Showing posts with label bridal party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bridal party. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
1 bridesmaid dress down, 7 more to go!
Ok ladies, time to bring your A-game -- the first bridesmaid dress has been found! Morgan just ordered this adorable little navy number from J.Crew. Love it! Paired with red heels, red lipstick and maybe some pearls and a cute hair clip, and this baby is good to go (down the aisle). =) Good job, Morgan!
Hair accessories
So here are the bird cage veils / fascinators that I'm attracted to so far. I like the handmade cloth flower look, but I'm not sure if I want an actual veil in front of my face. Maybe have the veil to the side of my head instead?
All these pieces are like $75 and up, which I find ridiculous. I actually found a pretty gardenia flower (3.25in) on eBay for about $10. Crafty friends, do you think we can do something with it?
And I thought it might be cute if the bridesmaids wore a smaller version (maybe in red?) like this. Thoughts?
Sunday, January 30, 2011
More blue dresses
Some of you ladies have expressed some concern over the theme wardrobe, so I thought I'd put together a quick montage photo using dresses from -- you guessed it -- modcloth.com to show you examples of 1940s dresses (click to enlarge). And I think red lipstick and pumps are a definite -- cheeky! =)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Wedding Theme Updates
Well, it turns out that Freddie's will be a no-go ... they won't let us have the entire restaurant, booo. So we're going to talk to Mercury Hall and Star Hill Ranch about booking for a Sunday wedding (all Saturdays are booked from here to eternity, it seems). So far Star Hill Ranch is the front-runner, and it is BALLER. It's an entire "old town square" out of 620/71, and it even has a little white chapel AND a windmill! Check it out at http://www.starhillranch.com/.
If we go this route, we're thinking about taking the vintage Americana theme one step further and make it a county fair wedding. Maybe some corn on the cobb and pie eating contests? =) If nothing else, there will DEFINITELY be a petting zoo. Screw the kids, I want to cuddle a baby goat! And the coolest thing is that we'd have the property from 8am to midnight, meaning we could have a fun day in the country and just have a good old bbq time.
Sooo ... I'm thinking I should stick to my vintage Americana roots and do red, white and blue. Not tacky bright reds and blues, but darker, vintagey reds and blues - like a 1940s county fair or carnival. Here's the photo that's my inspiration:
As such, we should start thinking about how we can reflect this theme in the bridesmaid dresses without going hokey. I'm thinking adorable sundresses that mix red/white/blue with yellow highlights and have a floral or other small to medium pattern. These are my two favorites (from my new crush, modcloth.com).
Do you ladies think you can find a flirty, knee-length dress that emulates this look? Don't worry about being too cold, either -- I think we're probably going to book the October 2nd Sunday if Star Hill Ranch is the winner. The only other option is November 13th, and that's just getting too close to the holiday madness. (PS, Caitlin you owe me big -- November 20th falls on a Sunday this year, and Dave really wanted to book it, lol.)
Oh, and I was going to create my own invites, too, which I thought could look something like this:
If we go this route, we're thinking about taking the vintage Americana theme one step further and make it a county fair wedding. Maybe some corn on the cobb and pie eating contests? =) If nothing else, there will DEFINITELY be a petting zoo. Screw the kids, I want to cuddle a baby goat! And the coolest thing is that we'd have the property from 8am to midnight, meaning we could have a fun day in the country and just have a good old bbq time.
Sooo ... I'm thinking I should stick to my vintage Americana roots and do red, white and blue. Not tacky bright reds and blues, but darker, vintagey reds and blues - like a 1940s county fair or carnival. Here's the photo that's my inspiration:
As such, we should start thinking about how we can reflect this theme in the bridesmaid dresses without going hokey. I'm thinking adorable sundresses that mix red/white/blue with yellow highlights and have a floral or other small to medium pattern. These are my two favorites (from my new crush, modcloth.com).
Do you ladies think you can find a flirty, knee-length dress that emulates this look? Don't worry about being too cold, either -- I think we're probably going to book the October 2nd Sunday if Star Hill Ranch is the winner. The only other option is November 13th, and that's just getting too close to the holiday madness. (PS, Caitlin you owe me big -- November 20th falls on a Sunday this year, and Dave really wanted to book it, lol.)
Oh, and I was going to create my own invites, too, which I thought could look something like this:
Sunday, January 16, 2011
I love ModCloth.com!
Ok, these dresses are ridiculously short and only come in small-medium-large, but holy crap are they cute!
More bridesmaid inspiration
If we DO decide to do color dresses, the most "vintagey" looking dresses I've found so far are wrap dresses, apron dresses and sundresses. To me, 1930s vintage means flowy flower-print dresses. Here are some examples of dresses I've found:
Wrap Dresses
Apron Dresses
Sundresses
Wrap Dresses
Apron Dresses
Sundresses
The white idea
So I've been seeing a lot of vintage weddings do a "white" theme, where the bridesmaids are actually in white, off-white, cream and beige dresses (yes, those are all separate colors). Very Great Gatsby. I kind of like it, but I wanted to get everyone's opinion on the look. It might actually be easier to "match" neutral-colored dresses, and it might also be easier to find a vintage-y dresses. On my end, I could wear a more romantic, long flowy dress that mimics the 1920s/30s. Thoughts?
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