My Best Friends Wedding - Bridal Shower Attire

This post is actually a little late.  I attended a bridal shower for my future sister in law a few weekends ago and I finally got to wear this awesome red dress that I bought from Maribel a while ago with wedding events in mind.  Sadly in the chaos of getting to the shower I didn't take very many pictures of the dress itself.  Its an awesome Marc by Marc Jacobs dress that is covered in patterns.  I also love that the color on the bodice is red!  Its such a fun shape and combo of patterns.  I paired it with teal flats and a blue belt because those were the colors that I had that matched the dress.  Because the dress had so much going on it was actually a challenge to pick out my shoes.  Trusty teal flats to the rescue!  I promise better shots next time I break out this dress!

My Best Friend's Wedding - Beach House Bridal Shower

 This weekend I helped to host a bridal shower for my brothers fiancé with her sister, the other bridesmaid.  It was a total blast, and as you can see, even the weather cooperated!  We had it at a beach house on the cliffs above the beach and I got to break out a dress that I bought because it was on sale and loved but hadn't yet had a chance to wear.  I ordered this dress from Boden when it went on sale for $44 and lucky for me, I had a gift card from Miss P, so it was a steal! I paired it with some hand me down sandals from my mother and my gifted Mosely tribes sunglasses from my brother.  It was such and easy look that was perfect for a beach shower!

 It was actually my lovely future sister in law who took these pictures for me!

Dress -  Boden Sandals - Naot hand me downs  Sunnies - Mosely Tribes  Bracelet - Made by Me

My Best Friends Wedding - Part VII, A Wedding Ceremony and Banquet

 This weekend I attended a friends wedding, and as it was an Asian wedding, there was a banquet following the ceremony.  This dress was actually not my first choice, but my first choice was a dark red dress, and red is a color that is reserved for the bride at Asian weddings.  So I fell back on my easy purple dress which was perfect for the event.

 It was actually really cold this weekend, so I covered up my sleeveless dress with a borrowed silver sweater from my marm that just happened to match my silver shoes.  I took off the sweater at the banquet as it was a 300 person wedding and it was plenty warm.

 I really liked how simple but flatering this dress is.  I didn't know the bride and groom too terribly well, so I went for a very toned down and traditional dress!  To keep it dress I broke out my good amber jewelery that I have been collecting for years.

 To stave off the cold weather I also broke out my Boden pink and puple houndstooth coat.  The dress and coat went perfectly together, which is hardly surprising considering they are both from Boden!  I am SO addicted!  The wedding was beautiful and I had so much fun (and I don't just mean because I got to play dress up!)

 Dress: Boden, $50  Shoes: Cole Haan via Nordstrom's Rack, gift from my daddio  Sweater: Ellen Tracy, borrowed from my marm  Coat: Boden, $85  Jewelery: Gifted!