9/11

Kat

September 11, 2011

Changes.

Kat

September 10, 2011

Things I'm making a conscious effort to do since the Feather Love workshop this week... ♥ Cutting the negative crap out of my life and focusing on positive energy ♥ Confirming my love for my support network ♥ Cutting down on commitments that drain my time & energy and give me little or nothing in return ♥ Starting to write for the 'art' of the written word again. Remembering why I fell in love with writing in the first place ♥ Trying to feel less guilty ♥ Getting excited about new projects...for me, no one else, and not worrying if no one else cares ♥ Dancing to offensive hip hop on a regular basis

An Origami Wedding: Roxy & Tanner

Kat

September 9, 2011

"Our theme was nature and DIY, paper and origami," newlywed Roxy wrote. "Being a designer, it was important to me that we personalize our wedding and that we showcase our creativity. It was an opportunity to get crafty with friends and to add a more personal touch to our wedding décor."

Post It Notes – 9th September 2011 – Inspiration & Influence

Kat

September 9, 2011

Today's business and wedding note kinda have the same basic message and I think they are both actually pretty interchangeable - i.e. applicable to both wedding planning and running your own business. I'd love to know what you think in the comments below...even if it's to tell me I'm off my head... FYI I also totally stole/was inspired to think of these ideas from Noa of Feather Love Photography, who's workshop I attended this week. She rules. More on this on the blog soon.

Thursday Treats – 8th September 2011

Kat

September 8, 2011

I have to say that being away from the internet (except the odd sneak on to twitter and facebook) while we were away wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Well when you're surrounded by locations like these it's not hard to get distracted away from work is it? It was actually kinda nice to go cold turkey and see the real world for a change! However needless to say, I've come home to a bulging goggle reader...and it's like an itch that just had to be scratched. Join me down the internet rabbit hole won't you?

Wedding Dress Shopping at Charlotte Casadéjus

Kat

September 8, 2011

Walking into Charlotte Casadéjus' unassuming South-East London studio, I felt mostly like my usual old self. Fluffy, flyaway hair, a bloke's jumper, a flick of eyeliner applied on the train - nothing special. But then, it's not often that I feel special.

A Wedding Inspired by the Ocean

Kat

September 8, 2011

The inspiration behind this beautiful Californian wedding, sent over to me by Jerry Yoon Photography, was the ocean. The couple, who met through a mutual friend in Philadelphia and them moved to California, had visited The Monterey Bay Aquarium during their first year living together. "I loved it," the bride told me " the intense blues and greens when you looked down in the water, to the contrasting sand and beaten rocks. I love the ocean and anything relating to it. During that visit, I took a bunch of Polaroid photos at the museum and our walks around Monterey and Pacific Grove. Years later, when we were looking for a location for our wedding, I came across those original Polaroids of Lovers Point Park, and I instantly knew this is where we were getting married."

Under the Spotlight – PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com

Kat

September 7, 2011

Preowned Wedding Dresses is a fantastic site if you're looking to save money by buying a second hand wedding dress or if you want to sell your dress after your wedding. I've had a number of emails from you guys me in the past asking if a bride on a wedding I'd featured might be interested in selling on their dress so I'm thrilled (on your behalf!) to discover this website. I just know it's going to help a lot of you find gown of your dreeeeams and that makes me very happy indeed.

A Simple Southern Wedding: Stephanie & Michael

Kat

September 7, 2011

Stephanie & Michael's beautiful barn wedding was held at The Lily Barn in Townsend, TN. The stunning surroundings really set the tone for their simple, intimate and classically Southern day. "My favorite thing about planning our wedding was how simple it was", Stephanie wrote. "We really didn’t fret about little details that wouldn’t matter in the end. I was just really looking forward to having all of our friends and family in the same place at the same time!"

Acceptable in the 80’s: Shelby & Stephen’s 80’s Wedding

Kat

September 6, 2011

The 1980's isn't as theme you see often in weddings...but after seeing these images of Shelby & Stephen's wedding I think that that is quite frankly a crime. As a child of the 80's I'm instantly taken back to my youth with the ammmazing 80's memorabilia boutonnieres, the cassette tape escort cards, the ghetto blaster flowergirl's basket, the computer game accessories and even the food! All in all this is one damn cool wedding. Hell, they even got thriller-inspired zombies in there!

A Retro Wedding with a Contemporary Twist: Reyna & Michael

Kat

September 6, 2011

Reyna & Michael's intimate wedding had a 1950's and 60's vibe but with a contemporary and romantic twist. "Our general inspiration was our favorite era, mid-century and everything that comes with it: Themusic, the films, the design and architecture, but in a subtle way," the bride told me. "Also, the addition of the birds idea was Michael's because he knows how much I love them."

With a Little Help From My Friends…

Kat

September 6, 2011

An Eclectic 1970’s Influenced North London Wedding: Sally & Alex

Kat

September 5, 2011

I fell head over heels in love with Alex & Sally as soon as I laid my peepers on Sally's Ossie Clark-inspired wedding dress. She had it made especially for her by local dressmaker Barbara F Pellumbi. And just like the dress, the entire wedding was a unique and eclectic representation of the couple. Sally explains, "We were going to go for a Miss Saigon feel meets a tattoo-esque style but in the end it was anything that looked pretty or hard! Birds became a bit of a motif, featuring on the invites, cake and place names. We even had a lovely little stuffed bird in a cage which is where the table places were hung. We were keen to make the club (The Islington Metalworks) looked relaxed, in one area we tried to create an old skool 70's living room complete with Hilda Ogden flying birds on the wall."

A Picturesque Scottish Wedding: Fiona & Darren

Kat

September 5, 2011

By the time you read this I will be back from the US of A and probably jet-lagged to the hills! I'll be blogging all about my American Adventures really soon, but in the meantime I've got this beautiful Scottish wedding from CandySnaps Photography to share with you. Fiona & Darren were married at Boturich Castle, Alexandria. They were married outside (which in legal in Scotland) and in front of the impressive castle. The bride wore a beautiful gown and veil handmade for her by a friend and vintage jewellery which had belonged to her Grandparents. The groom wore traditional Scottish kilt, the tartan of which was an Irish pattern (Murphy) which was his Grandmother's family name.

A Sunday Kind of Love – London Calling

Kat

September 4, 2011

As you read this Gareth & I will be 40,000 feet in the air, flying over the Atlantic and heading home after our Amazing American Adventure™. To say we've had the time of our lives would be an understatement.

Tobi Hannah Occasionwear A/W 2011

Kat

September 4, 2011

The very lovely Tobi Hannah launches her A/W 2011 occasionwear this month and I'm thrilled to share the key pieces in the new collection with you. The core pieces are all black, bright pink or royal blue...all my favourite colours! The structured designs are bang on trend (I kinda hate that I just used that phrase but it is true...) and each piece is inspired the work of British sculptor, Jeff Lowe. I just love them all but I'm particularly drawn to Andi (love that skirt), Audrey (love the shape) and Olive (cute cute cute!) You? The range costs from just £70 and are available from Lipsy.co.uk or directly through Tobi Hannah's website now.

The Vintage Advertisements They Don’t Want You to See!

Kat

September 3, 2011

I have to be honest, I usually delete the random 'oooh look at this darling!' emails I get sporadically from my Mother. But these vintage advertisements did make me chuckle (and made me hella grateful that I was born in the 80's and not the 40's! Talk about produced to give you a complex. You wouldn't have wanted to be a slightly overweight, smoking housewife back then would you?

Vivienne Westwood, DIY Décor & Pink Plastic Flamingos: Mads & Nick

Kat

September 2, 2011

Mads & Nick are one seriously cool couple and I'm so thrilled to share their wedding with you today. I just know you're going to love it! "Our wedding was a hot mess of all-things-wedding and us," Mads explained. "I don’t think we did anything revolutionary, all the traditional parts of the wedding were there; we just made sure we took the time to think everything through and make sure it was right – for us. From the pre-ceremony music being a collection of our favourite film scores (How to Tame your Dragon anybody? Ahh just me and Nick then), to the inadvertently weepiest of readings; eight dreamy looking bridesmaids and nine hot groomsmen and our tables being named after ‘Our favourite things’ (inc Midsomer Murders and Arnold ‘The best activities for your health are humping and pumping’ Schwarzenegger – we had no shame!). We had our friend on guitar after dinner, photos in front of an abandoned concrete barn instead of the lake, pink flamingos, a Lulu Guiness corsage bridal 'bouquet (instead of a traditional bouquet)', funk and films on in the evening – who doesn’t want to watch Predator in a deckchair under a blanket with a Pimms on the go? Then at the end of the night we stole a taxi, ate cake and I got to take my spanx off. Rock n Roll!"

A Locally-Sourced Vintage Wedding: Marie-Claire & Nick

Kat

September 1, 2011

Can you guess what initially drew me to Marie-Claire & Nick's wedding? Yep...her Fur Coat No Knickers vintage wedding dress of course! Marie-Claire also got her wonderful vintage veil from the store and her shoes from Rachel Simpson (yep, another one of my favourites!)

An Anti-Princess, Nerdy & Eco-Friendly Wedding: Josh & Jaclyn

Kat

August 31, 2011

Josh & Jaclyn were legally married on July 13th but had their reception on the 16th at Smith & Wilson Winery in Cedar Springs, Ontario. "We decided to have the reception and the ceremony were on separate dates," Jaclyn told me. "On the Wednesday before the Saturday reception Josh, I, our parents and two close friends went to city hall for a justice of the peace ceremony. It was really relaxed - we didn’t even dress up in our fancy wedding attire. I wanted this because wedding ceremonies always bore me to tears and didn’t want to put our guests through that. It is also a good thing because I got a case of the giggles so bad that tears streamed down my face and we had to pause so I could catch my breath. That would have been so horrible in front of 100+ people!"