Just thought I’d share the total awesomeness that is happening around here with our feature on Style Me Pretty this week!

View the feature on Dagney and Michael’s wedding from a few weeks ago as photographed by our friends, Robert and Kathleen Photographers: part i, part ii, and part iii.

Remember my totally awesome Trash the Dress by Eric Langlois of raw photo design? Well his work was featured yesterday! Check it out here! They also spotlighted a bunch of the amazing people who contributed to my trash the dress!

In March we opened up our planning studio (alongside raw photo design and Paradigm Digital Video). It has become an amazing space for Jubilee Events and our clients. The Studio is a relaxed planning atmosphere where we sit down with our couples to design and plan their wedding. We have a ton of inspiration on hand, from design books, magazines, vendor portfolios, fabric swatches, prop rentals — you name it!

We are located in Danbury on the Bethel line, conveniently off I-84. Visiting The Studio is by appointment only. For more details, please contact us at 203.632.5654 or at info@eventjubilee.com.

Welcome to the newly updated Connecticut Wedding Blog! I hope you all enjoy the new look we’re sporting this morning (please climb out from your Google Reader to look!). I wanted to streamline our content and make our blog easier to read. I think we achieved that! You can follow us on twitter or fan our new facebook page to get blog updates quickly and spy on what we’re doing. Thank you to all our MANY continued readers for your daily visits and contributions!!

Beth Chapman of White Dress by the Shore and Christine Toner of Stonington Paperie+Design have put together a very informative and fun series of conversations with leading wedding experts at their boutique in Clinton, Connecticut. I love that they are doing this — linking brides with the industries top professionals in a relaxed and inviting environment.

The event is scheduled to take place on March 22nd from 1:00-3:00 PM at The White Dress by the Shore in Clinton and features Michelle Rago, acclaimed event and floral designer and author of ‘Signature Weddings, Creating a Day Uniquely Your Own.’ The day will begin with a panel discussion moderated by Brides.com senior editor and author Anne Chertoff. The event’s creators will also join the conversation to discuss the event’s topic- “Perfect Planning for the Perfect Wedding”. The discussion will last about an hour and give brides the opportunity to ask the experts their own questions. It will be followed by a book signing featuring both Michelle’s Signature Weddings book and Ann’s wedding organizer from Russell+Hazel.

The March 22nd event is complimentary, but guests who wish to attend must RSVP as space is limited. Reservations can be made by calling 860.669.4596.

I’m so bummed I won’t be able to attend this one but I hope that they will continue on with their series and we’ll be able to make the next discussion.

Our favorite bridal boutique, The White Dress by the Shore is hosting a Modern Trousseau trunk show on March 12th — 15th. Modern Trousseau is an amazing designer based right here in Connecticut. I love them so much I decided to wear one myself! Here is the pertinent information:

Experience the classic elegance of Connecticut based designer Modern Trousseau
March 12th -15th by appointment

Trunk Show hours:
Thursday 12-8
Friday 11-7
Saturday 10-4
*Sunday 11-3:30
by appointment. 860.669.4596

*Sunday’s focus will be on the mother of the occasion collection- brides, bring your Moms for a fun day of shopping for both of you!

A 10% discount will be granted off any Modern Trousseau purchase made during this exclusive event.

I received a great email this morning from Megan Dumaine of The Wedding Embassy in Watertown, Connecticut. The Wedding Embassy is teaming up with four local bridal shops to prove that brides on a budget can still afford a royal wedding during a Bridal Gown Sample Sale and Wedding Showcase at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, on Sunday, March 1, from 8:00am – 3:00pm. Admission is $5.00 per person, and the first 50 brides enter free, in addition to receiving an extra 10% off their purchase.

Positioned as the ultimate bridal event of the season, the sample sale will feature a huge selection of the area’s most gorgeous gowns, courtesy of The Wedding Embassy, Ragtime Boutique, Joyce’s Bridal, Delianne’s Bridal and Formal Wear, and The Great White Way. Dresses will range in price from $99 to $999, providing brides-to-be with a luxurious shopping experience at a most affordable price.

The Wedding Showcase will also feature an array of Connecticut’s best bakeries, photographers, DJ’s and caterers, who will be on hand to offer patrons mini-samplings of their finest and most delicious products. All attendees will receive a special gift and complimentary breakfast, and can enter a raffle to win a variety of prizes, including a tiara fit for a princess.

For more information and a complete list of vendors, contact The Wedding Embassy at 860-274-1988 or wtbybridalsale@gmail.com, or visit the Palace Theater website at www.palacetheaterct.org.

Thanks for letting us know about this, Megan!

I promise, this will only take a minute of your time! If you wouldn’t mind, please click on the link below and answer 9 quick, easy questions about different design aspects of wedding vendor’s websites.

http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=1152739

We won’t record anything about you other than what state or country you are from – we don’t even ask for your email address so no spam or anything like that.

You will likely see this link on lots of other blogs and sites – this survey is being shared all over the blog-o-sphere so please take the survey only once.

If you have additional comments on the subject, please feel free to email me with those and I will share them with the other wedding vendors who are participating! We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!

(If you are a wedding vendor and would like to participate, just copy this post to your blog and email me the link at emilie {@} emilieduncan {.} com – I will send you the results once we have closed the survey in March)

So who is the winner of our Art of the Table give-a-way? I ran a number through the Random Number Generator and came out with luck comment number 4! Congrats to Fran, who will receive a fabulous copy of The Art of the Table. Fran, send us an email with your mailing address and we’ll ship it out soon.

Here is Fran’s entry…

Mine would be the beautiful ivory embroidered table cloth and napkins my husband’s grandmother made for my MIL when she got married. You can feel the tradition when we use it.

I’ve been reading this fabulous book, The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, Table Manners, and Tableware by Suzanne Von Drachenfels. The book is a very detailed read and is a must-have for any professional or lover of entertaining. I especially love all the historical information the author has included about art, china, and table settings. I happen to have an extra copy of the book and want to give it away to one of our fabulous readers!

Simply leave a comment to this post detailing your favorite element in setting your table. Is it a piece of heirloom china? Perhaps menu cards you’ve custom designed? Or a fabulous tag sale find? We can’t wait to know!

A winner will be chosen at random on Friday!