Inspiration #96- Navy and Lime Aquarium Wedding

Inspiration #95- Bright Apple Red and Chocolate

    Ok, I just have to say I am in love with the idea of all of the bridesmaids wearing fun, bright shoes! For this wedding I think it would be amazing to see chocolate brown dresses with red shoes. This color combo is definitely a great choice for the October 24th wedding that the bride who requested this board is planning. She also plans to throw some pale gold into the mix (in this board it's used for the brides sash, the grooms tie and caramel apples).


    sources: Ian Grant, Elizabeth Anne Designs, The Brides Cafe, Once Wed, DIY Wedding,
    Brides (x2), Southern Weddings, Martha Stewart Weddings

    * Don't forget to enter the contest! You have until Thursday, click here to enter or scroll down to the post below this one.

Badge of Honor

    If a preppy style wedding tickles your fancy then I suggest you get your hands on these cuter than cute preppy badges. Available from Bloomsbury Store they are such a cute idea for an engagement party or wedding. I think the bridesmaids badges would even look cute pinned onto your maids bouqets. Priced at £3.43 each they are a fun way to add a bit more personality to your day. Bloomsbury Store will ship internationally so visit them at www.bloomsburystore.com to place your order.



    Posted by Emilie Harrison

New Kid On The Block



    For many brides one major challenge is finding bridesmaids dresses that flatter real women; dresses that suit tall, short, skinny and curvy. Ava Madison was born out of a vision to create timeless and feminine looks when co-founders Michelle and Natalie realised the lack of choice available to brides and bridesmaids when planning their own weddings. Ava Madison’s 09/10 collection is completely feminine, glamourous and elegant. The range incorporates a modern colour palette from plush neutrals to bold accents and utilises gorgeous fabrics such as silk, satin, chiffon, dupion, georgette and tulle. Ava Madison’s sophisticated and glamorous designs ring true to their philosophy. By uniting their vision with beautiful fabrics, flattering designs and quality local workmanship Ava Madison aims to bring style and elegance to all fashionable bridal parties. To find out more about Ava Madison visit www.avamadison.net.









    Ava Madison will be launching their first collection at The Wedding Establishment at Comme in Melbourne on Wed 30th Sept. Wedding Style Guide are thrilled to be the official bridal media partner for this fabulous wedding event. To find out more and to purchase your tickets for the Melbourne event or the Sydney event (The Tea Room QVB, Wed 23rd Sept) visit www.weddingestablishment.com.au. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for Ava Madison. I am positive we're going to see great things from this gorgeous, new and fresh Australian label.



    Posted by Emilie Harrison

Contest!! Win Personalized Art to celebrate my 100th board.

    Hi girls, it's time for the first ever Inspiring Brides Contest to celebrate the approaching 100th board! There will be a prize for the winner who will be picked by a random integer generator.

    So on to the prizes! One lucky winner will have a choice of either of the lovely personalized art pieces show below from Etsy. The carved tree art is from seller SilhouetteBlue and the silhouette art is by Le Papier Studio. Each piece of art is customizable with your choice of colors and of course your initials/names. I just think these are both so lovely and unique! Find out how to enter after the pictures.

    You have until Thursday September 3rd to enter!




    There are three easy ways to enter!
    1. leave a comment on this post saying which one you'd like to win.
    2. leave a separate comment with an idea for an inspiration
      board you'd like to see that I haven't created yet.
    3. post about my contest on your blog and either leave a separate comment with
      a link to your post or e-mail me a link to your post. (@       carlyb.wolf@gmail.com)

    You have until Thursday September 3rd to enter!

    *--Love contests?!? A Bride's Brain is giving away a Groom Survival Kit, click here to check it out.--*

Inspiration #94- A Non-traditional Winter Wedding

    A bride who wants to wear converse? Amazing! I love little non-traditional details like that, another non-traditional element I really like is patterned bridesmaids dresses. The bride who requested this board is using a cobalt and platinum color palette for her winter themed wedding. She mentioned that she loved the cake topper shown in this board, which I think is totally modern and very cute. I also like the idea of finding some graffiti to take some wedding photos in front of, very non-traditional and very fun!


Pretty Papers

    Here are a couple of lovely products from Paper Klip Design in Australia via Etsy - I love the colours and combination of patterns used in the heart garland.





    Posted by Jane Cameron

Buttery Goodness

    Butter yellow is such a popular and pretty palette for brides. Matched with whites and the softest golds it makes for a truly wondrous colour choice. Soft yellow lends itself well to any style of wedding, whether it be black tie, cocktail or even a country picnic party. And... there are so many ways to incorporate this sunny shade. There are some truly gorgeous yellow roses available, along with cakes, drinks and food it's a colour with never ending possibilities.


    To view items in more detail just click on the Polyvore

    I loved how our real couple Anne Trinidad and Jason Goninan, from issue 10, made the buttery yellow palette their own through the use of flowers, gorgeous bridesmaids dresses, table runners and chair ties. They even gave bottles of Limoncello to guests as favors. How delicious!





    Posted by Emilie Harrison

Theme Thursday #13- Pretty Peony Backyard Wedding

    If you've read through my blog you probably know that I have a strong love for backyard weddings. I just love the fun, laid back atmosphere that they exude. This board was created for a bride who is having her wedding and reception in her parents backyard. Her color scheme is green and pink, using mostly peonies and hydrangeas. She wants the wedding to have a rustic yet elegant country feel to it. I absolutely adore the fact that she bought mismatched china and tea cups from a second hand store. Plus, I think its super sweet that the wedding favors are going to be homemade jams and salsas made by herself, her mother, her mother-in-law and her grandmother! They also plan to have a small cake to cut with cupcakes for the guest and a dessert table.

    Also, the bride mentioned that her fiance is a dairy farmer so I thought it would be a really cute idea to have cookies with milk "shots" at the wedding too!


Inspiration #93- Preppy New England Beach Wedding

    A monochromatic color palette can be just as fun and cheery as a multicolored one, and I think this board proves that. The bride who requested this board is working with a navy and shades of blue palette for her September beach wedding in New England. Her theme is elegant, preppy beach with a touch of a rustic feel. I think the grey and navy is a nice alternative to the usual khaki and navy seen at a lot of "preppy" weddings.


Designer Dining

    Wow, Royal Doulton Waterford Wedgwood really know what women want! Tonight I had a sneak peak at their new registry innovations. Their stunning range of crystal, china and cookware has something for everyone's individual style - and it is now so easy to add to your registry list. With a beautiful new package being launched for couples, choosing fine dining pieces for you registry will be a breeze. The packages include all you need to know about choosing quantities and designs which are right for you and has special features like bar codes of the most popular items included to make scanning and selecting a cinch! Best of all when you purchase any Royal Doulton or Waterford Wedgwood product it comes with a 2 year promise.......you break it and they will replace it absolutley free. Keep an eye out for all the details and their fabulous free gift offers after the official store launch on the 1st of September. Sounds like the perfect excuse to glam up your dining every day.


    The Pointe D'Esprit dinner setting by Monique Lhuillier for Royal Doulton as featured in Issue 11.

    Posted By Annabelle Kerslake

Italian Stallion

    One of the masters of fine glassware, internationally renowned Luigi Bormioli, is a little excited to announce the launch of their fine bone dinnerware collection - Luigi Bormioli Michelangelo. Inspired by the essence of Italian dining this classic collection would make an ideal wedding gift or addition to any gift registry. The collection is made from superior vitrified fine bone china and each piece is encompassed with a premium glaze formula that is fired at high temperatures to produce a ‘vitrified’ body which seals each piece for strength and resistance to surface scratches. The rimmed plates in the collection feature a reinforced rolled edge that provides excellent resistance against chipping. The Michelangelo 20 piece formal dinner set contains 28cm dinner plates, 24cm rim soup plates, 23cm salad plates, cups and saucers and retails for $249.00AUS. The 16 piece everyday dinner set comprises 28cm dinner plates, 18cm coupe bowls, 23cm salad plates and 350ml coupe mugs and retails for $199.00AUS. Fourteen additional individual dinnerware items and a host of matching accessories are available that allow you to build your collection to suit your lifestyle. The Luigi Bormioli Michelangelo Collection is available from David Jones and independent homeware stores across Australia. For stockists enquiries call McPherson’s Consumer Products on 1800 65 11 46.





    Posted by Emilie Harrison

And the Celebrity Bride Wore...

    Temperley London was the choice for model-turned actress and fashion designer Milla Jovovich when she wed British film director Paul Anderson. The dress, called The Long Muse, is from the Temperley London Bridal Collection with the artwork embellishment inspired by Art Deco and made with metal cording, perspex components and delicate crystals and beads in shades of silver, white and lovely lime. She finished off the look with an intricate woven headpiece.




    The back of Jovovich's gown featured a low cut key-hole, which added a dash of sexiness

    We've always been a fan of Temperley London's gorgeous pieces so I thought I'd share with you a few of my fave pieces from the current bridal collection. Visit www.temperleylondon.com to have a squiz.


    The Catriona dress


    The Shakespeare Long Sapphire dress


    The Long Twinkle dress

    Posted by Emilie Harrison

Always Loves: Under The Cherry Moon

    I've already expressed my blog love for Rock'n'Roll Bride, well they recently had a makeover by graphic designer Rhiannon Burton of Under The Cherry Moon Wedding Frippery, who also does wedding stationery. Her site is still being worked on and I can’t wait to see the full range, in the meantime I adore this series of great postcards ‘Will you be my…?’ you can send out to your bridal party.

    For the traditional bridal party…

    Will you be my…Bridesmaid?


    And for the not so traditional…

    Will you be my….Best woman?


    Looking forward to seeing more of Rhiannon's work...

Inspiration #92- Southern California Mediterranean Blue Wedding

Pretty ruffles

    I was just over at lovelyprettycheerythings blog (you should have a look, it is written by Nicola who owns the gorgeous rubyandjoy flower shop) and saw her post on the most pretty dresses. They are from sarahsevens who has an etsy shop where you can buy them from.











    Posted by Emma Henderson

Inspiration #91- Making Black and Orange Work for Spring

    The bride who requested this board wanted to work with a orange and black color scheme that didn't look like Halloween. Since her ballroom is brown and cream she plans to use Kermit mums and some pink to brighten it up. So I think incorporating some green or pink into the bridesmaids bouquets definitely help orange work for spring. For the reception she plans to have clusters of vases with monochromatic flowers in each one (so each table would have say a vase with orange tulips, a vase with pink roses, a vase with green Kermit mums etc.)

Inspiration #90- Pretty Outdoor Yellow and Gray Wedding

    Sorry for the little break in posting! This past weekend we had my sister's bachelorette party down the shore so I was pretty busy with getting things ready for that. But I'm back!! Plus, I have two boards for you today :]

    Anyway, this board was requested by a bride who is getting married at a winery in California. She was deciding between a yellow and dark blue or a yellow and gray color palette. I just love the freshness of gray though and I think it works brilliantly for an outdoor wedding.


Golden Tootsies

    I think if Dorothy was living in 2009 gone would be her red sequined sparklers that became famous in The Wizard of Oz. I'm almost certain she'd choose these shiny gold numbers from Christian Louboutin. The t-bar is ever so classic and makes for a perfect shoe when dancing is on the cards. Will you wear these again? Most certainly. Will you want to take them off? Most certainly not! Visit www.net-a-porter.com to buy online, visit www.christianlouboutin.com to view the entire collection or if you're in Australia call or visit David Jones in Bourke St, Melbourne, Elizabeth St, Sydney, and Queen's Plaza in Brisbane.


    Christian Louboutin Archidisco 120 t-bar sandals £637

    Posted by Emilie Harrison

Blog Love: Real Weddings

    Check out the ‘Sweet Whimsical Wedding’ on Style Me Pretty in three parts, here, here and here…

    Beautiful photography by Choco Studio, amazing venue- Ralston White Retreat, fabulous short dress (a thrift store find re-designed by dressmakers at Al's Attire), colorful carnival masks and succulents…love it!



    And if you’re looking for ideas for a budget friendly green wedding take a look at this beautiful eco wedding full of great details on Green Wedding Shoes. The photography was by Sabine Scherer…gorgeous.




Tea Time

    I think one of my all time favourite shoots that we have done at WSG is our tea party story from our very first issue. I love the fun mix of Cath Kidston fabrics and the beautiful roses and peonies although I thought the best part of the article were the free downloads! I loved them so much that I used the tea cannister labels to label my teas at home! We have had lots of brides emailing us to say they used this idea for their kitchen teas and also engagement parties.








    All photography by Amanda McLauchlan


    To download our tea party labels click here

    Posted by Emma Henderson
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