it's going to be vintage.

After browsing through countless wedding pages.  After leafing through gazillions of photos, themes and inspiration boards online.  After junking the whole goth concept because my mother would probably kill me for letting the whole entourage wear black.  When we decided to have a day wedding because the golden sun makes everyone pretty and warm - I thought - I am not going with the bright vibrant colors, because it wasn't "us".  So why not mute the colors?  We were into old film cameras.  We think classic cars are hot.  Then it fits perfectly - it makes sense to have it vintage.

The photo on the right I stumbled upon while surfing through my favoritest site of the moment, Oncewed.com.  It's an esemble by Holly Stalder.   Fell in love with the antique yellow combined with some hybrid of gray, bronze and silver (which I later discover as "pewter").  So that's generally the palette we'll be working with.  I'm going to try to stop myself from gushing about it.  I just HOPE that we actually find fabric that would truly live up to this dream color scheme.  Let alone the rest of the suppliers who could help me execute this theme.  I'm so excited that I squee with glee.

Mood: Vintage Romance
Colors:  Antique yellow, pewter, muted garden hues


the non-veil (well, sort of).

It took me a while, but I finally got to convince my mother that not all weddings need to have long veils that would trail from my head to the parking lot.  She thinks that I wouldn't look like a bride, instead I'd look like some ordinary dressed up woman going down for a fashion show.  She says that it wouldn't look good as I enter the church.  No wispy silhouette, no light chiffon (or whatever material there is) waving with the wind.

Last night I eventually got my way.  I showed her pegs and explained how nice it fits with the vintage theme.  And I told her it was just done by a celebrity.  End.

photos via: www.etsy.com | www.oncewed.com


the inspiration gown.

Okay, I'll admit it - I've been looking at wedding gowns since late last year (in between the browsing through Louis Vuitton bags).  It's a stress reliever, who could blame me?  And when I got totally fixated on the vintage theme, there was no stopping the clicking and bookmarking.  And then there was an absolutely glorious moment where I saw THE dress.  It's a Monique Lhuillier Scarlet.  The back is just beautiful and the lace just amazing.  Soft, rustic and romantic.  Perfect.  Because I told myself that I don't want to go down wearing something that shines like giftwrapper.  Or something that poofs up and could stand (or walk) on its own.  My mom and I arrived at a nice compromise of a longer skirt that would trail at the back, in the absence of her vision of a huge petticoat.  So that would be something for the designer to edit.

And then I saw these absolutely gorgeous wedding photos on my favorite inspiration resource.  It captured the very tonality I dreamed for my wedding.  Actually, the page also inspired the non-veil idea.  And now I want her feathery bolero.  At that point I knew that I'm going to be a total brat about having an equally gorgeous bolero.  Which Chips agrees to on two counts - one, having a backless dress would be inappropriate for the Church and two, he likes the idea of taking it off in front of everyone in the reception.  Now I just need to find a designer who could pull it off (with the veil too).  Any suggestions?


i'm not much for flowers, but --

Weddings need flowers.  Mom wants lots of flowers.  I think I'll go for mostly whites.  Because they're simple and clean and elegant.  Perhaps with a tinge of yellow or old rose, just as highlights. 

Again, photos & references are via www.oncewed.com.  I did mention that it's my favorite site of the moment, right?


table centerpiece inspiration.

We just want it simple and low, so guests wouldn't need to do head-tilting stunts to see what's happening during the reception.  Our reception package includes centerpieces, but shall have to see if their "standard arrangement" could match this theme that we have.  Otherwise, Mom will contact her ever-reliable supplier from Dangwa (for ultimate cost efficiency).

I don't know what the hell these flowers are called.  But I like how muted and non-overly decorated they are.  They don't need to be extravagant.  They just need to be refreshing and lovely.

Photos from blog.artfool.com, thru Snippet and Ink.


if we were to have a wedding video.

It would be like this beautifully done Death Cab for Cutie video.  Warm, human and weaves the story interestingly.  The shots are refreshing and not-your-typical-kind.  Of course for my wedding I'd want it less depressing.