A Fair Themed Wedding

As most of you may already know, Nüage Mulberry was asked to create all the paper products for Charlotte Wedding Magazine's Feature Wedding in their latest Spring/Summer 2011 issue. The theme was an elegant fair theme wedding, or carnival theme wedding. It was a challenge so exhilarating that my brain was going a mile a minute during the initial meeting. And here's what I came up with...

Anne Bodnar Markey of Favor Me Events, along with the help of The Place for Flowers, took their vision and designed the perfect marriage of elegance and playfulness. The amazingly gorgeous cake was done by The Wow Factor Cakes, and WOW it is!

The photography was taken by  Sara Brennan-Harrell of Whitebox Photography. La-Tea-Da Catering came up with the most upscale carnival food you can imagine, including chicken cordon bleu lollipops, fried chicken and waffles with chipotle butter and vanilla bourbon maple syrup, sweet potato fry cones with smoked sea salt, and rosemary infused lemonade...to name a few. Hungry yet? Wait until you actually see the pics below.

I absolutely loved working on this and I thank Blake Miller and Lindsay Emeigh from Charlotte Wedding Magazine for this amazing opportunity.


Produced by Lindsay Emeigh and Blake Miller
Fashion styling by Jenn Grabenstetter
Location photography by Chris Edwards / Studio

Anne Hathaway's 8 Oscar Looks

I started this post covering the red carpet fashions of all the celebrity attendees--hits and misses. But instead, I veered to covering Anne Hathaway's eight, yes EIGHT, Oscar outfits. This in itself was enough, and quite honestly, more interesting than the rest. 

The red carpet was just not enough for me to go gaga over--and by that, I don't mean Lady Gaga's intrepid choices would have done it. But its not to say that there weren't hits. I did love Sandra Bullock's Vera Wang red dress, Halle Berry's Marchesa gown, Hillary Swank's Gucci Premiére dress, Natalie Portman in Rodarte, and Giuliana Rancic in Christian Ciriano--yes, I know she's not an A-list actress, but I did love her dress.

Ok, so back to Anne. I'll keep it short, sweet and to the point.

At the red carpet: Vintage Valentino. 

Second Look: Givenchy Haute Couture gown by Riccardo Tisci.
Third Look: Tux by Lanvin custom made for for her. And I LOVE the Brian Atwood heels, covered in Swarovski crystals.
Fourth Look: Vivienne Westood Couture.

Fifth Look: Oscar de la Renta.
Sixth Look: Atelier Versace.
Seventh Look: Armani Privé.

Eighth Look: Tom Ford. 

And the winner is...

The Atelier Versace, which she wore again to the Vanity Fair after-party, and I can see why. This one is by far my favorite--although she can't go wrong, and I did like all her looks--but I just fell in love with this dress; the strapless neckline and the details are...perfect!

Brooklyn Wedding Fair

Hi there! I really needed to share this with all of you brides, family of brides, and friends of brides--if you really love them and want to help them.

There is a fantastically unique wedding fair going on this Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.  So if you are in the area--unfortunately I'm not--do not miss this super packed event with bubbly, food sampling, live bands, comedians, bridal fashion show, more bubbly, dancing...need I say more?

Oh, how I wish I lived up north. It sounds like an awesome and fun wedding fair. It is my birthday today, anyone want to fly me out there, you know, as a birthday present? I can be ready in a jiffy! =)

For tickets and more detailed information click here.

Anthropologie's BHLDN Bridal Line

Behold, the new bridal line from Anthropologie!!! 

A dear friend started off my day with excitement when she informed me about BHLDN this morning--She's an Anthro die-hard.

First of all, I have to say WOW!!! As soon as I entered the BHLDN website I was captivated beyond my control. This dreamy line of wedding gowns, bridal accessories, bridesmaids dresses and shoes is so uniquely adorable and fresh. You can choose by what kind of bride you are--Nostalgic Romantic, Neo-Sophisticate, La Bohémienne, or Lady with a Twist--and I'm probably all of the above.

Below are a few of my fave picks from each line, although it was very hard to pick out the faves, everything is gorgeous!

See, I told you! And your bridesmaids will love you forever if you pick for them to wear BHLDN, so versatile.

Don't you just love having more options? Specially this one. I love it, and it has inspired me. Enjoy!

Google For Weddings

Google just announced about an hour ago that they have launched Goggle Weddings in partnership with prominent wedding planner, Michelle Rago. Google is attempting to making it easy for brides to plan their wedding by providing them with personalized wedding websites, personalized announcements, Google Docs to do all the planning, and photo sharing.

Michelle Rago, known for her unique, yet relaxed style--specially in destination weddings--shares tips to help brides plan their perfect wedding.

So why is this any different than all the other wedding planning websites out there? I guess we'll have to give it time, test it out and see, given that--I believe--its only been up and running for about an hour now.