Tag: weddings

we love: red anemones & the best holiday cocktails

Thanksgiving and Hanukkah are over, leaving us with Christmas and New Year’s ahead. So mull some cider, grab a throw, and cozy up to some fun links that will (hopefully) inspire a glorious weekend!

The psychology of color! So much fun to ponder.

Use it to design your own Jonathan Adler. Fun!

Is your Christmas aesthetic ambitious? Or relaxed?

We’re in love with the Christmas-y pop of color in this wedding inspiration from 100 Layer Cake. It would be amazing for Valentine’s Day, too.

Need a breather from all the holiday bustle? These de-saturated photos of cloud forests are the perfect meditation.

Need more? Yuji Obata’s snowflakes will clear your mind if you look long enough. So lovely, refined and simple.

Cropped tops aren’t for everyone, but the rest of this holiday party uniform is so perfect, it works whether you’re 20 or 80. Worth an investment, we’d say.

The best holiday cocktails from NY Mag.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

And please donate to Cycle for Survival. Our David Cooper does it every year, to help win the battle against rare cancer.

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We Love: Perfect Black Jeans & Shopping for Charity

We can’t hide from fall forever, so here’s a lovely list of links to get acclimated to cool weather and crisp new styles.

Summer’s almost over. so if you’re all wedding-ed out, check out these chic City Hall weddings. How beautiful are these couples?

And how romantic is this surprise proposal?

And the kiddos are headed back to school. Let’s reminisce with “Yuck,” the documentary about yucky school food directed by a kid.

The perfect inky black skinny jeans.

And how about these stud earrings for a cool-girl, wear everyday signature accessory? You know we love the rose gold so so much.

A-Thread has some affordable basics and cute accessories, and we love that your purchase benefits great nonprofits like LA Animal Services, Kiva, Thirst Relief and Children of the Night.

Now having shopped, want to eat dessert and feel good too? Try “This Dessert Saves Lives.”

And gentlemen, these Don Draper-ish sportcoats are so cozy and handsome. Please wear them.

Here’s a helpful guide from their blog on how to match necklaces with necklines.

It wouldn’t be fall without changing your lipstick. Here’s how to wear bold, dark color.

And a must for fall: the basics of pie.

Till we meet again, cheers!

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We Love: The Floral Trend

Sweet summer florals. Need we say more?

We were a bit ahead of the trend with our Laurel Collection, which debuted last year. We had this feeling fresh floral motifs were coming back and they did, in a big way.

We found so many beautiful things around the internet, so enjoy!

This is the best slideshow from InStyle magazine on how to wear modern florals. We would LOVE to see one of our brides rocking that Rochas floral dress from the first slide.

This floral veil from BHLDN is so incredible we want to get married all over again!

And these floral elephant cake toppers are breaking our heart. So adorable.

Want to see the best floral bridal party ever? Here you go!

Pricey, but how pretty is this delicate gold flower bracelet?

While we’re dreaming, this Valentino black on black floral bag is the best. Wait, maybe this one is.

This has been a wonderfully fun trip down the garden path. We love our fans, so please ‘Like’ us on Facebook!

Featured image, our Leah and Anjelica Engagement Rings.

We Love: Colorful Dresses & Greta Garbo

The colors! That dress! Check out Summer & Adam’s gorgeous wedding photos on Brooklyn Bride.

First, we love when the bride’s dress really stands out from her bridesmaids. It’s natural to want the maids to look incredible, but when their colors and silhouettes are too similar, it can steal a little attention from the bride.

Summer’s “Garbo” gown by Elizabeth Fillmore is so glamorous! We found pictures of it from every angle, but the mannequin can’t do it justice after seeing it on a beautiful, real bride.

Summer said two things about planning a wedding that we love.

On her vision:
I wanted it to be bright, beautiful, and full of color, music, love, and joy.

Her advice to couples:
Focus on what matters, which is the two of you.  Stick together, enjoy every second, and it will be perfect in all the ways that matter.

Have a bright, beautiful, colorful, musical, loving and joyful weekend! Here’s our links list of the week.

Check out this inspiring slideshow from talented wedding photographers Our Labor of Love. We’ve been following their work for a while, and they also shot Summer & Adam’s beautiful pictures!

Doing your own wedding makeup? Emily from Cupcakes & Cashmere has been guest blogging at Estee Lauder, and we finally understand concealer! Check out her tutorial here.

Wow. Check out Danish designer Naja Munthe’s Copenhagen home. Natural, neutral, special and sophisticated, all at once. It also looks like the most calming, centered place to be in a busy city.

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Photo, via Our Labor of Love.

 

 

We Love: Wedding Makeup & Mixology

“I don’t know what luxury is anymore. A good peach is luxury.”

That’s J Crew CEO Mickey Drexler speaking at WWD’s CEO Summit last week. We took this quote to heart because we totally agree: luxury is incredibly subjective.

What is luxury? Kind of a great dinner party topic, right? Some of us crave the luxury of more time above all. Others work hard to attain luxurious things.

Is beauty a luxury? If so, then that’s the one luxury we don’t want to live without. Refined, simple beauty from expected and unexpected sources is our joy.

If you have the luxury of a little free time this weekend, enjoy this week’s fun links from around the web.

Try this next time you see some gorgeous reflections. Jessica Backhaus’s vibrant photographs of Venetian canals.

Bridal beauty! Perfect bridal makeup for a fresh, natural look.

Simple, elegant, a little beachy. We love this minimalist wedding cake.

For the home mixologist, these interesting  additions take your cocktails to the next level.

Need a winter pick-me-up? Colorful watches by Marc Jacobs. They’re like vitamin C in watch form.

Thinking ahead? Here’s a local Valentine’s Day present for the foodies! Made in Brooklyn by the Sweet Fine Day family.

Pictured above, an undeniably romantic image by the talented artist Lee Jung.

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Jeff Cooper Rings & Unique Wedding Ideas

When we discover an amazing couple like Jay and Courtney, we’re so moved. Courtney created a wedding website to document everything about their wedding online. Everything! We love that they made every aspect of the celebration their own. They had Catholic and Hindu ceremonies to honor the bride and groom’s families, and even involved some professional football. Henna bridal tattoos and pro football. There’s really nothing like it.

Courtney, on her Eden Engagement Ring:
“The ring! Believe it or not, I saw this ring 3 years before (2 years before I even met Jay) in a magazine when my college roommate was planning her wedding. At that time I said it was my dream ring, and I’ve always thought of it when I pictured my “perfect ring.” Jay did not want me involved in picking a ring in any way, and I didn’t even know he had begun shopping. He completely surprised me (and I think himself) when I realized it was the Jeff Cooper ring of my dreams!”

We’re so honored to share in your happiness, Courtney & Jay!

We Love: Downton Abbey Season 3

“I wouldn’t want to be predictable.”

Neither would we, Lady Mary, but you know we had to post about the (fictional) wedding of the year. Check out our slideshow up top. That cathedral length veil was bananas! And we told you sleeves are back! We hear the gorgeous floral-inspired headpiece is made out of 45 carats of diamonds! It looks so incredible on Mary’s dark hair! Okay, enough with the exclamation points. We hope you get a chance to do something unpredictable yourself this weekend. See you Monday!

We’re always jewel-happy, so we love that Pantone’s color of the year is Emerald! 100 Layer Cake made this striking mood board to explore emerald bridesmaid dresses.

We’re jealous! Miss James from Bleubird Blog bakes a cake every Sunday with her family. Doesn’t this bittersweet chocolate mousse cake seem the perfect balance of elegant and homey?

Awe-inspiring. Motoi Yamamoto takes meditative installation art to the next level.

Getting married or newlywed? The honeymoon registry site Traveler’s Joy is giving away $5,000 toward a honeymoon or first anniversary trip to a lucky couple that signs up between January 1, 2013 and April 30, 2013.

And finally, the meaning of life is somewhere in this puddle. Have a wonderful weekend!

We Love: A Good Marriage Proposal

We present to you, the week in web loveliness. Have a beautiful weekend.

Prints to inspire positivity & greatness in 2013.

Awww. Last year’s most memorable marriage proposals.

Want to see something so cool? These laser-cut underwater maps take our breath away.

Want to unleash your inner Martha Stewart? These herbal sachets look amazing-smelling and ridiculously easy.

The couple behind Dinner: A Love Story wrote this epic list of New Year’s resolutions from “drink more gin” to taking up “some hobby that requires patience, sitting still, taking in the moment.”

We mentioned Ann Hamilton’s incredible art exhibit a couple weeks ago, but tomorrow and Sunday are the last two days! So. much. fun.

No? Okay, here are some incredible cabins to dream about.

And something to eat.

Shine on you crazy diamond. We’ll see you next week.

Photo, Long Island Sound by belowtheboat.com.

Map of Long Island Sound

Happy 2013!

What will New Year’s Eve look like for you? We’re keeping it a little more intimate this year, but it wouldn’t be New Year’s without a little sparkle.

Looking back on 2012…

Go on, we dare you. Check out the Polar Bear Club’s Coney Island dip, by Brooklyn photographer/designer Jenna Park.

We’re loving the New York Times’ slideshow of 2012’s best book covers, selected by book cover designers.

And speaking of slideshows, Food & Wine’s Champagne cocktails look so pretty, we can’t settle on just one!

Looking forward to 2013…

Planning a wedding? Check out this New Year’s Eve wedding inspiration.

A bold New Year’s resolution for brides to be.

And finally, from one of our Facebook friends, a vintage reminder that beautiful songs and beautiful ideas endure.

Auld Lang Syne, my friends. See you next year!

Photo: Tatiana Round Eternity Set

We Love: NYC Wedding Photographers

If you’re following our blog, you may have already picked up on this, but we’re obsessed with New York style. Our jewelry’s been designed and crafted here forever, and from the beach to the city to the mountains, New York is our constant inspiration.

As avid followers of wedding photography trends, we’ve seen a lot of urban motifs, but Christian Oth’s New York City is the real deal. He captures the city’s energy, and the sophisticated, timeless personality we know and love.

To check out his NYC slideshow, go here and click “New York.”

Photo by Christian Oth Studio.

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