With the New Year here, and many new engagements, I wanted to take a second to say welcome to the Simply & Forever blog!  This blog is a place where I post real Simply & Forever weddings along with the fabulous people that helped make that wedding come to life.  It is also a place where I will post inspiration ideas, tips and photos that I hope help you and inspire you as you are planning your wedding.

To my St. Louis brides out there, January brings a month of many fun Bridal Shows in the St. Louis Wedding Community and each week I will be posting the dates of shows and where they are so you have information on each of them.  This weekend is the two day Bridal Show at America’s Center that is put on by St. Louis Bride & Groom.  The admission is $8 dollars if you get tickets at the door, and the hours of the show are 11-4 both on Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th.  My one tip to you as a bride as you go to these shows is to bring address labels with your phone number on them, it will save you time (and save your writing hand!) as you enter various things that the vendors will be offering to you!

And as always, please e-mail me if you have a specific wedding planning question or leave a comment below!  Happy Planning!