Archives for March 2015

Find Your Perfect Destination, Garden or Boho Chic Gown in Our Bridal Garden

03.30.15

The Bridal Garden is now open at our StarDust Bridal Salon, located downstairs next to Bridesmaids. The Bridal Garden features romantic, flowy gowns perfect for a wedding on the beach, at a ranch or farmhouse, in a garden – or any other destination wedding! What makes these beautiful gowns even more lovely is their price point: these beauties range $1,000-2,000. The Bridal Garden features designs from Love Marley by Watters, Romantique by Claire Pettibone, Rosa Clara Soft and Ti Adora by Alvina Valenta. Whether you desire lace, crystals, tulle, an open back, illusion details or color, The Bridal Garden is sure to have a gown for you! We are adding to our collection regularly, but here are some styles we currently have available:

To check out these ethereal gowns in person, make an appointment now online or by calling the salon at 972.781.1619.

Real Wedding: Jenna and John’s Big Fun Italian Wedding

03.27.15

Last year, our talented Weddings by StarDust team designed and planned an over-the-top Italian celebration for fun-loving Jenna and John. This past November, we got to see the event come to fruition in fabulous fashion. Jenna hails from a large New York Italian family, and while John is not Italian, family is very important to him, as well, so they wanted their reception to resemble a very large family dinner party. We developed an over-the-top Italian feast atmosphere with a color palette of ivory, blush and gold, and full of incredible Italian food, lush, aromatic flowers and lots of fantastic music. You see, Jenna is a country music singer, so really good music was vital to their celebration. Bella Flora knocked the stunning floral out of the park, and the dance floor was packed the whole night, thanks to The Jam Wows and Marcus Rollins. Photographers Jenny and Eddie Martell were on hand to capture all the great moments. Here are some of them – feast your eyes on this!

Jenna looked simply gorgeous in her YSA Makino gown. We love that lace with the subtly colored liner!

Mother of the Bride (MOB) Joanne looked nearly as stunning in her VM for Mori Lee black lace gown.

The traditional Catholic Mass Ceremony was just lovely.

We love this twist on the guest sign-in!

The Four Seasons was the perfect location for this beautiful reception!

The cake so pretty! We still adore monograms!

Groom John is a filmmaker – check out his cool cake!

The lighting, linens and floral were so sophisticated and striking!

The specialty sweets table was a huge hit!

Aren’t they just adorable?! We love seeing our couples so happy!

The Jam Wows brought it!

Off to Bora Bora with a sparkler sendoff on the Four Seasons golf cart!

Big thanks to our fantastic vendor team:
Beauty: Michael Gonzalez for bride and MOB’s hair/makeup; Elan for bridesmaids’ hair
Bridal Apparel/Accessories: YSA Makino gown, fuzzy shawl and Paris earrings from StarDust Celebrations
Cakes: bride’s – Delicious Cakes; groom’s – Fancy Cakes by Lauren
Ceremony Music: Stradivarius Strings
Ceremony Venue: St. Ann Catholic Parish
Floral: Bella Flora
Lighting: Marcus Rollins
Linens: Seat by Design; cake linens through Bella Flora
Mother of the Bride Apparel: VM for Mori Lee gown from StarDust Celebrations
Photography: Jenny Martel
Photo Booth: Picstrips
Reception Music: band The Jam Wows!; DJ/Emcee Marcus Rollins
Reception Venue: Four Seasons Resort Dallas at Las Colinas
Rentals: dance floor, band façade and steps – DFW Dance Floors
Stationery: StarDust Celebrations
Transportation: Blue Diamond
Treat Table (favors): mini pies – Crème de la Cookie; other sweets flown in from NY the day prior to the wedding
Videography: RC Studios
Wedding Design and Planning: Weddings by StarDust

Creating the Perfect Home Wedding

03.25.15

A home wedding can be a wonderful event. If the home is accommodating enough with plenty of outdoor space, having a wedding ceremony and reception at a home – whether it belongs to one of your families or some extremely gracious friends – can be an enchanting option. But unless you’re planning on an intimate celebration for very few guests, it is not the same – or as simple – as just opening your home for a party.

Our team of certified wedding planners have planned numerous home weddings over the years, from intimate affairs to soirees for 400+ on land where we built the “venue” from scratch. We are excited to share some tips, tricks and best practices when it comes to planning a home wedding. We’ve broken this into a three-part series and this first installment gives you some of the most crucial details to think about when considering a home wedding!

There are a multitude of logistical considerations you’ll want to spend time pondering before you make the commitment to a home wedding. Below is a list of several – but not all – of them:

Space

For setup, breakdown, storage, layout and flow of ceremony and reception and for the wedding party to get ready and wait for ceremony to start

Parking
Valet vs. self parking, potential need for permits, room enough for all the cars and neighborhood issues

Necessities
Power, restrooms, trash, security
Rentals
Consider all that you might need: tent, furniture, linens, glassware, flatware, plates, food service items

Catering/Staffing
Timing, refrigeration, heating, staging, set-up, serving, clean-up

Again, these are just a few of the logistics to consider. To drill down on these issues a little, in the coming weeks, we will share our top five do’s, followed by our top five don’ts when it comes to home weddings and particularly, receptions.

And if the idea of weighing the pros and cons of a home wedding overwhelm you, make an appointment with our experienced wedding planners to learn how they can help walk you though the process – and you’ll have fun along the way!

Real Wedding: LuLu’s Bride Featured on Style Me Pretty

03.23.15

One of our beautiful LuLu’s Brides is getting some love on Style Me Pretty! Hillary and Regan’s lovely DIY wedding was captured by the talented Shaun Menary and shared on SMP. Hillary found both her gorgeous Angelina Faccenda bridal gown and her bridesmaids’ Bill Levkoff dresses at LuLu’s Bridal. Check out these pretty ladies:

Be sure to check out the full gallery on SMP!

Real Wedding: LuLu’s Bride is Gorgeous in Angelina Faccenda

03.19.15

This bride. This gown. I mean. Is she not stunning?!

Lovely Kaylee married Michael in a beautiful ceremony in McKinney. She found her dream gown in this Mori Lee AF Couture style she discovered at LuLu’s Bridal. The Mamones were on-hand to capture all sorts of fabulous photos to commemorate the day. Take a peek:

Check out many more photos from this wonderful day on the Mamones’ blog! Congratulations, Kaylee and Michael!

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