Calling ALL Southern Wedding Planners

Casting is now in session for Southern Wedding Planners for a new show by the producers who brought us “Ace of Cakes” and “Flipping Out.” People Farm Casting, a group of casting directors based out of Los Angeles, California, are looking for a fun group of HIGH energy wedding planners here in the South to feature in a new cable documentary series.

If you are a wedding planner or a group of wedding planners and have said many times before “We should have our own show,” then this is your chance! The production agency would love to see family, friends, or couples who are in the wedding planning business. If this sounds like you or someone you know, don’t wait any longer! This could be your big chance to get your own show, and get more business for your wedding planning company too!

First you must make a tape (mini DV, quicktime, DVD) and send it to:

Wedding Series

c/o Authentic Entertainment

2860 N. Naomi Street

Burbank, CA 91504

Include the following:

1) NAMES/AGES/RELATIONSHIPS TO ONE ANOTHER

2) DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITIES

3) LOCATION

4) TELL US ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS

5) HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO WEDDINGS?

6) WHAT ARE YOU WEDDINGS LIKE?

7) DESCRIBE THE GROUP DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH.

Southern Bride wishes you all good luck and we hope to see some familiar faces on television soon!

Brown Baguette Bakery: Wedding Cakes

Brown Baguette Bakery Cafe is located right outside of Memphis, Tennessee in Southaven, Mississippi. Karen Brown started her Bakery/Cafe after 20+ years of pastry experience and is a master at creating such unique, mouthwatering and beautiful pastries and cakes. The cafe itself is a lovely little place to stop in for a yummy pastry and coffee or a nice lunch.

{Photos by: Creation Studios}

Brown Baguette does everything from cakes and pastries to breakfast, lunch, breads, catering, takeout and delivery. They work only with the highest quality ingredients with no chemicals, which is obvious when it comes to taste. Fine chocolates, butter creams, and heavy whipping creams make all of their tasty treats something to savor and keeps you coming back for more.

{Photos by: Creation Studios}

When it comes to brides, Karen sits down with each one to discuss flavors and ideas to make that special cake. Her creativity is never ending and she is always up for a new idea or challenge. We had the opportunity to work with Karen in the latest issue of Southern Bride Magazine. We did a Cake and Flowers photo shoot for our Vintage inspired theme and Karen created a beautiful 5 layer, bejeweled cake adorned with edible pearls and other sparkling luster. Not only was her cake a beauty on the outside but the cake itself was a lovely clean, smooth slice of European butter cream and a beautiful raspberry marmalade filling.

{Photos by: Christen Jones Photography}

Visit brownbaguette.com for more information and tips on ordering cakes. You can also follow Brown Baguette Bakery Cafe on Facebook by clicking here.

Brown Baguette Bakery Cafe

7090 Malco Blvd., Suite 105

Southaven, MS

662-349-7434

Brides Against Breast Cancer

Every 12 minuets 5 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and 1 dies here in the United States. Sadly, it is a diseases that affects women from their early teens and well into adult hood. While this disease is tragic, there are wonderful organizations such as Brides Against Breast Cancer that help make a difference. With the help of fundraisers, BABC educates and brings awareness to so many people while also making a difference in the lives of women fighting this disease, along with their families. BABC collects thousands of new and used wedding gowns each year then tours the country selling them to brides at a great price to raise money. Ladies, don’t know what to do with your gown after your wedding? Donate it to BABC and help make the wishes of someone fighting breast cancer come true!

Southern Bride is a proud sponsor of the BABC tour in Huntsville, Alabama on August 20th. Finding that perfect wedding gown is the best feeling, but it can feel even better and mean so much more knowing that you are contributing to such a great cause and touching someone’s life. So all of you brides out there looking for your wedding gown, join Brides Against Breast Cancer in Huntsville next week! Information about the event is listed below. You can also visit their web-site at BridesAgainstBreastCancer.org

By Lindsey Conrad Nabors

Real Weddings in Southern Bride Magazine

Real Weddings are a very special part of Southern Bride Magazine. On the cover of every issue we always feature a Real Wedding and we go through a lengthy yet fun process selecting the winners of the cover. We get hundreds of real weddings submitted to us and it is always so hard to narrow it down to just a few. Along with the cover, we also feature a few real weddings in each issue. While our readers love every part of the magazine, the brides-to-be especially love seeing the real weddings. There is just something about knowing that the weddings they are looking at are in fact “real.” This makes the wedding planning process that much more magical for Brides as they dream and plan their very own big day.Each real wedding we feature includes a short story about the couple. We find out details about how they met, where they are from, details of their wedding that were important to them, and so much more. Each real wedding lists the vendors the Bride and Groom used, which is a great tool for other brides planning their weddings in those areas. It also gives our readers and other brides a chance to see vendors work such as photographers, caterers and wedding planners.

If you or anyone you know is getting married, or has been married recently, tell them to submit their Real Wedding to Southern Bride.com. You never know, it could be your wedding on the next cover of Southern Bride Magazine!

To view and submit Real Weddings on SouthernBride.com, click here.

By: Lindsey Conrad Nabors

From This "BLOG" Forward

Southern Bride magazine is a 20+ year branded name celebrating being “the most recognized and trusted wedding publication in the South,” currently with two publications that are available to brides in the Midsouth as well as Alabama. The magazine’s popular website, SouthernBride.com, offers additional and up to date information as well as great marketing opportunities for advertisers in the bridal market.

Southern Bride is reaching more brides than ever. These brides are interested in the way the South plans weddings, and Southern Bride constantly updates on trends, fashion, and more real wedding feature opportunities. With all that Southern Bride has to share, we are proud to introduce Southern Bride Magazine Blog. Our blog will allow us to share even more ideas to brides. We know that a wedding is a very personal event and Southern Bride is offering that personal touch, focusing on brides here in the South. Follow us as we begin our blog journey and begin to share ideas and trends along with real weddings. We have so many exciting things to come, so stay tuned!

Check out the video below from a photo shoot we did for our Summer/Fall issue which was “Exploring Vintage, Then and Now.” The video was put together by Michael Allen of Michael Allen Photography. This is a great look at what goes on behind the scenes at Southern Bride!

By: Lindsey Conrad Nabors

Oh Tacoma, Where Art Thou

The count down has begun and we know you've marked your calendar for this month's Art Walk. Now all you have to do is add to that the 8:30pm showing of "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" in Tollefson Plaza. Go Local, Click Cable and all sorts of other Tacoma types have put there heads together to bring us an outdoor movie. Word on the streets is that there will be popcorn and goodies of all kinds so make sure you make it down to Tollefson Plaza on the 19th!! It's bound to be a great time!!

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Keep in mind that we're donating 10% of your service to NLF's Fab5 (see previous post: Embellish and the Fab5) so let us know when you book your appointments that you'd like to donate to this very worth cause!!

Too Much Fun Stuff!!!

Via perusing some of Tacoma's very Tacoma-esque sites such as the Exit 133 site, Feed Tacoma and Go Local's GoPage it's plain as day that there are some super fun things going on in Tacoma this summer. It seems as though there's a festival every weekend or a fundraiser of worthy cause. there's always a celebration somewhere and we all love how Tacoma seems to come together and make such beautiful things happen.

With the weekend already here and plans to be made, we'd like to encourage you to visit these websites and peruse for yourself. You never know what may spark your interest and maybe there's something awesome to add to your list of fun things to do this weekend!!!

Also...

It's Fab5 month at Embellish (see previous post: Embellish and the Fab5)!! Let your favorite receptionist or Daymaker know when  you make your appointment or before you check out that you'd like to donate 10% of your service to the Fab5 youths. They've already expressed such gratitude and we'd like to help keep positive programs like this alive!! Thanks in advance for your donations!!!