some dress ideas for the other ladies (maid of honor and best woman) that will be walking down that aisle with us:
gina (awesome maid of honor) sent along links to a few of these this afternoon, and i added in several i had saved from etsy. i kinda want all of these dresses. if neither lady chooses the pleated amanda archer dress i am totally finding an excuse to buy it for myself!
Showing posts with label dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dress. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
project: the dress !
i bought a dress three weeks ago while my mom was in town. we stumbled upon this place during a 25% off sale.
and so, my wedding gown:
it's a bit hard to tell from the pictures, but the dress is ivory, fitted on top, and covered with strips of a slightly darker ivory lace all along the bottom. it has a very small train, and it is super swishy. from what i can tell online it is from the spring 2005 collection, and called "tattered tulle."
i had never heard of elizabeth fillmore before that day (my bridal gown designer knowledge in slim) but after some googling i found that her dresses are not only beautiful and unique, but she has a lot of dresses in darker ivory, dusty rose and champagne! i had to stop looking because i was finding too many dresses that were calling out to me. like these:
photo: elizabeth fillmore
photo: elizabeth fillmore
and so, my wedding gown:
it's a bit hard to tell from the pictures, but the dress is ivory, fitted on top, and covered with strips of a slightly darker ivory lace all along the bottom. it has a very small train, and it is super swishy. from what i can tell online it is from the spring 2005 collection, and called "tattered tulle."
i had never heard of elizabeth fillmore before that day (my bridal gown designer knowledge in slim) but after some googling i found that her dresses are not only beautiful and unique, but she has a lot of dresses in darker ivory, dusty rose and champagne! i had to stop looking because i was finding too many dresses that were calling out to me. like these:
photo: elizabeth fillmore
photo: elizabeth fillmorei would love to see this last dress in a real wedding. i love it!
it's been hard not to wear my dress now that it is hanging over the closet door (it doesn't fit in our overstuffed only-storage-in-the-house bedroom closet). next order of business: shoes! wonderful, glorious shoes.
it's been hard not to wear my dress now that it is hanging over the closet door (it doesn't fit in our overstuffed only-storage-in-the-house bedroom closet). next order of business: shoes! wonderful, glorious shoes.
Monday, March 30, 2009
project: wearables !
gina was in town this weekend and i found a dress for the rehearsal dinner. now i just have to wait five months to wear it (although, i am itching to wear it to annette's bar birthday bash this wednesday..)
photo: anthropologie
photo: anthropologieisn't it lovely? the fitting room attendant actually said, "these are selling like hotcakes, they just look great on everyone!" and i have to agree.
my mom was in town last week and we bought two wedding dresses. details and photos to come.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
project update: wearables !
planning our wedding has been bizarre.
once we told people we were getting married, the questions started rolling in. when? where? what are your COLORS?! what does your dress look like?!?!? all of these questions lead me into a panic, and we are only a month into planning (yet less than eight months away). my mind is a roller coaster of ideas. none of those ideas are color-related. very few of those ideas are dress-related. i am thinking about food, music, decor, food, vows, food and.. cake (food..).
when i saw a simple dress i thought looked nice, i bookmarked it. a few days later i went back to analyze and realized it was a j.crew dress. never being a j.crew type of person, i was a bit surprised, but i still went back a few times to look at their dresses. on a particularly hard day, a long, long time ago (last monday) i was feeling sick/sad about wedding planning and decided to just buy the dresses (yes, two).
i regretted it a bit later, realizing i probably want something a tad more unique, a little bit more rock and roll, more me. finally decided (with a bit of help from g) to cancel the order. i was actually lucky that the dresses were on back order in my size and color. they wouldn't have shipped for a while anyway.
the dress that did arrive yesterday, and that i do love, is the free people dress. once i figure out how to work the new fancy-camera-early-birthday-gift, i will perhaps post some pictures.
the shirt i ordered for b (for the engagement photo shoot) from penelope's is permanently out of stock, so they let me cancel the order. i googled around and the shirt happens to be out of stock everywhere, except in a not-as-awesome gray checked pattern. instead we bought these:
photo: urban outfitters
photo: urban outfitters
one of them will be our winner. i can feel it.
in short: still trying to put all of my ideas together. still trying to figure out the style/feeling/colors/theme junk. still not a j.crew girl. still focusing on what i can have fun with: engagement pictures with our lovely and talented photographer in exactly three weeks!
xo
mm
once we told people we were getting married, the questions started rolling in. when? where? what are your COLORS?! what does your dress look like?!?!? all of these questions lead me into a panic, and we are only a month into planning (yet less than eight months away). my mind is a roller coaster of ideas. none of those ideas are color-related. very few of those ideas are dress-related. i am thinking about food, music, decor, food, vows, food and.. cake (food..).
when i saw a simple dress i thought looked nice, i bookmarked it. a few days later i went back to analyze and realized it was a j.crew dress. never being a j.crew type of person, i was a bit surprised, but i still went back a few times to look at their dresses. on a particularly hard day, a long, long time ago (last monday) i was feeling sick/sad about wedding planning and decided to just buy the dresses (yes, two).
i regretted it a bit later, realizing i probably want something a tad more unique, a little bit more rock and roll, more me. finally decided (with a bit of help from g) to cancel the order. i was actually lucky that the dresses were on back order in my size and color. they wouldn't have shipped for a while anyway.
the dress that did arrive yesterday, and that i do love, is the free people dress. once i figure out how to work the new fancy-camera-early-birthday-gift, i will perhaps post some pictures.
the shirt i ordered for b (for the engagement photo shoot) from penelope's is permanently out of stock, so they let me cancel the order. i googled around and the shirt happens to be out of stock everywhere, except in a not-as-awesome gray checked pattern. instead we bought these:
photo: urban outfitters
photo: urban outfitters
one of them will be our winner. i can feel it.
in short: still trying to put all of my ideas together. still trying to figure out the style/feeling/colors/theme junk. still not a j.crew girl. still focusing on what i can have fun with: engagement pictures with our lovely and talented photographer in exactly three weeks!
xo
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Friday, January 23, 2009
project: budget !
it's no secret that b and i follow the dave ramsey plan for "financial fitness." yes, as nerdy as that sounds, we have a workout plan for our money. we stumbled upon dave almost a year ago, and it has been smooth budget sailing ever since.
when the topic of wedding budgets came up, the first thing we did was go into our 'total money makeover' account and try to make a budget page for weddings. let me be the one to tell you, do not try this. it will not work. we also tried the knot budget system, the martha stewart budget system and every other wedding budget system that google could find for me. none of them worked, and most were depressing. we should spend $2500 on my gown but only $1500 for our venue, based on our total budget?!
currently i am just using a simple spreadsheet. it's plain, it's easy, it works right now. hopefully b will soon work some magic and make it come alive for me. i am trying to ignore all of those percentages i saw earlier, and just work around what we have.
deposits have been sent to: the venue, the photographer, the valet service, the site manager and the day of coordinator. it makes me so happy each time i get to mail something out and know that it is one less thing to stress about.
one of the dresses i ordered arrived. it's a keeper. two others will not be arriving at all. more on this later!
i have had three wedding related nightmares in the past week. i need to calm down and stop reading so many wedding blogs. it's too much pressure!
when the topic of wedding budgets came up, the first thing we did was go into our 'total money makeover' account and try to make a budget page for weddings. let me be the one to tell you, do not try this. it will not work. we also tried the knot budget system, the martha stewart budget system and every other wedding budget system that google could find for me. none of them worked, and most were depressing. we should spend $2500 on my gown but only $1500 for our venue, based on our total budget?!
currently i am just using a simple spreadsheet. it's plain, it's easy, it works right now. hopefully b will soon work some magic and make it come alive for me. i am trying to ignore all of those percentages i saw earlier, and just work around what we have.
deposits have been sent to: the venue, the photographer, the valet service, the site manager and the day of coordinator. it makes me so happy each time i get to mail something out and know that it is one less thing to stress about.
one of the dresses i ordered arrived. it's a keeper. two others will not be arriving at all. more on this later!
i have had three wedding related nightmares in the past week. i need to calm down and stop reading so many wedding blogs. it's too much pressure!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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