OMG!! The Denver Wedding Workbook is now on sale!

This workbook is so cool! I wish I had this when I got married. The Denver Wedding Workbook really is a "weddings for dummies" book complete with space for you to write in all your wedding details so you can keep organized! Perfect for the DIY bride - now of course, I have said it before and I will say it again...even if you are a DIY bride, you cant be everywhere at the same time on your wedding. In fact, you really shouldn't be! You need to be in one place only...and that is the star in your "opening night" of married bliss with your new hubby! Leave all the work and organizing and running around and check hand outs and people wrangling and DJ strangling to me, your day of coordinator! (I don't normally strangle DJ's - promise!)

Anyhow, you can buy the wedding workbook off of its website at www.denverweddingworkbook.com, on Amazon and I think at Tattered Cover, Borders and Barnes and Noble.

**BONUS ALERT!!**
Buy a wedding workbook and get a certificate for free airfare for two! Wowza!

The workbook has allowed a select few vendors to be included in their book. They had an extensive screening process and background check and accepted 4 vendors in each category to be featured. Swank Soirees was one of the "creme of the crop" according to the Workbook!

So go to the Denver Wedding Workbooks website to check out the book and look through it, read testimonials and all that fun stuff- it will be sooo worth it!

That's all for now! So looking forward to Hawaii for a destination wedding/vacation in a few days!

Aloha, Courtney

Anna Be Bridal Blowout!

Check it out ladies! These dresses are ultra feminine and a top pick for celebrities! I would encourage you to book a fitting time at Anna Be and at least try on a few of these uuber luxe gowns - They will make you feel so good!

Go to http://www.anna-be.com/ for more info.

Bella Bridesmaid Sample Sale

Sample Sale! Sample Sale!

Hooray!

Ok here's the details ....

Feb. 4, 5 and 6th

10am - 6pm

All sample dresses - $30!!!!!!

Treat all your friends to a dress that they will want to dig out of the closet again- trust me, its no fun to dish out the dough for taffeta madness!

So Check out Bella Bridesmaid at 300 Josephine St, Ste 120 Denver, CO 80206

http://www.bellabridesmaid.com/

Hitched in the Highlands Race to the Altar!!

Happy February you Swank-sters you!

Wanna know the best way whittle down that waist and get a FREE wedding? Enter to win the Hitched in the Highlands Race!!

Here is a blurb from the Happy Cakes Website -

Happy Cakes has pulled together our favorite fellow local business to offer the chance for one lucky couple to win a Highlands wedding.

Ten engaged couples will race through the Highlands neighborhood, solving clues and completing challenges to win a wedding prize package with a retail value of over $20,000!

RACE DATE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28


Download and print out the application, attach a couple photograph, and mail it to Happy Cakes. Your completed application must be postmarked by Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Applications may also be submitted in person at Happy Cakes Bakeshop, and must be physically received by 6pm MST on Friday, February 12, 2010. No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to apply for or compete in the HITH Race.

Check out the link below, and get training for the Race of a lifetime!

http://www.happycakesdenver.com/HITH.htm

Amazing photographer and Videographer has new website!

Happy almost New Years you Swanky Celebrators, you!

I hope you have some spectacular way to ring in the new year this year! After full days of what I call "Box Bonanza", we are about ready to settle in for our New Years Eve dinner party fete, where we have a few friends come over and we all make a big meal together, sipping bubbly and playing card games all night - perfect! Oh and don't forget the 11:30 dance party as we push aside the living room rug to "cut a rug" before 2010 comes a knockin!

But I know what you are thinking ~ New Years Eve means I am that much closer to my 2010 wedding!!!! So in that case, I'll give you some insiders info and come out with one of my favorite photographers of all time.

Kevin Von Qualen is an amazing photographer who also corners the market in one of a kind vintage videography - he shoots on real live Super 8! I have to say that I wish I knew Kevin when I got married, because a Super 8 transferred to digital would be treasured forever!

His new website is up, complete with wedding pictures and videos for you to peruse.

Check Out http://www.kevinvonqualen.com/

Now go out there and enjoy the dwindling hours of 2009! May 2010 be your best year ever!

With cider glass in hand, and my fanciest party hat atop my head,

Courtney

Swank Soirees New logo!

Here it is! Please e-mail me and let me know what you think! I really like it - I think it encompasses all that Swank Soirees is - fresh, funky and a bit classic all rolled into one big shiny ball of wedding awesome-ness! Now all I need to do is update all business cards and letterheads and contracts and all official files...whew! I am exhausted just thinking about it....better go get a Peanut butter cup!

Holiday vegan peanut butter cups!

Happy Holidays all you hip festive trendsetters!

I hope your Holidays are starting off well! I am in a bit of a holiday rut, since we are in the midst of packing and moving and house showings and keeping the house looking "hotel -like" at all times! And that is no simple feat when you are trying to pack it all up at the same time!

Nevertheless, this time of year always makes me long for classic movies and home made goodies. And did I mention our new home will have a fireplace? That's right, and original 1904 wood burning fireplace - complete with original wood mantel! So chestnuts will be roasting over that open fire, believe you me!

A good friend of mine found this amazing recipe for vegan peanut butter cups and I had to share it with all of you - so simple to make, but will make all your neighbors think you really slaved away in the kitchen, all for them!

Alicia Silverstone's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

TIP Look for graham crackers that are naturally sweetened or low in sugar (Health Valley makes a good one), and store the leftover crackers or crumbs in an airtight container for future use.

SERVINGS 12

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup Earth Balance butter

3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter (preferably unsweetened and unsalted)

3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs or 10 graham cracker squares

1/4 cup maple sugar or other granulated sweetener

1 cup grain-sweetened, nondairy chocolate or carob chips

1/4 cup soy, rice, or nut milk

1/4 cup chopped pecans, almonds, or peanuts

PREPARATION

1. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. (If You Care makes unbleached liners made from recycled paper.) Set aside.2. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. 3. Stir in the peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, and maple sugar and mix well. 4. Remove the mixture from the heat. Evenly divide the mixture, approximately 2 tablespoons per cup, among the muffin cups. 5. Combine the chocolate and milk in another pan. Stir over medium heat until the chocolate has melted.6. Spoon the chocolate evenly over the peanut butter mixture. 7. Top with chopped nuts. 8. Place in the refrigerator to set for at least 2 hours before serving.

Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/recipes/chocolate-peanut-butter-cups-recipe#ixzz0Z1nTI5Ry