Scent of a Bride

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Your signature scent is important, but on your wedding day it's even more so. For years to come the perfume you wear on this day will trigger beautiful memories every time you come across the fragrance. So to help you choose the best perfume for you - an expression of yourself as well as your wedding - we've narrowed down the best of the best in bridal fragrances.

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Romance by Ralph Lauren

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For the traditional bride, Romance is a classic floral fragrance.

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Chance by Chanel

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For the modern bride, Chance is a light perfume filled with vitality and energy.

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Beautiful by Estee Lauder

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For the feminine, girly bride, Beautiful is an intoxicating blend.

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Princess by Vera Wang

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Created for the playful, independent and unpredictable woman, Princess is a sheer and flirty fragrance.

If you want something a little different, why not create you very own scent? Visit Libertine Parfumerie in Brisbane. It's an entirely new experience for perfume lovers. You can even book private events with champagne and cupcakes - perhaps the perfect end to a day of shopping with your bridesmaids for dresses and accessories. You'll find Libertine Parfumerie on Hardgrave Road in West End.

(Image Credits: Meg Smith Photography; Price Perfumes; Perfume Connection.)

Wedding Photography in Spain

I hot footed it today to Jeremy's today to collect a cd to send to the Knot and have to share this beautiful image with you.

Fresh From the Oven by Will Bryant: Andrew Le/Mix 1

by Will Bryant

Andrew Le good design and a solid concept. He's a good friend of mine and former classmate at Mississippi State.

He's also pretty funny.
And really loves type.
See more of Andrew's projects here. And if you like Andrew's work you should definitely check out Nicholas Feltron, Frank Chimero, and Jennifer Daniel.




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Here is the debut mix for the lovely folks at PoppyTalk! This is a selection of some crafty ladies that I've sequenced into one seamless mp3. It's yours for your listening pleasure. I hope you enjoy!

visit the Porch to ::: DOWNLOAD "PoppyTalk Fresh From the Oven: Mix 1" :::

Tracklist:

1. St. Vincent - "The Strangers"
2. Feist - "Brandy Alexander"
3. Chairlift - "Evident Utensil"
4. Au Revoir Simone - "Shadows"
5. Beach House - "D.A.R.L.I.N.G."
6. Cat Power - "Where Is My Love"

Please support these artists! It always sounds better on vinyl :)

more of my musical endeavors can be found at Porch of the Mystics.

Posted by Will Bryant

stitchdraw

I came across these wonderful stunning stitch drawings today via my twitter that I just couldn't resist sharing due to their awesomeness. Textile artist, Rosie James has started a new blog called, stitchdraw where she will be sharing her drawings (with needle and thread). Currently she is drawing her workshop/shed starting from one corner and working her way around back to the starting point, to create a kind of flattened panaorma of a space. We love these images where you can see her beautiful work more clearly. It has been positioned so that the drawn elements are more or less outlining the actual elements. This is most clearly seen with the image of the sewing machine. Beautiful.

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wedding party: men's gifts under $20

{ walnut and maple money clip by holcombswoodworking }

D. writes me with a challenge:

I am not having a bridal party, but I have a friend officiating, another as a musician, another as DJ, and readers... oh my. I want to give them something as a token of my appreciation, but they're mostly guys (so jewelry is hard, unless I have something different for the girls), and the biggest problem is we're pretty strapped for cash. The wedding is this August, so we don't have much time to save for gifts, either...

I'm hoping to spend 10-15 tops per person; something handmade (of course); something unique. Cufflinks are out (these guys aren't the kind of guys who wear cufflinks)... I'm totally at a loss.

can you find unique handmade gifts for random wedding helpers for under $15 each?

yes! yes. some of these are traditional, some unique, some just plain random (firestarter!)... you said no cufflinks, so i included the pair below if useful for other folks searching for similar. will post a separate post for ladygifts.

for your friends, readers, bartenders, photographers, djs, all under $15:








{each photo links to its shop}

also for readers/writers, there is a world of printed/gocco'd moleskine notebooks, many customizable and under $10.

and a few more ideas, for $15-$20:




{each photo links to its shop}

or you could always get handmade frames and put photos in as your token of appreciation:




{each photo links to its shop}

what do you think? other ideas? post links?

screenprinted felt

Fun new screenprinted "felt" placemats and coasters coming out of Summersville this week. Artist Lucie Summers who hails from across the pond in Suffolk, UK has an amazing sense of pattern design, and these one's are seriously fun! The industrial felt is just over a quarter inch thick and has been printed using eco-friendly waterbased ink. See more of her work here.

On the Radar: A Summer Western

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Colour Wheel Cards

The folks at Present and Correct have some new cards based on their colour wheel print they made a while back. They have taken the colours of the prism and arranged matching coloured objects into geometric shapes. There are 6 notecards in a pack, handprinted by them.

presentandcorrect.com