1. Flowers with a Personalized Flair
In addition to the traditional "I love you" red roses include a dozen of your sweeties favorite flowers (tulips, sunflowers, etc.). Attach tickets to a Caribbean cruise or a romantic weekend getaway.  She’ll love the flowers but will smile ear to ear once she reads the attachment.

{Enter to win a romantic Colorado wine country getaway HERE}

2. Personalized Romantic Candle-lit Dinner
If you can’t fly to Paris for the evening, bring Paris here. Transform your dining room into New York, Paris, Rome, etc. - whatever place has special meaning - or somewhere you would both like to travel too. Makeover the space, create the ambiance and serve an authentic menu – a one-of-a-kind evening you are sure to remember.

3. Fourteen Reasons Why I Love You
Tie 'Why I Love You’ to ten (number of months/years you've been together) roses (or other favorite flower). Hide the roses for her to find around the house or have them delivered throughout the day (one every half hour). Make the last rose a special invitation, “Meet me at PM for a romantic sleigh ride followed by dinner and ?.” This would work with balloons or stuffed teddy bears as well.

4. Spa Pampering
A day or weekend of pampering at the Spa together. Side by side massages followed by a soak in a private whirlpool tub or hot springs pool. Romantic, relaxing and invigorating!

{Recommended:  Rub Them the Right Way package at Telluride's Fairmont Heritage Place, Franz Klammer Lodge}

5. Personalized Card
Make your own personalized giant card. Hole punch two large poster boards and string them together with ribbon then hand write a love poem that expresses how you truly feel. 

It's not too late to plan a romantic weekend away .... check out these Colorado Getaways for Valentine's Day weekend!

  
Images from Carol Cardwell Photography  |  IlluminArts Photography  |  Legacy Imagery

The next time you see a vintage truck cruising down the highway, stop them and offer a wedding invite in exchange for use of the truck (that's what the couple photographed with the blue Willie did).

This amazing nature-inspired issue is filled with hundreds of jaw-dropping images, 25 gorgeous Colorado Weddings and tons of creative ideas & inspirations!

Stay tuned as we'll put the cover images up for a vote next week.

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Attention Colorado Wedding Pros .... interested in advertising in our largest issue ever? 

Call Debbie at (970) 884-6001 or debbie@coloradoweddingsmagazine.com

On the exhibitors side, this was a fairly easy choice since the majority of you voted for #1, Tennille's Violin House String Quartet, an image that just makes us laugh! 

Congratulations to both our winners!

This 80-room Victorian style hotel is Colorado’s first wine-themed hotel offering a relaxing atmosphere with welcoming guest rooms surrounded by fields of vineyards. 

Imagine rocking on the Inn’s porches or your personal patio and sipping a glass of wine produced from grapes grown right on the property. Guests cans stroll through the 21-acre working vineyard, relax in the outdoor pool and spa, browse the gift shop or attend the popular afternoon wine reception in the tasting room. The Inn is proud of their Colorado wines and encourages guests to sample area wines, then get out and visit the wineries that produce them. 

We'll announce a winner on February 28, 2010!

777 Grande River Drive • Palisade, Colorado
www.ColoradoWineCountryInn.com

Before you purchase your gown or bridesmaid dresses, stop by SILK located at 5150 College Blvd (across from San Juan College).  Store hours are Monday - Friday, 10am -5pm and Saturday 9am-5pm.  Sunday's are reserved for private champagne appointments.  That is, the store is exclusively yours and the staff is at your beckon call all while you enjoy complimentary champagne, sweet!

Photo booths designed & photographed by  IlluminArts Photography & Celebrations Event Productions 

 To vote, leave your comments below!   Do not vote more than once.  We'll pick a winner based on voter feedback not the number of votes!

The photos that did not make the top ten are posted on our Facebook page!

We'll announce the winner of the free photo booth on Thursday, January 28th at 5pm! 

Don't forget to VOTE for the Best Exhibitor Image!

Before the Wedding Expo opened to the public, the exhibitors tested out the photo booths and had a little fun.  We decided to run a contest and award the winning image a sweet advertising package for their business.  Please help us choose the funniest, most creative image. Vote by leaving your comments below!

Photo booths designed & photographed by  IlluminArts Photography & Celebrations Event Productions 

(1) Tennille's String Quartet  | (2) B&B Party Rentals | (3) Kyla Jackson Photography | (4) Allison Ragsdale Photography  | (5) April's Garden  | (6) Legacy Imagery | (7) Thru The Lens

Don't forget to vote for the Best Photo Booth image from the Expo attendees!

The gown sale at the Durango Wedding Expo was hugely successful but the store was so busy they were unable to assist all the interested brides.  So they will continue the blow-out sale thru February 26th.  Appointments are recommended.

Featuring 27 real weddings, over 300 breathtaking images and dozens of creative ideas and inspirations!

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