Metallic Wedding Palette

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For autumn, there's something special about sparkling metallics blended with deep colors, warm fabrics, and firelight! Incorporate these rich tones into your bridal wear (shoes, sash, dress, jewelry) or your bridal decor (centerpieces, flowers, food, wall hangings)... Here are some of our favorite finds to brighten your wedding decor! * * * * Gold table setting ideas: Elizabeth Ann Designs Gold Torrent Drops: Anthropologie $48 Golden vessels bearing silver number … [Read more...]

Beautiful Bridal Bouquets for Fall

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Summer is on the wane, and everything shifts with the seasons in regard to wedding planning. From the foods to the colors to the fabrics, and of course the flowers a bride carries down the aisle. Celebrate the season with a deep, lush, majestic bouquet, like some of these pictured below! feature image: The bride at this California wedding, a floral designer by trade, composed her bouquet of plush 'Pieter B' and 'Evelyn' garden roses, bunny tails, and pink-edged variegated dogwood. Vintage … [Read more...]

Ethical Jewelry: Know what you’re buying

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If you are headed toward an engagement, or are engaged already but still looking for the right ring or other bridal jewelry, there are other things to think about aside from style, price, and size of the rock!  Whether your personal values have led you to follow a more environmentally and socially conscious lifestyle, or you just want to do your part in making the world a better place, consider buying an "ethical" - not just beautiful - engagement ring. It’s amazing, points out Katherine … [Read more...]

5 New Engagement Ring Trends

Diamond rings are always in style. The settings might change from season to season, but the current trends are simply new takes on an old theme. Whether your style is contemporary or classic, ornate or simple, these 5 trends will provide inspiration for everyone. After all, diamonds are forever... and diamonds are a girls best friend... so choose wisely! Shown: Tacori Vintage Engagement Rings Old Stones and antique settings prove that old is new again! Shown: Doyle & Doyle $2,950; … [Read more...]

Autumn Wedding Part II: Gowns and Accessories

Autumn's colors and glowing and vibrant, and the fall bride should be glowing and vibrant too! Winter will be here soon enough, so forget the snowy white, virginal look for now, and mix in some glorious fall color! Passionate reds, flaming yellow, mossy greens and earthy browns, sparkling with glints of gold and copper. Gold: If you want subtle color in the place of white or ivory, consider a gold toned gown... or simply add a golden sash to warm up a traditional white dress. Add antique gold … [Read more...]