Merriment & Mischief...

1)     Get coupons from local wedding vendors or online

2)     Bring your address labels so you do not have to write your address out a million times to win great prizes

3)     Go during the fashion shows- you can get through the aisles quicker

4)     Bring 2 bags to keep papers you are handed- a keep bag and a dump bag.  You are going to have way too much information to go through and it will be very hard to remember everyone you met

5)     Don’t bring too many people and leave kids at home

6)     Go with a plan.  There is so much to see!  Top show picks:-- great for flower ideas, tasting cake, looking at photography albums from cover to cover (did they capture an entire wedding like you would want yours captured?), and meeting DJ’s

Devoted to Details would like to pass on a congratulations to our fellow wedding planner Emilie Duncan!

Emilie and her husband just introduced their new baby girl, Elizabeth Jane Duncan, into the world on September 7, 2007!

Best Wishes to Emilie, Randy, and Ellie!

Now that the wedding is over, Devoted to Details wants to keep helping you by passing on these great anniverary gift ideas for you beginning years together!

First Anniversary (Paper): Send a snapshot from the newlyweds' nuptials to Karl Johnson, and he'll hand-cut a pair of gorgeous old-fashion silhouette portraits.

www.cutarts.com

Second Anniversary (Cotton): William-Sonoma's plush monogrammed towels come in trendy muted colors like persimmon, chocolate, and pewter.

www.wshome.com

Third Anniversary (Leather): A pair of chic passport covers from Smythson of Bond Street can be gold-stamped with the couple's individual names or their monogram.

www.smythson.com

Fourth Anniversary (Flowers): Rather than send a single arrangement, splurge on a weekly floral subscription from a trend-setting florist like Ovando. For a special touch, ask the florist to incorporate the couple's wedding flowers into each arrangement.

www.ovandony.com

Fifth Anniversary (Wood): Order the elegant tabletop wine rack from Red Envelope, have it personalized with the couple's monogram, and fill it with bottles of the champagne they served at their wedding.

www.redenvelope.com

On May 14, 2007, the U.S. Postal Service introduced new pricing. For more information, please visit the United States Postal Service website at www.usps.com. If you are organizing the delivery of mail for your clients, please remember to double check weights and associated costs.

In 2007, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Forever stamp, which will always be valid as First-Class postage on standard envelopes weighing one ounce or less, regardless of any subsequent increases in the First-Class rate.

We love to hear how our past clients are doing after the wedding and especially when they are beginning a new family!

Congratulations and Best Wishes to the expecting parents:  

Leslie & Mark Smiley, expecting a baby girl next week! Married June, 2005

Lori & Mike Lomax - Married October, 2005

Amanda & Ryan Bailey, expecting a baby girl - Married May, 2006

Jenn & James Kline - Married July, 2006

Devoted to Details has a Fresh new look! Keeping with the trends, we have a brand new logo we are introducing.

Branding Your Wedding?

Choosing colors has always been ultra-important. But now, creating a logo is becoming just as central. Weddings have entered a new dimension. Today's weddings are a couple's ultimate opportunity to define their style. If you are interested in having a personalized wedding logo to define your wedding, let the Devoted to Details team work with you on creating your logo. You can use it on invitations, napkins, favors, etc. Your wedding logo can be used for anything you can think of to create your ultimate wedding theme.  

Sandal's Honeymoon

Once the wedding is over, it's time to relax on your honeymoon and enjoy being married. Why not have the Devoted to Details team take your wedding plans one step further and book a wonderful Sandal's honeymoon for you. If you book through Devoted to Details, enjoy a complimentary honeymoon gift bag!

We hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather! I think everyone is getting the Spring Fever Bug.

With the changes of the season come changes for Devoted to Details.

We have exciting news to announce within our company and outside the company. First, there was a DTD wedding on March 17! Don't be fooled by my new name, Diana Holt - same planner, just with a new last name. I had to shop around for a good wedding planner in this town - Just Kidding! Of course I had the great assistance of the DTD gang! We will post some pictures soon to share with all of you.

Next we want to announce the exciting change taking place outside our company with Columbus Bridal Consultants. While the growth of CBC has been exciting, CBC is now going to split into two separate entities, one still being CBC, which will consist of wedding and event planners only. The other exciting new organization will now be called Wedding Professionals of Columbus or WPC.Jamie is going to the President and owner of this group for all wedding professionals. WPC has it's own logo and the website is currently being constructed. Stay tuned for all the exciting updates!

After the year long process of trying to update our website, the day has finally arrived. The NEW DTD website is up and running.

We have changed every aspect of the site and we appreciate the assistance of Bill, our website guy! Our sincerest thanks to Bill for all of his support and patience with the DTD team!

We are very excited about the change and we hope you enjoy what we have done!

 What's New With DTD

Our goal is to complete 50-60 weddings & events this year! We'd better take our vitamins! To all the brides out there, not to worry, each one of our planners only takes on one wedding a weekend. But, with 3 planners in the office, we can each take a wedding totaling 3 events.

The 3 most popular Dates for 2007 are: May 9, July 7 (you all saw that coming), and September 8!