A Wedding Planner's New Year's Wish by Mark Kingsdorf - While I have NEVER said NO to a couple, there have been those times….Brides often have a fairytale vision of their weddings. Sometime the fantasy gets in the way of reality… here are my wishes for couples to have a happy New Year....read more

Guilty Pleasures by Scarlett Messina The Metallic Eye was the eye "du Jour" of Holiday 2007 and is still going strong into early 2008 but is now translating from dark smoky grey colors to burnished browns and golds. These colors with a "gilded" edge have been used on every catwalk showing the new Spring fashions.  This is a very easy look to achieve and everyone from pale Nordic blondes to dark ebony haired gals can pull it off easily.
All of the cosmetic lines are "gilding" all of their colors. The choices range from burnished browns to gleaming coppers even bright gold shadow is given a tarnished tint. Cosmetic companies have worked with their "colorists" to add extra pigments to colors to achieve the gilded look. Even though you may currently have shadows you think will work for this look go try some of the new colors offered..  ...read more

Father's Role by Edith Gilbert Please tell me what role the father plays in helping me plan my wedding? I feel badly because it seems to me that he is kind of left out in the decision making process, although he is paying all the bills. Do you have suggestions?..read more

New Year, New You!  by Leslie Orlen, M.S. CPT-NASM -There's no time like the present.  First, set a realistic goal of starting and sticking to healthy behavioral patterns for your 2008 wedding!  Before you know it bells will be ringing. .  .read more