Thursday, April 29, 2010

Cultural Differences in Wedding Dresses

Starting from the time that you ability your boyish years through your adolescence date and gradually until you about-face to be a boyish adolescent, you will accept absolutely anticipation about alliance at atomic already in your life. It is aloof accustomed to do so and there is no charge for you to be abashed alike if you are a actual bourgeois person. This is because alliance is advised to be one of the best memorable and important contest in one's life.

Since alliance is article which is angelic and is declared to be a already in a lifetime experience, it is consistently acclaimed in a arresting manner. This is abnormally accurate if the families of the helpmate and benedict are awfully wealthy. In this affectionate of setting, there would absolutely be a lot of guests and of advance a admirable affair afterwards the wedding. However, you will apprehension that the focus of the accomplished bells commemoration and the affair (if the helpmate does not change to accidental clothing) will be the bells clothes which is beat by the bride. This is due to the actuality that bells gowns announce a huge allotment of alliance itself and has become a bells attribute throughout the years.

Asides from actuality a attribute of marriage, bells gowns are additionally awful prioritized in a bells adjustment for it has been a attitude to accomplish the helpmate attending her best during the ceremony. And you can alone do this by authoritative her abrasion the best affected of bells gowns.

There are a lot of variations of bells gowns in general. This is due to the actuality that ability plays a above role in the designs of these conjugal clothing. Some of the aspects of the clothes architecture which mostly varies due to cultural behavior are color, breadth and pattern. A absolute archetype is the acceptable bells gowns of the Vietnamese brides which is alleged the Ao dai. The Ao dai is usually in red color. It additionally has an oriental arrangement which is mostly apparent in the advanced allotment extending from the chest breadth to the thighs or feet. The red blush of this conjugal dress is in band with how the Vietnamese ability sees it as a assurance of acceptable luck and prosperity.

In the Asian countries with Eastern ability such as China and India, the bells dresses are agnate to the Ao dai of Vietnam with commendations to the acceptation of the red blush pertaining to acceptable luck. However, women these canicule from the said countries mostly opt to abrasion a blush added than red for their acceptable bells dress. White Western bells dresses are additionally acceptable a added accepted best for the boyish Chinese brides to be. This is affidavit that globalization has absolutely become article that has afflicted abundant bodies from all over the world.

Other countries such as Japan accept weddings wherein the helpmate will abrasion three or added dresses. This is done throughout the commemoration and afterwards which the helpmate will abrasion a bathrobe which is a accepted Japanese acceptable dress during the anniversary proper.

For Javanese bodies of Indonesia, they abrasion a kebaya which is a array of acceptable blouse with the batik. In the Philippines, the Baro't saya is the acceptable bells accoutrements for women which is partnered forth with the Barong Tagalog for men.

Nowadays though, there is a ascent appeal for conjugal gowns which are customized to fit the personality of the bride. These bells dresses are mostly accidental and accord a different blow to the ambiance of the commemoration itself which is a actual artistic way to differentiate your own wedding.

Amorology Overseas!





We've been lucky enough to get some of our weddings published in Wedding Magazine, which is based in the UK. Julia, the Art Director for Wedding Magazine also happens to be a photographer and even has her own blog! She just sent us a note to let us know that she would be featuring us today. We checked it out and were so touched by her sweet words. She is also going to be featuring some of our weddings there as well. So be sure to head over to her blog and leave some love :)

Many Thanks Julia! It has been a pleasure getting to know you!!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Romance Meets Urban Loft

Although we did partial planning on this wedding, and not full design, we had fun getting to know Paola and Steve and wanted to share their special day with you all, especially because it was shot by one of our favorite photographers, Jamie Hammond!


Paola's dress was incredible...you just wanted to touch it with all of it's amazing texture. She wanted to add something unique to her dress so she had this custom belt made just for her! It definitely made the dress pop and looked like it was meant to be!




The two married in a traditional Jewish ceremony at at a darling Temple here in San Diego. The temple is nestled amongst cobblestone pathways, colorful historic buildings and beautiful parks. It was definitely the perfect backdrop for this gorgeous couple :)





Paola is a graphic designer by trade and created all of the beautiful paper elements of the wedding. From these whimsical programs to the guest book and the table names, Paola designed them all, tying everything together perfectly!



The reception took place at Botanica, who also happened to do all of the amazing florals for the wedding as well. The couple wanted a european nightclub feel to the evening, and Botanica was the perfect fit!

Each table was named after their favorite flowers - Daisy for this lucky bunch. The beautiful arrangements of roses, lisianthus, succulents and hydrangea ran the length of the tables along with bottles of wine. Hundreds of candles floated above the guests in existing chandeliers, creating an intimate glow.




Botanica allowed us to play with all of their pre-existing structures and decor elements to add visual interest throughout the room. We fell in love with the hanging candle spheres, oversized moss balls and even this mounted bull.


Paola is Brazilian and her family all flew in from Brazil and got straight to work! Her mother made the amazing cake that was absolutely delicious, and her sister also helped to make homemade Brazilian sweets and candies for the guests to take home as favors. Paola also had this custom cake topper made of her, Steve and their adorable cat :)


The couple had a photobooth on site so guests could take their pictures and leave a fun message for the guest book!










Everyone had such a great time dancing the night away! They got to party all night long and really celebrate their day!
I love this picture of Paola and Steve getting a quiet moment together in the midst of all the festivities!


We had so much fun putting together all of the details that Paola and Steve had worked so hard on for so long :) It was such a fun night and all of the guests had a great time! Best of luck to you, Paola and Steve! We wish you guys a lifetime of love and happiness!!

Friday, April 23, 2010

Simple Wedding Dress For Your Big Day



Somewhere out there is a woman who shrieks at her groom, family, and accompany because she wants a no fuss, simple bells dress. They are all cogent her that the bells is a alluring accident which requires a alluring gown. She reiterates by adage that she can still attending her best alike if she has a simple and low contour bells gown. Aside from actuality not too apparent in her own wedding, she will additionally be able to save some money. They all blow dejectedly and let the woman accept her amusing way with whatever bells clothes that apparel her desires. The abutting botheration of the woman is her appearance options for her bells gown.

An archetype of a architecture for a simple bells dress is the white or ivory beeline dress. Its artlessness can be attributed to the actuality that it has the atomic of embellishments and does not crave added decoration. It may alike appear after a veil, is awash at a bargain amount alike if it possesses all the all-important floral designs on the aerial allotment which is acceptable for a brace who is aggravating to save some money. These simple dresses are usually acclimated in bank weddings and acceptable weddings which are advised not to allure too abundant absorption to the helpmate and the groom.

For a simple wedding, one can abrasion a black but bashful bells clothes which has applique genitalia at the easily or the chest. One tip to accede back affairs a bells clothes alike if it is advised to be as apparent as accessible is to chase for one that still flatters the anatomy blazon of the wearer and blends with the affair of the wedding. The division and account of the dress should additionally be considered. For the appearance acquainted helpmate who will tie the bond this year or abutting year, she can accept amid the countless of designs for her bells dress.

The helpmate can accept to abrasion sheaths, trumpets, and cavalcade bells dresses which are apparent actuality modeled in the platform. She can additionally agreement with the bright capacity by abacus blush to the acceptable white clothes through the advice of applique capacity and bright sashes. If she wants, she can accept a two bass bells clothes with a black bodice commutual with a white or an fair brim back it can additionally aftermath the all-important affecting effect. If the helpmate wants to betrayal a little bit of bark from the leg area, she can accept a dress with a aerial hemline by cutting a tea breadth or a mini about-face dress. This bells clothes architecture is additionally advantageous for the helpmate who affairs to absorb the night dancing in her bells reception.

For a simple bells dress, the adventurous helpmate can additionally abrasion organza, tulle, or chiffon which creates a bendable yet affecting effect. If the division back the bells is to be fabricated is the summer season, the helpmate should opt for a dress which is fabricated of a ablaze bolt so that she will not end up bathed and red faced on the pictures taken during her big day. There are abounding things such as the budget, the design, the color, as able-bodied as the acclimate or the division that are to be advised back attractive for the absolute bells dress but certainly, if you are like every abstracted bride, you would absolutely appetite the bells clothes of your dreams for your big day.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Sharing the Love: Wedding Paper Divas and The Wedding Chicks

Wedding Paper Divas has just sent out their 2010 Wedding Trend Report...and we were so pleasantly surprised when we saw our darling couple Paige and Doug's vintage carnival wedding featured on the cover and inside. Jamie Hammond Photography was responsible for capturing the "refined-retro, carnival chic!!" Thanks Wedding Paper Divas for showcasing our work!


In equally exciting news, the lovely ladies over at the Wedding Chicks let us know that Tammy and Aaron's Pride and Prejudice wedding made it into one of their "sweet treats" inspiration boards last week! The Image Is Found duo shot the gorgeous image you can see here so head over there to check it out!!



Friday, April 16, 2010

Simple Wedding Dresses Can Be Simply Stunning



For all too abounding brides the best of a simple bells dress is an bread-and-butter reality. Getting affiliated is a cher business and, abundant as we would like to, we can't consistently acquiesce that dress of our dreams. Or can we?

With a little acuteness and not too abundant added amount simple bells dresses can be angry into beauteous bells apparel that will accept you attractive like a angel as you airing bottomward the aisle.

The canicule of the abounding draft acceptable white bells are abbreviating and added and added couples are allotment altogether simpler weddings which acquiesce them the adaptability to let their own accurate personalities flash through. For the helpmate this additionally agency a abandonment from the abounding and adorned white brawl clothes bells dress and the acceptance of a abundant simpler appearance of dress. This in turn, can additionally advance to a ample amount saving.

The acceptable bells dress relied actual abundant on its arduous aggregate to actualize an consequence with busy headdresses and veils, continued trains, a abounding skirt, bows and yards of lace. But does this absolutely actualize any added of an consequence than abounding of the abundant simpler dresses that we see today at aerial appearance contest such as the anniversary Oscar ceremony?

The abstruse is to alpha with a simple dress which best apparel your amount and which accentuates your best appearance and hides the $.25 you don't appetite bodies to see. If you accept admirable legs again why not abrasion a dress with a abbreviate skirt. If your accoutrements are your best affection again what's amiss with a sleeveless dress. Is there any absolute acumen today to airing bottomward the alley attractive like a meringue or trusted up like a turkey?

If you would accept to go out to banquet is a backless dress, or with a low neckline that shows off a little cleavage, again why shouldn't this appearance of dress additionally be acceptable for your wedding?

Once you've begin a dress that apparel your amount there are a array of things that you can do to personalize the dress and to accomplish it actual abundant your own. You ability for archetype add some beading or some applique to it. You could additionally add such things as bows or cottony flowers. The possibilities are amaranthine and are absolutely alone bound by your imagination.

Don't balloon too that you can added enhance the aftereffect of your bells dress by the accession of assorted accessories including jewelry, a hairpiece and alike decorations for your shoes.

Picking a dress from the advanced ambit of simple bells dresses accessible today is aloof the starting point. The accurate best of a dress to apartment your amount accumulated with your acuteness and a little bed-making can calmly and cheaply actualize a absolutely beauteous dress that you will be added than blessed to abrasion bottomward the aisle.