Bridesmaids
10 Beautiful & Creative Alternatives To Traditional Bridesmaid Bouquets
What I love about weddings today is how they reflect the style and personalities of the bride & groom. Modern weddings aren’t bound by meaningless traditions, today’s brides don’t conform to the conventional – you want your wedding to be as unique as you are! And this desire for the different doesn’t have to end…
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Inspiration Boards
Provence Chic – Romantic Wedding Inspiration in a Palette Inspired by Provence
Despite the fact it is Summer here in NZ, it has been something of a wet and miserable day today. So I thought with this week’s inspiration board I would whisk us all away to somewhere lovely – and warm! Inspired by the charming stone houses of Provence, with their pretty shuttered windows, I chose a palette of soft blues, blush…
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Sponsors
Introducing Nestina Accessories’ 2015 Collection
For those of you are new to the blog, Saturday’s posts are dedicated to those people who inspire and enable me to write Chic Vintage Brides. To the creative designers, photographers, stationers and wedding professionals, without whom I couldn’t be doing what I am doing today, my lovely sponsors. I take great pleasure and pride…
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1960s Weddings
A Pomander Bouquet and a Palette of Blue & Yellow for a Spring 1960s Inspired Wedding
Good morning lovelies, oh my goodness, you are going to ADORE today’s wedding! Who wouldn’t love a wedding that features a bride wearing a dress created by her mum, the sweetest flower girls, a Vintage VW Camper, fish & chip canapes and a reception in an incredible Georgian Country House chocka with DIY decor and details?! All captured through the sensitive eye…
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Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons
5 of the Sweetest Vintage Ring Bearer Looks
I have just the thing for you today, the sweetest note to end the week on! All attention lately has been firmly on the bride, with the unveiling of the beautiful new bridal collections for 2015 (if you missed them then take a look here for some red carpet glamour, here for wedding dresses truly fit…
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Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons
Floral Wedding-DIYs
I love a good DIY project and they are just perfect for weddings. There is quite simply no better way to make your day beautifully unique and personal; involve friends, family and loved ones in the build up to your celebrations (and believe me when I say, everyone will want to be involved!) all whilst saving yourself…
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Chic Vintage Bride
Chic Vintage Bride – Mary Nanton
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is really more of a Chic Edwardian Wedding, but it is so fabulous I just had to share it with you….. (Image Source) Mary Georgina Nanton married Douglas Cameron on September 5th 1912 in Winnipeg. But whilst the bride does look beautiful, I especially love her veil, I confess it is…
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Rustic Vintage Weddings
A Vintage Italian wedding into the Fields of Tuscany
Photography by Slow Picture Studio
Today’s rustic, joy-filled wedding takes place in one of my favourite countries, Italy. After several years living in China, Chiara and Lorenzo really missed all they had grown up with: glasses of wine with friends, sun, good food under the blue sky….. This was all they wanted for their wedding. Something special from everyday life,…
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Vintage Inspired Weddings
A Fairytale Phuket Wedding Full of Romance
DARIN IMAGES
Today’s fairytale wedding takes us all the way to Phuket, Thailand. Tammy & Kenneth’s beautiful celebration at Paresa Phuket is an elegant, and oh-so-romantic, floral filled affair that shows an exotic destination wedding doesn’t have to mean beaches and palm trees….. oh and the palette of soft purples and pinks couldn’t be any prettier! I always say…
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Vintage Inspired Weddings
A Romantic Vintage Wedding in the Mountains of North Carolina
THE GANEYS
Alex and Amanda planned an intimate wedding filled with meaning; and to say their day was perfect would be an understatement. From the palette of berry pink and charcoal grey, to the succulent filled florals and elegant mismatched bridesmaids, the couple considered every detail, whilst not forgetting what was really important – becoming husband and…
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Vintage Inspired Weddings
A Sophisticated Vintage Wedding at the Heritage Museum
Jason Burns Photography
Many years in the making, when it came to their wedding Jaime & Steve knew exactly what they wanted to showcase “them.” Jaime’s vintage inspired sophistication (a girl after my own heart she loves all things Downton Abbey and Art Deco!) mixed with Steve’s laid-back casual California personality. And with it all rooted in the…
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Vintage Inspired Weddings
A Classic Timeless Wedding
NOI TRAN PHOTOGRAPHY
Emma & Joe had the most timelessly elegant celebration at the historic, but newly renovated, Georgian Hall. It was the perfect venue for their vision of a light and airy wedding. Emma looked heavenly in a gorgeous gown from one of my absolute favourite designers, whilst her mismatched bridesmaids all in white and blooms to match…
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Vintage Inspired Weddings
A Vibrant Tropical Summer Wedding
JUSTINE WRIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
Abby & Austin’s vibrant wedding took place on a hot summer day in early June; and being a wedding florist herself, Abby created the most amazing tropical floral arrangements with coral peonies, greenery, ranunculus, and anemones that suited the sun-bathed day perfectly! I am firmly of the belief that your venue goes a long way…
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Vintage Inspired Weddings
A Romantic Industrial-Vintage Wedding
ERIN MORRISON PHOTOGRAPHY
Long gone are the days when vintage meant either shabby chic, a tea length wedding dress or flapper style headpieces. Today’s vintage loving couples are taking their love of eras past and infusing it into a modern celebration in the most stylish ways, and I absolutely love it! And Meagan & Adam are the perfect example of…
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Inspiration Shoots
Dusky Spring Floral-Filled Bridal Editorial
ANNA PAVLOVA PHOTOGRAPHY
Today I want to share with you a very gentle and inspiring bridal shoot that is just perfect for the end of Winter, with its pastel Spring florals and beautiful fine art photography. All the way from Russia, it captures a timeless elegance and flawless romance in a dusky color palette guaranteed to capture your heart……..
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