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We Love: Sweet Kiera Cookies

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cookies-sweet-kieraWe just discovered the most charming treats! Sweet Kiera bakes cookies your bridal shower or wedding guests will love. Wedding-themed designs include monograms, sparkly shoes and our favorite, the “Engaged & In Love” diamond-ring cookie. Cookie favors are beautifully packaged with color-coordinated banner tags. Customized designs are available and Sweet Kiera also offers cookies designed for baby showers, birthdays and other occasions. Based in Boston, Sweet Kiera travels to New York for weddings and ships cookies nationwide. Follow @sweetkiera on Instagram.
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Link Roundup: News & Inspiration

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To start the week off right, we decided to share a few links to news and inspiration that the Bride & Blossom team is talking about today.

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Following Sotheby’s sale last week of a flawless 100.2 carat white diamond, here’s a great piece on the most expensive diamonds ever sold. And surprise – colored gems like the famous Pink Star top the list. Fantastic inspiration if you’re shopping for a unique engagement rings featuring colored stones.
Priciest Diamonds in the World: 4 Stones That Shattered Auction Records

 

 
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 In a single day in 2009, Ellen McCarthy became the wedding reporter for The Washington Post and broke up with her boyfriend of nearly two years. At age 30, she was suddenly a chick-flick cliche, interviewing florists and wedding planners between crying spells and dutifully smiling through conversations with blissful couples. Fortunately, her book’s resemblance to a Katherine Heigl movie ends there.

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Rebloom Gives Flowers New Life

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imageRebloom gives beautiful flowers a second life by picking up arrangements from elegant events and offering them for sale at 90% off the original value, to raise funds for charities. What a wonderful idea!

Flower arrangements are typically sold in small groupings. The selections I’ve seen look are fresh and well designed. So far the service is available in New York City and Boston. Interested? Make sure to subscribe and follow Rebloom on Instagram to see the latest flowers.

If you’re a bride-to-be, ask your wedding florist or event planner to coordinate pickup details with Rebloom. We believe every bride deserves the perfect wedding flowers of her dreams. Now you can share some of that beauty and joy, while supporting good causes.
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Bridesmaid Bouquet Photos: Gather Your Girls

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One wedding photo that always makes us smile is the bridesmaids’ bouquet shot. Being surrounded by best friends and sisters is a beautiful moment for brides and good wedding photographers make sure to capture it. Formal wedding party portraits are classic, and playful or candid pictures are perfect for capturing personalities. But we have a soft spot for pictures of brides and bridesmaids posing close together, holding out bouquets to form a giant cluster of flowers.
We suggest asking your wedding photographer to take three types of bridesmaids photos: classic wedding-party portraits suitable for framing, shots that show off your wedding flowers, such as the clustered poses pictured here, and some wildcard photos of you and your girls being silly. Group leaps and jumps are popular for capturing that exhilarating wedding joy. Faux sexy-serious poses are also entertaining. What you want is wedding photos that reflect the spirit of your particular friendships. But if your group is having trouble letting loose, ask your wedding photographer for suggestions. Being directed to twirl, form a kick-line or throw all bouquets into the air will probably result in lots of laughter. And those may turn out to be your favorites.
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We Love: New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show

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New York Botanical Garden’s 2015 Orchid Show: Chandeliers starts Saturday.

A beautiful wedding venue and valuable education center, NYBG is one of New York City’s true treasures. The Orchid Show always fills us with wonder but this year, we are extra excited about the theme. Floral chandeliers are one of our favorite wedding-flower trends right now. Delicate, vibrant orchids, in all their exquisite variety, are a perfect type of flower to use in creating chandelier designs. We expect to be inspired!

If you live in the New York City area, don’t miss this event. And meanwhile, take a look at one of our NYBG weddings: Picture Perfect.

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Five Romantic New Movies for Valentine’s Day

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Whether Valentine’s Day means date night, cozy time together at home, or dreams of finding true love, we are all in the mood for romantic movies. If you’re looking for something sweeter than the film currently dominating the media, check these out in theaters and streaming online:

Old Fashioned
“Love is patient… love is kind…” Those perennial wedding-reading words from Corinthians are the tagline for a film about slow courtship and the healing power of love. This one looks really sweet.

 

Love, Rosie
A big hit in Europe, this British film about best friends falling in love with each other is set to charm American audiences this Valentines day.
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