Jay's Bridal Expo!

Jay's Bridal will be hosting their EGainesville Wedding Expo on August 28th, 2011 from 12pm-5pm in the Phillips Center here in Gainesville!! They will be featuring tons and tons of local vendors, you can plan your wedding in one day! You can get tickets online or at the door.

Eat cake, sample food, check out some of the vendors - remember this is your opportunity to check out their work, talk to them, see if your personalities mesh... it's fun, and totally worth it!

Check out this video or click here to learn more!

Gainesville Wedding Expo - August 28, 2011 from Platinum Digital Video on Vimeo.

The Wedding Salon: Miami Event

Check out The Wedding Salon's fantastic bridal event at The Gansevoort, Miami Beach on June 13th. As a reader of our blog, Adventures in Wedding Planning, you guys get a special promo ticket price!! Use the code on the bottom of the flyer below.

And the first 10 people to e-mail us at melissa@masterpieceweddings.net get a FREE TICKET!! Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity!



Gainesville Wedding Expo!

It's that time of year, when all the brides who are planning their weddings come to The Performing Arts Center to find the most incredible wedding vendors! I know you are dying to know when, and how you can win door prizes from over 40 vendors... plus... win a $2500 planning package from MasterPiece Weddings!

So here are the deets:
Sunday, January 9, 2011 12:00 – 5:00 PM

Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets are: $10.00 Advance; $12.00 At Door

You have a Once in a Lifetime Chance to Plan Your Dream Wedding in One Day, under one roof, at the beautiful Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Experience a Gainesville Tradition at an Extraordinary Venue!

Consult with Over Forty of Our Area’s Finest Wedding Professionals, Enjoy Delicious Samples, Register for Prizes and experience a fun-filled Runway Fashion Show presented exclusively by Jay’s Bridal. Relax and Be Entertained in the comfort of an 1,800 seat Theater.

This is The Bridal Event that’s as Exciting as the Venue.

Save $2.00. Pre-Register And Purchase Tickets and for more information, please visit Gainesville Wedding Expo.

Bridal Expo Video

Enjoy!


Thanks Platinum Digital Video

(MasterPiece Weddings and its affiliates have not been paid for, for this post.)

Another Bridal Show Sunday

We had a fabulous day at the Florida Bridal Expo on Sunday! 

Amy and Melissa were quite the comedians on stage, talking about Planning Palooza...hehe! (That's coming up on September 26th, by the way.) 

We tasted tons of yummy cake and food, watched the fashion show, and chatted about our favorite topic all day long!

And we made sure to rest our feetsies before the brides arrived!

Above photos by Russell Martin Photography.

(MasterPiece Weddings and its affiliates have not been paid for, for this post.)



Bridal Show Fun!

{Photo above is Katie and Lauren from Sweetwater Branch Inn}

 There is alot of fun to be had a bridal show! And how fun is this! The Plant Shoppe made these AMAZING dresses from flowers!! How fun are they!

And then she created a photobooth for brides to make amazing pictures! And so much fun for the brides! How unique and so much fun!

Thanks Betsy for keeping it real! And fun, and real fun!

Bridal Show!

It is that time of year again! The beautiful, wonderful time of year that zillions of brides gather in an organized chaos and attempt to plan their wedding in one day, by eating more cake and chocolate covered strawberries than one person should eat in a lifetime.

It's Bridal Show Season!

And for those of you getting married, yes, there is a season for everything, including Bridal Shows!

And we are there to guide you through the chaos of a bridal show, and help you with cans of "Yoo-Hoo, so you're getting married!" and "Stress Relief Pills"

So if we missed you on Sunday, at the Performing Arts Center, for the Gainesville Wedding Expo, we'll see you on September 12th, for The Florida Wedding Expo, at the University of Florida Hilton!

We'll be in-between Too Jay's (and you guys know how much I love me some Too-Jays, I wonder if they'll bring me a corned beef sammich?) and Dream Day Cakes!

Jay's Bridal Show VIdeo

Remember the Gainesville Wedding Expo that we attended a few weeks ago? Well Videotronics put together this awesome video that shows how amazing it was! Watch out for our booth!

Bridal Shows are so much fun and can be great for the bride who needs inspiration and a good place to start. However, they can also be overwhelming and brides could end up feeling helpless. Here are some good pointers to make your experience go as smooth and as fun as possible!

• Go in with a plan. Know exactly what vendors you need to find for your wedding and seek those out first. Most bridal shows have a lay out of the booths. If you are only going to find a cake baker, find their booth and walk straight there.
• Write legibly so the vendors know how to contact you. If they can't read your name or phone number, you could risk not hearing back from them.
• Talk to the vendors about your wedding. Connecting personally with someone who is going to be there on your big day is SO important! Walking around and taking business cards will not give you a good feel for who the vendor is.
• At the end of the day when you get home, sort through your bridal show goodies. Throw away the vendor information that you did not like and keep the vendors you fell in love with or want to know more about.
• Follow up with Vendors as soon as possible!

Sounds easy, right? Go in with a plan, and you will be sure to find success!

Gainesville Wedding Expo Recap

We had such a great time at the Real Gainesville Expo this past Sunday! We always LOVE, LOVE, LOVE meeting new brides, and their energy is amazing!

Here is our super team before the show started:

We also love hanging out with our favorite vendors! Having a chance to hang out and chat is always nice!

Erinn and Amanda with Kari who was helping out Unique Designs:

Melissa and Amanda from Powers Photography

Erinn and Susan of Powers Photography

Celebrations Catering provided a delicious vendor lunch for all of us, and Susan Powers and I got to take a breather together.

And plus, we think that bigger is better, so making our booth taller was so FUN! We really just had a blast, can't you tell?

*Photos via Celebrations Catering, Jemma Coleman Photography, and Amanda from SWOONOVERIT

Gainesville Wedding Expo

Don't forget that we will be heading to the Gainesville Wedding Expo this Sunday to chat with brides-to-be about how awesome we are! You are not going to want to miss the opportunity to mingle with Gainesville's exclusive wedding vendors and see the fabulous dresses from Jay's Bridal. You can pre-purchase your tickets here. See you Sunday!

Gainesville Wedding Expo

We have another bridal show coming up! Jay's Bridal is hosting The Gainesville Bridal Show and you don't want to miss it! Tons of premiere vendors will have booths set up with goodies, prizes, and super fun displays! The Gainesville Wedding Expo will take place at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts from 12 PM to 5 PM. You can pre-purchase your tickets here. Don't forget to stay and see the NEWEST 2010 wedding fashions in a fashion show by Jay’s Bridal. The Fashion Show will open it's doors at 1:30 PM and start at 2 PM. You won't want to miss this incredible show! So go purchase your tickets and come see us! We are so excited and can't wait to meet you!

Bridal Show Mania!

We had such a great time at the Bridal Show on Sunday! We met some fabulous engaged brides and grooms, and we also got the chance to chat with brides that we are currently working with!

But first there is set up and getting ready... and Leah snapped this one of me flat ironing my hair in my compact... the gloriousness that is being a wedding vendor!

The vendors all had bets on if my shoes would stay on all day... they did! AHEM!

Our booth looked so fun with the lanterns hanging from the ceiling (thank you Intern Melissa!) and Erinn, Intern Melissa and I had so much fun chatting with everyone!

(Erinn on left, Intern Melissa on Right)

{I had to get a better picture of the laterns... LOVE THEM}

{Decor....galore}

{MasterPiece Stress Relief, served up Martini Style!}

{and of course, every bride had to receive 101 Reasons why we are Awesometastic!}

And our neighbors ROCKED! We had Celebrations Catering on one side, and The Plant Shoppe on the other, we all used green to accent our booths (totally planned!) And it was a blast!

{Celebrations and Cafe C/Villa East)

{Plant Shoppe}

Then, I had the fabulous opportunity to give away a $2500 Planning Package to one lucky couple! So I got on stage (with my cute shoes on) and Maria and Josh are our newest clients! They won! Yayyy!

{Proof the cute shoes stayed on alllllll day!}

{Meet Maria, our newest client!}

We'll see you on the 27th at The Performing Arts Center for The Real Gainesville Bridal EXPO!

Images taken by: Me, Leah from Celebrations, Betsy from the Plant Shoppe and TJM Studios (he took the good ones!)

Florida Bridal Expo

This Sunday we are heading to the Floridal Bridal Expo hosted by Solutions Bridal Designer House. We are so excited and can't wait to meet all of the brides-to-be! The Florida Bridal Expo will be at the University of Florida Hilton and doors open at 12 PM! Don't miss this opportunity to check out Central Florida's premiere wedding vendors and get the chance to see some of the most beautiful dresses out there! And if it couldn't get any better, we will be giving away a complete wedding day coordination package to one lucky bride! The MasterPiece Weddings team will be set up right next to Celebrations Catering. We better see you there!

St. Augustine Fall Bridal Show

We had such an amazing time at the St. Augustine Fall Bridal Fantasy show! So many fun vendors, amazing displays, and wonderful brides came through. We drove to St. Augustine Saturday night to get a heads start on our set up. Thanks to Leah from Celebrations Catering for taking pictures this weekend, you can see that it turned out amazing: Dan Hathcock and his team from Unforgettable Events made a beautiful arranagement for our display, the perfect touch! After setting up our own booth, we decided to help Dan set up his incredible Indian-Inspired wedding decor for his booth.

On Sunday, we greeted brides with our "101 Reasons why we're Awesome!" brochures and mingled with local vendors. Bridal Shows are always so fufilling. Getting the chance to speak with so many brides about how their plans are coming along and how we can help is so fun. We can't wait for our next two shows this Fall!

The Wedding EXPO!

Solutions Bridal Designer House presents the 6th Semi Annual Florida Bridal Expo on Sunday, January 25th, 2009 at The Hilton University of Florida in Gainesville, FL from 12:00-5:00pm.

There will be over 50 wedding vendors at this show. Look for us next to our good friends at Unique Designs!

Huge Prizes will be given away, along with 3 Grand Prizes.

One Lucky Bride will win a WEDDING DAY GIVEAWAY valued up to $17,500. In additon prizes from Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy's and Belk.

For the guys, there will also be a Casino Lounge happening for you.


Tickets are: VIP Tickets are $15 (Advance Only through Solutions 352-367-0070 or online at http://www.solutionsbridal.com/); $5 in Advance; $9 at the Door.

Thank YOU!!!!

Thank you to all of you who visited our booth at the Perfoming Arts Center this past weekend! We had a great time chatting about your ideas, visions and dreams!!!
Give us a call to take advantage of the free 2 hour consultations, and Good Luck to all of the brides that entered to win our $2500 Planning Package!! We'll be drawing later in th week!

And in case you forgot what we looked like....

Maggie, Me!, and Emily

Such a Deal!

You never know where you'll find the best deal. Regardless of what it is. Sometimes in the most unlikely of places.

For our bridal shows this year, we had an idea. We wanted to create a pill bottle called "MasterPiece Stress Relief" with a fun and funky label and fill them with Jelly Belly Jelly Beans.

Our final product was too stinkin' cute, huh! But our problem was that all of the brides thought they were too, and we ran out at the first Bridal Show. We went through our entire stock! So I had to rush to re-purchase all of the items we needed, the bottles, more lables, more pills.

So on my rush to find the pills that I could get and fast, this is what I found.

The place I originally purchased them (and got a great deal) didn't have an express shipping option. So I figured, I'd price out 2 places, our local mall, Sam's Club and Staples (yes, with the easy button). Here's what I found:

The Local Mall: Jelly Belly's in Bulk $11.61 per pound.

Sam's Club: 2 pound bag, I'd need 3 bags, total per pound $6.11 (free shipping!)

Staples: 2 pound bad, I'd need 3 bags, total per pound $3.60 (free shipping!)

I couldn't believe that Staples was my best bet! And by a nice amount!

See, you never know.

Thanks!!

We had such a great time meeting bride's yesterday at Gainesville's Wedding Expo!

Thanks for stopping by! And for reading the blog!

Bride's came up to us and say they already know so much about us, because they've read the blog, how fun is that!

We know how overwhelming the bridal shows can be, if you need some help going through the bazillions of brochures you collected, let us know. We are more than happy to help!

We are giving away another planning package this week, so be on the look out!

Biggest Wedding Expo, EVER!

The 40th Annual Wedding Expo is Sunday (September 14th)! That's right 40th Annual! The Wedding Expo this year is the biggest it's E.V.E.R been!

So make sure you tell your friends and families and anybody you know getting married to make sure they come see us and all of our friends, we'll point you in the right direction!

And we'll be there, with some of the most fantastic vendors in the industry! Come and see us at The Performing Arts Center of Gainesville!

Doors open at Noon!

MasterPiece Stress Relief

We had so much fun at this past bridal show and can't wait to do it all over again this Sunday!

Come and see at at The Performing Arts Center of Gainesville from Noon-5! (more on that tomorrow)

Here's what you'll be looking for:

{Bossy Associate (Kristin), Myself, and Amanda}

{Our new invention, MasterPiece Stress Relief!}

See you Sunday!