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Final Post: Odds + Ends

What a whirlwind! So finally all the pieces are together. There were a few more appointments and trips not really worth posting about but I wanted to finish with the design element. This and the vogue cheek totally made my week!

I was worried because I realized I couldn't be there on the day decorating the venue to my satisfaction as well as getting my Vogue makeup and hair but I was so reluctant to give up creative control with this project as you can imagine. Designing is what we do and the idea of letting someone else be in charge of creating the look of my very own wedding gave me panic attacks. But in a stroke of amazing luck, we were told that an event designer was provided to us as part of our venue costs. Of course my first thought was that we were going to get some in-house designer who provides only cookie cutter wedding decor and I'd have to fight tooth and nail to have my way, but much to my pessimistic surprise, the designer is absolutely amazing and fantastic and talented! He listened to all of my ideas and gave me suggestions (via my personal translator - thank you so much Dan!) of his own and told me he had a huge warehouse of rental equipment that we can use so I don't have to bring or buy anything else!! Can you believe it?! Everything I wanted he had plus more! Unfortunately I don't have any pictures to post because he will be sending his designs in the next few weeks. But here are a few pics I made the venue manager send me of what comes included!

Kor's Hydration Vessel

I am swooning over this water bottle, which has now been added to my wishlist. It is beautifully designed, BPA free, and portions of it profits support safe water programs. The A plus R store also has an impeccable variety of other well-designed goods check it out. (via Better Living Through Design)

blue + white

One of my favourite images - I love the soft blue, the distressed whites, and the graphic shape of the clock {from Real Simple magazine}.

how to plan a wedding in 10 days!

Day 5 & 6: Caterer + Make-up Artist Attempt #3

We met the catering company finally and were able to look at their selection of linens. You can pick as many as you want to and it all comes included in the price! Woo hoo! We were also given a delicious selection of chocolate desserts to nibble on as we chose, these people truly know the way to my heart! And to even further excite me, that Krembo dessert I was talking about last post is on the menu! YUMMY!

Here is an example of the linen colours we selected:

And finally...finally...after another make-up artist cancellation at the last possible second (that makes 2 out of our 3 scheduled appointments) , an extremely talented and lovely woman by the name of Sigal Grushka (http://sg.form.co.il/), agreed to take us on at the end of her horribly busy day and thank goodness that she did because not only were we completely out of time, BUT she gave me a cheek worthy of Vogue magazine! I'm in love. I can't believe I have to wait another 9 months to have my Vogue cheek back!

Seriously...look at my vogue cheek!

Have a extraordinary weekend!

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."
-Melodie Beattie

Are you all excited for Thanksgiving next week ?! Wow... it snuck up on me this year.

(images : from marta V's flickr via V 2: by Tim Walker )

Florence and The Machine

Florence Welch's voice from the band Florence and the Machine is amazing.... haunting and with her quirky and unique image, I wonder why we haven't seen more?



I don't know if they have a full album out yet (correct me) but after listening to various tracks I am hooked and want more. Her sound combines the likes of Feist + Lykke Li +the Pierces + Grace Slick + her own vibe, I love it.



Dog Days are Over is my favorite song of the bunch and the video for the track is extremely artistic in a circus/clown kind of way, if you don't like scary clowns (like my sister) watching it could be a little off-putting. Personally I am still deciding whether or not I like it -- thoughts? Check out the rest of their jams here. I believe we'll be hearing and seeing more and more of this British group around.

ps. If you are interested in getting that track you can pre-order it here.

(via Pygmeestyle)

Josh Goleman

Remember this sweet bicycle wedding photographed by Josh Goleman? Check out his extraordinary new photo shoot for a lucky couple's engagement photos. I dig the quirky and original feel of it.