Pantone Color Trends for Spring/summer 2012

So Pantone picks the colors that will be featured per season. Wedding World is often steered in the directions of the colors they have chosen. Above you will see the colors that have been picked for the Spring/Summer season of 2012. Bellow I've put together two purses based on two pairs of the colors Chosen. The first pairing is Solar Power (yellow) with Bellflower (Lavender/Mauve) I personally love when colors that are opposite the color wheel are placed together. Purple and yellow being one of my favorites. This purse is shown with 6 different yellow dresses in varying shades. If you are the kind of bride that let's their bridesmaid pick their dress, but give them a color guide line, this would be a great example for you.
This wedding dress shown bellow with the beautiful yellow flower belt is one of my favorites right now. Found in Anthropologie's Wedding Collection http://www.bhldn.com it's sure to catch your guests attention. I see this dress perfect for the garden fete.
I love an unexpected color for a wedding gown, silver happens to be a favorite of mine. Whether it's your second wedding or you just like to shake things up a bit, this dress would fit the bill. This ruffled beauty is also found in Anthropologie's Wedding Collection.
This Bridesmaid Clutch is based on the pairing of Driftwood (a slate gray) and Tangerine Tango (name says it all) Gray has been a big hit in wedding world colors. Although mostly paired with yellow, orange does not pale in comparison.

More Clutches in Action

This beautiful bride and her girls are from Canada. Her theme was a vintage glam wedding with a burlesque twist. Anna, from Cineart Photography in Calgary, Canada took these beautiful photos. Please visit her website to view her full body of work. She's super talented and has a fantastic photographic eye!

http://www.cineartphotography.com

Happy New Years!!

Thank you Bri for sending me these photos of you and your girl's rockin' some Bella Fiore purses on your wedding day. You looked amazing! Thank you to Made U Look Photography for the beautiful photos!!

i'm sentimental at heart

i saw a request in alchemy on etsy (this is where you put custom requests for vendors to "bid" on) there was a bride that wanted a flower created out the lace used on her mom's hat from when she was married to wear in her hair on her wedding day. awwwwwwwwwwwwww, i LOVE that!! something old will be used to create something NEW. i placed a bid and the bride picked me! YAY! i asked her if she would like a purse also with a flower attached made from her moms lace. she said she didn't need one BUT she thought it would be great to make one for her mom...double awwwwwwwww!! i'm awaiting the arrival of the hat so i can get started. here's a pic of the flower example i sent her.

Spring has SPRUNG...well at least in my studio

After creating so many collections in beautiful rich Autumn tones and silvery and blue hues of winter i was so excited to finally create a bright spring collection for a bride. she wanted 5 different purse colors for each bridesmaid and one for her. i incorporated all of the colors of each purse in the flower to tie them all together. so, now if spring would really be sprung for me that would be AWESOME!!

Bella Fiore ~ COuture Wedding Accessories makes an appearance on stylemepretty.com

A few months back i was contacted by one of the photographers that shot a wedding of a bride i made a collection of clutches for her bridesmaids. radelle, the photographer, fell in love and contacted me to see if i would provide a clutch for a stylized wedding photo shoot that was going to be shown on stylemepretty.com. i jumped at the chance and created this clutch for the shoot. here are some of the photos of my purses. i think radelle of Eternal Reflections Photography located in Edmonton Canada, did an amazing job. check out her blog here --> http://www.eternalreflectionsphoto.com/ check out the stylemepretty shoot here ---> http://www.stylemepretty.com/gallery/gallery/2401

not sure where i will find the time....

BUT, i'm going to make a great effort to blog everyday. we'll see how it goes ;)

so, with 2010 coming to a close i'm sitting here at my new office space (wooo hoo!! no more sitting on an ikea kid's stool on my bedroom floor lol) and i'm reflecting back on my journey with my etsy shop. in april of 2010 i found my niche in the etsy world...weddings!! looking at the evolution my handmade clutches from then to now, they don't even look the same. i'm trusting my vision and ability as an artist to create my bride's visions. i've since added to my portfolio bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres. i think the best thing about what i do is really each project is different from the next. no two bride's collections have been the same which makes the creative part of me happy and never bored!

here are some of the things i've been working on lately...