Happy Friday everyone! Are you ready for the start of the weekend? This weekend I will mostly be packing (again) and getting ready for the big move, but it’s not all bad, after all moving to our first NZ home of our own is pretty exciting! This week’s Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons is dedicated to…

Percy Handmade‘s wonderful Wedding Wisdom post on Choosing the Perfect Birdcage Veil for your big day was understandably super popular with all of you vintage loving brides and so I thought it was about time for a follow up post of some of my favourite (and the best) Birdcage Veils from the web….. Blusher Veil …

Nobody does vintage inspired, ethereal and beautiful wedding dresses quite like designer Claire Pettibone (you can see some of her previous creations here on Chic Vintage Brides) I eagerly anticipate each and every one of her collections, and so couldn’t be more thrilled to be sharing her latest (and greatest?) offering for Spring 2014 ‘Decoupage’……..

I have often spoken of my belief that on your big day, it will be your accessories that complete your look and make you feel like a bride, as much as your dress. And when you start looking for the pieces of pretty to state your chosen style you will find there is a veritable…

Gosh it has been blowing a gale here in the usually sunny Hawkes Bay – and that gale has been bitter (coming straight from Antarctica), definitely a weekend for wrapping up and keeping cosy….. oh and packing of course 🙂 Before all that though time for some Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons….. 1. I have been…

It is no secret that I am a big fan of on-line marketplace Etsy for enabling small boutique designers and independent creative businesses to reach a worldwide audience, and for helping brides to find anything they could possibly want for their big day – be it a wedding dress, veil, invitations or accessories. It seems I find a new…

There is little I love more than my step back into times past for a Chic Vintage Brides post, except maybe when it is a bride from a far off, exotic location, and a royal bride at that!  (Image Source)  This week’s Chic Vintage Bride Shigeko Higashikuni was the eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and the elder…

I have (often, I’m sure) mentioned on Chic Vintage Brides my dream of owning a wedding dress boutique and my love of losing myself in the latest wedding dress designs, and so I am sure it will come as little surprise that one of my favourite emails to receive is one from a designer asking me to…

It is all in the details, or so they say and it is often the details that make a wedding memorable. And that’s not to say that a wedding needs to be stuffed with expensive or elaborate details, but rather the little thoughtful and personal details are what will form your memories of your big…

I swear Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons comes around quicker each week! Not such a bad thing though as they signal the start of the weekend 🙂   1. For all brides newly engaged I want to start this week’s Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons with a beautiful inspiration board from Magnolia Rouge. Copper Blues mixes the…

The fabulous Twigs & Honey was one of my first blogging (and Etsy) discoveries, I only wish it had been a discovery I made before getting married. Myra Kim, the lovely lady behind all of the adornments and accessories, with a taste for earthy natural forms and architectural structure, and a soft spot for both…

Can you believe it is June already? Where is this year going?? We will soon be half way through (and counting down to Christmas) Friday means it is Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons, my top 5 posts from my week’s wandering around the wedding web; and this week I have some of the most glorious real…

I have been eagerly anticipating the third issue of Magnolia Rouge magazine pretty much since I turned the last page of the second issue (I do hope you all saw it!) So I couldn’t be more excited to be able to share one of my favourite inspiration shoots from, the fabulously pretty rustic issue, this Spanish Lace…

I can’t quite believe that it will soon be 2 years since I discovered the fabulous work of one of of my absolute favourite Etsy stores Noaki. It is easy to see why I admire the beautiful vintage brooch bouquets she creates so much and I couldn’t be more excited to be able to share with you Noaki‘s latest bouquet…