2008-03-21 18:53:58 by SMARTBRIDE

Save Your Guests 10% on Flights to Your Wedding

TAGS: TRANSPORTATION, DESTINATION WEDDING, DESTINATION WEDDING DRESSES, WEDDING DRESS, WEDDING GOWN, BRIDAL GOWN, WEDDING TIPS

When your guests book flights to your wedding using your Westjet booking code, they will receive 10% off their flights. To register your wedding and receive your booking code, call Westjet Convention Desk at 1-877-952-4696.

Here's a cute Westjet employee story – but if it teaches us anything… CARRY YOUR DRESS ONTO THE PLANE!

2008-08-13 12:15:17 by SMARTBRIDE

Double Chins Be Gone! Alan Lee dishes his expert tips on Sweetspot.ca

TAGS: WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY, ALAN C LEE, TORONTO, EXPERT TIPS, WEDDING TIPS, WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Alan C Lee is a Toronto-based wedding and event photographer who shoots both locally and abroad. He's also a sweetspot.ca expert and today, he offered tips and tricks on making the best of your wedding photos - lucky us!


Check out his tried and true advice to get red carpet camera ready, and even more tricks for getting comfortable in front of the camera on your big day on Sweetspot.ca.


His tips will help you:

  • Avoid the dreaded double chin.
  • Look slimmer.
  • Make your upper arms look great.
  • Stand taller and more confident.


What more could a girl ask for?

2008-04-22 20:03:40 by SMARTBRIDE

Happy Earth Day! Finally, Practical Suggestions for a Green Wedding

TAGS: GREEN TIPS, ECO TIPS, GREEN WEDDING, ECO WEDDING, EXPERT TIPS, WEDDING TIPS

With all the green talk lately, I've come across a ton of outlandish, costly and completely impractical suggestions on how to plan a green wedding. Finally, Kendall Brown of Eclatante Design has created a list of practical eco-friendly tips you can use to plan your own Lite-Green Wedding courtesy of The Bride's Cafe.

Brown emphasizes that every little bit counts and I think you'll find when you multiply each eco-friendly choice by your number of guests, the result is definitely worth the effort.

If you have any practical tips to planning your own green wedding, please share with all of us on the SmartBoards.

2008-09-06 16:00:17 by SMARTBRIDE

Help! Our Guest List is TOO BIG!

TAGS: GUEST LIST, WEDDING BUDGET, BUDGET WEDDING, WEDDING TIPS, WEDDING ADVICE, ELOPE, WEDDING ETIQUETTE

The fastest way to save money on your wedding is to reduce the guest list. "But how?" you ask? Try these tips.

  • Give your parents strict guidelines when submitting their guests for the list! This can get a bit sticky depending on cultural obligations and expectations - but why not ask them to keep their lists to friends and acquaintances that you have actually met before?

  • Reduce the number of +1s you allow. Unless you are inviting guests who will not know anyone else at the wedding, you can invite single guests on their own. Do remember to plan your seating accordingly so single friends sit with other friends in their group.

  • Consider only inviting family and your closest friends (maybe the wedding party) to a special dinner, and invite the larger group for cocktails, Hors d'oeuvres, cake cutting and dance afterward.

  • Prioritize your guest list into "must invite" and "nice to invite" lists. Send your "must invites" early - when these guests decline, you can send an invitation from the "nice to invite" list. ...

2008-11-18 22:25:32 by SMARTBRIDE

Be Haute When You Tie the Knot

TAGS: WEDDING TIPS, GLOSS MAGAZINE, WEDDING MAGAZINES, NINA DUONG, WEDDING GOWN, WEDDING DRESS, BRIDAL GOWN



My dearest SmartBrides, consider this our lucky day!


Nicole Stewart, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Fashion Magazine GLOSS, brings us the latest trends in Bridal Couture straight from Nina Duong. I highly recommend a visit to Glossmag.ca. In addition to keeping up on fashion trends at all price points, you’ll find shop listings in cities across the country where you create a custom look for your wedding day and, of course, to add some unique pieces to your everyday wardrobe. Take it away, Nicole.



Nina Duong Micha Dress

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who makes the prettiest dresses of them all? Nina Duong Haute Couture specializes in wedding dresses that will leave him gushing at the altar.