Miss Pear-tini here signing in for the very first time! Yey! I am so flattered to be here and very excited to be sharing with you a few steps on our wedding-planning adventure. First of all, why the pear-tini? Well, I LOVE pear jelly beans and really a peartini tastes just like a liquid jelly [...]

Hello! I’m Miss Cape Cod and I am *thrilled* to be here! I am a born and bred Midwestern girl who is marrying a boy from South Jersey. We are planning a wedding in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and if any of you are like some of our guests, you are wondering: Why [...]

  My adoration of cake should be criminal.  My love for children is natural.  So, when Masterpiece Weddings started up their “Let’s Eat Cake!” competition with 100% of the proceeds going to St. Jude’s Children Hospital, my heart melted.   Let’s Eat Cake! will include a cake design and tasting competition and a cake auction.  There will [...]

So you are probably asking… Who is this Lemon Drop and what makes her tick ? I am a San Francisco bay area native (grew up in the ‘burbs, now live in the city) and I’m marrying a Pennsylvania boy. We met two years ago online, (which makes sense since we are both [...]

For this week's hot colors, we're taking another cue from the Pantone Fall 2008 Color Report. Wintered Rose and Shitake are a different play on the already tired pink and brown theme.

We are starting a new  series here at Cocktails and Details:  Plan With the ‘Tinis– we hope that you enjoy it and that it also helps out some of our bridal readers.  It’s been my contention that fabulous trends and ideas don’t just come from the pros, but from those who also have “their [...]

This happens more often than you think.  One of your groomsmen, or Heaven forbid, your groom, has an athletic build and cannot find a proper fit for his clothing, let alone his tuxedo.  When this happens, you have full, irrevocable veto power on anything they choose that makes them look like stuffed sausage.  So [...]

  A lot of luxelings luck out by having a fantastic home to marry in– or they know of a friend or relatively who will lovingly donate the use of their home.  In fact many brides come to the St. Simons and Jekyll Island area to rent villas for the sole purpose of having their [...]

What is going on in the blogosphere and in the local area?  Come closer…   The Wedding Chicks chose one of the most glamorous and exclusive resorts from our area to represent Georgia in their 50 States 50 Venues Series.  Sea Island is one of the most beautiful areas in the Golden Isles to have [...]