Bridal Gown Sample Sale Alert!!

Attention Budget Brides in the Washington, DC Area!!

Carine’s Bridal, a high-end designer atelier, will host its 5th annual holiday sample sale this Sunday, December 4, at The Four Seasons hotel in Georgetown. The sale will begin at 9 a.m. and last until 1 p.m.

Designer bridal gowns will be discounted up to 75% off, with prices starting as low as $999.

Dresses from high-end designers such as Oscar de la Renta, Marchesa, Monique Lhuillier, Rivini, Carolina Herrera and more will be available for sale. Perfect for the budget-conscious bride that has high-end taste!

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Capitol Video: Corrie & Tim

At this point I think I have exhausted everything I could out of one of my favorite weddings [and couples] from this past wedding season. Corrie & Tim, you might remember, are the couple that gave me this awesome, modern Mumford & Sons wedding song suggestion, allowed me to live-tweet their wedding, AND had some of the coolest wedding pictures, including Corrie as a bride in chucks, and some rad wedding portraits with vintage garden tools.

Now I am thrilled to be able to share their wedding video teaser from Jason Stewart. Everything about this video is SO Corrie & Tim, and I LOVE how Jason edited the clips to perfectly match the music.

Corrie & Tim’s Leesburg, VA Wedding Video

Tim & Corrie – Teaser from Jason Stewart on Vimeo.

 

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DIY Inspiration: DIY Christmas Ornaments

It took me a bit, but I am FINALLY getting into the Holiday spirit. I always refuse to listen to Christmas music or watch Christmas movies until [at least] after Thanksgiving, but for some reason, I didn‘t have any desire to do anything Christmas related until … well, this morning.

But now that the Holidays have hit me square in face, I am ready to embrace it, and thought a nice DIY inspiration post on DIY Christmas Ornaments might be a good place to start.[For more DIY Wedding Inspiration & Ideas ... click here!]

I am sure you all remember that I used DIY Christmas Ornaments as my favor for my own wedding – it was a perfect idea for a November wedding, with December just round the corner. They were great favors too because they were affordable, custom, AND useful. I’ve already had a bunch of my friends send me pictures of their Christmas trees this year, with our wedding favor ornament on it!!!! [Clearly, this makes me happy].

We bought Christmas Ornament Balls from Christmas Central, and then my friend Dorothy created the cute decal banner that we put on the ornaments using inkjet waterslide paper [think of a temporary tattoo]. They said “Bree & Andy” with the Date, Washington, DC and a cute little icon of the White House, we ended the strip with a hot glued bow!

The waterslide decal paper wasn’t nearly as easy to work with as we had seen in online tutorials – so I hope this DIY Wedding Inspiration post will help others that might be looking to do a Christmas Ornament as their wedding favor!

 A Christmas Ornament Wedding Favor using the wedding invite cut up inside a clear ornament ball

[via Just Call Me HaHa blog]

A DIY Picture Ornament using favor tins!

[via Intimate Weddings]

Adorable Custom Ornament Favors using Light Bulbs!

[via A Subtle Revelry]

A DIY Christmas Ornament Wedding Favor Option using ceramics

[via Etsy]

And finally, DIY Tree Ornaments using book pages!

[via The Sweetest Occasion]

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Capitol Romance: Steve & Amanda ~ Part 2

We are back with Part 2 of Steve & Amanda’s awesome Pittsburgh engagement session by Pittsburgh wedding photographer, Michael Will Photography! I teased the second part of their shoot at the end of Part 1 – so I am sure most of you guessed … but if you haven’t, sit tight!

I wrote yesterday morning about how some couples aren’t into stylized shoots or acting like stoic models for their engagement shootSteve & Amanda were this type of couple, so I helped them brainstorm something fun they could do, during their shoot. Initially Steve wanted to play in the fountain in Pittsburgh, but it had already been winterized, so instead, I suggested they take this idea from Ruffled and make it their own.

And oh boy, I really think they did … I know you guys will love this Part 2 :)

Batter’s Up! Steve & Amanda’s Water Balloon Engagement Session

I love Steve’s reaction through the burst water

Amanda’s turn!

And now for something completely different!

 

Click inside to see the aftermath and the rest of this awesomely fun, water balloon engagement AND to read Steve’s amazing proposal to Amanda :)

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