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The Greatest Gift of All

(Image via Sandra Dee Renberg) Remember This December, That love weighs more than gold! ~Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

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Winter Warmth

(Image via Deviant Art) One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb Have a great weekend, readers! Don’t forget to check out our L’Occitane giveaway on Bride Ideas! Find out how you can win a few of L’Occitane’s new holiday products. Follow Me On Twitter Check Out My Facebook Fan Page

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THE LOVE BUSINESS: LOVE YOUR CLIENTS AND YOUR WORK

(Image via hello bauldoff) “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – HELEN KELLER. Helen Keller was a very wise woman, and I think her quote captures what it means to be an artist. Even after all these years, I [...]

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DEAR PRESTON: HOW WILL LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE IMPACT THE WEDDING INDUSTRY?

(Image via chubbear0426) Dear Preston, How do you think the legalization of gay marriage will impact the wedding industry? Sincerely, Curious Dear Curious, I believe the legalization of gay marriage here in New York is a great victory for human rights and a great victory for the wedding industry. However, legal gay marriage shouldn’t change [...]

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Venting: Valentine’s Day

(Vintage Valentine Image via Karen Horton) Living in New York and walking to work, I counted at least 18 floral delivery trucks this morning, busy and hectic, delivering millions of floral arrangements to loved ones. From a business point of view, I was happy to see that. We could all use the business. Valentine’s day [...]

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It’s Time to Start Thinking Beyond Red Roses for Valentine’s Day

They’re beautiful but so boring. (Image via Liz West) Ok, I understand that red roses means: love, passion, blah, blah, blah… However, being a florist at heart, I cannot understand why, with the many choices of flowers that can literally take your breath away, most folks don’t break tradition when sending flowers to their significant [...]

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Bride Spotlight: Alison & Bryan

As you all know, we’ve been requesting submissions from you for pictures and stories of fabulous parties you’ve thrown. They’re for a new blog we’re creating (I can’t say much more than that, so don’t ask me!). You’ll hear more about that blog soon enough, but first I had to share one of the amazing [...]

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To Have and To Hold

As joyful as a wedding celebration is, it can also be extremely stressful. Not only with the new family, but of course with the bride and groom planning their wedding. I have seen both extremes that can come from this type of stress. I have seen some couples manifest a lot of give and take [...]

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Frequently Asked Questions: Have you ever done a gay wedding?

Preston Bailey and His Partner Theo Bleckmann (image via). That’s a very great question and the answer may be surprising. Up to today’s date, no I never have. Same sex marriage is one of the most controversial issues not only in America, but, I believe, all over the world. For me, I just don’t get [...]

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To Love, Cherish and Obey(?)

Love,Cherish,Obey (Photo via). In most ceremonies I’ve worked on around the world, I find the traditional vows have started to change to become more personalized for each couple. I think this may be happening mostly because of the word “obey.” We, as a society and culture, have indeed come a very long way in our [...]

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‘Til Death Do Us Part

I’ve been obsessing about marriage vows mainly because, in the very near future, I’ll be announcing the date for my own upcoming wedding. (This is after a very long engagement.) One of the reasons I waited so long is that I wanted to be sure about the promise of being with my partner “until death [...]

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For Better or For Worse

This week, I want to start a new series of blog posts related to the different types of wedding vows. For example, “For better or for worse,” “For richer or poorer,” “Until death do us part,” etc. In this series, I’d like to post my thoughts about relationships: relationships with my clients, relationships brides have [...]

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Bride Spotlight: Happily Married

After having Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones as clients for years, I had such great joy when they called me to design a first-class birthday party. (They were born on the same day! Can you believe it? Of course they were destined for each other.) They’ve been married for years, and to this day, you [...]

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Bride Spotlight: Jessica

The poet William Wordsworth said, Look for the stars, you’ll say that there are none; Look up a second time, and, one by one, You mark them twinkling out with silvery light, And wonder how they could elude the sight! Today’s bride spotlight is all about finding true love the second time around. I adore [...]

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Bride Spotlight: Rosanna

Rosanna was such a special bride to me. I especially loved this wedding because she taught me about how important it is to wait for the love of your life. She talked about how glad she was to wait and find the right person, instead of just settling for whomever may have been around at [...]

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Love Comes From Unexpected Places

The happy couple: Jessie and Kay (Photo via) Today is the first spring-like day in New York city and it puts me in the mood to think about love. Like the title says, it really can come from unexpected places. For example, two of my favorite floral designers, Jessie and Kay, made a love connection [...]

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Quick Post About Ivanka Trump’s Wedding

Ivanka’s wedding on Sunday was spectacular. We’ll talk about more details later, but I just wanted to share this wonderful picture of the happy couple and me from their special day. It’s only been two days since the party, but I’m still recovering!

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A Little Bit of Jazz

Even now, when I see him perform, his amazing voice still brings me to tears.

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