I’m so excited to announce that I’ll be taking part in  The 2nd Annual Luxury Event presented by the Couture Wedding Consortium of Washington DC coming up on February 6th. Blogging has been such an integral part of Once Wed’s growth and I’m very much looking forward to the opportunity to share my experience(and mistakes!) with a small group of VIP vendors taking part in the this event earlier in the morning and then actually attending the event later on in the afternoon with fellow bloggers Oh So Beautiful Paper, District Weddings, and The Relentless Bride.

Below is a small list of exhibitor’s(more to come next week) who are showcasing their services including the amazing, The Cotton Bride, who is also giving away the lovely wedding dress you see below to one lucky attendee.

Katie was kind enough to offer two free tickets to Once Wed readers, so if you are in the DC area next weekend and interested in attending the event please leave you name + email below and we will announce the winner next Monday. For more information about the conference and instructions for registering, click here. I hope to see you there!

I wanted to let everyone know that there are some pretty incredible dresses over in the used wedding dresses section of the site right now. Here are just 2 of over 2800 dresses that are being sold…

Click here to purchase the Vera Wang and click here to purchase the Alice Temperley.

I became a huge fan of Whitney’s after following her wedding planning all last year on Darling Dexter, so when she announced she was delving into wedding photography with her husband – I couldn’t wait to see what this creative duo had planned. Watching Oh, Darling! blossom and grow over the last year has been really cool to witness, and just makes me that much more proud of our sponsors on Once Wed. Whitney also recently said something to me which I couldn’t resist mentioning here “One of our big things is that we want to stay affordable. Since we just recently planned our own wedding and had a budget — it’s important for us to provide high quality at reasonable prices.” It doesn’t get much better than that…

Oh, Darling! is offering a 10% discount to Once Wed readers for 2010 weddings booked by November 1. They are also booking NYC weddings for 2010. To see more loveliness from Oh, Darling! Photography, click here.

***Update: Wow! You guys are awesome. Thank you to the 1500+ individuals who’ve already filled out our little survey. The feedback I’ve received has been amazing, and very eye opening. I look forward to making improvements to certain areas of the site and adding new features/columns over the next few months in hopes of making Once Wed an even better resource for planning your wedding. The survey is now closed.***

Every year I like to do a quick survey so I can get a better idea of not only who my readers are, but also to make sure I’m still featuring relevant and exciting content(or if I’m not). I really do take to heart what is said in these surveys, and it is one of the big determining factors when planning out new features for the site over the next 6 months. So, if you have suggestions, feedback, or ideas of what you might like to see more or less of – this is the best place for your voice to be heard.

This anonymous survey has 15 questions and takes about 2 minutes to fill out(I timed my husband to make sure…I’m a nerd like that). Plus, Ashley of Dolci Odille is giving away 3 yards of flower garlands(custom or multi colored) to 2 lucky  participants who enter their emails at the end of the survey. Thank you guy so much! I really can’t tell you how grateful I am for your daily readership and feedback.

I’m super excited this morning to introduce another wonderful sponsor on Once Wed, Jagger Photography. Heather and Grayson are the adorable husband and wife team behind Jagger Photography, and when they recently sent me the incredible set of images below I knew it would be the perfect fit for their feature today.

I was spending some time snooping around their site earlier this week when I came across a snippet of their bio which read “We love what we do because we get to be present, in a profoundly moving way, at one of the most joyous and transforming events people experience in their lifetimes – their wedding day!” I couldn’t agree more, and their passion and talent for what they do definitely shows in every picture they take. To see more of their lovely images don’t forget to check out their site and equally amazing blog!