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    Dress Your Bridesmaids with Weddington Way

    Thursday, May, 3, 2012 at 6:30 am

    Weddington Way Bridesmaids Dresses

    One of the most common email questions I get from brides is “where can I find great bridesmaid’s dresses?”, so I’m excited to spotlight Weddington Way this morning. With Weddington Way, you can browse the site’s expansive designer inventory of over 700 dresses. Drag and drop your top picks and then let your bridesmaids rank their favorites via a closed ballot system that only you can see the results. A great way to find out which dresses your ladies love – especially great if your ladies are all in different cities or states! Oh, and did I mention the site is free to use? Love that.

    Weddington Way Bridesmaids Dresses

    We selected some dresses for color palettes we are currently loving to show you the wide range they offer. :)

    Metallic Bridesmaids Dresses

    Mint Green Bridesmaids Dresses

    Fiesta Bridesmaids Dresses

    Learn more about Weddington Way and browse all their bridesmaids dresses here.

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    Handmade California Wedding: Sophie + Jonathan

    Monday, April, 9, 2012 at 6:00 am

    bride and groom in cactus field

    Sophie + Jonathan wanted to throw a relaxed + intimate wedding for their closest friends + family in California. The most important thing for Sophie was that she wanted to get married outside – and fun to hear that she used GWS for lots of ideas! There were lots of great DIY projects for the day including the most amazing one being Sophie’s wedding dress! Yep, Sophie made it with a vintage pattern she found and then even used the leftover fabric to make a matching hat piece with beaded freshwater pearls she found in the NY garment district (see the hat below – stunning, right?!) She also made her pearl bracelet, garter set, cake toppers, menus and the table runners for the reception. Two of Jonathan’s groomsmen/bandmates performed the music for the ceremony, which made it super special. Big thanks to Matthew Morgan for the gorgeous photos!

    bridal hat

    rustic floral wedding invitations

    bridal party walking

    tea length wedding dress

    birdcage veil

    mismatched floral and solid bridesmaids

    The day before the wedding, Sophie and her family drove to the Los Angeles flower district and bought all of the flowers for the wedding. Inspired by the floral design of Saipua, Jonathan’s family and the bridesmaids later helped Sophie put together all of the bouquets, boutonnieres and table arrangements for the reception. From Sophie, It was a lot of work, but everything about the wedding felt so personal and unique to us – it was worth it! 

    mismatched floral and solid bridesmaids

    groomsmen in vests

    groomsmen in vests

    outdoor ceremony

    flower girls with baskets, turtle wedding

    There aren’t a lot of younger children in either of our families, so my pet box turtle, Zoe, was assigned the role of the ring bearer! There was a priceless moment (during our vows, even) when both Jonathan and I realized that we had forgotten to inform our officiant, Jonathan’s uncle, of Zoe’s participation in the ceremony. I’ll never forget the look on Jonathan’s uncle’s face when we he reached for our wedding rings and found them tied to a tiny desert tortoise!

    outdoor ceremony

    outdoor ceremony

    outdoor ceremony

    outdoor ceremony

    outdoor ceremony

    bride and groom

    bride and groom

    bride and groom

    bride and groom

    outdoor reception

    simple wedding tablescape

    table seating clip boards

    lounge area

    croquet wedding game

    outdoor reception

    outdoor reception

    outdoor reception

    They say to only choose vendors that you trust, and it’s true! I planned my California wedding entirely from New York, and if I hadn’t been able to trust my vendors with some very important decisions, it just wouldn’t have happened. The wedding is now 6 months past, but when I think of how wonderful all of our vendors were to work with, I still want to give them each a big hug! The whole day was perfect, and we couldn’t have done it without them.

    I think the best advice I received when planning my wedding came from a blog and was along the lines of “don’t be afraid to try something you might be good at.” I think it’s great that DIY has caught on in the wedding world, but don’t feel limited to printing your own table numbers! I think brides get shy about doing things themselves because they feel a lot of pressure to get things exactly right on their wedding days, but everyone has their own talent and you can’t know what you’re good at until you try it! My wedding dress was my most ambitious sewing project to date, and it wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t convinced myself I could pull it off.

    photography: Matthew Morgan Photography // venue: Parker Ranch, Trabuco Canyon, CA // event planner + catering: Iva Lee’s Catering // wedding dress: handmade by the bride, adapted from Vintage Vogue pattern V1084 // hairpiece: handmade by bride // shoes: Kate Spade “Licorice” // bridesmaid dresses: Zara, Anthropologie, Lord & Taylor, Jcrew // hair + makeup: Katie Vollmer and team from Beauty and the Beach // groom suit: Paul Smith // invitations: Karen Gelardi // cake: Boulangerie Pierre & Patisserie, Garden Grove

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    Weddington Way

    Wednesday, February, 22, 2012 at 6:00 am

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    Great news for those of you who have bridesmaids all over the country! Weddington Way is an online site where brides can invite their bridesmaids to see all the dresses they love most and then the bridesmaids can each rank her favorites. The savvy bride can then track her bridesmaids activities so she knows exactly where each girl is without having to continuously bug them by email/phone to find out which dress she loves most! Pretty rad, right?! Carrying designers such as Watters, Wtoo, Lela Rose, Thread and more – and over 300 styles and 60 colors, there is sure to be plenty of options.

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    Weddington Way ships everywhere in the US and worldwide. I also remember that when I was planning my wedding I really wanted to make sure the dress colors were what I was envisioning (which can be hard to do online) so you can order a color swatch from the site for only $5. And if a swatch isn’t enough, you will love a new feature coming soon to Weddington Way – a new sample dress program in March that will allow you to try on your dress before you purchase it. For those brides/bridesmaids in the San Francisco Area, Weddington Way just opened up an appointment-only showroom where you are able to view and try on dresses in person before making the purchase.

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    And one more reason to check out Weddington Way – they are running a contest on their website for one lucky bride to win bridesmaids dresses for her entire* bridal party! To enter, just visit their contest page and sign-up for an account. One lucky winner will be selected at the end of the month!

    *This is up to $800 in value

     

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