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Quirky, British Fare

March 2, 2010 | 7 comments

There is going to be much love for this wild English wedding, because as soon as I saw it my heart flipped and I couldn’t wait to share! Not only because Micheal & Alice’s wedding was quirky, vintage and Rock n Roll cool, but because they are British too…yey for the UK giving the uber stylish yanks a run for their money!*

The couple chose The Hop Farm as their venue because, in their own words, “it had a certain britishness to it and being both born and bred in Kent we grew up with the iconic images of the oast houses and it just felt comforting and homely to have them as a back drop to the wedding.” They didn’t really have one theme per-say but they just came up with/borrowed ideas from many areas that inspired them. In fact the only stipulation they put throughout the whole of the process of planning their wedding was that they wanted to get as many people as they liked together to have a really good party, and the actual ceremony and marriage was just a small part of that.

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Eco Touches for this Snowy British Wedding

February 5, 2010 | 9 comments

You know I’m usually all about the rock chicks, but there is just something about a quirky, DIY, eco, British wedding that I just can’t resist…and that fact that the bride wore Vivienne’s (I have them in yellow)…well I’m sold! Photographer Mark told me the whole story:

Marie and Karl chose the personal, DIY approach to ensure their wedding reflected their eco-conscious principles, where possible, combined with their love of elegant, vintage styles, nature and music! The day was based in two venues in the Northern English Forest of Bowland on a snowy day in late December.

The invite package contained screen printed and hand stamped bunting on recycled card and a button badge! The couple also set up a website was to encourage electronic RSVPs.

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Thursday Treats – 4th Feb 2010

February 4, 2010 | 11 comments

Credit: Kirsty Mitchell Photography

It’s my favourite time of the week again and I’m always ready for a little treat aren’t you? To stay with, I had to share yet another image by Kirsty Mitchell at the top of this post (she’s got the top spot for a second week running now) as this simply is my favourite image I’ve seen all week. She sent it over to me a few days ago and it’s well…just too damn wonderful for words isn’t it?! In fact all her photography is really – simply breathtaking…Thanks Kirsty!

♥ Check out this amazing ‘Night Faerie’ photo shoot in Canada’s WedLuxe magazine. Amazing! (Thanks Chanelle)
♥ Stunning ‘Get Married’ shoot by Our Labor of Love.
♥ I heart this engagement ring made out of a block of wood. So damn sweet
♥ Inspired by: wedding gloves
♥ Red dress lovely - le swoon
♥ Anna Sui’s apartment
♥ Snow day! Winter wedding Etsy finds
♥ The Ruche spring catalogue is really really lovely
♥ Stylish and fun Cubu pre-nup session
♥ Life is too f***ing short!
♥ Loving their vintage styling with an uber modern twist

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Amy & Jay and Their Way too Awesome New York Wedding Day

February 4, 2010 | 2 comments

I may well be stating the obvious here, but Amy & Jay’s wedding is freakin’ awesome. Hell to the yeah…I love to blog this stuff!

We were married on 01/02/10 in Brooklyn, NY. We really love our neighborhood and wanted to keep it local, allowing our guests to fully experience the day in Williamsburg Brooklyn. We had our ceremony and three course vegan meal at a place called Monkey Town. As a wedding gift, one of our best friends/dancer/aerialist/choreographer, Sarah Wollschlager, did an aerial performance to Etta James’ “At Last,” which contributed to the uniqueness and beauty of our ceremony. Our officiant, from the Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture, Tasha Paley, also made the ceremony even more personal- she brought laughter to our guests and made several of us shed a tear while reading an excerpt from “The Little Prince.”

We then had the reception at Trophy Bar, which included an open bar, dancing, vegan cupcakes, and a photobooth. For the photobooth, two of our best friends created a caution tape backdrop and set up a wireless remote, allowing the guests to get ready and pose! As far as vegan cupcakes in NYC go, Babycakes is the absolute best…we were so relieved that all of the non-vegan guests really loved them! They also made us a 6″ cake, where we put our super cute monster cake toppers, created by Leslie Levins. It was absolutely an incredible day and it wouldn’t have been what it was without our amazing friends!

Amy had two dresses – the ceremony dress was found on Ebay and was a similar design to Maggie Sottero’s Rasharna dress, which she loved but when she saw the less-fussy Ebay version she was sold! Her reception dress was from Betsey Johnson’s Spring 2008 collection. She carried a felt bouquet by Jennifer Rae of Ribbons n Bows Boutique (who she discovered through Rock n Roll Bride!)

Wanna see more? Check out their slideshow! Oh…and their wedding invitation video is too damn cool for words (check it out after the jump…)

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Under the Spotlight – ErinLeighHeart & Bridal Bliss Designs

January 12, 2010 | 6 comments

Credit: Love Maegan & Dollface Studio

I have two amazing Etsy stores to share with you today. They are run by sisters Erin & Jane and both have some seriously great things to offer us Rock n Roll Brides.

Credit: Love Maegan

ErinLeighHeart’s speciality is the Convertible Satin Jersey Wrap Dresses – one dress that can be worn in a variety of different ways! It is perfect for everyday casual wear but can be dressed up as an awesome night-out outfit and could certainly be used as a bridesmaid’s dress. How great would your bridesmaids look in the same dress but all different colours? Or in the same colour but each dress set up in a different style? “I try to keep the dresses affordable and I also offer wholesale discounts for 4 or more dresses purchased of the same colour…for bridesmaid dresses and retail shops” Erin told me. “The dresses are made from HEAVY MicroFiber Jersey Satin and the fabric has a slight sheen. 94% Polyester 6% Spandex for the perfect fit”

Credit: Dollface Studio & Made u Look Photography

You may recognise some of Bridal Bliss Designs’ dresses from weddings I’ve previously featured on Rock n Roll Bride! “I specialize in custom design reproduction” Jane tells me “My goal is to help the bride get her dream designer dress with custom changes at a much lower price tag than retail stores provide. The bridal shop I worked at for the past 6 years recently went out of business for lack of work so I opened up my own Etsy store to continue my passion on my own terms.”

Sweet Tooth

December 2, 2009 | 3 comments

I actually featured newbie photographer Shannon McLaughlin’s own wedding waaaay back in February - many of you may recognise her as Mrs Candy Corn from Wedding Bee. Well, like many of us recent brides, the thought of giving up all things wedding once she’d tied the knot was too much to bear so she decided to venture into wedding photography herself…and oh how pleased we are that she did! She has only had her professional camera for a little over a month and look how awesome she is already!

The recently engaged Veronika & Bryan acted as models for this shoot. Veronika owns her own vintage shop called Sweet Tooth Vintage through the fabulous Etsy so she had lots of amazing outfits to wear. I am also loving the various props and locations used for this shoot – an environmental centre in Philadelphia, the couple’s own home (including their insane number of pets!) and a cuuuute tandem bike!

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Thursday Treats – 19th Nov 2009

November 19, 2009 | 4 comments

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Credit: Credit: Matt Miller for Our Labor of Love

Oooh what a set of tasty treats I have for you this week. As ever, I have been blown away with the joy that blog land and the internet has spread this week. First off an extra special mention to Naz of Oliver Rue who sent me a little delight in the post in the form of some ‘rockstar’ magnets and the most adorable handmade card which is now adoring my fridge. I can not express how happy this package made me. I was having a really stressful day and getting home to a parcel wrapped in leopard print really made my week!

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So what else has made me smile this week…?

♥ Check out this inspiring and quirky DIY beach wedding. Loving all the details!
♥ Wanna go to an indie wedding show in Chicago? Edyta Szyszlo is giving away 5 free tickets.
♥ Blog links - links mean love!
♥ Windows to make you go ‘wow’
♥ These stairs make me really really happy
♥ 80’s style roller disco wedding!
♥ Gorgeous interiors, divine inspiration and Polaroid goodness
♥ Pink perfection
♥ Supermodels in vintage
♥ A Victorian inspired shoot to make you swoon
♥ An old fashioned gal
♥ Erin & Chuck ever after
♥ This pink vintage style shoot = love!
♥ I have certainly been guilty of stress over the last few weeks…but this really helped me put it all into perspective
♥ Reconstruction. Revamp your wardrobe and take pretty pictures (one included here was a must!)
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♥ N.E.E.T magazine is an awesome and too kool for skool online mag. Think The Face vs Etsy vs the Urban Outfitters catalogue and you’re half way there. I love! via Stephanie Williams
♥ Fabulous fall frocks - including black wedding dresses and unconventional bridesmaid dress choices
♥ Superstar cake ideas
♥ Talking of cakes….cake proposal!
♥ The fake photo frame thing has been done – how about a fake Polaroid!?
♥ Ban Do do it again – their new ‘Heart’ line is total rockstar…and all under $50! If anyone wants to buy me a Christmas present then I ain’t saying no!
♥ Holga!
♥ Exciting news at Rock n Roll towers, Julia Boggio has asked me to model for her and her Vintage Boudoir series. I will be doing the shoot in January and can’t wait to play dress up! Check out her blog for some of her past shoots and the video as a teaser as to what I’ll be getting up to. Wooo so exciting!
♥ You are into the last few days to get your entries in for the Erica Berger trash the dress photo shoot contest. The finalists will be announced on Monday!

♥ The videos have been pouring in this week…so much so that limiting the post to just one would be criminal. Enjoy!

The Big Day www.TheBrokeAssBride.com from Digital Princess Productions on Vimeo.

Sweet memories of Rye from cine8 on Vimeo.

Tom and Bethany’s Wedding Summary from alan silva on Vimeo.

Plus – my friend La Carmina went on NBC to promote her new book, Cute Yummy Time - Wooooooooooooo! She is the actual cutest. This book (and her other new one – Wacky Theme Restaurants - multi tasking or what?!) are certainly on my Christmas list.

♥ Aaaand finally a bit of mutual link loveage…

Hot Pink Brides
Omnibride
Kat Braman Photography
Tino & Pip
One Wed
Segerius Bruce
(Check out this Prague photo shoot!)

By the way, if you do link to me on your blog then be sure to drop me an email and let me know so I can share the love and link right back!

Glam-o-rama

November 14, 2009 | 6 comments

Burle & Martin had a creole glam-o-rama wedding at The Metro Hall. Their vintage New Orleans theme was culminated with a plethora of fishnets, feathers, masks, beads and Fluevog shoes. One of my favourite details has got to be the cupcake bouquet by Cookies by Kin…hello - how awesome!!?

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The Most Beautiful Wedding Ever

November 10, 2009 | 6 comments

Stand by, hold onto your hats and behold the post of a million photos! Coined by photographer Noa as The Most Beautiful Wedding Ever (and yes, I pretty much agree!) Zola & Derick’s wedding pretty much lives up to the hype left by their adorable engagement session shot at their home earlier this year.

ps Zola’s vintage dress (from Etsy) makes me want to cry it’s so beautiful…

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Sleepy Hollow(een) Wedding

November 6, 2009 | 8 comments

I don’t get to feature enough gothic style weddings so when Carmel & Drynn’s rustic yet opulent gothic affair landed on my desk I jumped at the chance to share these.

The Bride told me…
I found my dress at Gothic Wedding Dresses and our flowers were done by Punch Portland. The inspiration for our theme was based on Tim Burton-esque Sleepy Hollow, classic Victorian but with a dark feel. We are kind of “darker” individuals so we wanted that reflected but wanted to do it in a classy tasteful way. We didn’t want to scare our guests too much! We picked Drynn’s hat up at a vintage store the feather piece & my headpieces were done by Cricket Quills.

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