March 4th, 2010 by ginet
Hello all! This is my first time blogging as a newly engaged woman! I’ll blog about the proposal next, but I wanted to let everyone know about the upcoming Wedding Party Bridal Show on Sunday, March 7. It will take place at the ever-so-hip Hard Rock Hotel in downtown San Diego from 12-5pm.
This will be my third time attending this awesome show but this time as a bride-to-be with my mom and sister. Every show is different (they seem to keep adding more & more elements to the show). Not only will there be all the different vendors, but there will be a “Say Yes To The Dress” gown changing area to try on designer gowns (I think I’ll definitely check this out!) and a grooms lounge. On the rooftop of the Hard Rock, they will feature the new Rehearsal Dinner Restaurant Row with San Diego’s best restaurants (i.e. free samples!) and night clubs, along with a design gallery and DJ lounge. Yes, there’s a BUNCH of stuff going on so you might want to get there early. It costs $20 but brides & grooms can register here for half-price tickets:
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2qu77rtbb32db09
Extra guests can print this out for half-price tickets as well:
http://www.sandiegowedding.com/bridalshowcoupon.pdf
Hope to see you there! =)
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March 2nd, 2010 by april
A few weeks ago, Ginet and I had the opportunity to roam around downtown with the amazing Heidi Orcino, an AWESOME, San Diego based photographer who (coincidentally) we’ve had the pleasure to work with on a couple of different weddings! She was kind enough to help us take “professional” pictures for our business.. how super cool is she!!!? :]
Her pictures are so crisp and so fresh. Initially, Ginet and I wanted to take complicated/busy pictures, but she gave us her input on using more simple, textured backgrounds with nice lighting and and seriously, she was ON POINT. The pictures turned out exactly how we wanted them: simple and chic.
If you are in need of a photographer for any of your events, definitely check out Heidiophoto.
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February 24th, 2010 by april
For one reason or another, the 19th is a big day for a bunch of people I know. For myself, the 19th [of Sept] was the day I kissed my boyfriend for the first time. For my brother and his wife, the 19th [of Sept] was their wedding day. Then there were a couple more weddings for special people in my life that landed on the 19th.. Joyce and Atlee [July '08] and Jamie and Chris [April '09]. I can’t forget that the 19th [of Oct] was a happy day for my roomie as well.. it was the day she and her boyfriend officially started dating.
And now, for one of my best friends since high school aka Ginet of Simply Chic and Justin, the 19th is special to them because it is the day that they got engaged.
I was in Tahoe snowboarding with my boyfriend this past weekend when I got a text from Ginet that read, “Ahh! I’m engaged!” Ohhh, those 3 little words that EVERY girl wants to be able to say/text/write someday (if they haven’t already). I was ecstatic to read the news and I’m sure Ginet was moreso to give the news!!
Congratulations Ginet and Justin!!!! I cannot be any happier for the two of you!
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February 17th, 2010 by ginet
Love and marriage, love and marriage
Go together like a horse and carriage
We’re adding a new section/topic to our blog entitled “Tips and Advice”. I think the first blog post under this topic is very fitting! I came across an article in this month’s issue of Real Simple. It’s titled “They’re Golden” about six couples, married 50 years or more, who share their secrets of staying happily married. It’s one of the sweetest articles I’ve ever read and just made my heart melt. One man knew as a toddler he was going to marry his wife when he first saw her as a baby!
Their secrets apply to all the newly engaged, married – either for a little or long while, or just simply committed couples. Hopefully this article will brighten your day as it did mine! =)
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February 9th, 2010 by ginet
Like I’ve mentioned on our last post, we’re gathering professional photos from photographers. Jennifer and Ian’s photographer Richwell Correa was kind enough to send us some pictures of our work at the actual wedding. April attended but couldn’t get really good pictures so thank you Richwell! I just love how the invitations, programs, and table numbers look in these pictures, especially with the linens and centerpieces! The stationery was Chargers-themed and April did a really great job in keeping it very classy! They even put the monogram square that April designed for their invitations on their ice sculpture!
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February 3rd, 2010 by ginet
We’re gathering photos for the new portfolio section of our website from photographers. Lanie and Victor are one of our first clients and we wanted shots of our work from their wedding. We asked the wonderful Heidi from heidiophoto (coincidentally enough, the same photographer we worked with for Melvin and Maryrose’s wedding) for photos. We worked on Lanie and Victor’s invitations, place cards, reception program cards, and seating assignment board. It’s really nice to see how all the fine details come together! Thanks again Heidi for the photos!
More photos from other weddings and special events to come!
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January 29th, 2010 by ginet
As you might have noticed (unless we’re just in your RSS Feed), the website looks a little different. We’re currently working on revamping it and it will probably take a few months to get it to a place April and I are both satisfied with. We’ll just keep it a work in progress for a while. We’re also working on a few things to expand, but for the time being, I found this on bridepop.com for those of you to keep in mind who are going through or about to go through the wedding planning process:
Click on the images and if you click on it again, the image will enlarge.
It doesn’t price out the Wedding Planner/Coordinator, which I believe is an essential (not out of bias, I promise!). But I did find this from costofwedding.com (where bridepop.com got all the above info):
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January 21st, 2010 by ginet
Hello all! We’ve been back from New Orleans for almost a week. The conference was an amazing experience and we’ll be attending hopefully every year! It was a great start for the new year as April and I are excited to expand our business and offer much more products and services to you!
We’ve signed up for a few online vendor directories, so please feel free to spread the word, rate us and/or write a review!
Bridal Insider:
http://www.bridalinsider.com/vendor_detail_expanded2.asp?VID=38522
Wedding Wire:
http://www.weddingwire.com/simplychicevent
We have one more in the works but we’ll announce that when it’s ready! Thank you so much!
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January 9th, 2010 by ginet
April and I are here in New Orleans. Before the conference starts on Monday, I wanted to make sure to write a blog post about a New Year’s Eve party my siblings and I threw. We’ve never thrown a party on New Year’s Eve party and we knew that most of our good friends wouldn’t be able to make it, but it was an overall success! My sister Marj and I prepared all the food and decorations. We bought hats and noisemakers from Party City. We wanted a mini bar of candy for giveaways so I got apothecary jars from Michael’s. Instead of mimosas made out of the standard orange juice, we served it with grapefruit juice. Everyone that had the grapefruit mimosa really liked it and kept wanting more! Everyone was having so much fun that we almost missed the countdown! My mom has her traditions and one in particular was banging pots and pans together after the countdown. Everyone cheered her on! It was pretty funny. Anyway, pictures are below. We at Simply Chic hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year’s! We also hope you are just as excited for this coming year as we are!
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January 4th, 2010 by ginet
Happy 2010 everyone! We have a lot of exciting things coming up this new year. We’re headed to New Orleans on Friday for The Special Event 2010, an industry conference. I’ve mentioned it a few times in previous blogs so you can tell we’re super excited!
On another note, we made some holiday cards for our past and present clients. It’s a simple, yet chic, card (hence simply chic). I designed it really quick and with April’s input, we put it together and sent it out, not before taking pictures for the blog, of course.
The main font used has a sort of stamp-like feel to it, which I really like! The address labels included an image in the same font of the first letter of the last names of our married clients and the first initials of the first names of our soon-to-be married clients. We hope you like our holiday cards!
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