Rose and Ruby (LOVE)

(photography by SugarLove Weddings)

I just noticed that the dresses in this picture I posted yesterday are Australian! They are all from Rose and Ruby's Summer/Spring 08 collection in Sydney. Looks like my girls and I will be making a trip to Sydney for some shopping soon!

Bridesmaid Dresses

I really have NO idea what sort of style, colour, anything I would like for my bridesmaids. All I know is I would like them to be short. And although everyone keeps telling me I should probably stick to a colour (I like the idea of a muted watermelon/coral), I cant help but keep coming back to white or neutral colour dresses.

I am pretty picky about the bridesmaids dresses linking in some way with my dress because the way I see it, if all the men in the bridal party are going to wear the same thing then I think the bridesmaids should compliment the brides dress so it all looks balanced (I feel the same way about flowers too). Anyway here are two images that I am loving for bridesmaids at the moment...

(photography by SugarLove Weddings found via Bespoke Press)

I love the way that these dresses are all around the same colour and all different styles to suit their shape and style and the colour fits in so nicely with the Bride's dress.

(dress via anthropologie)

This dress is gorgeous. I would rather like one for myself really, but I am a bit hesitant about buying clothes online when I am not sure what size I would be. But a dress like this would be almost perfect for a bridesmaid dress. I think it has a nice summery vintage feel with the lace around the collar.

I also Love these dresses from Sarah Seven.

Gloria Wong Wedding

I came across Gloria Wong Event Design and fell in love with this wedding... I just love these little wooden signs the metal pots that hold all the flowers and most of all i love the last image! What a wonderful fun summer wedding.

And the best bit about the wedding! THE CHEESE TABLE!

First Fitting

A couple of days ago I had my first dress fitting with Adelaide designer Liza Emanuel. I would LOVE to show you the sketch of the dress but I cant risk Jarrod seeing it. But what I can do is show you a picture of the detailing that will be going just under the bust and the a picture of a dress that has helped inspire it (the sleeves and neckline). The dress was mainly inspired though by a dress my mum once wore when she went to a ball with my dad. She looked stunning in it and after she passed away I found the dress and tried it on and knew that I wanted my wedding dress to be based around it. I would have worn that exact dress however, it is black, so I brought it to Liza and she came up with a few sketches inspired by the dress.

(Not sure where the dress image is from anymore so if you know please tell me. The middle detailing is what i'm having on my dress and the little one under it is going on the flower girl's)

Ranunculus Love <3

Most of you are aware that one of my biggest inspiration blogs is Green Wedding Shoes, and while I was catching up on the posts I missed while I was gone, I came across this gorgeous wedding. However, my most favourite parts about the wedding are the flowers done by Floral Art by Rachel.

Photography by none other than Leo Patrone (LOVE)

Colour your world

This is one of the most wonderful wedding shoots I have seen yet! There isnt really much I can say about this one, the images speak entirely for themselves really. I found these amazing photos via Once Wed (loving the new set up by the way) which were taken for the latest wedding issue of Nashville Lifestyle. This beautiful setting was created by (one of my favourites) Joy Thigpen who has incredible photography to match her talents in event design. But the photography for this wedding was done by the very talented Tec Petaja who has shot some incredible weddings so you really must check out his blog and website. Enjoy x

QUICK! Its for 10 days only!

The lovely Jane from Wedding Style Guide sent me a very exciting email today telling me about giving away one of their digital magazine issues...wait for it....FREE (gosh I love that word)! Wedding Style Guide is definitely, by far my favourite wedding magazine for inspiration and I am loving this issue!

"Simply click HERE and marvel at the wonders of modern technology.

Our super-simple easy-view digital magazine lets you flip through the pages as if you were reading a printed version, check the list of contents to find the exact page you’re looking for or zoom in to read all our tips and tricks. Best of all you can select any one of our gorgeous images – or even entire pages – and email them to friends (your working day just got a whole lot more interesting!).

Print out as many pages as you need – cut them up for your scrapbook – no need to chop up your printed versions ever again. Look out for links to our free online downloads – a simple click of your mouse takes you straight there.

Do give it a try – we’re sure you’ll love it. But remember – it’s for 10 days only!"

P.S. Check out page 32! I think I just found my colour theme!! Beautiful!

I'm Back!

FINALLY! wow... I had a really tough few weeks but my honours thesis is finally done and now I can concentrate on getting a job and getting my wedding organised! I am also very very much looking forward to spending time with my girlfriend Mary who is has jumped on board with me and we are going to go into partnership and get an event design and interior decorating/styling business up and running (part time for now while we have full time jobs). So to any wedding planners/event planners/interior stylists out there i would LOVE to hear from you and any advice would be great! gabrielle [dot] goodman [at] hotmail [dot] come

Much love to you all and I look forward to bringing some more of my inspiration to the table.

image from bobbi + mike photography