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Did you think I could ever wait until December 1st to announce our winner of our Full Service Package Give-a-way? I am so happy with the feedback I received regarding our contest. There was a tremendous amount of support from our favorite vendors and friends and I thank them all for spreading the word! We…
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This yankee loves Southern Weddings Magazine! Our fair ladies in warmer climates really know how to plan, coordinate, and design a wedding. Everyday I am inspired by the real weddings that Southern Weddings Magazine features and the stories behind the beautiful affairs! I wanted to take a moment to remind all our readers about the Southern…
First, let me apologize for the long lag in between inspiration boards! I’ve been so busy and this one has been sitting in photoshop for a long time.
I was inspired to do this board by an email I received from Crate & Barrel last month, advertising some of their new fall products! I saw these…
I thought we should start our holiday entertaining series the way all good parties get started: with a martini.
I love this recipe for the Candy Cane Martini. It is super easy to make and most of us have the ingredients already stocked in our bars, which means it is also budget friendly!
ingredients:
• 1 1/2 oz.…
The holidays are my favorite time of year. I love decorating, gift giving, wrapping, eating, drinking, and all the merriment of the season. We’re going to take a slight break from wedding inspiration and talk about holiday party planning for the entire month of December. I want to motivate you all to celebrate the holidays…
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that
the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
– John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends, family, colleagues, clients, and readers. I have a lot to be thankful for this year, most importantly that my family is healthy and…
I have to promote my close and very talented friend, Heather, who is a personal trainer at Southbury Fitness Center. They are offering an amazing program to help you shed a few extra pounds before your wedding day and get your body in shape for your gown and honeymoon. Heather is a fabulous personal trainer…
I met with the owner of Bank Street, a hip and unique venue in the heart of Stamford. I love historic buildings that are converted into event spaces — their character and charm just lend a uniqueness that you can’t find elsewhere. That’s what I love about Bank Street! It is an old bank that…
A few weeks back I had the real pleasure of meeting with Barbara, the property manager at the Tomes-Higgins House in Greenwich. The house and property are exquisite, truly. I love this historic Connecticut mansion. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves!
The house sits on five and a half acres of “lush greenery” and was…
I met the brains and brawn behind Swirl, a New York based in-house wine tasting company, at BizBash. I was immediately drawn to their booth, for both my love of wine and their unique entertaining service. I enjoyed talking with them the most out of any vendor at BizBash — I just love their business…
Jubilee Events and the Connecticut Wedding Blog are really excited to announce a new feature we are going to be debuting in 2009: Real Connecticut Weddings! This is an open invitation to all our readers, former brides, and favorite vendors to submit photographs of gorgeous Connecticut weddings which will be featured weekly on our blog.
For…
Oh, Thanksgiving! Full of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and of course cocktails. I know many of you are prepping for your holiday feast, and why not start it off right with a signature drink? Let’s face it, we all need a drink when it involves spending a long weekend with family!
- 1 1/2…
I wanted to post a quick reminder that there are only FIVE days left to enter our Full Service Planning Package give-a-way! We’ve received some FABULOUS entries so far and I am so excited to see who will win. Please visit the official post for entry details and rules! Thanks again to all our friends who…
I love everything about Kansas City’s Lilah Paper. I found Kalyn through Style Me Pretty’s little black book many months ago and we have become e-friends rather quickly. Her style is very fresh with a bit of vintage. I really think it is uniquely her own! She recently designed these gorgeous invitations for a destination event…
I’ll admit it — prior to signing up for my twitter account I thought “twittering” was a waste of time. What’s the point, I thought? Well, I still don’t know the full answer to that question. What I DO know is twitter keeps me fully locked into my family, friends, and colleagues whereabouts and general…
There was a lot of yummy food on display at BizBash by some of Manhattan’s top catering companies. We got to sample a variety of signature drinks, chocolate confections, and petite appetizers. The main trend? Food as art.
I think a lot of couples underestimate the impact that food has on your event. We all know it…
Jen & Nicole, June 2008 in Newington, Connecticut. Image courtesy of Carla Ten Eyck.
It is a great day here in Connecticut – same sex couples can now legally marry! Town clerks all across the state will be buzzing with a ton of love and celebration. Congratulations to you all who are filing for a marriage…
I attended BizBash in Manhattan a little over a week ago with my friend Simone from 5 Sense Events (read her blog, too!). We had such a great time lugging around our 50 pound bag of marketing material (seriously, my shoulders and neck hurt for days!) and we got to interface with a lot of talented and unique…
As some of you may have heard, the historic Goodwin Hotel in downtown Hartford is closing at the end of this year. I’m so upset at the loss of the only boutique hotel in Hartford and hope that something will transpire between now and then to allow the hotel to remain open.
I just got off…
Welcome to The Connecticut Wedding Blog! My name is Candice and I am an event planner in the beautiful state of Connecticut. My business,
Jubilee Events, LLC, is
a full service event coordination and design boutique. As a wedding and event planner, it is my job to stay on top of the hottest trends. I found that there was a need for a Connecticut based blog where brides can gather and draw inspiration and information. Thus, our blog was born!
