gettin hitched

uncut

When we went into iGorman in Washington DC to create a ring, the pieces by Todd Reed stood out to me instantly. I love that the diamonds are uncut. Diamonds form naturally in either perfect cubes or octohedrons (a diamond-shape that looks like two pyramids out together.). Todd used the uncut natural pyramid shape for my ring, and the band is paladium. I love that it's so architectural. It looks modern but also like an artifact.

Here are some more crazy-amazing rings from Todd Reed:

I imagine some amazing Renaissance-era queen wearing these. Or a Mayan-alien architect.

NAILED IT

YES. One of the perks of working at Anthropologie is I get first pick of things that get returned. When someone returns something from months and months ago, it's often that the price is crazy reduced just because the stores don't want to be holding onto "old" merchandise. We cycle through merch like nothing I've ever seen.
ANYWAY I've been coveting this Tracy Reese Spinning Lace Dress since the first day it came in...what...in November? December? We sold out of it over and over again, and the $300 price tag was another blockade to this being in my closet.
Then yesterday, I went into backstock to see one of these rare white buffalo hanging out like "yeah, hey." And I was all: "Ohhhh we have one of these again? It's probably a size 2 or 12 :(" Then the dress was all "No way, I like totally fit you perfectly AND I'M ONLY THIRTY DOLLARS YO."

more engagement shoot dresses

this one would go so well with my new capelet!

snow flecked swan

delphic sibyl

true confection

refresh mint dress

number one fan dress by modcloth

more engagement shoot inspiration

cup o jo

josh goleman photo

mark brooke photo

simplybloom

yvonne wong

26 merton road

oh hello friend

nichole jordan

more short dresses

laced up with love dress at ruche **under $50!**

tulle around town dress at ruche **less than $100!**

...we need to take engagement photos already...

We've been engaged for six months now and haven't taken engagement photos. You need cute photos to release an engagement on the internet nowadays.
The engagement happened so suddenly and the months since then have flown by so quickly. We just never really got around to it, I guess...

I've had my eyes on this since the first day I started working at Anthropologie. We had ONE in the back, and I tried to put something in front of it so no one would see it. But once it went on sale it just disappeared. Today I saw a girl waiting in line for the fitting room with this tucked underneath of some other items. I kept my cool, though. I waited until I was sure she was done and then pulled it out of the fro room...she didn't buy it. So I did... perfect inspiration to get my butt in gear and plan for engagement photos. Now, I just need a dress to go along with it...

sloan photographers

once wed
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Ok, so this post ended up being more about wedding dresses than engagement dresses. Let's try that one more time...

anthro's de chelley dressbone dress from need/supply

buttercream dress from need/supply

tulle & lace dress by need/supply

leather dress by zara

Now we need a date, time, and place! Oh, and cute props, like giant letters and stuff.

Shannon Nicole Smith engagement shoot

fantastic photography