Typically Friday’s is our “Charleston Local” column but today we’re quite some distance from local!  Both geographically and culturally, yet we’re right at home in the glorious wedding of Will and Kate! Catch some of the special moments: First glimpse of the Royal Couple was Will and Harry leaving Clarence House: First glimpse (watch [...]

    I first met Margaret Meeker Bjork at a local meeting for National Association of Women Business Owners. (That’s NAWBO in case you like to keep up with appropriate acronyms:-) I was so impressed with Margaret. She’s smart and funny. If you are not yet familiar with Private Eyes Undies, Margaret’s company in which she [...]

  Hello Charleston Wedding Studio Lovelies! It is Royal Week (well, if feels like months…) and there is a big deal going on in England this week! Yes, there is a Bride & Groom walking down the isle and yes, there is royalty involved… but doesn’t every couple deserve to feel like royalty? I think [...]

    What’s the next best thing to a beautiful wedding? A fun and fantabulous 40th birthday party! That’s just what one of my “best buds” Liezl threw for herself! The music, the lights, the entertainment of GLAM-C and the enthusiastic party guests made it a night to remember. Enjoy the “choice” pictures of the fun [...]

  In putting together our editorial calendar Beth and I wanted to have a blog that was both informative in regards to delivering information about us and our vendor members but also offer some “non-us” information, too, that was both useful and fun and still be about weddings in general.  We decided that a “Weddings [...]

  Depending on what vegetable you thought of, you might just be surprised to know that it tastes phenomenal! This is our first installment for our Friday “Charleston Locals” column and I absolutely can not think of a better subject matter for our inaugural article.  It’s possible you’re beginning to think of me as a [...]

…had our first CWS member vendor mixer!  It was so exciting to see everyone together, mingling, getting to know each other, reconnecting in some cases, exchanging ideas and generally inserting enthusiasm all around and sharing it.  Somers Makey at Aloft in Centerpoint provided the venue and CWS did the rest!  Take a look:     [...]

This is Kathy with WEDO Fine Bridal Papers and as a sponsor of Charleston Wedding Week, we were honored to attended the opening Event “Cakes and Bouquets”  at Boone Hall last Friday night.  Equipped with our passes we set out to see what all the hype was all about.  As date night, I must say [...]

… lunch and a little bubbly on the piazza of the historic Palmer Home overlooking Charleston Harbor!  And that’s just what we had at this year’s Charleston Wedding Week Shop Talk and Ladies Luncheon.   Mila Radulovic, the producer of the Charleston Wedding Week festivities, put together such a lovely afternoon it took us all [...]

This is from an original posting at: http://sweetgrasssocial.blogspot.com/2011/03/real-wedding-bonnie-matthew.html Our own Wildflowers, Inc produced the florals and all photography is credited to Chris and Allie of The Reason. Bonnie & Matthew March 15, 2011 Old Wide Awake Plantation Remember that adorable engagement session we shared with you a few weeks back? Remember how we told you [...]

A couple of weeks ago Beth and I got an email from someone we didn’t know that went something like this: “Hello – My daughter is working on a report about a career, and she chose Wedding Consultant. She is a 7th grader. Would you please take a few moments and answer her questions below? [...]

Fantastic invitation, by our own Sarah Early of Dodeline Design, to what is sure to be a fantastic line up of events at Charleston Wedding Week starting tonight!  Get your tickets here.  Will we see you there?                                     [...]

I am always moved by someone who takes it upon themselves to really give back in a big way and this story is sure to impress!  Check out the 1000 Birds Project by Makiko Hastings: http://makikohastings.blogspot.com/2011/03/help-japan-1000-birds-project-now-open.html A snippet from her blog:  This project has been set up by Makiko Hastings, Japanese ceramicist who currently lives [...]

  On location at Lowndes Grove Plantation by Juliet Elizabeth Years ago when I’d first moved here after being in DC for a stint,  I was going to every networking event and association meeting under the sun in order to find my niche in Charleston.  I distinctly remember meeting a woman who had been designing [...]

  We said “We Do” when Kathy at WEDO Fine Bridal Papers walked in our door!  We are happy to announce our newest vendor member with this multi-talented lady will be a brides best friend when it comes to anything paper, but it doesn’t stop there!  Check out this fantastic personalized isle runner, one of [...]