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…is gold!

For the most part, I'm a color-phobe. I love my grays, tans, browns and blacks. My one exception is shoes, shoes, shoes. So what if I own seven gray cardigans? When I wear a pair of gold heels with one of them, no one is bored by my love of a monochromatic pallet.

So in honor of too much gray–both in our closets and in the forecast–and the impending holidays, here's a little toast to looking sassy, thanks to one of my favorite stores. Plus, it doesn't hurt that none of these shoes are over $23! Come on now!

Sequin Holiday Pump, $22.80
Also comes in black.

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As if their names don't already tell you, Lizet and Emund seem to be just about as cool as they come. I shipped the flowers and feathers raw to Lizet, which she attached to her Stuart Weitzman shoes. Well done, pretty lady; well done.

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I have to admit that while this wasn’t an original idea of mine, I loved the idea of adding this simple and personalized embellishment to my wedding shoes. If you’re not able to spend the $75 Stuart Weitzman charges for this same service, you can easily tackle this project yourself. That said, I’ve put together this little step-by-step tutorial to help you recreate this same look.

It’s a fun way to incorporate a little something blue into your ensemble and guests love asking to peek at the bit of bling you have on you. You may have seen this idea before when I decorated shoes for Mrs. Cupcake’s wedding.

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Though I normally incorporate the chiffon puffs onto my shoe embellishments, this bride wanted a slightly different twist on her feet. I'm in love with the end result. There's not much better than a big, creamy flower to accentuate a little toe cleavage!

Has everyone headed over to OnceWed today to see the stunning wedding of Jordyn and Bradley, shot by the handsome Tec Petaja? I had the pleasure of meeting Jordyn and Bradley last night while they were in town to see our friends :: plug, plug :: The Civil Wars, held at Billy Reid. So of course I had to ask Jordyn if she made the lovely combo on her shoes. Well here you go ladies; here's the secret to beautiful embellishments like these…
 

Jordyn bought a pair of vintage clip on earrings (for $7.50), hot-glued three guinea feathers to each piece,and voilà! Now, you can clip and position the embellishments how you'd like. Easy, removable shoe goodness! As for clip-on earrings, Etsy is a great resource for this, but so is your local Goodwill, flea market, or antique shop if you feel like putting some leg work into it. Guinea feathers are at craft stores (Michael's, Hobby Lobby, etc.) and on-line.

Amazing, huh?

One of the materialistic pleasures of wedding planning is accessorizing–of course accessorizing the event, but more importantly, accessorizing yourself. I kept it pretty simple. I wore my sister's veil, wore earrings and a bracelet (given to me as a wedding present by my sister) made by lillyella, and one of the best pairs of shoes I've ever seen in real life.

I'd had fun looking for shoes, but hadn't had much luck. We were trying to throw an epic event for 300 people on a less-than-average wedding budget, so I'd kept myself on a strict $50 or less budget for shoes. Since our wedding would be mostly outdoors, I wanted wedges so that I wouldn't aerate the lawns with my heels and fall flat on my face. I also wanted a pair that would be fun and surprising, but that didn't distract from my gown. {After taking my shoes and gown in for my last fitting, I walked around the part of town I was in, shopping while holding my shoes in my free hand. “Ooohh, what cute shoes!” I had a woman say to me. “Thanks, they're my wedding shoes!” “Oh. But you're not going to wear them with your wedding gown, are you?” “Yeah… I am… They're my wedding shoes.”}

My sister found my wedding shoes while out shopping for herself at no place other than Ross: Dress for Less. I love that place. Love. Along with TJ Maxx and Marshalls, there's no where else I'd rather shop for shoes and house decor. That is, unless, I somehow fall into lots and lots of money and I can rationalize and afford buying those things at Anthropologie. So she called me, told me she'd found my shoes, bought them for me since she knew they'd be perfect… and bought a pair for herself in purple since they were only $14.99. I can't blame the girl.

Anyway, I've had tons and tons… and tons of brides contact me asking me where I got my shoes and what the brand was. (They're Dollhouse, by the way.) Not only are they super cute, but the fact that they were such a steal makes them even more amazing in my book. So this post is dedicated to beautiful shoes: all fun, all statement making, all that could be worn under a wedding gown… all for under $50. {Click on the image of the shoe to be directed to the site it came from. }

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It's great when brides think outside the box when it comes to the age old tradition of “something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.” I am all about promoting new and fantastic ways to be the most original (and stylish) bride possible.

Here is another way to incorporate that “something blue” tradition:

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Hello, hello, my long lost loves.So good to see you again. Here's another lovely pair of ladies that got their Oh, My Deer treatment for the big day. I love the way the guinea feathers contrast with this stunning eggplant color! If you're interested in having your shoes outfitted with a little bit of OMD lovin', feel free to contact me and we can discuss color combos, fabric options, and all the other goodness that comes along with having a pair of shoes that make your gams look even more fierce than they already do.

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A bride I've been working closely with to create ten (yes, TEN) lovely fabric flowers for her bridesmaids surprised me with my first off-the-head request: embellishing her already too-hot-to-handle wedding shoes. Using the same flowers and feathers her bridesmaids will be wearing, we fancied up her shoes to match, and may I just say… the results are smokin'.