Not the same old wedding tune

Tired of hearing the same old wedding songs? I've made a list of not-so-popular wedding songs to help make your wedding day unique and even more better suited to your personality, life, and love.Wishing you nothing but smiles,Olivia :)

True Love Ways – My Morning Jacket
Home – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros Love & Some Verses – Iron & Wine Anyone Else But You – The Moldy Peaches Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show True Love Waits – Radiohead I Was Made For You – She & Him Baby I Love You – Ramones Sea of Love – Cat Power Love Me – Department of Eagles Book of Love – The Magnetic Fields First Day of My Life – Bright Eyes Frou Frou – Let Go I Would Do Anything For You – Foster the People Can You Tell – Ra Ra Riot You’re The One – The Black Keys Love You Madly – Cake Love Love Love – Of Monsters and Men I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Death Cab for Cutie Let My Love Open The Door – M. Ward Furr  - Blitzen Trapper I’ll Be Your Mirror – The Velvet Underground & Nico I Love How You Love Me – Neutral Milk Hotel Make You Feel My Love - Adele

September Style : Saira

Saira and Brian had a fall wedding in Vancouver.  I have known Brian since the fifth grade and I am so happy that my friend married such a cool girl.  It was just like in the wedding speech, you are not losing a son but gaining a daughter.  That kind of excitement is what I felt about Saira offiicially joining the crew.   Their wedding lasted three days and was full of awesome.  Here are some of the gowns that Saira, I thought that she looked like magic.  

I didn’t want anything fuu-fuu or over-the-top and definitely no sparkles.   One Saturday afternoon I went to Frontier Bridal in Vancouver, Canada with my mom, aunt, sister and cousins. When I first walked in, I was instantly overwhelmed.  You see I needed 3 bridal dresses for the 3 wedding events - engagement, wedding, and reception! There were too many choices. I didn’t even know where to start nor what I really wanted. Deep breath. Let’s start with the big one… the wedding dress. The owner told me not to worry, he would show me different styles in different colours and said that I should try on different dresses just to see how they fit. He pulled out what seemed like a 100 dresses.  Honestly, they all looked kind of the same. I thought I was doomed and started getting a sick feeling in my stomach. This was going to be a long process. Until, one particular dress caught my eye. I don’t know what it was that exactly caught my eye, maybe it was the way the light was hitting it? Or maybe it was that everyone went silent when he pulled it out. As you can imagine with mom, aunt, sister and 2 cousins, there was a lot of chatter…a lot. It was the first dress I tried on. It fit like it was made for me. It didn’t even need a single alteration. I didn’t want to take it off. I knew this was my dress and I didn't need to try on anymore. And yes, it was super sparkly.xoxo Saira

September Style : Kelly

Real Bride Kelly tells us her dress story today.  Kelly had a beautiful spring wedding at the Darlington House in La Jolla.  You can see some more images from Kelly and Jeff's feature on the Wedding Chicks.

Finding the one can be quite an adventure. And by “the one,” I mean the white dress you wear on your wedding day. If you’re like me, you’ll want to see all the wedding dresses – and I mean all of them - and then narrow them down to a few contenders. Then, by a less than scientific process of elimination, you pick the best gown for your wedding dress. I booked quite a few appointments at local bridal salons and boutiques to make sure I could see as many options as possible. After trying on a lot of dresses, I felt lost. I didn’t have a few contenders like I thought I would and nothing seemed to be quite right.

When trying on wedding dresses, you and/or the consultant picks out dozens of dresses from a sea of white and ivory. It can be very overwhelming (especially if you’re not exactly sure what you want – and who is?). The tides of my search turned when I tried on an all-lace gown at Priscilla of Boston in San Francisco. Although I had doubts about all of the lace, all doubt left me as soon as I was zipped up and clipped in. It felt like someone waved a magic wand and poof! The feeling was very surreal, especially after trying on a large number of dresses. I couldn’t stop smiling and looking at it in the mirror. Seriously, the smile wouldn’t leave my face. After gazing at the dress for quite some time, my consultant asked if I wanted to try on another dress. I reluctantly took off the beautiful gown. I tried on a few more dresses but quickly decided that they belonged in the sea of white and ivory, instead of my wedding pictures. I went immediately back to the all-lace dress and kept it on for the rest of my appointment. After feeling so comfortable and very much relieved, I finally verbalized my decision. I found the one. Lots of love!! Kelly