Happy Friday Y’all!  I hope you have some exciting plans this weekend and if any of my beautiful “brides-to-be” readers are going bridal gown shopping, I invite you to check out these lovelies from J. Crew bridal. I love the simplicity of these beautiful gown.  The designs are all so feminine and they have just the right amount of embellishments when needed.  I think you will love trying on these gorgeous gowns and remember, you don’t want to take too many people with you on this shopping trip!  Have a fun weekend everyone and we’ll see you back at the Bon Bon on Monday!! 

It’s Wedding Wednesday at The Bon Bon and I am so excited to share some AWESOME news with all of you!  Well, after months of designing, programming, and editing, and weeks of waiting for review, we are over the moon with excitement to announce that the Lettered Olive iPad app is now available on iTunes!

This free download is a first in the wedding industry, allowing the viewer to be able to scroll through our collections to view all that Lettered Olive has to offer. From save-the-dates to favor tags to personal stationery, the Lettered Olive app shows coordinating pieces for each suite that will outfit each step of the wedding festivities.

Featured on the app are stylized photos for each collection suite, images of coordinating pieces designed for each collection suite, a geolocation feature to find the nearest Lettered Olive retailer, and a stationery etiquette video from me…yes, you get to see and hear me in action!

We all love the fact that our brides can download this to their personal ipads to look over at home, take to her floral designer, share it with her mother (and mother-in-law to be!), share with her fiancé and of course with all her BFFS who might love a sneak peek of the invitations.

Here are a few screen shots from the app for you to check out:

The three Collections : Charleston Collection, TwentyEleven, and Private Label by Tara Guérard  featuring designs inspired by real brides. 

Drop down menu with thumbnails allows for easy and quick navigation.

The map shows all of our retail locations across the United States (and also Canada, Panama, and Norway!)

Make sure you visit our Facebook page for more images and updates and also stop by the Lettered Olive’s blog  for more exciting information!

Happy Monday and we are giving a well deserved “shout out” to our dear friend and AMAZING photographer, Liz Banfield.  We are happy to share with you all that Liz, along with a host of wonderful photographers, is featured in BRIDES August 2011 in ”Your Ultimate Guide to Photography” feature and we could not be more pleased and happy for Liz.  As I’m sure many of you know, we have had the pleasure of working with Liz on numerous Soirée weddings and events and Liz photographed all the beautiful weddings in my two books. Liz’s work is simply beautiful, classic and timeless!  We are so blessed to call her our friend!  Congrats to you Liz! 

Now make sure you pick up your copy of BRIDES August 2011 and check out the article and all the beautiful inspiration!