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I know…it probably is time to let the “ruffle talk” die… but they are everywhere! Here are my “dresses with ruffles” favorites from the Oscars 2010.

1. Elizabeth Banks wearing a Versace gown
2. Vera Farmiga wearing a red Marchesa gown
3. Mariska Hargitay wearing a black, strapless Vera Wang gown
4. Demi Moore wearing Versace
5. Zoe Saldana wearing a Givenchy gown.
6. Antonio Villarigosa’s Date

I am truly excited to help spread the word about this amazing organization. Please take a moment to read about Wish Upon A Wedding and then SPREAD THE WORD!

(all content below from Sparkliatti)

Wish Upon A Wedding was founded in San Francisco, CA, in January of 2010, by a group of wedding and business entrepreneurs and is America’s FIRST nonprofit wedding wish granting organization, producing weddings and civil union ceremonies at destinations across the United States for individuals facing terminal illness, regardless of sexual orientation.

Chapters:
Wish Upon A Wedding is now boasting twenty chapters nationwide, headed by some of the industry’s most renowned leaders with plans to expand to over 40 chapters worldwide.

Presidents:
Sasha Souza, National President & SF Bay Area President
Kevin Covey, LA/Orange County
Stella Inserra, New York
Ivy Robinson, The Carolinas
Eliana Baucicault, Atlanta
Mary Alice Sublett, Tennessee
Mark Kingsdorf, Philadelphia
Saundra Hadley, Indianapolis
Heather Hamilton Sims, Houston
Shelby Tuck Horton, DC
Elisa Delgardio, Orlando
Ali Phillips, Chicago
Daniela Isabella Ferdico Fagét, Seattle

Forming Additional Chapters:
Other chapters opening soon include Boston, Colorado, Arizona, Portland, Miami, St. Louis, Ohio and Nevada. We are also planning to open to chapters in other areas depending on need including international chapters. If you wish to start a chapter, please fill out the online form for consideration.

Who Is Behind Wish Upon A Wedding?
Many influential people in the industry are beginning to endorse Wish Upon A Wedding & you can find those endorsements on the website. There are also amazing people sitting on the Boards and Advisory Panel throughout the US such as Dana Larue Stiebel “Broke-Ass Bride” {LA Chapter PR Chair}, Leila Khalil {National PR Advisor}, Beth Helmstetter {National Outreach Director} just to name a few. They would love to have you join as well either as a board member or wish granter!

How We Grant Wishes:
To qualify for Wishes, applicants must be unmarried legal citizens of the United States, over the age of 18, who have been diagnosed with less than three years to live. Couples can be granted wishes either in the chapter where they live or in a chapter of their choosing as long as they are able to make the trip.

Couples can simply apply online to request one of three wedding types:

URGENT (Up to 10 guests, in hospital or at bedside);
BOUTIQUE (up to 25 guests, in home town of applicant);
ROMANTIC (Up to 50 guests, at any WUW destination)

How Can You Grant Wishes?
As the organization is building, Wish Granters are needed in all locations. Please apply online today to start helping Wedding Wishes come true. In two weeks, Wish Upon A Wedding will be granting the very first wish. To read more about that wish and the couple please visit the website.

Please excuse the dust while we make some improvements to the blog. Stay tuned for new and improved content!

Ok, probably not, but a girl can dream!

One of my lovely readers informed me that yesterday the Today Show talked about How To Wear Romantic Ruffles just a couple weeks after I posted about Romantic Ruffles , Ruffled Wedding Dresses on my wedding planning blog.

So, thank you Today Show for reading my blog

Here is the link to watch the Today Show segment, How To Wear Romantic Ruffles.

WeddingChannel.com just launched brand-new wedding websites, including exclusive website designs from Monique Lhuillier, Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta, and Lela Rose. I know that you love personalizing your wedding, so this is another way a Vera- or Monique-clad bride can actually have a wedding website that ties in with her wedding gown designer. (Oh, and these sites are FREE!)



Here are some of the WeddingChannel.com Free Wedding Website Features

Hundreds of Personalization Options: Select your own wedding website URL and then personalize it by choosing from more than 100 different design variations, customized pages, and multiple font styles and colors. Plus, add bonus wedding website pages to use any way you like!

Upload Multiple Photos: Want to share photos of your proposal, engagement shoot, or your wedding party? Easily upload and edit several photos in a multitude of ways, including posting photos in the photo album, downloading photos from Flickr accounts, and uploading images within each page. Plus, add links to external online photo albums.

Wedding Maps Feature: Help wedding guests locate all your wedding events by including an interactive wedding map page via Google Maps. With the wedding maps feature on WeddingChannel.com, wedding guests can easily pinpoint each event location, get directions (think: from hotel to ceremony to reception, or from airport to rehearsal dinner!), and determine how far apart the locations are, all on one interactive map! Every event is displayed with a user-friendly, corresponding icon.

Interact With Guests: Alert guests about your wedding website and the latest wedding details, and invite them to sign your guest book and leave personalized messages or questions. Plus, allow guests to RSVP to your wedding online.

Gift Registry: Inform guests where you’re registered, allowing them to conveniently find multiple wedding registries all on one site.

Matching Save-the-Date Emails: Pull your entire wedding look together and send a free matching save-the-date email to all your wedding guests!

What do you think of these sites? What wedding website are you using for your wedding?