Time is All you Need

Giambattista Valli Spring 2012 Couture

I remember last January my search began for the Wedding Dress and by this time last year I had the banquet hall and church booked. Looking back in hindsight I think I should have given myself more than a year to prepare but I really wouldn't have changed much about the Big Day! It was really a matter of time management...I will be sharing with you more details I promise but without the actual images from the photographer not much at the moment to visually post. Professional pictures take up to 14 weeks after the wedding to get, each picture is edited. So imagine more than 500 images retouched? Whew!
For a little wardrobe inspirations the Couture Fashion Shows are always a delight to look at and here are just a few lovely images.

Valentino Spring 2012 Couture

Giambattista Valli Spring 2012 Couture

(all images via style.com)

Enjoy the Bubbly!

Happy New Year!! Its been quiet around here these last few months as the Mr & Mrs purchased our first home thus the absence. Also, can't wait to share more details of the wedding but waiting on the rest of the pictures to come in.
Thank you for visiting my little bridal blog this past year, love the comments & feedback and hope to share with you soon the rest of the details.
Happy New Year & enjoy the Bubby responsibly!
xo
(image via Martha Stewart Weddings, photo by Christopher Baker)

Let them Eat Wedding Cake!

The Wedding Cake! Oh the story behind the cake...we just couldn't decide on the cake or let me state I couldn't decide on the final cake. Reason is that I wanted to honour the groom's family's Colombian heritage by having a traditional Colombian Wedding cake but I also wanted to incorporate our Canadian roots by having a traditional flavoured Wedding cake. So, we went from two cakes to one cake by incorporating both traditions and having a layer each of different cake. 

What is Colombian Wedding Cake:

recipe for torta negra (black cake)

450 grams turbinado sugar (demerara, light brown)

200 mls cognac

2 tsps baking soda (dissolved in a bit of warm water)

1 pinch ground cloves

120 grams powdered sugar

1 cup hazelnut (chopped)

1 pinch ground cinnamon

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup currant

200 grams softened butter

400 grams self rising flour

1 pinch ground nutmeg

400 mls red wine

1 tsp vanilla extract

(recipe from yummly therefore a slight varied version might have been used)

The other layers consisted of vanilla pound cake with a mix of  Dulce de Leche & chocolate ganache as filling, yummy indeed! So yummy that at the end of the night one layer went missing...the catering had left it out for us to take home. Well one lucky guest must have loved it so much...

The cake was baked by Delicias Gloria, we sat down and designed the cake ourselves. I think the end result came out beautiful and delicious!
(photography credit by Renaissance Studios)

the Dress {wardrobe dept}

(trying on the dress at the Priscilla of Boston store in New York)

When past Brides say the day goes by in a flash believe it, its so true! It seems like only yesterday that my boyfriend proposed, getting used to saying fiance was a bit strange but saying husband...whole new World! My friends ask, "how does it feel?" no different from before. Is it suppose to feel different? I married my best friend and its always felt great! Without further ado as everyone has been asking about THE dress! So, I don't have the final pictures from the photographer so you'll have to suffice with various images.

The final choice of dress was a Melissa Sweet gown from Priscilla of Boston, in style Felice. I fell in love with the dress immediately, I had it on at about the waist when I knew it was the ONE. I wore the ivory version with ivory belt.
Melissa Sweet Designer Bridal Gowns and Wedding Dresses by Priscilla of Boston

(image glamour.com)

Thank you everyone for the well wishes you sent me!

xo

the Mrs.!