Join us in Orlando at our brand new location for our “Lucky in Love” Grand Opening Weekend May 21-23! We have a lot going on so its a perfect weekend to come by. You will be one of the first people to see our brand new beautiful salon in the Shoppes at Millenia. How exciting is that?! We will also have hand massages courtesy of Crabtree and Evelyn on Friday and massages by Vitality Day Spa on Saturday. The Kenneth Pool Trunk Show will be here May 21-23 as well! The first 50 brides to visit us at our new location will receive a Knot bag filled with goodies as well as be entered into a drawing to win a FREE pair of Badgley Mischka shoes! As you can see, this is going to be an incredibly exciting weekend and we hope to see everyone there!

Congratulations to Gainesville bride Heather and her new husband Steve who got married at the Thomas Center earlier this month.  Heather looked gorgeous in her Watters & Watters gown.  Their photographers, Kristin and Paul from Footstone Photography, did an amazing job capturing the red and black vintage details. Check out the Footstone blog for more pictures of their big day!

Love,

Solutions Bridal had the pleasure of donating some gorgeous designer dresses to “ Just Cause,” a non profit organization.  Lisa Konecny, owner of  E-Events, has organized this great foundation to provide underprivileged girls with formal wear for prom, homecoming and other special occasions.  Solutions Bridal is honored to be a part of this  great organization.  If you have any dresses that you would like to donate feel free to contact us!

*Stay tuned for Dash for the Dress at our Gainesville Location.
Saturday June 26th from 8- noon.
Designer Dresses will be on sale for $99-$699 (valued up to $5000).
Bridesmaid & Mother of the Bride dresses will also be on sale!

Portion of Proceeds will go the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

The Gainesville store is so excited for our bride Kelli and one of our favorite photographers, Lindsey Tropf from Pure Photography! This week they were featured on the Southern Weddings blog as the “Southern Wedding of the Week!” Check out her pics below. Congrats to both of you!

Love,

This past Saturday, April 17, the Winter Park location was so lucky to have Christine MacPhail, a local Harpist in the salon. She has been playing the harp since she was 6 years old and fell in love with one she saw at a museum. You can really tell her passion for this instrument just by watching the emotion she portrayed and listening to the lovely melodies fill the store.

She can play anything from the traditional Here Comes the Bride, or the Wedding March to some of your more modern favorites like I’m Yours by Jason Mraz, At Last by Etta James, or Haven’t Met You Met by Michael Buble. Of course these are only a few songs from her extensive song list. Her talent is quite amazing as everyone who has heard her music would agree.

Christine got involved in weddings in college when her close friend asked her to play at her wedding and one of the guests then asked her to play at her ceremony and it was much of a domino effect from there. She loves everything about weddings but her favorite part is definitely seeing the bride walk down the aisle. She loves to see the different styles of weddings from a gigantic celebration with 250 guests to a small elegant wedding with only 20 guests.

If any of you brides or anyone else for that matter are interested in having Christine MacPhail she usually books 6 months out unless in the busier months, March and October, she recommends booking 9 months to a year in advance. You can visit her website at www.orlandoharpist.com

One of the brides who came into the Gainesville store today needed a little inspiration for her wedding at Sweetwater Branch Inn. I recently saw a post on the Green Wedding Shoes blog with beautiful, vintage yellow and blue details and thought it would work perfectly with her style and venue.  I can definitely imagine a bridal gown with touches of lace similar to the Alvina Valenta gown shown in the top right fitting perfectly with her theme. Any brides out there planning a vintage or antique themed wedding? What fun details are you doing to make the old new again?

Wedding Gown: Alvina Valenta (photo: Jasmine Star)
Venue: Sweetwater Branch Inn
Bridesmaid Dress: Jim Hjelm Occasions
Flower Girl Dress: Lazaro Flower Girls
Other Detail Photos: Green Wedding Shoes Blog

Love,

Hello brides!

My name Is Christina, and I’m a Bridal Consultant for the Winter Park store (soon we’ll be moving to the Millenia area, yay!!). I really like my job here at Solutions Bridal. It’s such a fun experience working here because we get to help our brides find the Bridal gown of their dreams. I love seeing my clients faces light up when they know they’ve found “the one”, it is such a fabulous moment!! I remember when I found my wedding gown, I felt so beautiful and super excited. I got married last year on the beach, a lot of my bridal attire was from Solutions Bridal and it looked AMAZING in photographs!
So whether you like a simple, fresh, romantic gown, a blingy, fashion forward, glam gown, or a formal, sweet. traditional gown we definitely have all of that here at Solutions! I can’t wait to meet all of you and here about your wedding vision. Have a good one!