ENGAGEMENT PICS

                                       &nbs p;                                   VENUE: Villa Del Sol D'oro

                                                                           THEME AND INSPIRATION

After I was originally inspired by this photo from Vanity Fair on the left, I've been modeling our theme after period piece movies. Most of my ideas are gathered from movies I love like these:

Here's an inspiration board I made incorporating the theme and color palette. It all took months of brainstorming and 2nd guessing but I'm psyched it all seems to be coming together now.

                                                                            Flower color ideas:

                                                                                 &nb sp;  My Gown

by Enzoani

Of course it's just in my personality to want to tweak with it somehow so I decided to change the neckline to more of a scalloped sweetheart like Natalie Portman's dress in this pic. I hired a seamstress at first to perform the surgery and after not being impressed with the work I decided to do it myself. Yes - I am CRAAAZY! I don't even know how to work a sewing machine so I did it by hand. Here's how it came out! =)

I'm a wacko 2 dress-bride

                                                   FOR SALE:

Rivini Gown "Olat." Brand spankin' new. Never altered. Never used. Size 6. Please help me get this lovely frock out of my closet. For more pics/info please e mail: anadabrab @ hotmail dot com

HAIR IDEAS

What I really liked about this model’s hair-do is the volume and period piece look that I was wanting to tie in with the old world style.

I came across these photos of Kristen Stewart. Her up-do is so close to capturing my ideal hairstyle. It’s big, voluminous, and a little messy. It’s also classic, modern, and edgy at the same time.

At first I made this for my hair, but now I'm thinking it looks too 1940s/50s

So now I'm thinking about wearing something like this instead. I'm liking the idea of colored flowers and a feather

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 Bridal Bling

 I thought I’d end up purchasing my jewelry at a department store, but actually found it at Banana Republic of all places at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace when I was in Vegas over the pastThanksgiving holiday. We were just looking at clothes as I would not expect them to carry formal jewelry, but then this bracelet winked at me from under a glass jewelry case. I also found these earrings there. They have the slightest hint of blue in the center so they’ll double up as my ’something blue.’

                                  The Shoes                         

INVITATIONS:

I'm in the process of working with etsy seller Lindsey Ryan after seeing Mrs. Perfume's invitations posted on Weddingbee. I'm excited to see the finished product!

                                                                         VENDORS

Venue: Villa Del Sol D'oro

Catering: Santa Anita Gardens Catering

Photographer: Jason Q. Tran

Ceremony Music: Fiddlestix

Florist: Kate Baker

Officiant: Father John Kearney

DJ: friend

Pocketfolds: Cards and Pockets

Invitations: Lindsey Ryan Designs

Enzoani Gown: Dorianne Veils

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