We love: Tabloach Productions – Barbie/Ken Doll Customisations
A cool idea for a thank you gift for your flower girl or little bridesmaid is a unique Barbie doll that looks like them! Loanne Hizo Ostlie who runs Tabloach Productions has been customising Barbie and Ken dolls (and others!) for over 10 years with new hair and facial features. For for more information on doll customisations visit their website or store. Read More
2013 wedding dress collections
A quick look at the spring 2013 wedding dress collections show that it is not all strapless gowns for next year! Sleeves and shoulders are making an appearance from sheer three quarters, lacy decolletage to diagonal one one shoulder straps. Bows are back – bigger and better than ever! A move away from heavily bejewelled bodices to tulle, lace definition and coloured accents. Red is a staple colour in any catwalk bridal collection but 2013... Read More
We love: Bibi Invitations
Bibi Invitations was created to reflect the vibrant black culture and life style that is missing in most traditional wedding cards. Bibi Invitations draw inspiration from the deep and luxurious colours and patterns on African Fabrics such as kente, Aso Oke and Mudcloth. Bibi Invitations offers 3 distinct collections: Okin Signature Collection – Our haute couture luxury invitations. The invitations in this collection shimmer and shine with ... Read More
We love: Simply Bridal Wedding Dresses
Simply Bridal is an online retailer that started back in July 2011. They aim to deliver quality wedding and bridesmaid dresses without the fuss, hassle, and expense of middlemen. They are able to keep costs affordable since they don’t have the high overheads of retail space, whilst concentrating on using superior materials and delivering a fast, friendly, and professional service. Simply Bridal is based in Los Angeles, California... Read More
Free Wedding Magazine with Mollies Makes
If you are a crafty bride and like DIYing bits for your wedding, Let’s Get Hitched (produced in association with Etsy Wedding Registry) is a free wedding lookbook featuring handmade inspiration from real brides. The free lookbook is included with issue 14 of Mollie Makes – on sale on newstands from 11 May 2012! US brides have to wait an extra 2 weeks before the magazine is out, but if you can’t wait till then, you can check out... Read More
We love: Therez Fleetwood’s wedding dress collection
Therez Fleetwood’s bridal collection combines the exotic and romantic with the modern and structured. Inspired by colour, shape and texture, Therez creates a unique collection of wedding dresses that combine stylish silhouettes, gorgeous fabrics, exquisite details and creative design patterns made from beads, trinkets, embroidery, shells and lace. “Our society is a melting pot of various cultures”, says Fleetwood, “we are choosing... Read More
Hen Party // Bridal Shower Inspiration
Well, it is Leap Year Day today, the traditional day for ladies to propose marriage! Any gentlemen refusing said marriage proposal had to give the woman a kiss and a silk gown, but only if she was wearing a red petticoat. No red petticoats in this post today, but lots of hen night/bridal shower inspiration (because we know he’ll say yes)! Jade bridal shower invitation by Sweet Berry Lane. Just because it is a hen do, doesn’t mean you... Read More
Real Wedding: Felicia & Isaac vintage inspired Hazlehurst House wedding
The clocks may be going back and autumn has arrived with full force, but here on the blog it is always shining! Altanta wedding photographer, Afolabi Sogunro from Fotos by Fola, shares with us today the beautiful wedding of Felicia and Isaac, so grab a cup of tea and pull up a chair and prepare to be inspired! The wedding Felicia & Isaac tied the knot in a “vintage” inspired way . The wedding took place at the historic Hazlehurst House which... Read More
Hello Africa Wedding Dress Collection from Adele Wechsler
The ‘Hello Africa’ wedding dress collection from Adele Wechsler is a collection of Fairtrade wedding dresses celebrating the fusion of peoples and cultures from Adele’s home country of South Africa. Each dress is named in the Zulu, Swahili and Xhosa language, and incorporates beading by local Zulu women and local organic elements such as wooden beads and cultured fresh water pearls. Read More
We love: Violent Lips – Temporary Lip Tattoo Appliques
Violent Lips are temporary lip tattoo transfers that jazz up your lips for 4-8 hours. Certainly long enough to last a whole wedding day and survive your first kiss as a wife! #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-3 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-3 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /*... Read More