Soiree definitely works mostly with brides and planning weddings, but sometimes we get to do other events which keep things different and interesting around here, like our Darkness to Light Gala which was featured a couple of weeks ago.

Here are shots from a Bar Miztvah we did a few years back… The theme was sports- you should have seen a team of ladies coming up with the ideas on this one!

the father wore a basketball yarmulkes in honor of the sports theme

colors were a deep red, gold, and black and white, so these deep fall dahlias were the perfect hue!

walls of inflatable balls were the focal point behind the bars

view of the room for the dinner portion

each table top had a sports theme, here is the golf section even with astro turf as the topper! table numbers were printed on the flags.

wall of inflatable baseballs behind a bar

the tag line for the night: It’s Game Time!

black and white striped pendants mimicked referee jerseys, and centerpieces were flower “balls”

the invites were wrapped in paper that looked and felt like foottball leather, and were even hand laced, so we kept that theme for the menu cards

our shadow box bars were all filled with different types of sports balls

Thank you to Squire Fox for all of the photos…

Walk With You…

Finding a first dance song and a father/daughter dance song always tends to be a tough point for a lots of brides.  We had a father from our wedding in May,  who worked with the surprise performer (Edwin McCain) to write a song for his daughter.  Edwin has now recorded it, and it’s a really lovely song- listen to it here.

Tara’s Tidbits

As we have mentioned before, our new book: Weddings by Tara Guerard will be out on January 1st!  What a great way for us to kick off the new year.  I have several appearances scheduled where we will be selling the book here in Charleston, Atlanta, Charlotte, New York City, and Nashville.  Here are some confirmed dates to come by and purchase your copies and have me sign them.

Jan. 9th:
11:00am-12:00pm
Maddison Rowe Bridal, Charleston, SC
171 Spring Street

Jan. 23rd:
3:00pm
Social Graces, Nashville, TN
1704 21st Ave South

Saturday, Feb. 6th:
2:00pm
Vieuxtemps, Charleston, SC
180 King Street

Tuesday, February 23rd/Feb. NACE Program
5:30pm
The Library Society of Charleston
164 King Street

Saturday, March 6th:
1:00pm
Charleston Wine and Food Festival, Marion Square

Scene And Heard

A couple of wedding related snippits that I’m excited about right now gearing up for next year’s spring wedding season is the debut of Glamour.com’s wedding edition.  Click here to read more.

Also, Martha Stewart Weddings Destination Weddings and Dream Honeymoons magazine, now on newsstands. Both Charleston and New York City were chosen as top city destinations, and Kiawah Island, SC was chosen as a great beach honeymoon spot.