Black is Cool

In honor of Black Friday, I thought adding some ideas for adding Black into your wedding.  Far from being taboo, black can be a great color to add some drama to your day.  Think formal, with a twist.  If you add Black to an all natural green and white pallette, it brings is the importance and solidaridy of the day. Enjoy these story boards for inspiration.

I am in LOVE with the short dress in the upper right corner and am currently researching short wedding dresses for another post. Long is definitely over-rated.  Black in this wedding is definitely used as more of an accent color and helps ground certain elements.

Here Black and Green are used again, but with more of an artistic, bold flair. The cake is to die for and reminecent of Alice in Wonderland. Who wouldn't want to stay for the cake-cutting here and get a piece of that? Also, any bold, black and white print can be used to take something that could look very plain to the next level.  The invitation on the lower right shows just how to do this.

On the other end of the color wheel is Pink. Hot Pink and Black are pure drama and you can do so much with these colors.  Simple, elegant and just plain beautiful--from hanging black chandliers at different levels at the reception (style note: you can buy mix matched chandiliers at garage sales and resale shops and just spray paint them black)monocromatic bouquets, to the must-have hot pink wedding shoe-- black and pink weddings are easy to plan and inspirations are everywhere.

I love that these gals wore their own choice of black shoes...and talking about actually being able to wear your bridesmaid's dress again.....you just can't lose with Black--and they have pockets. What? Crazy...don't leave out the guys. What guy wouldn't want a pair of classic black chuck tailors?  This style just keeps coming back again and again.  If you are daring, you can actually go to the Coverse website and design your own pair of one-stars etc to match your wedding color scheme....creativity is the limit.

Speaking of shoes, I had to show this picture...because these are mt hot-pink wedding shoes....no that is not me in the picture. But, someone stole my shoes.  Those are the same exact shoes I wore in my wedding and actually if I am not mistaken, I bought them on clearence at Kohls for less than $20. As a matter of fact, winter is the perfect time of the year to find fun, haute and stylish colored peep-toe wedding shoes.

Ok, now for the real glam of the day.  If you aren't too afraid, why not a Black Wedding Dress, you heard me.....Black. It wasn't until modern time that a white wedding dress became popular.  Before, ladies would wear their best dress to get married in--no matter what color it was and Black was a great choice. It is elegant, always in style and makes the bride natually look thinner....a win-win.

So, go-ahead, make Black your feature or accent color for your wedding and send us pictures, so I can post them.

Designer Wedding Dress for Less

I am sure that all of us gals, when dreaming about our wedding as little girls, we all wanted a beautiful romantic dress made especially for us. As we grew up, Vera Wang became as synonymous with wedding dresses as cotton candy is to carnivals.  The appeal for a Vera Wang gown, who's approach to wedding dress design is all about sophisticated drama with a modern touch, travels far and wide through-out the world.  But, truly only movie stars and the like could ever afford a Vera Wang dress. Well, girls, you are in for a true treat.......because times are a changin'.

Vera Wang has debuted her own line of gowns made for you and me, exclusively at Davids Bridals. These gowns are sugery-sweet billowing visions dancing in our heads. Feminine details such as rosettes, crystals and pleating are reminiscent of her couture gowns made of silk, organza and lace. These lovely gowns from the White, by Vera Wang collection are remarkably similar to her couture gowns and honestly, who would know the difference?  Perfect for any wedding style; especially non-traditional, funky, destination and hollywood style themes, no doubt these gowns will be a true expression of who you are.