Nothing is cuter than beautiful children in a wedding.  They really make for special moments in your wedding.  HOWEVER, sometimes the child is scared to death to walk down the aisle.  Even if you have dress rehearsal the day before, nothing is as petrifying as seeing the church filled with what appears to be hundreds of thousands of people to a little child.  How do you get around, what my children call, Stranger Danger?  (Wasn’t this little girl absolutely gorgeous?)

Little Flower Girl - a little terrified of the long walk down the aisle

As a mom, I now know lots of tricks to get my children around moments like this. As a bride, I was a complete failure. My now grown-up niece was a real snark that day. I remember telling her the night before the wedding,  that at the end of the aisle, up at the front pew, there would be a very special bag for her filled with her favorite toys and a few surprises the next day. So what did Joanie do?  The next day, as she was about to go down the aisle, she told me, in no uncertain 4-year-old terms, would she go down the aisle unless I brought her that bag from the front pew.  OH WELL.  She lost, and her dad took her promptly home half way through the ceremony.  Children WILL do the craziest things and your best chances for a great day, is smile a lot and just go with it OR she won’t be the only one having a tantrum.  Thank you to DanDalstra.com, the wonderful photographer who’s work will be featured this month as the Flower Girl Dress of the Month is unveiled…. albeit a little late this month.

Tags: brown and blue flower girl dress, children at your wedding, dan dalstra photography, Pegeen.com

Ideas for infant flower girl dress stroller

Dear Pegeen,

“I have a dilemma that I am sure you heard of before – I have a 11 month old that will be wearing a flower girl dress from Pegeen.  Do you have any suggestions how the heck I am going to make everyone happy and have her in the wedding?” — Frazzled

We have had a number of customers that have had many different, wonderful ideas for young infants and toddlers in weddings and here are some of those now!

Tags: dresses, flower, girl, infant

What could be better than a flower girl dress in Pink (and Green) for Valentine’s Day!  Our wedding of the month this year was themed “Meet Me (us) in St. Louis”  (how I loved that movie with Judy Garland).  The two little flower girls wore dress in Grass Green, Raspberry Pink and Antique White silk with beautiful magenta silk roses on the back bustle.

The setting was photographed by Kelly Clark Photography and the venue was the St. Louis Science Center Planetarium.  The wedding coordinator (Lacy Branch Events) had done a lovely job of executing all of Sarah’s and Colin wishes for their wedding, including the Gambling Themed evening.  (Fabulously designed by Parties & Props and  Aires Company.)  

Tags: dress of the month, gambling themed wedding, pegeen, valentine wedding of the month

This week we had a wonderful blog post written about our flower girl dresses by the people (more specifically Laura Reed) over at Kate Aspen/UK.

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There is something really special available for your wedding favors for everyone’s tastes with their wonderful looks and styles.  Now that I DO know about Kate Aspen, I will definitely be purchasing those fantastic Damask Votive Candle covers for my vow renewals (more on that special announcement later!)

Go to Kate Aspen and sign up for their blog (sold through retailers in the US) or to directly from them in their UK site.  And, thank you Laura – your words express our love for what we do so eloquently!

Tags: Flower Girl Dresses, kate aspen blog

Each month,  Pegeen.com gets to highlight a wedding that has recently occurred.  It is difficult to sometimes choose, as each wedding is so different, yet so lovely.

But no sooner had I opened the email from Kathryn and saw the first photograph, I knew I had found my winner!

Champagne Ivory, Gold and French Blue Tulle Flower Girl Dress and Jr. Bridesmaid by Pegeen.com

The wedding occurred in April on Cape Cod in a beautiful setting by the beach.
Photography by Elegant Bliss, Bob Perachio, Watertown, MA  To see all the details of their wedding visit our website, and view the Weddings of the Month for more great ideas.

Beach wedding - flower girl dresses by Pegeen.com

Tags: dresses, flower, Flower Girl Dresses, girl, tulle dresses, Wedding of the month

Shown below, our favorite flower girl dresses and wreaths.  For larger photos and more great ideas, visit Pegeen.com

Flower girl dresses by Pegeen.com

Last year, I divulged a little bit from the normal blog and wrote about my family’s tradition, passed down from my father, to show your favorite teacher appreciation and love by giving her flowers.  My boy’s would go through our extensive gardens, choosing their favorite flowers and cutting their prizes off, wrapping them in wet paper towels and tin foil and bring to their teachers.

Today was no different for my “almost in college” son who went off to take his last SAT, determined to get a higher score and hopefully the next notch for 100% Bright Futures.  Well, my big lug ran back to the car and said “Mommy, we have to bring my favorite person some gardenias from that massive hedge out front.”   We cut off some branches and wrapped it in tin and gave it to the most wonderful of wonders at Billy’s school,  the school attendance Mrs. Johnson.  To all those teachers out there, my sons will forever cut those flowers for you, and for me, my eternal gratitude.

Tags: Flower Girl Dresses, May day, teachers, wreaths

I got a call from a bride’s mom who is planning a wedding in California.  They had been looking at Pegeen.com for quite some time and were ready to place their order for “the dress” which is to also be her granddaughter’s flower girl dress.

I was very excited to learn that David Tutera is their wedding planner.  I love this planners work and am so very happy that finally, he’s going to see my work too!

This is similar to the dress we will be doing for their wedding.

Blush Pink tulle degas style ballerina flower girl dress by Pegeen.com

Tags: blush weddings, david tutera, dresses, flower, Flower Girl Dresses, girl, pegeen, tulle dresses

Antique white and toffee silk flower girl dresses by Pegeen.com

A bride called me today.   She loves our Pegeen flower girl dress style 398.   Her husband is in the Navy Seals and they are finally going to have their wedding while he is on leave.  God Bless soldiers.  We are proud of them, and every time a military bride calls, I tear up.  That’s not the point of the story but I just had to repeat our pride (we do give military discounts too)!

Well, anyhow, she wanted to put ivory (her gown) with white (his military dress).  We were able to get a great idea for their flower girl dresses for their wedding:

Ivory and White flower girl dress style 398 by Pegeen.com

For other ideas for your flower girl dresses or jr bridesmaids & ring bearers, visit our Weddings by Color section on our website.  Images above from Bill Goode Photography, Tarboro NC 252-823-1383

Tags: dresses, flower, Flower Girl Dresses, girl, military wedding

This year we are proud to say that almost 1800 brides submitted almost 20,000 photos for consideration in our 2010 Flower Girl Dresses/Wedding of the Year.

Congratulations to Caroline Blake who’s wedding we chose for the Wedding of the Year for 2010 .  She chose style 394 in spun gold and claret red for her flower girl dresses and style 383 in the same color for her Junior Bridesmaids Dresses for her Christmas Themed wedding.

Photography:Faith West of Faith West Photography, Philadelphia, PA (215) 554-3907 www.faithwest.com
Event Planner, Month-of Services: Kimberly Fink of Kimberly Fink Events, Philadelphia, PA (267) 324-5949 www.kimberlyfinkevents.com

So see all of her vendors, visit our Flower Girl Dress/Wedding of the Year for 2010.

Tags: christmas, dresses, flower, girl, Pegeen.com, red, weddings

I got an interesting call from a bride in a large family.  She and I conspired to make three flower girl dresses in Gold and Ivory silk with a beautiful flower, similar to the dress we designed for another summer wedding.

Pegeen's Gold and Ivory flower girl dresses by pegeen.com

Today she called us saying she needed to purchase 2 more dresses for her cousins.  She sounded a bit disturbed that she had to do it, so natch, curiosity took over and I had to ask, “why are you unhappy about adding these two girls?”  After a LONG discussion and chuckle about our families apparent interference in our weddings at times, I told her that now was the time to take the stance!  She was, like me, the youngest of 5 children (I’m 5 out of 6) and I had similar problems when I was married to a smaller degree than her plight.

How can you REINFORCE the phrase “this is my wedding” without coming off as a Bridezilla and keeping the family peace?  (more…)

Tags: bridal consultants, bridezillas, gold and ivory flower girl dresses, Pegeen.com, wedding planners, Wedding Planning