Dress Love Of The Week | Jim Hjelm

 more and more we are seeing dresses with a coloring of some sort becoming the trend - light gold, champagne, cafe, blush, pink, lilac and blue. whether it is the actual color of the dress, an accent detail or embroidery, these dresses are sure to wow.

Francesca Pitera

Francesca Pitera

Francesca Pitera for Jim Hjelm has always been one of my go-to designers, and the spring 2014 collection offers a beautifully, ethereal pale blue dress.

would you wear color?

with love - P

Summer Bridal Bouquet Love

One of my passions is flowers.  Having done flowers for several weddings, one of my favorite things about designing wedding flowers are the bridal bouquets.  There are an abundance of awesome ideas out there.  When planning your bouquet, one thing to consider is what flowers are in season.  Roses are always in season, and therefore make a good addition to your bouquet.  If you are looking for a quick way to expand the size of your bouquet, consider adding a couple hydrangea stems; beautiful hydrangea fill up a bouquet fast and add a ton of wow! Hydrangea are also always in season, however will be smaller in size depending on the time of year.  Here are a couple of beautiful bouquet ideas for summer weddings.  

The purple hydrangea stand out beautifully 

next to the white roses in this bouquet. 

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Peonies, orchids, freesia, roses and dahlias make this 

bouquet pop.  Freesia makes this bouquet smell as 

gorgeous as it looks! 

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Dahlia buds, stock, phlox, tulips, billy balls and red 

gerbera daisies make up this early summer bouquet. 

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The antique green hydrangea are beautiful in this bouquet alongside 

the cabbage roses, celosia, coxcomb, and seeded eucalyptus. 

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The honeysuckle and asclepsia along with the beautiful 

orange roses make this a colorful summer bouquet.

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The sunflowers add a touch of late summer to this bouquet along 

with the succulents throughout the bouquet for a unique touch. 

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 This white and blush rose bouquet with pearls 

throughout is an example of classic beauty!

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 I'm a sucker for calla lilies!  This combo of calla 

lilies and roses and simple and gorgeous!

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This all blue hydrangea bouquet is 

beyond amazing!

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If you are looking for something unique and exotic, 

these orchids are just the right touch.

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I hope this post has given you a few ideas when deciding on your bridal bouquet.  Remember, each bouquet is unique; make it your own!  

-N

Dress Love Of The Week | Hamda Al Fahim

we admit that we have a total obsession with fashion, wedding dresses and anything with sparkle that oohs and ahhs.

after combing through wedding dress designers, this week's dress love by designer Hamda Al Fahim will totally take your breath away and leave you wanting more, but they are so gorgeous that we wanted to show you more. so here is not one but two of her amazingly stunning dresses from the fall winter 2014 collection. be still my heart!

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a girl can always dream right?!

with love - P