Something Blue for Your Wedding

Every bride wants that something blue for her wedding day; but why do something boring? Carrie Bradshaw had the right idea.
Now I admit up front that I am a shoe girl, Imelda Marcos in training if you must know. If you are like me and can rock heels with out it [...]

Pearls for Your Wedding

Pearls have long been a traditional accessory for a wedding look. That’s easy to understand; with their soft lustrous finish they add a certain understated glow.

Pearls today are not your Grandmom’s single little conservative strand. Why not go large, funky or outrageous?
clockwise from top left.
1. Haute Bride
2. Snippet & Ink
3. Nothing But Pearls
4. Haute [...]

Techies Wed!

Now even the geekiest (and I mean that in only the nicest way, since I am one after all) can declare their love for not only each other but also for the tech world they inhabit.
From Seattle based designer , Jana Brevick and currently sold out on her etsy.com site, comes the Jacked—Cat 5 [...]

Congratulations Kimberly

I just want to say thank you to all my reader that left comments and notes of congrats on the new blog. You guys are great and I am just tickled that you like it.
Kimberly from Ontario, Canada is our big winner. She is getting married on May 9, 2009 and promises to [...]

Tigerlilly Give Away

If you haven’t entered to win the fabulous tiara/necklace from Tigerlilly yet your time is running out!

You have until Thursday to leave a comment here on the Dish to be in the running to take home this gorgeous 20 strand silver tiara that converts into a necklace at the slip of a chain. The one [...]

Monogamy as a Marketing Campaign

I’m just not sure where I stand on this. Hearts on Fire which according to their press is the pre-eminent consumer brand in the luxury jewelry diamond business is using monogamy to help brand their product. I kind of had it in my head that was already associated with wedding rings, didn’t you?

Their new [...]

Oh The Bling!

Now you didn’t think I would be able to cover Bridal Market without drooling over a bit of bling, now did you?

As more designers start to show gowns in their collections that are softer with less overall embellishment the jewelry will start to take on more importance. Consequently there was bling in abundance.
The crystal necklace [...]

Bridal Bling

Now you did not really think that I was going to be able to go to market and NOT check out a little bling did you? Especially not when there is Halo & Co to ohh over.

Once again I stood slack jawed gazing at all the shiny,sparkly pretties. As much as I love the [...]