Best of 2010 Minnesota

Wow!  What a week! 

We just got notice that we were voted Best of 2010 Minnesota by OneWed.com.  We were one of just three winners throughout Minnesota in our category; Decorations and Rentals. 

Words just cannot express our gratitude to all of our brides who voted and submitted reviews for us!  We feel so special!  This just goes to show that hard work and dedication really do pay off. 

www.onewed.com/vendor/search/best-of-2010/minnesota/mn

Bride's Choice Award for 2011

Look What We Received...So Excited!

WeddingWire delivers this award to the top 5 percent of local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate quality and service excellence in the wedding industry.  This network includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee.

We can’t express how happy and excited we are to receive this recognition.  We want to thank all of our past brides who submitted all of the wonderful reviews.  It melts our heart to know that we helped make your special day beautiful.  Your ideas greatly add to the design and feel of each event.

We also want to thank our amazing staff for helping us make each wedding unique and beautiful.  (An added thank you is due for putting up with our craziness too.)  We really wouldn’t be able to do it without you!  You each bring something special to the team and help produce beautiful events.

Ahh!  Have we mentioned how excited we are!?!?    



By Design Rentals

We are so Excited to Announce the Re-Launch of our
Rental Website:

http://www.ByDesignRentals.com/

For all of you DIY brides out there, this site is for you!  Why buy 30 centerpieces, only to try to find a use or home for them after your wedding?  With By Design Rentals you can rent beautiful centerpieces for your wedding at a fraction of the cost of retail pricing. 

We offer so many items; it almost blows our mind that we have space for all of this fun stuff.  You can either rent just the pieces from us, or we can put all of the pieces together so you just have to take them out of the box and place them on the table. 

We offer many items other than centerpieces; overlays, runners, accent fabric, linens, accent items…oh, the list could go on forever.  Check out our new website for all of our items.  If you are looking for something specific, let us know, we may have it, or have been looking to buy it.  We are always adding to our inventory, just don't tell our husbands!

Happy Planning Brides!

Things We Love

We invite you to check out GingerP Designs.  Gina was one of our brides last year and we just love her.  Her style compliments our style so well.  We have worked with GingerP Designs for a few of the venue tasting events we have done in the area and have heard so many great compliments about her work. 

All of her items are completely customizable to your style/theme.  She not only does weddings, but bachelorette parties, showers and probably any type of event you can think of. 

She also has a great selection of additional fun items, such as Save the Dates, wine bottle labels and table number signs, just to mention a few.

Best part - she is quick and offers Free Shipping (probably our favorite word when shopping online).

Have fun!




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White Wordless Wednesday

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2011 Wedding Colors

     2011 has come in sooner than most people expected! Along with the New Year comes many new trends in dresses, décor, flowers and themes. A hot topic for brides of 2011 is color combinations, since the colors you choose are the cornerstone for your wedding flowers and decor scheme.
     Choosing a wedding motif is helpful in coordinating your overall wedding day décor or theme. Last year we saw a lot of eggplant/purple combined with sage green. Apple green was also very popular in 2010. In searching the web, we found that 2011 brides are looking more toward neutrals, vintage, earthy and sunwashed shades.
     Experts are suggesting that apple green, lilac, hot pink, slate grey, coral, red, violet purple, mocha/chocolate/brown and navy will be hot colors for Spring and Summer weddings.
     Dark chocolate, dark charcoal gray, sangria, deep blue, mocha taupe, and antique white are expected to be the “IT” colors for Fall and Winter weddings.

Our Favorite Colors for 2011

Latte | Clover | Tangerine

Back in Motion

Well, we hope you all had a great holiday weekend. It seems so strange that Christmas is over and there are only 73 more days until the official start of Spring!

In counting down the days we realize that means only 73 more days until wedding season hits us in full swing...wait...Its here already!

January and February are very busy months for us. This is when we meet with most of our brides and grooms to mock up different centerpiece options and work out all of the details. We like to get a really good plan placed so our brides don't have to stress about a thing! One less thing on their plate!

We also get an amazing amount of first time consultation requests, since 35% of engagements happen during the holidays. We love all of the excitement and we would love to hear from you!

Check back soon for: New Color Trends for 2011