Shabby Apple Bridesmaid Dress Giveaway!

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To kick off our new blog series, 7 Dresses and Counting… We are letting you choose between 7 styles of bridesmaids dresses and you will be eligible to WIN your favorite! We adore the sleek and chic silhouettes of Shabby Apple. The dresses are vintage inspired, uber stylish and the price point won’t send your bridesmaids ducking for cover. The names of the collections alone will inspire you for your big day; ‘central park’, ‘carousel’, ‘boysenberry’, ’skyscraper’, ‘manhattan’. The best part about these bridesmaid dresses? Your maids will TRULY wear them again. They will NOT be ‘accidentally’ dropped off at the nearest Goodwill or stashed in the back of the closet with all of those other numbers that left you feeling like you may appear in an episode of ‘bridemaids gone bad’. Each Shabby Apple dress comes in a variety of colors, so you can let your maids choose their styles and stay within your color palette!

A little background on the company: Shabby Apple was started about four years ago by two women, Emily and Althea (she goes by CK). They both loved fashion and had been talking about the idea of starting their own business providing conservative, stylish dresses for woman to wear in the workplace, on campus, or anywhere.

They started with ten dresses that they designed themselves, hired a photographer, found a pretty girl (Emily’s neighbor) to model the dresses, and started their very own online company. Since then they have expanded. They have hired different designers to create certain lines, but are still very much involved in the design process.
One of their original dresses was the Cleopatra, which is a dress that was inspired by a dress CK owned, which was her mom’s dress before it was hers. When looking for inspiration, they pulled that vintage dress out of the closet and created their own updated version and it’s still one of their favorite dresses. Sometimes you can take something from the past and it can still be beautiful and timeless with a few modern tweaks.

When starting a company it was very important to both Emily and CK to give back. Since their company is a company started by women for women, they wanted to pick a charity that benefited women! They decided to partner with Unitus-a non profit organization that accelerates access to life changing financial services for those at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Shabby Apple donates 5% of its net sales to support work in India (where Shabby Apple Dresses has sourced many of its dresses and the textiles used to manufacture its dresses).

HOW TO ENTER TO WIN ONE SHABBY APPLE BRIDESMAID DRESS:

Please choose your favorite style by entering the name of the dress with your comment.
Tell us a bit about our wedding? Why would this style work for your wedding?
The winner will be chosen at random, and will win the style that they chose! The winner will be announced Monday, July 12th at 5 PM Central.
CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT: VIA the random number generator, random.org, THE WINNER IS…. Carri!

“love love love Jack + Jill! My maids are super sassy and they would totally rock this fashion! Our wedding style is garden chic meets city glam. Tons of Peonies and vintage elements (like floral teacups) infused with chandelier and crystal essentials!” Congrats Carri!

Jul

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Hank + Hunk Contest Winner

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Thank you everyone for entering our Hank + Hunt fabric garland contest! We used the random number generator from Random.org and the winner is Alici! Alici said “I think these could create a stunning DIY Chandelier. My reception venue is outdoors and has a pergola type roof. I’d love to drape these around and create an incredible lighting feature with them.”

Thanks Alici, we can’t wait to see photos!

Jul

1

Giveaway Contest!: Hank + Hunt Garlands

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Hank + Hunt creates the most fabulous fabric garlands in fun prints from seersucker and fishnet to green ombre! At Hank + Hunt, they supply pretty party goodies, fanciful garlands and more, oh my! Hank + Hunt loves a good party, especially when it’s pretty…

This giveaway is for three pretty little garlands. One three inch wide “Fancy” garland and one two inch wide garland, both made from unbleached muslin (a Hank + Hunt fave.) The third is a 1″ wide chunky muslin garland. Each garland is two strips of fabrics layered, ruffled with raw soft pinked edges. They are gathered in the center and are a smidge over 5′ long (our “petite” size.) For easy hanging, there are white twill tape ties sewn in on each edge (about 1.5 ft on each side).

Just in time for summer bbqs, weddings, or showers, we aim to please. Our shortest size is perfect for baby’s first birthday pic in her highchair, or her sweet sixteen party. These garlands are made to last and endure all life’s special moments, celebrations for generations.

How can you use it?
1. Hang.
2. Twist & fluff (not required, some like extra fluffy and that’s okay.)
3. Enjoy and have one heck of a good time (required.)

To WIN these three handmade Hank + Hunt designer garlands (for use at your next wedding or party), leave a comment and tell us how you plan on using them!

Jun

29

Lollilove: Aisle Dash Wedding Blog Awards

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Aisledash.com has just announced their first annual Wedding Blog Awards! The Wedding Blog Awards gives brides, grooms, wedding industry professionals and wedding bloggers an opportunity to nominate and honor their favorite wedding blogs in 12 categories’.

Us Lolliladies would love your nominations and votes. We would love to be honored in any category you feel that we are deserving. We would especially love your nominations and votes for the ‘Best Service Vendor Blog’.

We think that we have a unique blog in the sense that we are full time wedding designers, stylists, and stationery designers in addition to daily bloggers. So in addition to our daily blog posts we have clients whose weddings & events we are designing from start (the invites) to finish (the event). We bring you industry trends, but also love to offer you all sneak peeks into our design process! Our main focus and platform is showcasing our design process, and the design process of other vendors & designers in the industry with our Inspiration to Creation posts! We hope that this is a unique feature that differentiates us in some way. Thank you for reading and supporting us!

To learn more about the nomination process and rules, hop on over to Aisle Dash.com!

Feb

19

Custom Bouquet Giveaway Winner!

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It’s time to announce the winner, but first a little bit about the designer… The stunning Diamond Willow bouquets can be purchased in both natural and bleached bouquets of any size. Kristi also designed the hair pieces and bridesmaid adornments for her wedding. Additionally she has a Prim Collection that would be perfect for extra fabulous fashionable bridesmaids!

Kristi said of her collection, “my own wedding has inspired me to make custom feather bouquets.this timeless elegance will be treasured by you and your family as a piece of art that you can pass down, or selfishly keep all to yourself…”

The bouquets are unique, eco-friendly and keepsakes. If you look at your dress and jewelry as a treasured piece to pass down, why not your bouquet too?
We had Kristi, the designer of Diamond Willow choose the winner of the custom bouquet giveaway contest.

She loved every comment and finally chose Syliva who said “I absolutely died when I saw this bouquet! Jason and I are trying to compromise on our bouquet expectations. He wants something lush that we will keep as a memento; I don’t want a bunch of dead flowers to hold onto for the evening! This is the perfect fit for us. It will look at home with our outdoor/nature focused wedding and we will have something beautiful to keep as a memento (that isn’t dead flowers)!” Sylvia was chosen because Kristi designed this bouquet for the exact same reason. She did not want dead flowers after the event, she wanted a keepsake.

Contact Kristi immediately to add a bit of drama to your wedding ensemble, an eco-friendly piece and a treasure to pass down to loved ones..