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With such a bright color palette, you might imagine finding bridesmaid’s dresses would be hard. It was… strike that, it is (we aren’t 100% on the BM dresses yet). If a dress maker had a pretty bright pink, they didn’t have an orange, or they had a green, but not the right green. I knew exactly what I wanted and didn’t really find it until I stumbled on Dessy.com. I personally like the After Six and the Alfred Sung lines.
Two main things that I love about the site? Hundreds of dress options in tons of colors, and dresses that have “accent” colors so you aren’t limited to one color. Seriously—I spent hours this summer, taking screen shots of dresses I liked, editing out the background in Photoshop (not always easy!) and putting them into PowerPoint so I could see all the dresses together and so I could share with Mr Pretzel. Lots and lots of hours… the result looked something like this:
Early attempts at a PowerPoint inspiration board for my maids
Not all that inspiring…
Over time I got better at making inspiration boards and started using different web tools like Snipi to organize my photos and sources. I started to leave the ‘maids out of my inspiration boards because I couldn’t quite get the images edited properly to remove the background. If only Dessy had launched the Inspiration Board part of their site then! It seriously kicks butt! Using dresses and a tie from the Dessy site and uploaded images of my own, I was able to make this inspiration board in just a couple minutes.
Kodachrome Inspiration Board made at Dessy.com
The best part? As my ‘maids tell me which dress they selected, I can update my board to reflect the actual dresses they will be wearing. *Sigh* I heart Dessy. 
What handy tools have you found to organize your inspirations? Have you revisited your inspiration board frequently?
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WOW This is awesome! I love Dessy too and I love all your beautiful, bright colors. I love the color combos of the dresses too. The green with the blue and the orange with the pink…just so cool and fun. You’re going to have one fun wedding I can tell! And how cute is the wedding gown 50s girl!
I think I made an attire inspiration board on Paint. I think I painted the background white, then used the copy/paste cut out tool. Nothing special but it worked!
I liked Dessy too!
Yes, I’m going on record: I have wedding color envy. Love it!
Dessy has so much stuff, it’s ridiculous!
P.S. When I first heard of people talking/writing about dessy, I just thought they were misspelling “dressy.” lol.
Aw I love the lanterns in the background (and the dresses!)… they’re all so colorful (the lanterns and dresses both!).
My BM’s got their dresses from Dessy! They were pretty nice, one had a problem with a zipper that would NOT stay on the track though. And they were a little expensive…
We got two dresses in Daffodil and two in Sunrise, both made of taffeta. They are so colorful in our pictures!
Those are great colors! I really love all of the options that Dessy has - if I hadn’t fallen in love with our Navy dresses, I would have gone there in a heart beat!
Cool inspiration board! I cannot WAIT to see this wedding - seriously!
The Dessy website seems like it was super helpful! I love the bright colors that you’ve chosen.
These are almost my exact same colors! I haven’t seen anything else like this. I really like it, and I am going shopping for bm dresses this weekend, hoping to find them in the oasis color!
@Lindsey: Both Dessy and David’s bridal carry Oasis dresses.
yay! i <3 Dessy dresses. my BM’s wore 4 diff styles but all in the same color and same fabric. they looked beautiful and i know yours will too!
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Miss Pretzel, Seattle
Age and Occupation: 32 Learning, Training, and Development Specialist
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28 Manufacturing Engineer
Engagement Date: September 2, 2009
Wedding Date: July 2010
Venue: Catholic Church & The Engine Room at Georgetown Studios
About Me: I’m just a thirty-something girl who never dreamed of weddings, poofy dresses, or ritzy receptions. I was born and raised in New Hampshire, went to undergrad and grad school at Purdue University in Indiana, had my career take me to Wisconsin, Atlanta, and then finally settled in Seattle. I am a rabid knitter, except recently, wedding projects have replaced my yarn and needles. I’ve been fiercely independent since the age of 2 and 30 years later I think my family and friends had given up on me settling down and getting married.
Ironically, I had to go all the way to Seattle to find a boy from Purdue. We fell in love over Seattle Beers and cooking together. We love Chuck Taylor All Stars, holding hands, clever t-shirts, bacon, KEXP Radio, craft beer, buying local, cooking from scratch, gardening, mastering our new Gocco, and of course, each other. I love NASCAR, he loves Legos. I can talk like a Muppet and he can fit a whole McDonald’s cheeseburger in his mouth. We are a two reception couple, currently planning a brewery inspired bash.
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