A close encounter with Tiffany blue.

Dear Nancy,

Im looking for a color match from a bag or box from Tiffany & Co.?

Dear Blogger,
The Tiffany Blue color is trademarked by Tiffany & Co. and it is " top secret " says Vicky Herbert. She's a good friend who was a part of the marketing team at Panton. Duplicating it would be an infringement of this trademark.

So what color could be a close match ?

A good “match” for Tiffany blue is found on the Panatone color chart and it’s number is 1837. Coincidentally the same year Tiffany & Company was established.

Or try Sherwin Williams paint called Mariner SW6766 or Benjamin Moore's Tropicana Cabana 2048-50.
Happy painting!

Nancy Swiezy
A Newport Affaire

Its all about the details...

There is a wonderful story over at the brides cafe today.
Real Wedding: Casey & Louis
www.thebridescafe.typepad.com
Shot by www.kateheadleyphotography.com

This is a great lesson for a bride looking to have a personal experience with out the super sized budget.
Roses and Carnations that could have come from a supermarket never looked so good!

Poppers for New Years or for your Wedding!

These would make the perfect accompanent for a Save the Date, a Wedding Invitation or for a Engamnet Party.
Poppers are not just for christmas any more!
http://www.spitfiregirl.com

A Baked Idea

I have ordered custom cookies from Patty Paige many times over the years. She makes the best custom cake topers, like no other!

Picture a bakery where imagination is the main ingredient--where the bakers are artists who custom-design and hand-decorate any shaped cookies their customers can dream up, in a kitchen they call Baked Ideas. At Baked Ideas we mix our own colorful icings and form our own cutters to create cookies made of the finest freshest natural ingredients.
Our special creations have been featured in dozens of magazines and on TV and have earned us a national reputation. At holiday time or for other special occasions, please check us out for the most unique and deliciously edible works of art around.

http://www.bakedideas.com
NYC,NY

Rock Scissors Quahog

Since 1936 Flo's Clam Shack has served such traditional shore favorites as chowda (white, red, and clear), clam cakes, and spicy stuffed quahogs. Fresh fish arrives daily. Since 1994, Flo's has regularly garnered awards in Rhode Island Monthly's Best of Rhode Island polls for Best Clam Cakes, Best Clam Shack, and Best Fried Clams. Some of you with more cash than smarts might even opt for the fifty-dollar special—a bottle of Moet and two hot dogs.
When on line at Flo's you will be given a rock with a number on it. When your number is called out you will have one of the best meals in Newport/Middletown.
So take a idea from Flo's and use a rock as a place card holder!

Flo's Middletown
4 Wave Avenue, Middletown
(401) 847-8141
www.flosclamshack.net

P.S.
Ask for Lisa up stairs, she one of the best bartenders in town and a fantastic cook as well!

HoopSkirt101 Gives Thanks!

Thanks to all who posted HoopSkirt 101 at their Blogs and web sites.

www.luxuriousweddingstylereport.blogspot.com
www.from-i-will-to-i-do.blogspot.com
www.wedding.blogdig.net
www.weddingplannervideo.com
www.bestweddingsites.blogspot.com
www.bollywoodsargam.com
www.blogged.com
www.theperfectwedding.nl
www.gethitched.com
www.topblogarea.com
www.prettyclip.com

A Newport Wedding Planner in the Fairfield County Look

We made it in Fairfield County LOOK - November 2008 Issue
It was a great night!
http://www.fairfieldcountylook.com/gallery.php?id=57

Happy Thanksgiving !

Pearls and pins could make heads spin!

The classic string of pearls is ...Oh so Jackie!
So follow Jackie's lead and were it in your hair!
It may bring out the inner flapper in you.
Perfect for a wedding at Astor Beechwood, don't you think?



Pearls from Urban Outfitters
Jackies Pin from www.ANewportAffaire.com

I Married A Angel... Jackie Kennedy's Frist Dance Song

A short film on the Kennedy Wedding found on Youtube.com

A tiara for your cake?

I enjoy mixing it up when designing flowers and cakes by adding beads, pearls and or hand sculpted flowers.
But I loved this use of a headpiece on a cake!

By maples wedding cakes
http://www.maplesweddingcakes.com

Happy Thanksgiving New England Society

This year’s theme for the New England Society's Thanksgiving Gala was the Cornucopia. I added brass flowers donated by Marie Courant.











Much Thanks to:
Lyann Marie Courant
http://www.mariecourant.com

My boutonniere model is the talented and handsome artist Eric Dever
www.ericdever.com

The New England Society in the City of New York
My dear friends Sara Hunter and Gail Gaston
www.nesnyc.org

Wedding Podcast Network

I thought I would republish this podcast for it has a lot of interesting information about Newport. Meet the Masters Special Edition - Getting Married in Newport, RI
At Wedding Podcast Network
http://weddingpodcastnetwork.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=250442#

Port ... Starboard!

Need I say more!

Sea Joy

I found this charming poem by Jackie Kennedy when she was just ten years old.

Titled "Sea Joy."

When I go down by the sandy shore
I can think of nothing I want more
Than to live by the booming blue sea
As the seagulls flutter round about me
I can run about when the tide is out
With the wind and the sand and the sea all about
And the seagulls are swirling and diving for fish.
Oh – to live by the sea is my only wish.

It's so interesting that she found a fellow who so loved the sea as much as she did.

Jacqueline Kennedy's Wedding Bracelet was designed by JFK and Jackie together before their wedding in 1953. Jackie contributed the pearls and diamonds, while John added the two nautical ropes, representing his family's love of the sea.

From the Kennedy Library www.jfklibrary.org
Bracelet found at A Newport Affaire www.anewportaffaire.com

The Ultimate Groom’s Cake

Do take that cake topper lying down!
What a fun cake made by Antonia Davis of
www.floweruponflour.com

America we have come so far...

Congradulations to Barack Obama

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer....."

A most wonderful speech about the last 100 years of our nations history. One reason I love in Newport is due to the American history it offers me. If you have a chance to go to the Newport Historical Society and take a walking tour. You can learn not just a lot about Newport, but so much the about the history of our country.

http://www.newporthistorical.org

And the dress ....well not so wonderful.

NewYorkCity.Weddings Angel Orensanz NYC

Click On the Photo to inlarge!
This was such a creative event for me. creating the Walkers Shortbread wedding cake for Rebecca and Glen was a great joy!
Anewportaffaire.com
Many thanks to Walkers Shortbread! www.walkersus.com

VOTE!

Made by Sam Godfrey, who is apparently Oprah's cake designer!

Dragonflies OUT.... Butterflies IN

I went to The Table Top Show and Every thing was adorned with butterflies!
Look for them this spring Or may be even in your hair !
Italian Elle 2008

Fruit and Flowers for a Harvest Wedding

I did this arangment last year for the New England Socity of New York at the St Regis Hotel. I used cream, coral, soft green and red roses, rose hips, berrys, red apples, green pears, lemon leaves and cranberry crystal bling for fun. I love using fruit with flowers together its charmingly autumnal and It can stretch your flower budget as well !!

Be your own Sylvia with the help of Amy!

Not everyone can afford a Sylvia Weinstock Wedding cake.
But with the help of Amy at the Suger Flower Shop, you can have the look of one!
Amy makes hand made molded, life-like gum past flowers and leaves.
So you can customise a home made or bakery cake just like the pros.

www.sugarflowershop.com
www.sylviaweinstock.com

Clearly Chivari

This style of Ballroom chair is called a Chivari.
You can order them in array of colors.
But my favorite is this clear one that looks like sea glass!

Hello Kitty!

Perfect for that kitty loving a flower girl.
Just too cute!

HOOPSkirt101

We have had over 3,000 down loads!


Hoopskirt101(c) is the girlfriends guide to wearing a very large wedding dress.
This "How To" video is dedicated to my next Newport bride.
And Yes she will be wearing a very BIG dress next year!

Celebrate your own Bling!

I had the good fortune of going to Moët & Chandon’s
100th Birthday at Lady Liberty, where they
launched the special edition bottle encrusted with
Swarovski crystals.
One of my brides was interested serving Bling water
also adorned with crystals.
But at $50 a bottle …I thought,
Why don’t you make your own?

I found a great solution for
$2.50 Made by www.meandmybigideas.com
The Crystal words can make a great addition to just about any thing!

Louie. Louie. Louie... Do you Love me?

Louis Vuitton is always leading the avant-garde of fashion without compromising traditional craftsmanship of luxury leather goods. Now it can be a cake for the gal who has everything!
Louis Vuitton Cake by www.okcakes.com

HALLOWEEN IN NEWPORT

I took Jennifer and Christopher to the 6th Annual Ballard Park Pumpkin Tour.
What a wonderful fall experience!!!! This is a great collaboration of so many community groups. Ballard Park's quarry meadow gets transformed into a magnificent blooming garden of lights when thousands of Christmas tree lights, luminaries, and gobos and up lights enrich the park's three-acre quarry meadow, which includes a vernal pond, rock wall and groves of trees. And it’s free! But donations are graciously accepted. To find out about other events and party's go to www.gonewport.com

Shave The Date!

Molly and Gabe will be married on Jamestown Island, in garden of a private estate on..... well you now know the date!

Setting aside their magnetic smiles, wouldn’t this “Save the Date” postcard make you want to go to this wedding?

Do have fun with your “save the date” cards. They can pre set the tone of your wedding. When planning a destination wedding, I suggest sending the save the dates out one year in advance and for the invitations 4 months out as a reminder to make hotel reservations.

Plan your Newport, RI wedding using our wedding ideas and real weddings

Welcome to Nancy Swiezy's Newport.Weddings Blog
Please feel free to surf around and find great ideas and tools to plan your wedding in Newport RI!
www.anewportaffaire.com

Inspiration ....The Dutchess

Wile on the dress hunt for bride Jennifer, I saw this gown at Caroline Herrera's Spring 2008 collection.

So.... who inspired whom?

Costume designer Michael O’Connor simply out did him self. The movie is worth seeing just on his merit alone.
www.theduchessmovie.com
www.carolinaherrera.com

HOOPSkirt101 The girlfriends guide to a really BIG Dress!

Hoopskirt101(c) is the girlfriends guide to wearing a very large wedding dress.
With the help of Mrs Tinney of Belcourt Castle and a few wonderful friends,
this "How To" video is dedicated to my next Newport bride.
And Yes she will be wearing a very BIG dress next year!

CREDITS

Concept, Co-Producer, Director & Script
Nancy Swiezy
Nancy Swiezy Events
www.anewportaffaire.com

Co-Producer, Art Director,
Videographer and Editor
Rocco Michaluk
Video And Vision
www.videoandvision.com

Assistant Director, Paper Dress, Hair,
Makeup and Casting
Mari O'Connor
www.marioconnor.com

Production Assistant
Laura Katz

The Bride
Nichole Gantz

Narrator
Nancy Swiezy

The Limo Driver
Kyle Nash

Location and Gold Carriage
Bellcourt Castle Newport RI
http://www.belcourtcastle.com

The White Car
Dr. Debra Harris

Rock Star Limo
www.rockstarlimo.net

Weddings at Belcourt Castle

Fairy Tales do come true.....

Belcourt Castle was built for entertaining. The wealthiest Americans, European royalty, movie stars and celebrities past and present have been entertained within the castle. The magnificent treasures and the soft candlelight of evening combine to create beautiful memories.

Belcourt Castle is a wonderful venue for your ceremony and/or reception. The House Rental Fee includes the use of elegant rooms for the ceremony, cocktails, dinner, and dancing on the day of your wedding. There is no extra charge for a 1-hour rehearsal the day before with the time schedule at the discretion of the castle. Meetings in advance for planning with florists, musicians, caterer, and family members, and the coordination of the ceremony at Belcourt Castle are part of Belcourt’s special services with no extra charge.

Special Thanks to
Mrs.Tinney of Belcourt Castle for the filming of HOOPSKIRT 101
http://www.belcourtcastle.com

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