Find The One That Makes Your Heart Smile

So true ♥

Claire Pettibone 2012 Beau Monde Collection

Ok, I know I love lace & ruffles but this is just gorgeous in a whole different level! Lo and behold – it’s Claire Pettibone’s Beau Monde Collection.

Claire Pettibone’s Beau Monde collection has been described as a sultry exploration of French-infused antique lace, flirtatious bodices and gold trimmed ruffles. That’s according to The Wedding Chicks. Imagine how lovely all these gowns would look in a romantic English garden wedding!

I’m literally at awe looking at each one of them. Makes me want to touch them & feel all the details! Or just maybe have the chance to try it on?

AND here’s my favorite amongst them all! How gorgeous is that low backline & lace detail on the shoulders! P-E-R-F-E-C-T.

There’s more exclusive photos here at WeddingChicks.com.

Enough with the drooling, have a Chinese New Year everyone!

Lucky

For those of you who are fans of Drop Dead Diva (the series), you’ll surely be familiar with this post! Remember Greyson & Deb’s song? Been hearing it again & again & it’s really a nice song to add to your wedding song list. Especially if you found love in your bestfriend ♥

Lucky by Colbie Caillat & Jason Mraz

Do you hear me,
I’m talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I’m trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don’t know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I’ll wait for you I promise you, I will

I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we’re in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I’m sailing through the sea
To an island where we’ll meet
You’ll hear the music fill the air
I’ll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you’re all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I’m lucky we’re in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 

{Photo from Wedding Chicks}

Oh, if you haven’t watched the series yet, you have to check it out! It’s really good!

Alright, stay gorgeous lovelies!

Graffiti Wedding Cakes

It’s sweet tooth Wednesday for me!  Check out this gorgeous graffiti cake from MySweetandSaucy!

Labor of love indeed!

Creating your own Wedding Websites

Oh hello girlies! Before we start our first post for 2012, let me take a moment to greet you a Happy Happy New Year! I’m pretty sure each of you had your own way of welcoming the new resolutions and here at Ruffles&Bells we’re starting with a pinch of extra inspiration to kick off a good year.

If you’re having a destination wedding and you’re not quite sure how to send everyone updates regarding your venue or program, you’re best bet is creating you’re own wedsite. There’s a lot of choices available but it can be quite confusing going through every one of them (believe me ) so I’m just going to introduce you to one – Wix.com

It’s free & it’s in flash! So no doubt everything is going to look fabulously personalized!

Heck, we created our wedsite on wix as well. What do you think?

Tip: Have you’re friends take pictures of you so you can use it in your gallery and don’t forget to pick up free templates here & there to create the feel you’re guests can expect on your wedding day.

And so here’s a few links you can check for some freebies & downloads:

Pugly Pixel
The Graphics Fairy

Nibble on that and I’ll continue to work on new stuff to share with you guys! See you soon!

Cheers!

So how’s everyone’s Christmas shopping so far? Good thing mine’s done and now I’m busy packing for my “going home to Sydney”. I’m so sorry I’m in such a rush, its just seems like I still have so much to do.

As an early Christmas vacation, this post will be my early goodbye to all you lovelies for the year.

I’m so thankful that I’ve got lots of things done before I go hiatus for the holidays: got my wedding gown & bridesmaids’ gowns done, gonna be back with a few articles for BridalBook.ph & I’ve finished some more stuff for the wedding! Yipee!

So I guess this is goodbye for the meantime, hope you guys have a great holiday with family & friends! See you soon!

Eliska & Aaron ♥

Jolina & Mark: Wedding Invitation Video

Hi lovelies! It’s close to the weekend again! Yey! And I’ve been a tad busy with all the packing and the preps. For those who don’t know yet, yes I’ll be leaving for Sydney this January…so imagine the chaos in my head this past few weeks.

Anyhow, just to spruce up your creative juices before the week ends, here’s Jolina Magdangal & Mark Escueta’s wedding invite video:

I don’t know if it’s because I don’t have 20-20 vision anymore but I think the fonts are a bit too small to decipher but beyond that, I love their idea of having it in video! Unique!

So what do you think?

Check out the making of the video here: Printsonalities & Wink

Advanced happy holiday girlies!

A Twilight Manolo Blahnik

Happy midweek everyone! Just a short post for today…had tons to finish before the week ends but I just felt that I have to share this gorgeous creation with all of you lovelies!

Featuring Bella Cullen’s “Swan Embellished Satin Pump” designed by the one & only Manolo Blahnik.

We all know how hard it is to look for that perfect fit! And this 4 1/4 inch beauty is a whopping $1295!

I’d like to call my fairy godmother now…if only she exists. Lucky Bella!

Barbie & Ken Got Hitched!

This is just adorable! Barbie’s all grown up and she’s tying the knot (I want to add ‘haha’ to the end of this sentence)! Spotted this in Rock & Roll Bride, french photographer Béatrice de Guigné had the humor of capturing Barbie & Ken’s special day just like how a real wedding would be.

Note: Playing Aqua’s Barbie Girl in the background seems fit while browsing through the photos

Of course there’s pink! According to Beatrice: “Barbie & Ken were married at Faraway Castle, in Plasticity. The bride bought her dress from The Fairy Godmother shop and her shoes from the Cinderella Store. The groom wore a suit from The Prince Charming Emporium. The couple met more than 50 years ago (yes I know they look young). Barbie was tired of waiting so she asked Ken to get married.” Even their story is hilariously cute!

Now I have the urge to look for  my Barbie stuff then recreate my own version of their wedding day! That would be awesome!

Congratulations to the newlyweds!

XOXO,
Barbie & Ken

Rica & Mark: The Prenup

It’s already mid-week and this is what kept me up this morning…along with my cup of joe, of course!

When you fell in love during your stay in your Alma Mater, it’s only right to celebrate you engagement in the same place. Rica & Mark were lucky enough to have done the same. Check out Mark’s proposal & their gorgeous shoot in Ateneo de Manila University.

The concept:
There was no concept entirely. “We just wanted to shoot in Ateneo where we met, where we got to know each other, became best friends and spent memorable moments in the early part of our relationship.”

The couple had to secure permits from the admin for their Saturday shoot.

To go together with the shoot, Rica’s good friend Sol Dandan became their stylist for the entire afternoon. 3 styles were prepared from formal to semi formal to casual.

“The fashion shoot was totally out of our comfort zone. When we first discussed the prenup with Oly, we said we just wanted something natural and candid since we’re not really the cheesy or the fashion model type. But come the actual shoot, we got carried away and totally forgot about what we said! But, it was good we got carried away! We’ve never done this before so the pictures and the story behind the shoot became so memorable.”

It just proves that chemistry is all that you need! And Rica & Mark seems to have plenty of it!  *Giggle*

Photography: Metrophoto