Free, Super-Chic, and Open to the Public!

3.14 PIES plus mac + murphy stationers equal one fantastic summer giveway for Charleston’s most romantic couple.

may 17, 2010

Free, Super-Chic, and Open to the Public!
Great giveaways and a national bridal launch kick off the summer wedding season

WRITTEN BY Melissa Bigner
Images by Charlotte Elizabeth Photographer

When it rains, it pours, and April (wedding) showers have brought a fine, fine crop of May (bridal) flowers to the scene here in Charleston. What in the world am I talking about? Read on for a roundup of knock-your-socks-off Big-Day related events and goings-ons in the area.

Big Big Day Giveaway
Liz and Ami over at mac + murphy, the sweet and chic stationery shop on Cannon Street, have compiled a killer summer giveaway for brides. E-mail them your true-life love story of how you and your sweetheart fell for each other then got engaged, and the best one-page tale scores:
• a $400 credit toward a custom invitation package of your choice from select wedding albums at mac + murphy
• a free portrait sitting with Charlotte Elizabeth Photographer
• 50% off an order of up to six gourmet pies from 3.14 PIES
• a pair of custom earrings designed by Lella Foster Designs

To qualify, your story should include your wedding date, contact info, and a recent picture of you and your betrothed. Enter by 5 p.m. Friday EST, May 28, 2010 via e-mail to ßwrite@macandmurphy.com. The winner will be announced at noon EST Monday, June 7, 2010 at macandmurphy.com. (Note: Prizes must redeemed or appointments book by September 1, 2010.) And hey, we’re so fired up about this great package, we’ll send the winner a year’s worth of Charleston Weddings magazine, plus a copy of either the Charleston or Charleston Weddings magazine if they run their announcement in one of the
titles.

Cynthia Rowley launches her bridesmaid line at a garden party at stems, loaded with treats, giveaways, and more. Courtesy of Dessy

Cynthia Rowley Sasses Up Bridesmaids Gowns
Cynthia “Slim” Rowley is all over the place these days, showing up on “Project Runway” as a guest judge, designing surf wear for Roxy and baby clothes for Babies ‘R’ Us, and even hitting the road in a tricked out van to sell her super-forward, super-stylish looks to followers across the country. That’s in addition to her beauty line with Target, her library of lifestyle and living well books, and oh, yeah, her exclusive shops that tend to reside in big cities—Charleston being the exception. And locally? You might know her as a frequent guest and judge at Charleston magazine’s Charleston Fashion Week’s Emerging Designer Competition, and as the hostess of fun CFW-related fetes at her King Street boutique.

As of June, brides—or really, their maids—can get in on the fun. That’s when Cynthia is releasing her line of flirty frocks for bridesmaids. Check out the collection in a special launch event June 9, 4-6:30 p.m. at the fabulous floral shop stems , on the corner of Cannon and Coming streets downtown. The Canapé will serve treats, models will wander about in the seriously pretty, colorful, and innovative—thank goodness!—dresses, and Southern Protocol event mavens will dress the early evening in garden-party trimmings. Charleston Weddings magazine will be there to giveaway free copies of the magazine, a pair of tickets to the Charleston Weddings Spring Bridal Show, and an hour’s wedding consultation with the editor (that’s me, Melissa Bigner!). Plus, CFW’s creative director and the magazine’s style editor, Ayoka Lucas, will be there vlogging and tweeting. We can’t wait to see you! For more information, call Cynthia’s King Street store at (843) 577-8013.