30 Day Challenge

We love this gratitude challenge by Those Card Folks! Check it out:

"Have an 'Attitude of Gratitude' and join The 30 Day Challenge!

The goal is to take a challenge of gratitude. 30 days of being grateful. The 30 day Challenge is identifying one different person each day, for 30 days, and sending them a card to show your appreciation to them.

Join my team by signing up with a SendOutCards customer account (your cost = about $1/day) and then sign your commitment to send 1 card a day for 30 days using the SendOutCards system.

I, as your SendOutCards coach, will assist you to implement the first 3 days ensuring your successful use of the program.

After you complete the challenge, if this exercise hasn’t had a profound impact on your well-being you can ask me for your money back--no questions asked, but you must have completed the challenge for the complete 30 days.

If you would like to also share the 30 days of Gratitude Challenge with others and learn how you can make extra income, please ask me for details.

Realize that if you are grateful more often in your life, your life could be better.

Are you ready to get started? Please message us privately for information and to get started. Start this life changing challenge NOW!" -ThoseCardFolks, Facebook.com

Those Card Folks
Website: thosecardfolks.com/weddings
Phone: Alecia: 931-809-0089 or Michael: 931-801-9401
Facebook: facebook.com/ThoseCardFolks

Cake of the Day

I love cake! (I really do) So I love being a fan of Covered with Icing's facebook page. Covered with Icing posts "Cake of the Day" photos so you have the chance to view their work and get inspired by different cake styles, colors, textures, etc. From wedding cakes to groom's cakes to birthday cakes, Covered with Icing posts all kinds of cake creations for you to view and drool over. :) Here's a few of my favs but there's plenty more to view - all you have to do is click here and "Like" the Covered with Icing facebook page.

Covered with Icing
Website:coveredwithicing.com
Phone: 615-338-0466
Facebook: facebook.com/coveredwithicing
Blog: coveredwithicing.com/blog

Wedding Palette: Yellow & Gray

Click here to check out the newest Wedding Color Palette Inspiration Board on ClarksvilleBrides.com. The Yellow & Gray color palette, photographed by Shea Halliburton Photography, features gray suits, yellow bridesmaids dresses, bright yellow flowers, AMAZING yellow shoes on the bride, gray and yellow drink cozies, and one of the neatest wedding favors I've ever seen: yellow flip flops. You can view some of the photos here in this post and you can check out the whole palette by clicking here to visit the Color Palette section on ClarksvilleBrides.com.

Shea Halliburton Photography
Website: byshea.com
Phone: 931.801.3415
Email: studio@byshea.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/byshea
Blog: byshea.com/blog

Send Mom Flowers!

Looking for the perfect floral arrangement to send your mom for Mother's Day? Contact one of our fabulous local ClarksvilleBrides.com florists for your Mother's Day bouquet! Helen's Flowers is a full-service florist, open Monday-Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturdays from 8:00 am to noon. Helen's offers free deliveries in the Guthrie area and also delivers to Adams, Allensville, Elkton, Trenton, Clarksville, etc.

And there are SO many great Mother's Day bouquets on sangovillageflorist.com! (click here to check them out) Sango Village Florist's bouquets can come in traditional vases, baskets, terra-cotta pots, and all kinds of different containers. "Mother's Day is quickly approaching!! Tons of flowers arrived today and even more tomorrow!! Make someone smile by sending them flowers!" -Sango Village Florist, Facebook.com

Helen's Flowers
237 South Ewing Street
Guthrie, Kentucky 42234
Phone: 270-483-1406
Website: helensflowersky.com
Email: hello@HelensFlowersKY.com, helensflowers@charter.net
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Helens-Flowers-Florist-Gift-Shop/212621958788960

Sango Village Florist
3381 Hwy 41A South
Clarksville, TN 37043
Phone: (931)358-3300
Website: sangovillageflorist.com
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Sango-Village-Florist/42268424838

*May Special*

May Special from Clarksville Linen Rental: 25% off CHOCOLATE BROWN SATIN SASHES! Reserve them this month for ANY 2012 date and receive 25% off the selected linens. Contact info@clarksvillelinenrental.com for more information.

Clarksville Linen Rental

Phone: 931-920-4220
Website: clarksvillelinenrental.com
Facebook: facebook.com/clarksvillelinenrental
Email:info@clarksvillelinenrental.com
Blog: clarksvillelinenrental.blogspot.com

Mother's Day Brunch

Want to do something special for Mom this Mother's Day? Take her out for brunch at Hilton Garden Inn! "Please join us on Sunday, May 13, 2012 for our annual Mother's Day Brunch from 12:00pm-3:00pm. Chef Jamie has created a special menu for moms EVERYWHERE! Please call us at 931-647-1096 and make your brunch reservation today!!!" -Hilton Garden Inn, Facebook.com


Hilton Garden Inn
290 Alfred Thun Road (at Exit 4)
Clarksville, TN
Phone: 931-647-1096
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Hilton-Garden-Inn-Clarksville/214785081877248

Leah Jo & Tim: The Color Palette

ClarksvilleBrides.com Featured Wedding: Leah Jo & Tim

Leah Jo and Tim had a bold green and orange wedding color palette. They also added touches of white and brown, which really kept their palette from being too overwhelming. From their bouquets to the favor boxes to the cakes to the centerpieces, everything came together so perfectly in their palette.

Photography: Katie Wright Photography
Ceremony & Reception Venue: James E. Bruce Convention Center
Bridesmaids Dresses & Candelabra: Special Occasions Plus Bridal
Coordinator: Visions by Debra
Wedding & Groom's Cake: The Cake Artist

You can view this wedding color palette and many more by clicking here to view the ClarksvilleBrides.com Inspiration Boards!

Leah Jo & Tim: The Cakes

ClarksvilleBrides.com Featured Wedding: Leah Jo & Tim

Leah Jo and Tim's wedding cake and groom's cake were both created by The Cake Artist. I adore their clean and sophisticated wedding cake, and the green and brown go perfectly with their wedding color palette. I also love the groom's cake - it would be so easy to customize this cake for any groom...any groom that likes beer, that is. :) The Cake Artist could easily decorate the bottle cap to match any groom's favorite adult beverage.

(photos by Katie Wright Photography)

The Cake Artist
Website: thecakeartistonline.com
Phone: (270)522-890

Leah Jo & Tim: The Bridesmaids Dresses

ClarksvilleBrides.com Featured Wedding: Leah Jo & Tim

Leah Jo's bridesmaids' dresses were purchased from Special Occasions Plus Bridal. Special Occasions had donated a Candelabra Package as part of the grand prize package that Leah Jo and Tim won from the James E. Bruce Convention Center's 2011 Bridal Expo.

(photos by Katie Wright Photography)

Special Occasions Plus Bridal
1204 Liberty Street
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
Phone:(270) 885-1730
Website: specialoccasionsplusbridal.com
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Special-Occasions-Plus-Bridal/151411362367

Leah Jo & Tim: The Venue

ClarksvilleBrides.com Featured Wedding: Leah Jo & Tim

Leah Jo and Tim held their ceremony and reception at the James E. Bruce Convention Center. They won the ceremony and reception space as part of the grand prize package from the convention center's 2011 Bridal Expo. Their ceremony took place in the grand lobby and they held their reception in one of the ballrooms.

(photos by Katie Wright Photography)

James E. Bruce Convention Center
303 Conference Center Drive
Hopkinsville, KY, 42240
Website: bruceconventioncenter.com
Phone: 270-707-7000
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/James-E-Bruce-Convention-Center/292990498240

Leah Jo & Tim: The Coordinator

ClarksvilleBrides.com Featured Wedding: Leah Jo & Tim

Leah Jo and Tim hired Debra Harris of Visions by Debra to coordinate their wedding day. "Leah Jo and Tim's wedding was rich with Irish Tradition. The most important element in the couple's wedding was to include their guests in as many facets of the celebration as possible. Beginning with the day it was held, St. Patrick's Day. The guests were invited to sample the local flavor, they were greeted with Welcome Bags at their check in at the hotel, filled with information on the area and items to refresh them from their long journey. (The Welcome Bags design mimicked the couple's wedding invitations.) Local wines from Beachaven Vineyard were offered to the guests at the couple's rehearsal dinner.

Kilts were the order of the day for the groom, his merry men, and several of the male guests. The bride and her maids incorporated the theme in the styling of their hair. Tucked away in the bride's bouquet was a horseshoe for luck. The guests were handed bells to be rung when the couple were pronounced man and wife. The ceremony in keeping with Celtic tradition included a hand fastening ceremony.

 At the reception each guest table included an Irish blessing to be read during the toasts by a representative from each table, there was a wishing tree which guests wrote their advise for a long and happy marriage, which were written on, you guessed it, four leaf clovers. If you're not sure what to do with the disposable cameras, try taking your lead from our couple: make it a scavenger hunt. Guests were provided a camera and a list of pictures to be taken over the course of the reception. Even the menu reflected the theme offering Sheppard's pie, bangers and mash, etc. The couple's wedding cake reflected the colors and lay out of their invitations. Away was the traditional parent's dance as the couple each danced with their Mothers simultaneously." -Debra Harris, Visions by Debra

(photos by Katie Wright Photography)

Visions by Debra
(270) 887-9231
(270) 889-7989
Website: visionsbydebra.com
Email: visionsbydebra@newwavecomm.net
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Visions-by-Debra-Harris/164165960346378

Leah Jo & Tim: The Photographer

ClarksvilleBrides.com Featured Wedding: Leah Jo & Tim

Leah Jo and Tim were the winners of the grand prize package from the James E. Bruce Convention Center 2011 Bridal Expo. They hired Katie Wright Photography to photograph their wedding day and their photos are so fun to view! "I was excited to find out they were going to have a celtic wedding as a vow renewal. The guys wore kilts and they were so fun to photograph. I could take their photograph…but I could never take their FREEDOM! (Sorry I couldn’t help myself with the reference!) I hope you can sense the fun in the photos below because everyone was having a GREAT time!" -katiewrightphotography.org

We have a few of Katie's photos in this post but you can view more by clicking here and visiting the ClarksvilleBrides.com Featured Wedding OR you can click here to view more photos from Leah Jo & Tim's special day on Katie Wright Photography's blog.

Katie Wright Photography
Website: katiewrightphotography.org
Phone: 270-881-2543
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Katie-Wright-Photography/120122731356896?ref=ts