Lee: 8.9.10 A wedding that defined the couple and the look of a Better Together Events affair to remember.

October 22, 2010: I Just Stopped Breathing for a Second… Custom Louboutins The breathless and sheer wonder of ridiculously amazing and unaffordable shoes.

October 29, 2010: TGIF A deliciously fun party idea.

December 15, 2010: Isn’t She Lovely? – A Post on Thankfulness A love post for my heart, my Bridget Elizabeth.

December 31, 2010: Happy New Year! Reflections on an amazing year.

January 12, 2011: Emily and Brendan on Well Wed! A proud moment

We are proud to share that for the 2nd straight year WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Better Together Events has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for wedding planning!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Better Together Events stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Better Together Events for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Better Together Events is among the very best wedding planners within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

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

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire.com, the nation’s leading technology company serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 local wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives local businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. Businesses that join the WeddingWire Network appear on WeddingWire.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), ProjectWedding.com and Weddingbee.com (both part of eHarmony), and Celebrations.com (part of the 1-800-Flowers family of brands, NASDAQ: FLWS).

Click here to read all about it!

You’ll note that this was a destination wedding for Better Together Events, something we have a lot of experience doing!  We’ve traveled to Saratoga Springs, Pittsburgh, the Cape, and beyond for fabulous nuptials!

Happy Friday courtesy of some deliciously sweet tunes!

The second song is a Tristan Prettyman cover of my absolute favorite song ever. One of my favorite artists covering my favorite song? Can’t get much better than that!! Unfortunately this cover is so obscure, it’s not even on YouTube! Guess you have to stick on my site for a few minutes to hear it! And yes, I have no shame!

This was a down-time moment for me.  I had delivered the lunch food, arranged the flower drop-off, and provided one of the bridesmaids with some hair spray from the wedding planning emergency kit – all of which this photo captures.  Now, time for a breath and some checking-off in the notebook!  How I love checklists…

Lora Ann is a fabulous lifestyle and wedding photographer based out of Rochester, NY.  I am lucky enough to be working on a wedding with her coming up in September, and I cannot wait!  Check out some of her amazing work below.  The information on how to win follows the images!

In order to win, all you have to do is complete two steps.

#1 Comment on this blog post.  Anything goes, but to get you started, you could comment on your favorite image, black and white versus color, etc.

#2 Become a Fan of or “Like” (as Facebook is calling it nowadays)  Lora Ann Photography on Facebook.

That’s it!  Of course, while you are at it, you can become a fan of/ “like”  Better Together Events on Facebook as well, but that is not a necessary step to be eligible for the giveaway. 

A winner will be selected at random on Tuesday morning, May 25th at 10 AM.  So get commenting and liking!

It feels like I’ve been wedding planning since I was three.  I remember throwing elaborate weddings on the “lawn” of the Barbie dreamhouse.  

Ken was there, and Barbie, and all the members of the Heart family (score for the people who get that reference!).   For those of you who are interested in more nostalgia, the Strong National Museum of Play has an entire wing devoted to dolls, including a great selection of members of the Heart Family.

My blog is the place I can share what I love with present and future clients and where I can embrace beautiful things, many of which are handcrafted by people whose creativity and talent make what I do that much easier.  Thanks for your readership!

For nostalgia’s sake, here is a sampling of some of my favorite posts from the past year:

Tutus: Tulle Done Right! One of my first posts.  Despite my love of the frothy little girl skirts, I’ve yet to convince a client to put a flowergirl in one, but just give me time!

Support Independent Artists: Poppytalk Handmade! My first discovery of this brilliant Etsy like marketplace of independent and eco-friendly artists.  What sets Poppytalk apart is the focus on the romantic, and the “LOVE * We’re so in it” card gets me everytime.

Friday Funnies: Courtesy of the Office I really enjoy the sporadic Friday Funday posts, and The Office spoof of the YouTube wedding video is sure to get you cracking and tearing up no matter what is going down.

Mad Men Inspired Wedding Gowns The post that greatly increased my non-family and friends readership – believe it or not for months “Mad Men Inspired Wedding Gowns” was one of the top search returns for my website – and my favorite of my vintage gowns postings.

We got a bit of an unexpected email from Google earlier last week letting us know that Blogger would no longer administer FTP hosted blogs.  What is an FTP hosted blog?  I’m not sure exactly, but I do know that it is what I used to use.  So, I made the slow transition to WordPress.  It’s different and I’m still getting used to it, but I decided to approach the design following cues from Project Runway.  You know… Is it a cohesive look?  Would the same person have Better Together’s homepage and blog page in their closet?

I hope the answer is yes!  But if it isn’t, here are some shoes to help make you love my blog again.  They would also look amazing walking down an aisle…

J.Crew Ivory Satin Martina Peep Toes

Kate Spade Red Kellis Pumps

Stewart Weitzmn Gigi Ritz in Magenta

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I love a good certificate!  Thanks to all my couples for those 5-star reviews! Happy Lost-Tuesday!