3 ... 2 ... 1! Yay!!

That was the only way to get Kalen, my nephew, to stay somewhat focused during family picture night.

For my mom's 60th birthday, the family got together for some well overdue pictures. These were shot by our friend (and wedding photographer) ,Greg Tjepkema.

Here are some pictures from that night (NOTE: these were not touched up)

The family!!



Being a little crazy ...



My bro and his beautiful family



My nephew and FAVOURITE ring bearer





If you like Greg's work (and I sure do). Visit him online here.

Crinoline or no crinoline .. that is the question

I bought a HOT coloured crinoline off of a frugal bride.

It's stunning. I have no yet tried it on with my dress to see what it looks like, but I hope it works out. Also don't want to tell you the colour and ruin any possible surprises.

I started looking online for other brides who wore fun coloured crinoline under their dress. Here's some neat pictures i came across:



This dress is just overall stunning!



"Something Blue"



love Love LOVE ... did I say Love?



Not crinoline, but look at this dress! Wowzers!! Totally want this dress. TARA!!! Pick purple when you decide to marry k?



I'd love to show you my dress and get your opinion, but I can't :)

Guess you'll have to wait and see come November!!

122 more days!!

Hot designs for the Rockstar Bride

I have to confess. I LOVE etsy. You all know that.

I was checking out etsy last night came across this






I started poking around Bonzie and feel in love with her stuff. Way too cool for the ordinary. Here are some I totally dig:

Can you imagine wearing this wedding dress? Way too rock and roll for me. Not a chance I could pull it off





El HOT corsage. STUNNING




Love this shrug.



So Bonzie also has a blog with even MORE stuff!

stunning wrist cuff





And the detail!!!



And, Yvonne also has DIY site

Check out this shrug!!!








And this arse kicking masterpiece!!



There's so much greatness on all 3 sites. 3 sites!!! Can you imagine trying to maintain 3 sites!!

Go check out this Irish gals serious skillz!!

10 degress Celcius

That's the average high on Nov 14 for the past 3 years according to Toronto's Weather History

According to this site:

Nov 14 2005 = high of 8
Nov 14 2006 = high of 7
Nov 14 2007 = high of 15

All 3 dates were SNOW and RAIN free!!!

So really, if I look at history, I should be looking a a clear, autum night.

However, remember the weather we've had this year?

Dec 20 2008 - Wedding of Amanda and Jason (no, I don't know them)




Mar 8 2008 - Winter wedding shot by Wild Orchard Creations



June 16 2008 - Outside my friend's place in Markham. He mentioned he got whacked by hail and it left a welt. Wicked ...



July 8 2008 - King St at Sudbury. NOTE: I was stranded on the Tarmac in Boston cause of "a storm". At least it was worth it!!



So you know what this means right? I need to start my contingency plan to ensure I get the proper outer wear for anything and everything Mother Nature throws at me.

Bring on ETSY!!!