901-361-2989 / 501-765-4110

www.bellabaxterevents.com

If you are a newly engaged bride-to-be and it is time for you to search for THE dress . . . you are in luck! Low’s Bridal Shoppe in Brinkley, Arkansas is having their  semi-annual sale till January 28th!

With 25,000 square feet of display area and over 60 of the world’s best known wedding gown designers, Low’s Bridal  is the best place in the south to find your perfect wedding dress, bridesmaid dresses and accessories! Low’s Bridal and Formal is located halfway between Little Rock, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee! Brides come from all over to go to Low’s and especially during their fabulous sale!

Contact them to schedule an appointment and let the fun begin as you get closer to finding your dream gown! Also “like” them on Facebook to get updates on new arrivals and great events like this one!

Low’s Bridal & Formal Shoppe
P.O. Box 936
127 West Cedar Street
Brinkley, AR 72021

Please Call 870-734-3244 For an Appointment

During our Fashion shoot last year in Seaside, Florida Webz Media captured some fun and flirty photos of a vintage bride in Seaside’s Motorcourt Cottage – the perfect setting for a vintage bridal shoot! The bride was dressed from head to toe in a vintage birdcage veil, vintage style short gown and vintage style footwear!

It was the Motorcourt Cottage in Seaside that made this vintage shoot come to life! If you want a vintage motel experience, head to Seaside and stay at the Motorcourt. Park your car, rent a bike and explore the beauty of Seaside!

If you are looking for a destination wedding, Seaside is the place! There are a number of breathtaking areas in Seaside for a lavish over the top wedding, or an intimate, smaller scale wedding. And for portraits, the locations are endless. From traditional destination beach photos, to vintage bridal shots like these, there is something for every bride in Seaside!

For more information on Seaside Weddings visit www.cottagerentalagency.com/Weddings

For more information on bridal portraits and bridal swag contact Webz Media and look for them in the current issue of Southern Bride and their new line just for brides, Queen Bee Bridal Swag!

Gown by Watters

Bridal Hair by Eston Salon

Bridal Make-up by Make-Me-Up by Danielle

www.stelladot.com/astork

Happy New Year! It’s 2012 and we are so excited for what this year has in store and all the fabulous inspiration we look to bring all of our Southern Brides!

Our first trend topic this year has to do with wedding gowns. One popular trend we expect to see in 2012 when it comes to wedding gowns are gowns with an open back! While we have been seeing some open back wedding dresses over the years, some of the new designs will make this romantic look even more desirable for brides!

An open back dress can be classic and sexy at the same time. The front can have your classic look, while the open back will make such a statement as you walk down the aisle and later at your reception during your first dance! This style of dress also makes for some of the most stunning bridal portraits!

An open back dress is perfect year around, but we think they are especially beautiful for summer and beach weddings! But designers are making open back dresses for 2012 in a variety of styles and for all seasons! 

{photo by Michael Allen Photography}

The White Room is working hard on making this year’s bridal show Elegant Weddings at the Wynfrey the BEST yet! It will be a fabulous New York City style fashion show and runway event! Make sure to come to The Wynfrey on January 8th for all the latest styles in bridal couture and meet some fabulous vendors!

Some of the fun will include:

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  Local television celebrity, Jeh Jeh Pruitt, heading the line-up as the 2012 emcee!

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  Rhythm N’ Motion will get things kicked into high gear. They’ll start off with an exhibition, performing specially choreographed “first dances,” then they’ll show everyone some of those special (and fun) dance moves for the wedding party that have gone viral on You Tube these days.
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  Be sure to take a notebook and pen, because you’ll definitely want to take note of all the great tips when speaker Alene Gamel presents Now That You’ve Got Your Bling, What’s The Next Thing?(Isn’t that a great title!) Alene Gamel of  I Do, I Do! Wedding Planning and Consulting  is an amazingly talented planner and is known for knocking the sox off of brides, grooms and guests when it comes to here wedding designs! She was trained in Los Angeles, has over 25 years experience in the wedding planning industry, and writes a regular wedding column, Weddings 911, which appears each Sunday in The Birmingham News. Having worked in the travel industry as well, Alene has traveled to many of the popular honeymoon and destination wedding spots. (Lucky lady!)

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  Andy Tolar at Design Productions, LLC will be there and he will also be lighting up the runway for The White Rooms New York fashion show. Design Productions, LLC uses lighting to transform ballrooms, landscapes, and tents into a romantic environment. Columns of light, fiber optic curtains and the projection of names or initials are just a few of the services that they have provided for weddings.

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  Last but certainly not least,  Melissa Moore Bogardus and her team will bring fabulous runway looks to all of the gorgeous models! Melissa is a hair and make-up artist obsessed with creating the perfect look. She loves fashion and gets her inspiration from faces. She has a Master of Cosmetology, has trained and worked as a freelance artist in venues such as Birmingham Alabama, Las Vegas Nevada, Nashville Tennessee, and Miami Florida. She works in TV, film, print and fashion shows, but pageantry and weddings are her true passion. She is also the official beauty sponsor for Mrs. United States of Alabama and has been since 2001.

Our friends at Charlotte Memphis have been posting some real beauties on their facebook page! Each day as their advent calendar they post a beautiful piece of jewelry!  For Day 11, they posted some stunning Antiqued Sterling Silver Earrings. These dreamy dangles would be gorgeous for a bride! Wear them on your big day and after for years to come!

What’s unique and what sets Charlotte apart from other jewelry stores is that their jewelry is not only fine jewelry, but it’s interchangeable!  These antiqued silver earrings work the same way, with detachable dangles. So if you are not in a “dangley” mood and want something a little  more on the simple side – you can detach the dangle!

Whether you are a bride or simply a jewelry lover – these earrings are perfect for any occasion. They are the perfect earring to take from the office to a night out on the town, and even better . . . . they are only $430!

To find out more about how you can purchase these earrings, contact Sarah at Charlotte Memphis at 901.522.0100 or go take a look for yourself at their beautiful store right in the heart of downtown Memphis in the historic art district!

526 S Main St,

Memphis, TN 38103

Become a fan of Charlotte Memphis on Facebook to see more of their unique jewelry – for it is precious, unique and extraordinarily beautiful – just like you!

This weekend The Barefoot Bride will be hosting a New Location Sneak Peek Party on Friday, and then an Open House on Saturday!

Friday – New Location Sneak Peek Party  6-8pm

Saturday – GRAND OPENING 10-5pm

There will be big prizes from the following vendors:

Adel Amor Cosmetics
Southern Bride
Mid South Wedding Guide
Woodruff Fontaine House
AM Photography
Belmomento Photography
Brows by Emily
Jamazin Mobile Tanning
Inkblot Studios
Younique Confections
ArtJamn Paint Parties

AND that’s not all . . . look for door-buster prices with wedding gowns starting at $50 ~ AND all shoes $10!!

Join the fun:

The Barefoot Bride

 4726 Poplar Avenue #3

Memphis, TN

This Sunday is the premier of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries fairytale wedding on E!

It will be a TWO-night event of Kardashian proportions premiering, October 9^th at 8pm; and continues on Monday, October 10^th at 9pm!  Tune in for all the glitz, glamour and romance of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ wedding extravaganza!

We will also be posting an inside look on the Southern Bride Facebook page of the days leading up to the wedding with clips that details Kim’s name change, Kris’s thoughts on the constant shutterbugs, and Kim finding an article that claims she is trying to outdo Khloe’s wedding!

Follow the Southern Bride Facebook page to see exclusive clips from the wedding and tune in this Sunday on E! to see it all unfold!

After coordinating many weddings where windy conditions caused her bride’s veils to blow every which way, disrupting the ceremony & photos, Jill Watson decided that there was a need to find a way to keep those veils down and under control.

So, she created these beautiful pieces of magnetic jewelry that can be easily attached to a brides veil…“so when the wind blows…your veil won’t.”

These beautiful veil weights are made of genuine mother of pearl and Swarovski crystals and contain two small hidden magnets.

The veil weights are not permanent; they’re very easy to put on and take off and allow your veil to have movement while keeping it from blowing out of control!

Veil Weights jewelry are something every bride should have on her wedding day if her wedding is at the beach, on a cliff by the ocean, on an island, a yacht, in the desert, in wine country or anywhere the wind may be blowing.

Wedding planners should have them for their bride’s emergency kits. Photographers, videographers, bridal salons, seamstresses and make-up artists would benefit from carrying Save the Veil.

 Save the Veil is a great product for the bride who has always wanted a beautiful veil, but thought she could not have one because of windy conditions blowing the veil out of control on her wedding day. The problem is now solved!

When the wedding day is over, brides can use Save the Veil as magnets to hang up their beautiful wedding photos. They become a keepsake of your fabulous wedding day!

To Purchase Veil Weights visit SaveTheVeil.com

You can also “like” them on facebook HERE!