Blush + Bashful

We’re feeling the love here at Blush & Bashful and we want to share it with you!

If you book a Day Chic! Wedding Day Coordination Package with us for the 2009 calendar year by Valentine’s Day, we’d love to give you a sweet little bonus. After the booking process is complete, you can choose one of two treats; an additional consulting meeting with your coordinator, or our preferred vendor list at no extra charge.

What do you think about that?

Our favorite online shopping destination, Bluefly.com, has introduced a new feature: The Wedding Shop. Bridesmaids, Mothers of the Bride, and Groomsmen can find the perfect thing for the big day in the “I’m In It” section. There are also adorable shoes and and bags as well as honeymoon clothing and gifts items for the couple. Expect to get the same discounted designer names that Bluefly is known for. This isn’t a bargain site, but if you are just dying to have your bridesmaids with you in Vera Wang or Amsale, The Wedding Shop is a great place to look.

Guests can score trendy wedding-friendly dresses, suits, and gifts in the “I’m Invited” section. If you are unsure of what to wear to a particular type of wedding, sort by black tie, civil ceremony, semi-formal, or destination wedding to get Bluefly-approved ideas.

I’m dying to wear this Vera Wang jersey dress to my friend’s wedding in April:

Did you know that the vendor meals you order from your caterer or reception venue are usually a cheap, soggy  turkey sandwich? That’s right. All of the hardworking vendors you love that have been with you the entire day are being served a stale sandwich. Often they don’t even have a chair to sit their tired butts down on!

I just thought you should know.

(Hint: Order them a hot meal!)

Please join the Blush & Bashful Event Boutique Facebook Group. It’ll be fun!

The Spring/Summer 2009 CS Brides Magazine is at the newsstands and free newsboxes throughout the city. Pick up your copy today! Flip to page 267 and check out our beautiful advertisement–right across from the handy Wedding Planner Quick Guide.

We’re so excited to be a part of this sophisticated and exclusive publication. Not to shortchage the value of our full planning services, but CS Brides is the ultimate Chicago wedding planning resource. It is full of top-notch wedding professionals and beautiful editorial pieces. I am delighted that Chicago has such a wonderful magazine with inspiration straight from our beloved city. I mean, you can only look at so many pictorials of weddings in Nantucket and Napa in the national publications!

Our ad looks incredible. Thank you so much Lynda! Lynda Junge, the stylish genius behind Greenstar Creative, designed the ad for us. She’s a rockstar. Check out her website full of gorgeous handmade stationery and custom invitations! You may remember her from a certain amazing piece of press she received in the Fall…the Daily Candy Wedding Edition! We can’t say enough about Greenstar Creative. Please, please give Lynda a call before you settle on a boring invitation from the book at your tuxedo shop.