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  • Your special day needs a professional makeup artist

    Your special day needs a professional makeup artist

    Your special day needs a professional makeup artist by Jackie Merlau  | jmerlaumakeup.com   A bride spends countless hours picking out the perfect dress and planning the most beautiful celebration for her wedding day. However, although you may be great at applying your own makeup and the stress of the budget may be weighing on…

  • 4 questions you should ask before hiring entertainment

    4 questions you should ask before hiring entertainment

    By Jeff Vance// 1. Will you make announcements? No way around it, without the right announcements, your friends and family will not know what’s going on or worse, where to be! 2. Do you have clean music? Nothing says “Stress-Free Wedding” like having clean/edited music. It means you care about everyone attending, including your grandmother!…

  • I’m engaged! Now what?

    I’m engaged! Now what?

    Planning a wedding can be overwhelming, especially if this is the first time your family has ever planned one!  This section will give you a great head start on where to start and how to prepare.  But if you only have enough time to look over one page, start here!

  • Wedding Floral Trends

    Wedding Floral Trends

    Natural & Romantic // During design consultations, The Petaler Co. is seeing brides embrace natural styles that stray from uniformity, and see the same shift in florals! Bridal parties opt for soft updo’s and relaxed curls, and carry loose bouquets.  Wedding colors are rarely defined by one or two hues, but instead, vast color palettes,…

  • Wedding Blunders

    Wedding Blunders

    Just side-step those wedding-day blunders By John Folding If you are planning a wedding, then you have heard all of the horror stories. The photographer lost the disk of pictures, the cake fell over, the groom passed out on the altar … the bride passed out on the altar.