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Top 10 Trends from Bridal Fashion Week

This year, Bridal Fashion Week coincided with Tax Day and Earth Day. Unless your job depends on it, you may have missed the lavish event. Were you buried in old receipts? Busy wondering if you want to attempt taxes yourself? Maybe you went green for the day and turned off the tele. Lucky for those who missed out, following anything and everything wedding IS our job; so we listened, we watched and we Instagram stalked. Alas, we present you,...

14 Gift Ideas That Your Bridal Party Won’t Re-Gift

What better way to show your appreciation for your bridal party than with a well thought-out gift? Obviously you want to give them something they will cherish forever. But it can be a daunting task to choose something timeless. Fret not. Here is a selection of gifts that your bridal party guests will be thrilled to receive.  Cuyana Leather iPad Sleeve Image via Cuyana How gorgeous are these Cuyana leather iPad sleeves? Made from supple pebbled Italian leather and with padded...

Breaking Down Bridesmaid Dresses: Symmetry vs. Deconstruct

Photo Credit  Jennifer Jeanne Events The evolution of bridesmaid dresses has been rapidly changing since the beginning of the 21st century. Bridesmaid's have now taken center stage and are sharing the spotlight with the entire bridal party. We can all remember the time we were asked to be a bridesmaid for one of our friends and our first thought was "here we go again with the matchy-matchy dresses". Today, that may no longer the case for some brides. Although the symmetrical look...

FLORIOGRAPHY – A Flower’s Secret Meaning

Floriography - the language of flowers - is an art that flourished in the Victorian Era under a mix of writers, poets, and publishers.  The language quickly gained favor in the 1800’s and became a favorite of royalty.  In addition to being a wonderful way to communicate one’s feelings for a lover without one’s royal court knowing their business.  It was also a discrete way for a lover to communicate their intentions without the awkwardness of words or the...

Pantone – 50 Years in Color

Pantone Colors Each year, the Pantone Color Institute has released a set of colors to the public, specifying one as the “Color of the Year”. While each year’s colors are meant as a representation of what that year will, hopefully, hold. Pantone’s goal is both to capture and to set the mood for the year, this year’s being mindfulness and well-being. The delicate shades of Rose Quartz, which looks to be more of a blush/lemonade pink than rose, and Serenity, a...