Tailored.co Gift Registry

Have you heard the news? There is a whole new way to deal with wedding gift selection!

Officially launching this week, Tailored.co is changing the way people shop for weddings as the first online personalized shopping
site where brides can discover and purchase products and services that match their unique style and budget.

Tailored is the ONLY place online where brides can find and collect inspiration, browse wedding products hand-selected just for them, create lists of their favorite finds, and share their picks with family and friends, all in one place – an online bridal resource to discover, shop, share!

Tailored is a members-only platform where brides not only discover new brands and up-and-coming designers, but also get personalized recommendations on products and services based on their taste, budget, and wedding-planning needs.

The personalized experience begins at sign-up with a quick and easy interactive quiz. Unlike other inspirationally driven platforms, all of the items and services that are shared on Tailored can be purchased, allowing users to easily buy the items that are inspiring them. With over 160 affiliates, Tailored will offer the largest wedding catalog online – proud to feature products from such national retailers as Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s,and Sandals Resorts, among many others!

In addition to aggregating personalized recommendations, Tailored creates a platform where brides can follow users with similar tastes and engage with their family and friends to gain instant feedback through sharing their curated lists. An easy way to keep the entire bridal party involved without dragging the crew all over town!

Find your bridal style with Tailored.

 Welcome to 2012!  For some of you the December holidays brought a proposal...congratulations! So now that you are engaged, the planning must begin.  Please remember to sit back, relax and enjoy your engagement for awhile before diving into your planning. Have numerous discussions with your soon to be bride or groom about what tpe of wedding you plan on having.  What is important when it comes to  your wedding?  Will it be large or small, in a winery or in a hotel ballroom?  Planning a wedding takes lots of energy, fact finding and time, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time. Enjoy getting used to the word "engaged", and enjoy this next chapter in your life.

If you need assistance when it is time to plan the wedding, then call upon the team at FAO.  We are here to help in any capacity, whether to just answer some budgeting questions or to find you the perfect venue..  We offer full or partial planning as well; it is your wedding, but we can take the stress away from you, and we have the dedicated hours  to make it happen. Give us a call  or send us an email.  You can read some reviews about us on  www.weddingwire.com where we were awarded the 2012 Bridal Choice Award for the 4th year in a row, thanks to all of our wonderful past clients.

Happy planning

I really am not one to blow my own horn, but I decided to share an honor I have received.  I have again  been voted  one of "The best" for 2012 in the Wedding Planning Category in Washingtonian Bride and Groom Magazine  It is an honor to be amongst the best colleagues in the wedding industry.

I want to wish all my colleagues, clients and those just stopping by the website and reading this post, a very happy and safe new year.

Those of us at FAO are looking forward to continuing to give the best in client care when assisting with your wedding planning in 2012!

Cheerfully,

Myrna

If you are a fan of tangerines, well you are in the know for 2012!  Tangerine and all hues of orange are going to be the big color for 2012.  Tangerine, in fact, has been named the Pantone color for the coming year.  You will see it not only in clothing,  personal accessories ,and for the home, but in centerpieces, bridesmaids dresses, invitations, and even in men's formal wear accessories.

Let FAO Events assist you in finding great ways to incorporate this new color into your special wedding day; what fun!

 Wedding season came to a close for us at For All Occasions with Marissa and Donny's wedding on 11-11-11.  What a wonderful way to end the 2011 wedding season with such a beautiful couple whose photos were captured by such a talented photgrapher, Agung with Seize The Day Photography.

The theme for the wedding was romance and romantic movies, and the fun elements of movie table names, great music, and popcorn favors made it special. We congratulate Marissa and Donny and wish them many years of happiness together.

Enjoy Agung's slide show below. 

 http://agungfauzi.com/marissa_donny_wed/ 

Do you know the origins of some wedding traditions?  Most couples do not, so today, I thought it would be fun to share some of them.

To "wed" the word "wed" came from the ancient Greek word for "pledge"

Wedding dresses were worn in an array of colors.  White dresses only became popular about 150 years ago!

Veils- The veil was once a symbol of obedience and submissiveness

Rings- Why is the wedding ring placed on the third finger of your left hand?  Ancient Greeks believed that a vein in this finger went directly to the heart.

 The Wedding Cake- During Roman times, wedding guests threw cake crumbs at the bride and groom to bless them with fertility.  The cakes were either biscuits or scones actually made by the guests, and they were stacked during the wedding.  Much later on, a French baker used the "piled high" concept to create the decorated multi-tiered cake.

Last but not least, Where does the bride stand during the ceremony?  The bride stood to the left of the groom so that his right hand was free to draw his sword to fend off and "bad guys" who crashed the ceremony.

So, with these fun facts now part of your wedding knowledge, have fun planning your special day.  For more assistance on how to have a fun wedding, call us at For All Occasions!

Happy Plannng....

 So otften wedding notes and blogs have pointers for the brides, but today, let's consider the groom and his wedding party.

It is a fact that most men would prefer to dress in casual style clothing most of the time, but , boy, do they look handsome when donning a tuxedo!

 While traditional rules are followed as guidelines, there are many options to accommodate personal preference in the area of men's formalwear.

One of the most noticeable is the increase of color as an accent. color is incorporated into the cummmerbunds, ties, pocket squares, to most times coordinate with the bridesmaids dresses.

Remember, medium or darker colors are fine anytime, but are more appropriate during the evening or in the winter months.Tails are proper anytime, but, are most commonly worn by the groom only, rather than the entire wedding party. Light color linen suits are certainly appropriate for a summer wedding, whereas, if there is a beach themed wedding, many grooms will only be in kacky pants and a beach type shirt. To assure that guests come properly attired on your special  day, make sure that on the reception card of the invitation ensemble you send the message "Black tie optional or invited"

This offers your guests a guideline as to what dress code is really expected. Those men that own a tux will be glad to have the opportunity to wear it again, and the others will know they must be in a suit, not in jeans.   

For more information or assistance in selection of mens attire for a wedding, call us at For All Occasions Wedding Planning and more....          

Flowers and their Meanings

As a planner I am often asked about different aspects of the necessary items needed for the wedding.  One of these is the flowers that might make up a bouquet or a centerpiece. The flowers add the beauty and set the mood for the room décor in many instances, and I always recommend using a professional floral designer to assist with this aspect of the wedding.

The following are some of the meanings of the different flowers that might be a part of the wedding day:

Rose -Red meaning love, simplicity, and happiness

Roses red and white meaning unity

Iris meaning good news and inspiration

Bells of Ireland meaning luck

Forget Me Not meaning true love

Pink Carnation meaning a mother’s love and gratitude

Hydrangea meaning perseverance

Violet meaning faithfulness

Lily meaning birth and hope

Ranunculus meaning radiant

Yellow Tulip meaning hopelessly in love

Poppy meaning pleasure

You now are on your way to being a bit more educated before meeting with your floral designer.  Have fun designing your bouquets and centerpieces!

Flowers: A new trend we are seeing in the wedding world is bride’s choosing to plant their own bulbs, which will be ready to cut by the time their wedding comes around. It is so great to be able to utilize your own green thumb to plant your own flowers. If you aren’t great in the garden, then you should consider buying from a farmer’s market vendor. A lot of times, vendors can try to tailor their flowers for your needs.

Favors: Are you and your fiancé nature lovers? Then what better way to share your love of the outdoors – and each other – than to give your guests their own seedling to plant! The Arbor Day Foundation has a special section of their website dedicated to providing tree favors to any couple so inclined to give them out. The gift of a tree is a wonderful addition for the health of our environment and something that will last a lifetime.

The team at FAO Events has an arsenal of ideas to help with your eco-friendly wedding planning - call us at 703.222.5912 to discuss your ideas!

One of the more interesting historical engagement customs was termed “flouncing”. It originated in England and was basically an early betrothal party. It was held for the couple to meet each other’s friends and the friends of both families.

At the “flouncing” a formal contract was established and after this contract was sealed, neither the bride nor the groom could be seen with or talking to other suitors. Once this formal declaration was made, if either the bride or the groom to be changed his or her mind about the marriage, the other could claim half of his or her property.

In China, a betrothal was a serious family obligation. If an engaged man died before the wedding, his intended bride was “treated like a widow”. (Source: The Bride’s Book of Etiquette)

Before there were department stores, jewelry and gift stores, and before the advent of bridal showers, brides went “collecting”. In fact, Finnish brides-to-be were considered “snobbish” if they didn’t go from door-to-door collecting their gifts in a large bag. The bride-to-be was accompanied by an older married man (the symbol of a long-lasting marriage). He wore a top hat and carried an umbrella, which symbolized shelter. The bride received her gift and her “escort” received a drink at each stop. Today’s version of this gift collecting is handled for Gift Registries at many stores and by bridal showers. However, the symbol of long lasting marriage – the old married man and his umbrella – hasn’t survived into the 21^st century.

For the background on more wedding traditions, talk with one of the team members at FAO Events by calling 703.222.5912. Our experienced consultants can help you find a way to incorporate history into your contemporary ceremony and/or reception.