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I’ve been so remiss lately in blogging some of the amazing Bulletin Board notices you all have been posting and clueing you in on the fun goings-on around the Message Boards!
Koandpo posted her trial run of the Reese Dixon organza flowers on the Message Boards. LOVE the way these turned out!
And now for the latest news from our Bulletin Board…
Want to win a free wedding? Well you’re in luck! The brand spankin’ new StudioWed is giving one away! Details {here}.

Kelly Prizel of Film Noir Photography and author of Two Brides Blog has teamed up with Lara Swanson of Lara Swanson Photography to create So You’re EnGAYged (www.soyoureengayged.com), an online resource for same-sex and allied couples. Check out the launch bulletin here.

Canvas Print Giveaway
Just a quick reminder that the 16×20 canvas print giveaway sponsored by Online Poster Printing ends Monday at noon - so hurry up and comment on this Bulletin for your chance to win!

Don’t forget that you can subscribe to the RSS feed for our Bulletin Board to stay up to speed on the latest news in the wedding blog world. And if you have any news, discounts, giveaways, sales, offers or other announcements you’d like to let our readers know about, you can post your bulletin {here}!

Community Chatter
Perhaps we are biased, but we are kind of digging the new Bulletin Board. :) This is just a sampling of the news, contests, giveaways and other announcements posted recently. Don’t forget that you can subscribe to the Bulletin Board’s RSS feed for the latest updates!

Online Poster Printing is giving three lucky EAD readers a FREE 16×20″ gallery wrapped canvas print! How can you win? Just leave a comment on this bulletin. The Random Drawing will take place March 9th at noon so enter soon!
There are some awesome photography freebies and contests going on:
Mark Ayoub Photography presents its Valentine’s Day Giveaway!
We love doing something from the heart, especially giving away gifts! So each year we like to give away a little something to an engaged couple. So this year we have decided to give away an entire wedding photography package! Yes, Mark Ayoub Photography is just giving it away. Why you ask, because we can and we want to! We have been so blessed in our lives and love to give back when we can!
The contest is open to couples across the US and ends Feb 28th. Get all of the juicy details {here}!

Community Chatter
LOTS of fun bulletins have been posted lately - did you guys know that you can subscribe to the Bulletin Board RSS feed to get the latest news in your reader? There’s also a handy list of the most recent bulletins in the sidebar of this blog (—->).
So what’s going on in the world?
Creative Montage is offering a FREE MONOGRAM to the first 10 people to comment on {this post}. Run - don’t walk - over there now!
Critsey Rowe is doing an International Boudoir Tour! Details are {here}. How awesome would it be to get your boudoir shoots taken in Paris, or London? Sigh.
Brides in Charlotte NC and the surrounding area take note - SJB Weddings & Events is holding a contest to win free wedding coordination! Find out how to enter by checking out {the details}.
Grey Likes Weddings is holding a DIY Floral Workshop in Orange County. If you are interested, have a look at {this bulletin} for all of the info.
Also, we’re having fun chatting over in the Message Boards - we’d love for you all to join us! We think it’s so fun to get to meet all of you and for vendors and brides to connect on the Boards. Pretty please stop in and say hi!
E.

Community Chatter
We are loving our new Community, and we want all of you guys to come register for the Boards so that we can chat with you! Everyone is welcome on the boards - vendors, brides, bloggers… We truly want them to be a place where we can all connect and bounce things off of eachother, so please come visit!
Today, Holly from A Small Town Bride posted photos and a link to her DIY hair flower tutorial - love it!
Also around the Community, some great things are being posted on our Bulletin Boards.
Allegra’s Studio is offering Lynchburg couples a great discount on wedding photography. Check it out {here}.
MagnetStreet Weddings is giving one lucky winner 150 Save the Dates, Invitations, Reception Items, Favors, Thank Yous, Labels & Seals… customized just for you! Check out the details {here}.

And such fun for any occasion, Best Wedding Sites is now offering Cookies in a Tin. Save 10% on these adorable cookies until the end of February with coupon code “EADblog”!


Remember, if you have a sale, offer, announcement, or any other news, the Bulletin Board is the place to post it! You can find the Post a Bulletin form right here.
E.

Community Chatter
If you haven’t already registered for the Message Boards, please do - it takes just about 30 seconds and we want to chat with all of you! We have just started a new thread - Suggestions for the Library. We would love your input on how we can make the Library the most helpful to all of you.
Have a new blog to let us know about? Want to announce your contest or discount? The Bulletin Board is the place to do it. It’s so great to see that the Bulletin Board is already being put to good use. Some of the bulletins from this week so far include:
Photography and Invitation Promotion
Courtney Keefe de Jauregui of Flush Designs and Erin Hearts Court is doing a combination promotion for the month of February! Don’t miss out!
If you book Erin Hearts Court for your photography you get a free engagement session. (a $400 value) YAY! If you book me (Flush Designs) for your invitations you will receive 10% off. If you book us for both you get both deals!!!

10% off all necklaces at BonitaJ.com
http://www.BonitaJ.com is now offering a 10% Off Discount off every necklace, from now until February 28th, midnight PST. Use the coupon code: NECKLACE10 to receive 10% Off of all of our necklaces.
Sign up for the newsletter and receive a one time coupon for 20% off.

Link to the News: http://creativeoddsnends.blogspot.com/2009/01/romantic-proposal-contest.html
Valentine’s Day will be here before you know it and we thought it would be appropriate to run this contest in conjunction with the most romantic day of the year!
The prize for this contest is a $150 gift certificate to use on our custom invitation services.* The runner-up will win a $50 gift certificate to use on our custom invitation services.*
Hop on over to the Community to see the rest of the news and announcements!
E.













