San Diego area ladies, take note! The Spring 2013 collection will be arriving at Bliss Bride this weekend!
2710 Via de la Valle, Suite B120
Del Mar, CA 92014
Call 858.847.3115 or email appointment@blissbride.com to make an appointment for August 10th-25th!
{Belmont gown}
Happily Yours,
Carol Hannah
Here are some of my sketches of the Spring 2013 collection:
Hope you enjoy!
Carol Hannah
It’s hard to believe how much has happened over the past three years, and I am so very grateful for all of our customers, employees, followers, fans, friends,encouragers, twitterers, facebookers, pinners, and of course, brides. If you are reading this, it’s an honor to be a wee part of your lives.
So let’s celebrate!
Very Happily Yours,
Carol Hannah
A little peek at what the studio looks like these days.
Sweet Bay comes to life.
Pemberley. Painstakingly handcutting and hand sewing each “lace” piece.
A version of Magnolia.
Satin Leaf gown.
Bellevue in its glorious messiness.
Happily Yours,
Carol Hannah
It’s officially summer y’all! Let’s celebrate with a week of 20% off anything in our online store!
Use code “iheartsummer” before June 28th.
Summer is my favorite season by far. I feel like NYC in the summer is a whole different city. Adventures seem to lurk around every corner, ready to pounce on you regardless of how much work you need to do that day or what other plans you’ve made. If you’re going to be in the city during the summer, or you live here and need some adventuring inspiration, here are a few of my favorites:
Governor’s Island – hop on the ferry, bring or rent a bike, and explore this little island that is 100% park.
Williamsburg Flea Market (Sundays): vintage treasuring at its best. Smorgasburg (Saturdays): all local food vendors right on the Brooklyn Waterfront
Outdoor movies – all over the city, but my favorite spot is Bryant Park every Monday night
Brooklyn Crab- this amazing, brand new place has mini golf, cornhole, bocci, enormous outdoor patios with views of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan, and makes you feel like you’ve just come off the beach.
What are your favorite summer activities?
Happily Yours,
Carol Hannah
One of my favorite things to do on weekends is to hop on my bicycle and take a tour of Brooklyn flea markets. I love buying old dresses from the 50s, 60s, and 70s with interesting cuts or prints and reworking them to be more modern, and many of them have become my favorite pieces in my wardrobe.
Over the past few years, I’ve started doing the same thing to vintage wedding dresses. I love thinking about the history and the stories in the clothes (as we hack them apart to give them new life, ha!). I’ve finally collected enough pieces to present them to you!
Each of these pieces are completely one of a kind, and I’ll continue adding new ones as I find them. I hope they inspire you as well!
You can shop them {here}!
Happily Yours,
Carol Hannah
How beautiful is Lindsay in the Rutledge Avenue gown? I had the pleasure of working with Lindsay at a trunk show with Sash & Bustle in Toronto last year, so I was so excited to see these photos. We made a few customizations to better suit their Thompson Landry Gallery cocktail-style reception and really make it her own. One of my favorite things about the Rutledge gown is that it can carry so many different looks depending on the styling. It’s simple enough to bear a statement necklace or dramatic accessories, but interesting enough to stand on its own as well…a little bit classic, a little big vintage glamour.
For more images, poke around {here}.
Photography credit: Photographer: Michelle Yee
Happily Yours,
Carol Hannah
I had so much fun last week in Charleston. It’s always nice to return to the south, and The Wedding Row’s Garden Muse anniversary party was just the perfect homecoming. Thrown by Bella Bridesmaid and Maddison Row, the evening was a celebration of all things weddings!
Kensington gown with Braided Sparkle belt; Flights of Fancy skirt
The lovely Della and Becky of The Wedding Row and Smitten Magazine
The next few days of my trunk show at Maddison Row were also a blast, and I can’t wait to see the custom gowns that we planned out with brides come together! I love seeing the reaction of real brides-to-be to the new collection. It’s really the girls who actually wear these gowns that make them what they are. Here are a couple of shots from the store:
I hope you are enjoying the beginning of your summer!
Happily Yours,
Carol Hannah
The Champagne Bar at Le Sirenuse, in Positano – Italy
By Ben Roberts
