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

My favorite quote is on the wall, getting more soiled with each passing year.  Sometimes I use this quote for the mothers of our flower girl’s or mothers of the brides or sometimes to the bride herself. “It’s not a coronation, its a wedding.”

Pegeen's Chocolate brown and ivory flower girl dresses by Pegeen.com

Photo Credit: TM Photography in Cincinnati

Think of it.
Its your wedding and the flower girl’s mom is taking over your wedding.  OR
The bride (also known as your sister in-law to be) is out of control.       OR
Your mother has gone ga-ga over the plans and you are about to lose it.

Repeat the following message:
“It’s not a coronation, its a wedding.”  And, if you don’t see the humor in that statement, call me.

Just friendly advice from a flower girl dress designer.

Tags: Flower Girl Dresses, Pegeen.com

Recently, I had to send out some info for an editorial feature. I had such fun creating this collage of some of my favorite flower girl dresses we have done here at Pegeen.

Pegeen's featured flower girl dresses

(more…)

Tags: Flower Girl Dresses, gallery photos of flower girl dresses, Pegeen.com, Recommeded wedding photographers, silk flower girl dresses, Tulle flower girl dresses

Get your Green On… I hear this more and more everyday.  If  Green is the new Black then bring on those

Pegeen's Green and purple flower girl dresses by Pegeen

wedding colors.  If you subscribe to the misdirected GLOBAL WARMING craziness or not (NOT!) it sure has made the color Green more popular with wedding colors.  A recent survey of 450 brides who have visited our Pegeen.com site and requested free swatches have shown that of those, GREEN WEDDINGS almost out-requests BLACK.  Now, this is by no means a scientific study but a year from now, I promise you, I will definitely publish those color request statistics.

Erin Go Bragh – Ireland Forever!

10 Most Popular Color Searches (in order) for Pegeen®

• Champagne flower girl dresses
• Brown flower girl dresses
• Black flower girl dresses
• Tiffany flower girl dresses
• Green flower girl dresses
• Fuchsia flower girl dresses (surprise to me)
• Orange flower girl dresses
• Blue flower girl dresses
• Pink flower girl dresses
• Yellow flower girl dresses

Tags: flower girl dress colors, green flower girl dresses, Pegeen.com, wedding colors

Each month at Pegeen.com, we receive photos from our brides or moms after an event has occurred.  For me, it’s like opening presents.  I never know what is going to be inside, but sure I am going to like it.  About 3 years ago, after it became more convenient for brides to send digital pictures, the flood gates opened and we receive hundreds each month.  Usually accompanied by a lovely note, our brides began to show me some of their good ideas.  Once that happened, I would send a nice note back and let them know that I enjoyed their pictures.  One bride said, I don’t mind if you share my photos on your website.  Well duh! Thus we started the Weddings of the Month.

Tiffany blue and brown flower girl dresses by Pegeen.com to match Bill Levkoff Glacier

What a great way to share ideas of what other brides have done, while highlighting of course, their little munchkins in their Pegeen attire!  Then, about 2 years ago, I will never forget, a bride in TN sent me the most incredible DVD filled with gorgeous photography from Eric McCarty www.thelightphotography.com.   One particular photo showed the absolute exhaustion by a little two year old that stole my heart!  That was all I needed to create our very first “Pegeen Flower Girl Dress/Wedding of the Year“.  It was followed a year later by a fabulous wedding we loved because of the details in pink, especially the flowers! (Planner FabulousFete.com and Ceremony Photographers Mike and ReJana Krause www.bludoorstudios.com and Portraits & Wedding Details Photography www.annesilvermanphotography.com.    In a VERY short few weeks, Pegeen will announce their 2009-2010 Wedding of the Year.

Tiffany Blue flower girl dress of the Month by Pegeen.com

This month, January was particularly relevant to the recession, planned entirely by the bride herself, Jessica created a lovely ceremony and reception held at private home and for under $14,000!  We thought she did such a wonderful job, we named her’s the Wedding of the Month. Photography by JenniferLangdonPhotography.com

Tags: Flower Girl Dresses, Pegeen.com, tiffany wedding

I am totally enamored with these wonderful “Flower Kissing Balls”,  because they are so easy for a flower girl to carry. 

Another name, a Pomander, is a round ball of fresh flowers and has the easy handle made from a soft ribbon. These pomanders, which are fashioned after mistletoe hanging during the Christmas festivities, they have been named Flower Kissing Balls which is a throwback to the mistletoe kiss given.

The flower girl dress by Pegeen®  was in apple green and shock pink and is style 383.

Although I am seeing more and more of these Kissing Balls in multi colors I also have been loving the monochromatic tones of same color and hue roses.

Your florist is a great resource for the flowers that are typically used although I see them mostly made of roses.

Tags: apple green, Flower Girl Dresses, kissing ball, pegeen, Pegeen.com, pomander

Yummy – prettiest pink dress yet this year!  Okay, so we are two days into 2010 BUT it does represent a great look for Valentine’s Day Weekend Weddings!

Hibiscus Pink flower girl dresses by Pegeen

This dress, based on style 394, was made all in Hibiscus Pink with matching tulle.  Her extra charge was for the “COLOR WITH TULLE”.

Effective 2010, Pegeen will no longer charge a COLOR SWAP FEE for changing colors for your flower girl dresses – what that means is – ANY COLOR – SAME PRICE!  It will act as an easier interface for us while we launch our new 3-D Tool called PEGEEN DRESS DREAMER!  Prices for 2010 change at 11:59pm Sunday, January 3rd.  We also are very busy finalizing our latest 3-D project and hope to launch our virtual dressing by Valentine’s Day!

Tags: Pegeen.com, pink, pink flower girl dresses

Making flower girl dresses isn’t all we do at Pegeen. We are also well known for our ability to fit larger and older girls, called Junior Bridesmaids. These Jr. Bridesmaids Dresses were made in Navy Silk and called style 320 with two lovely flowers in the back.  In a recent wedding, photographed by Christopher Lane, these 4 ladies stood at attendance with the bride.

Navy Jr. Bridesmaids Dresses by Pegeen.com Photography by Christopher Lane

Our bride choose the shorter below the knee length. Silk Flowers (2) are included in the price of the dress and are available in about 50 Colors.

Silk flowers by Pegeen.com

Tags: jr bridesmaids, navy silk dresses, Pegeen.com

I got just about the nicest email from a customer – so I need to post it here!

The dress just arrived, and it is BEAUTIFUL!  My greatest worry about ordering a dress online was the fit, and I’m very relieved and impressed that it fits perfectly.  Thanks so much for delivering an amazing, quality product.  Please thank your staff as well, especially those who held my hand through two long, neurotic phone calls to help me measure, re-measure, and measure again my wriggly toddler.  Thank you, Pegeen!!!   Angela King

What this really speaks volumes to is how to properly measure your children for their outfits.  We are experts at sizing for children. So good that we guarantee it – so feel free to chat with us online with questions. (more…)

Tags: customer testimonials, measuring flower girl dresses, Pegeen.com, sizing chart. children's sizing, sizing for children. flower girl dress size chart