2012 Bride's Choice Award from Wedding Wire

{West Palm Beach,FL} – January 23, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce Desiree Dawn Events has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Wedding Planning!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, Desiree Dawn Events was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

Desiree Dawn Events is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Desiree Dawn Events for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that Desiree Dawn Events is one of the very best Wedding Planners within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/desiree-dawn-events-west-palm-beach/12b3902c011381cd.html.

To learn more about the Bride's Choice Awards™, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire™, the nation's leading marketplace 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 reviewed wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. WeddingWire also offers a comprehensive suite of online planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire is the only all-in-one marketing platform for businesses online and on-the-go. WeddingWire offers one simple solution to build a professional network, improve search visibility, manage social media and reach mobile consumers. Businesses that advertise with WeddingWire appear on WeddingWire.com, ProjectWedding.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), Brides.com and Weddingbee.com.

Inspiration Boards 101

Most of you have heard of inspiration boards and perhaps even the awesome site called Pinterest {and invitation only mega site for "pinning" pictures you find on websites onto one easy to find site}. Inspiration boards are a great resource for couples who are trying to rally in all of their ideas for their wedding (or new home kitchen, meal plans, vacation itinerary, etc.). Sites like Brides & The Knot deliver trends to the masses and gorgeous blogs like Snippet and Ink & Southern Weddings share unique ideas with tips on how to make those images come to life.

In short: Inspiration Boards can place the whole feel & vibe of your dream wedding onto one convenient page that you can share with all your vendors. This is the reason that DDE couples receive a lovely inspiration board from yours truly.

Well then, what's so special about Desiree Dawn Events Inspiration Boards?

1. Customized for you.
2. Subjective & Objective matter that's within your budget.
3. Seasonal & Local.

These are not generic boards that 100's of brides will be re-pinning and re-posting ~ they were made with a specific couple in mind, to project a specific emotion that is described by that couple. They are made for you.

In order to keep details hush-hush from my couples' guests, I've decided to only post boards from wedding dates gone past. And because I am so anxious to post some - I am doing so...right now! :)

Larissa + Eric

12.18.11

Rockledge & Indian Harbour Beach, FL

an excerpt from my follow-up email after our design meeting: So all that said, I feel like your likes and interests in daily life really associate well with your wedding ideas. You have an admiration for the tropics but also appreciate the sophistication of city life & enjoy the occasional preppy ski trip!!! perfectly combined in a Chic Florida Winter wedding: lots of whites, details of sparkle, and some very soft and understated pinks (very soft, Larissa!). I think it will really turn out lovely.

Black & White Gala Wedding

The Black & White Gala is something that I was inspired to do because of NYC - Sinatra, modern but classic, formal but not stuffy and definitely festive. The black and white flowers are called Anemones, aren't they just gorgeous? They bloom in the winter along with tulips. I would do lots of up lighting - see the soft amber/rosy colors on the walls? And the white tuxedo jacket - saw Eric wearing one on FB at some point and I thought, maybe he could wear black at the ceremony and have a 'party jacket' to change into? hey, if brides can have a reception dress, why can't grooms!?

Pink Champagne Fete



The Pink Champagne Fete was completely inspired by Larissa'a gown & the bridesmaid's gown - Eric, I wish I could show you! Light fabrics, soft pinks and pale golds - a little french, oui? Perhaps a little shabby chic, even! This would be a great selection, especially if the event is earlier in the day, with lots of sparkling wine, savory eats and sweet endings. I'd offer benches on the lawn for seating and create separate rooms with drapery to go along with the gala-feel. Floral decor could be simple; multiple varieties of single blooms in clear vases, staggered in height and countered by overly luscious bouquets.

 Burlap & Bling Soiree

The Burlap & Bling Soiree was a combination of your time in the islands and your lust for all that glitters is gold...understated, tropical, calming. I can definitely hear the calypso beats in the background. All of the white candles have bling accessories, even the simple chandelier was given some jewels! The light burlap adds some natural elements and the mercury glass ties in the gorgeous bridesmaid's gown. This is a great combo of how white, gold & silver can work together. Baby's breath is normally used as a filler flower, however, when it's bunched all together it creates a snow-like cloud - homage to your ski trips, engagement and nod to the winter season. Most of the lighting would be candlelight but we could add some string lights if need be, too. And I love the idea of using the poolside or lawn for outdoor seating.

I cannot wait to show you images from this wedding so you can see how we take these boards and make them come to life!

{several images humbly borrowed from Elizabeth Anne Designs, theknot.com, & renttherunway.com}

DDE 2012 Goals & Objectives

I am in the business of weddings - planning, coordinating, designing, & greening to be exact. I am also a 20-something that is savvy enough to understand how social media can promote my business, on a personal level, for free! That said, please like me on facebook & follow me on twitter...oh and read my blog!

With that, I need to update my blog much more frequently...to keep you folks interested. Also, I want to become a member of TWIPS and part of their criteria is to blog, comment on others blogs, and tweet way more frequently than I have done in 2011. If I update my blog weekly, then it's easier for me to have something to tweet & post about.

So, here are my Goals:

1. Create a blog post once per week
2. Tweet once per week
3. Post on facebook 2-4 times per week
4. Become a member of TWIPS
5. Plan some kick @$$ weddings!

And my Objectives:

1. Have a rotating pattern for blog posts to follow
• Real DDE Weddings
• Green/Eco-Chic Discussion
• DIY Project
• Inspiration Board
• Personal/Home Improvement
• &/or Feature Blog Post (from another favorite site/vendor)
2. My tweets will reflect the blog post of the week
3. Facebook posts will reflect blog posts with polls, question of the day, giveaways, etc.
4. Once July comes, I will apply for membership on TWIPS
5. I will dedicate my time to my clients, listening to their desires, inputing where I can, and executing weddings that reflect my bad @$$-ness :)

I would like to encourage all of you to hold me accountable to these goals - they will improve my skills as a wedding planner which will improve the weddings for each of my clients. Thank you for all of your support in 2011. I could never make it in this crazy adventure without my loyal facebook fans, awesome couples, and incredibly supportive family & staff. You all make this dream a reality.

OH! And because I never posted this last week...I have to share it...I think it's just the cutest ode to New Year's Eve!!

Cheers to Twenty-Twelve!!!