Yesterday wasn’t just Valentine's day, it was our grand opening day! Today is the launch of BridalBites.com, the official blog of Your Dream Day Café, and everything weddings in Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown and Northeast Ohio! This daily blog will showcase area venues, vendors, trends, tips and tricks to make your wedding planning FUN and keep it real. (Remember, planning a wedding is supposed to be fun, so relax & enjoy all these bites of information!)

To celebrate Valentine's Day, Your Dream Day will be producing a bridal gala on April 22 at the Marriott Key Center from 10 to 3 p.m., and the guest hostess will be Ms. Diann Valentine, of weTV's "I Do Over." Each month leading up to the event, we will give away two tickets ($40 value), 2 front row seats to Diann’s presentation and a chance for you and a guest to meet Diann backstage on 4/22. To enter, click here. You may also purchase tickets by clicking here. (Get the Valentine's Day connection now?)

Your Dream Day Café, located in Valley View, offers a complimentary resource library that is open year-round to brides in Cleveland and the surrounding areas. Pick up magazines, tickets to upcoming shows, attend Wedding 101 classes presented by the area’s top wedding vendors, and flip through our vendor resource library, all with the help of a wedding concierge. Your Dream Day Café is a laid back and relaxed environment for planning your wedding, and is modeled after places like The Bridal Bar, I Do Boutique and Dayton Wedding Connection. Your Dream Day Cafe (www.yourdreamdaycafe.com) is owned and operated by wedding planner Kathy Piech-Lukas and Your Dream Day LLC (www.yourdreamday.com), a two-time Knot Best of Weddings winner and four-time Bride’s Choice Award recipient. Your Dream Day LLC has three locations in Ohio, is a member of the Association of Bridal Consultants, International Special Event Society, and the Better Business Bureau, and has planned more than 150 weddings in Ohio since 2004.

Our address is 7735 Granger Road, Valley View, Ohio, and we are open 12 noon to 8 p.m. M-TH, and 12 noon to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. All other times are by appointment. (Although our address is Granger Road, our office is in Canal Center Properties and faces Canal Road. Use the entrance on the corner of Warner Rd and Canal Road. We are the second building, located in the same building as NECA. Our big sign will be up next month.) You can reach us toll free at 866-698-7841. Please stop over to say hello and grab a free cup of coffee when you register as our engagement gift to you!

Coming up this week on Bridal Bites.com

Freeze Frame bouquet preservation opens its new Cleveland showroom.

Coming up next week on BridalBites.com:

Mock Monday Tablescapes from Lasting Impression and L’inique.

Tuesday Tweetchat with Kathy Piech-Lukas about setting a budget & sticking to it!

Spotlights on Chagrin Valley Entertainment, Marriott Key Center and Boothography

Have a great idea for a topic? Let us know by sending an email to yddc@yourdreamday.com.

Happy Planning!! J