February 2011
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Maids Monday: Shabby Apple
Think finding a modest wedding dress can be a challenge? Just wait until you look for bridesmaids’ dresses!! After looking for a modest dress for my ladies that was the right color, right price, and right fit for everyone, I finally decided to go with a coordinated but not matching look. They looked gorgeous, but I wish I had known about Shabby Apple then: it would have saved a LOT of time...
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“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult...”
– Michael Leunig
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Wedding Project: Chocolate-Dipped Marshmallows
I came across this fun project on goodLife {eats} (which I adore, by the way), and thought it would make a fun wedding project. Katie made it as a Valentine’s Day project, but wouldn’t these marshmallows be great individually wrapped as a wedding favor? Paired with some hot chocolate mix, this is one wedding favor that would definitely make it home with me!
photo from goodLife...
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Design Your Own Wedding Shoes: Milk and Honey
You know how I feel about customization. While I don’t subscribe to the theory that it being “your day” means you get to stomp on everyone’s feelings, I do think that it should be “your day” in that everyone who attends your wedding should feel like it’s so you. In my book, the more customization, the better!
So as you can imagine, Milk & Honey is...
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Demure Design: Alta Moda Bridal
Alta Moda Bridal definitely ranks up there as one of my favorite bridal boutiques. Many brides who are looking for a modest wedding gown have one of three choices: choose a gown that already has sleeves, add a jacket of some type to a gown that doesn’t, or alter a finished gown to make it more modest. Well, Alta Moda adds another option: they work directly with the gown designers to modify...
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Wedding Bouncers
Forgive the late post…I’ve been having winter travel “fun” and am typing this from the airport, where my flight just got delayed for the fifth time!
Despite that, it’s been a good day. I attended a training session on facilitation, one of the parts of my job I love the most. In one of the exercises, we were discussing the fact that when you’re dealing with...
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“Where you love somebody a whole lot, and you know that person loves you, that’s...”
– The Most Beautiful Place in the World by Ann Cameron
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Delightfully Sweet
I spent my early childhood living in Germany and, wonderful as it was, there were some side effects. Including a lifetime inability to truly enjoy Hershey’s chocolate. Thanks to my early introduction to European chocolate, I am, I must admit, a little bit of a chocolate snob. I’m not above enjoying the occasional Dove square, but my real weakness is for almost anything imported. These...
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Modest Inspiration: Winter Wedding Shoot
I am not ready for winter to be over with (although the weather doesn’t seem to agree with me). As one of the few people I know who actually seems to like the snow, I have been just the teensy-est bit appalled at how winter just seemed to vanish overnight! Maybe the weather will humor me and give us just a bit more winter, but in the meantime, go check out this great winter shoot featured on...
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Walk in Love. Secret Message Shirts
I adore walk in love. clothing. I’m not really a t-shirt person, but theirs are definitely the shirts I would wear if I were!! I’m especially loving their new secret message t-shirts.
{Photographs by Brooke Courtney Photography}
How great are those?? I think this would make a perfect fun gift for your bridesmaids — maybe for something comfy to wear before you all start...
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Demure Design: Justin Alexander
I’m discovering that I have a particular weakness for dresses with collars.
This Justin Alexander beauty, in particular, reminds me of the amazingly gorgeous riding habits women used to have. When I was little, I wanted to have a time machine just so I could go back and have one of those habits! I grew out of that particular delusion, but I still love anything that reminds me of my...
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And...We're Off!
I think of the day after Valentine’s day a little bit like the day after Thanksgiving. So many people get engaged between Christmas and Valentine’s Day, and I’ve always thought of the day after as the official beginning of the wedding planning season. All of you who got engaged at Christmas are really getting into the planning now, and those of you who got engaged yesterday are...
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We Wish to Welcome You to Munchkin Land!
Everyone likes things made especially for them, but that’s never more true than when you’re talking about children. As anyone who has searched through what feels like 500 keychains to find the one with the name of a child in your life, kids LOVE things that are personalized.
This past weekend, my sister had her first baby shower (my niece will be making an appearance in April!), and...
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Lovely Things: Villa Figura
I am not, as a rule, a huge fan of Valentine’s Day. Or hearts. In fact, I became notorious during the planning for my wedding by declaring (loudly and to anyone who would stand still, and a few who wouldn’t) that there would be no hearts or frills anywhere in sight. Luckily, I married a man who is as underwhelmed by February 14th as I am. Please don’t misunderstand me: I love...
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Real Modest: Jackie and Jang
When photographer Amber Weimer sent these photographs to me, I nearly swooned! (Yes, I just used the word swooned. I’m an old-fashioned kind of girl). If there is one thing I love, it’s anything that has the elegant glamour associated with Old Hollywood. And do these photos ever!!
If Sinatra and Crosby make your heart go all pitter-patter, then prepare to be just as bowled over as I...
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Maids Monday: Clutches
Technical difficulties got in the way of yesterday’s post, so this week, “Maids Monday” will be on Tuesday!
I love clutches. Adore them. I’m dangerous around them, though…after the fifth time I left one sitting someplace and forgot it, my husband threatened to hide every purse of mine that doesn’t have a strap!
If you have a little better luck with keeping...
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Real Modest: April & Ben
Today’s wedding was submitted to Modest Bride by the lovely Karen of Karen Schlink Photography. Karen is one of the most genuine and enthusiastic wedding photographers I’ve ever met, and she truly loves what she does (she tears up at every wedding she photographs!).
How did you meet? Ben and I met at our church and were friends for a year before he approached me.
Tell us about...
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Shower Ideas: Truffle Bar & Floral Design
If you’re like me, the thought of the “traditional” *ahem* “night out on the town” for your bachelorette party never even crossed your mind. It turns out that a growing number of women are, in fact, choosing something a little less risque for their pre-wedding celebration.
If you’re looking for an interesting idea for your bridal shower or bachelorette party,...
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There’s something so terribly sweet and innocent about carving your initials into a tree, and yet…the poor tree!!
Photo by Gail Fielding
Well, now there’s an app for that. Country Living has created the “Treemail” app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
You can choose from a range of different options for your carving, and then share the result digitally!...
