another dozen handmade wedding dresses under $500: 2010 edition

{each photo links to its shop}

16 this time!

if you like these, see also the first dozen wedding dresses under $500 post.

slooow posting, sorry!

{ snails in love polymer magnets by joojooland }

it has been a heckuva week. i promise to get the announcement out on the dos gardenias giveaway, and i have another giveaway on deck.

in the meantime, check out this storque (etsy blog) feature on throwing an etsy bridal shower by e-zine utterly engaged.

(given my week, you could call me "utterly disengaged!"... er, from blog and engagement, not from man-who-lives-in-my-house, that is...)

later tonight, a blockbuster post i almost finished last weekend, up in five, seriously.

{lula}

{lula via scout-holiday}

{editorial: swept away}

{teen vogue march 2010 via studded hearts & tfs}

{inspiration: florals + lace}

{magdalena frackowiak via studded hearts}

{inspiration: lace, pleats, fringe + draping}

{rosie tupper by nicole bentley for vogue australia april 2010 via tobacco and leather & studded hearts}

{runway: sonia rykiel fall 2010}

. . . last season, sonia rykiel gave us ruffles & butterflies, and this year, it's pom poms & feathers . . .

{images: sonia rykiel fall 2010 rtw via the cherry blossom girl via distractions }