Free Celebrity and Wedding Professional
Seminars Every Hour of the Show

”How to Select the Perfect Wedding Cake”
featuring Sylvia Weinstock
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the “Queen of Cakes” herself. Sylvia’s live presentation will provide you with the information you will need to you to design and create your perfect wedding cake as well as tips you will need in hiring the perfect baker to pull it off! Get your photo made with Sylvia and a personally autographed copy of her new book “Sensational Cakes” following her seminar.
“Finding the Perfect Wedding Gown”
featuring Fashion Designer Anne Barge
Meet renowned bridal fashion designer Anne Barge and hear her tips on selecting and presenting the perfect wedding gown— the gown that will make you “queen for a day.” Anne’s appear- ance is sponsored by The White Room in Helena—the only local salon where you can find Anne’s designs exclusively.
“Choosing the Perfect Wedding Flowers”
featuring Scot Wedgeworth
Covering topics from the selection of colors to the varieties of flowers available, Scot will guide you through the process of selecting the most fabulous and exquisite wedding flowers that are sure to blow your guests away!
”Hiring the Perfect Wedding Photographer”
featuring Thomas Dorough
One of the South's premier documentary and photojournalistic photographers, Thomas Dorough will teach you how to select the perfect wedding photographer so you can be sure every special moment is captured and preserved for years to come!
www.doroughphotography.com
“Wedding Planning Tips for the Savvy Bride”
featuring Stephanie WhitakerPublisher of Perfect Wedding Guide
Working with more than 100 local wedding professionals, Perfect Wedding Guide and PerfectWeddingGuide.com provide a comprehensive tool for wedding planning. Engaged Wedding Library, a Perfect Wedding Guide partner, is a complimentary resource boutique where brides can sip champagne, view vendor portfolios, and learn about the hottest wedding trends. Stephanie’s seminar will inform you and guide brides on how to compile the perfect resources you will need to create the perfect wedding.
”Picking the PerfectHoneymoon Destination”
featuring Travel Planners, Inc.
Travel Planners, Inc., the South’s premier travel and honeymoon experts will give you all of the helpful tips you will need to plan the perfect and unforgettable honeymoon.

"Wedding Entertainment for the Modern Bride"
featuring Carlos Otalora of Total Entertainment
Entertaining your wedding guests can be a tricky, but with proper planning, the sky is the limit to providing unforgettable memories.  Carlos will help you implement a focused entertainment plan while incorporating your individual style.  Alabama's premier wedding entertainment company, Total entertainment has been at the forefront of bringing unique and fresh ideas to wedding entertainment both aural and visual for over 20 years.  Carlos will cover topics ranging from getting the most out of your DJ, transforming an event venue utilizing new lighting techniques, emerging trends in entertainment and spicing up your reception with out-of-the-box specialty entertainment.
www.TotalEntertainmentEvents.com

"How to Transform Your Event Space Using Event Drapery"
featuring Marina Miller of Event Drapery, Atlanta, Georgia
From working in the special events industry, it has become apparent that specialty drapery has been both hard to find and very costly to rent once found.  Marina Miller of Event Drapery is committed to offering quality and cost-effective specialty drapery in a multitude of colors, fabulous fabrics, patterns and sizes.  Marina will show you the amazing options available and uses for drapery to completely transform a space for a wedding or reception. It's time to pull back those monotonous walls of drape and unleash a whole new world of event drapery! 
www.eventdrapery.com

Selecting the Ideal Invitations for Your Wedding Day
featuring Patsy B Howard
The invitation a bride selects for her wedding sets the tone for her special day.  Village Press has been helping brides with their Wedding Stationery Wardrobe since 1964.  Owner, Patsy B. Howard, will be discussing the latest stationery trends, etiquette and helpful tips on how to select and word the socially correct wedding invitation.  She will also be giving tips on how to properly address those difficult and unusual name situations.  Helpful suggestions will also be given on selecting the correct stationery for thank you notes before and after the wedding. 

How to Achieve a Hollywood Wedding Look on Any Budget
featuring Harmony Walton
Gain insider information and tips from nuptial expert Harmony Walton, founder of The Bridal Bar and editorial contributor to myriad of bridal magazines. In this session you’ll hear ideas to create an event fit for Hollywood royalty on any budget.  See photos of past Bridal Bar celebrity weddings and hear what it took to achieve the look!  It’s not all about the budget, but how you choose to spend it.

From Blah to Bam! ~ How to Make Rentals Work for You!
featuring Greg Snow of We Rent Atlanta
Please join us for this informative seminar that highlights the need and importance that your rental vendor plays into a wedding reception. What you need to know before you call them and what you should expect to pay and be prepared for. What’s hot in linen choices this year, the latest and greatest look in chairs and soft seating. From tents to tabletops, how the right rental company can make or break your event. What to ask, what to avoid, what to budget and even where you can scale back and stretch your dollar.
We Rent Atlanta has one of the largest inventories in the Southeast and celebrates it’s 20th year in the industry. Known for both their vast inventory as well as their creativity, they are frequently the trendsetter in what’s hot!