danablastrilla

WEDDING PLANS

ENGAGEMENT PICS

VENUE: Villa Del Sol D'oro

THEME AND INSPIRATION

After I was originally inspired by this photo from Vanity Fair on the left, I've been modeling our theme after period piece movies. Most of my ideas are gathered from movies I love like these:

Here's an inspiration board I made incorporating the theme and color palette. It all took months of brainstorming and 2nd guessing but I'm psyched it all seems to be coming together now.

Flower color ideas:

My Gown

by Enzoani

Of course it's just in my personality to want to tweak with it somehow so I decided to change the neckline to more of a scalloped sweetheart like Natalie Portman's dress in this pic. I hired a seamstress at first to perform the surgery and after not being impressed with the work I decided to do it myself. Yes - I am CRAAAZY! I don't even know how to work a sewing machine so I did it by hand. Here's how it came out! =)

I'm a wacko 2 dress-bride

FOR SALE:

Rivini Gown "Olat." Brand spankin' new. Never altered. Never used. Size 6. Please help me get this lovely frock out of my closet. For more pics/info please e mail: anadabrab @ hotmail dot com

The Maid of Honor dress

After stalking this Barney's CO-OP dress at the Carlsbad outlets. The price finally dropped to $189 from $249. Score!

HAIR IDEAS

What I really liked about this model’s hair-do is the volume and period piece look that I was wanting to tie in with the old world style.

I came across these photos of Kristen Stewart. Her up-do is so close to capturing my ideal hairstyle. It’s big, voluminous, and a little messy. It’s also classic, modern, and edgy at the same time.

Bridal Bling

I thought I’d end up purchasing my jewelry at a department store, but actually found it at Banana Republic of all places at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace when I was in Vegas over the pastThanksgiving holiday. We were just looking at clothes as I would not expect them to carry formal jewelry, but then this bracelet winked at me from under a glass jewelry case. I also found these earrings there. They have the slightest hint of blue in the center so they’ll double up as my ’something blue.’

The Shoes

INVITATIONS:

I'm in the process of working with etsy seller Lindsey Ryan after seeing Mrs. Perfume's invitations posted on Weddingbee. I'm excited to see the finished product!

Update: Here they are!