What's your dream day style? I remember asking myself this question a little over 1.5 years ago (ok maybe it's like 5) when I was planning my wedding. It's a tough process and you want to make sure your style reflects YOU and your future mate. What helped me determine my overall style (theme) of the wedding was my venue. A Hamptons like vintage wedding placed in the Northwest was something that I wanted to capture especially since our venue was at country club setting (Seattle Tennis Club) located on Lake Washington. Everything turned out prefect! To take a peek at my wedding click TIFFCODYWEDDING818 (clicking the link will bring up a page with all the wedding related posts. The professional photos are a must!).
Not lets focus on right now ... it's been over a year and couple of days since our wedding day and we recently celebrated our 1 year anniversary (Aug. 18th) and I still think about our wedding. I was approached by lover.ly to create a styleboard featuring one of their dresses in their shop that would be appropriate (and of course fit my style) to a selected venue.
Which venue would you have chosen? The beach wedding was my 2nd choice and we actually planned on getting married in Hawaii. However, I just wasn't feeling it, it wasn't calling my name or saying PICK ME PICK ME. The rustic wedding, well it's just not me. So the city wedding was it! This venue totally reflected my style and us as a couple. I'm a city gal and we (Cody and I) actually live in the city so it was natural for me to be drawn to the picture.
As I was scrolling through the beautiful dresses on Lover.ly to find the "perfect" one for my city soiree I came across a dress from Claire Pettibone. If you know your wedding dresses- Claire Pettibone is the queen of lace back dresses and I bet you have seen her dresses all over Pinterest. If my wedding dress wasn't custom made I would have totally gotten one of her dresses. They are detailed and oh so lovely, elegant and simply stunning. The dress that I chose was the Eloquence dress with gold scalloped lace with platinum silk sheath overlay. It totally yelled GATSBY GATSBY with a romantic feel. OH then it clicked! City venue (art museum, penthouse, rooftop deck, trendy downtown hotel) with a Great Gatsby theme? YES please! If I were to get married again I would totally go for an art deco inspired wedding. The 1920's were such a glamorous era that was chic and classy at the same time. Wouldn't this be a great wedding for the fall time around Halloween with the rich golden and deep burgundy hues of the season? Or as a NYE celebration with all your close friends and family to bring in the New Year with a traditional black and gold color scheme and touches of glitter! As soon as I picked the dress and the venue everything else fell into place with accessories, color scheme, and beauty. I, of course, had to add some beauty into the styleboard. A deep red lip with lashes and neutral toned shadows- that is classic 1920's!
Take a peek at my evening city Gatsby wedding! You can find everything on Lover.ly as your one stop wedding BFF to help you plan your wedding! Browse through the thousands of dresses and bridal inspirations right here.
I made the styleboard on Polyvore.com ... I am an addict! Super easy and fun! I will be creating some beauty styleboards. Please let me know what you would like to see. I am thinking of a bridal beauty styleboard, or a fall beauty trends. Keep an eye for those.
I hope you guys love my lover.ly Dream Day Challenge styleboard! Share your thoughts about wedding themes or how you incorporated your own style into your wedding. Can't wait to hear all about them.
Review: Ettika Jewelry
So in love with my Ettika Initial Necklace and pink Braided Bracelets. The pieces are so fashionable and trendy! Wish I knew about these before to give them away to my bridesmaids for their gifts. I've been wearing the necklace practically everyday day as it's super simple and works perfectly with any outfit. The other night I wore it with a simple black dress as I didn't want to over do it with a lot of jewelry. Simple and Sweet!
Ettika has a lot of different styles of jewelry for both men and woman. View their website to find your favorite!
Review: Olia Box - Jewelry Monthly Subscription Box
I am an active subscriber to monthly subscription beauty boxes (Starlooks, Ipsy and Birchbox Woman) also my husband is too (Birchbox Man). It's such a great way to experience different brands and beauty products that you wouldn't normally purchase for yourself or from brands you haven't heard about. But what about a monthly subscription box for trendy jewelry to match your wardrobe? Look no further, I bring you
I was given the opportunity to review a box sent to me from Olga, the owner of Olia Box. This was my first time that I even heard about a monthly jewelry box subscription. What a great idea! Also free shipping and a money back guarantee. Yes, you read that right!
Here is some details about Olia Box from the company.
- OLIA BOX is a monthly subscription base box of personally selected accessories for each client. Based on the individuals personal taste, seasoned Stylists work in synch with subscribers, to ensure the perfect bauble is paired to its customer. Olia Box is a fresh way to keep your looks updated with unique accessories, and affordable to any level of fashionista! Once you sign up with an account you will go through a questionnaire about your style.
- OLIA BOX houses some of the top and most seasoned Stylists with over a decade of combined experience in the industry of fashion and accessories. The OLIA BOX Stylists are up to the minute on the latest trends bringing the top fashion styles to you, in a box delivered to your doorstep, monthly.
- OLIA BOX jewelry is for the contemporary woman who is savvy, distinguished and finds expression through elegant touches and details. The vision of incorporating pieces from around the globe, and housing them under one umbrella brings the world to your door each month. The pieces are easy to layer, love and live in. Every design is the perfect marriage of sweet and sexy, keeping fashionistas and traditionalists alike delighted from season to season.
Now for pricing.. there are 2 different boxes based on your needs and price.
- For $25 a month you receive 2-3 pieces of hand selected pieces varying from bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings each month!
- For $35 a month you receive 3-4 pieces of hand selected pieces varying from bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings each month!
Want to see what I got? So excited to share with you my pieces that I received which I LOVE!
This is how your jewlery will be sent to you. A basic white decent sized box. I always get excited when I receive boxes like these :)
Right when you open the box you will see a nicely wrapped package with the Olia Box logo sealing the tissue paper. Cute packaging is always a great first impression, but there's more ....
When you unwrap the tissue paper you get little welcome and thank you card detailing your box. It's always nice when you have the company saying "thank you" for purchasing their product, makes me feel acknowledged.
The backside of the postcard with the picture of the two illustrated girls features a guide on how to care for your new jewelry. I thought this was a great decision and very helpful for subscribers. You want your new pieces of jewlery to be with you for a long time, right?
How cute is this linen bag! Perfect way to store your jewlery (esp. for travel) or reuse it to store ... makeup perhaps? ;)
I received little items - necklace, ring and earrings with all of them complimenting each other. I've always wanted a necklace like this and my favorite item are the earrings!
I only wear stud earrings so these were just perfect. One of the backs to the earrings was a little loose but no worries I can replace it with another one. The center is gold texture pattern with gray outlining it. Pretty combination of colors. I totally see myself dressing this up and down. Very versatile.
The necklace is very simple but trendy all at the same time. It is a gold bar with a little diamond towards the end.
This is what the ring looks like. Dainty and oh so very trendy!
I hope you guys enjoyed my review of the Olia Box! Check out their website and subscribe now!
www.oliabox.com
P.S. I didn't realize my DSLR was on this special filter mode until I was already finished taking all the photos. Sorry if my face looks super bright and pale .. next time I'll make sure I check the settings :D