Category Archives: Entertaining

Feb 22, 2010

Thank you to all who attended our open house on Thursday, we had an amazing turnout and were so happy to see all of our old friends, past brides, and vendors that do so much for us!

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The Weddings by Tara Guerard author and book photographer, Liz Banfield

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Tara busy signing away…We sold 50 books that night!

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We love our amazing cake bakers, Wedding Cakes by Jim Smeal (check out their new website)

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Our bride, Elizabeth Dyson, whose wedding is featured as the Eyelet Evening chapter in the book with her daughter, Eliza Grace.

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Our production crew doing their “real” jobs.. they couldn’t resist pulling the truck up curbside for a quick hello!

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this was our bar for the evening, photographer Jon Robbins put the very cool photoshop effect on it for me…

We were so proud to show off our updated and finally completed office space….

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Sweet Treats

Our favorite treat maker, Kim Morgan of a Matter of Taste made these oh so adorable monkey cookies for the baby shower I hosted for my cousin this weekend… She did all of the super cute packaging herself, and the monkey cookies were a huge hit!

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And, Minette Rushing of Savannah Custom Cakes came all the way up for our party on Thursday, with a beautiful cake for us! She does handmade sugar flowers that are beautiful, and even the little gold broach is made from sugar!

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Tara’s Tidbits- Thank you Easter Bunny!

Every year I count down to the day that Easter candy appears on the grocery store shelves- usually it’s the day after all of the discounted Valentine’s day candy is cleared to make room, so that my favorite Cadbury Mini Eggs will again be a staple in my diet. I love that they have recently started with a dark chocolate version, my favorite!

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Atlanta Brides and Friends

Tara will be appearing this Sunday, February 28th from 1:00pm-4:00pm at The Atlantan Bridal Event at Phipps Plaza…. Please stop by to get a book signed or just to say hi!

2.22.10 | TARA GUÉRARD
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Feb 15, 2010

What we love…

The past couple of weeks have been a flurry of book siginings, Tara making appearances, and getting everything ready for our new website lauch. I can finally say it is up and running, and we are so thrilled with the new look, take some time today if you can and cruise around.

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While at Vieuxtemps here in Charleston, Tara and Elizabeth snapped some shots of some of their favorite in store items to share with everyone.

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what an impact this Gold Aves china would make on a holiday table, from Royal Crown Derby

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we love mixing and matching different but complimentary glassware, like these two from William Yeoward… the Flavia (left) and the Felicity (right)

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this Basket Felice platter from Man-Hu Designs can be customized with your monogram, and Tara just loved the way the letter lay ontop of one another…

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The girls over at Vieuxtemps were the ever gracious southern hostesses serving fun cocktails from the book to all of the guests in and out of the store that day.

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Tara was so pleased to find what a stylish and progressive city for bridal Minneapolis was… In addition to the fabulous Monique Lhullier salon, L’atelier Couture carries designers like Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, and Lela Rose…

Last week Tara and I were in Athens, Ga getting to catch up with the Mansfields whom we just adore (their wedding is the first chapter in our new book). What a wonderful hostess Kim Mansfield is- Tara was the guest speaker at the Junior Ladies Garden Club meeting.

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Here is Kim introducing Tara…

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And assisting Tara with her book signing at Appointments at Five

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I love how they put photos, thank you notes, and cards from past brides onto a wall of frames that are also for sale! Clever use of space…

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love this one, of course, of our bride and groom Olivia and Zach Wall

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Their store is in an old house, so every nook and cranny is precious space… Their wall of china is built into a former closet!

Tara’s Tidbits

I will officially step into the world of social networking this week! I have resolved to begin twittering my own tweets! Please follow me at: http://twitter.com/TaraGuerard.

I’m off to Sea Island, Georgia today for a speaking engagement at the Cloister… We love being in Sea Island and can’t wait to catch up with all our friends there, so look for photos from this trip next week.

Snow Day!

In a bizarre course of events, we had about 3-5 inches of snow in and around the Charleston area this weekend… the last time we saw snow was in 1990 (one year after Hurricane Hugo), when it actually snowed for 4 days straight. We had fun and enjoyed getting to see it on our home turf this year…

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Where Have You Been All My Life?

I think my affinity for bbq sauce on french fries has stemmed from the handy little tubs that it comes in, but now I can go back to my first love.

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2.15.10 | TARA GUÉRARD
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Dec 07, 2009

‘Tis the Season

The spirit of the season has finally arrived! For all of us that are scaling back those large over the top Christmas parties, I wanted to share some shots that may inspire your home holiday decor.

We love it when our past wedding clients call us to do other parties for them. This 2008 party honored the Garden Club of Augusta members… a former mother and father of the bride hosted this holiday fete at their home, and it was a pleasure getting to work with them again!

Bride in Chief

We were so happy to work with Charleston Magazine, Editor in Chief, Darcy Shankland on her recent cozy winter wedding to Wally Seinsheimer… We’ll post more pics when we can, but here was what the Chief herself had to say on her recent blog post.

Tara’s Tidbits

I’m so excited about our new logo and website, that I hope to be able to share with you soon. We were so inspired by the colors in our new look, that in the process of redesiging our office we decided to bring in those colors as well. Here is my color palatte:

the first two are from Sherwin Williams, the orange is a Martin Senour color, and the last is a metallic paint that we are all lady Gaga over…

Wrap It Up..

We are so lucky to have a new boutique intown that is so fashion forward. Pearl opened earlier this year and carries designs from Jason Wu, Temperley London, and Anya Hindmarch along with many more. Allison Gilchrist being the fashion maven she has her holiday windows in full force. She managed to make custom designs for her manequins out of holiday wrap and accessories- LOVE!

Of course, amongst their real collection, they also have what I want for my “holiday” outfit…

12.07.09 | TARA GUÉRARD
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