Yellow Chysanthemums

Wouldn't this be a darling dress for a little girl in a wedding? To go along with this bridesmaids dress and this wedding dress I posted about previously?

What an adorable little girl!

Photo by ryan schude on Flickr.

Jonathan Canlas Photography

Love these wedding photos from photographer Jonathan Canlas. The bride's dress and headwear are so classic! I'd love to look like this on my wedding day!

There are dresses in the pictures?

I'm so enamored with the flowers and the nuance of color in these photos I almost didn't notice the wedding dresses!

The whole setting is just entirely decadent! I love it!

Dresses by Carlo Pignatellii. Link via Fashion Bride.

Letterpress invitations

If there's one thing I might like to splurge on wedding-wise (beyond the honeymoon), it wouldn't be the flowers or the dress, it would definitely be letterpress invitations.

Given that I do design work, I could easily whip up my own invites, so I've been leaning toward that. However, I can't do my own letterpress -- or at least I haven't figured it out yet -- given the equipment involved. Open to suggestions from you guys. I should see if Etsy offers classes.

Until I do figure it out, I'll have my eye on this invitation above from Smock.

Image via Southern Weddings.

Vintage wedding dress patterns

I love these. It's amazing how patterns so old can look so fresh. I especially like the covered sleeves. Everything I see in the stores with sleeves these days looks either frumpy or dated.

Big yellow blossom

This might be fun and playful on a sash as an embellishment to the dress. Everything else I've been considering is monochromatic, but if I go a bit more whimsical, this would work...

Flower Brooch via Leslie Janson on Etsy.

I'm fawning...

...over these shoes. Not sure they'll work with my dress, but the designer definitely has the retro thing down!

Post via Earth Friendly Weddings.

Rosettes and flower accents of all sorts

I love the variety of flower accents I've seen on dresses. I plan to add some sort of sash with flower embellishments that I create myself to my dress*.

Something like the flower(s) on the dresses shown here.



In fact, I just read something that suggested having a few different accent pieces that you change throughout the wedding for a few different looks. That definitely helps those of us who are indecisive! I'm thinking I might go with that in terms of the birdcage veil. Wear it during the ceremony, but go with a pin or a double strand pearl headband after.

***For those of you who caught that, yes, that's right, I bought my dress! Or mom bought me my dress to be more precise. I'll be adding a lace jacket and a flower sash, but here it is in all it's glory!)

A few black accents...

...to dress up your wedding gown! Controversial I know, but I love it anyway! Especially the details on the waist of this Vera Wang gown above.