BrooklynBride

You may have seen Sarah Perlis‘s rings around the blogsosphere, but you may not have known that she personally works with each couple every step of the way to design wedding and engagement rings….thats pretty exciting in my opinion! Great option for those who want to have a “hand” in the design process….

[images from Sarah Perlis]

I love these as wedding gifts for that super hip couple…available here.

[images from Velocity Art and Design]

Attention west coast brides! I just got an email from Eliza Truitt about a great event happening over in Seattle. I’m going to let her explain….

I’m a longtime reader of your blog, and I wanted to tell you about something very cool that I and five other Seattle wedding vendors are putting together. The six of us (three photographers, two planners and one invitation designer) were all sitting around over cocktails last year talking about how none of us have a lot of extra money to give in support of our favorite causes (hello, small business owners!) but that all of us provide services that are incredibly valuable to brides. So we called up 30 of our favorite local vendors–florists, designers, bands, videographers–and convinced them all to donate their services to a big silent auction for brides. And that’s how Get Hitched, Give Hope was born!

So on October 23rd, we’re throwing a big cocktail party and silent auction with the goal of raising $50,000 for Brides Against Breast Cancer/Making Memories. It’s a way for brides to shop for things they need for their wedding, and to also feel great about the money they spend because all proceeds are going to charity. Or as we like to say, you can get gorgeous goods while giving back! I know we’re far away from you, but the idea is a good one, and we’re hoping it catches on in other cities.

I hope it does too! This is such a great idea and such a great cause….anyone that goes, lemme know how it turns out!

[image from Get Hitched, Give Hope]

Here are the winners of 25 free Save the Dates cards from Minted! Please email me with your information….Thanks to everyone that entered!

Redfrizz
I am loving the “Hitched” save the date card. I love refering to a wedding with the term “hitched,” it’s so fun and exciting. I can see tacking this to the fridge and everytime the friends and family would see it it they would feel as excited and happy as the lucky couple!

Melissa Kruse and Matt Peeples
Exotic Lovebirds is just gorgeous!!!
I would love to have this card. We have an engagement photo what would look perfect with the colors and designs.

[images from Minted]

Kait recently emailed me about her GORGEOUS Linea Carta designed invitations for her upcoming wedding….she’s got a great bunch of vendors lined up so I’m excited to see how the wedding comes out!

[images by Linea Carta]