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It’s expo season! And first up, is the Gainesville Wedding Expo this Sunday, Aug. 28th from noon until 5 p.m. You’ll find us there with new studio samples in our fun, interactive booth plus everything else you’ll need to help you plan your wedding. We hope to see you there!
For more information on the Gainesville Wedding Expo and to purchase tickets, click here.
As most of you know, Paul and I recently welcomed our second little boy into this world. At 3am on April 9th, we headed to the hospital knowing it wouldn’t be long! At 8:21am, Brasher Anthony Privette made his debut at 6 pounds 14 ounces and 19 inches long. About half an hour later, Paul asked our nurse to bring in the grandparents to meet their new grandson. Paul’s mom and dad, “Nana and Pop” and my parents, “Gram and Grumps” got to hold baby Brasher. (I’ll explain “Grumps” another time!) Before this moment, we hadn’t shared the name. Brasher was my grandfather, my dad’s father. He is the patriarch of the Ard family. We are an incredibly large and very close family. When his wife, my Granny, died about a year ago, there were five living generations and most of which lived in Okeechobee, Fl. We come together for almost every holiday, packing in 50 to sometimes nearing 100 people in my Granny’s small house. Several years ago we were forced by the growing numbers to set up a tent outside to accommodate the craziness!
Brasher’s middle name, Anthony, is my dad’s middle name also. It was very special to give him that name since my dad had three girls and wasn’t able to pass his name on to us! I always knew God was going to give me boys so that my precious father wasn’t always so outnumbered!
This past Sunday we dedicated Brasher at our church. Our pastor shared that Anthony meant “priceless”. Pastor chose the verse Psalm 36:7, “How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!”
Paul and I would like to thank all of our friends, family and clients who have been so supportive, loving… and understanding this last month! We’re excited to share this precious baby with you! He’s already joined us in the studio several times! Thanks for your well wishes!
Big brother Win with Brasher… our clients who we’ve taken newborn pictures of know how long it took to get this shot!
Less than one week from today is the big day! ”Love Wedd: A Bridal Boutique” will open its doors next Wednesday night, October 20th, at 6:30pm! Brides can sample food from Olive You Catering and desserts from Dream Day Cakes. Browse the staging areas and designs of Keith Watson Productions and The Grande Event. Get ideas from the stunning arrangements of The Plant Shoppe. Enjoy the music and atmosphere provided by G-NYS Entertainment, and meet with all 14 of the area’s top wedding vendors!
RSVP for the event at our event page on Facebook…( http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123541697701625&ref=ts ).
Be the first to experience this unique bridal event! Can’t wait to see you there!
Say hi to the newest Love Wedd member: Solutions Bridal
Stylish. Insightful. Fresh.
Solutions Bridal hand selects gowns from the nations top designers and showcases them in a convenient Gainesville salon for the fashionable, local bride. The team of knowledgeable stylist will guide the bride through the sea of unique dresses as they work to customize the bride’s dream wedding look. The salon selection includes gowns and accessories for the bride and her wedding party.
Contact:
www.twitter.com/solutionsbridal
www.facebook.com/solutionsbridal
Director & Buyer: Tali, tali@solutionsbridal.com
Phone: 352-367-0070
Fax: 352-374-7293
6450 SW Archer Road, Suite 230
Gainesville, FL 32608
Please welcome MasterPiece Weddings to the Love Wedd family! Learn a little about MasterPiece Weddings below…
“It all starts here! MasterPiece Weddings is intensely passionate about all things weddings, we’ve been planning weddings and events for 16 years! We love what we do, and want your wedding to be amazing, incredible, awesometastic – and then some! We’ll guide you every step of the way or if you want to handle the planning and have someone there on the day of your wedding to execute those details, we can take care of that too!”
Melissa DiStefano
352.317.3222
melissa@masterpieceweddings.net
2131 NW 40th Terrace, Suite E
Gainesville FL 32605
Twitter: WeddingPlanner1
Please welcome Unique Designs: A Custom Invitation Studio to the Love Wedd Family!
Unique Designs is an ever-evolving creative company that specializes in custom stationery and graphic design. Good design runs our lives, it’s what we are, it’s what we do. The company was created to fill a void in custom stationery in Gainesville, Florida. We approach each invitation design with new eyes, exploring our options, imagining how we could go one step further, how we can create one-of-a-kind designs. Our goal is to satisfy our clients’ needs while pushing ourselves to go further.
Now we have evolved to be more than just great stationery, we are a graphic design company that serves businesses, brides, and the general public worldwide. Design is an art, it’s a need in almost everything around us. In this creative world we dare to be different. We dare to be Unique.”
Company: Unique Designs
Address: 5203 Southwest 91st Terrace, Gainesville, Florida 32608
Phone: 352.338.7068
Email: info@daretobunique.com
Website: www.daretobunique.com
Blog: www.daretobunique.com/blog
Shop: www.shopuniquedesigns.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/uniquestudio
Facebook: www.facebook.com/uniquestudio
The time is here! We are finally revealing the list of the exclusive members of Love Wedd: A Bridal Boutique! First, we are extremely happy to introduce Dream Day Cakes…. read more about them below.
“Cakes do come true at Dream Day Cakes. From beautiful tiered wedding cakes to sculpted, creative groom’s cakes– if you dream it, we can bake it. We want to make your Wedding Cake as special as your Wedding Day. We offer personal cake tastings and know once you’ve tasted our Dream Day Cakes, you won’t settle for less.”
Company: Dream Day Cakes
Website: http://www.dreamdaycakes.com
Email: moreinfo@dreamdaycakes.com
Phone: (352) 336-8955
Twitter: DreamDayCakes
Address: 6352 NW 18th Dr Ste 3, Gainesville, FL 32653
For more information on Love Wedd, visit our facebook page here, or follow us on twitter here.
Two and a half years into business, we have found ourselves in an extremely scary, but incredibly exciting position… we have more business than two people can handle! Before now, it’s just been Paul and myself working around the clock shooting and designing and emailing and blogging and calling and printing and… sometimes sleeping. The time has come!!! Meet Ally!
I have had the pleasure of knowing Ally for a very long time. She’s the only person in the world I trust to pass on responsibilities to. She’s a great designer; she’s extremely professional; she’s super stylish and always knows what’s what and who’s who…LOVE HER! Ally will also be working with Unique Designs. Gio and I do so much design work together, that it made sense to split Ally’s time between us. What a simple commute she has!
So I present this challenge to Ally… Put up with my obsessive and perfectionistic ways, don’t be unnerved by Gio’s wild and wacky ways… and help Footstone and Unique Designs continue to grow in amazing ways!
Amy Keene, owner and lead planner of ADORE Events, Inc. has offered Footstone couples a 10% discount off of any wedding package! Amy’s office is right next door to our studio in Haile Village in Gainesville, Fl. We do a lot with Amy, including shooting her latest marketing campaign. ADORE is also offering Unique Designs clients, who’s office is also next door, the same discount! Yes… it really is just one big party down here!
Amy offers a complimentary consultation to all clients so they can learn about the advantages of having a professional planner. I encourage every couple to seriously consider it! It makes such an incredible difference in your wedding day!
These are some of my favorite shots from Amy’s shoot. Thanks to our awesome models from Solutions Bridal! Dresses are also Solutions dresses. Kari, Lauren and Hilary are amazing… and beautiful!
We’re happy to announce that in the past few weeks we’ve redesigned the blog, the website, our marketing materials… and our studio! I must admit I thought it was an impossible task that could never be accomplished in such a short amount of time. But because my husband needs no sleep and the unending support of our friends and family, it’s really happening! The blog is up, the website is live, the materials are printed, and the studio is complete! We’ve undergone a complete facelift. Five enormous and gorgeous new prints, eleven new canvases, new furniture, new paint, 200 square feet of new space… it’s unbelievable! Ok… breathe… and Paul… get some sleep!
It’s been an absolutely amazing year… we couldn’t have done it without you!
Here’s a look at the new studio. More pictures to come of our Big Reveal!
Thank you to all our friends, family and clients who have helped make this possible. We’re looking forward to our futures together!