The Path Less Traveled is a sweet little Etsy shop filled with unique party and wedding décor, custom keepsakes, and a few vintage pieces. Run by stay-at-home mom and artist Elizabeth Smillie, the shop is one of our favorite stops for cute cupcake toppers, fun garlands, and heart-shaped confetti! And who doesn’t love confetti? So, we’re excited to announce that we have a $50 gift certificate to The Path Less Traveled to give away to one lucky reader!







You can get yourself a lot of heart-shaped confetti and cupcake toppers for $50, so get signed up now! Visit our Subscribe & Win tab or “Like” www.eleGALA.com on Facebook to enter.

These customized canvas totes by Pamela Fugate Designs make adorable guest welcome bags or can be a fun add-on to your bridal party gifts. Best of all, you can pack your wedding day essentials in a tote that shouts your wedding date from the rooftops. We’ve partnered with Pamela Fugate Designs to award a set of five totes to one lucky bride-to-be. Visit our Subscribe & Win tab or “Like” www.eleGALA.com on Facebook to enter!

Ready Go Paper Studio creates a wide variety of fun, custom paper products for weddings! With artist Nadia Marks Wojcik at the helm, Ready Go has sailed to success with their famous custom wedding cake banners, which have received several nods from prominent wedding blogs. The studio is named after Nadia’s tendency to jump and allow the net to appear. She’s not afraid to run with a new idea and see where it takes her. We love that! So, we’re super excited to announce our Ready Go Custom Cake Banner giveaway on www.eleGALA.com! But wait; before you rush off to enter, check out some of Nadia’s fun work…


All of the Ready Go’s wedding cake banners and figures can be fully customized from these options…


So fun, right?

Above images by: Elizabeth In Love and Sarah Kathleen

Nadia has also agreed to throw in one of these fun DIY printable flag files, which you can customize and print to use as cupcake toppers, table numbers, or escort cards…

Oh, and most of the proceeds from the amazing custom pet cake toppers below go to a local animal shelter near Nadia’s home. These hand-cut illustrations measure between one and two inches tall and are literally drawn to the likeness of your pet based on a photo you provide. Amazing…

Visit our Subscribe & Win page or “Like” both www.eleGALA.com and Ready Go on Facebook to enter!

Maddy and Seth Lucas are the married duo and stationery masterminds behind Ello There Wedding Invitations Shop. Together they create super fun and perfectly playful wedding invitations and stationery for brides and grooms who are looking for something a bit different. From save-the-dates to custom wedding posters and full invitation suites, everything they create has an element of fun.


We especially love their Custom Chalkboard Wedding Invitation Set...


A customized, vintage record save-the-date? Um, so fun!

And their fully customized wedding posters are too adorable for words…

Which is why we’re really excited to announce that Ello There is giving away a full customized version of their Just Married Print. It’s a fun keepsake to have guests sign at the wedding or to simply frame as art in your first home together.

Visit our Subscribe & Win page and “Like” www.eleGALA.com to enter!

Vermonters and New England Brides alike, we’ve got a fast-moving giveaway! Hurry up and get entered to win two tickets to the Vermont Wedding Affair on Saturday, October 29th. We attended this event last year and had an amazing time, so we’re super excited to get to send an engaged couple to this year’s rustic-chic world of wedding wonder!

Enter to win these fabulous tickets by leaving a comment on our Facebook wall telling us why you would like to attend the event. The drawing will be held Friday, October 27!

You won’t want to miss this year’s event...

Handcrafted details will set the tone for an inspiring showcase of inventive decor and complimentary, homespun fare, including chocolates, pastries, cheeses and cakes. Even better, a silent auction of fabulous gift certificates and luxury items will benefit those affected by Hurricane Irene, and each lucky bride-to-be will receive a gift bag containing fabulous local goodies. Attendees will have the chance to mingle with the some of the best wedding professionals in Vermont before heading into the spa to enjoy relaxing hand and foot treatments, and hair and makeup consultations. From bridal couture, to workshops and seminars, if you are planning a Vermont wedding, this is an event not to be missed!