wedding dress

Here are what I think were the best hats amongst the guests. Sorry, I don't know who most, or really any, of these people are, so no names.

I loved the royal wedding this morning. We had scones and cucumber sandwiches among other brunch fair. It was fabulous.

Dress number 2 for the rest of the festivities.

The preparations for the Royal Wedding Watching party are underway.
The menu:
Fruit
Devonshire Cream and the Queen's scones
A tomato tart
Juice
Quiche
Bundt Cake
Cucumber Sandwiches

The game:
A Royal Wedding game testing to see who can correctly answers the majority of these questions.
Who'll design Kate's dress?
Who'll design the bridemaid dresses?
Will Kate wear an updo, loose curls, or her normal long straight hair?
Will Kate wear the Queens tiara?
What will Victoria Beckham wear to the wedding?
How many visible details will go wrong?
At exactly what time will they say "I do?"

The setup:
English china of English castles
A painted wooden castle
Royal magazine editions

I am getting excited for the royal wedding. Are you?
via daily cup of couture

English castle china? Check.

My royal wedding watching party preparations are well under way. The invites have been sent and the brunch planning is under way. I also saw on CNN iReport a fun/cheap way to make fascinators. Perhaps as a wedding watching activity?

I am trying to plan out the brunch for my Royal Wedding Watching Party. Yes, all capitalized because it is that important. One way or the other, I think this tart needs to make the cut.

The web is buzzing about which tiara Kate will wear for the wedding. Queen Elizabeth traditionally presents the bride with a tiara. Most "royal watchers" are predicting that Kate will receive and heirloom tiara rather than have a new one made for her like Fergie and Sophie. Here are my predictions for the top contenders.

The Hanover Fringe Tiara

Duchess of Teck Rose and Crescent Tiara

The Scroll Diamond Tiara

Rumor has it that Kate is going with Alexander McQueen's designer Sarah Burton for the wedding dress. If that is true, I can't wait to see what it looks like. I have to assume it would be an understated version of the usual McQueen style but with all the detailing.

via Hello Magazine, Telegraph Fashion, Aetheticus Rex,

My friends and I are making hats to wear while watching the Royal wedding. I finally found a shop on Etsy that sells hat bases in the United States! I found some instructions on how to make a fascinator here. Let the millinery commence!

I love Kate Middleton, or Princess Catherine as she will soon be known. There is some debate about whether she will be a style icon or not. My vote is definitely, if for no other reasons than stores that sale/sold the clothes she wears are re-issuing and selling out of those clothes.

I love her fascinators and hats particularly. And how she tied this scarf.

I am going to have a wedding watching party and I am thinking it should involve hats and fascinators...

I went and saw The King's Speech this weekend, it was incredible. I loved it.
My husband and I have started a bucket list of things we want to do or see before we move this summer. We checked off our first item by watching The King's Speech at this local movie theater where they have an organist play songs before the movie starts. The ambiance and setting made the movie that much better.

Some of the famous (non-British) designers sketched what they thought Kate Middleton should wear on her wedding day. These were my favorites, maybe my sister will borrow some of the details for her dress, we are meeting with her seamstress today....

via reuters
Did you hear? Prince William and Kate Middleton are engaged, which means a royal wedding this spring or summer. Who is excited?