ARSO: October 2017

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

HOW TO STYLE A BIKER JACKET 3 WAYS

Depending on the weather, one of my favorite ways to complete a look for fall is to add a jacket! Not only does it keep me warm but it instantly dresses up/ adds to my look. Everyone has that one jacket, the go-with-everything piece that you can’t wait to wear season after season. For me, a biker jacket has always been that key piece!

A biker jacket is that one simple but trustworthy piece to break out when the temperature starts to dip. You can pair with floral dresses or a t-shirt and jeans to easily give an edge to any outfit! It is one of my favorite jacket styles and is key to transitional dressing. No matter what time of day or what setting you’re in, a biker jacket is the perfect confidence booster to any look.

As you guys already know, one of my favorite stores to shop for jackets is H&M! They always have so many great on-trend pieces and I especially have been loving their current jacket selection for fall/winter (I linked a few of my favorites below). I styled one of my favorite H&M pieces, this biker jacket, 3 different ways to show how versatile the jacket can be! Hopefully, this gives you some inspo on how to style a cool biker jacket for fall! Jacket details are always important, I love the quilted sections on the biker jacket and zippers at the cuffs!

Check out how I styled my biker jacket from H&M three different ways!

Look 1: Jacket: H&M | Top: H&M | Jeans: H&M

Look 2: Jacket: H&M | Dress: H&M

Look 3: Jacket: H&M | Sweater: H&M | Skirt: H&M

Shop some of my favorite jackets from H&M this season below:

Which look was your favorite? Comment below!

xx Brittany

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

HOW TO TRANSITION TO FALL.

An easy way to transition from summer to fall.

Cleaning out the closet and putting away clothes can be easy but starting out for a new season is always challenging. I have noticed it myself that I tend to restock my closet with some clothes I’ve worn in previous summers but when it comes to fall and winter fashion never seems to be the same and that’s when I add most of new pieces. Today, I thought I’ll share my way of transitioning to fall that I find easy when it comes to a new season. Best part about it is that all items are budget friendly and are extremely easy to put together. Thanks to River Island for making this transition easy and fun! I’ve linked all the pieces at the bottom of the post so you ladies can shop some of my fall faves right away.

How to transition to fall:

Right footwear. First pair of shoes to add into your wardrobe for fall should be a good, comfortable pair of suede boots. I love the over the knee look as it elevates the outfit and is easy to pair with dresses, oversized shirts or even leggings.

Denim. We wear sooo much denim in the summer that it just seems like the most comfortable and natural piece to add when styling your outfit for a new season. My go-to is an oversized look – whether it’s a shirt or a lose dress is entirely up to you and comfortable in. I’ve linked a few different options of denim at the bottom of the post.

Accessories. While summer is all about layering jewels etc. I find it more fashionable and “clean” to put away all the jewelry for the fall and stock up on some fashionable bags that will make the statement.

Thank you River Island for partnering with me on this post.

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OUR SUMMER WEDDING IN SANTORINI, GREECE.

The day my Pinterest board came to life! Literally.

My interest in wedding industry started way before we got engaged, as the matter of fact I did an internship for a wedding planner years ago as I wanted to learn more about the business. So you can only image for how many years I have been building my wedding board, it’s been filled with some major inspo for when my big day came!

TEAM

When the big day was just around the corner it was time for my Pinterest board to come to life as well. With that being said I knew exactly what I wanted, the only problem was that I had to find a team that loves wedding, planning events and has the same attention to detail and has almost the same vision as me. I was told it was going to be impossible to have a destination wedding and not have something go wrong – I was told to be prepared and just make the most out of it, so not going to lie as much as I was looking forward to our big day I knew things will go wrong, why? Because everyone told me so. Well, let me tell YOU, if nothing went wrong with my wedding you can also make sure nothing goes wrong with yours. We didn’t just plan the wedding, we have planned a getaway for entire group of 30 people, including a boat day, transfers, post-wedding brunch, day trips to town and wedding itself. Having a team behind you is the most important part of your wedding.

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

Finding a photographer that knows my style and would know what I love was probably the hardest part. Me being a blogger didn’t make this situation any easier as I needed images to be that much better as I was going to share them online. I was beyond thankful and just that much more excited when I found a photographer that had a similar editing style and vision like me, it was refreshing to see a porfolio that had images who weren’t just pretty, they also told stories.

A few tips prior to wedding + during your wedding day for the photo shoot:

Organize. No matter how much time you think you’ll have that day once the day comes it will seem like you’re being rushed with everything – makeup, hair, photos etc. It’s extremely important to nail down your absolute favorite images to take because unless you do a two hour photo shoot before your wedding you will not have enough time to take all the images. I picked out 30 images total, including my shoes + my dress hanging + me and my mom + me and friends + Adam’s accessories.

Share. If you keep the “secret” Pinterest board still a secret prior to your wedding, you will most likely forget to take some of the images. I shared the inspo with my photographers and Adam which helped for all to stay on track and on top of the schedule.

Schedule. According to all I was supposed to start getting ready four hours before my wedding…pshh.. the schedule was quickly updated once it made it into my hands. I did not start getting ready until two hours before the wedding and left the last 40 mins to take all the photos I wanted and needed. Adam on the other side got ready at the same time as me (in a different place of couse), when photographer came she at first shot his photos and then came to me.

I hope that this posts will help all of you future brides to be once you begin to plan your big day! I will also be sharing more on my wedding dress & more advice on destination wedding shortly.

MY TEAM:

Wedding planner: Stella and Mocha

Florist: Wedding Wish

Wedding photographer: Yuliya Tsvetkova and Svetlana Ryajentseva (Editing by Tatyana Tsvetkova (). Tatyana has actually shot our engagement photo shoot in Greece as well!

Videographer: Ben Lioe

Thanks to Wedding Chicks for featuring our love story from beginning to the end. You can check out the latest one on HERE.

This special moment of my mom seeing my dress for the first time was everything!

The mini flower wall is an absolute must at a wedding or any event you may have. It not only is a great decor but also fills up an empty space and can sure make a great photo booth background!

Sort of wish I took this pretty book from this gentleman back home and turned into an album lol…but oh well..

My besties & many more that have traveled across the world to see us tie the knot.

Austin roses were our (mine lol) choice of flowers as it was the closest looking flowers to peonies.

Love these candid shots of our guests!

Florists did an amazing job with florals & i found these pretty table numbers on Etsy for under $5 each and brought them from US that ended up perfectly matching with MR & MRS signs they had.

My happily ever after <3

Sort of obsessed with the scenery of destination weddings, no matter where they’re at in the globe.

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MY WEDDING DRESS DIARY.

What I wore the day of the wedding and what influenced my decisions.

Those of you that have been with me on this wedding journey since the beginning probably know that I went wedding dress shopping by myself and when I did find the dress of my dreams my mom still didn’t see it until it was time. We wanted to do everything ourselves and not ask people for help, everyone has their own lives and their own things they deal with so why overwhelm them with help to plan your wedding? We didn’t see a point in that and it made wedding planning process that much more personal and fun when it was just me and my husband (still so weird saying it!!) planned as much as we could.

Story behind my wedding dress. All along I had a vision of myself wearing a strapless dress with a very long train and no veil – well…after the search started everything changed real quick. I soon realized this was one of the most important pieces of clothing of my life and I was trying out all sorts of styles to find what not only looked good but also fit right. Strapless dresses didn’t feel right and the ones that did were too dressy for Greece. It’s such a laid back island with beautiful scenery all around that I have decided to stick with my own daily style and go for what I love the most – low back, long sleeve, boho style dress. I was extremely happy when Island Tribe reached out to me and invited me to check out their store in Miami. I remember booking a weekend trip and heading out that way shortly after to try on the dresses they had in store and I’ve fallen in love with one of them immediately. My visit did not disappoint and shortly after I had my dress made, altered and in a box on the way to me in LA.

Budget. I will never understand why people aka brides think that it’s an absolute must to spend thousands on their bridal accessories, wedding dress and shoes. I was different, very different and wanted to spend all the money on flowers and decor. I wasn’t looking to spend $10k on a dress nor $2k on shoes for some picture I was going to take or just to call them my wedding shoe pair lol. To me, comfort and look were the main parts of everything when it came to the wedding.

Shoes: Schutz due to the comfort, look and duh they were under $200. They’re currently sold out so I’ve linked a few similar pairs at the bottom of the post by different Brands.

Wedding dress: $1500. Ladies, I highly recommend checking out Island Tribe as their dresses are beyond beautiful and are actually comfortable to where you can spend an entire night in it and beyond and oh did I mention it fits into a tiniest box ever so you don’t even need to hang it when traveling?! AHMAZING!

Veil: Earlier in the year I did social media for a phone case company and fashion district happened to be right next to us, one day when I was strolling down back to my car I saw a shop that sold veils and got mine for $20.

I also got “bride team” slippers, my custom hanger, parasols for the ceremony, table numbers and lots of other things on Etsy that I brought along to Greece with me.

Photography by: Yuliya Tsvetkova and Svetlana Ryajentseva (Editing by Tatyana Tsvetkova )

Probably one of my all time favorite pictures, it’s captured moments like these that I live for.

Flowers by Wedding Wish. It consisted of Austin roses with a bit of greenery for a romantic look. We also chose these florals as peonies were out of the season and these beauties were closest thing to them.