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24 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Prettiest Baby Shower for One of the Loveliest Ladies Around

Selfishly, this post is SUCH a treat! Not only is it the baby shower of our friend Diana Perrin – founder of Casa de Perrin – I also spotted so many of my sweet Cali friends that I haven’t seen in a long time! The shower was photographed to perfection by Joel Serrato with, absurdly lovely tableware …

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24 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

We’re Launching A Plus Size Wedding Dress Collaboration!

You. Guys. You guys, you guys, you guys. Every once in a while, APW lets me fulfill my wildest dreams, and today is one of those days. As you may know, for the last decade I’ve waffled between straight and plus sizes, spending the majority of my time in plus. If there’s a benefit to living …

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23 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

4 Digital Hacks to Make Your Wedding Easier

One of the hardest parts of planning a wedding is that there are no cookie-cutter solutions. Every couple getting married is figuring out their specific combination of wedding headaches for the first time, every time. Oh, your outdoor ceremony has no way to amplify sound, but your uncle really wants to sing an original song …

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23 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Please Don’t Ask Me To Be Your Bridesmaid

I stood there in the dressing room amidst a sea of taffeta and lace, clad in only my underwear, breasts clutched in my hands. “Wow, these things sure are a lot of work to get into,” I quipped, making small talk with the attendant who was busy heaving a wedding gown onto my frame. I …

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23 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Intimate Emerald Green Wedding in Austin

Austinites Kate and Chris were self-proclaimed “not the marrying type.” It took eight years and an unforgettable trip to South Korea and Japan for them to decide that they did indeed want to make it official. When they got home, with the help of Lauren Field Design, they planned an intimate wedding filled with meaning and …

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23 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Lihi Hod’s Most Beautiful Gowns

After graduating from “Shenkar”, the leading fashion design school in Israel, Lihi Hod went to Paris to work at Dior, alongside fashion designer John Galliano. When she returned to Israel, and after working in many fashion brands, Lihi established her own signature studio in 2010, specializing in designing wedding dresses. These are her most beautiful …

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23 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

A Resort-Inspired Office That’ll Make You Love Mondays

If you’ve been following along with my journey, you know that I chose to redesign my office space (see weeks 1-5 here!) for the One Room Challenge since I work from home for SMP. You probably also know that we were set to close our doors at the end of April. Well, thanks to Abby, Style Me …

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23 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Bold Colors Made Delicate in This Stunning Garden Wedding

So many of the vendors behind today’s post have been a part of the SMP family for many, many years. I’ve had the sheer priveledge of watching them push their styles, develop their craft, grow and inspire and change this industry in ways that has had such a meaningful impact. While I’ve listed them all …

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22 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Should I Express My Feelings About My Sister-In-Law’s Gender Reveal Party?

Q: My fiancé and I are getting married this fall, so we are having a wedding shower over the summer in my fiancé’s home state. Her sister is also pregnant with a due date two months before the wedding, so there is going to be a new cutie in the family! However, her sister has …

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22 May | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

These Wedding Photos Look Like A Real-Life Fairytale

In case you’ve never heard us say this before, practical and pretty are not mutually exclusive. And our newest APW photographer, San Francisco Bay Area’s Grier Cooper Photography, is the dreamiest example of that yet. For starters she was a real-deal professional ballet dancer (as in San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Pacific Northwest …

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