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Holiday Giveaway Week – Bridal Fashion and Accessories!

December 17, 2012 | editorial team

It’s holiday season once again, and to celebrate with you, and show you our gratitude for being Junebug readers, we bring you one of our favorite weeks of the year – our annual Holiday Giveaway Week! We’ve been working hard to put together 5 days filled to the brim with incredible goodies just for you, so enter today and every day this week for your chance to win some seriously fabulous wedding items!

To start things off right we’re beginning with our favorite topic – bridal fashion! The winner of today’s giveaway package will receive:

– The sexy Mila Chemise in Very Berry from Eberjey

– A sparkling Catkins Headband from BHLDN

– One custom handmade wooden wedding dress hanger from Heirloom

Read on to learn more about each item, and to enter to win just leave us a comment here telling us about the bridal fashion you’re most excited about wearing on your big day. We’ll accept entries all week long, and choose our winner randomly next Monday, December 24th, 2012. Happy Holidays everyone!

Whether it’s for your wedding night, honeymoon, or everyday, sweet and sexy lingerie can do wonders to boost your confidence when you want to feel your most beautiful. Known for their super comfortable yet luxurious pieces, Eberjey is a favorite among many (including Junebug!), for their figure-flattering lingerie and sleepwear. The winner of our Bridal Fashion Holiday Giveaway Week package will receive the pretty Mila Chemise in Very Berry seen above! The Mila Chemise is sultry enough to be worn as lingerie, and soft enough to sleep in – the perfect combination!

BHLDN has become a name synonymous with unique, heirloom-inspired wedding fashion, and as Anthropologie’s very own wedding line, they offer an exquisite selection of hand-picked wedding dresses, accessories, decor, shoes and lingerie from incredible designers both big and small. Unexpected touches and intricate details abound at BHLDN, and today’s giveaway winner will be lucky enough to win the delicate Catkins Headband from their collection of beautiful bridal headbands. Handmade with Swarovski crystals and adorned with flower buds and slender twigs, this headband is the perfect touch of sparkle and sophistication to make your wedding style unforgettable.

You’ll look back on your wedding photos forever, and if there’s one accessory that can elevate the images of your wedding dress to the next level it’s a beautiful hanger – and that’s why we adore Heirloom! As one of Austin, Texas’ most prominent wedding photographers and a member of our World’s Best Wedding Photographers Hotlist, Ashley Garmon started Heirloom after years of realizing that classic wedding dress photographs were typically missing a beautiful dress hanger. Heirloom hangers are handcrafted and customized for each individual couple, and today’s winner will receive one personalized, handmade hanger for their wedding day. Trust us, your photographer will thank you for the photo op!

Good luck to one and all, and don’t forget to check back each day this week for more amazing Holiday Giveaways!

New Year’s Eve Wedding Celebration Captured by Callaway Gable – Mary and Derek

December 14, 2012 | editorial team

Mary and Derek had so much to celebrate at their LA wedding – their union, their friends and families, and…New Year’s Eve! Complete with gold glitter, confetti, and party hats, their gorgeous event that celebrated both their new life together and new year was impeccably planned by Modern LA Weddings and captured by Callaway Gable. Enjoy the photos that captured every moment, and be sure to check out their page in our Real Wedding Library for more details on the planning and pros!

The Goals: The focus of the wedding was having fun and making sure that the guests were having a great time – so I could sit back and enjoy my wedding and New Year’s Eve! It was also really important that the wedding be personal. We would not have enjoyed a wedding that looked great, but had no significance.

The Vision: Initially, I wanted my wedding to be a lot less formal than it ended up. I had this idea for a colorful, edgy, NYE party in an industrial setting. In fact, we were slated to have the wedding at a warehouse in Culver City, but about six months before the wedding, the warehouse informed us that they could no longer honor its commitment to our wedding date! Yikes! Fortunately, I had an amazing wedding planner, Nam Lam of Modern LA Weddings, who pushed us to look at all different types of venues, including the LA Athletic Club. Choosing the club really set the tone of the wedding. It went from something that was less formal and edgy, to a black tie, Old Hollywood style soiree.

From there, we took that theme and etched our personal touches on the event. For example, my husband loves Rocky, so he had a Rocky cake topper made. The amazing people at Hansens were able to translate that Rocky cake topper into a cake design that fit with the formal feel of the wedding.

The Look: I may be a little anti-bride here, but I didnt think there was just one dress out there for me and I didnt have any specific design in mind. I liked all of the six dresses that I tried on, and I could have gone with any one of them. I ended up choosing a dress that didnt look like anything else I had seen out there (and maybe for good reason – it showed EVERY imperfection). It was a very glamorous dress, so that set the tone for the groom and bridesmaids attire.

The Moments: My favorite parts were getting ready with my girlfriends, the ceremony, and a moment near the very end of the night. A lot of people had already left, but a group of my really close friends remained. We did a group dance that ended up in big group hug. Oh, and of course, ringing in the New Year with my wedding guests!

Almost everything was a wedding planning success (thanks Nam!), but my husband would say that the flutter sticks that he picked out for the NYE Countdown were a big hit.

The Pros: For more details on Mary and Derek’s talented wedding team, please visit their page in our Real Wedding Library.

Thank you for sharing your stunning wedding and FUN New Year’s Eve Party, Mary and Derek!

Rustic Winter Wedding Inspiration in The French Alps

December 13, 2012 | editorial team

If you love the look of rustic mountain weddings, it simply doesn’t get better than a wedding in Chamonix, France! Nestled in the French Alps, this town looks straight out of a story book, and was the perfect home for this inspiration photo shoot created by Kristin Smetona of Smetona Photo, Monica Delevaux of Haute Weddings, and a team of other talented wedding professionals. I love the relaxed simplicity of the design, the inclusion of local, traditional elements, and the absolute grandeur of the scenery surrounding it all!

From Photographer, Kristin Smetona: For this stunning mountain location in the French Alps, the sublime scenery inspired the natural, romantic style. White, green, beige and brown were the underlying tones for this alpine wedding surrounded by lush meadows, glistening glaciers, and rustic chalets. Chalets des Philippe, the reception venue, is an exquisite collection of hamlet chalets built in the traditional style dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. Each chalet has unique antique pieces incorporating the local history and lifestyle of the region to the décor: tin milk cans, hurricane lanterns, intricately engraved quilt trunks, etc.

The wedding table was dressed with charger plates sculpted in gorgeous heavy wood, wine glasses with droplet designs like the dew on the nearby tree branches, while pine cones and antlers gave the finishing touch to the exquisite mountain style place setting. For brides and grooms traveling to exotic locations for their wedding, cake pops make for an easily transportable dessert or favor for your guests. The powerful beauty of Chamonix leaves guests mesmerized and in awe of the sky-scratching granite peaks, glaciers touching the valley floor, and pristine grandeur found in this tiny corner of France on the border of Italy and Switzerland. People like our bride and groom who come for a skiing or hiking vacation are enchanted by the lifestyle and splendor – sometimes they end up staying forever.

The Photo Shoot Team:

Photography: Kristin Smetona of Smetona Photo
Wedding Planning & Design: Monica Delevaux of Haute Weddings
Wedding Desserts: Chez Richard Bakery
Bridal Accessories: Swarovski
Hair Stylist: Guillaume of Le Salon Chamonix
Make-up Artist: Aurelie of Le Salon Chamonix
Reception Venue & Accommodations: Les Chalets de Philippe
Cake Pops: Cakewalk Desserts
Invitations: Jane Kenyon of Created by Jane
Floral design: Anabel Fleurs

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