WEDDING BLOG

Kristin Banta of Kristin Banta Events, the fabulous LA wedding planner and designer, Junebug member, and dear friend of ours, is such a rock star that she has her very own reality TV special coming up on Bravo! “The Wedding Party” will premiere this Monday, May 14th, 8pm/11pm ET/PT, following along with Kristin as she produces an incredible wedding for one special couple. You better believe that the whole Junebug team has it etched in stone on our calendars!

Knowing Kristin and having published a number of her events over the years, I have gotten to peek behind the scenes at the planning, organizing and artistic visualizing that Kristin and her team devote to every wedding – it’s truly remarkable! Her design sense is like no other. She creates events that are as visually spectacular as they are thoughtful, personal and meaningful. No detail is left undone, and every moment is considered from the guests’ point of view to be sure the whole experience of the wedding day is seamless.

To get ready for the big show this Monday, take a look back at some of the Kristin Banta events we’ve showcased on Junebug, and if you’re a Twitterer, follow along with us during the show (@junebugweddings) and let Kristin and Bravo know what you think! Don’t forget to use the hash tag #TheRingLeader, and Tweet it up with the people involved – @KristinBanta, @BravoTV, @BravoAndy and @BravoPR.

At this beautiful wedding at the Hotel Bel Air (below), Kristin brought together vintage glamour and modern style in the must lush and elegant way. See the full event here…

(Photo by David Michael Photography)

Sunny summer yellow balanced dramatic black and white at this couple’s elegant California garden wedding. See the full event here…

(Photo by Memories by Michael)

Inspired by the exotica of old-world sea ports, Kristin combined nautical and gypsy traveler elements, with a navy, cinnamon and orange color palette to create a fantasy-filled environment for this wedding at Korakia Pensione in Palm Springs. See the full event here…

(Photo by Miki & Sonja)

To create an ultra-stylish and outrageously fun beach wedding at the Four Seasons Resort in Santa Barbara, California, Kristin and her crew made sure the guests were constantly entertained. See the full event here…

(Photo by Robert Evans Studios)

We have another gorgeous wedding from Kristin Banta Events coming up in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned for more!

There’s one thing that every soon-to-be-married couple has in common regardless of the style, size or budget of their wedding – thank you notes! You’ll want, and need, to send out thank you notes to all those who have given you gifts, helped you in your wedding planning process, or brought something special to your life. Reveling in the warm fuzzies of that gratitude is fabulous all on it’s own, but using gorgeous thank you notes that your friends and family will love to receive really does make the whole process even better. (And when your hands are cramping from all that writing and envelope addressing, the feel of lovely letterpress under your fingers will no doubt give you some relief)!

Well, today is a happy day, because wedding invitation designers Whitney and Jonathan Speir of Brown Sugar Design are generously giving one lucky Junebug reader the set of 50 letterpress flat card thank you notes pictured above, along with matching gray envelopes. All right! Thanks you two!

To enter to win these stylish letterpress notes, take a look at the Brown Sugar Design website or the designs by Brown Sugar available at The Pressroom & Company and leave us a comment here telling us which wedding invitation or save the date designs are your favorites! Brown Sugar’s designs always knock us out, so we’ll be excited to hear which ones you love the best. We’ll accept entries all week long, and choose our winner randomly next Monday, February 13th, 2012.

Above, some options from Brown Sugar Design’s Studio Collection, available at bsdstudio.com – their most popular invitation looks letterpressed on 100% cotton paper, in the ink colors, fonts and wording to suit your personal wedding style.

Above, Brown Sugar Design’s wedding invitations and save the dates available at The Pressroom & Company – easy to order and as gorgeous as they come! With more designs arriving soon – check them out!