Summer, What?!

I know, I know. It seems like Spring has just sprung. But guess what, summer is just around the corner and around here we are planning our Summer Issue of Veils & Vows and couldn't be more excited! Summer will be full of style. We will have articles and pictures to help you determine and plan your wedding style for the months to come. So, get ready to pick up a new V&V the beginning of June and start (or continue) your planning.

Also, come and see us at The Spring Bridal Affair at the RV Hall of Fame in Elkhart on May 16th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hope to see you there!

Brubaker First Dance

Some of you may have seen this already, but we think this is just hilarious! It puts a good spin on personalizing your wedding, and it gets people up and dancing.

Check this out it will surely put a smile on your face!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeoi16lScf4

Engagement Announcements

If you plan to send out formal engagement announcements, this is a good format to use:

Mr. and Ms. John Doe of South Bend announce the engagement of their daughter, Jane Nicole, to Rick Brown, son of Jack and Karla Brown of Elkhart. Ms. Doe, a graduate of Indiana University, is a wedding planner for Weddings-R-Us in Mishawaka, Indiana. Mr. Brown graduated from Purdue University and is an Engineer for ADMA of Elkhart, Indiana. They are planning a July wedding.

If you do not have a date set, you may substitute "No wedding date has yet been set."

Spring Issue

Hello Brides-To-Be! Just letting you know our new Spring Issue will be hitting the streets today (March 2nd)! We feel that this is our best issue yet. We have made some improvements to page layout such as our Contents Page! Don't forget to keep on sending in your BIG DREAM MAKEOVER ENTRIES! We have had good response...keep it up Michiana Brides!

Big Dream Makeover

Continue to sign up for our Big Dream Makeover! We are having great results with a lot of brides-to-be signing up. The more you enter our contest the greater chance you have to win! Log onto www.michianveilsandvows.com or www.theweddingmag.com click on the Big Dream Makeover Contest button and fill out our survey. It does not take long and it will be well worth the time if you are the winner.

Here are our current sponsors with more to come....

Aegis Dental Group -Teeth Whitening
Amanda Fales Photography - Photography
AudioBahn Productions - Videography
Bernardo's for the Bride - Dress
Chef Laurent Inc. - Chocolate Truffles
FunTan - Tanning Sessions
Images Jewelers - Jewelry for Photo shoot
Reactions Hair Studio - Hair, Makeup, & Nails

A Fantastic Bridal Show

Michiana Veils & Vows Team (Nic Bradley, Ryan Bradley, Brooke Shaw)

If you signed up for our Dream Makeover you had a chance to win
a Bridal Bag or Bride T-shirt.

Set up by Cheri' Bradley (She is always so creative)

We want to thank all of you that stopped by to see us at our booth at the Bridal Spectacular! If you stopped by you found out that we are doing a Big Dream Makeover for a chance to be a Front Cover Photo Model! We hope you signed up with us there, if you did not get the chance to sign up at the bridal show you can sign up online one time per day until the end of June. Don't miss out this will be a lot of fun and we have a lot of good companies involved in the makeover!

Bridal Spectacular Gift Winners.
We also passed out a couple of different gifts at the show, a bridal bag, and bride t-shirts. We had over 30 winners. Here are the winners: Sara Britton, Emily Dibley, Rebekah Wagner, Katie Sahlhoff, Tabatha Peters, Renee Shank, Crystal Albright, Stacey Chen, Jessica Kesterke, Andrea Dunn, Barbara Malsch, Sarah Lavengood, Shelly White, Tracy Parsell, Dani Stenbeck, Ruthie Reichard, Mandy Garver, Katie Girten, Ashley Dull, Serena Howley, Kimberly Brayton, Stephanie Krull, Amber Brummett, Chrissie Knight, Kristin Metzger, Laura Dickerson, Amanda O'Connor, Alicia Lee, Shenita Staggers, Eugenia Tanner, Sida Chanhma, Jessica Herman, Toni Weaver, and Kim James,

Keep checking back with us and our website for wedding ideas.

Happy Planning!

Veils & Vows Team

Bridal Spectacular

Hey Michiana Brides-To-Be come joins us at the Bridal Spectacular! It is located at the South Bend Century Center on Sunday, January 4th from 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm. We will be handing out plenty of prizes! While you are visiting don't forget to sign up for our First Annual Big Dream Makeover!

We are so excited to meet all of you newly engaged and soon to be brides. Hope to see you there!

Happy Planning!

Veils&Vows Team