Congrats, Jessie and Doug! To see their hippie-chic-vintage stylish wedding, go here.

PS. I love her tattoo!

xoxo, Lucia & Henny

top: Lucia with her mom on her wedding day / bottom: Henny with her mom and her baby girl Hannah

Photo by J. Harper Photography

Vera is doing it again! It’s not like we haven’t marveled enough at the gorgeous bridal gowns Vera Wang designed (like here and here), now she’s expanded the Simply Vera Vera Wang collection into bridal jewelry! Her collection available at Kohl’s now offers a selection of classic styles with contemporary elements. The jewelry features intricate details and unique cuts for a timeless design, comparable to her wedding gowns. The rings are all 14 karat white gold with certified near colorless diamonds. The engagement ring carat sizes range from 1/4 to 1 1/2 carat total weight. The initial bridal collection includes engagement rings and wedding bands priced from $1,000 to $9,995, but they’re now on sale! So go check it out, or forward this to your man and start dropping hints!

Simply Vera Vera Wang 14k White Gold 1/4-ct. T.W. Diamond Leaf Frame Ring
(Reg. $1,750, ON SALE $699.99)

Simply Vera Vera Wang 14k White Gold 1 1/3-ct. T.W. Diamond Trellis Ring
(Reg. $9,995, ON SALE $3,997.99)

Piñata cookies | Corona beer popsicles | Guavarita | Mini Seven Layer Dip

Another tool that could be helpful at weddings is Eye-Fi. The Eye-Fi Connect X2 wireless memory card allows you to instantly and wirelessly upload cherished loving memories from your camera to your smartphone, computer or tablet. If you’re a Flickr or Facebook user, you can customize your Eye-Fi card to instantly upload the pictures to your favorite photo-sharing site. See the video to see how it works.

If you’re a professional photographer and want the images in RAW format, they have the Eye-Fi Pro X2. They also just came out with the iPhone/iPad app and Android app, so you can share on the go! Awesome! If you’re like me, I have tons of images on my camera and phone memory cards and I hardly ever find the time to sit down and upload them to my computer to share. These apps will definitely come in handy! Hope they help you share your images too! Snap away!

Happy Monday! Thank you to everyone who entered our Giveaway of Speckled Feather Printables by One Handspun Day last week. We picked a random number and got our winner! Congratulations to Jade Miles for being our giveaway winner!

I know you’re already a big fan of Christy’s work, so we’re really glad that we picked your number! Hope you enjoy the printables for your upcoming housewarming party! Please don’t forget to email me at henny@utterlyengaged.com for further information on how to claim your prize! Congrats again!

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We are very excited to share with you that Wedding Shoppe, Inc. is launching Kennedy Blue, a new line of high-quality, figure-flattering, wear again bridesmaid dresses that can make the transition from wedding to workday to night on the town with ease. Kennedy Blue consists of 19 different dresses, each designed with quality, price, and wear-again style in mind. The bridal party dresses are made of high quality Victorian satin and chiffon, and are available in up to15 colors to suit all weddings. Kennedy Blue prices range from just $155 to $200, unlike similar styles which retail for around $250 to $300. The great thing about them is that you can try any dress in any size (2-28) and color right in their retail store in Saint Paul, MN, or if you’re not local, you can order a sample dress to try on at home for only $1 and they will send you the dress, color swatches, product details and a prepaid return shipping label, so you can shop for the perfect bridesmaid dress with ease and no stress. Read more about their Find-Try-Buy Service here.

To kick off the launch, Wedding Shoppe, Inc. is giving away four of these wear-again bridesmaid dresses to one lucky bridal party. From April 30, 2012 until May 31, 2012, customers are entered to win by becoming a fan of Kennedy Blue on Facebook or following Kennedy Blue on Twitter, and sharing a favorite Kennedy Blue dress on either of the social networks. Get the details on the Contest Page.

So go on and have fun shopping for your bridesmaid dress, or really, any party dress, since it’s so versatile! Congrats, Wedding Shoppe, Inc. on the new launch!

Get the Tutorial! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Which style would you try?

We’ve always been a fan of Rent the Runway for affordable and fashionable alternatives to the full-priced top designer labels. So when we found out that they launched the Weddings Boutique, specifically for brides and wedding guests, we knew we had to share the news with you! The new Weddings Boutique will take the Rent the Runway member experience one step further with the launch of the Rent the Runway Weddings Hotline and a curated style library for the wedding-whelmed. With the stress of finding the dream wedding dress, Rent the Runway hopes to reintroduce the fun in shopping for all of the other special (and also important) dresses for brides and guests alike.

WEDDINGS BOUTIQUE KEY FEATURES
• Easy-to-navigate library of dresses, accessories and beauty products, curated for each occasion by our Wedding Stylists for the bride and guest.
• Occasion categories for THE BRIDE & WEDDING GUEST: Engagement Party, Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Party, Rehearsal Dinner, Wedding Brunch, Black Tie Affair, Cocktail Attire, Daytime Chic and Destination Beach.
• Rent the Runway’s Weddings Hotline will offer members the opportunity to speak to personal Wedding Stylists who will answer fit questions, give styling advice and help brides and guests find their perfect look whether for an engagement party, bachelorette party, rehearsal dinner, destination wedding and more.
• Our Wedding Stylists will be available 6 days a week to provide personal styling advice.
• Rent the Runway continues the convenience factor and will now ship to hotels anywhere within the U.S.
• In addition to the free back-up size that comes with a rental, members will be able to add a second dress style for $25.00 for their wedding event.

Why not consider renting your dress to be your something borrowed! Here are some of our faves:

Moschino So Sweet Lace Sheath, $200 Rental ($1,595 Retail)

Badgley Mischka Sequin Bell Sleeve Sheath, $125 Rental ($800 Retail)

Milly Ivory Lace Flutter Dress, $50 Rental ($360 Retail)

Why Buy a Dress You’ll Wear Once? Current Season, All the Trends, Top Designer Dresses for 90% Off Retail. Free Back-up Size Included!

To see more from this engagement session, go here.

Enter for a chance to win printables from Pick a Pair of Speckled Feathers collection! One lucky winner will get the following printables in PDF format (Christy from One Handspun Day will personally customize the wording to fit your celebration, even for a bridal shower or any other event):

•    Invitation printable
•    RSVP card printable
•    Patterned paper printable
•    Escort name card printable
•    Thank you card printable
•    A yard of fabric (organic cotton knit) that matches the collection (featured in the styled shoot!)

HERE’S HOW TO ENTER:

Leave a comment below with your name and email and what celebration you’d love the invitations for.

Also 3 additional entries for the giveaway:
- Like One Handspun Day on Facebook
- Follow One Handspun Day on Twitter
- Tweet/post: I just entered to win feather printables by @OneHandspunDay on @utterlyengaged blog! www.utterlyengaged.com.

Please leave a separate comment for each entry below.

We will announce the lucky winner on Monday, April 30. Good luck!

April is Earth month, and we dedicate this issue to honor and celebrate the gifts of nature in our wedding celebrations as well as our lives. From small details like feathers, sticks and stones, to a full-scale sustainable wedding using centuries-old, natural materials like corn husk and palm fronds, this issue is filled with nature-loving ideas that will inspire you to be more creative and resourceful in planning an eco-conscious wedding.

This issue is not only about green weddings, but also a celebration of organic love between two people who are about to be joined as one. We are thrilled to be the first to share the playful but stylish engagement session between Amanda of 100 Layer Cake and her soon-to-be-husband Tim. Their love for each other is undeniable and oh-so-natural.

We hope you enjoy this issue and feel inspired to give back to nature.

xoxo,
Henny & Lucia

My biggest fear was her falling out of the tree…

I kept thinking, “With my luck, she’s going to fall out of the tree right before I propose.” …And then, sure enough, she did. Everything was going perfectly to plan. We were walking through the park looking for a nice, big tree to have a picnic in. I led her to the biggest tree in the park where I previously planted the ring up in the branches. When she discovered the handmade box locked to the tree I could tell by the joy on her face that she knew something was about to happen. As she moved to the other branch, she slipped in her cute cowgirl boots, and before I could catch her the worst had happened. I quickly grabbed the box with the ring, hopped down from the tree, and checked to see if she was okay. With only a few scratches and a smile on her face, I proceeded to get down on one knee and ask my love to marry me. Though sore from the fall, she still said yes with an uncontrolled dance… And it all worked out just as expected. - Aaron

Happy Monday! We’ve had quite an eventful week last week in SF, with the launch party of Lovely Little Details new branding and site, as well as the relaunch of Blu Bungalow’s blog by our sister design studio DL/sh Design. Nothing beats hanging out with good friends over good food!

If you remember, it was also our first week of UE Big Change. In between traveling, partying, eating and sightseeing, both Lucia and I still managed to sneak in work time (including working on our iPad in the car ride while getting car sick and running in as soon as there’s internet connection to upload our files!). I have to be honest, there were multiple times during the trip when I almost gave up and started thinking of what rap song I’d be doing. But with motivation from Lucia and our immediate cheerleaders (who sometimes would rather take us to go karaoke instead of seeing us work), we were able to check off our list despite technical difficulties and more fun alternative distractions. So now that week #1 is done, bring on week #2!

xoxo, Henny

Utterly Engaged is gearing up for some BIG CHANGES and we need YOUR SUPPORT  to make it happen. We have a lot of work ahead of us and in order to keep ourselves on track, we have set up weekly goals.  And this is where YOU come in. We need you to be our cheerleaders to keep us going. Making a change can be challenging, but with your support, we know we can do anything! We’ve come up with a way to make this whole thing more fun and more motivating. Here’s how it’s going to work. We are assigned tasks to complete each week and if, for one reason or another, we don’t complete them by Friday of that week, we will be posting videos of us doing embarrassing things the following Monday, such as Henny rapping or Lucia singing karaoke (which we definitely do NOT want to share) and as our readers, you get to vote on what you most want us to do. This is NO JOKE! More details to come so stay up-to-date by making sure you follow us on Twitter and watch for #UEbigchange.

Pretty Sparkle Pink Bow Shoe Clips by Pixel and Hank

Tilly Shoe Clips by Nicola Wellard

Yellow and Grey Peacock Shoe Clips, The Headband Shoppe

Velvet Turquoise Mini Bow Shoe Clips by Shop No. 144

Silver Glitter Bow Shoe Clips by Fink Shop

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