Hey Ya'll,

Still trying to figure out what to do with your do on your big day?  I thought I'd give you all a little hair inspiration for your wedding day locks!  Here are a few that we pinned on Pinterest that we are just loving.   Click here to check out our Wedding Locks board.  We're just loving the floral accents in the hair!

 

Happy May Day, y'all!

The flowers are blooming around the city and wedding planning for spring and summer nuptials are in full swing. Here's some of our Pinspirations (follow us!) for an eclectic and ethereal wedding, even if it isn't May 1st!

Happy Planning! 

 

 Rylee Hitchner Photography

 The Cupcake Project

Dan Stewart Photography 

 Dan Stewart Photography 

A Field Journal 

 A Field Journal 

 THUSS + FARRELL Photography

 

 

Spring/Summer 2014 Bridal Fashions from New York International Bridal Week!

Can we say yes to all the dresses? 

 

 Oscar De La Renta

Photos from Getty Images

 Marchesa 

  Carolina Herrera 

 Vera Wang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seafood has long been a New Orleans wedding menu staple, gracing everything from the most casual buffet to the most formal plated dinner.  From fried shrimp to gator and grits, these appetizer selections from TasteBuds Catering and Events Chefs Gary Darling, Hans Limburg and Greg Reggio are sure to whet your appetite and have you begging for more.  And that's no tall tale!

 

 

 

If you grew up in South Louisiana, you may have seen Steel Magnolias once or twice. (Or own the Special Edition DVD...whatever.) I saw the movie. I watched the play. I advocate the reunion film where Shelby's son is engaged to a New Yorker who experiences culture shock when she meets the ladies who raised Jack (“If you can’t find anything good to say about anybody, then come sit next to me.”) She learns about Shelby through the beauty-parlor gals, and daresay learns more about herself?! Just a thought... Anyways, you get it.

 

 

It’s kinda a big deal. The movie is ingrained in the southern psyches of most women, particularly the scenes of Shelby’s wedding. 

 

 

 

That wedding. It’s hard to top a Father of the Bride style home wedding, but the Eastenton’s took the challenge with chaos and cocktails. While my special day will have a strict No Firearms policy, Shelby’s daddy shooting birds in the front yard sets the scene for organized commotion on the day of their daughter’s wedding. The cake comes through the front door with people bustling from room to room while Shelby frets over her nail polish (“It looks like a stuffed pig bled all over my hand.”) It’s a happy/hectic scene that personifies most wedding days. And her wedding colors are no exception:

Shelby: "My colors are blush and bashful".

M''Lynn: "Her colors are pink and pink."

Shelby: "My colors are blush and bashful Momma."

M'Lynn: "How pretentious is this wedding going to get I ask you?"

Shelby: "My colors are blush and bashful, I have chosen two shades of pink, one is much deeper than the other."

Duh, momma. Even though the film was made in 1989 (adapted from Robert Harling’s play based on his sister) Shelby just got it. Her day was perfect, and no detail went unnoticed.

So in honor of Shelby Eastenton Latcherie, incorporate the two hues that have defined a southern wedding for the past 20 years. (Her groom's cake is optional.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engagement photos are a great way to preserve memories of this special time in your relationship and truly capture the love you and your loved one have for one another. 

A classic embrace is always nice, but why not opt for some exciting and unusual poses for your engagement session.   Not just any old photo in a photographer's studio will do.  Step outside the box and try something new.  Have fun with it and capture this important time in your life.  You will want to look back on these memories for years to come.  Here are some great and unique engagement photos shot by our amazing and talented N.O.W. photographers.