Blog – Silviyana

22 Jun

Give yourself 30 minutes

By Ellen Holloway

On the morning of my wedding, I woke up in a room with two of my bridesmaids and more girls spread out throughout the extra bedrooms in my childhood home. I had asked them all to spend the night with me because I figured I would get too nervous...

17 Jun

Advice

The unspoken role that your wedding party plays

By Ellen Holloway

Your wedding party has many jobs: helping out with planning, setting up, helping you get ready, planning bachelorette/bachelor parties, buying the outfit, etc. But there is a very important role that no one really talks about that can make or break the “fun level” of your reception: Dancing on...

11 May

Advice

Some of the BEST things I did for myself on or around the wedding day

By Ellen Holloway

This post is going to be a little more personal, but I wanted to share with you all some of the things that I did for my wedding that I am SO glad I did. First, I assigned one of my bridesmaids to my phone for the day. That way...

04 May

Uncategorized

Five Ways to extend the celebration that’s not an after party

By Ellen Holloway

Your wedding is one day, and the party is often just a few hours. It’s hard to be able to see and have a conversation with everyone who is there. Some of them you may have not seen for many years or maybe they live far away or maybe...

20 Apr

Uncategorized

Wedding Favors

By Ellen Holloway

Recently I went to a thrift store and noticed an entire shelf of personalized wine glasses all with different names and dates of weddings engraved on the side. All of them were for sale for about 25 cents. Yup, you guessed it. This week’s blog is about wedding favors and...

13 Apr

Advice

Who should come dress shopping with me?

By Ellen Holloway

Let me guess, you’ve probably heard a lot of answers to this question. I’ve come to the conclusion that there really is no catch all answer to this question. It depends on who you are and how you make decisions. Ok think about these series of phrases and select a...

30 Mar

Advice

Tiny Details, Big Outcomes

By Ellen Holloway

Personally, I’m at that age where it seems like everyone I know is engaged or really close to it. So I’ve got a handful of friends who are in total wedding planning mode. A recent tiny detail that a friend of mine missed that made a huge impact inspired...

16 Mar

Advice

Do you have cold feet? Or are you really just excited?

By Ellen Holloway

Planning a wedding is a crazy time! There are so many details and different people that you have to organize. It’s common to start thinking, is this right? I’m I really marrying the right person? If it’s the right person, all of these things wouldn’t be going wrong, right? Here’s...

09 Mar

Advice

What Can I help with?

By Ellen Holloway

What can I help with? This was actually a very stressful question for me to get. My bridesmaids, family, and friends all offered to help with whatever I needed. Which sounds great, until you can’t figure out what they can help you with. So many parts of your wedding seem like...

08 Mar

Inspiration

Curvy Unicorn Bridal – redefining what curvy + Bride means

By Seychelle

In celebration of #InternationalWomensDay, we'd like to write a post about Keneshia Raymond, she is an up and coming indie designer inspired by a bridal collection that celebrates curvy bodies while providing the elegance of bridal (how truly sexy, eh?!) She claims the spot at our #InternationalWomensDay post as her determination...

Ellen is a lover of everything bridal. After recently getting married she realized that she missed being involved in the wedding planning process. Ellen planned her own wedding with her mom and enjoyed every aspect from the DIY's to the problem solving with budget issues. Since then, she's been helping her friends with planning their own weddings. Now she's here to help you. Be it tips on how to destress, or interesting tidbits about the bridal industry. She's here for you. Let her know in the comments if there is anything specific you'd like a blog post about. Check back weekly for new posts.

Seychelle is the owner of the Silviyana Bridal. Silviyana is a small, humble boutique that caters to the needs of brides that are looking for exceptional customer service while supporting indie bridal designers and supporting designs that are eco-conscious in nature. Seychelle also founded Grovea Fabrics that work closely with women cooperative organizations to bring unprecedented and pioneering eco fabrics to the bridal industry. Seychelle hopes to add inspiration and food for thought for any bride looking to find the perfect dress!

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