Elie Saab 2011 S/S

I'm sure they had Weddings in mind when they drew these up, even though they have a separate wedding gown line. This season's haute couture dresses are undeniably more beautiful than their wedding line. Fluid dresses with delicately draped overlays. This is why I haven't gone dress shopping yet, I want it all!! Notice the Asian girls in red, think they're trying to appeal to the Asians for weddings? Its worked on meee~ I'm ready to shun my custom made cheongsam for the flowing red one. I have already picked out what I would wear for each part of the wedding. OOoh wishful thinking.

 Ceremony, I love the sheer layer for a lil extra coverage. 

 Chinese Ceremony, Just a touch of lace peeking out

Reception, SHINY

Day After Brunch, for a lazy Sunday

 Okay maybe not for brunch, Its a bit excessive, but I would like to just wonder around in the flowing dresses. Somewhere windy...on a boat. I need to find someone with a boat...

Anyways, heres a few more of my faves and the runway vid if you want to see the dresses flow~~~

  

 

Their actual wedding design

Wedding Blogs

Seems like everyone knows someone who is getting married~ so here are just a few blogs that I frequent for inspiration.

AustinWeddingBlog I read this one since we wanted our wedding in Austin, We heart Austin! The culture, the mood, the food trucks, and all the things to do there~ but we settled for Dallas.

Weddingchicks is a regularly updated blog that show cases vendors and real weddings. They also provide free templates for the DIY bride.

Bridalsnob is good if you're a visual bride or illiterate.

DIYBride for the obviously DIY bride. (What I'm aspiring to be)

Cost Helper tells you what others pay for their wedding.

Eggs, Bread, and a Wedding Dress

Its no secret the wedding is a multi billion dollar industry. So it makes sense that everyone is trying to get their piece. Now what does every woman think of first when it comes to weddings? The dress. Maybe after the ring. And what kind of wedding dresses specifically? Vera Wang, and she has been tapping into the mass market through retailers like Kohl's, and now shes just revealed a more affordable line at David's Bridal. But when you think affordable you don't think of Vera. Well you probably don't think of the next retailer as affordable either but more economical? Costco. Yup, Costco got wedding dresses. They run 700-1400 which is not bad if you want a one stop shop for your wedding. Dress, check, rings, check, flowers, check, hors d'oeuvre, check. Oh and don't forget the honeymoon package! Imagine the cash you'd get back if you had the Costco Amex card

Dresssessssssss

My friend kindly reminded me that I needed a wedding dress. So I dove back into dress hunting and found some lovely new dresses from Johanna Johnson, LOVE her glamorous Hollywood throwback dresses. She complements them with bejeweled veils and cuffs.

Sephora Hello Kitty and Tokidoki 2011

The Hello Kitty Line finally came out and I have to say I'm very disappointed. It looks and feels cheap. I was hoping it would be as cute as like the Jill Stuart line but it looks like play make up for 10 year olds. After ordering almost one of everything, I ended up keeping only the nail polish. Definitely cute but it might not be worth the $10 for some people. The perfume bottle was extremely adorable but was $55 and smelled like a drug store generic. The eyeshadow palettes were predictable and not enticing enough to play with. Over all I guess my expectations for the Sephora Hello Kitty Line were too high.

But new Tokidoki is out! and its even cuter!!
They have a new character Siberia Brush, and palettes

Siberia Blush

Polpettina eyeshadow palette

Eyeshadow tin with stickers and nail file

Much much cuter than the Hello Kitty Line, I just hope they improve the HK line next season.

Tired of teaching your parents?

Let google do it. Everytime I visit my parents I have to reteach my mother about email and browsers. This time google will do it for me. They have a site that is simple enough to use. With Teach parents tech  you just check a series of boxes appropriate to your situation, and they send how-to videos about what your parents want to learn. I've just sent one to my mom, now I just have to wait till I see her to show her how to access her email and watch the video.

Hello Beauty

Was just wandering if Sephora had any Hello Kitty products, and so a search on their site turned up this message indicating that they will have some soon. Yay! Hopefully its not too childish looking. But who am I kidding its Hello Kitty!