Bridal Show!

It is that time of year again! The beautiful, wonderful time of year that zillions of brides gather in an organized chaos and attempt to plan their wedding in one day, by eating more cake and chocolate covered strawberries than one person should eat in a lifetime.



It's Bridal Show Season!



And for those of you getting married, yes, there is a season for everything, including Bridal Shows!



And we are there to guide you through the chaos of a bridal show, and help you with cans of "Yoo-Hoo, so you're getting married!" and "Stress Relief Pills"

So if we missed you on Sunday, at the Performing Arts Center, for the Gainesville Wedding Expo, we'll see you on September 12th, for The Florida Wedding Expo, at the University of Florida Hilton!



We'll be in-between Too Jay's (and you guys know how much I love me some Too-Jays, I wonder if they'll bring me a corned beef sammich?) and Dream Day Cakes!

Pencil Tip Art

So, I went to school with a kid that would fiddle with his pencils and make the tip into fun shapes... and so when I came across this, I thought of the that kid.

Yeah, that's right, he's carved the alphabet out of pencil tips! Not that kid I went to school with, but Brazilian born, Connecticut based, Dalton Ghetti carefully crafts the tips of pencils into amazing micro sculptures. These miniature masterpieces are a side project for the professional carpenter, who has been perfecting this art for the last 25 years. Dalton uses a razor blade, sewing needle, a sculpting knife, a steady hand and lots of patience to meticulously carve the graphite which can take anywhere between a few months to a few years. Over time he has broken many works in progress and keeps them in what he calls the cemetery collection. One of the most fascinating things about these tiny works of art is that he has never sold them, only given away to friends as gifts.





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Angelina Jolie urge people to help Pakistan

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Angelina Jolie's partner Brad Pitt will lend his voice over documentary

Brad Pitt will lend his voice to a documentary, titled 'America's Game: 2009 New Orleans Saints' on the recent New Orleans football team's winning in Super Bowl.

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Robert Pattinson will act together with Angelina Jolie

In Angelina Jolie's new movie, Unforgiven, Robert Pattinson may act as a villain there.

He will act as a role of one of the sons of the two policemen murdered by Jolie's character in that movie.

Hmnn..this sounds interesting.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are in New Orleans

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in New Orleans. This weekend is fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

According to USMagazine.com report, Pitt was spotted touring homes in New Orleans on Friday.

Pitt talks about disaster on NBC Nightly News, "It was unfathomable. I mean, just -- you had no idea that there were families and here," Pitt said. "It was just wiped clean. Except for the occasional pile up of homes and -- on top of homes."

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Angelina Jolie constantly competes with Brad

Angelina Jolie constantly competes with her partner Brad Pitt. In an interview with New Magazine, she said, "We push each other to be better, even if it's just a better bike rider or better pilot. We're constantly in competition."

Well, at least this is a good thing. A healthy competition. This should be a good example to other couples. Competition is good.

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Cute as a Button!

This is the picture that started it all for me. The picture that made me fall in love with button boutineers! How darling is it!!

Now I need to have a bride have them! Please, with sugar on top!

 I'll even give you a source, you can find them here, on Etsy....

Angelina Jolie may act in "Unforgiven"

Angelina Jolie has been acting non stop. I thought previously she was saying
that she may want to retired from acting to spend more time with her kids.
Well, looks like this is a workholic mother.

She maybe acting in "Unforgiven" for her next movie. And will be direct by
David Evans.

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New Music

White Knuckle Ride Lyrics Jamiroquai	Radioactive Lyrics Kings of Leon
Don't You Wanna Stay Lyrics Jason Aldean	Love Like Crazy Lyrics Lee Brice
F*ck You Lyrics Cee-Lo	La Vida Es Asi Lyrics Ivy Queen
Statistics Lyrics Lyfe Jennings	Loca Lyrics Shakira
Does My Thing Lyrics Fabolous	A Hell's Angel Lyrics Shakira

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And Guest

When you get an invitation to a wedding, do you even think about what the inner envelope says? This is a problem as of late. People don't think about it.



These are the people that are invited to the wedding, the people listed on the inner envelope. And if there isn't an inner envelope, it's the people listed on the outer envelope.



That means that if it just says Tammie Jones, Tammie is the only one invited to the wedding, not her boyfriend or her kids.



If it says Tammie Jones and Billy Joe, that means that Tammie and Billy are invited, not their kids or their kid's kids.



Don't try to bring or invite a guest if it doesn't say "and guest" on the invitation, the bride and groom (or her parents, his parents, whoever is paying for the wedding) is paying a good chunk of change for you to attend their wedding. Don't force it.



It's just not good etiquette, its not fair to put the bride and groom in that situation.

Angelina Jolie thinks marriage is a lovely thing

Angelina Jolie has been with Brad Pitt since 2005 but so far they have not tied
knot soon. But she thinks ''marriage is a lovely thing'.

She said, "I do think marriage is a lovely thing as I've tried it twice before, but we haven't felt the need to do it yet. We have already made the greatest commitment of having a family together."

She added to new! magazine: "We push each other to be better, even if it's just a better bike rider or better pilot. We 're constantly in competition."

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Super Cute Cake Topper

While we are on uber cuteness, check out these cake toppers, that I also found on Etsy!

When you are looking for a cake topper, and deciding if you wanted to use one or not think about the personality of your wedding. How the topper ties to you, if you are going to use your college mascot, or cute adorable birds, are you tying those birds anywhere else in the wedding?



Will the topper match your theme over-all?

Angelina Jolie eats red meat again

Angelina Jolie was eating vegetarian for a long time but now she has
to go back to red meat due to her health.

She said, I joke that a big juicy steak is my beauty secret. But seriously, I love red meat. I was a vegan for a long time, and it nearly killed me. I found I was not getting enough nutrition."

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Angelina Jolie plans to shoot Bosnian movie

Angelina Jolie plans to shoot a love story this fall which about Bosnian War that was set around the 1992-1995 according to Reuters reports.

The reports writte, "The film is a love story, not a political statement. The story will follow a couple who meet before the war begins, charting the life of their relationship and how it is influenced/impacted by the conflict. Jolie was in Sarajevo "to discuss ways to help thousands of returning war refugees," the report reads. The film will presumably have some kind of charity attached to it -- that is pure speculation on my part -- and Jolie confirmed that she'll fill the cast with locals. "I would like to involve as many local people as possible and learn as much as I can," she said. I haven't seen the actual release, but based on the reports I've read it doesn't seem clear if this is a star vehicle for Jolie or something she'll take a more hands-off role in.

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Cake Toppers!

I love cake toppers that are fun and different, I found these on one of my favorite sites, Etsy.com. Have you heard of it?



If you haven't it's the best thing to happen to the wedding industry, since, well, since cake!



Etsy is chock full of designers and crafters that make stuff, like hand-made fun stuff!



You can find these toppers on Etsy, here.

Angelina Jolie still look great eventhough she dress up like man

In her latest movie, Salt, she was transform into man. She still look great
even as a man.

Angelina Jolie said: 'I invited Maddox to come and say hi and didn't tell him who I was.

'He hung out with me for a while until I said ''Mad'' - and when he realised it was me he was just freaking out.

'Brad wouldn't kiss me either, he wouldn't go there.

click here to see how she looks like as a man.

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Angelina Jolie went to Budapest

Angelina Jolie went to Budapest with her twins kids, Knox and Vivienne. She will be acting a new movie.

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Minnie Driver comments about Angelina Jolie

Minnie Driver thinks that 'life of a wandering gypsy' is good for Angelina Jolie but this kind of live is not for her.

She told to British newspaper Evening Standard: 'The life of a wandering gypsy is great if you're Angelina Jolie; it's amazing if you've got a plane and 20 people working for you. It's incredible how they do their life. But it's just me, on my own.'

Well, this is depends how rich you are. The richer you are, the more people that you can hire to help you.

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Chelsea Handler talks about Angelina Jolie

On Tuesday night’s “Chelsea Lately”, Chelsea Handler took the latest issue of Us Weekly, which is August 30 issue and read the quotes.

She read, “Angelina… it talks about how she’s so fun with her kids – all 18 of them."

“Exhibit A, she recently punked Maddox on the set of ‘Salt. He’s fascinated by the military, so I put on a NATO uniform and said, ‘Someone tell Mad there’s an officer here who wants to say hi.’”

After finish reading it, this is what she has to say.

“What a fun mom! You are so fun kitty cat. You go girl!. You’re evil and everyone knows it. Thank you for being here. We’re going to be right back with Jennifer Aniston.”

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Angelina Jolie finds that preparing food for her kids is tough

Angelina Jolie finds that preparing for her kids is tough because she has six kids and they have individual preferences.

She told the British morning show GMTV this week, "The problem with my packed lunches is everybody is very, very outspoken about what they want, so it becomes – I often say, 'I'm not a waitress!'."

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New songs

Ride Of Our Lives Lyrics Taylor Swift	Perfect Nightmare Lyrics Shontelle
The Thrill Is Gone Lyrics Fantasia	Still A Weirdo Lyrics KT Tunstall
Another Love Song Lyrics Mike Posner	Shades Lyrics Diddy
Shout Out Lyrics Alexis Jordan	Shine Lyrics Black Gold
Right Through Me Lyrics Nicki Minaj	When I Was 17 Lyrics Kelly Rowland

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6 Reasons to Hire a Pro

I promise this is the last of our Hire a Freakin' Professional... post extravagazza!



I was chatting with Russell Martin (a professional photographer) and he brought up 6 good reasons from a photographers point of view on why to hire a pro.



1. Will have a complete set of backup equipment





2. Will probably be familiar with the venue and know the best places for great photos.



3. Will be able to help plan your wedding timeline to achieve the best lighting for their portraits and make the best use of the available time. (if you plan a sunset wedding you better have a first look or the bride and groom portraits will be done in the dark)



4. Will remain professional under a stressful situation



5. Will have professional lighting equipment for most situations and will know how to balance artificial with available light



6. Will typically be familiar with the order of most religious ceremonies and will be sensitive to their different requirements



See, more than just great pictures!

Angelina Jolie will not be acting as Marilyn Monroe?

Looks like Angelina Jolie will not be acting as Marilyn Monroe.

Her rep tells the Los Angeles Times: "Angelina is NOT attached to this project."

In my opinion, she is pretty but I don't think she is suitable for that role because her looks totally different than Marilyn Monroe.

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Angelina Jolie to act as Marilyn Monroe in new biopic

According to UK reports, Angelina Jolie will act as Marilyn Monroe in a new movie.

Andrew O'Hagan, who is the author of novel The Life And Opinions Of Maf The Dog, And Of His Friend Marilyn Monroe confirmed that Angelina Jolie
will be acting as Marilyn Monroe. He confrimed this during the Edinburgh Film Festival.

Another well known actor will be acting as Frank Sinatra, which is
George Clooney.

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So Pretty!

I saw this on Style me Pretty and I had to just swoooooon!



The wreath of carnations is just soo lovely, it makes my heart sink!



Photography by: Carla Ten Eyck Photography

Military operation during Angelina Jolie and family's stay in the hotel

While they were staying in Claremont Hotel in Berkley, Calif, the hotel
staff was like having a military operation to maintain their privacy.

One of the hotel said, “We approached the arrival of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt — plus their kids and entourage — as if it was a military operation."

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will launch clothing line

Brad Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie will launch clothing line for charity purposes. This was reported by the Mail on Sunday.

The profits will go to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. Brad have been to Italy for meetings for this.

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Angelina Jolie loves the action in Salt

Angelina Jolie did most of the action in Salt and she enjoyed it.

She explained, "I'd done a lot of action movies but they were all based in fantasy in some way. This was the first time I got to do something based in reality and I think that makes all the action harder and softer and just a lot more fun."

"In most action films you have that one gun but in this one it's everybody taking everyone else's. I think I got to play with just about everything including a fire extinguisher in a way I had never used it."

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Angelina Jolie accepted Wanted because of James McAvoy

Last time Angelina Jolie accepted to act in 'Wanted' because she heard James McAvoy was also be actingt.

She said "I was itching to do something that was physical because I had done some emotional films and I had been at home with the kids."

"Then I heard they were casting James McAvoy and I thought, 'That sounds really unusual.' Everyone thinks of him as this sweet, fun guy - which he is - but he's also from Scotland, and that's a tough place."

"I didn't know that there was anything original out there until I came across this script."

"Then I heard they were casting James McAvoy and I thought, 'That sounds really unusual.' Everyone thinks of him as this sweet, fun guy - which he is - but he's also from Scotland, and that's a tough place."

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Hire Professionals - Cake Baker

Most of you have probably been introduced to Cake Wrecks, and that site has been endless enjoyment for our office!



It's part of the inspiration for this post. Imagine you go to your baker, and tell this you want a cake that is similar to this:

And then they tell you that's no problem, it should be a breeeeeeeeeeeeeze. And when your cake is delivered, set and ready to cut, you see this:

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!



How do you avoid this?



Hire a professional baker, that is used to the area you live, humidity and heat can make big differences to cakes. Some areas can tolerate buttercream in the summer (we can't), some cakes shouldn't be outside period.



Some bakeries do other things, like sell groceries, check their prices and WHO is going to baking your cake. That can make a big difference. And honestly, the prices aren't all that different. In fact, you think you are saving money, and most of the time. You aren't.



Thanks Cake Wrecks for the use of the pictures on your site!

Angelina Jolie and Brad use Jacuzzi for romance

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie loves to use the Jacuzzi at the Claremont Hotel where they can spend sometime together.

A source said: "We approached the arrival of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt -- plus their kids and entourage -- as if it was a military operation."

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References

Don't be afraid to ask for references. Please.



No matter who you are meeting with, if you feel comfortable calling other vendors, do it. Or ask your vendors when you are meeting with them. Ask for references.



Ask for both past brides and/or clients as well as vendor references.



Really it's okay.



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Professional Photographer

Yesterday, we talked about professional photography and what a difference it can make in your wedding. If you think about it this way, your wedding is a production. An elaborate play-like production, if you will.



If your budget cannot tolerate a $15,000+ photographer, consider hiring that photographer, but hire them for their lesser package. You will have amazing images. Just less of them, or less time with that photographer.



You may want to check a photographers credentials. Check references. Ask other vendors about that photographer, they may post great work on their website or blog, but what if they haven't called their clients back in 9 months, or never produced an album for a client they promised they would. These are concerns that can be handled with a phone call!



Photography by: Rae Leytham Photography (notice this photograph was taken in a dark room at night, if the photographer was to take this picture with an on camera flash, there would be no picture, the photographer had to light the entire room from behind in order to still get the "the shot" = professional)

Angelina Jolie was spotted with a woman

Angelina Jolie was spotted with a woman at the Dresden and her partner Brad Pitt was not there.

The woman that was with Angelina Jolie was described, ‘beautiful woman with short, dark hair.”

One witness said, "Angelina and this lady were pretty playful and affectionate,. They were having a lot of fun.”

“Angelina was laughing and seemed very relaxed. She was wearing very little makeup and slipped under the radar.”

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Is celebritiy such as Angelina Jolie brings big influence to charity?

Angelina Jolie is good will ambassador for UNCHR. Does she brings big influence to humanitarian?

Marissa Buckanoff, a spokeswoman for UNICEF, said "UNICEF's celebrities have a wide range of talents and achievements, but they all share a commitment to improving the lives of children worldwide. And in each case a celebrity's association with UNICEF comes about because he or she has already demonstrated that commitment."

President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles, California said,
"When a celebrity goes to another country the media is there. Celebrities help bring the spotlight to the need for shelter with Habitat for Humanity." , also known as the United Nations Refugee Agency, and UNICEF has a number of celebrity ambassadors, including Liv Tyler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Clay Aiken.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad throw go-karting birthday party for Maddox

According to US reports, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt celebrate their son, Maddox's birthday by giving a go-karting birthday party.

This is his ninth birthday. The birthday party was held at Go Kart World according to RadarOnline.com.

A source told the US website: 'They stayed for about two hours. Brad and Angie were very nice people and only asked other people there not [to] take pictures.'

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Hire Professionals

I feel like I've been on a tangent lately about hiring professionals. This is your wedding, you want it to be amazing. You want it to be perfect! And I know you wouldn't hire a dentist to cut a mole off of your back and tell you if it was cancerous or not.



So why would you hire a photographer off of let's say C.raig's List, the one person who will document, your most amazing day, the person who will provide you with the one thing you'll have after your wedding to remember all of the details, to recall your friends and most precious family members that celebrated your wedding day with you.



And sadly, in some instances the last family event that your elder family members may attend!



Okay, stepping off of my soap box now... but read this, the point of the post to begin with.



Photo by: Rae Leytham Photography (check out the bright background, and how you can can still see the bride and groom's faces and the color of her dress and the detail of her gown, the blue of the sky, the feather embelsihment in her hair....professional.)

Angelina Jolie feels her kids moving fast

Angelina Jolie has six kids together with her partner Brad Pitt and sometimes she feels that they are hard to handle because they move very fast.

Angelina told Us Weekly magazine, “They can run fast. Zahara is the fastest by far. They’re all over, and the twins go in different directions at the same time.

“We’ve gated off a lot of the room in the house where they were going though.”

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Angelina Jolie misses the anonymity

Angelina Jolie misses the anonymity she had during the early stages of her career.

She said, “I do miss anonymity. I lived in New York in my early 20s and I used to just walk block after block. I loved it.”

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Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh will cry if keep long hair

Angelina Jolie revealed that her daughter Shiloh will choose her clothes as well as hairstyle. At one point, Shiloh cried over her long hair.

Angelina tells Grazia magazine (via Monsters and Critics):

"It's not my choice. I have a very strong-willed four-year-old girl, who tells me what she wants to wear and I let her be who she is. I think people think kids should be a certain way, but I feel they should wear what they feel like wearing and they should express themselves. Shiloh cried one night and said, 'Please cut my hair off. I don't want to have long hair.' I'm not going to leave it long because somebody thinks I should."





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Fab Finds!

If, after you see this, you aren't drooling... well, something is wrong with you. Okay, maybe you are completely sane. And just don't have the love of paper that I do. And that's okay.



I saw this on Wedding Tidbits:



{insert gushing, love, love, love, love!!!}

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Angelina Jolie brought her kids to toy shop

Angelina Jolie brought her kids to toy shop. The kids happily choose which toy they want.

One insider said, "Pax found a 'Magnificent Manicure Kit' that he brought over to show Zahara. It looked like they both wanted it and they showed it to Angelina. After Pax and Zahara pleaded, their 35-year-old mom "agreed they could get it."

Shiloh was spotted eating a fruit. They left after ten minutes and returned back to the hotel with their new toys.

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fresh new music

Baby Lyrics Justin Bieber	Get Outta My Way Lyrics Kylie Minogue
Gone Already Lyrics Faith Evans	Put That On My Hood Lyrics Usher
Why Wait Lyrics Rascal Flatts	Feel Love Lyrics Sean Garrett
Letting Go Lyrics Sean Kingston	Live Forever Lyrics Matt Morris
Put It Down Lyrics Bun B	Speechless Lyrics Lady GaGa

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More Fab Finds!

I saw this on So This is Bliss Blog and I love it! Maybe because it's a bajillion degrees outside and I am craving winter, but I think it's more-so that I just love the glimmer of crystal goodness!

Brad Pitt's new shaven look scare his twins

When Brad's twins saw him for the first time in his clean shaven look,
they was scared. They didn't recognize him. They shouted at Angelina Jolie,
saying "Who's that man? Where's Daddy?"

One source told "Enquirer, "Knox and Vivienne were so young when Brad started growing his beard that they didn't know him any other way. Brad kissed and hugged them when he left for the hairstylist but when he came home three hours later with his hair cut, the gray dyed out and his face totally smooth, Knox and Vivienne ran away from him screaming.

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More Fab Finds!

Please, please, please have a Cotton Candy Bar!!! What a fab fab fab fab find!!!!



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Angelina Jolie schedule date nights with her partner Brad Pitt

Even though she has six kids together with her partner, Brad but both of them keep the romance going by planning and schedule time to go out for a date.

She tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "We actually schedule them (date nights). We just had one the other night and we went next door so we didn't have to worry about the paparazzi and the kids didn't know where we were. We have a house that has two sections so we go to the part that's normally the studio and the office and just have dinner as a couple.

"If you can hold it together - which is hard these days and a lot of people separate - then you have to work at it, and you have to make that time when you are not Mum and Dad once in a while."

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Fab Finds!

I am always scouring the internet for some amazing details, so check this out!



This incredible purple inspiration board from Wedding Wire.