A Big Congratulations from us to them!!

Victoria Calaway from Munster, IN

Christi Bult from Crown Point, IN

Hope you guys are able to get some great things to furnish your homes!!

If you were unable to attend or attended and need more info check out the vendor links here! They really offer awesome wedding services!

219 Productions

Bed, Bath & Beyond

Cedar Mill Limo

Char’s Bridal

CWC Video Production

Dancing with the Char’s-ask for more information at Char’s Bridal Shoppe

Dunhill Tuxedos

Epiphany Photography by Penny Frazier

Formal Accents

HairFree Electrolysis-The permanent Solution

How sweet It Is

Identity Hair Salon

Jessica’s Flowers

Krissy VanderWoude,LLC- Make-Up Artist

Legacy Photo Design

Nails by Tracy-email: nailsbytrac@sbcglobal.net

Northwoods

Photo Booth Flash

Silverwood Trio

Strongbow Weddings & Bakery

Join us at our upcoming Formal Accents & Dunhill Tuxedos Bridal Show

Enter to win Door Prizes Including 20 Free Tuxedo or Suit Rentals!

Wednesday February 8, 2012

from 6-9pm

Halls of St. George

905 E. Joliet

Schererville, IN 46375

Meet with vendors from 6-8 and fashion show by Dunhill Tuxedos and Elegance Bridal at 8pm

Stop by any Dunhill Location (Highland, Merrillville or Highland) or Formal Accents(St. John)

for a FREE ticket or rsvp to 219.365.0159

Until next time….Happy Wedding Planning!

]]> http://www.dunhilltuxedos.com/2012/01/congratulations-to-our-bridal-open-house-winners/feed/ 0 http://www.dunhilltuxedos.com/2012/01/free-bridal-open-house-coming-up-1-10-12-1-17-12-have-a-chance-to-win-a-500-00-gift-card-to-bed-bath-and-beyond/ http://www.dunhilltuxedos.com/2012/01/free-bridal-open-house-coming-up-1-10-12-1-17-12-have-a-chance-to-win-a-500-00-gift-card-to-bed-bath-and-beyond/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:34:08 +0000 dunhill http://www.dunhilltuxedos.com/?p=1533 Plan a fun night, show off that ring, meet and mingle with wedding vendors and win prizes!

There’s no better feeling than being newly engaged, being able to show off that sparkling new ring and to start being pampered as “the bride”. While we may be busy collecting fun wedding ideas online, the hard part of planning a wedding is selecting all your vendors.  As wedding experts always say, take one huge piece of advice – do not book anything online only.  Meet with the vendors, talk with them and see who fits your wedding the best.  If you click with a vendor upon meeting with them, you are sure to click throughout the planning and especially on the big day.

The Bridal Open Houses have done some of the work for you.  We’ve grabbed some of the best in the area for you to meet at one time. Talk with a variety of vendors at one time and see who fits your wedding styles, grab some freebies and make a night out of it!

The best part is that they are FREE ADMISSION and brides have a great chance to win a $500.00 Bed, Bath and Beyond Gift Card!

What to expect:

It’s a very fun and relaxed atmosphere.  Think more of a wedding mixer…time to talk and get to know the vendors.  You’ll first check in, enter for that awesome chance to win that gift card and start to make your way through relaxed and excited to plan! It’s set up as an open house from 5-8pm, so you can come any time and stay as long or little as you please.  Take advantage of a complimentary coffee bar, free salon pampering and friendly awesome vendors excited to hear about your big day!

Pick your date and location:

Tuesday 1.10.12

the dunhill wedding center

7966 wicker avenue

st. john,in

5-8pm

Featuring:

Bed, Bath & Beyond | Cedar Mill Limo

Char’s Wedding Shoppe | CWC Video Production

Dancing with the Char’s | DJ Segal’s Entertainment

Dunhill Tuxedos | Epiphany Photography by Penny Frazier

Formal Accents | How sweet It Is | Identity hair salon

Jessica’s Flowers |Krissy  Vanderwoude Make-up artist

Nails by Tracy| Northwoods | Photo Booth Flash

Silverwood Trio | Strongbow Weddings & Bakery

&

Tuesday 1.17.12

dunhill tuxedos

7140 broadway

merrillville,in

5-8pm

Featuring:

Cedar Mill Limo | Char’s Wedding Shoppe

DJ Segal’s Entertainment | Dunhill Tuxedos

Epiphany Photography by Penny Frazier

Formal Accents  | Identity hair salon

Jessica’s Flowers

Silverwood Trio | Strongbow Weddings & Bakery

It’s Free…we just ask that you RSVP!

R.S.V.P to 219.365.8159 or email info@dunhilltuxedos.com with your name, wedding date, phone number, which show you will be attending and how many guests you will be bringing with you (up to 3 please)

We can’t wait to meet you and meet the lucky bride who wins  the gift card! Oh man, just think of all the home design dreams  you could make come true with that! Pinterst home ideas anyone?

The large retail space has a variety of gently used tuxedo styles and accessories.  It is a perfect shopping spot for theatre companies looking for costume options, additions to a businessman’s daily wardrobe, wait staff uniforms, young men attending a formal dance and more.  The best thing about this shopping spot is the price.

Prices on the tuxedo coats start at only $9.00, pants start at $5.00, dress shirts start at $5.00, vests start at $5.00. and ties start at $2.00.

The Dunhill Resale Store is located at 7138 Broadway in Merrillville,IN and is open Monday-Friday 10-8 Saturdays 9-4 and is closed on Sundays.  They can be reached at 219.769.6725.

Whether you need business shirts or formal attire for an upcoming cruise or annual gala,or need more options for accessories for your tux… this would be the place to go!! There is a large selection and variety of styles of tux coats starting at $10.00, pants starting at $5.00, shirts starting at $1.00. There is also tons of vest and ties in colors and patterns for low prices.  One of our Dunhill Formal Wear Specialists is on site to take your measurements, help you find your sizes, and assist you matching any accessories if wanted.

We can’t wait to help you find the pieces of your new formal wear!!

Step 1:

go to facebook.com/dunhilltux

and “Like” Dunhill Tuxedos

Step 2:

Go to our wall and select post photo and upload your

favorite photo of you and your fiance to our wall.

Enter a caption with your names,

wedding date, and tell us a little bit about yourselves.

(Remember if this is a professional photograph, please be

courteous and give your photographer credit in the caption.)

Step 3:

Share your post on your facebook profile

and encourage ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO

VOTE FOR YOU by simply “liking” your submitted

photo in our wall photos album.

Step 4:

If your photo has the most “likes” on August 20, 2011

YOU WILL WIN FREE 6 COMPLETE TUXEDO RENTALS

FOR YOUR WEDDING PARTY!!!

*contest goes from June 20, 2011 through August 20, 2011.

Engaged couples only may enter.  Prize is only valid for winning

couple’s wedding party only. Winner will be announced on

Facebook August 21, 2011. Good Luck to all who enter!

Bridal Events are nothing but completely beneficial.  What bride doesn’t want to meet with every vendor possible before her wedding?  Bridal Events are so awesome, and not to mention fun for brides like yourself planning their weddings.  I

deally you are the CEO in charge of your wedding and you have the task of “hiring a staff” to create the best day of your life.  Bridal Events are the perfect setting to interview and get to know the possible vendors for your big day.   Most vendors are been in the business awhile, know a lot about weddings and know a lot about their field of work.  They have the potential to bring something  magical to your wedding day that you didn’t even was possible.  Make a great wedding decision right now and R.S.V.P to the June 7th Dunhill Wedding Center Bridal Open House in St. John, IN soon! Keep reading to find out more!

What  is great about the The Dunhill Wedding Center’s June Open House is that it is an intimate setting and only 100 brides will be allowed to R.S.V.P.  What’s even better? All of those 100 brides can enter that night for a chance to win the grand prize of a  $500.00 Bed Bath & Beyond gift card!  The Dunhill location in St. John is in the Dunhill Wedding Center, where you can always find Identity Hair Design and Formal Accents, Char’s Wedding Shoppe and Dunhill Tuxedos, Chicago Style Events, Cedar Mill Limo and Epiphany Photography (all of The Wedding Specialists)  and Jessica’s Flowers.  On June 7th even more vendors are going to be there for you to meet and greet with and really have some fun!

R.S.V.P to 219.365.8159 today or send an email to info@dunhilltuxedos.com with your name, wedding date, phone number and how many adults you will be bringing with you (up to 3 please).  We are a company that loves children, but sorry this is an adult only event.

The Dunhill Wedding Center Bridal Open House

Tuesday, June 7th from 5-8pm

7966 Wicker Ave  St. John, IN

This event is an open house so you can come by anytime

between the hours of 5 and 8.

Vendors that can’t wait to meet you:

Hair Styling by Christa at the Identity Hair Salon

Nu-Skin

Bed, Bath, & Beyond

Make-up Artist Maria Blanco

Formal Accents “the bride’s favorite store”

Char’s Wedding Shoppe

Dance Instruction with Dancing with the Char’s

Dunhill Tuxedos-tuxedos and wedding invitations

Silverwood Trio

Strongbow Bakery

Jessica’s Flowers

Chicago Style Events

Cedar Mill Limo

Epiphany Photography

Spinnin’ Productions

Photo Booth Flash

Escort Boards

A great way to make décor practical and beautiful at the same time.  Your place cards will make the visual scene on a bulletin board and your guests will find their name and find their table number and any other information you would like to include on the back of the piece.

Buy a large bulletin board and take a favorite engagement picture of your favorite picture  of a landmark you’ve traveled to, a family portrait or alma mater and blow it up just slightly smaller than the bulletin board.  Do the math to figure out how many sections the picture is going to have to be turned into.  If you have 205 guests, then the picture will have to be split into 205 pieces.  Create a grid on the back of the paper and break out the ruler and box cutter to cute the picture into the pieces.  It might be a good idea to make a map like grid similar to an atlas grid  (alphabetically down and numerically across) to keep track of the pieces so you don’t have to put the puzzle together in the end.

Tack them on the bulletin board and either print or make labels of your guest’s names on the front and table number on the backside of the piece and it will be a beautiful, fun display!

Coordinate your table numbers with your other favorite pictures that keep with the theme of your main display board picture. Place the number on them with a short story about the picture.  Place in frames or picture holders.

Chalk it up to an eco friendly, money saving idea.

Chalkboards are cute, practical and different, not to mention great for eco friendly couples.  Save money and invest in plywood and chalkboard paint (available at any home improvement store) and paint up the plywood.  Purchase chalk in your wedding colors and go to town decorating the board in your guest’s names and table assignments.  To keep with the theme, buy smaller wood scraps, use the chalkboard paint as well on them and place them on the tables with the coordinating numbers in chalk. Make the cutest, affordable table numbers.  Dress these up by placing your floral arrangement or other centerpiece in the center and you have just gone green and saved green in one cute diy wedding project!

Wire up the place cards

If you have poles or pillars at your venue, string wire around them. This wire should be the kind you use for crafts found at any local craft store.  Take clothespins and hang your place cards on the the wire.  This makes it fun for your guests to spot out their place cards on the pole.  If you don’t have any poles or pillars, string the wire in the foyer and hang the place cards on it with clothespins.  It makes a great display for your guests to gush over as they make their entrance.

Make your sign in books F-U-N

Guest books are a handy tradition.  But how much fun can the blank book with lines for your guests to sign their names be?  Pick out your favorite book as a child-Oh the places you’ll go by Dr. Seuss or where the sidewalk ends by Shel Silverstein or some other fun and rather large book you guys have in common and let your guests sign where they choose.  You will always have the most sentimental version of the copy of your most memorable book.

Until Next Time…Happy Wedding Planning!

Have a smaller cake for display with  one or two layered tiers our for display then, purchase sheet cakes that will be  served from the kitchen.  Your guests will never know the difference.  Also, keep the cake simple by going vanilla or chocolate, or with flavors and fillings that do not cost extra per slice. You can never go wrong with chocolate and vanilla plus, selecting simple flavors will keep picky guests from opting out of an exotic flavor cake that you’ve already paid for them to devour.

Think long and hard about your favor choice.  It is always nice to supply a small token to say thank you for coming, but a lot of brides are disappointed at the end of the night when they see that guests have not taken their favors with them.  Invest your favor money into a charity in your guests name.  This way you’ll know the money is going to a good cause and not becoming indisposable by being left on the table at the end of the night.  If you’d like a tangable gift then go with something practical by doubling up your favor and your placecard (also known as an escort card).   Try candies in wedding themed boxes with favor tags on them that say each guest’s name with their table number on it.

Save the dates are nice for out of towners, but not completely nessacary if you want to cut budget corners.  Consider  emailing the save the date to the majority of your list. Try inserting your information digitally on a photograph and send it as an attachment via email to your guests.  It is something that is cute and trendy to try.  This will save on postage as well as the printing of the save the dates.

You don’t have to settle with printing your own stationary…check out the deals and specials for stationary printing in your area.  Sometimes, it ends up being cheaper to get them printed.  Save the hassle, the ink and the time.  Check out Dunhill Tuxedos Free Invitation Offer. With over 40 books to choose from, you’re sure to find one you love and in your budget.  All you have to do is purchase the reception and response cards and Dunhill pays for the invitations.  Come into one of the six locations and the trained invitation specialists will answer all of your questions and help you find the right invitation and right price for you.

If you are spending  the money on ceremony decorations, then find ways to re-use them at your reception for table décor or space fillers.   Re-use flowers at the alter or platform at the ceremony for cake table, escort table, or entrance.  Any hanging  or larger décor, use for space fillers in corners or above the cake table.

If you have any other budget savers that you would like you share with the fellow brides, please do so below!

Until next time, Happy Wedding Planning!

We had some fun creating color palettes that go well with the charcoal color.  Try picturing the biggest square as your main color(think bridesmaid  dresses), the middle square as your accent (try flower bouquets) and they top square as well, you guessed it, your charcoal tux for your wedding party.  These palettes may leave you with picture perfect results….

Our picks for the vests that will best compliment our new gray tux:

Larr Brio Coronado Vest in Yellow

Larr Brio Coronado in Rose Petal -

Larr Brio Coronado Vest in Azalea

Larr Brio Coronado Vest in Sangria

Larr Brio Coronado Vest in Lapis

Larr Brio Coronado Vest in Blue Velvet

Larr Brio Coronado Vest in Pewter

Picture of the Jean Yves Charcoal Savoy coming sooooo soon!

Until next time….Happy Wedding Planning!