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Caketop Sculptures 210-831-3882 info@caketopsculptures.com 02/05	San Antonio artist Cristina Sosa Noriega creates personalized caketop sculptures for your wedding cake. Each sculpture is hand-crafted during a 20-hour production process. Pricing is $550 per couple, including tax and shipping fees.
Candied Flowers 1-888-827-6477 meadows@midtel.net 5/05	Add a little natural flair to your wedding cake with hand-crystallized, edible flowers. Pricing on candied roses range from $4-$10, and other flowers are available starting at $1.25 each. Or, save yourself some money and buy your own flower crystallization kit for $24 and make up to 75 candied flowers yourself.
Celebration Plates 866-587-8974	A unique alternative to guestbooks, these plates are pottery platters that your guests sign. Choose your own plate design and colors. Prices start at $80 for a plate large enough for 75 guests to sign.
Custom Confectionery Dallas info@customconfectionery.com 6/05	This Dallas-based retailer offers customized party favors and decorations. Need shower invitations? Confetti? Personalized bubbles? They've got you covered. Check out their eBay auctions for some real bargains.
Dallas Doves Dallas email form on website	Dallas Doves uses purebred, white homing pigeons trained to fly home after you release them. Packages start at $150 for a 2-bird release, and go up to $225 for the "2 Doves Plus Flock" package. Customers can also custom-design their own release packages.
Dallas First Dance Richardson 972-386-8668 questions@dallasfirstdance.com	Prepare for your wedding reception by letting Dallas First Dance choreograph your first dance as husband and wife. They're also available to attend your rehearsal dinner to teach the entire wedding party some new moves. 3 weeks of 1.5 hour classes are $95 per couple.
Dallas Surrey Service Dallas 214-946-9911	What the heck is a surrey? It's a horse-drawn pleasure carriage. Pricing starts at $150.
Designs by Flora Dallas 214-747-3510 info@designsbyflora.com	Designs by Flora has been designing and creating custom gold and platinum jewelry for Dallas for close to 30 years. They also offer their customers annual appraisal updates, inspections, and cleaning at no charge.
Fresh Roses 2/05	Fresh Roses is an online wholesale florist. They have a great website with good instructions and encouragement for the do-it-yourselfer. The 400-rose package goes for $390 including shipping. This includes enough roses, greens, and fillers to make 11 table arrangements (18 stems each), 10 boutonnieres (1 stem each), 6 corsages (3 stems each), 5 bridesmaids bouquets (18 stems each), 1 bride's bouquet (25 stems) and a head table arrangement (59 stems). You can even order a test bunch of 25 roses for $40 including shipping to test before you buy. Love it!
The Guestbook Store email form on website	These guestbooks are not your standard autograph books. Each guest at your wedding will receive their very own page to fill out. After the wedding, you bind the pages together and voila! An awesome wedding keepsake. Handmade covers start at $18, 100 fill-in-the-blank pages are $36. Other sizes available. A great idea!
Halo Protection Services Mesquite 972-762-2589 sales@haloprotection.net 12/05	Serving liquor at your wedding? If so, your venue may require you to provide a security guard. Check out Halo Protection for your security needs. Rates start at $35 per hour with a 4 hour minimum...which may be lower than what your venue charges. Ask for Tiffany and tell her I Do Dallas sent you!
Vicki's Bridal Hankies DFW 817-444-3425 vicbud4@aol.com 3/06	Custom hankies make the perfect gifts for bridesmaids, the mother of the bride, or the bride herself. Each hanky is hand-jeweled, and can be embroidered with initials or the design of your choosing. Prices range from $23-$65.
Happy Trails Horse Drawn Carriages Dallas 214-662-6705 email form on website 6/05	Carriage driver Shannon Cole has been driving happy couples off into the sunset for over 7 years. She offers color-coordinated flowers and decorations, English Formal or Western Wear driver wardrobes, and music available upon request. Punjabi matrimonial ceremonies are a specialty!
Heller & Reid Floral Preservation Richardson 972-235-5320 service@hellerandreid.com	These guys have a very comprehensive, useful website. After the wedding, preserve your bouquet by vacuum freeze drying it! The average cost, including the display, ranges from $350 to $550, and financing is available (take up to five months to pay). You can also order preserved rose petals starting at $21-$33 per bag (plus get a discount on bouquet preservation and gown preservation with your petal order).
little t cards & invitations Dallas 972-365-1172 terrimt@aol.com	little t's designer, Terri Taylor, learned about paper and design while creating custom invitations at the largest handmade and exotic paper collection, Kate's Paperie, in Manhattan. Every order is an original design that combines original copy and non-traditional materials.
Love in Flight Springtown 817-221-4601 pigeon@peeman.com	Okay, so they're not really doves. They're white homing pigeons. But you won't be able to tell the difference and neither will your guests. If you've always dreamed of a dove release at your wedding, Love in Flight has a great website that even includes pricing! One to six doves will run you $200 for release by hand or basket, or you can get 20 doves for $350. But what is peeman?
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