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From dress to sketch

13 Aug

Once you’ve found your groom, finding the perfect wedding dress is your next conquest to find “the one.”
Wearing it should feel like the designer sketched out every gown detail with you on the brain- like they often do for celebrities.
Check out the Sketch to Dress feature on Brides.com for examples…


Dresses above are by Lela Rose (left) and Monique Lhuillier (right)
Chic illustrations like these are precious works of art that should and can be yours!
Check out these 3 fabulous options:
http://www.aboutthedress.com
Order your custom illustration from fashion artist Jennifer Angilello. The cost is $425, which includes the 11″x14″ illustration, double matted and framed. Sales tax and shipping (if applicable) are additional. Her drawings also feature you as part of the illustration.
See examples below:

Dreamlines
8 1/2 X 11 to 9 X 12 sketches of dresses in white or ivory. The artist can enhance the beading, lace, tint of color using paint, pens, or other tools. Sketches start at $100 and you can add on extras like thank you cards with your dress illustration.

sketches by MeganHamilton on etsy
Affordably priced at $65! You get: A 11″ x 13 1/2″ stylized sketch in black pen of your gown on acid free heavy weight Bristol paper. White or ivory dress color and can add a hint of color if your dress design includes such an element.
Megan can include your names and wedding date and the sketch will be presented in a black folder with a template for you to cut swatches to include with your sketch (optional fabric swatch inclusion). What a bargain!

Tastebook

25 Jul

Picking out the right gift for a wedding shower can be difficult when your options are items like toilet plungers, ironing boards and tupperware sets.
If you’re looking for a useful and ultra-special gift consider a personalized tastebook!

Search all the best recipes from top sites & cookbooks
Organize
your favorites into 1 recipe box
Upload
your own recipes & photos- create your own sections (tabs)
Share
with friends and family- purchasing the easy-open binders make adding new recipes a piece of cake
Create
stunning, personalized and professional cookbooks in just minutes

Tastebooks are extremely pocketbook friendly ranging from $19.95 to $34.95 (includes up to 100 recipes). With a searchable database of over 1 million fabulous recipes from sites like allrecipes.com, cookinglight.com, and betterhomesandgardens.com, and the ability to upload your own tips, you can create the ideal cookbook for the newlyweds.
You can’t go wrong with a tastebook gift certificate available in $25, $50, or $100. Let the couple get creative together and produce their own masterpiece!

DESIGNHERGALS.COM

4 Jul

I could spend hours on Designhergals. This brilliant, interactive website lets you create illustrated versions of yourself and others (down to every last detail) and turn them into FABULOUS, personalized gifts.
To the left is an example of myself in designhergal form.

Future brides will have a field day on designhergals, creating unique wedding Save-the-Dates, return address labels, invitations and announcements (from engagements to bridal showers and bachelorettes), and much more…

Designhergals makes gift-giving fun for both the giver and the receiver! Your friends will adore the cute, thoughtful present you took the time to produce.
Just when you think this website could not be any greater, take a look at the overall mission of the Company:
DESIGN-HER-GALS WAS CREATED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF STAGE IV BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY DONATING A PORTION OF EVERY SALE TO THE GAL TO GAL FOUNDATION.