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Showing posts with label Happily Accepts. Show all posts

Monday

What are we up to this week?


Dec 30 | Ushering out the Old and bringing in the New  | by Cynthia
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We are just hours away from the New Year!  We thought that we would take today to reflect on the 2013 year and all its fabulousness!  Here are some of our favorite weddings and pictures from each of our companies that we love from this soon-to-be gone year.

1. We love Flowers and had so much fun creating fresh blooms for each of our clients.


 
2. Our Rental Company, www.vintageloverentals.com took off in a way that
even we didn't imagine! It keeps our hearts in love to see couples
using our vintage "goodies" in creative ways for their events!
 

 
  
 3. Our wedding planning company, Special Events, LLC helped to plan
hundreds of weddings in 2013. We confess that we think we have the
greatest brides in the world and love their styles!
 
 
 
 
 
4.  Our sister company, Food Love made its debut this year.  They style
fabulous dessert buffets, late night snacks and social hour nibbles all
while using creative furniture and food choices.
 








5.  UBetts Rental and Design is a full service rental company renting everything from tables and chairs to tents and lighting.
 
 
 
6. The Preferred Bridal Shows keep us in the know across the state, meeting talented vendors and excited Brides & Grooms looking for help planning their weddings.
 
 
7.  WeddingsinIowa.com is Iowa's most trusted online wedding resource.  The Preferred Wedding Book has over 14,000 unique visitors a month, using the site to search for professional service providers who understand their wedding style.  We work with amazingly talented people who love the business and the work that they do.
8.  Happily Accepts is our newest endeavor.  We are super excited about our
launching this creative business: RSVP's and personalized Stationery. 
From Escort Cards to Menus, to Programs, Napkins Bands, Favors, Invitations
and more, we are excited to be working with brides in helping them find
that just-right-style to express their individuality.
 

 
 
As we look forward to another new beginning, we have much to be thankful for.  Our sweet, excited clients; loyal, valuable vendors and most of all my staff that works tirelessly day to day to create wonderful events.  They keep me going, bring me coffee when I don't think I can keep my eyes open, make me laugh, cry, re-imagine when I don't have any brain power left, and remind me above all that I do what I love to do every single day!  It doesn't get much better than that.
 
Good Bye, 2013- we will miss you!
Happy New Year, 2014 - Watch out for us, we are doing great things!   
 

Thursday

Jasper Winery Photo Shoot

We LOVE weddings!  Plain and simple. But what are designers to do when they have lots of ideas running around in their heads and no wedding to decorate for with those ideas?  Why....you style a Photo Shoot which is exactly what we did at Jasper Winery last month.  We had so much fun with talented Aaron Thomas - our photographer, Pure Bridal - our wonderful fashion expert and Peri Baldwin Strong - our own expert photo shoot stylist who put it all together.
Barring the sun setting in the wrong place [how dare it!],  long shadows getting in the way, the wind blowing feathers to who knows where, running here and there to make sure the details were perfect, we think that the afternoon went by way too fast - that happens when you are having fun!

We have lots of pictures and don't want to spoil you all at once, so we will tease you with these. We are absolutely in love with the plaid and pheasant feather theme!






 
 
Meet our talented team members .....
 
Photographer | Photos By Aaron Thomas
Venue | Jasper Winery
Bridal Gowns & Accessories | Pure Bridal
Desserts | Scratch Cupcakery
Dessert Display Setup | Food Love  
Stationary | Happily Accepts 
Design | Peri Baldwin Strong & Cynthia Betts – design stylists for Special Events, LLC and Weddings In Iowa -  Peri@weddingsiniowa.com