{Wedding Gown Giveaway Winner}

Hello Novia Readers!
Sunday was an exciting day for us! We had the pleasure of meeting the winner of :::The Wedding Gown Giveaway::: her family and her fiance!

Congratulations to Cathy Cira & Camerino Mendez of Vancouver, Washington! Cathy won a brand new Monique Luo Ivory Wedding Gown valued at $950.00-as pictured on our blog.
The gown fit Cathy like a glove! Perfectly. Does that even happen? It's fate!

When we first discussed the idea of :::The Wedding Gown Giveaway::: we were not prepared for the stories or the response that we would get (as this is the first time we have had such a large giveaway). We are so humbled and truly touched to hear everyone's stories. We would like to say thank you to all that entered!
If we had enough gowns to giveaway to all the brides that entered, we would dress you all!

We would like to share an except of Cathy's entry:


"As I got older I met a guy and got married I was only 19. I only knew him for a few months before we married. Our marriage was not full of any happy memories that I can recall except my two beautiful children. On our wedding day (I can still remember) he left me to go and hang out with his friends. That type of behavior should have been a clue. Our marriage lasted for a while and then we divorced. I have been raising my two children on my own with little support from him since we divorced.


After everything occurred I swore never to put myself in that type of situation again. I didn’t want to meet a guy and be treated the same way again or have my children think a relationship like ours was okay. I wanted to show my children what a good family environment would be without the drama. I knew it would be hard but I decided that I would raise my children on my own and didn’t want a male figure in our life’s.


That changed when about a year ago Nino (who has been a family friend for many years) decided to tell me that he was interested in dating me. I wasn’t to sure about it since I didn’t want it to ruin our friendship (in case it ended up not working out). We started talking and hanging out and grew closer and closer as each day passed. We learned so much about each other our likes, dislikes and just really enjoyed each others company. He has been a dream come true has treated me in a way no other man that I’ve know has. He has respected me, cared for me and my children and is always there for us.

He was working for a company for over 10yrs or so and his company moved to Oregon. So now he is currently unemployed."

We are so blessed to have met this couple and are excited to be apart of their big day!