It has been a while since we had a blog entry just for fun so Valentine’s Day seemed like a great day to do one! We hope everyone had a fun Valentine’s Day full of love and romance.
Mom loves looking through wedding websites and blogs to check out all the latest beautiful fashions and ideas. We thought we’d share some of the favorites that she’s collected.
A great website for wedding ideas is Casando Ideias. Mom doesn’t understand most of what it is saying but it has great pictures of gowns, shoes, details, and links for wedding stuff. Two of the best pictures on the Casando Ideias blog are in a “Loving” entry. They are pictures from our own blog! One is from Nicole and Mike’s wedding and is of Nicole’s hair done by the talented Darla Stafford.
The other is of the vintage pink Cadillac from Katelyn and Lucas’s wedding.
On a different “Loving” blog post mom found an awesome grooms cake that was a giant doughnut! The original picture was taken by Brooks Weddings.
Another unique wedding idea shared on the blog was a Save the Date personalized handkerchief made by Lucky Luxe for the wedding of photographers Alisha Clarke and Luke Walker. It is a romantic gift to send your guests and perfect for a vintage themed wedding. The pictures were taken by Alisha Clarke, the bride herself. It must be so fun to work in the wedding industry and be planning your own wedding!
Yellow and black look great together as wedding colors! When mom saw the display with yellow candles and lemons in a blog post about table set-ups she loved it. It would be pretty set up at cocktail hour or with lemonade before an outdoor ceremony. The picture originally came from the D. Filipa website.
Table settings create the look of a reception and can really dress up an entire room. Mom originally saw the pink and green table setting by Eddie Ross on the Casaando Ideias blog but she really loved the yellow, green, and black place settings on Eddie Ross’s blog itself.
Also on the Eddie Ross blog in a post about a “fairy tale wedding” was this cake with detailing that looked like pearls. Mom thinks pearls are such a romantic touch for wedding accents.
David Tutera is an incredible event planner and designer who has been on several TV shows including his own show, My Fair Wedding on WEtv. His website has a gallery with pictures of unbelievable events. One of mom’s favorites was the “Contemporary” wedding with white fabric draped down the aisle:
The “Bling” wedding had bright colors and a fabulous dance floor:
Though most people won’t be able to afford a wedding like those done by David Tutera, you can be inspired by the themes and details and scale them back to make them your own.
On Casando Ideias was a blog post about wedding gowns that “Float” with a picture of the back of a dress that mom thought was so beautiful. The original picture was taken by Natasja Kremers.
Mom likes looking at the bridal gown designers’ websites too. In our blog post about Kendra’s bridal session we shared a link to Kendra’s Jim Hjelm gown. She wore style JH8814 and looked perfect in it.
Jim Hjelm has so many gorgeous gowns. Mom’s favorites are the ones covered in lace. It is part of that romantic wedding look that she loves, like the pearl accents. Here is Jim Hjelm style JH8763:
and very similar to that is Jim Hjelm style JH8851:
Jim Hjelm also has a gown with a low rhinestone strap over a draping back. It is Jim Hjelm style JH8905:
The Paris Vogue website has a selection of Elie Saub gowns from the Spring-Summer 2009 collection that mom liked. This one might not be a wedding gown but mom thinks it is fantastic!
The way the material crosses and gathers is what makes this gown.
On the Sassi Holford website is this classic gown, the Anouska. The back of the dress is mom’s favorite part.
Dolly Couture is a website for short, vintage inspired wedding dresses. Mom thinks the chiffon flowers on the “Milan” are pretty for a summer wedding outdoors.
Kate Halfpenny is a London designer and has many lacy, flowing gowns that makes mom’s heart flip. She absolutely adores this look!
And one more Halfpenny gown in blue that is seriously beautiful:
Many brides talk about how hard it is to find bridesmaid dresses for their bridesmaids who are pregnant. Mom found a pretty maternity dress for bridesmaids on the Simple Silhouettes website. It comes in a variety of colors and fabrics.
To complete your wedding look, you need the perfect shoes! Freya Rose in London has some great choices. One is the Aide Bridal, with a cute floral detail:
The Sonrisa looks very bridal:
Though mom has trouble walking in them, stilettos are sexy! Badgley Mischka makes bridal shoes with a tuxedo bow on them and they are sold on the Perfect Details website. They are even dyeable if you want to get them in a fun color to poke out of the bottom of your gown.
Saks Fifth Avenue has a fabulous pair of Christian Louboutin satin d’Orsays. The side bow is mom’s favorite part. Of course, the shoes cost almost as much as some gowns but they are fun to look at!
Luella’s Boudoir in London has lingerie, jewelry, hair accessories, and shoes for weddings. For some bling, check out the Aruna Seth Cerise shoes which has rhinestones all the way up the heel and under the bow in the back.
If you haven’t heard of Etsy by now, you don’t know what you are missing! People sell handmade items and you can even have people custom make items for you. For events like weddings or a new baby, it is a great place to get something meaningful that you can then pass down to future generations. That is especially true if you are like mom and have no talent for making these things yourself!
The Casando Ideias blog had a post with a hand sculpted and painted cake topper made by Red Light Studio on Etsy. They have many cake toppers with a look that is very “in” right now.
On a blog featuring just cake toppers, Wedding Cake Toppers, mom saw these vintage choices.
Also on that blog was a post showing a bicycle cake topper, but what mom liked was the cake itself! It had a black tree with red leaves, which are great colors for weddings around Valentine’s Day.
Dad said he wished him and mom got a custom cake topper made in their likeness just like those made by Lily’s Design. They can be made to show your hobby, profession, or anything else. The toppers look awesome! Here is an example showing a bride and groom who sent in their pictures and wanted a Cubs theme:
The Just Cake Toppers store has a section of exotic toppers and humorous toppers. Mom thought it was funny that this “Sexy Rhinestone Rings” topper was in both:
We hope all of this gave brides some ideas, or at least was fun to look at! Now mom can finally clean out some of her saved pictures and bookmarks 
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