When Brides Party, Planning Happens! A Night Out for Nashville Brides
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
A few weeks ago, ABG hosted a night out for engaged brides at Aloft hotel and we had a blast!
Special thanks to the planning team: Here are the vendors who helped make the event possible: Bride invitations/planning/hosting- Sarah Elizabeth (ABG bride) Floral design - Brocade Design Arts Event director - Simply Stunning Events Catering - Down South Delights Venue - Aloft Hotel The event - all photos courtesy of Donald Yeager Photography Brides chatted, mingling, asked lots of questions of one another and the vendor speakers. Thankfully, Sarah (Planning with Sarah Elizabeth) and Kristin (Simply Stunning) were my co-hosts for the night because I was at the Toast of Music City awards program. They greeted brides in the Aloft and directed them to the courtyard for mingling and cocktails.
bride discussing florals with Brocade
Kristin of Aloft spoke about party packages. You can download the packages here for bachelorette parties, bachelor parties and bridal showers. Aloft then offered specialty cocktails - apple and blueberry. My favorite was the apple.
We then proceeded to the private room where Aloft had the cutest gift bags for brides. The bags included Sophia wine, lotion, pens, etc.
perfect room for bridal shower, small parties
event florals by Brocade
delicious shrimp!
Down South Delights catering was setup and Down South Delights offered a medley of food. I like simple food - my palette is very kid-like, unsophisticated, I'll admit that. So, I gravitated to the shrimp cocktail and the dessert. Shrimp - yummy! Vanilla bean cupcakes - tasty! Lemon pudding - OMG!! I had like 6 of them - I kid you not.
very pretty
but, this was my favorite - lemon smoothie pudding
Rita of Down South Delights gave tips on catering and shared trends. The main takeaway - don't be bogged down by rules. If you want to have dinner at 3pm - go for it.
Budget Savvy Bride
Next up - Jessica of Budget Savvy Bride. She shared some of what she learned while planning her wedding and many DIY ideas. Brides asked questions and we all discussed money saving tips. One thing that stood out was the fact that it rained on her wedding day and luckily, she had a great team that had a plan b and c. Her team, including a day of coordinator, took care of everything without letting her know anything. Lastly, Kristin of Simply Stunning shared wedding planning advice. She discussed ways to handle a difficult father in law who is footing the bill, makeup artist/hair/beauty recommendations, and her own wedding planning. We wrapped up the event with more mingling. I found out that a lot of the brides are blogging.
Sarah, Cat, me, Chelsea, Jessica
Here's a pic of most of the bloggers - we're a fabulously cheesy bunch! Check out their blogs.
- planningsarahelizabeth.blogspot.com/
- simplystunningnashville.blogspot.com/
- thebudgetsavvybride.com/
- jesslehry.wordpress.com/
- downsouthdelights.wordpress.com/
- donaldyeagerphotography.typepad.com/
- brocadenashville.com/
- littlemisssouthern.blogspot.com/
- abrideinboots.blogspot.com/
- bigspoon-littlespoon.blogspot.com/
- the2smiths.blogspot.com/
- youretheanswer.blogspot.com
About the Author:
Ashley of Ashley's Bride Guide
Hey - I'm Ashley! I started AshleysBrideGuide.com to give Nashville brides, or folks planning a Nashville wedding, a local resource for inspiration and resources. Hope to see you at a bridal show soon! Happy Planning.
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Posted on July 31, 2009 |
Filed under: Cakes & Catering, Wedding Planners & Coordinators, Wedding Resources
