TURQUOISE WEDDING

With Turquoise being declared the colour of the year by Pantone, we thought it was only right to provide you with a little inspiration.

The Schultzes took some amazing pictures of Jenn & Brad's wedding including this one of the gorgeous bride and her stylish groom in his turquoise blazer. Jenn's turquoise hair accessory provided the perfect touch of colour to complement Brad's blazer and complete their look.

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Color Inspiration: blushing bride

{delight by design, amsale, janne petters, martha stewart weddings}

good morning and welcome to Weddings Fresh color inspiration week! i am so excited to explore chic color palettes that will add elegance, sophistication and maybe a little drama to your wedding day. today, we combine the innocence of blush and soft rose with the magical warmth of gold. an ideal palette for romance.

THE BREAST DRESS PROJECT

While I have a few blog posts lined up to wow you with wonderful winter destination wedding locales, inspire you with breathtaking beach wedding ideas if you’re trying to escape from the cold, and even excite you with fun new accessories to funk up your shoes, I felt the need to put them all on hold as there was something much more important I wanted to blog about. A post that deserves much more attention. That post is THE BREAST DRESS PROJECT.

While October is known worldwide as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s unfortunately not the only month of the year that people are affected by it. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among Canadian females, affecting many thousands of women and their families each year and causing concern for millions more. Jamie is one of those women.

Last March, at the young age of 33, Jamie Johnston was diagnosed with breast cancer. She found a lump in her breast two years prior but because of her age the doctors told her it was nothing to worry about. When she was finally diagnosed in March, Jamie was Stage 2 and had to undergo chemotherapy treatment. In early December she finished her treatment and TBDP was born.

For those of you that don’t know Jamie, she and her husband Paul are the owners of Groovy Linen - suppliers of chair covers and table linens in the Ottawa area. Also well known in the wedding industry is Jamie’s friend Stacey Price - wedding coordinator and owner of Marry Me Productions. Together they launched TBDP in hopes of finding a cure for breast cancer.

The idea is for past brides to donate their previously worn (gently used) wedding dresses, TBDP will have them cleaned, and in turn new brides-to-be can buy these dresses at a discounted price with all proceeds raised going to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Here are Jamie & Stacey to tell you more about it!

Some researchers are working to learn more about what causes breast cancer so that one day it might be preventable. Others are finding new and better ways to detect, diagnose and treat the disease. Donating your dress to TBDP will allow the research to continue so that one day we can beat this for good.

Gown Friday!

happy friday! i love these sheath silhouettes from Jenny Yoo's fall 2010 collection. so clean and refreshing, these are perfect for a breezy spring-time wedding. perhaps outside in a lovely garden or even overlooking the ocean on a cliff in maui--ahh...can you tell i wish there was a little more sun and a lot less rain and wind right now? :) enjoy your weekend and i'll see you on monday for a week of color inspiration!

Pretty Floral

patterns and florals are still a big trend for this year--yay! i love how bright and sweet these "design your own" baby doll dresses are from Ananya DF. a wonderful way to dress your pretty maids all in a row :) check out her site for all the fabric options!

WEDDING SHOW SURVIVAL GUIDE

With the Wedding Palace Bridal Show around the corner, we thought it was a good time to revisit a post we made last year - Wedding Show Survival Guide, full of tips on how to get the most out of your day.

The Wedding Palace Bridal Show is this weekend (January 9 & 10 2010) at the Westin Hotel from 11am-5pm. Viva la wedding won't be there this year, but we have a free pair of tickets for the first five grooms-to-be that contact us. That's right, grooms-to-be!

Have a great weekend at the wedding show and happy planning!

ETA - Congratulations grooms-to-be Kevin, Mark, Jake, Scott & Luc who are all going to the Wedding Palace Bridal Show this weekend on Viva la wedding (or at least giving the tickets to their lovely future wives). Enjoy!!

Photo Booth: Katie Anderson Photography

last saturday i threw my husband a surprise party for his big 30th birthday. it took a lot of coordination, phone calls "in code" and some sneaky maneuvering in order to make sure he didn't know what was coming, but well worth it! he was so surprised and extremely excited that we all celebrating him reaching "old-man-hood". ha! just kidding! i can only say that because i'm not 30 yet, and then it won't be funny :)

to make the party even more memorable, my sweet friend Katie and her husband, Greg, from Katie Anderson Photography offered to come by and set-up one of her new specialties: a photo booth! oh, so fun!! i wish i could have had one of these at my wedding--it's the perfect setting for guests to just relax and be a little goofy, and a creative and fun way to capture all the wonderful people in your life who you love!

so in the picture above you see me hubbie, tyler, my beautiful niece, karli, and me. technically there were "NO KIDS ALLOWED" at this party, but she had to stop by and see her aunt "D", so i okay-ed it :) my kiddos were home sick with my parents. i wish we could have had some photos of them too. if you want to see more of this little get-together and more of what the talented Katie Anderson can do, check her out here!