Rock your Wedding!!

Adrienne, event planner had asked me back in December if I wanted to participate in a photoshoot with a few other wedding venders and of course I instantly said "YEEEESS"!!!
The idea is very appealing..the storyline was even better:
** Young innocent suburban girl runs away with "Rock 'n Roll" boyfriend to NYC and they get marry. The idea of this dress was to still be pretty, but different. The dress consist of 2:
1) Under short basketweaved chiffon dress with raw ends of the strands hanging out assymetrically. This is meant to be the "short and funky" party dress she'll party ALL night in.
2) Longer skirt to go over the shorter dress for a more "traditional bride" look even though she is not anymore. Skirt is entirely covered with loosely hand scrunched & sewn yards of silk chiffon and tulle over satin.

Please take a look all the other wonderful and talented people that participated.
Danny Weiss for photography
Bespoke Affairs for coordination
Denise Fasanello Floral Design for the bouquet
Sally Duvall for makeup
Stacy Pitt for hair
Artikal for bridal hats & veils
Red Carpet Boutique in downtown Millburn, NJ for accessories
Anna Beckman for calligraphy
Timeless Films for video (which we will be sharing at a later date)

We were also featured on Rock'n Roll Bride. Check it out!!

Cherise Bridal Party

4-04-2010
What I love about my job, other than creating beautiful dresses, is meeting new people all the time.

I had fitting with Cherise and bridal party today. Such fun & sassy girls who are very involved with the creation process. Not afraid to be different and definitely have great style.

Thank you for all the compliments and making me laugh today, guys!! I had so much fun playing dress up and loooove it that I can all the time. heehee. Oh I love my job!!
Can't wait to see St. Thomas wedding pictures of you beautiful gals! I can just see it now................... :)

SPICE UP the FAVORS

How many weddings have you been to?? I had as many as 10 in 1 year (the most) and I am sure you do too. What do you do with all those favors you can't use?? Can't throw them away because you'll feel quilty... ???

Well, I came across this shop on ETSY and just had to share with everyone. These are spices all in cute tiny little tin cans. All SO PERFECT used separately as wedding favors. You can set them all up on tables and everyone can choose their favorite spices OR name tag them to who you think will love that spice. A great way to get to know your friends a little better. More personal and definitely very useful. So if you or you know someone that's getting marry, remember these cute little SPICE UP items.


Also, check out her blog for awesome recipes for you to try.
http://www.spicelab.blogspot.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/purposedesign

Annlum Red on Crafty Dream

I was thrilled to find out shortly after I posted the "KRISTEN" dress(top left) that Crafty Dream featured it on her Blog.

Please check out her cute romantic jewelries at Earrings Nation
Great as little gifts for your friends or shower favors. Go get pretty up!!

It's SPRING!!!!

Hope everyone been enjoying the awesome NE weather.
After all the bad weather we been having, I finally had a chance to take pictures of the new dresses on my model yesterday..ironically, all indoors at my NYC office.

Enjoy!

Model: Kristen Didomenico--- Dresses: Annlum Red --Photographer: Me ,okay Im no photographer, but I do love playing with my camera

Adding On.... A new BM look

Absolutely loving my new dress!!!

I was trying to make a new bridesmaid dress, but wanted to make a dress pretty enough for ANYTHING!! Anyone would be a stunner wearing this number. The color is a vibrant orange red, a poppy/ hibiscus color with a neutral sand sash to accentuate the waistline.

The idea is for BMs to love their dresses and be able to wear their dress anywhere afterwards since they do have to pay for it. Most BMs don't like their dresses 100% and such a waste of money if they will just trash it after the wedding. With this dress, you can still look sexy, flirty, girly and with 144 different colors to choose from from my swatchbook, the bride will sure be as happy as you are.

The new BMs: different look/idea for all those trendy bridesmaids out there not seeing anything they like!!

Been busy so this is the only way to put new stuff out for now. Not updating my website for a while. Thank god for quick uploads on BLOGs!!!

Im Dyeing

Today I just dyed a pile of cotton fabric for my little girls Spring line. I am pretty busy with brides and weddings for the next few months, but people were also asking if I will be adding more to AugustAnna. So today I dedicated 1/2 the day to just dyeing fabric for SPRING/SUMMER...look like a a pile of cotton candy rather than fabric. SOOO sweet!!

the pile of dyed fabric

Inspirational color board for Spring

Previous August Anna Dresses!!!