Get Hitched Give Hope ticket giveaway

UPDATE - Shelley please email me directly at contact@marriedwithmichelle.com to retrieve your complimentary pair of tickets to the event!

Be a giver.

Seattle's premier bridal giving event, Get Hitched Give Hope is back for its second year. A place where you can get gorgeous goods for your wedding by giving back. A swanky-cool cocktail party, the kind that gives you an excuse to buy new shoes, amazing appetizers, raffle and silent auction items donated from top wedding professionals. The venue of choice is the decadent Arctic Club Hotel in downtown Seattle. Check out a recap of the first annual event last fall that I helped to found along with a fabulous group of women in the wedding biz.

Save-the-Date for October 29th, 2009. You'll totally find time in your social calendar for this.

It seems as though cancer has touched the lives of everyone, in some way. This is why Get Hitched, Give Hope have chosen the Making Memories Foundation to receive their net proceeds for 2009. 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer and 1 in 100 breast cancer cases are in men. Over 40,000 men and women will lose their lives to breast cancer this year in America alone; that's 40,000 wishes that we can help to grant. The family's first trip to Disneyworld. A long overdue family reunion. Their goal is to raise $50,000 to grant wishes for stage IV breast cancer patients and their families. The Making Memories Foundation creates the ability to grant personal wishes to patients in their last year. Read more about the foundation.

Here are just a few of the fabulous items you can bid on at the event...

DIAMONDS! his and hers wedding bands
bouquets, bouts, and corsages
wedding photography
spa services like massage and men's grooming
a post-wedding fashion shoot
a band for your reception
did someone say MEXICO?!
wedding cake
a couture wedding gown
makeup and hair styling
custom wedding stationery
floral centerpieces

I have a pair of tickets to give away! If you are engaged and interested in attending leave a comment on this post and let me know how this event could help you in planning. It's that simple. I will announce a winner on Monday, Oct 26th.

Please join the party and toast to this wonderful cause that celebrates life and love and the fabulous spirit of giving. It’s an evening not to be missed, where the most stylish way to give is to get.

Do you have your party shoes on yet?

Get tickets. You know you wanna.

Ballard Waterfront Wedding

A follow up to my earlier post, my friend Ginny married the love of her life, Gough, in late June on the Ballard Waterfront at The Canal overlooking The Locks. Ginny and I have known each other since pre-school and our mothers are best friends. We all grew up in Ballard so it was only fitting for them to get married in the neighborhood. I have so many childhood memories with Ginny in them, from spending holidays together to tea parties in the backyard. Their wedding was especially dear to my heart.



We began planning about a year and a half ago and had such fun with Ginny's background in interior design and her creative personal style not to mention her mom Glenda's! They are both talented artists, not afraid of color and being bold. I introduced Ginny to Sarah Rhoads for photography and they had an instant connection and Sarah's fashion forward images capture Ginny's personality to a T. I love that Ginny and her mom have huge smiles throughout the day, always positive, energetic and loving life. It was an honor to plan and be in attendance with my family present, husband, sister and mom, dancing the night away.

Here are some photos that tell the story of the day and you can check out Sarah's blog...




























vendors

venue The Canal
caterer Jewel Catering
photographer Sarah Rhoads Photographers
florist Creative Images
paper Mmm Paper
DJ Darrell Christel
cookie favors Sweet Miniatures
wedding gown I Do Bridal
bridesmaids dresses Nordstrom
tuxes Tuxedo Club
getting ready hotel & wedding night Hyatt at Olive 8

Lisa & Chris are getting hitched tomorrow

Just one month ago my friend and fabulous photographer Sarah Rhoads introduced me to Lisa and Chris who were in need of someone to jump in and help with the remaining details and ease their wedding planning jitters. What a great couple they are! I instantly felt at home with Lisa and Chris at our initial consult at my studio, laughing and learning about how they met and the wedding they have been working hard to plan. They enjoy life, always smiling, are madly in love and are excited to share the day with family and friends. Lisa is a true fashionista and a talented hair and makeup artist so already had great ideas to bring her inspiration of modern and vintage blended style in rich tones of red, gold and black. Their venue, Hotel Deca, located in the University District provides the perfect backdrop, and with some final design choices that I am bringing in it is going to be a beautiful and intimate Fall affair. A recap of the wedding to follow. Here are a few pics from their e-session with Sarah at Gasworks Park.