Ok, I know I’m really late with this… but I have a good excuse… I have been on a ship for the last 3 weeks traveling thought the Caribbean, West Indies and Amazon and I definitely got a little behind with a few things here in the ‘Ville!

But seriously… when I got home I couldn’t wait to see the Hook Weddings edition that came out last month and in particular because I knew that the interview I did with Editor Stephanie Marie Garcia about One Sweet Wedding, the fabulous new local wedding directory that my team and I launched in November, would be mentioned.  Many thanks to Stephanie for the very sweet little article on page 13!  We are working daily to be sure that One Sweet Wedding is a truly comprehensive resource for Central Virginia brides.

This edition is filled with wonderful photos and articles and I’m sure you can still find a copy around town… but if you don’t see it please go HERE and you can flip through a virtual edition!

Today’s the day!  One Sweet Wedding: Charlottesville has officially launched and we’d love for you to visit!

For Brides & Grooms:

It is our hope that One Sweet Wedding will offer you a truly comprehensive resource to assist you in finding everything you’ll need to plan your Central Virginia Wedding.  We’ve attempted to create a streamlined, uncluttered  site focused exclusively on the Charlottesville area so that you can simply find what you need and easily get in touch with the vendors you’re looking for to help you create the wedding of your dreams.  Give it a try and let us know how you like it!

For Vendors:

Charlottesville and Central Virginia have long been in need of a really good, high-quality and exclusively local on-line directory that will allow wedding & event professionals to feature their products and services and be easily found, all in once place, by brides and grooms who need these services.   It is my sincere hope that you will find that need fulfilled by One Sweet Wedding: Charlottesville.  There are multiple options for advertising so that you will be able to find the right match for your business.  We hope you’ll get in touch and tell us what you think.

Drop us a line anytime: info@onesweetwedding.com

Be sure to pick up your copy if you’re in the Charlottesville area, but if you’re not you can still check it out online here.  It’s a gorgeous issue, thanks to Editor Stephanie Marie and all the fabulous contributors.  Don’t miss it!

The latest Cville Unions supplement entitled “To have and to hold” is available now… be sure to grab a copy!

Under the guidance of Editor Stephanie Marie, this Summer 2011 edition of The Hook‘s Weddings is better than ever. Great photos, useful information for anyone planning a wedding or in the wedding business and just an all-around fun issue. Imagine 48 pages of nothing but gorgeous images and happy people… not too many places you can find that these days!
Cover Photo by Jen Fariello Photography

The third issue of The Wedding Planner of Charlottesville and Central Virginia is coming off the press and will be distributed to hundreds of locations throughout Central Virginia over the next several days. But you can follow this LINK or click the cover image below to view the Flash digital edition RIGHT NOW!  Check it out… it’s gorgeous!
Congratulations to the great team who worked tirelessly to put this spectacular issue together and also, of course, to all the fabulously talented Charlottesville wedding & event professionals who’s brilliance and wisdom grace the pages. You guys are the best of the best!

The Wedding Planner Magazine contact info.:
~ Publisher: Ike Allen – eallen@charlottesvilleweddingplanner.com
~ Website: www.charlottesvilleweddingplanner.com
~ digital edition: http://www.catstonepress.com/the-wedding-planner-2-1

Today’s the day! … the new blog design I’ve been hinting at is finally live today! So now I can tell you  how it all came together … it started with Eric Kelley (of Eric Kelley Photography) who said, “Claire, what do you think about having my amazingly talented friend, Brandon, do a re-design of your blog?” That was many months ago. Well let me tell you… Eric’s amazingly talented friend, Brandon of Creed Design, is just that… he and I have been working on this project: discussing and tweaking the design details for awhile now (the red bird was my idea but absolutely everything else is Brandon’s talent) and today’s the day I get to share it with you!

But wait, there’s more!  To go along with the re-launch I decided it was time that the blog have it’s very own Facebook page.  So, please check out the new page today…. And, if that weren’t enough… The Hook’s Weddings supplement is out today and the Charlottesville Wedding Blog, along with 3 other lovely local (mostly) blogs are featured.  Check out pages 20 – 22.

Huge thanks to:

• Brandon Wooten of Creed Design for his mad talent and brilliant design.
• Eric Kelley for getting the whole thing started and for the fun photo shoot so I’d have a new photo to go along with the new blog!
• Lora Kelley (of Lora Elaine) for my first-ever on-site (their living room hair & makeup session pre-shoot.
• Joel Williams of Blog Tech Guy who did all the behind-the-scenes technical side of getting the new design up and running
• Stephanie Garcia for the fun interview for The Hook article.I’d love to know what you think of all the changes here on the blog… please leave a comment or hop on over to the new FB page and let me know.

The second issue of The Wedding Planner magazine (Charlottesville Edition) is now available to view online… and will also soon be available throughout the area in print as well. Lots of great local resources plus wonderful wedding planning advice from Senior Editor Lynn Easton that shouldn’t be missed!  Go here to view now! Congratulations to Edward Allen and Lynn Easton on a great 2nd issue!

Be sure to pick up your copy of The Hook’s Weddings supplement… it’s full of great information and resources for your wedding planning…

Ok, you’ve got to love this…. this little competition in the NY Times Opinion section attracted dozens of silly and creative submissions. Here are a few of the ones I liked, but you really must check it out ’cause there are so many more… maybe you have an idea to submit?