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	<title>Elegance &#38; Simplicity - Engaged &#38; Green Blog</title>
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		<title>Mother of the Bride Wednesdays!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What if the ‘in-laws’ are insufferable? Remember your Miss Manners!
Oh boy.  It’s time to meet the groom’s parents…your daughter has mentioned a few little skirmishes but you have been brushing them aside in hopes she just has a ‘case of the nerves’ whenever she’s around one or both of the groom’s parents.

Even though there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go to Greece!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a great giveaway on One Wed!  Win a trip to Santorini!

OneWed.com always has some great contests and deals for you, but I am so excited about this giveaway. They’ve teamed up with Jewelry Information Center, Jewelers of America, Platinum Guild International and Jewelers Mutual to award one lucky couple an awesome getaway to Santorini, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/go-to-greece/</link>
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		<title>Anthropologie!</title>
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Just heard that my favorite store &#8211; Anthropologie  - is starting their own wedding gown and bridesmaid line!  YUM!  A photo was released today on InStyle.com.  Check it out!

We can&#8217;t wait to see all of the dresses!

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		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/anthropologie/</link>
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		<title>Alison &amp; Rob&#8217;s Eco-Wedding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were so happy when Alison walked through our doors with a green agenda and a big smile on her face.  She had found a majority of her vendors on the DC Green Wedding Consortium.  We are finding more and more couples who are searching for a greater good for their weddings and Alison had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/alison-robs-eco-wedding/</link>
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		<title>10 Things That Every Groom-to-be Should Know</title>
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by guest blogger chris easter of themanregistry.com
The days of grooms being stereotyped as bumbling idiots are long gone. Today’s grooms are well-informed and involved when it comes to wedding planning.  Whether it’s coordinating wedding day attire, planning a groom-friendly wedding shower, or designing invitations for the rehearsal dinner, the modern groom is a far cry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/10-things-that-every-groom-to-be-should-know/</link>
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		<title>Same-Sex Weddings Are Now Legal in Washington, DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was able to take a quick ride down to the DC Courthouse to just be a part of this historic day in Washington, DC!  I was thrilled to see how easy it seemed.  They had extra hands helping out and people were clapping and super supportive!

Cupcakes were handed out from Hello Cupcake and it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/same-sex-weddings-are-now-legal-in-washington-dc/</link>
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		<title>Same-Sex Wedding Elopements in DC!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were recently quoted in the DC Agenda in regards to same-sex weddings.  Our very own Tara Davis has been running the Legally Wed DC blog that has helped to gather the best gay-friendly wedding professionals in the DC area.

Katie &#8211; the owner of Elegance &#38; Simplicity &#8211; plans to be at the courthouse tomorrow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/same-sex-wedding-elopements-in-dc/</link>
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		<title>Yummy Nimli Sale!</title>
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Totally Diggin&#8217; this designer&#8230;I was about to post an ETSY Love post &#8211; but this came in my inbox and I had to share&#8230;the colors alone are gorgeous and they match my blog.  Even more reason to go out and buy some jewelry!  :-)  Lots of great  sustainable jewelry on sale!
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		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/yummy-nimli-sale/</link>
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		<title>Getting Legally Wed in DC!</title>
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There are many blogs and major national websites for same-sex couples to get ideas for their weddings.  However &#8211; we run the only DC based blog on how to get married in DC for same-sex weddings.  Legally Wed DC is a blog with no pretenses other than to let same-sex couples know which vendors in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/getting-legally-wed-in-dc/</link>
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		<title>Eco-Beautiful Weddings Tour Dates</title>
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Here are the finalized dates for the Eco-Beautiful Weddings Tour for Wedding Professionals!
Virginia Beach, VA – Wedding Week – March 25, 2010
New York City &#8211; April 13, 2010
Boston – April 14, 2010
Toronto – May, 4, 2010
Cincinnati – May 11, 2010
Chicago – May 12, 2010
Orlando – June, 2, 2010
Savannah – June 3, 2010
Los Angeles – July [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/eco-beautiful-weddings-tour-dates/</link>
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		<title>Everything Mother of the Bride + Eco-Beautiful Weddings Tour!</title>
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Today I am excited to announce the Everything Mother of the Bride Book + Eco-Beautiful Weddings Tour!
I received my box of books in the mail from my publisher and I got so excited &#8211; I knew today was the day to announce the cities that are finalized for the tour.  The schedule of the tour [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/everything-mother-of-the-bride-eco-beautiful-weddings-tour/</link>
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		<title>Mother of the Bride Planning Tips!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where will the wedding be held?
 
Scenario #1: You are only paying for a few items of the wedding. Your daughter and her fiancé are paying for the venue and the dinner and they are trying to keep within their budget.  Everywhere they’ve looked that they like is waaay over their budget, so they sheepishly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/mother-of-the-bride-planning-tips/</link>
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		<title>Looking for a band? Elan Artists Showcase Tomorrow!</title>
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presents
DC Band Showcase
Tomorrow!
7:30PM
 Featured bands:  Nation  &#38;   Truth  Groove
(Elan Artists Bands was recently featured In Martha Stewart Weddings 15th Anniversary Issue)
Hear top dance bands perform live.  Each band will perform a cross section of music from classics to contemporary.  Hip, sophisticated, and affordable.  Meet band leaders and musicians directly and get a feeling for style, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/2401/</link>
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		<title>Nicole Miller Trunk Show</title>
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Ahh &#8211; the lovely Nicole Miller is having a Bridal Trunk Show next weekend (the 27th and 28th) at Tysons &#8211; not to be missed!  We are huge fans of Nicole Miller here at Elegance &#38; Simplicity!  Katie Martin actually bough her wedding gown from Nicole Miller in Tysons!  Let us know if you pick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/nicole-miller-trunk-show/</link>
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		<title>Green Wedding Showcase</title>
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Planning a green wedding?  Then you need to come to the Mid-Atlantic Green Wedding Showcase!  We will be there from 1-5pm tomorrow!  We have a bunch of giveaways and special discounts for those that come to the show tomorrow!  Stop by and say hello! Click on the graphic above to learn more!
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		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/bridal-shows/green-wedding-showcase/</link>
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		<title>The Everything Mother of the Bride Week!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get ready for an Everything Mother of the Bride Week!


My brand new book has made it to the warehouse for distribution to places like Amazon and Barnes and Noble!  I ordered a few to get them out to our favorite friends in the industry to review.  However, many of you have been wanting a signed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/the-everything-mother-of-the-bride-week/</link>
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		<title>Mother of the Bride Wednesdays- Two pesky body parts!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all seen it – MOBs in an exquisite sleeveless (or short-sleeved) dress that would have really looked grand on her 10 or 15 years ago…but no more. You turn to your friend and say “What was she thinking?” Or “I don’t think this was the look she really wanted!”  Neck and hands used to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/mother-of-the-bride/mother-of-the-bride-wednesdays-two-pesky-body-parts/</link>
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		<title>Etsy Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am gearing up for the DCCWC 2nd Annual Bridal Show Today!
We are doing a fantastic and new type of bridal show that I can&#8217;t wait to showcase here after the event!
While you wait for those photos &#8211; thought you might like to see some of my favorite Etsy designers in the wake of Valentine&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/eco-friendly-weddings/etsy-love-4/</link>
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		<title>One More Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes &#8211; it is going to snow a little &#8211; but nothing like what we had a few days ago!  So don&#8217;t stress!  Get some planning done and have a cocktail with us at the 2nd Annual Luxury Bridal Show tomorrow!  We have limited space &#8211; so you may not be able to register at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/giveaways/one-more-day/</link>
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		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!</title>
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There really is no other day of the year that I actually feel is either completely loathed or loved by so many!
Yes &#8211; if you are in love &#8211; Valentine&#8217;s Day is supposedly &#8211; THE DAY of LOVE!  Well, if you reading this post, you are:
1) Engaged and in love &#8211; so you probably dig [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/happy-valentines-day/</link>
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		<title>See Katie Interviewed on The District Dish!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[See Katie Martin Interviewed on the District Dish!  Hear about the bridal show for Tuesday (2/16), Eco-Beautiful Weddings and Green Weddings!

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		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/see-katie-interviewed-on-the-district-dish/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t forget to register!</title>
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Don&#8217;t forget that we postponed the bridal show to 2/16 &#8211; so there is still time to register and come out and win this $2,500 couture The Cotton Bride Gown!!!
Register by clicking here!
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		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/dont-forget-to-register/</link>
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		<title>Katie Martin Interviewed on Wedding Podcast Network</title>
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While I was in New York for the Eco-Beautiful Weddings Launch Party, I was interviewed by Robert Allen &#38; Holli Ehrlich of Wedding Podcast Network.  I have to say &#8211; I totally dig Podcasts and, of course, loved the way they did this particular podcast!  Yes &#8211; I loved it as I was in it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/katie-martin-interviewed-on-wedding-podcast-network/</link>
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		<title>Mother-of-the-Bride Wednesdays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If your step-father is going to pay for the wedding, he gets to choose the soup!
In the movie &#8221;True Love,&#8221; a caterer persuades the beleaguered young couple to serve sky-blue mashed potatoes to match the bridesmaids&#8217; dresses. &#8221;You should feel that anything&#8217;s possible,&#8221; he says.

But, if you (and your husband &#8211; the step-father) love to go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/mother-of-the-bride-wednesdays/</link>
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		<title>Cutie Patootie &#8211; Alexandra Roberts</title>
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Hanging around on twitter has been so much fun over the past year.  I have really gotten a chance to &#8220;meet&#8221; a lot of people on it and then some I actually have met in person!  Alexandra wrote a comment on one of my blogs posts on the Eco-Beautiful Weddings Blog and I instantly fell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/cutie-patootie-alexandra-roberts/</link>
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		<title>Cocktails with DC&#8217;s Finest Event Professionals! (DCCWC BRIDAL SHOW IS RESCHEDULED)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to the impending crazy snow we are about to get &#8211; we had to reschedule the bridal show!
We are moving the show time to
 February 16, 2010
 5-7pm
Decatur House Museum
So now, you have plenty of time to still register!
We are going to have a swanky cocktail party for all of you!
But you must register [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/cocktails-with-dcs-finest-event-professionals-dccwc-bridal-show-is-rescheduled/</link>
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		<title>Yummy Websites!</title>
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Just wanted to tell you about a few exciting things going on in the wedding industry that all of you should be taking advantage of if you are planning your wedding right now!
A brand new powerful search engine on the internet is My Kate Parker Wedding!  I just put up my profile there and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/yummy-websites/</link>
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		<title>SHAPEWEAR &#8211; Mother-of-the-Bride Wednesdays!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SPANX! That has become the generic, popular name for Shapewear.  And, I do mean to start that word with a capitol S!   It’s kinda like what Kleenex is to tissue – there are other brands out there but everyone uses that term now.
OK – OK – they are not anything like the girdles some of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/shapewear-mother-of-the-bride-wednesdays/</link>
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		<title>Snow or Shine!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a big reminder that the week is winding down and we are gearing up for the DC Couture Wedding Consortium Bridal Show at the Decatur House on 2/16/2010!  We will be there Snow or Shine.  So&#8230;in honor of Groundhog Day (as Phil says we still have way more winter to go) &#8211; I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/snow-or-shine/</link>
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		<title>The Red Cross: Give and Get!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Red Cross says that you can give blood up to 6  times a year!  Easy right?  But so little is actually given every year.  I try to give blood at least once a year.  I really want to step up the number!  Will you join me on Friday to donate your blood at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/the-red-cross-give-and-get/</link>
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