My cousin and I went to a sweet little shop called “The Silk Society” off one of the back alleys off Oxford Street to look at some veil materials. As soon as I stepped inside, I was so impressed by the sheer variety and colours of all the materials available. I can just imagine why my cousin loved the place so much. The two assistants were also very helpful, particularly the lady who even gave me tips on how to alter my dress and preserve the lace. 
There were only two …

My cousin, the fashion designer, has spring break and as a birthday present for me, I’ve asked if he could make a veil for me. I’ve had a lot of difficulty trying to find a veil to match my dress. Pronovias at Bond Street, where I bought my dress, called to say they had the matching veil. When I arrived, they explained that the veil showed up on the database but they could not locate it in the shop. I have seen some other lace outlined veils but none seemed …

I stumbled upon these cupcake wrappers on another bride’s blog and thought they were so whimsical and sweet. However, one must note that you cannot actually bake the cupcakes in these cupcake wrappers, you bake them in the cupcake cases and then drop them into these wrappers for that special touch. 
 

 
 
The premier store which sells the cupcake wrapper – Estilo Weddings. They have a huge variety of cupcake wrappers and I can just imagine that they add the “wow” factor. But they are not cheap – $12 for 10 of …

A few weeks ago, we received one of our friend’s wedding invitation. It came in a beautiful chocolate coloured envelope that perfectly matched the invitation. I love the use of ribbons on the invitation that opens up. However I was shocked when I saw a Chinese red envelope – used for putting money for the couple – enclosed. It seemed to give a clear and loud message to GIVE CASH. Being the silly me that I am, I actually opened it up to see if there was any money for …