Last night was the sneak preview of this annual charitable gown sale. The turn out was great with lots of brides leaving with wedding dresses. I brought 15 gift bags to give to brides who bought gowns and ran out of all of them before the end of the evening. The sale officially starts today so if you haven’t found your wedding dress you don’t want to miss this sale. There are over a thousand dressing including designer styles and the prices are great. Every year this charitable gown sale raises thousands of dollars for Making Memories Foundation, a non-profit that grants last wishes for terminal breast cancer patients.

Look for me or my display when you enter the sale. Tomorrow I’ll be there to volunteer and I hope to have the opportunity to dry on a dress or two.

For more information please visit http://www.atlantabridal.com/gownsale/

Atlanta Brides, or anyone one planning an Atlanta wedding, enter to win a free engagement session with guest photo book (a $475 value). To enter, just share your thoughts by completing this wedding planning survey.

To be eligible to win both pages of the survey must be completed and you must be a bride or groom living an Atlanta or a bride or groom planning a wedding in Atlanta. Contest ends Oct 31 and the winner will be announced within 1 week.

Guest Photo Book that is used for signatures

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To go along with the tuxedos and bridesmaids dresses,  here some featured tuxedos with vest & ties matching the popular colors of  bridesmaid dresses. White tuxedos & light color suits are definitely popular for spring or summer weddings.

Following up on the wedding gowns, I wanted to showcase the featured bridesmaids dress too.  Chocolate is one of the most popular colors right now and you’ll see several variations of brown bridesmaids dresses.  Black dresses have been gaining in popularity especially in weddings with a “best woman” or “groomswoman.”  There also a few samples for your flower girls. Click through the arrows to see all of the different dresses.

I know brides are always looking at pictures of wedding gowns in their quest to find THE perfect gown. So I wanted to share some photos of wedding dresses from some recent bridal shows.