Join Us in Giving Back This Holiday Season!

The holidays is just around the corner! It's a season of love and joy. A Timeless Celebration Event Styling & Management will be giving back by donating $50 to World Vision Canada for every holiday book we receive. The funds will go towards stocking a clinic in a third world country with vital medicines. Individual donations are also welcome! Thank you and happy holidays!

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Gingerbread House Pops

What are you baking for Christmas this year? I came across the blog of The Decorated Cookie and saw these cute little Gingerbread House Pops! They give step-by-step instructions on how to make these fun pops, I gotta try to make them!



Photo courtesy of The Decorated Cookie.

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Sugar Cookies Fun!

We had some fun in the kitchen yesterday and we made these sugar cookies! Enjoy your holiday weekend everyone!









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Happy Holidays!

We've been hard at work making Christmas cards for our brides and groom, family and friends all around the world! 200+ Christmas cards are ready to go to the post office today!

Each card is made up of 2 mounted layers with a Swarovski Crystal on the chandelier!






To all our blog readers, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! BEST WISHES

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The 12 Days of Christmas Promotion

Christmas is just around the corner! To celebration this holiday and engagement season, we will launch a 12 Days of Christmas promotion! Stay tuned for more details!

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Beau-Coup

Introducing a company with very unique and amazing favours and accessories that will surely make your wedding rock!

They certainly have great Christmas favours for your wedding and even for your dinners and holiday get-togethers.

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Never Too Later or Too Early!

Got a winter wedding? Coming up in January, February or March? Wait to get your decorations! Don't rush to the stores just yet, wait until after boxing day for the huge discounts!

Don't got a winter wedding? Have a wedding color theme of either blue, silver, red or green? Buy your decorations early! Get them during the boxing day sales and just find a spot for them in your house for your summer or fall wedding! You will save a lot of money with the after Christmas sales!

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Deals & Steals

Magnet Street Weddings is offering a 15% off this week only! Ends on November 30th. So hurry and grab your save-the-date magnets or other personalized items for your wedding! Great for Christmas gifts too. Perhaps some personalized calendar magnets would make great holiday presents too.

Just enter in coupon code: WBLG15 upon check out and you will enjoy a 15% off your entire purchase.

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Hot Chocolate Favors

If you're still searching for the perfect winter wedding favors, why not consider some hot chocolate mix for your guests? Nothing is better than a cup of hot chocolate during the cold winter months! You can purchase them all packaged up nice and pretty from online sellers such as Beau Coup (image on left) or Hot Ref (image on right).

If you're a DIY bride like myself, I would encourage you to make your own. Think of unique packaging you can do with the hot chocolate mix, perhaps in a tin can with your monogram sticker on it tied with a ribbon? Your guests would definitely appreciate some hot chocolate mix in a mug! You might also want to get personalized mugs to go with the mix.

You can do a Spiced Cocoa Mix or an Instant Cocoa Mix with Marshmallow. Just thinking about them makes me all warm inside!

If you already decided on your favors for your winter wedding, why not think of preparing some hot chocolate to greet your guests at your ceremony or reception? I'm sure your guests would love that!


Spiced Cocoa Mix

• 2 cups powdered milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup non-dairy creamer powder
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg, ground
• 1/4 tsp cardemom, ground
• 1/4 tsp cloves, ground

Mix all ingredients, and store in an air-tight container. One quarter cup of this mixture in 3/4 cup water to make cocoa.


Instant Cocoa Mix with Marshmallow

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg (25 ounces) nonfat dry milk powder
• 1 1/2 cups non-dairy coffee creamer, about 6 ounces
• 3 cups (16 ounces) instant chocolate drink mix
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients and store in an airtight container. Give with directions below. Makes 16 cups. Enough cocoa mix for 4 1-quart jars to give, or split into small portions packed in decorative bags in mugs.

Directions:
In a mug, combine 1/2 cup of mix with 1 cup of boiling water.

Recipes taken from www.about.com.
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Season Decorations

If you are having a December or a New Years wedding at a reception hall or a hotel, you might be able to save some money on your decorations as the venue will definitely be decorated for the holiday seasons. So make sure you ask your reception hall or hotel how the venue will be decorated. If you're not crazy about their holiday decorations, it's also good to ask in advance if they can temporarily remove them during your reception.

This does not only apply to December and New Years weddings, some hotels and reception halls also has decorations for February (Valentines/Hearts), October or November (Halloween/Pumpkins/Thanksgiving).

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Deals & Steals

Since I mentioned Shannon yesterday, why not start with her beautiful work for our first Monday Deals & Steals. Calligraphy by Shannon is offering a 25% discount for all orders placed before this Friday, November 14, 2008. AND free return shipping back all you lovely people!

This is not only great for your wedding stationery, it's great for your holiday greetings!

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Winter Wonder Inspirations #3

Not all winter weddings have blue and silver as their theme colors! Brown or burgundy make beautiful winter wedding colors as well!

{1} Blushalicious: Lindsay & Josh's Wedding {2} Fifi Bloom: Burgundy Satin Guest Book with Ivory Bow {3} Wedding Favor: Glass Christmas Wedding Favor {5} Your Ultimate Wedding Favors: Silk Pillow Sachets {6} Bruids Beurzen: Winter Color Trends {7} The Celebration Cake 3-Tier Burgundy & Pink Gem Wedding Cake {8} Confetti: Burgundy Bomboniere

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!

How many of you actually write and mail (or give out) Christmas cards to your friends and family? It's really too bad people don't often write Christmas cards anymore. I just love receiving Christmas cards when my friends actually put in the time to write me one. It says a lot when they take the time to do that.

Every Christmas I make 50-70 Christmas cards to give out to my friends. They tell me they look forward to my handmade Christmas cards every year. All my Christmas cards have a handmade element to them. Here are the ones I made this year with hand-drawn gold accents on the front of each card.





We also gave out our save-the-dates with each Christmas card and everyone loved the idea! It sets the tone for our wedding and it allows people to make plans ahead of time so that they can be sure not to make any plans to be out-of-town for your wedding.

* Images courtesy of A Timeless Celebration.
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Christmas is Here!

Christmas is here soon! I just love Christmas! I started doing some Christmas shopping today for my friends. Wasn't too successful... I ended up buying things for myself instead... I hope next time I'll do better! I just got home from decorating my church. I enjoy decorating so much. I absolutely love any pastel colors with silver, blue and silver, pink and silver, purple and silver! I chose blue and silver to match the Christmas season. Here are some photos of the decorations of the front of our sanctuary. I hope you like them!





* Images courtesy of A Timeless Celebration.
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