I loved these photos when they came in from my bride, held in Sonoma County near Healdsburg. Photography was by Tia and Claire from Tia and Claire Studios. I particularly loved the flower girl wreath made of fresh flowers (sweet peas and roses). The bride chose flower girl dress Pegeen Classic Style 388 in Antique White, Grape and Cranberry.
Announcing our 2013 Flower Girl Dress of the Year. This was a TERRIBLE year for me. Not only did I recently suffer the loss of my mother who helped me found my business, but recently, my father passed away to join her. For me, it just took me forever to want to look at other weddings and see brides dancing with their fathers. I think of the song by Luther Vandross, “One More Dance with my Father”, almost every day.
So, it took me months to finish looking at the thousands of entries this year for our annual “Wedding of the Year” celebration. That said however, I already apologized in January, so without any less fanfare, this year is rather special. Not only did we pick TWO winners and a Runner-Up, but our weddings are World-Wide: we have winners from Australia, Canada, and the United States. Over the next few days, we will write a little about each one.
Today however, I want to share the photos and story of Alyssa and Leigh who held their wedding in Australia after a chance meeting in London. When I received the photography by David Fowler, Victoria we were really impressed. It is not often that we see photos from an area that we get to see such vistas. This wedding was truly one of them.
Pegeen’s Flower Girl Dresses of the Year Co-Winner
The gowns she chose for her flower girl dresses was style 402 with our Pegeen Signature Bustle. Since it was an afternoon wedding, Alyssa also chose to do our Audrey Hepburn length (tea length) skirt of tulle for the flower girl dress.
Alyssa’s story of her chance meeting with Leigh, and how after the bus started to pull away was one we as romantics always hope for: that the guy is on the other side of the bus when it pulls away. After meeting at some friends, the fellow Aussie’s hit it off beautifully and enjoyed their meeting. As Alyssa walked Leigh over to the bus stop to say goodbye, we are sure she wondered why she had let him leave! However, Leigh boarded the bus for home. After paying his fare, he dramatically told the driver to “stop” so he could once again disembark. When the bus pulled away, imagine Alyssa’s surprise and joy that on the other side of the bus stood Leigh waiting! SIGH. So for their wedding, they tied the theme into the many places in their past while in London. To read this “tugs at your heartstrings” story, continue to our website and visit all the wonderful images as well.
All photography by DavidFowler.com.au
You would think that since my oldest child left for college I would have more time. I don’t and I am not sure why but I solemnly swear to do better by featuring some of our favorite weddings, flower girl dresses, first communion and yes, boys ring bearer suits in 2013. So, to kick it off, we just finished our latest Flower Girl Dress Rave and Testimonial Page for Pegeen.com – and its filled with wonderful and gorgeous weddings and special events. So, to begin the new year, we put praise to the sweetest little angel, our 2012 Flower Girl Dress & Wedding of the Year……
2012 Flower Girl Dress & Wedding of the Year in Pale Shades of Lilac, Wisteria and Lavender
Her dress was style 402 from the Pegeen Flower Girl Couture Collection with just a simple standard sash and trimmed with hydrangea flowers.
Flower Girl Dress Of The Year In Wisteria And Lavender Tulle And Silk
In just about five or six weeks, we will select our Wedding of the Year for 2013 and so far, the weddings we have chosen have been spectacular. To find out about our contest, click details.
This past Friday we were all excited to see how many dresses in at least 40 colors we were getting ready to ship out. And then, we noticed something;
Jr bridesmaids style 320 and Flower girl dress style 383 in multiple shades by Pegeen.com
more and more weddings with multiple flower girls had chosen to have the girls dresses in multiple shades to match their color themes and flowers.
Triplet’s tulle flower girl dresses in red, yellow, blue and orange – Pegeen style 402 by Pegeen.com
This month, we decided to highlight a very special event – as each October, mothers and dance directors alike start calling us to place their orders for their upcoming performance of the Nutcracker Ballet held around Christmas Time. Like our Wedding of the Year Flower Girl Dress that we featured in our 2012 Full page advertisements in bridal publications like Ceremony Magazine, Luxury Brides, Grace Ormond, and UK Cosmopolitan Brides, these dresses are going to be featured in our ads for various dance publications including Dance Magazine.
Special Event of the Month – The Nutcracker Party Dresses
We present to you our first “wedding” of the month for this year. On March 17th, in honor of our 30 years in business, we will announce our Newest Wedding of the Year for 2012 ! The anticipation is definitely growing and we are having so much FUN going over all of our customer’s DVDs, Videos and Bride’s Entries. If you purchase a dress or suit from Pegeen.com, you are free to send in your photographs of the children dressed in Pegeen’s fashions and enter into our Model of the Year or Wedding of the Month contests. We choose our models from photographs submitted from those who have purchased dresses from Pegeen. Customer’s photos are highlighted throughout the website in our Real Weddings Gallery as well as other places around the site. If all the elements are right, these photographs may be chosen to be used in some of our advertising. This year we will be doing something slightly different for our Anniversary Celebration and because it is pretty hush-hush, we won’t make that announcement around March 17th or slightly before. A hint: it has to do with a VERY special “wedding” being held in December 1st 2012 at Disney – complete with Cinderella’s castle and I can’t wait to begin those announcements!
I really love it when a bride chooses a ring bearer for their wedding, being a mom of only boys (sigh). I was particularly happy when I saw how beautiful they all looked! The customer choose Pegeen Couture style 402 for her flower girl dresses and for the ring bearer suit, she choose style 509, also from the same collection. Her colors were navy, wisteria and bisque.
Navy and Wisteria Silk and Tulle flower girl dress from the Pegeen Couture Collection