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Yet another (and hopefully final) inspiration board
Early on in this journal's life I made a bunch of inspiration boards. Sites like Snippet and Ink and Style Me Pretty got me hooked on the process of scouring the 'net for images and tweaking them until they were juuuuust right ( Read more... ) -
Dress you up in my love (part 3)
So I continued my search for the perfect gown. At one boutique, which unfortunately did not allow photos, I ran across a few interesting choices. The designer St. Pucchi is known for its fabulously over the top confections. It turns out their Sposa line has some more restrained items. Here was the one I fell in love with:
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Dress you up in my love (part 2)
Once I figured out what type of wedding gowns look awful on me, it wasn't too long until I learned what did flatter. It turned out that sweetheart necklines worked best for my decolletage-- mustn't hide my light under a bushel. Gowns that nipped in at the waist and were somewhat hip-hugging-- to my surprise -- also worked well. As a girl with hips ( Read more... ) -
Dress you up in my love (part 1)
Looking for a wedding dress was one of the first wedding-related things I did. In fact, I have been eying gowns for years. I love fashion, pretty fabrics and dresses-- what's not to love?
I've always liked vintage styles, from the '50s silhouettes found at Stephanie James or the 1930's recreations at Unique Vintage.
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Shall we dance?
Now that we've finally hired a DJ-- Liquid DJs which is based in Pompano -- Tim and I are faced with the arduous task of finding a first dance song. This is fraught with difficulty for a number of reasons. Firstly, we don't really have a song that could be classified as "our song," at least not one that's appropriate for a wedding. Secondly, we ( Read more... ) -
Down the rabbit hole
No, I haven't joined Alice and her frock-coated friend. My apologies for the blog-absence. I don't really have a good excuse either. Maybe that I'm easily distracted? I hope this slide show of engagement photos will make up for it.
All photos are courtesy the lovely and talented Cara Pastore of F22studio, who shot them in the Atlanta ( Read more... ) -
It's got a nice ring to it
It's taken me months and months to figure out what I wanted for a wedding ring. Inspired by the Tiffany & Co. Celebration Rings, I vacillated between wanting something like this:
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Ring a ding ding
I feel conflicted about engagement rings. I've always wanted one, though I've long been aware of their mixed-up history. As Tim and I got more serious, I started to think about what kind of ring I would like. Twenty-two-year-old me would've said a one-karat Tiffany solitaire in platinum, thank you very much. But then Kanye had to go singing about ( Read more... ) -
Crafty goodness
I'm not the most crafty bride out there. Outside of an on-again, off-again cross stitch habit, it's not often that I darken the door of a store like Michael's. But I was there today to pick up elements for my Sarah Palin Halloween costume (fixings for an American flag pin and moose earrings, if you must know) and came across the most adorable craft ( Read more... ) -
Weddings and feminism
Though I was officially an English lit major in college, I took a lot of classes in the Study of Women and Gender department and came close to getting a double major. I've identified as a feminist for more than half of my life, so when Tim and I started getting serious, I knew that I would have to approach everything wedding-related with my jaded ( Read more... )
