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Best press trip ever...

It’s hard to believe, but it’s that time again. Yet another beautiful issue of Destination I Do Magazine hits stands today. I know it’s still snowy and glacial across most of the country, but picking up the Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Destination I Do is sure to bring some sunshine to your day! We strive to bring equal parts inspiration and information to every issue and we think we hit the nail on the head with our latest edition.

For our Fashion Forward department there are two gorgeous photo shoots each with its own style and pizzazz. If a tropical wedding is your aim or if it’s down-home vintage all the way, look to this issue’s Fashion Forward for ideas on dresses, décor and details. Our Spring Cover is a shot from our Mt. Hood, Oregon Fashion Forward Shoot. Behind the lens was the marvelously talented Phyllis Lane who captured this shot on Lost Lake in Hood River.

So, what else does this issue have to offer? As always, the writers at Destination I Do traveled far and wide to some of the romantic destination wedding and honeymoon locales across the globe. The uber-fab Anti-Bride gives readers the inside scoop on the original “City of Love” – Paris and the emerald isle of Ireland. One writer traveled to Indonesia for his honeymoon and discovered a surfer’s paradise.

Destination I Do Magazine’s Editor in Chief, Jennifer Stein, took a whirlwind trip through Sweden and discovered Scandinavian love nests that are too good to pass up. I, Courtney Cox, took a trip to Hawaii that was an absolute delight and fit for any honeymooner or destination wedding couple. There are many other destinations to discover amongst the colorful, glossy pages.

Often our readers’ favorite department is the Real-Life Weddings and frankly we can’t blame them. The weddings in this issue continue to take it to the next level with personalization and unique style. There are some love stories here that will melt your heart and images that will take your breath away. From a chateau in France to the rolling hills of Columbia – there’s a wedding here that will inspire you in planning your own destination wedding.

This is all just a tiny taste of what you can find in our Spring/Summer 2011 issue. Want to pick one up? You can find Destination I Do at Barnes & Noble, select Borders and other fine book retailers worldwide. Don’t have one of these nearby – no problem! It’s easy to subscribe on our web site and the issue will be delivered to your door in about a week. If you love this issue as much as we do, then share the love and spread the word! As always, thanks for your continued support and love of all things Destination I Do.

Words by Courtney Cox
Cover photo courtesy of Phyllis Lane

 

Wow, it seems like only yesterday that I was at Ms. Katie Martins Eco Beautiful Weddings Launch in NYC! It’s been a year already? I’m flabbergasted, but not surprised. Like most of us hard chargers, it’s been a great year for new developments: Recycled Bride is taking over the gently used wedding dress world, Good with Style‘s Emily Anderson published another book, Polka Dot Bride just revamped her site, Eco Beautiful Weddings is ruling the online mag space, award-winning Destination I Do is dominating at the newsstands (the numbers don’t  lie!) and Antibride.com just launched our iPhone app…I’m thankful for the great friends I’ve made in the wed-space, and although I don’t spend my whole week here, you inspire me… In honor of our American Thanksgiving, my dear Aussie friend shows us what matters, and why Australians got the lifestyle figured out….

It all boils down to one moment...

It’s been a few months since I’ve popped up on Anti-Bride – Carolyn’s jet setting ways and the launch of our brand new site meant simple things (like writing!) were pushed to the back of our minds.

But with Christmas looming ahead of us and the anniversary of my first year on the Anti-Bride team of writers, it seemed the perfect time to look back upon what this year has taught me.

We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia, but this week I have found my mind wandering to moments of pumpkin pie, candlelit family dinners and the noise and laughter of gatherings. I have a lot to be thankful for living in Australia, working with Australian Brides, grooms & vendors and seeing a wonderful world develop.

So here’s a little list of why I am thankful for Australian weddings:

- No matter how high the shoes are, we not only adore them, we’re just as happy to slip into thongs (Australian for flip flops) and trudge around for a good photo

- We’re in love with colour and life – Australians take notice of their surroundings. We marry outdoors under beautiful gum trees, we take photos under the golden light, we jump into wheat fields, lean against corrugated iron and carry bouquets of vibrant blooms, We embrace the Australiana around us.

- The Australian culture. No matter how glam a wedding, no matter how many crystals it may hold or beautiful gowns, there will always be time for a beer.

- We don’t mind a bit of heat! There are no white Christmases ‘Down Under’, which means this time of year is not only when we start to peel back the winter layers and embrace icy cold cocktails but it’s also the time when we celebrate the most weddings. In a way it seems fitting to celebrate the festive season and have a wedding in the space of a few months – celebration, is at our core.

- We’re culturally diverse. It’s not uncommon to see a wedding with two radically different cultures meld into a melting pot and come out beautifully. In fact it’s more common than not to see a traditional Jewish ceremony mixed with a Chinese tea ceremony or a traditional Danish wedding cake served next to a pile of lamingtons. Embracing who we are is in our nature and the culture? Well that’s just icing on the cake.

- We’re just plain old laid back. We don’t sob into tissues, we don’t scream with joy. We’re a little more restrained with our emotion so that glassy eyed groom? He’s not one to show much emotion but today he really loves that bride walking towards him. The gentle look on the fathers face? She’s always been daddy’s little girl. These moments are fleeting but the subtly of them makes them golden.

Another year has passed and as we look towards 2011, I can only hope that it is filled with the wonderful moments, vendors and joy like this one has been.

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Polka Dot Bride is Australia’s premier wedding blog and is read by thousands of brides worldwide. Polka Dot Bride is ranked within the top 20 Australian Women Bloggers and #53 out of the Top 100 Australian Bloggers as of June 2009. Polka Dot Bride has a passion to provide information on the latest trends in weddings, and inspirational and creative ideas for the Australian bride.
Ms Polka Dot’s aim is to create a fun, informative, and stylish blog that is engaged with, and inclusive of, its readers. She writes a daily feature on the blog that includes new ideas, real weddings, fabulous finds and the beautiful and the inspirational. Polka Dot Bride readers are stylish and savvy; they want to make their wedding stand out from the crowd. Ms. Polka Dot’s aim is to inspire brides and grooms to create the wedding of their dreams.

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