For Japan with Love

So, I'll be perfectly honest and say that being silent is a bit of an odd way to raise awareness about something. Regardless, this is what has been suggested by Utterly Engaged and Ever Ours with the creation of their site ForJapanWithLove.com. Tomorrow, Friday March 18, Vow Muse...the blog and thousands of other blogs will be refraining from posting even a single word to pledge our solitude with Japan in their time of distress.

And to make a real point, feel free to donate via the FJWL website or just to the good old American Red Cross* to help the victims of this terrible tragedy. Seriously, tsunamis suck. Get well soon, Japan. :(

*PS. While you can check the box to donate your Red Cross money to be used specifically to aid the people in Japan, we suggest that you instead check the "Wherever the need is greatest" button so as to not tie the proverbial hands of the organization and let them "do their thang". Just a thought. :)

Vow Muse in the Press!

Since we've been getting so much press lately with all our guest features on blogs, our name in print, and other deals we're running, we've decided to add a "Press" page to our website! This page now shows all the places we've been featured on this wide web; it's super exciting to watch the list grow!

The latest addition to the Vow Muse website!

 We're always looking for new blogs and sites to be featured on and love reaching out on Twitter, Facebook and by email to spread the word about the unique services Vow Muse offers. If you'd like to feature the muses, email us anytime at muse {at} vowmuse.com!!

Vow Muse on Topaz Event Design

Introducing Vanessa from Topaz Event Design, the latest wonderful person to post about us on her wedding blog! Vanessa creates fabulous events and is based out of New York. She was kind enough to write up a blurb about Vow Muse and in return we are offering her readers 25% off any of our services for the month of February. (We realize the month is almost over... we may consider extending this offer to anyone who just found this post!)

Thanks again to Vanessa and Topaz Event Design... we hope to work with you and your clients very soon!

Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth Wedding Vows via Vow Muse

Continuing with our Celebrity Wedding Vow Series whereby we, the Muses, write up our best guess as to what we think these soon-to-be-wed celeb couples may say to each other at the altar, we now feature sweet Reese Witherspoon and her new beau Jim Toth in all their vowing glory!

Jim and Reese from gossip.whyfame.com

Jim to Reese

Reese, I'm the luckiest man in the world. I know it's beyond cliche to say that, but hear me out: I'm marrying not just a beautiful woman, but a beautiful family that moves like the inner workings of a clock: intricately, delicately, sometimes breaking down but always picking up the solid ticking again. I love you, I love your children, and I want the best for all of us. I think this is worth mentioning: you are incredible. I've seen you dazzle a room full of strangers in a foreign country who have no idea who you are, but they're drawn to your warmth and smile; your words always bringing more and more people to talk. I've see you gracefully slip out of bafflingly complicated situations. And yes, you're one hell of an actress, too. Daring, bold, gorgeous. Let's stay up late talking about politics, get up early and make oatmeal for the kids, and shower each other with friendship, support, and most of all love.

Reese to Jim

It's peculiar how life works, isn't it? More curious still is how love works. Jim, we've both done a lot of living in our lives, achieved quite a bit, and experienced even more. I never would have been ready for you if we met sooner, so I'm glad we met later. You defy every expectation I have for a companion and partner—you don't cater to me, but you don't try to keep me in a tiny box, either. We balance each other like a perfectly matched yin and yang, and I look forward to building off of this balance even in unbalanced times. With my feet firmly on this Earth, and my heart circling the universe and back, I say sincerely on this day: I love you. 

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Info on Jim Toth found here, and Reese found here.

Invitations by Vow Muse!

Amy Lateur from The Ranch at Little Hills is organizing a wedding fair in April, and Vow Muse is on the vendor list!! A few weeks ago Amy came to us with a proposition: she needed invitations for the event, and she needed them soon. Though we primarily tend to contribute the written embellishments to such things, we were certainly up to the challenge of flexing our creative muscles and pumping out some top notch, classy invites for this wonderful event.

The full package!

Guidelines: The event is a Springtime event, the color theme is purple, and Amy prefers to go "classy" as opposed to "cute". With these parameters in mind, we set off to our beloved Paper Source for the perfect ingredients.

Once home with the paper and supplies, we had our way with the text. The blurb that Amy provided read:

"Our annual bridal faire is a way for you to experience The Ranch at Little Hills in full swing. We will exhibit our food and beverage menu to help make your menu decisions easier. Our preferred vendors will be there to assist you with any additional planning needs. We hope to see you there!"

And with Amy's permission, we snazzed it up to read: 

 "Come experience The Ranch at Little Hills in full swing! Join us for sumptuous samples of our food and beverages to help you navigate the menu choices for your special day. Our preferred vendors will be there with bells on to answer questions and assist you with all your planning needs."

And with that (and meticulous review of font choices), we created the invitations you see here! We sincerely hope that Amy and the couples receiving the invitations enjoyed them and we look forward to participating in the wedding faire in April!

P.S. If you have an invitation project that you think we'd be perfect for, contact us for a quote!

Vow Muse on WeddObsessed!

In our continued effort to spread the word around like wedding cake, Vow Muse has another guest feature going! This time we're working with Jaime from WeddObsessed who posted a sweet article about us and our services! We definitely included a giveaway with the post -- $100 off any VM service to one lucky reader!

I suppose we'd better use a period instead of an exclamation point for one of these sentences. There, that's better. It's just so hard to contain our excitement with punctuation! Back to the contest -- readers can enter via commenting on the blog post or on Twitter or Facebook; we look forward to handing out a coupon for almost half off our services!

WeddObsessed is a great blog for everything wedding, written by a totally obsessed lady (in a good way) who's been planning her special day since she was just a little girl. Stop by anytime for wedding tips, coverage of real weddings and inspiration galore. Thanks again Jaime!!

Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh "Wedding Vows" a la Vow Muse!

Kelsey Grammer's sudden divorce and re-engagement might be scandalicous news in Hollywood, but that isn't stopping him from getting his marriagepants on at the end of the month. KG will be standing at the alter with Kayte Walsh, a dazzling woman he met while flying across the Atlantic Ocean. She was his stewardess, he was undoubtedly charmingly Kelsey Grammer...and the rest is history. Of course, not so silent history, since Kelsey's ex, Camille, certainly seems to have a lot to say about it. But we digress. In true Vow Muse style, we're looking on the bright side of this story, and offering our well wishes to the new couple in the form of personalized wedding vows!

Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh - what's not to love?

From Kayte to Kelsey

Oh Mr. Grammer, how lovely to run into you here today. I think those were the first words I spoke to you, and I instantly regretted sounding like such a starstruck lass. Well, I no longer regret my starry-eyes because here you are, standing in front of me, a person. Not just any person, but the man for me. It took but one plane-ride where I watched you be yourself to know I wanted a man like you, and it took but one date after that plane ride to know I wanted that man to be you. Kelsey, our love began soaring from the get go, and I intend to keep it going that way through sickness, health, thick, thin, and forever.

From Kelsey to Kayte

You know, when they told me I'd be flying the friendly skies, I never imagined they'd be Kayte-style friendly. Ugh, that was bad. Sorry sweetie. See what you just signed up for? For every great joke I make, I make about ten hundred bad ones. And you get to hear every single one. Because baby—er, Kayte—I'm all in with you. That means not only are we going to have an amazing time together, we'll also have some downright cruddy times, and probably a lot of lazy-day mediocre times, too. Being all in means I plan to share my life, the ins and outs, the good and the bad, the funny and the truly unfunny. I know you'll make me a better man every single day with your kindness, your assertiveness, and your wit. And yes, your really scrumptious figure doesn't hurt, either. I love you, Kayte. I do.

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Want to learn more about the couple? So did we, check out these links!

Photo used with love by Creative Commons

Today's Bride San Francisco Bay Area Magazine 2011

"On your big day, it's all about you" — so says the latest cover of Today's Bride SF, and of course the Muses agree! Your wedding should be pleasingly perfect in every way because that's just how you are. And heyo, Vow Muse is here to help your day be all about you, whether it be your wedding day, or any other occasion that requires word-action.

But we bring up Today's Bride SF for a super exciting reason! Thanks to Mary at Very Merry Events, Vow Muse got to showcase our writing talents in collaboration with a vendor photo shoot, that wound up donning the print and on-line version of the publication! The Muses were tap-dancingly delighted to find ourselves in the good company of Silva Stills and Cinema, Hartmann Studios, CornerStone Sonoma, Floral Design Studios, Mindy LaClair and Got Light? months ago, and it appears San Francisco felt the same way. From a photo shoot to a blog, and now to a magazine, we're more excited than college students at Girl Scout-cookie-time about this little photo shoot that could. To see our name in conjunction with all the news that's fit to print—literally!—check out pages 211 & 214!

Read all about it here:  

Today's Bride San Francisco Bay Area Magazine 2011
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The Groom Says: Putting Your Muse(s) to Work

Holy Batman! Vow Muse is delighted to be featured on The Groom Says this morning. We met Brian via Twitter (gotta love that little bird) and he asked us if we'd like to be featured on his blog. Um, does French toast love maple syrup? He wanted to test our skills, and sent a set of speech scenarios that would require some grace under fire our way. Want to read more about dilapidated mailboxes, snake bites, fire, and how it all relates to wedding toasts? Check out Brian's blog, and while you're there, learn how the Muses have helped him recover from the toast that should have been put back in the toaster, and his not too cinnamon sweet write-up of Vow Muse's talents:

The Groom Says: Putting Your Muse(s) to Work: "In the fall of 2002, I gave a rather horrific Best Man toast at my older brother's wedding in Miami Beach. I perhaps remember it as a much b..."

Sharapova and Vujacic Wedding Vows a la Vow Muse!

Here we go again - sports stars finding love! When Vow Muse heard about tennis sensation Maria Sharapova finding her self engaged to LA Lakers basketball hotpants Sasha Vujacic, not only did our pulse quicken, but we thought about what these two healthy hearts would say to each other on their wedding day. The inspiration for these vows came from Sharapova and Vujacic's mutual interest in not only giving back to their local community, but giving back to the global community as well. Oh, and like Jodie Lynn Boduch, we too think it would be exciting if Maria were to hyphenate her name...

Sports Stars and Do-Gooders? Consider the Muses Inspired!

Sasha Vujacic to Maria Sharapova:

Maria,

For you, I vow to build with my own two hands a steam-room in our house so your muscles and mind can relax after practice. For me, I vow to build upon myself day after day to be the man you see in your dreams. For us, I vow to build a lifetime in which we enrich ourselves by giving back to others, in which holding hands is never a chore, and in which we continually find happiness together within each other. My Masha, I’m yours forever.

Maria Sharapova to Sasha Vujacic:

My Sasha,

I wouldn’t say just that I vow to be true for better or worse—I’d also say I’m certain there is no goodness in the world that burns like yours, and there’s nothing you can do to make me think otherwise. I wouldn’t say just that you’re amazingly talented—I’d also say that your determination to succeed in all things using what life has given you shows me what a strong husband you’ll be to me.  I wouldn’t say just that I’m in love with you—I’d also say I’m enraptured with your spirit, your soul, and your being.  My Machine, I’m yours forever.

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Bio info on Sharapova here and Vujacic here.