Some of the BEST vendors will be together under one (really gorgeous) roof sharing everything from fashion advice and floral arranging lessons to wine pairings and cake tastings. Soooo, if you’re in the Palm Beach area, planning a destination wedding or if you’re already tired of winter and desperately in need of a trip to the beach… it is going to be quite the event. More than worth the trip down to sunny Florida. For more info and tickets just click right here.

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Abby and Tait were married in August 2005 at the magnificent Old South Church in Boston. I love the expression on Tait’s face as he sees Abby walking toward him. I’ve seen him look at her like this many times since then, but this time … was the best.

The majority of Abby and Tait’s family live in Massachusetts.  An August wedding in her home town, Houston, would have been out of the question. Everyone in Massachusetts assured us that by the end of August, it would definitely have started cooling off. An unairconditioned church would be no problem … wrong.  This beautiful church was so hot.

Abby had several special touches during her wedding. Her cousin read a love poem written by her aunt who had passed away from breast cancer. A dear friend of hers sang the “Irish Wedding Song”… that brought us all to tears. Abby allowed me to select most of the music, because classical music was such a huge part of my memories of her grandfather. But probably the most special thing that she did was to present me with a lace handkerchief to carry, that was made from the lace on her gown… she’s quite a girl!

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Abby’s bridal party included her sisters, Tait’s sisters, her best friend from home, and many of her friends from Vanderbilt. As we waited in the church library before the ceremony, they all broke into a lively rendition of “Going to the chapel … !” Apparently it’s a Vanderbilt-friend’s rite of passage to sing this right before the walk down the aisle.

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The craftsmanship involved is completely incredible…in each gown, she manages to find the balance between timelessness and chic sophistication. Bottom line, Vera is amazing. Of course, the price tag is often pretty amazing too.

So now let me tell you the story behind my amazing gown AND my amazing price tag. I had exhausted just about every dress in the city of Houston before finally deciding on a super simple Ulla Maiji gown. I was happy, but not thrilled. I decided to ask the sales girl if she had ANY other gowns that I hadn’t tried on. She thought for a minute, then without a word headed into the back room. Seconds later she returned with what I will always believe was the dress of my dreams. A Vera Wang from her Luxe Collection. Yep, your heard me right. To make matters better (or worse if you are my dad), it fit like a well made glove.

Now here is the amazing part…the dress was purchased by a bride who that morning, had come in and canceled her wedding. Because it was sized for this particular bride, they were going to have a hard time selling the gown on the floor. They offered it to me at 50% off. Done deal. We handed them the credit card and never looked back.

Since this fateful day, I’ve told my gown story a handful of times. Sadly, more than once, someone has said, “that happened to me too!!”  So now I’m thinking that perhaps there wasn’t a sad bride or a canceled wedding…but I don’t care. It was still worth every penny. Probably because they weren’t my pennies.

Here are some pics of me and my glorious dress…

Ahhh, the dress. Although it feels completely awkward posting pictures of myself, I do love this dress.

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