My Etsy

LOVE Ann Taylor

These dresses are IDEAL!!

One problem: price tag is in the $350 range. ew. The third one is about $180 which I still feel is too high.

Ugh.

Bridesmaid ideas continued...

To add a wedding-y touch that they can remove later from the dresses for later wear and their own purposes-- a little floral belt/sash? Adorable! an example below, also from gardensofwhimsy on etsy.

Here's how it looks...BTW which is better, the olive or clover colored dresses? I'm leaning toward the style and color of the one on the far left below:

Hairpiece obsession

I keep coming across adorable hair accessories like these by GardensOfWhimsy on etsy. I AM OBSESSED with "putting lots of random crap in my hair" to quote one of my best girlfriends. It is my inner hippie sneaking out. So, this with a traditional veil, or with a long sheer peice and a birdcage veil? or what? I really like the little hydrangea one a LOT. (the first image)

And...a green option!

I think if I did go green for the bridesmaid's dresses, they would be more olive (darker green) as that is more flattering and useful than clover or kelly green.

http://www.davidsbridal.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplayView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10051&categoryId=3001604&currentIdx=43&subCategory=-49998976%257c3001465%257c3001604&catentryId=6097106&sort=

Bridesmaids...But they're my friends!

The hardest thing for me is deciding what will affect the OTHER people involved with my wedding, (i.e. the groom, the groomsmen, parents, etc).

Specifically, my closest girlfriends who are all rather particular about clothes and I do NOT want to force them to buy something they will never wear again. Which seems inevitable.

So, here's the choices:

-Hand them all a paint strip and say: "Pick any knee/tea length dress from this color scheme"

PROS: They can find a dress in their budget and to their tastes.

CONS: Motley Crew for bridesmaids, unkempt photos.

-Register somewhere like David's Bridal, where there is ONE specific color and many styles.

PROS: LOTS OF CONTROL FOR A CONTROL FREAK BRIDE

CONS: Cookie-cutter bridesmaids that spent too much on semi-formal dresses that would never pass for anything other than a wedding-party dress.

Pick ONE color and ONE style at a bridal shop, and stick to my guns.

PROS: No wishy-washy business of evaluating the individual girl's picks of dresses by phone, email, etc.

CONS: Have to pick a color and style that I am completely sure will suit all for body shape, price, future wear, and flattering colors, etc etc etc

For the last option, I came up with this so far:

Dark brown "Mocha" or "truffle" dresses about knee length.

The dark color makes it very re-wearable.

Strapless though, could be a little sloppy after a few glasses of champagne....

So maybe, add spaghetti straps? or choose something like this....the bubble may be a little too trendy though.

Opinions, please!

Last Post of the First Day

Sorry, I just HAD to get all my ideas out there!

Here is the color palette I like in the form of Bazzill Cardstocks (GREAT sturdy paper for card-making).

The paper company also owns Basic Grey, a paper and textile company which currently features Fabric Birds on their homepage!!!