This Will Be Our Year: Something Borrowed, Something Blue

I haven't talked much about our flowers other than a tangential post of my "inspiration" bouquet, and I'm pretty happy I didn't over-think it. Instead, I asked Devi of Les Fleurs de Vie for a green, cream, and lavender bouquet in muted tones (with a more monochromatic green scheme for the bridesmaids), and decided not to get too particular about the details. The end result was soft and lovely, and perfect.

(BM-Noe models the bridesmaid bouquet)
(My tri-color rose bouquet)
Wait, does something seem... familiar? My something borrowed and blue came courtesy of the lovely Mrs. Quiche—a wedding gift to her from Mrs. Perfume! I like to think that I took a piece of the 'Bee with me on my wedding day. :)


All photos by the spectacular Meg Perotti.

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Putting Our Faces On
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Sneaky Spaniel (The First Look)

Inspiration I could have lived without!

One item I never included in our more detailed wedding budget was my veil. I didn't need to—I have a hand-me-down! It's an ivory, elbow-length veil that my mom wore at her wedding to my step-father this past summer.

Photograph by Ken Portnoy
(I'd only use the back veil, not the blusher.) It's perfect for me since it doesn't have any additional embellishments—I feel like my dress is embellished enough!

Still, when I saw these mantilla veil photos at The Sari-Clad Bride, I had to reconsider my commitment to the simple veil.

(Photographs by David Schwartz Photography, via)

Too pretty, but my wallet hurts to think about trying to find something like this!

Did you find any great inspirations that you had to talk yourself down from?

A few more dresses to try (Wedding look 11)

I never thought I liked corset backs much, but when I went dress shopping with BM5 in June I realized that they can sometimes make for the most attractive fits. So I've decided to add a few more dresses into the mix when I go in for what I hope is the last time before the fittings this Saturday. Here is one of them.

Dress: Maggie Sottero Kameryn, $1,000. Veil: Fingertip Length Veil, 1 Tier, Plain with Pencil Edge, $49 from David's Bridal (or something borrowed from my mom!). Jewelry: Ben-Amun Gold Filigree Drop Chandelier Earrings, $63 at BlueFly; Amrita Singh India Bangle Set (of 36), silver and gold, $38 each at Gilt Groupe. Bridesmaid Dresses: Dessy Bridesmaid styles 2509 and 2053 in ivory satin and black lace. Shoes: Express yellow leather evening shoes, $39.99 from Nine West.

If I got this dress, I'd be getting the champagne and ivory over light gold color, even though D has repeatedly requested white. Oops! I just like a little more color saturation, and I'm sure he'll think I'm beautiful anyway. :) The bridesmaid dresses are definites, because I just sent all of the information to my bridesmaids last night(!) and they'll be ordered early next month. And the shoes and the jewelry? Well, I already have all three pieces, and I ordered them all specifically for the wedding (and specifically for this dress), but I think they would work with this dress, too (although not as well... but they are all perfect with the henna I'd like to do so maybe that will tie it all together). Really, I like the Allure Bridals dress better... but this one might look nicer on. We'll see!

Who are these people?

(source)

I stopped by the Fendi accessory sale at Gilt Groupe today on a whim, and saw that the $1,300 bags were "In Members' Carts." Who are these people dropping $1,300 on a bag? I want to know. And then I want to borrow their bag.

The bride wears Prada

Prada graphite metallic leather rose detail peep toe pumps, $556 at BlueFly

At least, the bride would like to wear Prada. Maybe if I bought them now and wore them a few times first they could be my something old? (Ha!) And it would reduce the per-wear cost? Or even better! You could buy them in a size 8 and lend them to me on my wedding day, and they could be my something borrowed? I swear, I would even give them back... eventually...! ;)