Greek Wedding Dress Designer Tsouranis

This Greek designer shares a similiar vision to myeslf, she likes to keep it simple, use great quality fabrics and crystals (swarovski), pay attention to detail, design, creating clean sillouetes that complement many womens figures.

I personally love the gown in the centre, I think low backs are so pretty and it's actually a view that most people will have of the bride during the ceremony, while she is dancing, so it makes sense to have some intricate detailing on the back of the gown.


Further details on www.tsouranis.gr

Shalimar Bridal Gowns

I absolutely adoooooooooooore the gowns made by Shalimar, they are a little bit hippy, very romantic, and slightly vintagey!

Each bride has an initial consulation to discuss the design and style of the dress, which is handmade and fitted to the bride!

Shalimar is perfect for the woman looking to be comfortable and stand out on her wedding day!

Further details on www.shalimar.gr

Mpomponieres or Favours for weddings in Greece

Hi all,


Following up on yesterday's post regarding Stefana, I have decided to showcase some of my favourite favours that I have come across over the last few weeks. Bobonieres are handed to guests after the ceremony is complete to thank guests for attending and for them to leave with a "sweet taste" in their mouth! The packages usually contain sugared almonds, although in the last few years we have seen a lot more options available, with flavours, chocolate, colours, sweets that look like pebbles (perfect for beach weddings)! The sweets must always be an uneven number, this symbolises that the couple cannot be divided and separated, usually couples choose to have 5 or 7 sugared almonds in their favours.

 

 From top left: liveloula.gr, an-agapas.gr, pountzas.com

e-mpomponiera.gr, pountzas.com, mpomponieres.gr

A thought to keep in mind when choosing your favours is that these can help donate to a charity, the Hamogelo tou Paidiou in Greece is an organisation dedicated to making the lives of abused children better, even if you're one of those couples that cares little about favours yet for some reason "has" to have them, consider sourcing them from a worthwhile source and helping this organisation with it's important humanitarian work!

www.hamogelo-eshop.gr

Choosing your wedding Crowns-Stefana

Picures:  top left, right and lower centre, mymemories.gr, top middle and lower left, thallo.com, bottom right, palladium.com.gr

This is a small collection of some of my favourite stefana collections that are on sale at the moment, I particularly like the pair that look like blades of wheat, the white and yellow gold leaves and the minimal wire strings with occasional crystals on them!

The Stefana symbolise the crowning of the couple and this part of the service is considered the most important of the entire ceremony. Originally the crowns were made of orange blossom, myrtle leaves, later this evolved to something a little more permanent with semiprecious stones and metals, or threads of gold and crimson, which represent the royalty of marriage. The koumbaros (best man) is the person in charge of purchasing and presenting the couple with two crowns joined by a white ribbon, symbolizing the couple's unity. The priest places the crowns on the couple's heads while they face the altar, then the koumbaros swaps the crowns on the couple's heads three times. According to ancient custom, the crowns are to stay with the couple for life (some couples are even buried in them!).

Wedding Shoes, probably my favourite subject!

As some of you may already know, I have a degree in fashion and consider myself quite a stylish person, more than anything hwever I absolutely adore shoes, shoe shopping and of course shoe wearing! It is my belief that your choice of shoes can really make or break an outfit and when is your outfit most important? Of  course on your wedding day!

So over to the board featuring some fantabulous shoes:

Credits: Cheri Pearl
 

I have to admit that overall I am not a fan of red shoes, but have included a pair on this board, and no I am not taking back my statement, I do admit that when used sparingly , red can be pretty, espeically for a winter weddin. Please, please do not match the bouquet to the shoes though, red can look very harsh on white, especially red or burgundy flowers have your florist create a looser arrangement with several types of flowers!

So to sum up, I advise you to have fun with your outfit, don't take it all too seriously and invest in some drop dead gorgeous shoes to ensure that you strut down the aisle and straight on to the dancefloor with style and attitude!

Delicate, Sheer and Sassy Pink Wedding Inspiration

As promised I am posting another creation that I am inspired by, this is completely different than my first board, it is much more "pretty" and girly than the other was and focuses more on the details and bride rather than the overall look!

Credits: Meg Baisden Photography, Lisa Lefkowitz (3), Jose Villa

I love this board because it is so feminine and expresse what every little girl that dreams about her wedding would want! A lot continue wanting this "fluffy" pink wedding right into adulthood and go on to actually make this dream a reality.

I hope the boards inspire you for your wedding planning and whatever your dream for this day is, I hope that you are able to re create it to perfection!