Las Vegas, NV – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Green Orchid Events has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Planning Service Category!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Green Orchid Events is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Green Orchid Events is among the very best Wedding Planners within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.

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People tend to get very excited when they hear the words "Open Bar" at a wedding. There are many though who can not or choose not to take advantage of that. Mocktails are a great substitute for a guest and it still makes them feel like a participant. A Mocktail is a drink that resembles a cocktail, but contains no alcohol. They can be just as pretty and colorful as a regular cocktail. These are great not only for weddings but also for baby showers, bridal showers, sweet 16's, etc. Here are some recipes created by Martha Stewart that might be a fun alternative for your next event. Watermelon Cooler

3 cups cubed, seeded watermelon

1 1/2 cups strawberries

3 Tablespoons fresh lime juice

1 cup ice cubes

sugar to taste

Put watermelon, strawberries, lime juice, ice, and sugar if desired into the pitcher of a blender, and blend for 15 seconds on high speed. (Always put the top on the container before processing.) Stop machine, and stir ingredients with a long wooden spoon. Blend for 15 seconds more on high speed.

Pink Grapefruit Mockeritas

2 Tablespoons colored sanding sugar, or regular granulated sugar if you don’t have the former

1 lime

6 teaspoons grenadine

1 1/2 cup pink grapefruit juice

Place sanding sugar on a plate or shallow dish or plate. Slice 6 thin rounds from the center of the lime, set aside.

Rub lime wedges around the rim of 6 martini glasses. Dip each rim in the sugar to coat.

Pour 1 teaspoon of grenadine into the bottom of each glass. Place grapefruit juice and 2 cups of ice cubes in the blender. Process on high speed until ice is crushed. Pour frozen mixture into glasses and stir to combine with syrup. Garnish with reserved lemon slices and serve immediately.

Citrus Mint Splash

1 cup fresh lemon juice

1 cup fresh orange juice

2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups water

10 sprigs mint

32 ounces ginger ale

water

Place first 5 ingredients in a saucepan and stir until sugar dissolves. Cover, remove from heat and steep until cool Cover and refrigerate. To serve, fill glasses or a pitcher with equal amounts fruit juice, ginger ale and water. Add ice and serve.

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Source: Martha Stewart