Wedding Inspiration: Neutral Bridesmaid Dresses

Lately I’ve been loving the look of bridesmaids in neutral colors!  Neutral attire allows for big pops of color in the bridesmaid jewelry, hair accessories, bouquets or shoes. It’s also a great look for Spring and Summer weddings. Whether the dresses are all the same or a mix of cute styles…this look has totally won [...]

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Purchasing The Suitable Pearl Necklace For Your Partner

Pearls are a symbol of virtue, modesty, as well as wholesomeness. Becoming one of the most popular natural stones on the planet, pearl jewelry happens to be incredibly well-liked amongst high as well as medium class females as well. They are also less expensive compared to the official girls best friend, the diamond. Technically, pearls [...]

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Thank You & Goodbye - Finally My Turn!!!

I am so excited because tomorrow I finally get to marry my sweetheart! But it's also a tiny bit sad because it means my time planning has come to an end. Today we are off to the venue to drop off all my diy projects and finalize plans, dinner with the family and then a girly night of manicures and silly movies. I am surprised at how calm FH and I are (even though it's now calling for SNOW tomorrow), but it's nice to not be overly anxious right now. The amount of emails I've gotten in the past couple days from you gorgeous women has completely overwhelmed me. You are all way too sweet and too kind and have definitely touched my heart. Thank you so much for the time you've taken to read my blog, comment, share your ideas and let me be a part of your planning process. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

(ps. the silly counter is still wrong because I'm not getting married til tomorrow!)

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DIY - Engagement Slideshow (finally)!

Update: Still sick. So while lying in bed coughing up a lung (charming, I know) I started
playing with iMovie on my mac. I'd never played with it before and let me tell you, it's quite addicting. We had our engagement pics taken so long ago and I hadn't looked at them in awhile so I put this together to showcase our favourites. We aren't having a slideshow at the wedding, but I kind of wish we were now!

Anyways, hope you like it!

The photographer was Angela Martin and she is amazing.

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Giveaway: $75 to Velvet Owl Bridal Couture

Velvet Owl Bridal Couture is back with another great giveaway for WedLoft readers! Tina, owner of Velvet Owl, designs gorgeous veils and hair accessories for the modern bride. Bridal veils, fascinators, headbands… all beautifully handmade with custom touches for your wedding day. Check out the giveaway details below and enter for your chance to win [...]

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Interiors Project 01 Shower Room

So the first interiors project for me in our new house is the downstairs shower room. It's small and definitely not perfectly formed at the moment. Everything needs replacing and we'll be fitting a proper shower rather than the weak electric one that is in there now.

Jobs to be done:
  • Replace window
  • Remove electric radiator
  • Remove shower, wc, basin and replace
  • Remove floor tiles
  • Remove wall tiles
  • New column radiator
  • New lighting
  • New flooring
  • New wall tiles
 Here is what it looked like to start with. Sorry about the bad montage... I'm a bit out of practice with photoshop

Existing Shower Room

The first job was to take off the plasterboard boxing out of the stairs above. This will make it seem a lot more spacious. The plumber is coming in on the 20 Feb to fit a new radiator and the plumbing for the shower.

Limited floor space, large basin and wc, big step 
onto and into the shower... hopefully all improved soon

Existing electric radiator which is going to be removed 
and the space is going to be made into one big shower

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Nail Inspiration! - The Lovely Ms Dita von Teese

For awhile I've known I wanted red nails on my wedding day (instead of a french manicure) and in my googling last night I came across the PERFECT nail style for me. Dita von Teese has made the "moon manicure" popular again, though it was originally popular in the 1930's and 40's (which is so perfect for our theme)!
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I can't wait to see what they look like on me!

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Mrs. SarahDarling - Bridal Party Pictures

I have given up on uploading all the pics at once (darn you picture uploader!) So I will break them down into categories. This one is dedicated to the bridal party and...The *BIG* Reveal!

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(Getting Ready)

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(Butterflies!)

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(Just one more moment...)

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(Hello!)

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(tears, kiss, tears)

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(Checkin out the goods)

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(Yay for waterproof mascara!)

I know at first glance the pictures don't look as terrible as I described in the previous post. Keep in mind these have had HOURS of photoshop poured into them to correct the colour and crop out the crap. And they are nothing like we talked about with the photographer beforehand. I'm getting over it, but it's really hard.

UPDATE:
Here are some examples of before and after. Can you tell which is which?
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New Diary for 2012 Arrives

I've been a little absent on here for a while but today I took delivery of my custom made 2012 diary from Green Grass and I love it so much I thought I'd put it on here. So thank you Liz at Green Grass for my lovely Owl Diary- and for sending it so quickly. I especially love the little owl peeking out from the velcro fastner!






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How to Maintain Your Pearl Necklace

Now that you own a pearl necklace, you may be wondering what you have to do to take care of it. The truth is that pearls require more care than other gems. They?re not hard like diamonds ? they are formed from the tissue of living creatures so you have to be careful. I?ll tell [...]

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