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Real Weddings Magazine’s “Special Offers” Exclusively for Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides!

Did you know that several of our partners extend special offers to Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides? It’s true!

If you find your vendor in Real Weddings Magazine, be sure to tell that vendor that you’re a Real Weddings Magazine Bride! It’s important for them to know that you found them through Real Weddings Magazine — through our print magazine, our Web site, our Blog, our Facebook page, our Twitter page or through our Mobile app!

So don’t be shy…always tell the wedding vendors you found them through Real Weddings Magazine!

Here are some Special Offers exclusively for Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides! Again, in order to get these exclusive discounts, you have to tell the vendor that you’re a Real Weddings Magazine Bride!

Free Bridesmaid Bouquet* Flourish offers Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides a free bridesmaid bouquet – offer good new weddings only that book their flowers with Flourish through October 31st. Value of offer: up to $89 Special Offer brought to you by: Flourish, flourishdesigns.com, 916-212-5179

$200 Credit* Miosa Bride offers Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides a $200 credit toward the purchase of accessories or alterations on any new wedding gown purchase. Credit not valid on sample gowns or already placed orders. Value of offer: $200 Credit Special Offer brought to you by: Miosa Bride, miosabride.com, 916-443-1301

25% Off any Bridal Party Package* Atrium Salon Spa offers Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides a 25% discount off any bridal party package (not eligible on already discounted packages). Value of offer: 25% Off any Bridal Party Package Special Offer brought to you by: Atrium Salon Spa, atriumsalonspa.com, 916-791-8585

50% Off* Mimi & Company offers Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides a 50% discount off of gold or silver chargers with your linen or chaircover rentals. Not valid on previously placed orders. Value of offer: 50% Off Special Offer brought to you by: Mimi & Co, mimiandcompany.com, 916-525-1235

$75 Off Your Wedding Gown Purchase* Always Elegant Bridal & Tuxedo offers Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides a $75 discount off of any new wedding gown purchase. Not valid on previously purchased gowns. Value of offer: $75 Off Special Offer brought to you by: Always Elegant Bridal & Tuxedo, alwayselegantbridal.net, 530-755-4282

30% Off Site Rental Fee from December through February* Gold Hill Vineyard and Brewery offers Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides 30% off your site rental fee from December through February 2012. Value of offer: up to $525 Off Special Offer brought to you by: Gold Hill Vineyard and Brewery, goldhillvineyard.com, 530-626-6522

$200 Off “I Do Package”* Perfect Sounds offers Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides a $200 off “I Do Package.” Not valid on previously placed orders. Value of offer: $200 Off Special Offer brought to you by: Perfect Sounds, perfectsounds.net, 916-221-0457

Remember…be sure to tell all your wedding vendors that you found them in Real Weddings Magazine!

Be sure to check back often for even more offers to Real Weddings Magazine’s Brides!

*Some restrictions may apply. Please check with wedding vendor for full offer and details.

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In the most recent — Summer/Fall 2011 — issue of Real Weddings Magazine, we teamed with pros Katie Edwards of Ambience Floral Design and Lora Ward of A Day to Remember Wedding & Event Planners to create four tabletop designs on four totally different budgets to give you an idea of what things cost. The results were nothing short of spectacular!

Last week, we featured more pictures and detailed the cost of Table #3, our Delish Details tablescape. This week, we feature our final table — Table #4, our Beautifully Bodacious tablescape.

“Completely customized,” is how Ward describes our Table #4  Beautifully Bodacious design, which swapped out a house round table for a square style. Upgrades to this tablescape include rented Chiavari chairs which feature
gray chair covers with eggplant accents shimmery table linens. Other touches include upgraded silverware;
silver-rimmed glassware; round custom-designed menu cards placed in the center of the plates; custom-designed name place cards and “Mr. & Mrs.” placards; and jeweled silver buckle napkin rings.

“Adding a double centerpiece makes it lush,” says Edwards of the high-low centerpiece design which includes orchids, tulips, hydrangeas and jasmine vine. Table #4′s design costs about $1,043 to $1,118 per table. “It’s
just opulent and detailed,” Edwards says. “It’s lovely.”

MIX AND MATCH
Edwards and Ward both agree that your décor isn’t an all-or-nothing approach. All four of these table designs have elements that can be interchanged. “You can mix and match all of these,” says Ward. ‘The key is determining what you like and how you want to spend your money.”

They advise to build on your design one touch at a time. “We brought in little details,” says Edwards. “Adding the salad plate elevated the visual appeal of the table a lot.” They also advise to make sure your overall décor suits your personal style and complements the other details of your wedding food and entertainment your big day fit within your budget.

Here are the detailed costs for this table’s upgrades:

Square Table: $11

Chiavari Chairs: $6 each, eight chairs totalling: $48

Gray shimmery chair covers with eggplant accents rentals: $25 each, eight chairs totalling: $200

Gray shimmery tablecloth with eggplant accents rentals: $225

Eggplant-colored napkin rentals with jeweled circle buckle ring: $2 each, eight place settings totalling: $16

Silver-rimmed dinner, salad and bread/butter plate rentals: $3.50 each, eight place settings totalling: $28

Silver-rimmed glassware rentals: $6 each, eight place settings totalling: $48

York pattern flatware rentals: $2.60 each, eight place settings totalling: $20

Round menu cards for each place setting: $5 each, eight place settings totalling: $40

Place card for each place setting: $1.90 each, eight place settings totalling: $15.20

Mr. & Mrs. placards: $10

Table name sign: $5.90

Two raised metal stands, with hurricane with floating candle; ring of orchids, tulips, hydrangeas and jasmine vine encircling the elevated hurricanes; flowers in low lush arrangement at base spreading between the two stands including orchids, roses, tulips and hydrangeas; and collection of cylinder containers with colored floating candles accented with votives: ranging from $375-450 each

Per Table Total: $1,043 – 1,118

Thank you to all of the vendors who contributed to this piece:

Photographed on location at:

Granite Bay Golf Club

9600 Golf Club Drive, Granite Bay

916-791-7578, granitebayclub.com

Photography:

The Memory Journalists, 916-802-8004, memoryjournalists.com

Design, Coordination and Styling:

A Day to Remember Wedding & Event Planners: 916-452-4373, adaytorememberca.com

Design, Floral Design and Styling:

Ambience Floral Design: 916-786-6851, ambiencefloral.com

Paperie:

Bella Vita Invitations: 916-682-8226, bellavitainvitations.com

Rentals:

Celebrations! Elegant Party Rentals: 916-773-2133, celebrationspartyrentals.com

Classic Party Rentals: 916-444-6120, classicpartyrentals.com

Mimi & Co.: 916-525-1235, mimiandcompany.com

Click here to see all the posts in our Basic to Bodacious blog series!

Blog post by Real Weddings Contributor Kristen Castillo.

Photos by The Memory Journalists.

Check out the Real Weddings Contest Page! Great bridal loot for real Sacramento-area brides!

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In the most recent — Summer/Fall 2011 — issue of Real Weddings Magazine, we teamed with pros Katie Edwards of Ambience Floral Design and Lora Ward of A Day to Remember Wedding & Event Planners to create four tabletop designs on four totally different budgets to give you an idea of what things cost. The results were nothing short of spectacular!

Last week, we featured more pictures and detailed the cost of Table #2, our Simply Stylish tablescape. This week, we feature Table #3, our Delish Details tablescape.

With Table #3, our Delish Details tablescape, the design gets even more involved. “This table is quite beautiful, but the elements are simple,” says Ward of the design which costs about $225 to $245 per table. The upgrades to this table are the eggplant-colored sashes on the white chair covers used in table number two; gray swirled-patterned overlay to top each table; upgraded clear charger plates with silver edges; eggplant-colored Champagne glasses; and rented salad plates rimmed in silver to accent the house china.

Custom-designed menu cards are in silver frames, and the hurricane centerpiece is now in a stand with the floral arrangement of orchids, tulips and hydrangeas on the surface of the table.

“It’s a very lush piece at the base and the elevated hurricane on the top of the stand has a spray of cymbidium orchids submerged under water,’ says Edwards.

Here are the detailed costs for this table’s upgrades:

White chair cover with eggplant sash rentals: $3 each, eight chairs totalling: $24

Gray swirled-patterned overlay rentals: $18 each 

Eggplant-colored napkin rentals: $1.50 each, eight place settings totalling: $12

Silver-rimmed salad plate rentals: $.92 each, eight place settings totalling: $7.36

Clear charger plates with silver edges rentals: $4 each, eight place settings totalling: $32

Eggplant-colored Champagne glass rentals: $1.50 each, eight place settings totalling: $12

Menu card – displayed in silver frame: $13.50

Raised metal stand, with hurricane with floating candle and flowers in low lush arrangement at base including orchids, roses, tulips and hydrangeas: ranging from $105-125 each

Per Table Total: $225 – 245

Thank you to all of the vendors who contributed to this piece:

Photographed on location at:

Granite Bay Golf Club

9600 Golf Club Drive, Granite Bay

916-791-7578, granitebayclub.com

Photography:916-802-8004, memoryjournalists.com

The Memory Journalists

Design, Coordination and Styling:

A Day to Remember Wedding & Event Planners:  916-452-4373, adaytorememberca.com

Design, Floral Design and Styling:

Ambience Floral Design:  916-786-6851, ambiencefloral.com

Paperie:

Bella Vita Invitations:  916-682-8226, bellavitainvitations.com

Rentals:

Celebrations! Elegant Party Rentals:  916-773-2133, celebrationspartyrentals.com

Classic Party Rentals: 916-444-6120, classicpartyrentals.com

Mimi & Co.: 916-525-1235, mimiandcompany.com

Tune in next week when we feature more from our Beautifully Boadacious table #4!

Blog post by Real Weddings Contributor Kristen Castillo.

Photos by The Memory Journalists.

Check out the Real Weddings Contest Page! Great bridal loot for real Sacramento-area brides!

Subscribe to the Real Weddings Magazine Blog!

In the most recent — Summer/Fall 2011 — issue of Real Weddings Magazine, we teamed with pros Katie Edwards of Ambience Floral Design and Lora Ward of A Day to Remember Wedding & Event Planners to create four tabletop designs on four totally different budgets to give you an idea of what things cost. The results were nothing short of spectacular!

Last week, we featured more pictures and detailed the cost of Table #1, our Beautifully Basic tablescape.  This week, we feature Table #2, our Simply Stylish tablescape.

Table #2, our Simply Stylish tablescape, ups the glam factor with white chair covers, silver acrylic charger plates, oversized wine glasses and gray-colored napkins. The centerpiece, which uses the same hurricane vase as table one, now has a ring of peach, lavender and ivory roses, as well as hydrangeas around it. It’s complemented by a floating candle. The look is finished with house votive candles on the table. “It’s a modest centerpiece, but it’s very pretty and adds a lot of color to the table,” says Edwards. This design costs $113 to $133 per table.

Here are the detailed costs for this table’s upgrades:

White chair cover rentals:  $2.90 each, eight chairs totalling: $23

Silver acrylic charger plate rentals: $1.50 each, eight place settings totalling: $12

Oversized wine glass rentals: $1 each, eight place settings totalling: $8

Gray-colored napkin rentals: $.62 each, eight place settings totalling: $4.96

Hurricane with floating candle and floral arrangement ring including peach lavender and ivory roses with hydrangeas: ranging from $65 – 85 each

Per Table Total:  $113 – $133

Thank you to all of the vendors who contributed to this piece:

Photographed on location at:

Granite Bay Golf Club

9600 Golf Club Drive, Granite Bay

916-791-7578, granitebayclub.com

Photography:916-802-8004, memoryjournalists.com

The Memory Journalists

Design, Coordination and Styling:

A Day to Remember Wedding & Event Planners

916-452-4373, adaytorememberca.com

Design, Floral Design and Styling:916-786-6851, ambiencefloral.com

Ambience Floral Design

Paperie:916-682-8226, bellavitainvitations.com

Bella Vita Invitations

Rentals:916-773-2133, celebrationspartyrentals.com

Celebrations! Elegant Party Rentals

Classic Party Rentals916-444-6120, classicpartyrentals.com

Mimi & Co.916-525-1235, mimiandcompany.com

Tune in next week when we feature more from our Delish Details table #3!

Blog post by Real Weddings Contributor Kristen Castillo.

Photos by The Memory Journalists.

Check out the Real Weddings Contest Page! Great bridal loot for real Sacramento-area brides!

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The Couple: Belinda Vanzant and William Cunningham, Jr. (Bill)

Wedding Date: September 26, 2010

Photography: Chuck Roberts Photography

Tell us a little about you and your beloved:  Our relationship was just waiting to happen! Our families have been friends for many years. We were introduced by Bill’s oldest sister Sheila. We dated for one year before Bill proposed to me on my birthday. We continue to share a lot of first time experiences together…even getting married! Finding that special person after being single all of our lives is still truly amazing. We often wonder why we didn’t meet sooner, but it was all a part of God’s plan.

What was the most amazing part of your day?

Bill: Seeing Belinda walk down the hill and realizing that “she’s all mine.”

Belinda: Walking down the hill with my dad and seeing Bill peeking through the scenery to get a glance at me coming down the hill was so sweet. Once I made it to the bottom our eyes locked and he whispered, “You look so beautiful,” and I said, “You look so handsome.” The kiss!!!  WOW!

What else would you like to share about your big day? Keeping with a simplistic theme, the ceremony was short and sweet. Bill’s brother, Dr. Bryant C. Wyatt officiated the wedding. Bill and I decided that we wanted to take Holy Communion during the ceremony. Both of my parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Vanzant, presented me to my husband at the altar. Bill and I were whisked away on a golf cart to take photos, while our guests went on to the reception for hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Our big day was truly the best! We had such a great time, and we still get comments about how beautiful our wedding was. Our families and friends played a very important part of our day! Thanks so much for your love and support. One of the most memorable moments of the evening occurred when Bill serenaded me during our first dance. I felt so blessed to have such a wonderful man as my husband. Bill was so much fun as he had everyone laughing at his hilarious way of taking the garter off to the Mission Impossible song.

Ceremony and Reception Site: Whitney Oaks Golf Club

Officiant: Dr. Bryant C. Wyatt, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church

Photographer:  Chuck Roberts Photography

Videographer: Top Flight Productions

Wedding Planner:Regina Vanzant

Wedding Coordinator:Laura Lockett

Cake: Sharon Cake Creations

Flowers:Shannon McCabe Productions Co.

Wedding Dress: David’s Bridal

Bridesmaid Dresses:Jessica McClintock

Hair:Hope McWilliams

Make-up: Andrea Carlson

Invitations:  Chuck Roberts Photography:

Groom and Groomsmen Attire: Men’s Warehouse

Linens and Chair Covers: Mimi & Co.

Hotel Accommodations: Thunder Valley Casino

Honeymoon location:Cruise (Catalina Island & Ensenada Mexico)

Travel Agent:Tracey Kleber

First Dance Song: “We Both Deserve Each Other’s Love” by LTD

Wedding Music:

Groom’s Entrance:“You and I” by Michael Blue Buble

Bridal Party:“Forever” by Jaheim

Bride Entrance:“Inseparable” by Kem

Recession: “Oh Happy Day” by Ramsey Lewis

Any other of your wedding vendor(s) you’d like to call out? All of our vendors were fantastic! Special thanks to Whitney Oaks Coordinator Lindsey and staff. The set up was breathtaking. To Mackenzie and Chuck of Chuck Roberts Photography — we are friends for life… “Go Pacers.” The pictures are awesome. To my best friend Sharon — the cake was beautiful and delicious!

Any advice you’d give to our readers who are planning their weddings right now? A wedding lasts only for a day and it goes quickly. But a marriage last a lifetime. This special day belongs to you and your future spouse. Enjoy every moment.

Make sure that someone video tapes your wedding. It is great to look back once the day has past. Because you won’t remember all of the things that occurred. My sister-in-law Vienna suggested that we get a videographer and that was the best suggestion. Thanks Sis!

Our photographer recommended that we do something different instead of the traditional guest book. We had a photo album designed by our photographer with our engagements photos. Our guests were able to write special encouraging words.

Anything that you would have done differently if you were given the chance? After it’s all said and done you might want to do a couple of things differently, but why? The day was beautiful and memorable…I wouldn’t change a thing. By changing one thing it would not have made the day any more special than being with my new husband, new family and friends.

Photos courtesy of Chuck Roberts Photography.

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