Engagement Session Wears

Wade and I have an engagement session booked in September with our very talented photographer, Scott. We had a little mini session right after we got engaged with Vivid Photography that was incredibly fun, but unfortunately because of the package we didn't get a disc of the images - only prints of our favorites. I'm happy we did it, though because it's really nice to have some pictures from when we first got engaged, whereas the shoot with Scott will be only a couple of months before the wedding.

The mini session was great, too, because I learned what I liked and didn't like about what I wore. I wore a really cute vintage-inspired tea dress that I bought from Dotti for only $10! Here's me wearing it at Elora's high tea. Super cute, right?

Unfortunately the lining of the underskirt showed in a couple of the really gorgeous photos, plus I think it was a little bit shorter than I thought it was. Not as timelessly classy as I wanted!

My hairdresser Kylie - who, by the way I would highly recommend! - styled my hair right before the shoot, and I, for some reason, requested it to be styled down. Even though my hair was / is at that awkward "growing-out" length where it's too long to be a cute bob, and too short to look like an elegant long bob. Plus, I almost always wear my hair up, because I hate using straighters and curling irons on my hair in the morning. So it wasn't very me.

Anyway, I was browsing Pinterest looking for engagement session inspiration when I found this image from the most gorgeous engagement session I've ever seen:

So now I'm on the lookout for a cream dress! Let me know if you see any.

- H

Winter Wedding

Does anyone have as much trouble deciding what to wear to a Winter wedding as I do? This is my third wedding that I've been invited to in the past few years that has taken place in the middle of Winter, so I feel like I'm becoming a bit of an expert. I found this gorgeous dress at Forever New a few weeks ago. It's wonderful for Winter because it's made of a thick cotton / nylon / elastine blend and fully lined so it's actually quite warm. And how cute are those beaded straps? I'm undecided as to whether I'm going to cover up with a little fur bolero (like the one pictured) or a black blazer with longer sleeves. I'm leaning towards the blazer because the reception takes place near the water - but how cute is that bolero? I know this wedding is going to be pretty dance-heavy so I'm leaning towards wearing these trusty and incredibly comfy Wittner heels and some simple, yet sparkly accessories. Wade's wearing this charcoal Saba suit so I'm looking forward to snapping some quick pictures before we head off to the ceremony!

- H