Royal Wedding Countdown (13 days): Sign the Royal Wedding Guestbook!

The BIG Countdown!

9 days until I leave and 13 days until the BIG day! 

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Heart-warming to just read the entries.

It's just incredible how this one couple has affected so many.  I know I'm thrilled, and obviously can't wait to jump on the plane, party on the streets, gather all the memorabilia...and watch a fairytale wedding!

Royal Wedding Countdown (14 days): Fun Facts of Past Royal Weddings

With so much attention focused on England and 1 specific couple, I thought it would be fun to take a glimpse at a few of England's other royal weddings, with a few interesting facts about each. England knows how to do pomp and circumstance...and I can't wait to see what the newest royal couple will add to the wedding trends for the next year!

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip- Nov. 20, 1947 (married at Westminster Abbey)
Opulent for the time, her train was 15 feet long; her veil was held in place by her grandmother's tiara.

They used Prince Phillips ceremonial sword to cut the 9 foot tall wedding cake.

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer- July 29, 1981 - St. Paul's Cathedral

Probably the most well known royal wedding... until 11 days from now.

Much like the upcoming wedding, Lady Diana's dress was a well kept secret. The designer's for Di's dress would put decoy scraps of fabric in the trash; it was put in a safe at the end of each day and guarded by 2 guards; and the designer's even created a replica dress in case the original idea was leaked out.

Diana's train was 25 feet long, and the veil had 100 yards of netting that was fastened to a Spencer family tiara.

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson- July 23, 1986 - Westminster Abbey

The bride had  an A -- for "Andrew" -- monogrammed on the bottom of her 17-foot train, in addition to her personal coat of arms, a bumble bee, an anchor (in honor of her husband's naval affiliation) and a rose embroidered on the train.

There is much speculation about if Kate will follow the same tradition for her veil as Sarah.  Since Sarah walk in to the church as a commoner and transitioned to royalty during the service, she covered the tiara with a crown of gardenias, and removed them to show the jeweled tiara after the service.

Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles - April 2005, a civil service at Windsor Hall followed by a celebration with 800 guests at St. George's Chapel

Her bouquet, in keeping with royal tradition, contained yellow, white and blue primroses and lilies-of-the-valley from the Queen Victoria gardens at Highgrove.

Royal Wedding Countdown: 15 days and counting!

I AM IN LOVE with this engagement pic!

So these two are pretty comfy in front of the camera, with all the paparazzi and craziness that surrounds them I guess they have to be.  Of all the pictures of them from their engagement I just think that this one is the most natural, and probably reflects who they are best. I think it's adorable!

  How about you...are you doing an engagement session? You probably don't have paparazzi following you, so it's a great way for you to get to know the photographer and get used to being in front of the camera.

THE BIG COUNTDOWN...15 more days!

So we are entering our big countdown to the Royal Wedding. I leave for London in 11 days and have been busy scoping out where I'm going to camp out to watch the processional as well as watch on the big screen in Trafalgar Square with a few thousand of my closest friends! It's going to be be an amazing experience!

Like most engaged couples Kate and Will have a wedding website (how about you?).

You can read more great info about Will and Kate's amazing day at:

http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/

Be sure to look for me in the crowds as you watch the royal wedding!

Fit for a Princess ...a Royal Wedding Table Design

Did I mention I'm going to London for the Royal Wedding...did I mention that the wedding is in 17 days....can I say I'm just a tad excited for this!

The announcement of a Royal Wedding really created quite a stir....and as it gets closer the frenzy seems to grow.

Since I'm so excited, many things in my life seem to take a royal wedding twist.  We recently did a bridal show and our theme for our table design was of course "A Royal Wedding".  We aren't all royalty, but we can be a princess for a day, so we designed a table of that was soft, romantic, and elegant, with a twist of fun for the cake.

Thank you to JS Design Custom for gorgeous menus, to Mulberries for amazing flowers, they smelled sooo good...wish this screen was scratch and sniff..or better yet Wonka Vision so you could reach in and grab one of the amazing cupcakes by Lovely Confections.

 

 

 Thank you Jared Wilson Photography and Mansurovs Photography

Vintage Garden Party Table at Studio Wed

We set up an adorable table as a window display at Studio Wed in Denver. I am just SO ready for Spring to be here, and Summer can follow really quickly! So we designed this table to have a little bit of that vintage touch that is so popular right now, but I had to add a little bit of garden touches to it.

I love how it turned out, it's very sweet....what do you think?

 

Mr. and Mrs Place Cards. We made these with a little vintage looking scrapbook paper and sticker letters.

 

We used the same vintage paper and did butterfly cutouts, then placed them in our centerpieces. Look carefully and you'll see one on the yellow flower.

 

We used an eclectic mix of items for our centerpiece: an apothecary jar with some vines, blossoms and more butterfly cut outs; a book with a floral filled tea cup; mercury glass votives and pillar holder, 

and a little figurine bird.

A little antique key with the word "joy" on it adds a great decorative touch to the napkin.

I'm ready for all those beautiful vintage garden weddings, now we just need mother nature to cooperate!

Singing in the Rain Photo Shoot

Every bride worries about rain on her wedding day....and everyone says it brings good luck.  Well, we decided to create our own rainy day luck for this photo shoot. I call it Singing in the Rain, complete with our own version of raindrops!

I've even included the sketches of what I sent to the team...I think we got pretty close! 

 

Umbrellas from Splendor for Your Guests, just in case....as well as fabulous shawls just in case

Incredible flowers by Alicia from Bella Fiori Events

 Homemade test tube raindrops....

Great little details provided by Julie Sandusky at JS Design Custom
 

Our super fun cake table!  Coolest cake ever ...as well as yummy cake balls for the Grooms Bar (we know we ate them afterwards!) by Slice Design Studio.

 ....and the fabulous Groom's Bar! Full of all his favorites....ok I cheated, it's full of my hubby's faves!

 

Thanks to everyone who made this shoot possible.
Pallazzo Verdi at Fiddler's Green
This Modern Life for fab photography
TDA for rigging
Kori Schell for makeup and specially designed hair accessories
Tina Gill from Worthwhile Style for styling the shoot
Chair Covers and Linens
Event Rents for the coolest chairs ever, as well as all the other rental props

Valentine's Recap.....a good pair of shoes

We love to celebrate LOVE!  So we spent part of the day on Valentine's Day playing cupid, running around to some of our fave venues dropping off cupcakes made by The Makery.  So many of the hotels were decked out in tons of fab red flowers.  All of them said they were booked solid at the restaurants.  At the Brown Palace Hotel we saw so many couples having afternoon tea, the concierge informed us that it's the only time of year where you see so many men enjoying high tea.

I loved thinking of all the couples getting all dressed up, and heading out on the town. A few important questions were popped last night I'm sure....a very popular day for proposals.

I think I would have to pull out some Luichiny shoes jut for that special night! They've got  a hidden heart on the bottom!

This one is the Gettin' Hitched Sandal...how appropriate!

 

So...I would love to have gotten dressed up and hit the town with all of you, but I love our family tradition too.  A nice night at home with all 3 of my boys and a wonderful dinner of spaghetti and heart shaped meatballs.  Maybe I'll pull out those Luichiny's next year? Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day, we'd love to hear how you spent your night!