January 2011 Featured Couple: Jessica + Frank

Photos by Arguedas Photography

Congratulations to our first featured couple of 2011, Jessica and Frank! Head on over to iDoOriginals.com to read more about their spectacular day.

November Featured Couple: Heather + Bryant

Congratulations to our November 2010 Featured Couple, Heather & Bryant who were married in October 2009 in Bentonville, Arkansas. They ordered a custom aisle runner using a monogram from our classic collection (C1C) in red and chocolate placed at the beginning/entrance of the runner. We are so thankful to Heather and her fabulous photographers, The Hudsons, for providing us with these beautiful images. To see more from their lovely wedding be sure to head over to iDoOriginals.com and check out their feature! Congratulations Heather & Bryant!

A note from Heather: "The aisle runner was beautiful and added a personal, elegant touch to the ceremony."

September Featured Couple: Britney + Bo

Photos by Nine Photography

Can you believe it's September already? With a new month comes a new featured couple and this month we're featuring the colorful wedding of Britney & Bo, which is currently also featured in Brides of North Texas Magazine. To see more beautiful images of their incredible day and to read about their feature click here!

August Featured Event: Brooks & Bonnie's Love Shoot

Photos by Trent Bailey (as featured on Wedding Chicks)

For our August Featured Event we selected the incredible love shoot of Brooks and Bonnie captured by the amazingly talented Trent Bailey. The shoot was taken in a lovely field in Louisiana and included an abundance of little details, including one of our love parasols, that really brought the shoot to life. It was a pleasure to be a part of this incredible love shoot. Be sure to check out the feature on our website at www.iDoOriginals.com.

June Featured Couple: Vanessa + Grid

Congratulations to our June Featured Couple Vanessa & Grid! They were married in October 2009 in Laguna Beach, California. They ordered a custom monogram aisle runner with monogram C1C from our classic collection which was the centerpiece of their seaside ceremony.

"Thank you so much for making our aisle runner picture perfect. Your attention to detail and creative talent was exactly what we hoped for. These memories will be with us for an entire lifetime." - Vanessa

May 2010 Featured Couple: Stacy + Trent

Photos by Jacobus Photography

Congratulations to our beautiful May Featured Couple Stacy & Trent! The couple was married on September 12, 2009 in Ohio and purchased a monogram banner from our Classic Collection. Stacy also purchased a custom single initial monogram parasol and blank non-personalized parasols for all of her bridesmaids which made for great photo props. Congratulations Stacy & Brent and thanks for sharing your beautiful photos with us!

"The umbrellas were exactly what I wanted and everyone thought they were a unique touch!" -Stacy

April Featured Couple: Heather + Tyler

Photography by Tyler Culpepper

Congratulations to our April Featured Couple, Heather & Tyler, who were married on October 10, 2009. The couple ordered a custom monogram aisle runner from our Initials Collection, which made a bright colorful statement with their orange color pallet. It was an honor to be a small part of their special day by creating their custom monogram aisle runner. Best wishes Heather & Tyler!

A note from Heather: "We were very happy with the aisle runner. It made for beautiful pictures and the guests loved it!"

March Featured Couple: Andy + Bre

Congratulations to our adorably sweet March Featured Couple Bre & Andy, who were married on September 19, 2009 in St. Simons Island, Georgia. The couple ordered a set of custom monograms and they chose their favorite to adorn their paper items. They also ordered a custom hand-painted monogram table runner, which was proudly displayed on their cake table. After the event, Bre was sweet enough to send us this touching note:

"We cannot thank you enough for designing our wedding monogram - it truly as the inspiration behind the entire event. You are probably unaware of we incorporated our logo (what we termed "the trademark") throughout the entire process. We gave the monogram to our graphic designer who created the save the date, invitation, program, menu card and place cards around the logo. We also used the monogram on our website, welcome boxes, maps, gifts and practically everything else we created. The monogram really was the one element that tied everything together. As Andy said, it was probably the wisest investment we made during the wedding planning process. Thanks again!" -Bre

February Featured Couple: Vanessa + Adelino

Photos by David Lau Photography, LLC

Congratulations to our stunning February Featured Couple, Vanessa and Adelino, who were married on September 26, 2009 in Paterson, New Jersey. The couple ordered a single initial parasol and a thank you parasol, which they used during their photo shoot at Lambert's Castle. Vanessa explains, "We used the parasols for the cover of our thank you cards and received a bunch of compliments from our guests! Thanks a million for the beautiful creations!"

More From Our January Featured Couple

Want to know a little secret about Lauren & Jonathan's wedding? It was put together in two weeks... yep, 2 weeks! Pretty incredible right? Well it couldn't have happened without an amazing "Dream Team" of vendors. To start, the insanely talented Elizabeth Messina is the genius behind these photos...


Lauren's beautiful headpiece is by Twigs & Honey
All the blooms were created by the lovely Janie Medley of JM Flora Design




Beautiful calligraphy by Pretty Pen Jen
Event styling by Courtney of Merriment Events
The sweet and elegant cake by K. Rose Cakes
And the lovely setting was Verita Vinyards
It was such an honor to be a part of this incredible wedding. Congratulations again Lauren & Jon!

Published! Weddings Unveiled Magazine

2010 couldn't have started out any better for us... not only is one of our "Just Married" parasols in the latest edition of Weddings Unveiled Magazine, but we have a full page feature! How cool is that? Weddings Unveiled is such a well respected magazine and it is a huge honor to have our work featured amongst the gorgeous pages of their stunning Winter 2010 edition. You can read the full article on Lauren & Jonathan's beautiful wedding here but also be sure to pick up a copy of the magazine... it's full of the most inspiring real weddings. It was an honor to be a part of the "Dream Team" of wedding pros who were involved in this special day.



Additionally, you'll find this wedding on several blogs around the web today including the incredible love story by Elizabeth Messina over at Kiss The Groom, and more details and photos over at The Bride's Cafe and Little White Book.

AND...
Lauren & Jonathan are also our Featured Couple for January, so go check out their feature over at I Do Originals!

December Featured Couple: Ashley + Seregy

Before we get to our December Featured Couple there's some business to take care of... announcing the winner of our $100 Giveway! Thank you so much to all who entered, it was so much fun to read about everyone's favorite birthday gifts! And now for the winner ::drumroll please:: CaymenIslandBride! Please e-mail us at iDoMonograms {at} live {dot} come for details on how to claim your prize. Congratulations! Thanks again to all who entered and be sure to check back often as we have another giveaway right around the corner!

And now onto our December Featured Couple....

Photos by Shawna Herring

Ashley & Seregy were married in August in Atlanta, Georgia and had a stunning 'fairytale' wedding. Ashley contacted us with a picture she found of this verse... so we used it as inspiration, put our own spin on it, and LOVE how it turned out! The couple's beautiful day was captured by the incredibly talented Shawna Herring. Congratulations Ashley & Seregy!

November Featured Couple: Kate + James (Part 1)

Photography by The Nichols

All of our couples are stunning... but our November Featured Couple Kate & James are absolutely gorgeous, and so was their destination wedding in the Caymen Islands! Kate (aka Mrs. Kitten, a blogger on weddingbee.com) contacted us for a few parasols for her island nuptials and we were happy to oblige! The couple's beautiful wedding took place at The Grand Old House in April '09 and was photographed by the incredibly talented husband & wife team The Nichols. Congratulations Kate & James!

Stay tuned for Kate & James Trash The Dress Session, which we'll be sharing tomorrow... it'll take your breath away!