Toilet Paper wedding dresses

Yes, you read that right. Cheap Chic Weddings held a contest on the best wedding dress creation using rolls and rolls of toilet paper. And you'd be surprised with how creative the entries were.

The winning dress was made of 4 rolls of toilet paper, glue, and packing tape:

Susan Brennan's flower-and-feather strapless dress wins her USD 1,000.

The 2nd place dress was also cute, with layers of ruffles for the skirt. This was made from 1-ply tissue, duct tape, spray adhesive, and first aid tape:

Laura Lee's strapless dress with layered ruffled skirt

I personally liked the 3rd place creation, which used 20 rolls of toilet paper to achieve the flowers and the frilly train:

Wonderful skirt and train details from Cynthia Richards' entry. Her daughter helped create this piece.

It's so wonderful how designers, professional and budding, can come up with amazing wedding dresses like these -- and they're even made from everyday household materials such as toilet paper! Just goes to show that creativity can go a long, long way.

La Sposa's Colecciones Avances 2012

Wedding dress maker La Sposa gives brides-to-be a reason to salivate once again! Their new collections for 2012 can be now viewed on their website, http://www.splasposa.com.

The dresses come in various silhouettes, but all are absolutely beautiful. Samoa, below, features an A-line silhouette:

Samoa - Glamour collection

Samba, on the other hand, features a mermaid/ trumpet silhouette, great for slim brides:

Samba - Glamour collection

Utilizing the sheath silhouette is Sensacion, also from the Glamour collection:

Sensacion - Glamour collection

If you're all for the Cinderella-type of dress, the Saguinto or Sari will surely be wonderful choices:

Saguinto - Ballgown collection

Sari - Ballgown collection

The Selim wedding dress makes use of illusion with tulle over the main dress:

Selim - Costura collection

La Sposa also features wedding gowns with necklines other than strapless. Check these dresses out:

Selva - Glamour collection

Sacha - Fashion collection

Sagaro - Fashion collection

For a dose of romance, choose the Salem dress which features lots of ruffles on the skirt:

Salem - Dreams collection

The Salsa dress will surely be the top choice of the modern bride, with its streamlined design and side pockets:

Salsa - Glamour collection

For every type of bride -- classic, modern, romantic, chic -- there's a La Sposa dress that fits your personality. Check out more dresses from La Sposa's 2012 collection.

Inspiration Board: Green and Brown

Another board coming up!

While I was browsing through some forums, I stumbled upon a discussion about having green and brown as a possible color motif. One commented that the colors reminded her of trees, so she wasn't really keen on it.

But honestly, I like this combination. It's refreshing on the eyes and I like colors that represent nature or Mother Earth. I believe that, given the right shades, a green and brown combo exudes simple elegance and freshness.

Check out this inspiration board I made:

Top row: William's Bridal, Floral Verde, Project Wedding.
Middle row: Creative Outlook Designs via Flickr, Beau-coup.
Bottom row: The Flower Kiosk, Charlotte Geary, Jenny Yoo. 

Green and brown is a nice combination to use for afternoon and nature-themed weddings. Hope you find inspiration in this board I made today. :)

Inspiration Board: Blue and Gold

Wow, it's been this long since I've posted? So sorry, guys.

And yeah, I know I've done a board with blue and gold. But I got inspired after reading some forums discussing about their wedding motifs. This combination is really, really stunning, in my opinion. I chose a lighter blue shade, something near Tiffany Blue for this inspiration board.

So if you're all for a blue and gold combination for a wedding, take a look at what I did:

Top row: Martha Stewart Weddings, Sottero & Midgley, Zappos, Jacarandadesigns via Etsy.
Middle row: Sauci, Justin Lee Photography via A Subtle Revelry.
Bottom row: Alfred Angelo, DavieandChiyo via Etsy, W-Weddingflowers.