Check out my other blog!

If you like DonnaElla's attitude, you'll love my new blog which fits me to a tee! Ask any one of my friends or family what I say on a daily basis and they will say, "I'm gonna write a letter."
This brings me to my new blog called I'm Gonna Write A Letter, a blog about my rants, raves, rambles, and reviews. www.imgonnawritealetter.blogspot.com

And the Winner is...

Today I put 119 names in a box, gave it a shake, and my daughter pulled out a name.

Louise, who is getting married on October 11th, 2009, was that name.

Congratulations Louise!

Thanks again!

A big thanks for all the brides and 1 groom for stopping by my blog and entering the contest.

I appreciate all the inspiring praise from everyone and I wish you the best of luck with your wedding planning.

www.donnaella.etsy.com

CaNdY Veils

They're elegant!
They're fashionable!
They're available only thru DonnaElla!

These beautiful new veils are called Candy Veils and come in a variety of vibrant colors, 32 flavors to be exact. Now your birdcage veil can match your wedding colors or even your dress, as more and more brides have been wearing dresses with a little color to them.

I even like the idea of full color coverage veils for the bridesmaids.

Plus you can even get metallic colors as well such as gold and silver. Here is a list of the 32 colors to choose from.

***Metallics***
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Metallic Green
Metallic Pink
Metallic Teal
Metallic Blue
Metallic Purple

***Candy Colors***
Lapis Purple
Fuschia
Candy Pink
Berry Sangria
Cotton Candy
Wisteria
Navy
Marine
Aqua
Brilliant Purple
Burgundy
Chocolate
Peach
Coral
Orange
Lemon
Lime
Green Apple
Sea Foam
Fern Green
Dark Green
Red Apple
Grey
Black

100 Entries and Counting

WOW!!! I am so excited to have all these wonderful brides enter into the Birdcage Veil Giveaway. There is still 20 days to go to enter into the contest, so if you haven't go ahead and do that now.
Thank you all for your wonderful compliments and the best of luck.
Here's a couple more veils to add to your palette.

The first one is the full head birdcage veil that comes adjustable so you may get the desired size, style, and effect that is right for you. This particular one has been hand dyed to a tea-stained color. Many dresses are more of a tint of brown where as ivory is more of a tint of yellow, therefore an ivory veil may not look as good with that color dress....so......I came up with the solution. So far, it has received excellent reviews. This color can be applied to any of the veils I make.

The second picture is of a traditional birdcage veil
that attaches at the front or top of the crown and
falls elegantly over the face.

BIRDCAGE VEIL -- GIVEAWAY!!

Post a comment to sign up for the Birdcage Veil Giveaway. Drawing will be held on July 24th. You must include your name, wedding date, and where you heard about the offer.
The veil will be a custom order designed just for you in the style and color you would like for your wedding day. Limit one entry per person.

Making Progress: Flower Girl Dress

I got my dress from David's Bridal and I bought what was as close to my dress as I could find for my daughter. Unforetunately, it was not 100% what I wanted and the pick-ups on the dress made her look like she was wearing a mushroom cloud. My dress has beautiful pick-ups with pearls and beads at each point so I wanted her's to at least have pick-ups like mine.

I added pearls from my dress extras that they included with my dress as the "just in case it's needed" ziploc. I had to order her dress larger than she is since she is not a toothpick and trimmed off a substantial amount so she could possibly walk in it.

Without further adieu...

Here is before



And Here is my daughter with the alterations...I still have to shorten the straps but you get the idea.

Another Great Deal

I found some more clearanced items and it kind of inspired me for the wedding some more...so I ended up deciding on making CD's for everyone of "Our" songs. We really do have way more than one song in our relationship. We always have been very into music and dancing so it is really fitting for the wedding. I found these cute little box sets of Wedding CD labels, sleeves, and stickers for that finished look and I just couldn't help but to buy them at $5 for 25. I never pass up a deal, lol:) Plus I can't wait to start working on them. I have alot to do in 4 months....tick tock, tick tock, is getting louder every day. YIKES