To celebrate Chic Vintage Brides very first birthday, we gave her something of a makeover! So, what do you think of our swanky new design??? I am hoping you will see lots you love! Like the new pages taking you straight to a gallery of your favourite posts – Real Weddings, Inspiration Boards, Chic Vintage Brides and Snippets,…

Oh wow, I can’t quite believe it…. it hardly seems possible…. but today Chic Vintage Brides celebrates its first birthday 🙂 (Image Source) A whole 12 months old…. so much has happened since its quiet little launch last year that it quite boggles my mind! I can not wait to see what happens over the…

As the days grow longer and warmer, I am craving the pretty palettes of Spring and Summer. And none can be prettier than that of dusky blue and blush…. French Hotel from Polly Alexndre, Blush Cap Sleeve Beaded Gown from Elie Saab, Blue Butterfly via Pinterest, Dusky Blue Brooch from Lisa Warninger, Ring from Jose…

With 5 posts this week (I hope you caught them all – the incredible 1940s inspired Love Notes inspiration shoot that became a surprise proposal, Kelsey Genna’s exquisite debut collection, Chic Vintage Bride – Catherine Murray and introduction to new website MILK Books – with CVBs 1st competition, don’t miss it!) Chic Vintage Brides has been bursting…

Oh my goodness, I am beyond words excited to be able to share the launch of a new website – and to be able to offer a fabulous product give-away!! (a CVB first!) New Years Day 2011 I remember all I wanted was to relive the past 24 hours every day of my life! I…

I could not be more excited to share the début (you won’t be believe it when you see it) bridal collection of super talented New Zealand designer Kelsey Genna – there aren’t the words to describe how divine these wedding dresses are, so I am going to let the heavenly campaign images do the talking…..

The countdown to Chic Vintage Bride‘s official birthday has started – just 10 days to go! I am super excited about what we (Mr E and I) have planned to celebrate the occasion….. but am a little nervous about sharing too much at the moment (just in case) I may sneak peek a few things on…

Where are the weeks going? I can not believe next week sees the start of October….. it is only 12 days (and counting) until Chic Vintage Brides 1st birthday! It also means we’re entering peak wedding season in the southern hemisphere – and my favourite wedding season in the northern hemisphere 🙂 So for any…

In 2 short weeks Chic Vintage Brides will be celebrating its official 1st birthday 🙂 It continues to amaze me that after a year I can still come across somebody so talented, and whose work is so beautiful, I wonder how I could possibly have not discovered them before! Today, I am super excited to…

*See the new 2014 roundup of 30 Beautiful Little (and Long) Black Dresses Perfect For Bridesmaids HERE* The search for the perfect bridesmaids dress it seems can often be even more of a challenge than finding THE wedding dress. Finding a style that is both affordable and fashionable, cute and wearable, plus of course liked by both bridesmaids and bride, seems to…

It’s the weekend! And by way of a celebration I have the pick of this week’s prettiest posts, take a squiz at these….. 1. Now I am hoping by now that everyone has read the latest issue of {MAG}Rouge – The Festival Issue! If you have you will of course recognise this shoot from Magnolia…

Lulled into a false sense of Spring security, Winter made a short return and last week felt anything but Spring like! But isn’t there just something about the light on crisp, cold days? Today’s real Winter wedding, with its pretty blossom hinting at Spring, captures perfectly what I mean. With the lovely Darren, from CK Metro Photos, images you can almost…

It has been a lovely and warm end to the first week of Spring here in new Zealand – just in time for the weekend 🙂  With blossoms beginning to flower and trees popping with green, the air feels full of promise! And as always there was plenty of pretty across 1. Gorgeous Style Me…

A completely unscheduled post today! As I was furiously pinning this morning (after almost a year I pinned my 5000th pin today) I came across these and simply could not resist sharing them, so stop whatever you’re doing and come oooh, ahhh and swoon with me over some of the most extraordinarily romantic wedding dresses…

** If you’d like to see more braids, take a peek here at an all new list of 20 beautiful and bride-worthy braids. ** It has been impossible not to notice, and fall in ♥ with the Braid revival that has been occurring of late….. Long Loose Braid The perfect alternative to the formal bridal updo…