Hello Brides:

Imagine walking down the aisle in a $25,000 diamond necklace and $5,000 earrings. With Adorn Brides and Marry Me Lounge, fine jewelry rentals
you can bring this "Platinum Wedding" elegance to your big day. Simply reserve your rentals online at AdornBrides.com and we’ll ship the jewelry right to your door a few days before your wedding.
When you’re done, all you have to do is ship it back. Its that easy!
Click the links below to . . . fine jewelry rentals for weddings .

New York Daily News Features Adorn Brides Jewelry Rental Service

Loaner I do’s: BY Mark Ellwood

Newlywed Christina Joo reveled in telling guests that her bridal jewelry was rented.
 
Rent the hall, hire the limo and stump for a fistful of loaner tuxes to keep the groom’s party presentable – standard fixtures on a wedding checklist. These days, that’s not all: Savvy brides are looking to hire, rather than buy, the bulk of their big day. Welcome to the era of the Rental Wedding.

Newlywed Christina Joo, 31, from New York wanted "Platinum Wedding" jewerly.  With a husband in the finance industry, Joo decided it was both prudent and tasteful to tone down the cost of her wedding after the turmoil of late 2008. "We couldn’t skimp on food or alcohol – those things were important in terms of letting guests have a good experience. But one thing we decided was that I looked into different rental jewelry."

She found her dream earrings at www.adornbrides.com  with a one-week rental fee of just $100. Unlike subscription services like BagBorroworSteal.com and BorrowedBling.com, Adorn allowed Joo a no-commitment rental with insurance folded into the flat $100 fee. Like Wagner, Joo reveled in telling her guests that her bling had to be returned, Cinderella-style, after the party. "I was proud of the fact that I was able to rent these earrings – a lot of people asked me where I got them. And I said, ‘Yeah, I rented them.’ To be honest, I was really excited that I got such a good deal."

Joo’s smart-thinking is exactly why the business, co-founded by Laura Carrington, is thriving today. "Even if you have something to spend, you probably don’t want to spend it on a necklace that you’ll wear three times. These days, even wealthy people are not looking to make expenditures like that," she notes.

Carrington, the company’s chief stylist, was herself getting married when she spotted the potential in bridal rental jewelry. "We felt like no bride should have to wear fake jewelry on her wedding day – you’d never have fake flowers, for example," she says, noting that the stigma on renting gems has been expunged in recent years as the idea has boomed with celebrities. "At red-carpet events, all those stars are borrowing what they’re wearing." And there’s plenty of celeb-worth bling on the site, like a splashy yellow diamond necklace that retails for $73,500, as well as more modest but equally glamorous statement pieces like $2,000 drop earrings.

Ask.com’s wedding guru, Tatiana Byron Marx, agrees with Carrington’s reasoning that the rental wedding is a growing trend, as well as the importance of the cash-curbing credit crisis. Renting slipcovers or linens is easier and more convenient than purchasing them – you don’t have to worry about stains or store them." 

Whatever the economic and pragmatic considerations for the rise of the rental wedding, there’s also a romantic bonus, at least according to Christina Joo.
"You know how brides want to wear something old, new, borrowed and blue?" she confides. "Well, those earrings were my old and borrowed."

Here at the Marry Me Lounge, you will find everything you need and then some to help make your "special day" as special as you always dreamed it would be. Call our Bridal Concierge today  951 694-0327 ! 

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Changing Your Last Name?

Brides,
 At the MML, we know you have a huge check list in making preparations for your big day……. One of those items is changing your last name; it’s a time consuming & frustrating process.
Well brides to be, there is a new super cool online service called MissNowMrs.com!  Believe me, this will make your checklist a little easier to deal with; you don’t need any extra added stress! 
MissNowMrs was recently featured in the Brides Magazine March/April 2009 voted in the" 75 Best Wedding Websites"

This is how it works:
Step 1: Go to www.missnowmrs.com, answer a few simple questions about yourself.
Step 2: Your answers will be used to complete all forms needed to legally change your name.
Step 3: Print out your completed forms along with instructions on how to file them.
Log on today and enter PM080 and save $5.00.   

Note:  The forms & letters can be completed before or after your wedding.  Your online account allows 6 months of continuous access so you can finish at your own pace .If you need assistance, call our Bridal Concierge at the MML 951 694-0327. She will be happy to assist you!