The Fun, Flirty Fifties: Weddings that have a little vintage and lots of glam!

We are still in love with the 50's Vintage Hollywood Glam wedding shoot we did - and of course the $1250 giveaway wedding package is off the hook awesome - right? When we were doing some research for the shoot, I found an inspiration blog - and I am hooked! I love the 50's! Charlie and Selma (a mum and daughter team) write the Fifties Blog and they each do it in a way that oozes glamour, elegance and style! 

Check it out for some inspiration, tips and definite fun! We know you will become a daily reader....like us! Oh...but, only after you enter our Vintage Hollywood Glam Giveaway!

The $1250.00 Vintage Hollywood Glam Giveaway!

We are unveiling our Vintage Hollywood Glam Giveaway today!

 An era of elegance was the theme behind this inspiration shoot. Inspired by vintage Hollywood glam, our dream team captured images from the hey-day in an intimate setting. On your wedding day, you will be the epitome of elegance...

it's the role of your lifetime.

$1250.00 Giveaway Package

Selected by amazing vendors…

Just for you!

The Dress: Fabulous frock available as shown in ivory/black or black/white, all white or all ivory from the Spring 2012 Collection by Bonny Bridal

The Bouquet: An antique brooch heirloom you will treasure and pass down for generations designed for us by Blue Petyl

The Veil: Evoke the glamour of old Hollywood with this bird cage veil and feather fascinator by Tessa Kim

The Invitation: The invitations set the tone that this will be a glamorous soirée - set of 25 invites/response cards designed by Jen Simpson Designs

The Little Things: Accessories to complete your day including Mr & Mrs/Thank You Paddle Signs 
by Etsy store Little Retreats

Mr & Mrs Banner  designed by Etsy store Joyful Joyful

The Vintage Hollywood Glam Giveaway will run through the month of November and a winner will be chosen December 2nd, 2011 (a pretty nice early Christmas gift!). The contest will be open to US and Canadian residents only and wedding date must be after April 10th 2012 to ensure delivery of the wedding gown.


Each person entering the giveaway must have a Facebook account and they must  "LIKE" all of the vendors on Facebook. Leave a comment on this post that you have "LIKED" all the pages and leave some sort of comment on the Facebook page letting them know what brought you to their page (so they know how you found them!). THAT'S IT! 

http://www.facebook.com/bonnybridalgowns

http://www.facebook.com/BluePetyl

http://www.facebook.com/TessaKim

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jen-Simpson-Design-Handmade-Wedding-Invitations/171603346219006

http://www.facebook.com/LittleRetreats

ELIGIBILITY: Open only to legal residents of the United States and Canada, 18 years of age or older. Users must have a Facebook account and LIKE the companies listed to be eligible. Only one Facebook account per person is eligible. Multiple Facebook accounts are prohibited. Winners that are found to have multiple Facebook accounts will be disqualified. Delivery of the gown could take up to 20 weeks, from the order date. Wedding date of winner must be after April 10th, 2012.

GIVEAWAY PERIOD: The Giveaway begins on or about 9:00:01 a.m. (“EST”) on November 7th, 2011 and ends 11:59:59 p.m. (“EST”) on November 30th, 2011 on the Bonny Bridal Blog (http://bonnybridal.blogspot.com).

WINNER SELECTION: One winner will be selected out of all eligible entries using third party site, http://www.random.org. Winner will be randomly selected on December 2nd, 2011 from among all eligible entries received. Potential winner will be notified by e-mail. The winner will have 7 days to respond. In the event the winner does not respond, Bonny Bridal reserves the right to randomly select a new winner.

PRIZES and APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES: 

The Dress: Fabulous frock available as shown in ivory/black or black/white, all white or all ivory - $628.00
The Bouquet: An antique brooch heirloom you will treasure and pass down for generations - $315.00

The Veil: Evoke the glamour of old Hollywood with this bird cage veil and feather fascinator - $149.00

The Invitation: Set of 25 invitations to set the tone that this will be a glamorous soirée - $125.00

The Little Things: Accessories to complete your day including:
Mr & Mrs Paddle Signs by Little Retreats - $11.00
Mr & Mrs Black and Gold banner designed by Joyful Joyful - $22.00

ENTRY FOR DRAWING: Entries may be earned in the following ways:

1. LIKE Bonny Bridal on Facebook. Users who LIKE Bonny Bridal on Facebook will receive one entry into the drawing: http://www.facebook.com/bonnybridalgowns

2. LIKE Blue Petyl on Facebook. Users who LIKE Blue Petyl on Facebook will receive one entry into the drawing: http://www.facebook.com/BluePetyl

3. LIKE Tessa Kim on Facebook. Users who LIKE Tessa Kim on Facebook will receive one entry into the drawing: http://www.facebook.com/TessaKim

4. LIKE Jen Simpson Design on Facebook. Users who LIKE Jen Simpson Design on Facebook will receive one entry into the drawing: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jen-Simpson-Design-Handmade-Wedding-Invitations/171603346219006

5. LIKE Little Retreats on Facebook. Users who LIKE Little Retreats on Facebook will receive one entry into the drawing: http://www.facebook.com/LittleRetreats

ODDS: Odds of winning any random drawing will depend on the number of valid entries received during each applicable Entry Period.

For Complete Giveaway Rules Please Visit This Link

This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

All Photos are copyrighted - Ashley Bee Photography

Please do not use or distribute the photos in any way without permission from the photographer

Behind the scenes: A vintage Hollywood glam photo shoot

For months we had been planning a photo shoot using one of our new Spring 2012 dresses - style 218. This gown has a very vintage Hollywood glam feel - it's a tea length gown with an Organza overlay. It's very glamorous and feminine. Our sample is an Ivory gown with black accents but, it can also be ordered in black/white, solid white or solid ivory. The photographer, Ashley Bee, and I had long talks about how we could really show off this dress and we both agreed that the tone and feel of gown was old Hollywood. 

I knew we would need some additional items for the photo shoot to complete the look for our bride. We still hadn't nailed down the complete concept for the photo shoot but, without a doubt I knew we would need a few items, like a headpiece. I reached out to Tessa Kim. She makes incredible headpieces and I have been a fan for quite sometime. She had a headpiece on her website that completely caught my attention and I asked her if she would send it to us for the photo shoot. About this time I also had a thought: it would be nice to tie in this photo shoot with a giveaway for the wedding gown. I mentioned to Tessa that we would also like to give the headpiece away as part of our giveaway and she was totally on board! 

One of the current trends for weddings today are brooch bouquets. I contacted a company located in San Diego, CA by the name of Blue Petyl to see if they would like to design a brooch bouquet for our photo shoot and they happily agreed! I sent a picture of the gown and they immediately got to work! When the finished product arrived - I was in awe! The photos I had been sent along the way just did not do this work of art justice - and brooch bouquets are works of art! Finding all of these pieces can not be easy!

By now, the photo shoot was coming together! In between shooting weddings, Ashley was busy scouting models as well. She had just finished shooting a local wedding and it was there that she spoke with the event coordinator, Erin Berenda and asked her if she would like to style our photo shoot. Once that was confirmed, our concept was put into motion with Erin. The theme of the photo shoot was going to be Vintage Hollywood Glam. Now, that the concept was nailed down, the pace started to pick up! Ashley also contact another friend, Brooke Casey-Lee, who is an amazing hair and make-up artist. Her company is called "A Pretty You" and after seeing her work, the name fits! I contacted a dear friend who owns a local wedding/special event venue and asked her if we could do the shoot there. Behind a black wrought-iron gate, a 972-foot drive lined with bougainvillea, holly trees and more than 100 rose bushes leads to the hidden gem known as The Jones Victorian Estate in Orange, California. The estate, built in 1881, is one of the most beautiful places! 

We needed to come up with a few more accessories for our photo shoot - the important things - like the sweets! I was randomly searching for desserts when I came upon Miso Bakes. Fortunately, she was local and I contacted her right away! I explained this Vintage Hollywood Glam photo shoot we were doing and asked if she would like to create our sweets table - she thought about it, and finally to our happiness said the words anyone offering a proposal wants to hear: YES! We also needed mock invitations and I turned to my favorite site: Etsy. There, we found just what we were looking for with Jen Simpson Designs. I emailed her and explained what we were doing. I sent her all the photos we had put together for "inspiration" and left it up to her expertise to put the feel of the day on paper. This was the amazing design she came up with:

Etsy was also where we found Little Retreats who agreed to send us a pair of paddle signs. On one side they say "I'm her Mr" and "I'm his Mrs" and on the back you have "Thank" and "You". Ashley had a friend, Courtney Toney, who is a wedding and event designer based out of Southern California that made a matching "Mr & Mrs" banner for us. Her joyful joyful etsy shop is an offshoot of Joyful Weddings and Events, her event planning business. We also contacted Bella Umbrella, a vintage umbrella rental company. They agreed to send us three vintage umbrellas.

A simple vision, for one dress, turned into a photo shoot that exceeded everything we initially dreamed up! We went from a simple photo shoot to having a complete concept fulfilled. Thanks to the incredible talent of everyone involved, the Vintage Hollywood Glam photo shoot turned out beautifully and I can't wait to share all the images with our friends and fans! For now, here are a few shots from the day - captured by southern California wedding photographers Ashley and Jason.

Stay tuned! Tomorrow, November 7th, is the BIG DAY! We will be officially announcing the Vintage Hollywood Glam Giveaway! One lucky bride will win all the items we used in the photo shoot: The dress, the vintage brooch bouquet, the headpiece, a complete set of 25 couture invitations, the paddle signs and the Mr & Mrs Banner! The complete giveaway package has a retail value of $1250.00! Tune into the blog tomorrow to find out how you can enter to win!

Bid Your Wish For Wedded Bliss - Final Update

A HUGE thank you is being sent out to all of our wonderful friends and fans who helped raise money for the national charity we support, Wish Upon a Wedding. 

Bid Your Wish For Wedded Bliss is the yearly auction fundraiser for Wish Upon a Wedding. All proceeds of the auction are used to help grant wedding wishes to couples who are facing a terminal illness or other life altering circumstance. Bidding ended on October 31, 2011 and the tally is in! With your help Wish Upon a Wedding earned a whooping:

$35,724 

We are so grateful to everyone who participated in this auction - the vendors who generously donated items and to the 1000's of folks who bid on the items! Your winning bid will be helping grant wishes and, well, that's pretty awesome!!

We donated a wedding gown - ANY wedding gown from 1 of our 4 collections. The winning bidder was Dana H. She will get her pick of any Bonny Bridal gown from:

• Essence, our couture bridal collection
• Bonny Classic, the collection that started it all!
• Unforgettable, our award winning plus size collection
• Bliss, our modest collection 

We look forward to working with Dana and can't wait to find out which dress she chooses for the BIG DAY! We are lucky that we get to follow Dana (and all our awesome brides) down the aisle! 

The Miss Florida Quince Pageant and Expo 2011 will be taking place THIS weekend!

The Miss Florida Quince Pageant will hold its 2011 Expo and Pageant in NE Florida this weekend at the historic Casa Monica Hotel. The date has been set for November 4 - November 6, 2011. The schedule of events are as follows:

Friday, November 4th 

Welcome Reception  •  7 p.m.

St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum

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Saturday, November 5th 

Tour of Ceremony & Reception Sites  •  9 - 11 a.m.

Fashion Show  •  7 - 9 p.m.

Lightner Museum

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Sunday, November 6th

EXPO

11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

Casa Monica Hotel 

Quinceañeras are a rich Hispanic tradition of important cultural value to the Latin community and Bonny Bridal is proud to team up with their retail partner Kiss The Bride for this event! We will be dressing all the contestants and one lucky girl will win style 5111. 

Preliminary interviews have been conducted in cities such as Miami, Naples, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville, and Pensacola. This event will help girls plan their quinceañeras all over the State of Florida. Miss Desiree Leilani Gil, the reigning title holder, will be handing down the crown to a lucky winner before the end of the year. 

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For additional information please check out these sites:

http://www.fifteenandforever.com/FifteenAndForever.com/fifteen_and_forever_home.html

Shabby Chic Wedding at Mount Palomar Winery featuring style 8110

Style 8110 was the gown chosen to set the mood for the shabby chic wedding at Mount Palomar Winery. Soft romantic petals add dimension to this gorgeous strapless gown with a dropped corset fitted bodice. Shirred tulle covers the bodice with fluttering beaded lace appliques highlighting the soft curve along the strapless neckline. The A-line skirt and train are covered with texturized chiffon lace appliques giving the skirt a fur-like softness. Super talented wedding photographer Ashely Bee and her husband captured the amazing images of Shannon and Rocco. Vintage rentals were provided by Wendy Priddy.

STYLE 8110

 

Photographer: Ashley Bee Photography

Venue:  Mount Palomar Winery

Dress Designer:  Bonny Bridal - Style 8110

Makeup Artist:  MH by Brittany Lynn

Attention Brides in: Chicago, Nashville, Ohio, Philly and Sacramento - Get your music on!

 

Music is a very important part of any wedding ceremony or vow renewal - there are several auctions without any bids in the Bid Your Wish For Wedded Bliss auction - that ends tonight! If you live in the cities listed below you have a great deal just waiting for you!

Chicago / DJ Package
Value $1,945.00
Opening Bid $195.00

Chicago / DJ Services
Value $1,400.00
Opening Bid $195.00

Nashville Area / Solo Acoustic Guitar player for entire wedding Day
Value $700.00
Opening Bid $149.00

Ohio / Deluxe DJ Wedding Package
Value $1,000.00
Opening Bid $250.00

Philadelphia / Ceremony Music
Value $500.00
Opening Bid $99.00

Philadelphia / String Duo, arranging, service and cocktail hour
Value $500.00
Leading Bid $160.00

Sacramento / DJ
Value $1,395.00
Leading Bid$150.00

Now is the time to buy your Bonny Bridal Gown

There is only one day left for the Bid Your Wish For Wedded Bliss auction! We have up for auction ANY Bonny Bridal gown. The next bid is up to $340. You get a great deal and you help out a charity that means so much to us - Wish Upon a Wedding. Please...GO BID! While you are there bidding on the Bonny Bridal gown of your choice you need to check out all the other amazing goodies to use for your wedding! 

The Knot Magazine - Winter Edition 2011 - Sneak Peek Unforgattable Spring 2012 Gowns

If you check out the new The Knot magazine, winter 2011 edition, you will find some pictures of our brand new Spring 2012 Unforgettable Collection! This award winning, plus size collection just keeps getting better and better! We are so excited to finally offer our brides a sneak peek look at what's coming! You are gonna love it....

Hope you enjoy this little sneak peek! We will be updating our website soon with the entire Spring 2012 Collection! Our samples are now available to ship to stores through the Borrow a Bonny program so if you want to see any of the dresses before buying go right ahead!

Keyways Winery Wedding Shoot: Featuring style 112

Remember that styled shoot we shared with you from the Keyways Winery in Temecula? Well, it was featured today on Le Magnifique - a fairly new bridal blog for inspiration and all things pretty.


We loved all the pics that were taken by Ashley Bee featuring style 112 from the Bonny Classic Collection - and it is for sure worth another look! Enjoy!

Photographer: Ashley Bee Photography

Venue:  Keyways Winery

Dress Designer:  Bonny Bridal

Makeup Artist:  MH by Brittany Lynn

Shoes:  Nina Shoes

Jewelry:  Erica Koesler

Head piece: La Couture Amore