A wedding planning company located in Charlotte, North Carolina offering full service design and planning for brides and grooms who embrace creativity and originality. The Graceful Host is known for exceptional customer service, unique wedding designs, and flawless execution of wedding celebrations. We take great pride in working with our clients to thoughtfully create a wedding day experience that you, your families, and your guests will cherish for years to come. In addition to wedding design and planning, The Graceful Host also offers calligraphy services, as well as creative direction and styling for photo shoots.
I absolutely LOVED this shoot, and I was so honored to see it featured on Inspired by This on Cinco de Mayo!! Last summer, Charlotte Wedding magazine asked me to design a fiesta-inspired wedding for the summer issue. (And, brides even voted the design to win a 2013 BOW Award!) To now have one of my all-time favorite blogs feature it, is so exciting! Be sure to check out the full feature here, and scroll through some of my favorite photos - all captured perfectly by one of my favorite photographers in Charlotte, Smitten and Hooked. These two are amazing!
Hamburgers are widely regarded as one of the most popular foods in America, and some even say it's the most American food of all. It's hard to argue with that one, as studies show that Americans on average eat about three hamburgers a week.
About five years ago, my wife and I paged through a Food Network Magazine insert on creative hamburgers ideas. One of those ideas stuck out, as it recommended adding Mexican toppings to the traditional burger. We decided to give it a try and, since then, our venison fiesta burger has evolved in many ways.
With each bite, you'll enjoy the rich and juicy burst of venison, the smooth and textured layers of refried beans, avocado and queso fresco cheese, while the vibrant accents of jalapeo, onion, lettuce and tomato saturate your palate.
One of bowhunting's most important accessories is the arrow rest, a key component to achieving deadly accurate arrow flight when Mr. Big is only 25-yards away and turned broadside for just a moment. And as Pure Archery Group's Todd Snader tells North American Whitetail magazine editor and television show host Haynes Shelton, the three models of Ripcord Arrow Rests' rejuvenated lineup for 2024 deliver amazingly accurate shots downrange, whether that's into the 10-ring of a summertime 3-D target or the boiler room of a mature buck moving through the woods in November.
Dale Evans is at the Browning Trail Camera booth during the ATA show to look at the new offerings for 2024. If you hunt in a state that doesn't allow cellular trail cameras, then these new SD card exclusive cameras from Browning are your best bet. Offering new lens that have been perfectly tuned for day and night photos, these are some of the best cameras we've ever seen.
The Avenge-X offers a level of modularity never experienced with PCP air rifles, making it the perfect all-purpose pellet rifle for hunters and shooters. Renowned outdoor writer Brad Fitzpatrick gives an in-depth review.
Digital Editor, Dale Evans walks you through the features of the new for 2023 Bowtech CP30. With a short axle-to-axle, the CP30 is perfect for the tree stand or ground blind. Available in many different color options, a wide array of draw lengths and weights, and boasting an IBO speed of 331 FPS; this bow can do it all. It truly gives you extreme maneuverability with maximum stability no matter what comes your way.
Editor in Chief, Haynes Shelton breaks down Browning's OVIX camouflage. After years of testing, the North American Whitetail team depends on OVIX in the field. With its highly effective and versatile detail throughout, the intentionally placed browns, grays, and greens are guaranteed to break up any outline no matter the distance. Using this pattern from the southeast to the far north, it's shown time and time again this revolutionary camouflage's effectiveness.
There are few things that get North American Whitetail's Blake Garlock more fired up than chasing early season bucks with his bow. While the bucks are still on late summertime patterns, that doesn't mean they are pushovers for a bowhunter hanging high up in a treestand. For Garlock, that means having a quiet pack filled with necessities like a safety harness, an Ozonics ozone generator to keep sweaty scent at bay, and a supply of milkweed to test the wind currents. While the heat is on, he'll also have on hand plenty of water and protein snacks like Old Trapper's various beef jerky flavors, nutritious energy that will help him stay focused on a warm evening sit until that tall-racked whitetail steps out into last light shooting range.
The fact that around 25% of Latinos are of the millennial generation has far reaching implications for the quinceaera market. This generation places a heavy emphasis on technology and family, with a willingness to spend liberally if engaged through the right avenues. Latina girls approaching this special date are avid mobile device users and engage in social media, making them more receptive to appeals on these platforms. Moreover, once they have been reached, they tend to retain brand loyalty and return for other major events like weddings or prom. Latinos are the fastest growing minority group and with numbers projected to triple by 2050, there is little reason to leave this cultural event out of your sights.
My Quince magazine is the premier bilingual, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-racial quinceaera magazine and website bringing you the latest in the quinceaera industry and beyond. It recognizes that a quinceaera is an important celebration that signals the advent of an exciting yet challenging voyage. My Quince magazine helps celebrate the quinceaera by bridging the gap between young Latinas and prospective businesses, providing the industry with the business it needs and the consumer with the opportunities she deserves. The bilingual format helps breach the language barrier to include a subgroup that might otherwise be left alienated.
Ultimately, it is in the best interest of all event professionals to participate in and understand the ever-growing quinceaera market and to keep in touch with the new wave of culture hitting the streets of America. So come join the fiesta and grow your business with this fun and celebrated market phenomenon.
-Alex Kanegawa