Murray Watts

October 15, 2015 by Murray Watts

Timeless Luxury

Finding a luxurious and rustic getaway doesn’t have to be difficult to find. The historic 1889 White Gate Inn & Cottage in Asheville, North Carolina is a AAA 4 Diamond property. Featuring remarkable charm of a classic bed and breakfast mixed with the lush amenities of a boutique hotel, romantic getaways have never been this great! The White Gate Inn offers first class rooms, complete spa services and full elopement.

The White Gate Inn provides plush and inviting North Carolina bed and breakfast accommodations just minutes from Asheville’s historic downtown. The eleven distinct guest rooms in the Inn, Carriage House and Bungalow, honor distinguished poets. Each guest room is uniquely decorated. Poetry volumes by each featured poet are included in each room. The cottage has one bedroom and a full kitchen. Each room comes with a first class staff with years of experience to accommodate every guest’s need.

The perfect getaway should include a spa day! At the White Gate Inn, an in-house spa will add the finishing touches to a relaxing stay. All spa treatments are exclusively for guests and are done in the comfort of your own room. Three separate packages are available to cater to every need.Pick from a mixture of massages, facials, and foot reflexology. Couples massages are also a popular choice for the romantic getaways!

One unique feature of the White Gate Inn is the fantastic elopement ceremonies. Imagine exchanging vows in a small intimate setting among the beautiful waterfalls and stunning flowering plants in their award-winning gardens. They can accommodate ceremonies for up to 15 adults. Each wedding ceremony includes cakes and catering. All food is prepared in-house from expert chefs at White Gate. Spending that special day at a beautiful retreat with only your closest friends is perfected at the Inn.

On your next retreat, make sure and choose the 1889 White Gate Inn & Cottage. Not only are the rooms gorgeous, but it is also the closest bed and breakfast to historic downtown Asheville. Only the finest accommodations are found in the beautiful hideaway. Call today to book your stay!

October 8, 2015 by Murray Watts

Bright Before Your Eyes

Fresh, colorful flowers are guaranteed to brighten any day or add the perfect touch for every special event. Alma Blooms is your one stop shop for a local atmosphere and worldwide service.

Located in Alma, Wisconsin for resident shopping, they also provide 24-hour service in their online store. Their florists are experts in picking a variety of fresh flowers and creative gift ideas to suit any style or budget. They specialize in three main flower areas.

Words are sometimes hard to find when a friend or loved one passes. Often, flowers better define the sympathy we feel for the family and our lost friend. Alma Blooms can help you communicate your feelings through flowers. Send flowers to a funeral is a time-honored tradition that can help to bring light to a bleak day. They specialize in everything from a small urn, lush standing sprays, casket flowers, or sympathy arrangements.

The special wedding day or big event isn’t complete without the perfect arrangement of flowers. The team in Alma can provide for any budget. Providing an on-site consultation, Alma Blooms can design the picture-perfect arrangement. The changing seasons bring beautiful new flowers to life. They will offer unique designs that fit so well with the seasonal changes! Any event is sure to impress with the help of their expert florists.

Looking for a gift for someone who has everything? Why not a new companion; a living, breathing houseplant? Not only do they provide fresh air, they are beautiful to look at and can be long-lasting members of any family. Need to add color to your home decor? Why not try a colorful croton or a lush schefflera? Stop by Alma Blooms for the best selection of indoor houseplants around.

Whether you need a fully customized floral arrangement for that wedding or corporate event, a sentimental arrangement for a lost loved one, or a single rose for a special someone, Alma Blooms can provide for your every need! Be sure to find their 24-hour online store to see just how beautiful their flowers are!

August 20, 2015 by Murray Watts

Arrive In Style With Crown Limousines

The journey is often just as important as the destination. At Crown Limousine, traveling in style was never this easy. Located in Paragould, AR, Crown has been the go-to for luxurious traveling in all of Northeast Arkansas. They pride themselves on lavish accommodations and impeccable customer service.

Choose Your Vehicle

Arriving elegantly and timely to your destination starts with a ride in one of three lush vehicles. The first two options are the 10 passenger Lincoln town cars. These timeless limousines have been a staple of sophisticated travel. Choose between pearl white and midnight black for your next event. The biggest of the fleet, the 14 passenger Hummer, is a popular choice! The black Hummer is sure to turn heads.

All three vehicles come with top-notch amenities—featuring TVs, excellent stereo system with CD player to feature your favorite tunes, and interior lighting. Not to mention, the best and most qualified drivers in Northeast Arkansas.

No Matter The Event

Do you need to arrive in style at prom or a wedding? What about that important business client coming to town? Don’t let travel stress you anymore! Crown Limousine has all your transportation needs covered. Just some of the many events They have provided service for include prom, concerts, weddings, homecomings, corporate events, luncheons, bachelor/bachelorette parties, and much more!

Call today to book an unforgettable travel experience. Once you’ve booked with Crown Limousine, you won’t leave your special event transportation up to anyone else!

July 30, 2015 by Murray Watts

Personalized Ceremonies From Weddings As You Wish

Do you desire to have a wedding as unique as the one you’re in love with? Have you always wanted to break the traditional mold and be original? Weddings As You Wish is your source for the perfect wedding and the perfect wedding officiant. Don Goodrum is a Christian wedding minister performing traditional and unique marriage ceremonies throughout Florida. Whether you’re in Panama City, Destin or Pensacola, he services them all along the Emerald Coast.

Personalized Wedding Ceremony

Weddings As You Wish mean just that. Don has married couples in all sorts of unique venues and even costumes! Your wedding ceremony can be as elaborate, or as simple, as you desire. Once a plan has been established, Don executes flawlessly. He’s been known to say “the flowers and tuxedos are just to make the pictures pretty and to make your momma happy.” That’s why Don guarantees only to take instruction from the bride and groom. No one else. This is your special day and should be exactly what you want it to be.

Premarital Counseling

Don Goodrum also provides premarital counseling. This is a specially designed 4-hour course. Stepping in to marriage can be a daunting task with many unseen obstacles. Walking through some of those obstacles in premarital counseling is essential to a successful marriage. Because of this, the class is taken seriously. Once couples have completed the course, Don does offer a discount on the ceremony!

Whether you want to get married on the back of your Harley or dress up like characters from Star Wars, Weddings As You Wish is the perfect weddings officiate for that special day. Remember, as you wish truly means just that! Contact them today to schedule your perfect wedding.

July 23, 2015 by Murray Watts

Catering at the Highest Level

Tasteful elegance is accomplished only by caterers who are experienced and professional in all they do. Columbia Chef Catering delivers only the best to your special event. Executive chefs Betty Spittel and Thomas Franklin combine over 45 years of culinary expertise to create the amazing meals for your dining pleasure. Established in 1989, Columbia Chef Catering has become Columbia, MD and the surrounding area’s preferred caterer because they can do it all!

Choose The Menu Right For Your Event

This team has unique catering menus to fit any palette. You will find they offer everything from breakfast, lunch, hot entrées, snacks, drinks and more for every event. Specializing in top-notch Hors d’Oeuvres, the selection includes smoked salmon on pumpernickel rounds to BBQ chicken wings. The possibilities are endless.

Host A BBQ

One way Columbia Chef Catering separates itself from the rest is the fully catered BBQ. The chefs will schedule a three-hour picnic that includes a server and a grill master. All your favorite meats are prepared right in front of you on the grill! Customizing orders is as easy as their homemade pies, too. A delightful summer picnic has never been as stress-free as when you let Columbia Chef Catering handle all the food.

Columbia Chef Catering takes your special event to the highest level whether it is a small business meeting, holiday party, birthday party or weddings. Don’t even think about looking elsewhere when these chefs can do it all for your event!

July 9, 2015 by Murray Watts

Meant to Bee Photo Lounge – Taking Care Of Details & Photos

The big day is coming – so many details and so little time. Why not let a professional take care of the finer details of each wedding? If you’re in Boyd, TX Meant To Bee Photo Lounge can handle every need and want to make that day a perfect day.

Planning Your Perfect Day

A certified wedding planner through The Bridal Society, Meant To Bee will work directly with the bride and family to create a truly memorable ceremony. This full service planning will include design, decoration and floral. All of these details are perfected within your budget. Whether it’s from your imagination, or a Pinterest board, they can bring it to life. A stress free environment for all family on the big day is the goal and what they have become accustomed to delivering.

They also provide full service for your baby shower, gender reveal, or corporate function. They can plan from start to finish or anywhere in between.

A Photo Booth Is A Must

All wedding receptions are sent to the next level with a photo booth. Meant To Bee offers a photo booth rental that is sure to bring the excitement. Not only do the bride and groom want beautiful pictures to commemorate this ceremony, but the guests can take home an amusing, silly picture as well. The options are as limitless as the fun!

Always professional, each party planned by our team is sure to impress. The team at Meant To Bee is a leader in wedding and party planning in Texas. Contact them today to coordinate the best and most elegant celebration. Be sure to check out their website and blog for all the most up to date styles, trends, and tips!

July 2, 2015 by Murray Watts

The Sugarplum Cake Shoppe – The Place For One-Of-A-Kind Cakes

Every celebration seems to have a theme. To complete your theme and create a stunning centerpiece for your party, don’t forget about the cake! Designing custom cakes for any occasion, Sugarplum Cake Shoppe would love to create your next cake. Your party will be the talk of the town once the team at Sugarplum bakes your cake.

Always Creating With You In Mind

Specializing in wedding cakes, birthday cakes, cheesecakes, and other special occasion cakes, Sugarplum Cake Shoppe will produce a unique cake just for you. No matter the size or look, every wedding cake & event cake crafted will be done with the utmost care and professionalism.

Recent custom cakes have included super hero themed, full body alligator, custom football jersey, and guitar. For a truly distinctive cake, check out the 3-D cakes. Nothing is as exciting or memorable as a young boy who has an Xbox cake or your little princess who has a 3-D castle cake! If you can dream it, they can create it!

Creating Your Mouthwatering Cake

Don’t forget about the variety of flavors you have at your fingertips. Choose anything from classic white to almond poppyseed and everything in between. They also feature a variety of fillings such as chocolate, pineapple or raspberry. Every cake has quality ingredients and cooked to moist perfection.

More Than Cakes

Not only does Sugarplum fulfill custom cake orders, but also their bakery features sweet treats and luscious desserts. Come in to indulge in one of their many treats. These include cupcakes, muffins, sticky buns, linzer tarts, pies of all flavors and even gluten-free options!

The most trusted cake bakery in Colorado Springs, Colorado is Sugarplum Cake Shoppe. Let them take your next celebration to a whole new level with a custom cake.

June 18, 2015 by Murray Watts

Strike A Pose With Rives Photography

Every graduation, wedding, birth and everything in between is something so special it must be captured. Meridian, MS based Rives Photography is the professional source for photographing all those monumental moments. So many times families will look back on a special moment and regret the low quality, out of focus pictures that are left. Don’t let that happen again!

Capture Those Special Moments

Rives specializes in photographing children all of all ages. From newborn to senior graduation, they can make your child feel comfortable and natural. Long gone are the days of stuffy poses that can’t accentuate your loved one. They work with all their clients to create a natural looking post that is both flattering and comfortable to them.

Is your child also apart of a sporting league? Rives can handle all the team photography. Team and individual still shots are offered, as well as, action shots during the game. Telling those old sports stories will come to life after it’s commemorated with Rives. With this photographer, all life’s major events will be captured beautifully.

Wedding Photos To Remember

Another specialty is wedding photography. The big day will be celebrated with the highest quality photos and shots that will last a lifetime. They always focus on capturing your beautiful wedding moments that you can remember for the rest of your life.

For the next memorable moment, strike a pose with Rives Photography! You’ll cherish these photos for a lifetime.

June 12, 2015 by Murray Watts

Bring The Fun With Yancey Entertainment Services Inc.

A fun, flawless and well-executed event doesn’t just happen, it takes skill and advanced preparation. Have you considered expert assistance from entertainment planners? Located in Louisville, KY, Yancey Entertainment has been providing Kentucky and Southern Indiana with excellent entertainment since 1978. They are skillful in wedding receptions, corporate, school, church and private events.

When planning the perfect reception for that perfect day, Yancey has met the needs of all types of couples. They want to bring a fun, classy, exciting and memorable reception to help celebrate the nuptials. They provide polished wedding disc jockeys, event directors, master of ceremonies, event lighting, wedding ceremony sound reinforcement, and many other services.

They also believe that the pre-reception planning session(s) with your entertainment provider is the foundation of a successful event. They will share their extensive experience to give you guidance and assistance with every detail to assure a personalized, fun and stress-free celebration.

Yancey Entertainment will also successfully provide entertainment and event coordination to a variety of corporate events. Their team of enjoyable DJs will bring great music, group participation dances, party props, games and karaoke sing-along.

On top of providing a party atmosphere, Yancey offers advanced sound level reinforcement; on site audio recording and can accommodate most multimedia requirements with full-time technical support.

No matter what the event is, Yancey Entertainment Services Inc. will take that event to the next level. With years of experience, quality productions, and full service customization, your event will be one that’s talked about for months and years!

June 4, 2015 by Murray Watts

Find Your Special Dress

Have you ever found that perfect dress, but it just needed that special finishing touch? Maybe you wanted to completely design a unique bridal wardrobe for your big day. Sew Lovely Alterations & Design, located in Lubbock, TX, is known for their flawless work on all the special items you need for your wedding or prom night!

Complete Your Wedding Day Look

On that special day, the formal wear for the bride and all the wedding party is crucial. Sew Lovely is just the place to visit since they specialize in bridal design. A consultation will cover all areas: gowns, bridesmaids dresses, mother’s gowns, bridal jewelry and veils. You’ll be able to complete your look for the entire day with memories that will last a lifetime!

The team can also craft custom memory creations. Bridal gown hem embroidery, memory books, pens, ring pillows, and flower baskets are all available. Each one can be personalized just for you.

A Dress For Everyone

One special feature that Sew Lovely is now offering is consignment dresses. Their “Twice as Lovely” gown collection features stunning gowns at half the retail price.

All gowns brought in for consignment are cleaned, pressed on hangers and free of any spots, holes and tears, missing buttons, faulty zippers, or hooks. This shop is very diligent in protecting all consignment gowns.

Altered To You

Maybe it isn’t your wedding day just yet, but you need professional alterations. They can expertly alter everyday ready to wear clothes, as well as, prom dresses and all other formal wear. With their skills, they can alter anything to look like it was made just for you.

Charlotte Owen, owner of Sew Lovely Alterations & Design, brings years of experience in formal wear. Bridal design is in her blood. Come in for a consultation and let Charlotte make your dreams come true!