First Wedding book from Southern Living Magazine Available JAN 2012

New York, NY — Introducing the first wedding book from Southern Living magazine: Southern Living Wedding Planner and Keepsake. The go-to guide for creating a dream Southern wedding, Southern Living Wedding Planner & Keepsake covers everything from tying in signature details like monograms or grandma’s heirloom wedding lace to finding that perfect Southern honeymoon spot. Whether planning a laid-back, Lowcountry affair or a soiree at a Louisiana estate, splurging or working within a tight budget, Southern Living offers expert advice so that brides-to-be can relax and savor each moment. Southern Living Wedding Planner & Keepsake ($29.95) is available nationwide on January 4, 2012,

Ask your maid of honor to order for you now from Amazon
More details in the January 2012 issue of Orange County Bride magazine

another great  book for ideas is Colin Cowie WEDDINGH CHIC 1001 Ideas

Let us now if you go to a local book store OR order at Amazon? We love to hear from our brides. lynn@ocbridemag.com

Pricing Wedding Photographers

Lazaro.com found at MonAmie.com

Pricing Southern California Wedding Photography

by Jaimee Hubert of Capturing Moments

Your Wedding Photographer is arguably one of the most important vendors you will hire for your wedding day. Getting an experienced wedding photographer is not only about assuring yourself amazing magazine style images, it is also the responsibility of the photographer to be in charge of your entire wedding day timeline. Wedding photographers are not just clicking images, they moving groups, keeping on time, giving direction, and making sure your wedding day runs smoother and better. Afterward, they are editing thousands of images and many times creating priceless portraits and a wedding album. It is a very "niche" industry, where consistency in coverage and longevity in the business is everything! Personality is also definitely key when you are looking for the perfect person to stand in front of you all day. So what should you expect and look out for with your budget in mind and wedding photography pricing in Southern California?

Tight Budget- If your wedding photography budget is under $2,500 you are going to have a hard time finding an "experienced" wedding photographer, or a photographer with magazine quality images.  To help with this, consider having your wedding on any other day but Saturday, as large discounts can be given from most vendors and venues. Try not to worry about getting a large package and spend your budget on a good and capable photographer. Instead,  pay for their time and expertise and get your prints and albums after the wedding. Make sure they have an extensive portfolio, a great website, and many references or reviews from previous clients to insure their experience. Seeing multiple weddings from beginning to end with web hosting, where all wedding images are put online, gives you the ability to view recent weddings to see your potential photographers style and consistency overall.

The Going Rate-The starting rate for an experienced wedding photographer in Southern California ranges from $3,000-5,000 depending on style, experience, and your wants/needs for your package. If your budget is on the lower end of this, then as I said above hire for time and expertise, and worry about your album and extras later. If you are on the top end of this budget, you are going to find a great photographer, and you get to pick for personality and style as well as get an album and second photographer. Even still at this rate, be careful to hire a photographer with longevity. They should have an extensive portfolio and website, great albums, published work, reviews and/or endorsements and a name built for themselves in the wedding industry.

High-End Budget- If you have a budget over $5,000 then you are in luck! You can pick from the best, and this is where you want to be to get a great wedding photographer with all day coverage, a second shooter, a wedding album, engagement shoot, etc.  Experience should not be an issue at this rate, so you really are hiring for personality and style. Wedding Photographers with a very established name and recognition within the industry can start upwards of $9,000-$25,000.

 

LET US KNOW IF YOU FOUND THIS ARTICLE HELPFUL?  If you'd like to know more on this subject - email us lynn@ocbridemag.com or pick up the latest copy of Orange County Bride Magazine at newsstands - Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Crate & Barrel, Bed Bath & Beyond OR one of our top photographers

Party favorites at Victoria Secret's FASHION SHOW

NEW YORK -

VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW, Alessandra Ambrósio wore Alexandre Birman python pumps while backstage. Please find attached images of Alessandra Ambrósio last night.

Alessandra was wearing Resort/SS12 python pumps in the bright LARANJA color, paired with a sexy silk, Bright Pink Victoria's Secret robe. The hand-made python pumps will be available for purchase for $750 on Net-a-Porter.com starting this holiday season, and will be available in a variety of colors at various specialty boutiques across the country.

 

Great pumps to wear to your Rehearsal Dinner OR would you wear these at your Wedding?

 

Purple OR Gold OR Red ?
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Behind the Scenes Bridal Fashion Shoot at Mission Inn Resort

Behind the Scenes with photographer

 Kendra Duerst's fashion shoot

at Mission Inn  Resort

Thanks to Godfather Films

Orange County Bride Magazine chose the Historic Mission Inn Resort and Spa for their Magazine Fashion Shoot featuring models Raina Hein of America’s Next Top Model along with April Foeldi Mickle, Elsa Martinez, Kristof Schaper, Dominique Jane Sharpe and Dominic Tartaro.

The beautiful photography was created by Kendra Duerst of KendraWeddings.com along with Peter Leal. Check them out at tinyurl.com/​3nczq6l

Quite a team of experts were responsible for this successful published photo shoot including:

Eddie Tapp International Photographer
Lighting: Greg Franco

Mon Amie Salon MonAmie.com
ClairePettibone.com Vera Wang, Carrie Casper
TheWhiteDress.comFriarTux.com

Stylist
Shawna Flatten Stranger for Mon Amie Bridal Salon

Florist
White Secures

Assistants
Linda Foeldi
MyBridalAssistant.com
Jessie Vance
Justin Allison
Andrew Orr
Dominic Tartaro

Hair & Makeup Stylist
Michelle Talbott
OnceUponATimeHairDesign.com
Berit Digerud of Makeup by Berit
Molly Shriver of Beauty-Full by Molly

Executive Producer
Heather Morgan

Producer
Mercy DaSilva

Venue
MissionInn.com

Highlight Film produced by GodfatherFilms.com

Friday NOV 11 to Sunday NOV 13 Mon Amie Trunk Show for JIM HJELM

MON AMIE BRIDAL SALON

is proud to feature

The Jim Hjelm Bridal Collections

The Jim Hjelm FASHION SHOW on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 9:30AM

Be sure to contact Mon Amie to RSVP 714.546.5700 

 365 Bristol Street - Costa Mesa 92626

Don't Miss the opportunity to meet Designer Francesca at her ONLY Southern California Appearance!!!

Fabulous Wedding Cakes & Fillings

By: Sharon Naylor
Photo http://www.aandmphoto.com/
Top Wedding Photographer in Orange County

As you search for the perfect wedding cake for your big day, you’re probably looking at hundreds of photos of gorgeous, three-tier masterpieces iced to perfection, cascading with fresh flowers – images that say ‘dream wedding cake’ to you. But if the most gorgeous wedding cake in the world doesn’t taste amazing, that can be a nightmare for you and a big disappointment to guests. After all, the cake is the last taste of your wedding celebration. It’s what guests remember.

Your cake filling and frosting choices will depend on your personal style as a bride and groom. If you’re formal and traditional, you might love to have a vanilla cake with lemon filling. That’s a classic, and it’s what you’ve always dreamed of. If you’re non-traditional, you might envision a chocolate-frosted cake filled with espresso mousse, a dark, decadent cake instead of the traditional, white-frosted light and airy cake.
The season of your wedding can also play a part in your wedding filling decisions. For your spring wedding, with all of your pretty pastel flowers and your tangerine and yellow color scheme, cut slices of your cake showing off an orange buttercream or ‘creamsicle’-flavored filling coordinates your colors right down to the last taste, and turns your cake into the perfect springtime fantasy dessert.

For cake flavors, your baker might offer vanilla, chocolate, and lemon as the basic flavors, and you may be asked to pay a little bit more for that red velvet or carrot cake. Investing more in your cake is always a great idea, since this taste is paramount. This is not the place to cut corners.
Sharon Naylor is the author of 35 wedding
WHERE to find the Best Wedding Cakes in Orange County http://www.colettescakegoddess.com/

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Colette's Cake Goddess photo at Muckenthaler Mansion in Fullerton

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unparalleled service makes Colette’s Cakes the choice of many discerning clientele, fine hotels, country clubs, unique wedding venues and event planners
      
 At Colette's  Orange County cake and event design studio, clients and coordinators are welcomed with individualized attention and the process begins.
From pad and paper emerge designs reflecting your personal style, wedding theme and your unique taste... all while you are sampling a myriad of flavor combinations that ultimately will be served to
all your guests. The delicious results compliment our design philosophy to create a unique,
one-of-a-kind experience.

Group cake samplings and wedding showcase tours are also scheduled semi-monthly and are perfect for those just starting to plan.

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Orange County Bride's Resources for Weddings
Online bride magazines cover all aspects of a wedding from bridal perspective. No matter what the bride is looking for the best makeup and hairstyle to adopt on her wedding day, or if she is looking for a designer wedding gown. Online bride magazines are there to help them with everything.

Some of the most important aspects where online wedding resources help people are wedding photography, wedding cakes, honeymoon planning, wedding invitation ideas, selection of limousine to escort bride or groom to the wedding venue, or the music to play on wedding day.
So, if someone is planning to get married and looking for the best ideas of wedding planning, then he or she can achieve that though online wedding resources. Online bridal magazines are there to serve all needs from bridal aspects. However, that does not mean that a groom has nothing to do with online wedding magazines. They can also get all the essential information related to wedding planning. In addition there are honeymoon contests available online.
Nowadays, when people are dependent over internet for all kinds of information, they also expect to get all types of wedding related information through internet.
AND MORE Information in the new Winter/Spring January 2012  Issue of Orange County Bride magazine.
WINNER Of the Hawaii Honeymoon will be in the January issue. Announcement will be made in December 2011