My Trip To Kleinfeld Bridal

So the whole reason why I recently went to New York City was to help my sister with her wedding dress fitting.

Last August, she ordered a dress from Kleinfeld (yes, the shop from that TLC show) and was told that it would be in by mid-April. So we figured that me taking a mid-May trip made sense. You know where this going right?

White Toronto

As I detailed in Saturday’s entry, my sister has selected the Simple Silhouettes line for me and her four other bridesmaids to wear. While a great-looking line, it’s not a very popular one, at least not in Canada, and as a result, only one place in Toronto carried: White in Yorkville.

Now, if you’ve ever been a bride in Toronto, you’re probably familiar with White. For the rest of you, I’ll explain that  it's considered to be one of the city’s better, and pricier, bridal stores.

I was a Toronto bride but since I preferred not to look at things I couldn't afford,  I never went to White (well, that and I bought with my dress with my mom in Alberta). But I was always curious about it and because of that, I was happy to have an excuse to check it out.

Simple Silhouette Bridesmaids' Dresses

Last weekend, I went shopping for a bridesmaids dress for my sister’s wedding. Based on 

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that  experience,  I  have written up two reviews; one on of the line of dresses I tried on and another on where I went shopping. Let’s start with the dresses.

My sister has  five “maids” (if you hate that term, stop reading now because I am going to use it) and of course we don’t all look the same. So she’s decided that we can each pick our own dresses, with some conditions in place.

And I’m quite happy that my sister did lay down some dress parameters. The whole pick-whatever-you-want approach to bridesmaids’ dresses seems great on paper but in real life can result in some really random and weird combinations. Plus it can be stressful for both the maids and the bride since no one really knows what to get or expect.

Vistaprint

As some of you already know, I have another blog (one that’s slowly wrapping up) that’s about getting married. In today’s post, the two blogs collide as I’m going to review Vistaprint, the online company we used to create our custom thank-you postcards.

Our postcards arrived on Friday, a full week ahead of schedule and as I say in this post, we’re quite happy with them. OK, so the paper quality could have been higher but it is what I expected to get considering that I paid $30 for 100, glossy, coloured cards.

In this early post, I describe the actual postcard creation and buying process and both were quite smooth and user-friendly. The only annoying part came during checkout when we had to skip past page after page of postcard-matching, personalized crap (like business card holders) before we could actually place our order (though to be fair, some of the offered items, like magnets or even coffee cups, might appeal to some).

For me, Vistaprint’s biggest problem is that it’s too aggressive. Once you sign up for an account, be prepared to be bombarded with newsletters. Yes, you can unsubscribe and not lose your account but still, maybe I would like to hear about when Vistaprint’s having a sale, just not every other day.

But other than that, I can’t complain. The prices are great, the product choices are almost endless, there are multiple shipping options and Vistaprint does send you what you exactly what you ordered.

And hey, maybe someone out there really does need a business card holder with her face on it.

Would I buy this again: I would order from Vistaprint again
Should you buy it: If it offers a product you want, go for it