Aisle Style: The Imaginative Indie Bride

A step-by-step guide for the indie bride. This bride stylishly struts her offbeat style. She supports independent jewelry companies like Prismera Design, who make beautiful botanical and nature-inspired jewelry and Ouma for custom tulle dress designs. This bride dares to be different…

The Bridesmaid Dresses: Dress your maids in these unique and chic ‘Queens Crouquet Ground’ custom party dresses tinted in any color for the bride who loves wearable art. Choose from any color including antique pink, blushy peach, light aqua periwinkle or give each gal a different hue! by Ouma; $325.00

The Jewelry: Wear a Titanopsis necklace, cut from a sheet of metal and then cast in bronze, this succulent inspired piece invokes the quality of hand wrought artifacts of an earlier period, by Prismera Design; $106.00

Wear layered cherish bangles.. These delicate yet sculptural pieces are best worn layered and are now available in sets. Pile them on and combine the bronze and sterling silver bangles for a stunningly unique look with your gown, by Prismera Design; sets from $130.00 – $250.00

The Setting: Set the table with handmade plates created from vintage plates and stencils, DIY instructions via Bloesem.

A true Indie-pendent bride will be sure to serve her guest fair trade coffee from stylishly hand illustrated ‘to go’ coffee cups sure to make those boring Starbucks cups envious.

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..

Feb

16

Aisle Style: Custom Bouquet Giveaway!

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Do you remember this spectacular glamorous rock n’ roll wedding we featured last year? There was a ton of buzz about the bridal bouquet made entirely of peacock feathers, and carefully created by the talented bride herself who is the designer behind Diamond Willow.

Photos: Christine Chang Photography

We received so many e-mails about the bouquet and were so enamored with this unique design that we enlisted the talented bride/jewelry designer of Diamond Willow to make the same bouquet for the Maui ceremony and reception we did last year and recently blogged about.

She created a spectacular bleached peacock feather version for the softer style of the wedding. It was so fun to see the same design look completely different against the backdrop of the sparkling sea and soft pastel palettes. This just goes to show that this bouquet is so stunningly unique that it could really be used in any wedding. It gorgeously sweeps the floor and adds such high fashion drama to the wedding gown.

Photos :Christine Pham

Kristi of Diamond Willow desribes her style as “being the quintessential san francisco girl, i’ve been immersed in a melting pot of culture and fashion as long as i’ve been able to breathe. Growing up heavily influenced by my mother’s prim japanese side, but in love with everything rebellious from my father’s rocker tendencies. What you see is a direct result of being trapped in my room with a pair of scissors, a needle and thread, a fear of clowns, and a love of nature.”

Kristi has also decided to add “bouquet designer” to her list of talents, so now you can purchase one of these custom bouquets in either the jewel tone, bleached feather version, or any design you can think of!

To win the custom brilliant bleached feather bouquet, leave a comment below with just a little something about your wedding (or family member/friends wedding). We will announce the winner this Friday!

Feb

5

Aisle Style: The Elegantly Eco Bride

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A step-by-step guide to an Elegantly Eco wedding, from start to finish…

The Dress: Be eco-friendly and stunning in this “Pixie” gown by Natural Bridals, made in either a Matte Hemp/Silk Blend or a Hemp/Silk Floral Jacquard. It has a hand draped skirt with bows and hand gathered hemp/silk crepe “flowers above every other bow.

The Jewelry: Christine Mighion Jewelry are made from 14k recycled gold and ethically mined stones (whenever possible). Wear a gorgeous Chrysocolla Druzy wrapped in the sunny warmth of recycled 14k gold and given a heavy brushed finished and say love with these dainty eco friendly recycled 14k rose gold heart post earrings! Each heart is unique and formed individually from molten gold.

The Setting: Raw concrete walls, a reclaimed wood table, chandelier from a flea market… Minimal use of flowers, simple soy candles instead. An overall earthy organic look accented by the yellow color of the sunshine…

The Cake: Bake an organic homemade cake in the palettes of mother nature. Find a variety of recipes and designs from Sarah Magids’ Organic and Chic cake book.

The Cake Accents: These little barn owls are delightfully named Ponsenby and would be perfect for cake toppers. Made with detailed layers of fabric scraps and tiny hand stitches.

Feb

4

Aisle Style

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Would you like to sashay down the aidle in an Anne Valerie Hash limited edition wedding dress? Well it comes with a $78,300.00 price tag. If you pre-order it now it will arrive by May 31st, so get out those check books!