designer veils

I wasn't totally thrilled with my internet veil shopping experience. I found that unless you want something exceedingly simple, it's hard to order online. It seems that your best bet is to call or visit actual shops. Here are the best of the bunch.

Top Row Leah C. makes couture millinery here in NYC. She has some wonderfully unique styles on her website, or she'll make you a custom veil to exactly match your dress. Her website is awesome, but you've got to visit her or call to place an order.

Middle Row Erica Koesler makes a huge variety of veils, some very plain some not, all quite pretty. I found her website to be a tad difficult to use, but hey, she designs veils not websites, so check her out. You must "locate a store nearest you" to purchase her products.

Bottom Row J Couture in Park Slope makes a nice variety of veils, and has a wonderful website. I can say from personal experience that J Couture will custom make whatever you desire, weather it be a hairpeice, a custom veil, or a pill box hat. She's easy to work with and her store front is as cute as a button. But again, you've got to call or go to her store to place your order.

At the very least, visit these sites to get ideas on how to cover your bridal bean in style!

karenscape photography

We're going to pretend this post is all about Karen Gordon of Karenscape Photography. Honestly, as far as wedding photographers are concerned, my Mr. and I are convinced it doesn't get any better than Karen. She took about a million photos, almost all of which were fantastic, she was silent, stealthy, and professional. And to boot, we LIKED her. As in, she was a really nice person to have around on our wedding day. We're going to pretend that there's no vanity at work here, but I think you and I both know that my motives for posting these pictures are also a little bit about showing off. Just a little bit. But its mostly about Karen. Seriously. Well, maybe like 60/40.

kelly meeker designs

I notice a lot of brides lately really don't like the idea of having anything 'fake' at their weddings. I take that to mean two things in the context of jewelry: They don't want to stop at the Macy's counter and pick up the same rhinestone silver plated crap they bought for the junior prom, or they don't want to buy something that looks like it was made in Paris at the turn of century, but was actually produced in Paramus 8 days ago.
There are soo many wonderful boutique independent jewelers out there doing gorgeous things, real things, things you'll keep forever. So skip Macy's ladies! For starters, try Kelly Meeker Designs instead. She has some lovely bridal necklaces among other gorgeous things. Check her out.

gift giving made... easier.

We are all very concerned. We are worried. We don't know what to do. Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Birthday, Wedding Day, Flag Day and Wednes Day are all coming fast and we have no idea what to get for whoever we must get IT for! Help!

Here to help us is Carolyn. She writes a wonderful blog about gift giving called Whirled Events, where she focuses on where to go and what to get. All together... Thank You Carolyn! She wrote me a lovely email not too long ago to share a cool site she found called the Wedding Ring Workshop, a place where brides and grooms can make each other's wedding bands. How nice of her, right? I think so. I thought all of the brides out there looking for bridesmaids gifts would appreciate her help as well. Check her out!
image above from Martha Weddings. Thank you Martha.

cool blog: love made visible

Think of Love Made Visible as a booster shot of style! I just came across this blog thru Oh Joy! and I'm adding it to my daily inspirational reads. The author, Priya has a wonderful sense of design, and seems to find and post lovely, random, humorous, brilliant, and rare things on a regular basis. Check it out, I think you'll like it.

grace for weddings

Grace for Weddings is a great website for some of your wedding incidentals. Hair pieces, ring pillows, garters, etc. I love the dainty, organic feel to the hairpins. All of the products have a timelessness about them. I can picture them being put aside and saved for another generation of brides.

might as well face it. I'm addicted to rings.

Robert Palmer and his curvy babes had it all wrong. Addicted to Rings, Robert, RINGS. Not Love.
Anne Maa is feeding the addiction. Check her out.
The whole site wiffs of wonderful bridesmaids gifts.