I love the set design on this JLM bridal shoot! I would love to sit in the meeting where they talk about what they are going to do for the backdrop and set for a shoot. There is a bridal video with this set, too, but I liked the bridesmaid dress version better.

I love Jeff Koons - his works is always so whimsical and the flower dog "Puppy" he made always makes me smile when I see photos of it. I also love his balloon animal series using stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces.


Puppy in Bilbao

Some fun Wikipedia info on Puppy:

Koons was commissioned in 1992 to create a piece for an art exhibition in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The result was Puppy, a forty-three feet tall topiary sculpture of a West Highland White Terrier puppy, executed in a variety of flowers on a steel substructure. In 1995, the sculpture was dismantled and re-erected at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sydney Harbour on a new, more permanent, stainless steel armature with an internal irrigation system.

The piece was purchased in 1997 by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and installed on the terrace outside the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Before the dedication at the museum, an Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) trio disguised as gardeners attempted to plant explosive-filled flowerpots near the sculpture, but was foiled by Basque police officer Jose María Aguirre, who then was shot dead by ETA members. Currently the square in which the statue is placed bears the name of Aguirre. In the summer of 2000, the statue travelled to New York City for a temporary exhibition at Rockefeller Center.

Media mogul Peter Brant and his wife, model Stephanie Seymour, have an exact Jeff Koons duplicate of the Bilbao statue on the grounds of their Connecticut estate.

Harper's Bazaar has an article this month on Vera Wang and her new home in LA. It is an awesome house with lots of glass and a gorgeous view! Check out the behind the scenes video:

Vera Wang has a bunch of new dresses at David's Bridal. I love that she has created a White line of more affordable gowns that are still gorgeous!

I have always loved one shoulder dresses and this dress is just beautiful:


One-Shoulder Basket-Weave Organza Gown - White by Vera Wang
$1028

Look what Pippa (and Kate) Middleton did to the wedding market - sleeves! I am loving the change - strapless dresses have been the #1 selling dress for too long and I am ready to see some new styles. I am also frustrated with the wedding photos of brides tugging up their strapless dresses. You almost always lose weight right before your wedding and your dress is a little too big!


V Neck Soft A Line Gown with Hand Appliqued Lace - White by Vera Wang
$600

My neighbor gave me this amaryllis bulb right before Christmas and we potted it. It just bloomed and it is gorgeous! I would love to plant hundreds of these in my front yard and have them all bloom at once. I've seen photos of the tulip festivals and it is the same idea - so pretty!