Winner Announced!

It’s Monday, which is always a bummer. But one very lucky Yentas reader is going to be having a good day because she entered to win the Friday Favorites sweepstakes and she won!

Thanks to random.org, the winner was selected — you guessed it! — at random and we’re happy to announce that the lobes that will be attached to these adorable earrings belong to … drum roll please…

Mia!

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Thank you, Mia, for entering and we hope you enjoy your new earrings from ModernTribe!

Thank you to everyone who entered. We wish we could shower all of you with presents, but keep checking back for another chance! We appreciate your support!

Much love and appreciation,
The Yentas

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Some of us have had a regular 5-day week and others got a day off for Veteran’s Day (thank you, soldiers, for keeping America totally awesome!). Either way, it is Friday and we couldn’t be more pumped.

And thanks to ModernTribe Jewish Gifts, we are smiling from ear to ear to offer you a beautiful pair of earrings that are the sister pieces to the gorgeous tree of life necklace we gave away a couple months ago! If you missed out on entering to win that sweepstakes, you now have another chance to own the Polli Small Elm Tree of Life Earrings

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We’ve teamed up with ModernTribe again because, well, simply, they rock in the most Jewtastic way. Jewish gifts have never been cooler since ModernTribe has been offering a variety chic and trendy, high-quality items inspired by Jewish faith and culture. And if you’re not Jewish you may still adore these earrings because, hey, they’re cute while totally honoring nature and life.

These earrings would be nice to wear to a bridal shower since you’re put on a pedestal as the guest of honor. Between opening gifts and cutting a cake, there will be lots of pictures documenting your special day among ladies and you’ll want to make sure you’re looking your best. Your bridal shower is like the seedling in the natural growth of all your wedding festivities, culminating with the big, sturdy tree — your wedding day! — , thus making it totally appropriate to wear the Elm Tree Of Life Earrings at an early-on wedding event.

If you’re planning an eco-chic, green wedding, the earrings will absolutely match your theme. They’re detailed and big enough that you wouldn’t have to wear a necklace and we envision them on a bride who wears a vintage, flowing dress with loose curls in a wind-blown hairstyle. Totally magazine-worthy, right? Made out of recycled paper, of course.

So how do you get your lobes on these beauties? Enter to win here! Sixty seconds of your time could allow you to end up as the lucky owner of the Elm Tree of Life earrings so what are you waiting for? Read on for the details!

Leave a comment below and tell us about a special event for which these earrings will accessorize you! Your shower? Your bachelorette fiesta? Your engagement party? Even a bridesmaids brunch? Heck, you can even enjoy the earrings during breakfast in bed while wearing your PJs on your honeymoon! In fact, you can name a totally non-wedding event! (But we have to offer them as options since, after all, we are a wedding blog!) Enter to win by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday night and the winner will be announced Monday. You do not need to be Jewish or a bride in order to enter or win. Good luck!

Real Weddings VIDEO EDITION | Somis, CA

We loved Arielle and Dave’s feature on Tuesday’s Real Weddings that we thought we’d give you another glimpse, this time through the lens of their videographer, Skyline Videography. Using the finest HD equipment, Arielle and Dave’s highlights reel allows you to feel like you’re really there, experiencing every moment with them. This beautiful memento proves our point that a videographer is a vendor that should not be overlooked when putting together your wedding creative team. Sharing these memories with family and friends will allow loved ones to relive your special day.

As a reminder, we’re listing Arielle and Dave’s vendor list below so you can look out for their hard work in the video.

Again, mazel tov, Arielle and Dave!

Venue – Hartley Botanica
Photographer – Mi Belle
Videographer – Skyline Videography
Catering – Command Performance
Floral Design – Rockrose
Entertainment – Redshoe LA
String Quartet – Ladies Choice
Hair & Makeup – The Studio Agency
Cupcakes – Vanilla Bakeshop
Ketubah – Ketubah.com
Lighting/Rentals – A Rental Connection
Bridal Dress – Melissa Sweet, R Mine Bridal
Bride’s Shoes – Jimmy Choo
Bridesmaid Dresses – Bella Bridesmaid
Tuxes – Friar Tux
Invitations – Designer’s Fine Press

Arielle & David’s Wedding @ Hartley Botanica, Somis from Skyline Videography on Vimeo.

Polish Your Wedding Day Look

You’ve probably researched hair styles on celebrities and clipped magazine pages demonstrating your ideal makeup, but you probably haven’t considered what your tootsies and hands will look like on your wedding day.

Let the Yentas nail down some pretty perfect colors you should check out immediately!

First, we have to give a little nail polish love to Essie. It’s probably well known that O.P.I. has been a leader in the nail polish race, but Essie has really stepped up their game and creates gorgeous colors, produces high quality polish, and offers exposure in many professional nail salons. Using an Essie polish will help add a splash of shine or color to your hands and feet that will last on your wedding day and throughout your honeymoon.

It’s no lie that a simple French manicure is a classic bridal style for all digits. With French manicured hands wrapped around a bouquet, you can count on feminine and delicate photos to gush over years after your pinkie nail has chipped and your wedding manicure has been removed. Think about your preferences when it comes to the timeless French manicure: do you like thin or thick white tips? Do you want an opaque pink finish? Or do you prefer a completely clear top layer? Do you want your hands and feet to match?

If you’d like to add a splash of color, there’s no rule that says you can’t! For many brides, this is an opportunity to go outside the box or to tie in the wedding colors. Knockout Pout is a hue that screams “pretty in pink!” This shade is girly and provides that pop of color you may be looking for. Knockout Pout would also look great on your toes. We love when pink peeks out to say hello through sandals or open-toed shoes under the wedding dress. Adorable!

Another color choice we like is dramatic, bold, and sexy. Shades of red make these adjectives become realities and if that’s the look you’re going for, we recommend Essie’s Silken Cord or Vermillionaire. If you’re having a dark wedding filled with candle light and deep-colored roses, it sounds like these versions of red would match your wedding day style.

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The bride who wants to look smokin’ hot will wear, well, Smokin’ Hot. This color takes risks. If you wear this shade, you may not be the most traditional bride. You’re doing things your own way and you are proud, confident, and prepared for everything headed your way. Smokin’ Hot adds a layer of devilish fun to your wedding day style and will leave you rockin’ out on the dance floor with all of your favorite people!

For ultimate femininity, go with Sugar Daddy (the nail color, but if your groom is rich, that works, too!). Sugar Daddy is a shade of pink that will make you feel like a million bucks. It’s colorful enough to add some depth to your wedding day fashion, but muted enough to blend in with your complete look. Sugar Daddy does not upstage the rest of your appearance; rather it makes a cameo, winks, and then retreats back into the ensemble of the wedding day charade. The color is cute and adorable.

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And if you’re really not sure where to go and you want want some guidance, Essie offers a Wedding Collection that features six shades that totally fit the bill for typical wedding nail colors. These polishes are traditional colors that any bride could use either for inspiration or actual use. The colors, which are muted and pastel, are the quintessential bridal colors that most models in wedding magazines wear, so you can rest easy knowing you’ve selected from a collection whose purpose is to polish your path to the chuppah.

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Obviously, Essie offers a rainbow of colors that vary in every which way, but we thought we’d point your attention to some token shades that would be great for your wedding. We suggest you shop for your favorite color by considering what your goal is for your bridal look, and then narrowing down by variations of colors you like. Buy some nail polishes and do some test runs first before deciding on The Color.

And when it comes time for the official bridal polish day, make sure you make your appointment for just before the wedding. We suggest that the mani/pedi ritual takes place no earlier than a day before the wedding. Polishing the day of the wedding can be risky since you’ll be nervous/excited/anxious and it’s possible you won’t be as careful as you maneuver throughout your morning and afternoon, making it easy to dent your freshly painted nails. However, more than a day out, and you might chip a chunk off as you schlep your things in and out of cars and hotel rooms. But no matter what, enjoy your pampering and imagine how great your color will look when your beautiful new wedding band slides on that finger!

Real Weddings | Somis, CA

Seven is Arielle’s lucky number. So, wasn’t it fitting (and coincidental) that after 7 years of dating (which is also a significant number in the Jewish tradition), Dave asked Arielle to be his wife? Arielle and Dave met in high school, but didn’t get together until a couple of years later. Dave would later tell Arielle that he always knew they’d be a match knowing they both had moved from New York to the same neighborhood when they were young, growing up only one block away from each other!

Dave is a drummer in the L.A. rock band Fight From Above and is an extroverted, creative and funny guy. Arielle is the PR Manager at JDate® and with a quiet reserve and self-described “type A personality,” she and Dave truly embody the cliche “opposites attract.”

When Arielle visited Hartley Botanica, a beautiful outdoor garden in Somis, California, she immediately fell in love with the setting, and knew it was the place she wanted to marry her soul mate. Throughout the planning process, she envisioned a serene garden ceremony and later dancing under a starlit sky (with chandeliers hanging from the trees, of course!). Surrounded by 215 of their closest family and friends, Arielle and Dave’s wedding day was even more magical than they ever could have imagined.

Mazel tov, Arielle and Dave!

Venue – Hartley Botanica
Photographer – Mi Belle
Videographer – Skyline Videography
Catering – Command Performance
Floral Design – Rockrose
Entertainment – Redshoe LA
String Quartet – Ladies Choice
Hair & Makeup – The Studio Agency
Cupcakes – Vanilla Bakeshop
Ketubah – Ketubah.com
Lighting/Rentals – A Rental Connection
Bridal Dress – Melissa Sweet, R Mine Bridal
Bride’s Shoes – Jimmy Choo
Bridesmaid Dresses – Bella Bridesmaid
Tuxes – Friar Tux
Invitations – Designer’s Fine Press

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