Flowers soon... and gowns by Vera Wang

Well, I finally heard back from the shop I ordered my silk flowers from... It seems they will be sent out tomorrow... Arriving in a week or a week and a half or so... So it's been a long wait considering they were ordered January 30th, but as long as they get here and are what I want then that's ok by me... Finding black flowers is nearly impossible and I am so set on it... Vera Wang is totally a fan of the black touch with the big white dress... I have a bridal magazine at home where she poses with a big white gown on a body model and the model holds a big round bouquet of shiny black roses and has a black ribbon tied around her waist. While looking around for some black accessory with white gown stylings by Vera I found this knockout style board posted at Style Me Pretty:
If you visit Style Me Pretty they have a fantastic Marie Antoinette inspired invitations entry to gape at right now.

Some gorgeous gowns designed by Vera Wang:The black accesory headpiece:

Happy Valentines Day!

My Valentines Day is pretty tame this year. I have a migraine and work and wedding planning have kept my dearest and I far too busy and cash conscious for too much frivolity... We were going to make a nice dinner together but since I'm not feeling well we've decided it's going to be our favourite sushi take out while watching The Tudors (season 2, my V-day gift from Steve). We'll make a nice meal together and eat in when he gets back from the business trip he's going on next week. I made him a gift as well... I've told him it exists but I'm going to give it to him for his weeklong business trip... He can open it on Monday when he leaves. Maybe I can get some snaps of that up here later.

Very unfortunately, my silk wedding bouquet flower order fell through. The bouquets I fell in love with are discontinued and unavailable! I think it's pretty bad practice to have products listed on your site that are simply unavailable for purchase. At the very least, provide custumers with a means to check how many of an item are in stock! I found some more bouquets I liked and again, they were unavailable. I decided to order loose silk stems and sprays and assemble my own bouquets. I was able to order lots of fabulous flowers, all the types and colours and sizes I want! However it's been 15 days since my order and the site I ordered from has taken my money but have yet to process my order. Arghhhhh!!

I'm hooked on etsy now though! Since I discovered etsy and blogged about it I've checked their site daily. There's a lot of wonderful handmade stuff as well as oodles of vintage finds....

Some of my favorite finds:

A peacock patterened clutch lined in dupioni silk with an antiqued brass finish:A hand emboidered black and hot pink clutch:Steampunk vintage deco style earrings:
Some peanut butter and jelly felted earrings:A zebra cowhide clutch bag:
And this a-MA-zing off white leather fringe bag:

Dream Shoe Shopping

My mom has found the dress she is going to wear to my wedding... A teal number by Tadashi.

So now she needs her shoes!! I did a little dream shopping at netaporter.com and found these:
Fendi Grosgrain bow-front pumps
Christian Louboutin Fortuna platform pumps
Christian Louboutin Cotton Club metallic wedges (my favorite pick for her)Christian Louboutin Simple python pumpsand just for fun,
Stella McCartney beaded sandals