Wedding Weekend Rundown!

So that wedding that I went to last weekend... New Dress A Day - wedding picture

...was filled with all of my most favorite friends from college. We make quite the colorful group!!

The gorgeous bride and groom, J & S...

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...had the most magical day.

From the amazing snacks that were keeping us far from "hangry" during the ceremony...

New Dress A Day - wedding picture

...to the parasols that we all got to use to keep the sun from beating down on us! (Not to mention, they made the PERFECT photo props!!)

New Dress A Day - wedding photo booth

One of the coolest elements was the surfboard that was used to list all of our table numbers on it. The groom surfs, so this was such a cool tie in!

New Dress A Day - wedding surfboard

I scored my dress at a sample sale ($20, say what?!?)...

New Dress A Day - wedding surfboard

...but before I could wear it, I had to make a minor tweak. The waist was a little big, so I DIY'ed the easiest belt ever. Here's the easy trick.

1. Find a vintage brooch.

2. Find a piece of matching ribbon.

3. Pin the brooch to the ribbon.

4. Put on belt.

5. Done!!!

New Dress A Day - belt DIY

The watercolor table cards were stunning (the bride's father made them all!!) but the best part was that the menu card was crayon-checkable to pick the tacos of our choosing! LA's Border Grill catered...

New Dress A Day - Wedding Placecard

...and the tacos (and Coronas) were perfection on this warm summer night!!

New Dress A Day - wedding picture

The bride made the rounds in her SICK dress that I was obsessed with...

New Dress A Day - wedding photo booth

...and I even found someone in a matching animal print. We became BFFs by the end of the night. Stefanie is really the coolest lady ever!

New Dress A Day - Wedding Placecard

So when the cake was cut and passed around, it was super dark. I mean SUPER dark. We were dancing and I took a bite break from the dance floor and my bite tasted kind of floraly. Yep, it's because my bite had this big flower on top of it. I went to the cake table afterwards and took this picture. I literally ate that flower on top. Geez, Maris.

New Dress A Day - wedding cake

Because the new couple's last name is Fox, there were lots of fox masks around for photo ops. Ron and I couldn't resist...

New Dress A Day - wedding surfboard

(Pretty floral display, right?)

New Dress A Day - heart of flowers

I was taking my own fox shot when...

New Dress A Day - wedding picture

...I got photobombed by the bride!! Best kind of photobomb.

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I got in the photo booth with N and some pairs of big sunnies, because when there are big sunnies, you wear them!

New Dress A Day - wedding photo booth

You are my favorite, too!! (Loved this banner!)

New Dress A Day - bride & groom's table

By the end of the night, our feet hurt in the best way possible - from all the dancing. I mean at the end of the night, while you're waiting at valet, the best idea ever is to have a maple donut from King's. I just say that I gipped from my cake bite, so I had to compensate with a donut.

New Dress A Day - wedding photo booth

I think that my favorite pick from the evening was this one...

New Dress A Day - Me & Angelina Jolie

When you've got a slit, you use it. Just couldn't resist giving my best Angelina...

 

Vintage Rundown!

It's been a busy week, but I've been furiously working on a few of these guys. You can see that I'm in a pastel state of mind!! This dress literally has a sheer polka-dotted organza layer. Yep this was worn to someone's wedding!

Cotton Candy Vintage Dress - New Dress A Day

The neckline of this dress is insane and kinda feels like a beaded version of animal print! You have to see the back though...

Powder Blue Vintage Dress - New Dress A Day

I just love this all together. It's super LA Law and I can't wait to make it work for me!!

Turquoise Vintage Dress - New Dress A Day

Like the "Stop in the Name of Love" hand action I've got going today?? I did it just for you...

New pieces up this weekend!!

Creativebug Class - DYE Party (& win a free membership!)

I was lucky enough to get invited to create some videos of my own with Creativebug (my first class about muumuus is already up and running) and my second class launches today. Guess what it's all about???? DYEING!!!

CREATIVEBUG DYE Class - Learn to dye!

I'm always getting such amazing questions from you guys about how to dye, proper techniques, etc., so we came up with a one-stop-shop for all things dye related.

CREATIVEBUG DYE Class - Learn to dye!

We played with polyester specific dyes as well as basic fabric dye and dyed an assortment of fabrics to show you how each specific piece takes to the color. You can see in the above shot that we had a ton of fun with blues and purples :) The reveals are the best!

I’m also giving away two more free three-month memberships (yay!!), so leave a comment below mentioning the class you'd love to try out, to enter! You’ll have projects galore to continue creating this summer and will be blown away by all the cool classes on the site. I can't stop going through them myself. There's a glitter 101 class (obsessed) as well as crochet classes that I need to start watching.

Also, to get 50% the first month’s subscription, use the code NDAD at checkout. Kind of a perfect way to see what Creativebug is all about…