Falling In Love With Green

Even in the midst of your wedding bliss there is always an opportunity to help the enviroment you live in, even while registering for your wedding gifts! I highly suggest if you would like to decrease your carbon footprint, look into registering on All Green Wedding. This is a wonderful website that encourages brides to support their local community. The concept of All Green Wedding is that the bride registers with stores that All Green Wedding has listed online and the couple's gifts are actually monies that they can spend at stores within their local community. All Green Wedding has an array of merchants they are affiliated with on their website, it is a definitely worth checking into. Besides, what is better than being able to shop and help your local community AND your environment all at the same time? Our blushing bride will be falling in love with All Green Wedding before she can even say "I do"! 

The Above Lovely Photo Is From The Following Venu: The Durham Ox

Destination Wedding Anyone?

One of the ladies of ele3 had the opportunity to travel to the beautiful Grand Cayman, B.W.I. last week. During her relaxing and rejuvenating stay, she was able to meet with the very lovely Amanda Jay from the Westin Casuarina Resort and Spa. Located on the pristine seven mile beach, the hotel has everything and more for your destination wedding. We highly recommend checking it out, and if destination weddings don't suit your fancy, then it is a perfect location for your honeymoon.

When registering for your fine china do not be opposed to thinking outside of the box. If you would like to do something different and still have a classic appeal try your local antique or thrift stores. I guarantee you will find china that is beautifully unique and has defined character. If you find a set of china you cannot live without but it is the only set left do not hesitate to mix & match. You can easily find a theme with the china you adore and elaborate with other flattering pieces. The above image reflects an array of different china with a gorgeous gold theme. If you choose to alter your china with a variety of different pieces you will end up creating a table affair that will be breathtaking.

For your fine dining flatware I recommend an eclectic look by going to either estate sales or ebay and buying bulk silver flatware. You will be surprised to find the treasure that lies beneath the tarnished mass is actually a brilliant, shiny, ornate piece of stunning flatware.

More often than not beautiful china gets tucked away and not used except for special occasions or the holidays. Live it up! Our personal opinion is treat yourself like a queen everyday and your new hubby like the king you know he is! You have the china to use have a party everyday and most of all have a wonderful time while you do it!

Registry Style

Finding your style is an essential part of your bridal registry. Always remember to register for more sets of tableware than needed because accidents will happen and your lovely tableware will break! Keep in mind that after you are married your style is going to change in the years to come. This is helpful when you chose your flatware, fine china, every day dinnerware & stemware. We recommend going with a dish set that is classic so that you can interchange by dressing it up or giving it a modern day flare. This is easily achieved by going with a solid color dish set. Choosing a solid dish as your base allows you to mix and match while accenting with your linens leaving you with numerous options to dress your table for a summer tea or bright & cheery for the Christmas season.

Photograph: Martha Stewart

The Art of Registry

Along with the decorating and planning you do for your wedding there is also the splendid opportunity of gift registry. During this week the team at ele3 Event Design & Planning will be giving you helpful tid-bits that will lead our brides & grooms blissfully down the aisles of department stores. Please do enjoy the first "tid-bit" of the week!

Sometimes brides & grooms have mentioned it can be rather overwhelming going to the store and looking at the potential merchandise in front of them. Instead of taking the accessible scanning gun and scanning things "just because" we recommend perusing the store online first to get acquainted with what they have to offer.

Online registry is the perfect fit for our busy bride and groom who do not have enough time to go to the store. This enables the soon to be wedded couple to relax, have a date night, call in Chinese and register without even leaving the comfort of their own homes. The other splendid thing about online registry is it offers more options than what the stores carry. Please also note this is true with shopping at the store as well, it is good to look at both options!