Since 1987 Beverly Clark has been the trendsetter for elegant bridal accessories.  Her designs often appear in hollywood movies and often at real celebrity weddings, includuing Marcia Cross, Heather Locklear, Delta Burke , Elizabeth Taylor and more.

Beverly Clark offers wedding accessories accented with rich fabrics, lavish laces and elegant enhancements.  Her unique style is fashioned into flower girl baskets, guest books, ring bearer pillows, unity candles, toasting glasses and wedding cake servers.

Most Popular Beverly Clark Wedding Collections
Here are our most popular and favorite Beverly Clark wedding collections.

 
Love Knot Collection - this wedding collecton has been around since 2002 and it’s classic styling makes it just as popular in 2007.  The collection is availabe in white or ivory and each piece has an elegant band of matte satin fashioned into a dramatic knot .

Custom Color Collection - this collection is ideal for the bride that wants her wedding accessories to match her wedding colors.  The collection offers a choice of 19 colors of organza or satin ribbon and each piece is available in white or ivory.  New color choices have been added for 2007.

 
Calla Lily Collection - this collection was added in 2006 and quickly became a favorite of brides.  Each item in this colleciton is decorated with a hand-sculpted peau de soie satin calla lily flower with braided crystal stamen.

Florenzia Collection - this Italian inspired collection was introduced in 2006 and the intricate embroidery, found on each piece, is available in black, white or ivory.

As well as offering over 20 unqiue wedding collections, Beverly Clark offers favors, clothing, bridal party gifts, planning books and more.  Click here to view all the Beverly Clark Collections.

Many brides are faced with the dilemna of what to do with their wedding dress after the wedding.  It’s such a special dress that it is hard just to package it up and store it away.  Well, my sister had a fabulous idea - to take her wedding dress and make her new daughter’s christening gown from it.  Of course, its one thing to have an idea and then another to make it a reality.  Fortunately for her, our mom is a talented sewer and was able to make my sister’s dream come true.

Our mother has been sewing since she was young and has made everything from doll clothes to her daughter’s clothes (not that we appreciated it when we were younger!).  She doesn’t sew for a living - its just a hobby for her, so she was reluctant to take scissors to my sister’s wedding dress.  After much cajoling, she agreed to do it, but wouldn’t make any promises to the final outcome. 

As you can see from this photos, her efforts resulted in an absolutely stunning christening gown:

If you don’t have a wedding dress you’re willing to cut up or a talented sewer in the family, you can always purchase a heirloom quality christening or baptism gown.  We found these beautiful baby christening gowns.

Baby Girl Christening Gowns:

 
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Baby Boy Christening Gowns:

 
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2007 seems to be the year of the colored flower girl baskets.  All the leading wedding accessory designerers, including Beverly Clark, Lillian Rose, Wedding Star and Hortense B. Hewitt, have added new colors for this season.   Along with the new colors are new shapes for flower baskets.

Red Flower Girl Baskets:
 
Red wedding accessories are no longer just for Valentine themed weddings!  Some brides are adding a red sash to their white wedding gowns and then continueing the red theme with a red flower girl basket.

Bronze Flower Girl Baskets:

 
These bronze baskets are the ideal wedding accessory for a fall or autumn wedding.  These fall flower girl baskets will coordinate with dramatic colored flowers.  Be sure to bring your basket with you when you meet with your florist.

Champagne Flower Girl Baskets:
 
Many brides are wearing champagne wedding dresses this season and these champagne flower girl baskets are the perfect compliment.

Pink & Brown Flower Girl Baskets:
 
Pink and Brown continue to be a popular color scheme for weddings this year. 

Black & White Flower Baskets:
 
A Black and White flower girl basket will add a touch of sophistication to your wedding ceremony.  You may also consider using a basket to dress up the card table at the reception.

Of course white and ivory continue to be the most popular flower girl baskets, but its nice to know that there are some new, stylish alternatives.  Click here to view more flower girl baskets.

Wedding Ring Pillows aren’t just for weddings. They’re the perfect accompaniment to a Valentine’s Day gift.  Especially if that Valentine gift is a special piece of jewelry or even an engagement ring! Show your Valentine just how much you love them with a darling ring pillow.

The All My Heart Pillow is made from rich, red satin and is embellished with rhinestone hearts making this the perfect gift for a traditional Valentine’s gift.

The Classic Double Heart Pillow is pure romance with its jeweled double heart pin. You can attach your Valentine gift to the ring pillow with the two thin satin ribbons. The pin is removable and can be worn as a piece of jewelry after Valentine’s day.

This dramatic 2-tier red and white ring pillow with satin red roses is elegance and style at it’s best. This pillow makes for a nice contemporary Valentine gift.

Consider giving a heart-shaped pillow as your Valentine.  You can embroider your names on the pillow in their favorite color.  You can also add a design of roses, hearts, daisies, Love or more.  Surprise your sweetheart with this lasting Valetine.

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Family Medallions offer a special way for children to feel included in the wedding festivities and to mark the beginning of a new family.

The Family Medallion is a symbol of family unity and love and ay be used to include children of the bride and/or groom in the wedding ceremony.  When a new stepfamily is being created, the medallion becomes a tangible way to build a bond between stepparents and stepchildren. 

Presenting a child with a Family Medaliion is a meaningful way to include them in the wedding ceremony.  Most officiants understand the importance of this and will perform the medallion presentation after the bride and groom exchange vows and rings.   The recognition of your children during the ceremony offers a solemn moment for the entire family and shows your guests your commitment to establishing a new family. 

Each Family Medallion comes in a embosssed gift case that also hold a small photo.  Family Medallions are availabe as pendants, pins, charm braclets and rings in either silver or gold.

The Family Medallion was created by Clergy Services which specializes in developing products that support and strengthen marriage and family relationships.  

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I’m happy to announce that we just released a new version of our first site The Massachusetts Wedding Guide.  The new version has a sleeker easier to navigate design, plus provides more details on MA Wedding Professionals, including wedding reception sites, photographers, djs and videographers.

I started MA Wedding Guide back in 1998 when I was planning my own wedding.  Back then there were only a handful of wedding planning web sites and I thought it would be helpful to share information about planning a MA wedding with other Massachusetts brides.  

Today the site receives over 3,000+ visitors daily and assists brides planning Boston Weddings to Cape Cod Weddings.  With our reception site finder brides can enter the criteria for their wedding and search our database of MA wedding reception sites to find sites that meet their criteria.  Once they’ve selected a reception site and know their wedding date they can use our listing of top MA Wedding professionals to find a photographer, videographer, wedding band, DJ or even a wedding planner!

Click here to view our new release.

Now that we’ve received all the 2007 bridal catalogs from the leading wedding accessory manufcaturers, its time to select our favorite wedding guest books!   Each year we anxiously await the arrival of the new catalogs, in anticipation of the new wedding collections.  The designers are always creating new designs and making updates to our old favorites.

Our new favorites for colored wedding guest books are:

Green is one of this year’s popular colors, so we had to pick the Thymeless Guest Book by Wedding Star.  The fabric is made of rich organic greens and decorated with sparkling crystals.

 
Pink and Brown became popular wedding colors last year and are sure to remain popular with the Strawberries and Cream Collection from Wedding Star.  (This is my personal favorite.)

Black and White always lends a sense of sophistication to a wedding and the new Black and White Guest Book by Lillian Rose is no exception.

Favorite Traditional White & Ivory Guest Books:

Beverly Clark’s Custom Color Guest Book has been updated with new color choices for 2007.  Now there are over 19 color combinations including spring moss, champagne and chocolate. 

The Bridal Tapestry Guest Book by Wedding Star is our new favorite traditional guest book.  We love the detailed embroidery, touch of chiffon and crystals.

So those are our favorite guest books, but we also have lots of new other favorites which we’ll be sharing very soon!  Click here for more wedding guest books.