The extremely kind people at Vince Camuto "gifted" me these pair of AMI Vince Camuto sandals for my wedding day. They are absolutely perfect and I can't wait to wear them in Mexico. Actually I have to hide them from myself because I want to keep them pristine for the big day. (I have a habit of wearing shoes out. ; /) To see them up close and to see the other AWESOME shoes Vince Camuto offers, check out vincecamuto.com
Sunday, March 28, 2010
My shoes are here!
The extremely kind people at Vince Camuto "gifted" me these pair of AMI Vince Camuto sandals for my wedding day. They are absolutely perfect and I can't wait to wear them in Mexico. Actually I have to hide them from myself because I want to keep them pristine for the big day. (I have a habit of wearing shoes out. ; /) To see them up close and to see the other AWESOME shoes Vince Camuto offers, check out vincecamuto.com
Saturday, March 27, 2010
I'm in love with this look.
Check out these awesome accessories my amazing photographer Ashley Maxwell created for this shoot. Depending on my wedding dress, I'd love to do the same look. Especially since our wedding colors are navy, peach, and grey and my two Maid of Honors will be wearing navy blue. LOVE. IT.
Going wedding dress shopping with my mom on Friday so more updates on that later.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
WOOHOO!!!!!!!
Just put our deposit down (thanks, Mom!!!) with our AMAZING photographer Ashley Maxwell. (fall in love with her at ashleymaxwellphoto.com/blog) Things are starting to feel REAL.
A little inspiration
A little mood board as a nod to our peach, navy, and grey wedding colors. Now on to making Save the Dates.
I found my shoes! (Kind of...)
So I saw this spread in Harper's Bazaar and fell
in love with the vintage-inspired, jewel-encrusted flower Vinc
e Camuto sandals. I can't, however, find them anywhere online (including vincecamuto.com.) They're from the Spring 2010 line so hopefully they just haven't been released yet. Grant likes the silver ones (starred), which I'm starting to like a lot, too. I guess I'll have to see them in person to decide. If anyone knows Vince Camuto personally, please tell him to jump on their release.
in love with the vintage-inspired, jewel-encrusted flower Vince Camuto sandals. I can't, however, find them anywhere online (including vincecamuto.com.) They're from the Spring 2010 line so hopefully they just haven't been released yet. Grant likes the silver ones (starred), which I'm starting to like a lot, too. I guess I'll have to see them in person to decide. If anyone knows Vince Camuto personally, please tell him to jump on their release.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Wedding Colors!
So it dawned on me as I was going into earlier posts that I never told anyone what our wedding colors will be. It's funny to go back and look at the earlier stages of my planning and see how different things are now. The wedding colors that Grant and I have chosen are: Navy, Peach, and light grey. A mood board may or may not be
coming soon. :)
Introducing: Ashley Maxwell
"Call it fate, call it God, call it a match made in Heaven." That was one of the lines from an email Ashley wrote to me when we discussed her being our wedding photographer. We saw her work on OnceWed.com (my favorite source for wedding inspiration) and emailed her on a whim. Her shots capture everything I've ever wanted my wedding pictures to look like, and Ashley is as beautiful (on the inside and out) as the images she captures. We're very excited to have her and her husband shoot our wedding and be a special part of our matrimonial Mexican fiesta! :)
Fall in love with her work here: http://ashleymaxwellphoto.com/blog/
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Introducing, Justin Alexander
I like that it's different, Grant likes that it's tea-length. If I get something shorter, I'm def going to need some kick ass shoes.
*You can click on the picture to make it bigger, or check out the details in the link below.
http://www.justinalexanderbridal.com/en_us/8465.html
Friday, January 22, 2010
Love these veils from Brenda's Bridal Veils on Etsy
Great styles and great prices. All hair pieces are separate from the veil so you can wear the birdcage during the ceremony, but take it off for the reception.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Maybe I can wear my hair down with a birdcage veil...
Have always loved the look of birdcage veils, but I also want to wear my hair down. Didn't think the two would go together until I found these...
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Love this look
Saw these photos in a Facebook photo album of my friend Melissa Vankirk Pouncey. Love how she had her bridesmaids pick their own dresses in the same basic color. I'd love to do this with all of my besties, even though I'm still not sure I want to have bridesmaids. I do want to have pictures with all of my girls, though.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Grant's Pick
He wants me to go out and buy this dress right now. I like it, too. So maybe. Jim Hjelm from the Fall 2009 collection.
Ivory Silk Satin Faced Organza A-line gown, strapless embroidered bodice with crystals and hand-cut Silk Organza, Chiffon and Charmeuse, natural waist accented with Platinum moire ribbon, bias cut asymmetrical ruffle skirt, chapel train.
Sounds expensive. Looks amazing.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
I Can't Stop Looking at this Dress
I know I've posted like a million dresses on here before, but I can not take my eyes off this one. It's from the new Kleinfeld Kollection, so it's probably pretty pricey, but maybe I can hit up a sample sale or something.
I really like her hair up in a ponytail like that, too. I think I might forgo the veil for a headpiece on this one, though.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Marriage is all about compromise
So if I end up going way under budget by buying a wedding dress from David's Bridal, I think I'm aloud to go over budget on my shoes.
The dress that has a name
A new contender: The Miranda dress by Monique Lhuillier.This is the dress Rose was wearing in the post below. LOVE. IT. Absolutely stunning and gorgeous and everything I have ever dreamed of in a wedding dress.
Two concerns:
1) Can I afford it (WAY over budget)
2) Will my chest fit or can I make my chest smaller by the wedding?
I think I've got it
Maybe I'll change my mind in the next 478 days, but I think they almost seem too perfect to change.
For the maids of honors/groomsmen processional: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKH0sMb2oJQ
followed by
the father of the bride/bride processional: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0mc1rQG7Uc
For the maids of honors/groomsmen processional: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKH0sMb2oJQ
followed by
the father of the bride/bride processional: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0mc1rQG7Uc
Friday, July 24, 2009
Rose Made Me Want to Have a Veil
If I do, it's going to be cathedral style like this. Her pictures may have sold me on it. And her dress is AMAZING. My dream dress.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Currently obsessed with...
having a candy buffet at the at-home-reception! Possibly instead of dessert, possibly in conjunction with dessert as a favor guests can choose for themselves. Found a candy buffet specialist located in south jersey. Here is a pic from one of her photo galleries.
I changed the mood board (again)
It will be fun to look back at this blog after our wedding and see how drastically things changed from beginning to end. But then again, that's why this blog is about the EVOLUTION of our wedding. :)
I can't wait to register!
Here are two things I would definitely put on it right now: luggage and china. Yeah, that's right--china. If you never thought I would care about (let alone fall in love with) dinnerware, don't worry, I didn't think I would care either. But, turns out I do! I think the rolling duffel on the luggage we like has been discontinued though, so that kind of sucks. But we won't officially register for a while, so maybe we'll find something we like even better by then.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Pretty.
This is made by the same person who made the other headpieces I've posted. I'm kind of super in love with this one, and the colors are perfect.
A Note On Safety Concerns...
From a fellow Destination Bride that got married in Mexico March 2009...
Recently there has been a lot of talk about whether or not it's safe to go to Mexico, so I thought I'd pass along my experience to hopefully help future brides, or anyone wanting to go. DH and I did many off-resort activities and at no point did we ever feel threatened, scared, or nervous. Everyone we met was very friendly and usually struck up long conversations with us. The security going into and out of the resorts is VERY tight (all visitors are required to state why they're there, who they're visiting, and to leave id) and I got the impression that it has always been that way. The only point in time when I was slightly skeeved was when we went through a checkpoint on the main highway where the police are stationed (apparently they're scanning for suspicious vehicles and trying to prevent drug trafficking and whatnot) and they have very seriously-looking guns... but I've also seen that in the US before and have been skeeved out by that as well. But I understand that they are there to protect and to catch the bad-guys, so I'm ok with it lol. We took cabs several times and the drivers were always friendly and as long as you take the official ones (they're very easy to spot) you should have no problemo. We didn't go off the resort at night but that was mainly because there was sooo much to do at the resort that it just wasn't needed, and we were pretty pooped too! We honestly felt like all the hype was just that... PDC (especially Playacar... Love it!) felt very homey and welcoming to us. We really can't wait to go back!
Bottom line is... would you go to Philly? If you answered yes, you should feel more than comfortable going to Playa del Carmen/Tulum/Puerto Morelos and probably Cancun (we spent a total of 3 hours in cancun so I can't really speak for that city). I hope this info can help some of my lovely knotties out there!!
Recently there has been a lot of talk about whether or not it's safe to go to Mexico, so I thought I'd pass along my experience to hopefully help future brides, or anyone wanting to go. DH and I did many off-resort activities and at no point did we ever feel threatened, scared, or nervous. Everyone we met was very friendly and usually struck up long conversations with us. The security going into and out of the resorts is VERY tight (all visitors are required to state why they're there, who they're visiting, and to leave id) and I got the impression that it has always been that way. The only point in time when I was slightly skeeved was when we went through a checkpoint on the main highway where the police are stationed (apparently they're scanning for suspicious vehicles and trying to prevent drug trafficking and whatnot) and they have very seriously-looking guns... but I've also seen that in the US before and have been skeeved out by that as well. But I understand that they are there to protect and to catch the bad-guys, so I'm ok with it lol. We took cabs several times and the drivers were always friendly and as long as you take the official ones (they're very easy to spot) you should have no problemo. We didn't go off the resort at night but that was mainly because there was sooo much to do at the resort that it just wasn't needed, and we were pretty pooped too! We honestly felt like all the hype was just that... PDC (especially Playacar... Love it!) felt very homey and welcoming to us. We really can't wait to go back!
Bottom line is... would you go to Philly? If you answered yes, you should feel more than comfortable going to Playa del Carmen/Tulum/Puerto Morelos and probably Cancun (we spent a total of 3 hours in cancun so I can't really speak for that city). I hope this info can help some of my lovely knotties out there!!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
"THE DESTINATION WEDDING" By Lois Smith Brady, New York Times Reporter
A lot of people resent "destination weddings," which have become increasingly popular—among brides and grooms, anyway. These far-flung events require guests to travel to an uninhabited island off the coast of Maine, a castle in Portugal, or a mosque in Turkey. One might have to take multiple airplanes to get there, or navigate roads with potholes as deep as bathtubs, or stay in a hotel with no outgoing lines. In some people, this creates wedding rage.
Even the smallest amount of traveling can unnerve wedding guests. I once attended a wedding that required everyone to walk for miles, literally. It took place in Manhattan and was called the Seven-Stop Wedding. The couple led their guests to seven of their most sentimental spots. We visited the park where they first kissed. We climbed stairs to the rooftop of an art museum.
I don't recall the significance of the rooftop (the proposal, maybe?), but I do remember everyone huffing and puffing when they got there. The experience was like boot camp. But I remember it more clearly than the 50 other ceremonies I attended as a wedding reporter that year. The walking added much more camaraderie than you'll ever feel at a church wedding. It was a calorie-burner, and you can't say that about many parties.
A conventional wedding is the opposite: it always seems like an uninspired beginning, like a very long, uninteresting first sentence to a novel. Generally, it is full of rhetorical language and other things that put you to sleep. You certainly don't feel sleepy or bored as a wedding guest standing barefoot on a beach on Maui—even if your flight in was delayed.
Traveling is an apt metaphor for love. Both can be risky and both give you a heightened sense of all the things that can go terribly wrong. You can lose your luggage or get on the plane heading to Reno instead of Rio. Your heart can be broken, badly. These days, walking down the aisle means taking a fifty-fifty chance. Why not bring your guests to a place where the chance of their luggage being lost is also fifty-fifty, as is the chance of having Internet service, or even room service?
Once, I flew into Buffalo, New York, to watch a couple say their vows next to Niagara Falls. The bride and groom could easily have had a similar five-minute, inaudible civil ceremony at city hall. But it was worth traveling for the background roar and the symbolism. Another time, I went to a wedding in Utah where every guest stayed at the same slopeside hotel, which soon took on a dormitory atmosphere. Most guests had never been to Snowbird before; many didn't ski. But the unfamiliar "Where am I?" feeling seemed perfect. No matter how much you read about marriage, no matter how much you quiz your parents or your therapists, as a bride and groom you will always walk down the aisle into your own uniquely unknown territory.
And when someone can take you elsewhere, that is love. It's a form of unintentional, unplanned traveling. As John Steinbeck said, the best kinds of journeys are not the ones you take. The best are the ones that take you.
Even the smallest amount of traveling can unnerve wedding guests. I once attended a wedding that required everyone to walk for miles, literally. It took place in Manhattan and was called the Seven-Stop Wedding. The couple led their guests to seven of their most sentimental spots. We visited the park where they first kissed. We climbed stairs to the rooftop of an art museum.
I don't recall the significance of the rooftop (the proposal, maybe?), but I do remember everyone huffing and puffing when they got there. The experience was like boot camp. But I remember it more clearly than the 50 other ceremonies I attended as a wedding reporter that year. The walking added much more camaraderie than you'll ever feel at a church wedding. It was a calorie-burner, and you can't say that about many parties.
A conventional wedding is the opposite: it always seems like an uninspired beginning, like a very long, uninteresting first sentence to a novel. Generally, it is full of rhetorical language and other things that put you to sleep. You certainly don't feel sleepy or bored as a wedding guest standing barefoot on a beach on Maui—even if your flight in was delayed.
Traveling is an apt metaphor for love. Both can be risky and both give you a heightened sense of all the things that can go terribly wrong. You can lose your luggage or get on the plane heading to Reno instead of Rio. Your heart can be broken, badly. These days, walking down the aisle means taking a fifty-fifty chance. Why not bring your guests to a place where the chance of their luggage being lost is also fifty-fifty, as is the chance of having Internet service, or even room service?
Once, I flew into Buffalo, New York, to watch a couple say their vows next to Niagara Falls. The bride and groom could easily have had a similar five-minute, inaudible civil ceremony at city hall. But it was worth traveling for the background roar and the symbolism. Another time, I went to a wedding in Utah where every guest stayed at the same slopeside hotel, which soon took on a dormitory atmosphere. Most guests had never been to Snowbird before; many didn't ski. But the unfamiliar "Where am I?" feeling seemed perfect. No matter how much you read about marriage, no matter how much you quiz your parents or your therapists, as a bride and groom you will always walk down the aisle into your own uniquely unknown territory.
And when someone can take you elsewhere, that is love. It's a form of unintentional, unplanned traveling. As John Steinbeck said, the best kinds of journeys are not the ones you take. The best are the ones that take you.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Photographer I Love
Her name is Jasmine Star; you can see her work here: http://www.jasmine-star.com/#/home/
I really love this shoot of hers: http://www.jasmine-star.com/#/carissa---brian---wedding/ And the song playing!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Colors
Mostly the same as before. Some of the colors from before didn't seem happy enough/took themselves too seriously. And you know we don't take things too seriously, so we looked (I looked, Grant nodded) at colors that made us happy and decided on a simple palette of orange, navy, and electric purple. Click on the image for a larger view of the mood board.
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