Sawtooth Winery Thanksgiving Event

Sawtooth Winery is hosting their annual Thanksgiving Event on November 26th & 27th! If you have thought about having your wedding at Sawtooth or if you are still looking for a venue come out and enjoy the live music, food, and wine! What better way to relax on Black Friday after the crazy shopping!
Tickets are $10.00 a piece and you will receive a free wine glass. Sawtooth Brides & Grooms for 2011 are Free! If you have any more questions or would like more information; you can go to SawtoothWinery.com or call 467-1200!

Honeymoon!

November 20, 2010 ~ Honeymoon!

Don’t forget your Honeymoon! For a lot of couples the honeymoon is put on the “If we can afford it list” Our advice, do everything you can to take a Honeymoon! Even if it is going to McCall for a few days or go to the coast for 4 days, do something.. you have earned it! Some of us brides have planned for a year; every spare second we are planning and making decisions we have earned a few days of vacation.

Here are a few tips for your Honeymoon:

1.) If you are going somewhere out of the country be sure to apply for your passport early on (if you don’t have one yet) make sure to keep everything in your maiden name!
2.) If you are flying – when packing put half of your clothes in your husband’s suit case and have him put half of his clothes in yours. That way if one of your bags get lost; you will still both have clothes.
3.) Before you leave do some research on where you are going and find attractions you really want to see, don’t wait until you get there you will miss out on some amazing attractions!
4.) While you are there talk to your waiters, bar tenders, and hotel staff to find out where the locals go, it is always a great time to go to a local pub.
5.) Make sure your driver’s license does not expire while you are gone! If it does you could potentially have problems getting home (which may not be a bad thing!)
6.) Try and go for the all-inclusive whenever possible. Make sure you read what their “all-inclusive” includes. Some don’t include excursions or alcoholic beverages. All-inclusive resorts are a great way to go; you don’t have to pay for food, drinks, tips. As long as you are on the resort it’s free!! The Sandal’s Resorts are amazing, go to www.sandals.com; they are always running specials and you can usually put a deposit down of around $300-$500 dollars and then make payments, great way to go!
7.) Make sure to enjoy yourself and each other!

Winter Wedding Wonderland

This is simply breathtaking! It would be very cost effective also. All you need to make this dramatic ceremony scene would be gather branches, white spray pain, maybe some glitter and Christmas lights.







Beautiful cake, this would be a terrific cake if you want to do a snow flake theme or a winter wonderland theme.









This would make such a dramatic entrance and exit for you and your groom!












These are all very beautiful! If you are thinking that you want a Winter Wonderland wedding, consider going shopping the day after Christmas when most retailers will put all their Christmas decorations on clearance!













We love both of these favor ideas. Most everyone loves the cinnamon pine cones for their homes during the winter. You can purchase a bag of 12 for relatively inexpensive. Then pick out some ribbon that matches your wedding colors and maybe some card stock that you print "Thank You" on and you have yourself wedding favors!

If you are considering a Winter Wonderland Wedding, start by going to Google images, there are endless possibilities!

If you have any pictures of your Winter Wonderland Wedding or a wedding you've attended send us pictures; we'd love to share them! TreasureValleyBrides@hotmail.com

Lindsey's Wedding Journal

November 11, 2010
As some of your many know I am also planning my wedding. My fiancé and I have been together for five years. I thought it would be a fun idea to blog about my wedding planning to see if it would help upcoming brides and if you have any advice for me please don’t hesitate to comment! I too get very overwhelmed at times. Like this morning when I logged into my email and the first email says 302 days left until the big day.. panic set in. Oh my word I have so much to do, how will I ever get it all done! Then I remember I just have to take a deep breath and realize it has to get done and I can only take it one day at a time!
So far we have selected a date, September 10, 2011 (9-10-11; thought it was a cute date!) We have selected a venue which is Sawtooth Winery. I never imaged that the venue would be the hardest choice. There are so many beautiful locations in the Treasure Valley; however most of them did not fit my needs. Sawtooth Winery was the only place that was going to work, it is absolutely beautiful, if you are looking for an outdoor venue do yourself a favor and check out Sawtooth Winery. My favorite things about Sawtooth Winery besides it’s beauty is that it has indoor bathrooms; I never imaged that having bathrooms was going to be such an ordeal! It is large enough to accommodate a large guest list, however it is still intimate so if you only want a few to share in your big day it will work perfect. I also love that there are multiple different ceremony sites you can pick from, which is tricky for me because I love them all! And the wedding/events coordinator out there Andrea is so sweet, we have really enjoyed working with her!
For us being at 302 days until the big day we still have a lot of things to get done and decisions to make! If you have found any great favor, invitation, wedding websites please let me know!

Until next time,

Lindsey

Don't do it...

5 Things You Should NEVER Wear To A Wedding

by Jenny Feldman

Normally, on Save the Date, we focus on what you should wear to weddings, but today’s topic is all about please Don’ts. See if you agree, after the jump.

A white dress (or anything that could under any circumstances be mistaken for a wedding dress)

It might seem pretty obvious but still, I’m surprised by how often I see women making this mistake. Not cool, ladies. Save the floaty white dress for another occasion and take your pick of the 8,000 million other colors chilling in your closet—seriously.

Anything too short ‘n too tight

If you’re really drawn to these kind of get-ups, you might get away with one at the bachelorette party. After that, skip it. Enough said.


A really conservative suit

Suits at weddings can be a Do if they’ve got a skirt, come in a pretty color and have feminine details (think, gorgeous vintage Chanel skirt suit). But that blah work-y thing you wore to the last three job interviews? Nah. Remember, weddings are supposed to be celebratory occasions.

An upstager dress

This part gets tricky, especially if the invitation reads “black tie.” A good rule of thumb is to think carefully about what gown you pick. If it’s something that’s shouting “Look at me! look at me!” or has center-of-attention details like a train or bustle, you might want to reconsider.


Jeans
Sure, they’re sexy, comfy and you can dance all night in them, but c’mon—it’s just bad manners. As a bride, I was even a little offended by the few people who opted to wear golf polos and capri pants to my Saturday night reception. Plus, what will grandma think?

Thought this was funny, for entire story including pictures check out msn.com

Garden Wedding

Have you picked out a Garden setting for your Special Day? Not really sure what to do with it? The great thing about a Garden setting is that you can either have less is more or more is more! Depending on your style it can take very little to make it beautiful or you can go over the top and it still works in the Garden setting!

Here are some pictures and ideas we came up with to help you with you choice



Breathtaking!




What a cute idea for your favors, put a package of flower/plant seeds in these and give them away!





Mason jars are fairly inexpensive and you can do so much with them!










These jugs are great for garden settings!


Simply yet elegant!

Hope we gave you a few ideas to help with your planning, check back next week for a new location!

If you have any other great ideas for a garden wedding, please post them!

Venues

Over the next few weeks we are going to focus on specific venues and ideas for decorations, favors, and centerpieces to go along with those venues! We hope these ideas help with your wedding plans!

First on the list: Wineries!

Most wineries require that your purchase a certain amount of wine when your hold an event there, you can use these bottles for your favors as well; might as well kill two birds with one stone! You can have the wineries make you custom labels or you can order them online. They make a great gift!


You can also do custom wine glass to give to your guest, a great, functional gift. Every time your guest drink from the glass after the wedding they will remember you and your special day!



Here is a very inexpensive centerpiece; collect empty wine bottles and a little spray paint and you have a terrific vase!




How cute are these? Placement holders