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Fashion & Style

{Invitation Nouveau} Culture for a Cause

September 2, 2010

These days we’re all finding ways to make a difference. When it comes to wedding planning, brides are embracing more eco-friendly ideas for their big day. Sometimes, placing a dent on your social consciousness can involve donating to charity. Whether it’s opting out of traditional gift registries for donations to a designated cause, raising awareness [...]

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{Travel Nouveau} Sleeping under the heavens

August 27, 2010

Have you seen Springmaid’s editorial ads? They’re stunning. I love the play on whimsy, fantasy and nature. It’s a successful campaign if you ask me, because all I want to do is get in that bed and lose myself in a blissful dream. {Above: Images via Springmaid} So in the spirit of dreaming under the [...]

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{Decor & Ideas} Place Seating Inspiration

August 26, 2010

Finding ways to assign seats to your guests offers brides an exciting opportunity to exercise some D-I-Y skills. Take some of these examples that incorporate accessible elements such as paper, buttons, shells, recycled keys or game pieces. DO-IT-YOURSELF PLACE SEATING {CREDITS: Music Sheet roses by Vintage Twee; Key setting & Scrabble piece photo by Kyle [...]

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{Photography Nouveau} Sacred Inspirations by Elizabeth Messina

August 24, 2010

“BE STILL” Be still my heart. Reveal not my innermost desire to recreate these secluded happenings in a never ending daydream, for methinks I might not return to reality. I may however, remain a blissful captive amidst the shuttering secrets of your touch. Be still my beating heart. Dream in silence. Tinker away in the [...]

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{Decor & Ideas} Photo Puzzle Guest Book

August 19, 2010

If you’re tired of the traditional guest sign-in book as a way to capture all the well wishes on your wedding day, then look no further. I’m head over heels smitten with the idea of vintage photo puzzles. Bella Puzzles offers highly crafted wooden jigsaw puzzles, handmade from any photo of your choosing. What I [...]

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{Fashion Nouveau} Spanish Revival

August 16, 2010

Have I ever shared with you, my love for literature? Plays, in particular. My background is in theatre, so it goes without saying that reading and collection plays and playbills for me is like finding a collection of antebellum artifacts for a pawn star. Erotic! Some of favorite playwrights? Williams, Nottage, Ibsen, Chekhov…Lorca. Federico Garcia [...]

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{Fashion Nouveau} Floating on Air Couture

August 14, 2010

There’s something about layers and layers of tulle, organza, and any overdose of billowing fabric on a bride that just dreams romance. Then when you top it off with a designer’s signature, like some of my favorites featured in NY Mag, you know you’re in for a treat. Peter Hapak photographed these stunning models and [...]

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{Fashion Nouveau} Sassy and Bid-e-ful

August 6, 2010

Bold prints are making a comeback. You can’t miss it. From top designers who’ve carved a signature look using prints and patterns (like Diane Furstenberg) or mainstream boutiques incorporating African-inspired prints into their displays (like Anthropologie), there’s tons to choose from. Sequin too is also rearing her pretty little head onto the fashion scene again, [...]

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