For the middle of summer it is distinctly overcast and ever so slightly chilly here today, not at all what I have come to expect and love of a beautiful Hawke’s Bay summer. Luckily I have just the perfect thing to brighten this dreary Monday! I have been positively bursting to share this decadent art…

Ah Friday, fabulous Friday, where have you been all week? I am so pleased to see you! All these early morning wake up calls of a puppy desperate for a play are beginning to take their toll! I am looking forward to a long lie in tomorrow (thanks to Mr E who will be on…

Morning lovelies! I hope everyone enjoyed yesterday’s post (it was Part I of today’s so it is here if you missed it) I certainly loved pulling it together – perusing the 2014 catwalks and collections of the very top wedding dress designers from around the world and choosing the top 10 wedding dress trends for…

Good morning! I hope everyone enjoyed a fabulous weekend and is ready for the start of a new week. I was strangely eager when my alarm went off this Monday morning, thanks to today’s post. I LOVE wedding dresses! Now, that may be considered something of an obvious pre-requisite for a wedding blogger, but I…

Wow, is it just me or did that week fly by? Still, I can’t complain as it is Friday again, the start of the weekend, which can only mean one thing time for my pick of this weeks wedding posts! I confess there is little I love more than perusing wedding blogs myself, despite being…

Hello lovelies! I’m afraid so, yes, it is Monday already – where did that weekend disappear to so quickly? I feel as though I hardly had a chance to greet it when it was gone. Anyway, to brighten this Monday morning, and especially for those of you shivering and suffering in the polar vortex, I…

That’s it ladies, the first week of work in 2014 done and dusted! So pour yourself a large cab sav, grab a pew, put your feet up and prepare to see some serious lovely wedding inspiration. My favourite blogs knock it out the park each and every week (never failing to inspire, motivate and make…

I confess I am a little obsessed with the subject of today’s post… in fact I am going to be so bold as to say that this, just the third in my series of Aisle Style posts, is my absolute favourite! Have you checked out the Ceremony Arches and Drapes posts? They are rather lovely too…

Apologies, this post is more than a little late, but if you follow Chic Vintage Brides on Facebook you know why 🙂 Now, I love New Year, and not just because it is our anniversary! I love the chance to reflect on the year gone by but more importantly to look forward to all the…

Well hello 2014! I hope everyone had a smashing New Year! My NYE was spent quietly celebrating with Mr E and the new addition to our little family – and he has been keeping us on our toes ever since! How about you, how did you see in 2014? We awoke on New Years day to…

Tomorrow Mr E and I celebrate our 3rd anniversary! That’s right New Year’s Eve 2010 (2 months before we moved to the other side of the world) in the late afternoon of a snowy December, as the sun started to set we were exchanging our vows. Words can’t describe the joy of that day, even…

So, it isn’t just me then that thinks Christmas is the most romantic time of year, because apparently Christmas Eve is the most popular day for proposals! Which means many of you are newly engaged, super excited brides-to-be coming to Chic Vintage Brides for the first time, and so let me say a heartfelt congratulations…

Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a wonderful day, rejoicing with your nearest and dearest. I have a suitably fitting and extra special Chic Vintage Bride for you today….. (Image Source) Irene Reynolds was a Christmas day bride marrying William Wallace in St John’s Church, Newbury Park on December 25th, 1952. Still married to this day,…

Wishing you a fabulous Christmas….. …..may your days be merry and bright!   Amy x

Christmas Eve Eve….. wow has Christmas come around quick this year! I am finally feeling more prepared for it after a weekend of shopping and wrapping (accompanied of course by Love Actually and a glass of sherry) – how about you, are you on top of everything for Christmas? Last Christmas I went with a fabulous…