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Durham Magazine “Best of” List
This month’s magazine edition announced the 2nd annual “Best of Durham” winners. We wanted to give a shout-out to all of the SB&G clients who were honored with a gold, silver or bronze award, which are voted on by the local patrons. We are so proud to work with so many amazing Durham businesses!
Congrats to all of the “Best of Durham” Winners! Here are the SB&G winners:
Best Greek/Mediterranean Food
Gold- Parizade
Best Museum
Silver- Nasher Museum of Art
Best Florist
Gold- Ninth Street Flowers
Silver- Floral Dimensions
Best Event Space
Gold- Bay 7
Silver- Duke Gardens
Bronze- Washington Duke Inn
Best Event Planner
Gold- A Swanky Affair
Best Hotel
Gold- Washington Duke Inn
Silver- Durham Marriott
Best B&B
Gold- The King’s Daughters Inn
Best Event Photographer
Silver- Scott Faber Photography
Best Salon
Silver- Bella Trio Day Spa
Best Spa
Gold- Bella Trio Day Spa
Durham University Club Real Wedding Feature
Fresh Affairs did an amazing job with the decor, and Azul Photography captured it all on film! Read Carmen and Melvin’s story, and see more photos HERE!
If you’d like to submit your own wedding story, submit it HERE!
SB&G Discusses its 25 Years on UNC-TV
A big thanks to UNC-TV for hosting us!
Altar Ego: Get in the Loop!
Altar Ego is an evening of food, fashion and fun in Durham’s Washington Duke Inn, on Saturday March 31st from 6-11PM. Tre Bella Inc has planned an evening to remember and will be showcasing some of the latest bridal trends at the culmination of the fashion show. This 1940s themed event will include a performance by a swing band, delectable fare by the WaDu culinary team, inspirational event tabletops set up by some of the Triangle’s leading event professionals, and of course a fashion show with some of the area’s trendiest boutiques, and bridal salons. The PERFECT date night or ladies night out!
Tickets are available now, but in the meantime, FOLLOW Altar Ego Fashion on Twitter and LIKE Altar Ego Fashion on Facebook, to stay abreast of the latest news, and learn about the participating vendors!
SB&G on UNC TV’s NC Now
Publisher Donna Parks and Production Manager Jenna Olender, the mother-daughter duo that operate Southern Bride & Groom, appeared on UNC TV’s NC Now, to talk about the magazine’s 25th Anniversary.
We weren’t able to get the video clip of just our segment, but we did get the entire 30 minute show! We are “Chapter 3″- the last 1/3 of the show, and if you’d like to skip forward to our part, you can! Enjoy!
Watch Tuesday, January 31, 2012 on PBS. See more from NC Now.
SB&G’s Grand Prize Winners from Bridal Show Weekend
Congrats to Stephanie Hook and Keith Potter, who will be married this September at Duke Gardens, followed by a Rue Cler dinner reception.
Congrats to our other happy couple, Rachel Collins and Jonathan Glenn, who will be married this August, with a Capital City Club reception. They are pictured below, with their dog, Wilson.
More February prizes to be given today – if you haven’t registered yet, sign up HERE for monthly prizes!
Hot off the Press: Southern Bride & Groom 2012 Magazine – 25th Anniversary Edition
The Southern Bride & Groom team is thrilled to announce our 25th Anniversary Edition has arrived!
We are so proud to be a part of the Triangle wedding industry, and so grateful to all of the talented wedding professionals who are a part of this inspirational Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill wedding resource. This year”s magazine is our finest yet, and we are so pleased to be sharing it with you all!
Our Winter/Spring Cover came to us magically… For our floral shoot, Fresh Affairs put together such a mind-blowing table arrangement in stunning silver and white, and Photography by Walters and Walters did such a phenomenal job of capturing the image on film, we just couldn”t resist using it as our Silver Anniversary launch cover!
Over the next couple of weeks, we”ll be hand-delivering our magazines to our nearly 200 distribution points in the Triangle. In the meantime, drink in the gorgeous new 2012 cover!
Southern Bride & Groom celebrates Silver Anniversary with wedding photo contest
The Triangle”s most trusted bridal magazine and online wedding resource guide will give one lucky couple a photo shoot that will be published in the magazine
Southern Bride & Groom (SB&G), the Triangle”s most trusted bridal magazine and online wedding planning resource, is launching a contest for real brides and grooms to apply for their own couple photo shoot. The winner”s photos will be featured in the next issue of the magazine, to be published December 2012.
Engaged or newly married couples can apply to this contest by submitting their engagement photos to SB&G on the website”s Real Weddings page. The deadline is May 1, 2012. This contest is part of SB&G”s 25th Anniversary Celebration. The magazine”s Silver Anniversary Edition is being released in late December, in time for engagement season, and will cover the entirety of 2012.
“SB&G has grown along with the Triangle area, and I feel privileged that we”ve been able to be a part of the amazing wedding industry in this area for 25 years,” said Donna Parks, publisher. “Our goal has been to bring exceptionally talented and reliable businesses to the attention of area brides, along with wedding planning and etiquette tips.” Parks founded SB&G as the region”s premiere bridal publication in 1986, and still runs the business today alongside her daughter and best friend,Jenna Parks Olender.
SB&G was the NC Triangle”s first bridal publication. It has grown over the years from a small wedding planning and etiquette guide,into the area”s most well-known bridal magazine and trusted directory of wedding services, featuring experienced, talented regional wedding vendors, inspirational fashion, floral, food, invitation and cake photographs, and several real wedding features.
Click HERE to see the SB&G”s Style shoot on Facebook.
Below, enjoy SB&G”s 25th Anniversary Promo Video, and a sneak peek at our 2012 fashion shoot!
SB&G 25th Anniversary Style Shoot
Southern Bride & Groom is thrilled to announce that we are celebrating our 25th Anniversary in 2012!
My mother, Donna Parks, founded SB&G in 1986 as the premiere bridal publication in North Carolina. It has grown from a small wedding planning and etiquitte guide for the Triangle, into the most trusted bridal magazine and online resource in the Greater Triangle of NC. The philosophy behind SB&G was to grow the magazine slowly, adding only the most reliable of wedding venues and vendors to the magazine each year. Today, my mom and I work side by side at this business, and we are proud to promote the best of the best wedding resources in the Greater Triangle Area. We feel confident that any vendor our brides (and grooms!) find in SB&G are going to be top-knotch and deliver the best possible service on their wedding day.
One of the ways we have maintained a high caliber of resources is by developing relationships with our fellow wedding professionals, but another way is getting feedback from our brides. We now feature more real Triangle brides” weddings than ever, and we always welcome wedding planning questions and advice on vendors that will suit you. We are also hosting a contest for a real local bride and groom to win an SB&G photoshoot! (Submit your entry on the real weddings page of our site). Please feel free to contact me any time at jenna@southernbrideandgroom.com.
In honor of our 25th Anniversay, the SB&G Team (Donna Parks, Jenna Parks Olender and Patricia Campbell, our Art Director) teamed up with local photographer Craig Carpenter of Luster Studios to create a style shoot. We found an amazing handpress from the 1850”s at Artisan Printer,located in Durham”s Goldenbelt. We had a little fun with Brian Allen”s beautiful machine,creating momentos of that read “SB&G 25.” What a fun experience to touch on the history of printing while honoring the SB&G history. Enjoy Luster”s photography below!
