Planning Your Wedding with Schaffer Photography

Schaffer Photography's style is very candid and relaxed. Although technical skill is definitely crucial, making couples and brides feel comfortable is of equal importance in producing high quality images. Schaffer Photography makes sure that couples personalities are captured because that's what makes a truly great and memorable photograph. Schaffer Photography takes a photojournalistic approach to capturing wedding memories. Schaffer Photography makes sure that when couples look back on their photographs, the photos bring back great memories and they feel that they received original and creative high quality images. 


Check out her blog for more details on choosing the right wedding photographer.
http://lindsayschaffer.blogspot.com/2011/04/tips-for-choosing-wedding-photographer.html

Here's are a few tips courtesy of  Shaffer Photography:
1. Choose a photographer that fits their style
2. Choose a photographer that fits with their personalities
3. Choose a photographer that has experience and can prove it
4. Choose a photographer that they can afford
5. Choose a photographer that archives their wedding images
6. Have fun!!


Schaffer Photography
Lindsay Schaffer
SchafferPhotography@live.com
Phone: 540-521-4690
www.LSchafferPhotography.com

Hundreds of Brides Plan Their Wedding at the Charlottesville Elegance In Bridal Show

Twice a year The Charlottesville Elegance In Bridal Show takes place at the Omni Hotel Charlottesville.
Over 40 of Charlottesville's best wedding professionals and hundreds of brides and their guests gather to enjoy a fun filled day of wedding planning. From exhibitors, to invitations workshop, a Grooms Corner, live entertainment and tablescape ideas, the Elegance In Bridal Show has something for everyone.

Enjoy the pictures taken by R. Kurtz Photography. The next bridal show is schedule for August 19, 2012 at the Omni Hotel Charlottesville.

A Touch of Class

Beyond Travel

Golden Horseshoe Inn

Celebration Bridal

At Your Service Events Planner

Bed Bath & Beyond

Mary Kay Cosmetics

JMK Photos

Fancy tablescapes  in the Something Blue Room.

The Omni Hotel Charlottesville

Tablescapes in the Something Blue Room.

Pretty Pink Swag bags for all the brides.

A fun and upbeat fashion show showcasing attire for the entire wedding party.

New Charlottesville Wedding Directory Unveils

As the wedding & event industry in Central Virginia continues to grow by leaps and bounds, One Sweet Wedding (www.onesweetwedding.com) provides a long-needed comprehensive, easy-to-use online resource dedicated to helping brides and grooms find the wedding professionals that can best provide the services they'll need. One Sweet Wedding was created specifically for the local wedding community and will continue to grow and expand to better serve it's needs. Whether a bride needs something basic like a venue, photographer, caterer or florist or something extra like a tent, salon services or live music, One Sweet Wedding aspires to be Central Virginia's one-stop shop for everything wedding-related.

One Sweet Wedding is a unique, new local resource, developed by a talented team under the direction of Claire Goodman, a long-time member of the local wedding community known for her Charlottesville Wedding Blog and as co-creator of the Community of Charlottesville Wedding & Event Professionals (CCWEP). One Sweet Wedding will continue to grow and develop under her direction with additional features planned for the coming year and beyond. Pricing is designed to be affordable for all wedding professionals with 3 levels of advertising (Sweet, Sweeter & Sweetest), including one at no cost.

One Sweet Wedding is here to serve the Charlottesville, Virginia wedding community by showcasing Charlottesville's abundance of talented wedding professionals and providing a place where brides and grooms can find all the services they need in one convenient location.

For further information or interview:

Claire Goodman / 434-296-9885 / info.@onesweetwedding.com 

Holly Boggs / 434-218-2617 / sales@onesweetwedding.com

Cameron Ammann Independent Thirty-One Purses and Gifts Consultant

Please tell us a a little about your company.
Thirty-One Purses and Gifts is a great way to outfit your bridal party with their own bachelorette weekend, bridal shower, and wedding weekend totes! 

Everything the bride needs fits neatly into our Organizing Utility Tote. Keep the bridal party cool by filling our Thermal Tote with their favorite treats. Make emergency supplies kits using the zipper pouch. The MOB and MOG can keep themselves organized with the Cindy Tote. And carry all the important essentials in the Large Utility Tote. 

Thirty-One has everything you need to keep yourself organized on your big day.



Do you have any wedding tips for our Brides to be?
Brides, keep yourself organized. Pre-pack your wedding day bag using our Organizing Utility Tote. There is a pocket for each item you need to bring. Keep wedding day makeup in one zipper pouch and keep your honeymoon makeup separate in our Cosmetic Case- transitions from one to the other made simple. Wedding day jewelry can be packed in one Jewelry Roll and honeymoon jewelry in another. Pack for the night of your wedding in the Weekender City Tote- it is the perfect size for one nights essentials. Pack all your honeymoon carry on items in our Cindy Tote or Circle Spiral Beach Bag, they make the perfect carry on. Finally use the Large Utility Tote as your catch all- throw all those items that you need a member of your bridal party to take back to your house or hotel in one or two of these awesome totes! 


Do you have any specials brides should know about?
Just for being a bride- enjoy $10.00 to spend on your wedding day essentials.
Order your bridal party gifts and receive monogramming for half price!
Book a bridal shower or party with me, receive AWESOME products from your party for FREE and half price- but also receive an extra $10.00 in product.


Contact me today and let me help you get started.


Cameron Ammann
Cameron.ammann@gmail.com
Richmond, VA
(704)562-5481
www.mythirtyone.com/cameronammann

Charlottesville Elegance In Bridal Show

Cute swag bags

See the pink T-shirts? An Exist in Motion Videography giveaway

Samples from The Silver Pear Catering

Brides talking to the exhibitors.

West Main Bridal Salon

Reading the cool trip giveaway!

Informative Wedology 101 Wedding Planning Workshop

 If you missed the August 2011 bridal show another fantastic bridal show will happen on January 22, 2012 at the Omni Hotel Charlottesville.

Pictures courtesy of Rachel Kurtz Photography
www.eleganceinbridalshow.com

An Interview with Mary Kay representative Lisa Mason

Please tell us a a little about you and your company.
I am a Mary Kay consultant and a makeup specialist. I have taken classes with Robert Jones Academy of Beauty. I can be available during your wedding and you don't have to worry about a thing. We get together before your wedding date and choose and apply a makeup style for you and your bridal party. I am very flexible.


Do you have any wedding tips for our Brides to be?
Find someone who can be flexible and available to you before and during your wedding.
Find someone who has been taught by makeup artist.

When should a bride contact you to start a make up regiment?
I get together with the bride and her bridal party and mothers and mothers-in-law before the wedding date and this is a free service to select what look you want and how you want your bridal party to look. We do all this before the wedding date so you don't have to worry about a thing on your special day!

Thank you Lisa!

Lisa Mason
lmvm6930@embarqmail.com
15 North Bearwood Drive
Palmyra, Virginia 22963
434-589-6930
www.marykay.com/lisamason6930

Bling, Bling, and More Bling

We love bling and that puts crystal trees at the top of our list. This tree was used as a centerpiece for one of NACE network meetings. The 36" tree can be dressed up for a more formal look by adding taper candles or votives with votive holders. For rental information send an email to info@heavenlyhavenproductions.com.