ACCESSORIES: cropped twill coat

 You haven't forgotten about your outerwear, now have you? What about this vintage-inspired sweet twill cropped jacket to keep the chill off your shoulders?  Best part, $70 buck-a-roos at Poketo.

Winter champagne cocktail

Champagne cocktails served to your guests as they arrive, cause who wouldn't want a little pre-bubbly before the festivities begin? So, how about serving this wintery pretty concoction from Sweet Paul's magazine?

Champagne Cocktail from Sweet Paul
Recipe for one drink

3 oz of champagne
1/3 oz of cognac
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 sugar cube

1.) Soak sugar cube in champagne flute with angostura bitters 2.) Add champagne and cognac
3.) Garnish with a sprig of currents

(Image source: Sweet Paul)

gold braid ring

Since the wedding braid has been on the on the hotlist for some time now, why not go with this 18kt gold braid ring for your wedding band?

(image source: Verena Schreppel, based in Berlin, Germany)

Verena Schreppel's

FLOWER SPOTLIGHT: minimal modern stems

Pick up a few of these minimal, modern, wood, flower vases for your table decor to create a linear arrangement.

So, yes, go with the loooong table instead of round.

(image source: less and more, Austrian, Vienna based label run by visual artists Leo and Hannah)

TREASURE HUNT: 1950's full circle skirt wedding dress

If you're a 1950's style bride, you might want to check out this vintage wedding dress, with a magic price tag $450.
Not your style but still in need of finding a vintage wedding dress? Drop LWB a line and let us try to treasure hunt for you.

LWB on Facebook

Moving with the times, Little Winter Bride has finally joined the social networking world. 

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little weekly finds.......

wedding etiquette tips for those that are into that sort of thing

ridic ring via the AH-mazing, hilarious, eastside bride

 3 party dresses that could be worn as a winter wedding dresses for a new year's eve elopement or small intimate affair

glittery eyes, ya know for that fab new years eve party you'll be attending

 and keeping with glittery theme, anti-Jem and The Holograms makeup tips

yes, we've all seen them but let's drool over them again shall we, vintage jenny packham dresses 2012

I'm obsessed with grey & black diamonds

 instead of flowers, what about mini citrus trees for your tables

Remember a couple months back, when I was in Northern Cali for my bff's wedding?

Well, stop by next week to see some beautifulicious images from that glorious day

Have a lovely weekend, see ya Monday

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diamond-like

It sparkles like a diamond but doesn't cost like one. Conflict free Herkimer diamond set in recycled 14k gold designed by Melissa Joy Manning.

(image: melissa joy manning)

your something blue

found you a rad something blue. preggo.

(image: via Tom Tom Jewerly)

Flash GOLDEN

Peek-a-boo gold and navy dress, can we say, HAWT! Would be a great holiday, witness (a.k.a bridesmaid), or wedding guest attire, right? For Americana ladies, you can purchase it here and for my euro peeps it can be bought here.

E-mergency wedding dress

E-mergency wedding dress. Cause sometimes it is better to elope E-mmediately and skip over wedding drama bs.
Or maybe you've got an old fashion shotgun wedding on your hands. Either way, this wedding dress, by Belgium
designer, Aleksandra Paszkowska, is your savior.


(image source: Y-dress, Aleksandra Paszkowska)

bling instead of bridal veil

You've got the dress, shoes and now you're working on finding some hair bling. I'm quite fond of Jennifer Behr's GORG seasonal collection of hair accessories.  And then there's always her traditional bridal collection if that's more your thing. But I say be bold and go with something funky.

(images sources: Jennifer Behr and Hunting and Collecting)

little cakes

1.)  single rose blossom cake   2.) winter marshmallow cake via style me pretty  3.) little white cake via 100 layer cake     

4.) little white cake with pink blossom via bisous chic  5.) pink cake with sugared red camellia via martha stewart  

6.) sugared freesia flower cakes via martha stewart  7.) gold cake by pink peach cake via 100 layer cake 

8.) fresh fruit cake by a simple cake  9.) fresh herb cake via frolic 10.) sugared pansy cake via lwb archives 

Little Winter Bride's fav 10 little cake round up for desert display inspiration. Which style do you heart?

I'm partial to plain cakes, topped with real sugared flowers, so I'm going with numero, 10. Imagine a whole table of un-frosted cakes of various sizes and shapes and covered with sugared flowers,  how wintery would the look! Some flowers to consider if your going the fresh route: violets, pansies, orange blossom, apple blossom, thyme, nasturtiums to name a few.

If you're not sure about a fresh flower, double check with your florist they will be able tell you

if it's toxic or not. And if that's the case, you can always decorate with sugared flowers, which 

are just as lovely and sometimes can look almost like real thing.

bake me a cake

Okay, so you've picked out the main menu delishness for your guests but now you're having a desert dilemma.

Do you go traditional tiered wedding cake, trendo cup cakes or desert spread? Personally, I'm digging the idea of a desert table with an assortment of little pretty cakes topped with fresh flowers. It could be GORG, jaw dropping. just sayin. Stop by later today to see LWB's 10 fav inspiration cake designs.

(image via house of violetta, my semi new lifestyle blog)

love note

Total cuteness. Don't save sweet sayings just for special occasions. Surprise your lurve with little notes from time to time. It's, well, nice to see your main man or lady smile just because.

(Image: Julie Ann Art)

WEDDING STYLE: recap of budget dresses

If you missed out on lasts weeks budget winter wedding dresses, don't fret, here's a recap of five alternative winter dresses for the bride in need of something un-bridal like but still wants to feel like a bride.  Best part, all five are under $500. Yep. So that leaves room for some lux splurges on accessories, items that you mos def will wear again. I'm sure you can find one that will fit your wedding style but if you don't see a perfect fit and don't know where to look, let LWB help you out.  Drop me a line and I can will do my very best to point you in the right direction.

1.)  winter beige  2.)  winter green & red   
3.) winter lace & diamonds   

4.) winter navy velvet   5.) winter fashion forward bride

FLOWER SPOTLIGHT: meaning behind the petals

So you're picking out your flowers and don't know where to start. Instead of choosing your blossoms by color, why not choose the stems based on their meaning? If your a sentimental sap like me (and superstitious which I blame completely on my Irish heritage, newly adopted Italian one) this might be the way to approach the wedding bouquet. Here are a few of my fav meanings.....

• Anemone — forsaken, unfading love, truth, sincerity, anticipation
• Baby's Breath — everlasting love, pure in love
• Camellia (white) — you're adorable (this is my 2nd fav meaning)
• Clover (four leaf) — good luck, be mine
• Daffodil — regard, respect, unrequited love, you're the only one, the sun is always shining when i'm with you
• Eucalyptus — protection
• Fern (maidenhair) — secret bond of love
• Forget—me—not — true love, memories
• Gardenia — you're lovely, secret love
• Honeysuckle (yellow) — bonds of love
• Lily of the Valley — sweetness, tears of the virgin mary (let's no go there), return to happiness, humility, you've made my life complete
• Mimosa — sensitivity
• Mistletoe — kiss me, affection, to surmount difficulties, sacred plant of india
• Orange Blossom — innocence, eternal love, marriage and fruitfulness, wisdom
• Pansy (all colours) — thoughts, love and happiness
• Peony — bashfulness, shame, indignation, happy life, happy marriage
• Rosemary — remembrance, fidelity
• Sage — wisdom, long life, domestic virtue (it just has to be excused, what is this 1950? I don't think so)
• Snowdrop — hope
• Violet (blue) — watchfulness, faithfulness, i'll always be true, modesty (of course my fav)

What's your favorite flower and meaning? Your flower not on this list, for more, go here 
 I have to be honest, there are a few that I would very much like to rename, I feel like this list is a bit outdated, no? What do you think? I've already started to edit. 

(photography: Lily of the Valley bouquet by Marie Labbancz)

little weekly finds.......

magical BHLDN winter wedding dresses 

and you might want to check out their shrugs and caplets, I'm a fan of this blk one

someone should rock this pantsuit for ya nuptials

short chic

vintage lace veil

how do you know if he or she is the one? 

elopement bride carries single magnolia, love the idea of single blossom

Have a wonderful weekend

WEDDING STYLE: fashion forward bride

1.) dress via Erin Fetherston  2.) earrings by Lulu Frost  3.) coat by Vanessa Bruno  4.) posy of pansies and lambs ear  5.) shoes by Vionnet 

For the fashion forward bride you simply can't go wrong with this Erin Fetherston dress and its magical price of apprx. $350 (256 euros). And who could say "no" to anything designed by Vionnet, like these black and midnight blue trimmed in gold heels?  Top it off with a sweet little posy, of amethyst colored pansies mixed with lambs ear. I know BIG bouquets are usually the way to go but there's something sweet and romantic about petite ones, especially if you're choosing a delicate flower like the pansy, which are a very winter friendly flower......

Wedding Style: Navy Velvet

1.) crepe silk dress via Browns  2.) navy blue caplet via Nicole Farhi  3.) rhinestone belt by Lanvin 

4.) bouquet: Amaryllis 5.)  navy velvet shoes by Alexander McQueen 

Day 4 of the budget unbridal winter wedding dress continues........

Crepe silk dress for $492 adorned with a winter white Amaryllis bouquet and really lavish accessories....it's a look but don't buy kind of winter wedding style inspiration.....but srsly, isn't that Lanvin belt ridic? Not only can it be worn as a belt but it's also designed to be worn as a necklace, can we say, GORG? For another glam ivory and navy wedding inpiration let's take a look back in LWB archives.