Featured Blog Posts – March 2013 Archive (25)

What type of wedding dress should you buy ?…

Shoes are a great bridal accessory – classic or non-traditional, they give you the opportunity to really represent your personal style and personality. Traditional white and ivory shoes look glamorous with a gown. But, if you’re not the traditional type, what options are out there for you? Here are a few ideas:

Spice up your outfit with colorful shoes. Match them to your wedding color scheme, or go for a blue – as this could…

Perfect Purple Inspiration...

Purple is the combination of red...the warmest cooler and blue...the coolest cooler.  With this combination, it is said to be the most perfect color.

If your color you are using purple for your wedding, please enjoy these pictures. You will find so many ways to add purple to your…

Dear brides and grooms. It's a pleasure to share with you some photos of a wedding I planned in Tuscany in a gorgeous castle. Please enjoy.

Wedding planner - italyprestige.com - Fabrizio mengasini…

Calling all Chicago area brides, grooms and vendors...past and present! The Chicago Green Wedding Alliance is hosting a The Great Wedding Recyclery on April 28, 2013 at Loft on Lake to allow new couples to snatch up fabulous finds at a steep discount for their upcoming wedding from past couples and vendors who are selling their slightly pre-loved or…

 Strongly consider handing the planning baton to a wedding consultant if a) neither you nor your families have time to plan your wedding neither you nor your families have any desire to plan your wedding; c) you're planning a wedding out of town; or d) you simply prefer -- and can afford -- professional help. They'll do the legwork, hire vendors, negotiate contracts, and may even cut you some money-saving deals. Expect to pay them 10 to 15 percent of your total wedding budget. Need a…

So what makes a destination wedding dress a destination wedding dress? Well, the truth is, it's simply being the wedding dress you wear at your destination wedding (because seriously, this is your day - wear what you love.) That being said, there is a reason that so…

Okay, so this may or may not be Katniss Everdeen's wedding dress in the upcoming Hunger Games second installment "Catching Fire" - you know how these…

Follow me to the Garden...

My inspiration for the Spring/Summer 2013 Collection was the after-party of a French garden soirre. The show evoked dancing into the warm night by pairing dub-step electronic music with decadent layers of natural fabrics, highlighted with beaded baubles and Art Nouveau inspired screen-printing. Enjoy these fresh frocks!…

In my opinion, a woman’s bridal shoes are the most important shoes she will ever wear. I mean, name another day when you will have professional portrait shots of your feet?  It only took me one weekend to find my perfect wedding dress, but it literally took me TWO years to find the ideal wedding shoes. Then two months later, I discovered an even better pair that I just had to have and ended up with two pairs of wedding shoes. A bride can never have too many shoes, right? The good part is,…

I never thought that announcing an engagement could be such a burden to the engaged couple until my cousin told us she was soon marrying her long-time boyfriend.

To cut a long story short, confusion and hurt feelings were going around the family when some of us felt left out of the engagement announcement. An aunt later on was even asking why a neighbour got a…

Being one of the most important details of your wedding day, your wedding venue is what you will also probably spend quite a chunk of your wedding budget on. Knowing what you should ask and what to expect from your venue will ensure your wedding day is everything you have hoped for. While hotels are still the most popular choice as…

We've put together a not-so-scientific list of our most recently requested Rock Love Songs.  These songs have become standards at weddings because they stand the test of time and sound just as good today as they did when first released.  Spanning the 70's & 80's, see if your favorite made our…

TOP 10 BEAUTY TIPS EVERY BRIDE MUST KNOW

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When we talked about the beach wedding, As for me, the first option coming into mind is the chiffon dress. For those brides-to-be who still have doubts on choosing the right dress for destination beach wedding, this may help!

When it's a summer beach wedding, what conditions do you need to consider?

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We are totally in awe of these beautiful Haute Couture flower girl gowns from Krikor Jabotian. First impressions at any matrimonial ceremony are crucial.

Just imagine your flower girls in such a stunning dress, making their processional entrance and giving the guests a flavor of the magical wedding that awaits.

Flower…