My main wedding jewelry (other than my completely gorgeous engagement and wedding rings), will be worn on my ears. I’m not wearing a necklace, but I really want to play up my some ear jewels (JB likes my ears, so it works out nicely).

I’ve never been super in to sparkly, rhinestone like things (unless it’s a full sequin/glitter/rhinestone dress…then I’m in), but I’ve ALWAYS loved rocks…I even had a rock collection when I was little. Because of this, I absolutely adore the geode jewelry that I keep seeing. Specifically the gold dipped geodes, ugh, I could own a new pair for everyday of the year. However, I just can’t decide if for my wedding earrings I should wear something white/ivory/neutral or if I should add a little color. What do you think? Here are a few of my favorites…

Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven

Do you have a favorite? Have you seen good geodes anywhere else?

P.S. I know the third pair are pearls, not geodes, but I love them, so I couldn’t leave them out.

My bridesmaids, bestmaids, are my very best friends from high school. I love each of them completely for being so adorably unique that I always knew I wanted them to each wear a dress of their choice. I gave them a color scheme and let them pick and things have gone even better than I could have imagined. Each dress looks like the friend that picked it, which is exactly what I wanted (how often do you and your friends get to dress up fancy and take tons of pics? I want them to all look GREAT).

Three of my four besties have their dresses already:

one, two, three

Don’t the colors look great together?! I’m in love, so sun-washed summer!

However, my fourth bestfran is still looking for her dress. We’re thinking something in a caramel, warm brown color, but we’re having trouble finding anything online that you can easily return for money back if it doesn’t fit right. Let me know if you’ve seen anything you think would look great, because we’re struggling!

My girls are all wearing neutral-ish shoes, but the accessories are what I’m currently excited about! The J. Crew champagne colored dress is going to be paired with a gold belt like this, and probably no necklace. However, I want my other two girls to wear some neat statement jewelry. I’ve been scouring the web for big ol’ (affordable) statement necklaces for my friend in yellow and slightly more subdued ones for my friend in orange, but I just can’t make a decision. Here are some of my faves, what do you think? Have you seen something better?

Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four

We’re also on the lookout for a belt or sash for the orange dress, pretty please send me anything you think would look good!

Happy New Year!

Next week I’ll be sharing my Save the Dates because…I’m getting married THIS year!

For me. it was never a question of suits vs. tuxes, it’s simply always been which suit (or suits…I’m not in to the boys matching, so I’d like them to each have their own unique suit). In my dream world, all the boys in the wedding would look like this:

However, I know that JB is so far from being in to these kind of suits that for him to even glance at this picture would be a miracle. So, I’ve pulled myself away from hoping that the boys look as if they stepped out of an Italian magazine and am beginning to try to find some more reasonable suit inspiration.

With my whimsical theme and just general taste, I won’t be having any black at the wedding (I just don’t really do black). So that means brown, camel, khaki, beige…suits for the men, which are a little harder to come by than a nice fitting black suit. Here’s where I need your help, where do I find great, slim fit suits for my boys? I’ve seen Indochino.com (which is SUPER neat) but their color options are limited. Do you have any other suiting suggestions?

It’s VERY important to me that the boys’ suits fit them well, (I mean, slim cut shoulders, skinny legs, shorter blazer), but it is hard as heck to find suits like this for a reasonable price. Let me know what you’ve found, because I’m floundering in the world of Men’s Warehouse without any luck!

Here is what I’d like the boys to look like (in my *slightly* more realistic dreams):

Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four

Do you feel the same way? Have you struggled to find reasonably priced, modern suits for the men in your wedding. Are you having the boys match, or simply giving them parameters for a mismatched grouping?

P.S. The dress fitting was GREAT! It was the correct dress, all of my accessories worked flawlessly and there are only minor changes to be made. I was starting to think I had buyers remorse, but when I put the dress on, I loved it all over again.