Category: Featured

We Love: Hammocks & Nail Art

We had a carrot cake with these antique candles carved into a French Renaissance bride and groom that I’d been saving since I was a teenager for my wedding day. It was super relaxed with all the families hanging together on the beach. Pure bliss. Everyone left at noon and we went back to life as usual.

That’s Jemima Kirke from the HBO series Girls, describing her wedding.

Pure bliss.

Here’s to a weekend as relaxed and lovely as Jemima’s beach wedding. We’re thinking about buying a hammock and doing some light internet reading & pinning. How ’bout you?

A mind-blowing pizza recipe? This is an excellent start.

And we need these chocolate bars. Okay, maybe we don’t need them, but how good do they look? Honestly.

Amazing, stylish hammocks that make a positive impact! Definitely where we want to spend next weekend.

Design Love Fest takes the quirky style to a chic Airbnb in Barcelona and everything is beautiful and wildly bohemian. Kind of a cool alternative to a hotel honeymoon.

We’ve never seen bedding like this. Painterly and cool.

The best wedding nail ideas.

And that’s it for now!

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Photo by Eric Laurits via 1oo Layer Cake.

 

Matt Damon and wife Luciana Renew Vows

This is so sweet!

Matt Damon and his wife Luciana renewed their wedding vows at Sugar Beach in St. Lucia, in an intimate ceremony with a star-studded guest list.

“This isn’t a ‘Hollywood’ wedding,” one insider told Us Magazine. “Matt wanted it to be fun, happy, and private. He felt like Luciana deserves this, first and foremost.”

“They’ve wanted to do it for a long time,” another pal said of the couple, married since December 2005. “They had a tiny ceremony the first time, and wanted to celebrate with family and friends.”

Jimmy Kimmel officiated, while Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt and Chris Hemsworth were there, dressed in white, to celebrate the happy couple.

Luciana wore a flowing, blush-colored Naeem Khan gown with a striking metallic belt straight from the runway, and their daughters Isabella, Gia and Stella wore matching Naeem Khan dresses.

What would our dream ring be for Luciana?

We think a dazzling right hand ring would be just the thing. Henna Rose, with its rose gold detail, would be so incredible with that incredible blush-colored dress.

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Featued image: Sugar Beach, St. Lucia. Via The Telegraph.

 

 

Nate Berkus Engaged

Celebrity interior designer Nate Berkus is engaged! And the other lucky guy is fellow interior designer Jeremiah Brent, who we love from our guilty pleasure reality show, The Rachel Zoe project. The couple made it official atop Machu Picchu in Peru. Can you think of anything more romantic?

Congrats to the stylish and happy couple!

We really love matching Emmet Wedding Bands for Nate and Jeremiah. The hand-hammered finish gives a tactile, earthy quality to a clean, modern ring. That’s just the kind of understated contrast makes their designs so beautiful.

 

Links We Love: French Polynesia & Doughnut Cake

Our friend posted on Facebook, “You can never hug and kiss your loved ones enough.” Which expresses our sentiments exactly. We want to spend this weekend holding our dearest near, and trying to spread a little kindness wherever the opportunity arises. Here’s where you can donate to those who’ve been affected by the tragic events on April 15th.

It’s a pretty major splurge, but we’d love to snuggle down with our family in these heart print sheets from D. Porthault. They could be a great wedding registry item.

The styling in this bridal-inspired fashion editorial in French Glamour is too edgy for most, but the accessories would be amazing on anyone.

These retro wedding cakes are some of the most original we’ve seen. They look kind of Midcentury Modern, no?

Want something a little less fancy? We’re dying for an occasion to make a doughnut cake.

Why are we so obsessed with cake? Because.

We blogged about Gatsby style here, and now Brooks Brothers has announced an entire Great Gatsby themed collection.

We love this rosé colored dress and mood board. We’d add this.

If you’re planning a beach honeymoon or just getting ready for summer, Beyoncé and H&M have some bikinis to show you. We love the photography and Bey’s womanly curves.

Where shall I wear them, you ask? Ideally, French Polynesia. Where the water is turquoise and the breeze is vanilla-scented.

We loved seeing the Orchid Show. If you’re near NYC, get there before it’s over!

California dreaming. Featured photo above by the incredible Max Wanger via 100 Layer Cake.

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Trend We Love: Scalloped Details

Since we read this post on Brooklyn Bride, we’re seeing scallops all over. A scalloped neckline, a scalloped hemline, they’re everywhere all of a sudden. We love scallops for a unifying theme for a wedding, and we love them most when they’re more retro-sophisticated than cutesy. Here’s the best of the best we’ve seen.

It’s rare to say this about a veil, but this sheer, scalloped fingertip veil is really sexy.

Here’s a garter to go with it.

And here’s the dress.

For the bridesmaids.

For the honeymoon.

And the cake.

For the scalloped engagement ring, there’s Arielle, from our Arabesque Collection.

Thinking scallops on a wedding band, and a bit simpler? Here’s Lola, from our nature inspired Laurel Collection.

 

 

They also look gorgeous together, as in our featured image above. So what do you think of scallops? Love it or leave it? Seen any great ones we missed? Leave it in the comments.

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Celebrity Brides: Sara Gilbert Engaged

“Roseanne” actress and “The Talk” co-host Sara Gilbert is engaged to songwriter Linda Perry.

Sara described Linda’s musical proposal in an LA park.

“We go to a park, and we have food and we’re eating it. It’s really sweet and there’s this guy sitting playing guitar, like a street musician, and he starts playing this song that we love,” which was Love Song, by The Cure. “I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s so weird, this is so magical and amazing.’”

Congrats to the happy couple!

We can totally see our Delilah Wedding Band working with Linda’s rocker chic style. And our understated Ellery Wedding Band would play well with Sarah’s laid back androgynous style, don’t you think?

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We Love: Nars Blush & Vintage Lace

Let’s forget about tax day looming, and just focus on these links we’re lovin’.

Are you the jealous type? This is hilarious.

Talk about dressing to impress. Is this (scroll down) the most perfectly intimidatingly grown up outfit ever?

You can’t go wrong with this perfect blush. Have you tried it?

Speaking of blush, we’ll be posting more rose gold engagement rings next week!

How cute is this illustrated margarita recipe? We’ll bring the guacamole.

Reminds us of beach weather, which reminds us of these iconic photos.

And this, let’s always remember.

Featured photo of vintage dresses by the inimitable Garance Doré.

Have a lovely weekend, and maybe a margarita!

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We Love: Claire Pettibone Spring 2013

These detail photos of Claire Pettibone’s Spring 2013 trunk show convey just the kind of sumptuous, vintage-y feeling we wanted for our own spring collection. With Great Gatsby wedding style making a comeback, intricately detailed, luxe wedding attire is looking more 1920s free spirit (and less stuffy and dated.) Click through our slideshow above for our favorite detail shots by the stylish blogger Fallon Elizabeth of ‘A Lovely Being.’

We’re swooning over the gowns on Claire Pettibone’s website, especially decadent Hazel. We’d love to see it together with our botanically-inspired Lucia Wedding Set.

We’re also loving simple, yet suitably siren-sque Clio. Wouldn’t it look perfect together with our Eden?

And aristocratic Belle, which we could totally see on Lady Mary from Downton. To be paired with the regal Hayden Engagement Ring.

What’s your favorite Claire Pettibone dress + Jeff Cooper ring combination? We’d love to hear about it.

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Meet Larissa Rose: New Rose Gold Engagement Rings

We’ll be debuting some of our new designs in the coming weeks, here, on Facebook, and on Instagram.

And we couldn’t resist leading with our Larissa Rose Engagement Ring and Larissa Rose Wedding Set. We’re really feeling the botanical motif and blush of color for a spring engagement.

Is there anything more romantic?

Celebrities like Blake Lively are making rose gold rings one of the hottest trends for chic brides. We think they look so feminine and special. For more rose gold engagement rings, click here.

 

We Love: Spring Flowers and Rose Gold

Now that spring’s well underway and we’re seeing some blooms, we’re in the mood for color. Exuberant brights, classic pastels and everything in between, please. Here’s our weekly roundup of colorful links to inspire and amuse you. Have a lovely weekend!

First, we’d love to introduce you to Alexandra Rose, one of our brand new designs in romantic rose gold. A little pop of color and an abstract, flowery design feels so right for a spring engagement.

Speaking of flowers, check these pretty floral backdrops for your reception. They’d be cool for a ceremony, too, don’t you think?

Brides to be! Are you ready for this diy pressed flower iphone case? A great memento of the big day, no?

Wow this wedding is gorgeous.

Wow these soap rocks are gorgeous. Perfect hostess gift.

Wow these photos of the Painted Desert in Utah are gorgeous. Perfect road trip idea.

When did this happen? Polka dots suddenly look so cool. We’d love to see a wedding inspired by these bold colors with dots as the unifying theme.

Cute video about J Crew shoes. Colors and patterns galore, and so many cool wear-again options for under a wedding dress!

Which brings us to the wild patterns and colors of artist Andrea Bergart. We just discovered her, and her artwork feels young, fun and perfect for the weekend!

Want to seal the deal? Forget “Engagement Chicken.” It’s all about the pasta.

Featured photo, by the amazing wedding photographers The Nichols, via 100 Layer Cake.