Blue Wedding Flowers

Excited about today's post on blue wedding flowers.  This year, cobalt blue is predicted to be very popular, but natural blue flowers are a rarity.  The post talks about expert advice from florists and offers some photo inspiration.  Check out.  http://blog.shinyorb.com/blue-wedding-flowers

Beach bridesmaid dresses

Recently, I wrote a post on choosing beach bridesmaid dresses.  The post is about my search for finding dresses that would fit both the beachy-theme I had at my wedding as well as fit the windy environment of California beaches.

Wedding photography Tips for Brides

Shiny Orb was excited to feature it's first wedding vendor blogger of the year, Shang Chen.  Shang wrote a great post about 5 tips in choosing a wedding photographer.

Inspirations for 2010 Weddings

At Shiny Orb, we decided to take a look at what wedding trends to expect in 2010.  We wrote a full report on location, styles, and what bridesmaid dresses are en vogue for the year.  Check out these 2010 wedding inspirations.

Advice on bridal shoes

My friend Christine wrote a nice post on what to consider for bridal shoes.  She discusses whether to choose shoes that could be worn outside of a wedding.  Check out the post here:

http://blog.shinyorb.com/bridal-shoes-glass-slippers-or-comfortable-sh

Turquoise Inspiration Boards

Happy post-holidays!  I'm behind in my blogging.  Over the holiday break, Shiny Orb posted some nice wedding tips from guest bloggers and from their own trend reports.  According to Pantone, the leading expert on colors, 2010 is expected to feature turquoise as the color of the year for weddings.

We're already seeing a number of turquoise dresses being featured.

Check out these inspiration boards:
http://blog.shinyorb.com/turquoise-bridesmaid-dresses-and-turquoise-in

Oceanic Geo Dive Computer:


I've heard great things about the Oceanic Geo Dive Computer, but the reviews on amazon look less than stellar.  

Thoughts?

The Pearl Izumi Women's Vagabond Jacket:

She's also considering this other jacket, the Pearl Izumi Women's Vagabond. The Vagabound is pretty sleek, though the pink color looks pretty terrible. Thoughts?

My friend Jennifer is interested in buying a jacket for cycling. She's thinking about the Pearl Izumi Gavia jacket. What do you think of this?

Lately, I've been finding some great deals on the web. As we start to think about super bowl season, here are some cheap super bowl tickets for sale. In this economy, these prices are actually quite good! Now...if only my team the 49ers would ever go to the Super Bowl....

Jennifer and I are pleased to announce the launch of our new site shinyorb.com. We'd love to hear your thoughts.

It's a comparison shopping site for bridesmaid dresses. We aggregate thousands of dresses from across the web, and unlike on most online bridal stores, people can search by price, dress attributes, and designers. In addition, we also have a unique, co-shopping tool that makes it easy for friends to browse in real-time together. I'm re-posting the original blog post below:

Shiny Orb launches!

By Jennifer

Elizabeth and I are proud to announce the launch of Shiny Orb, a new online store mixing real-time social shopping with bridesmaid dresses.

Our inspiration for creating this store was quite simple. While Elizabeth was planning her wedding, she wanted her bridesmaids to wear dresses they would like and would look good in. Since all the bridesmaids, including me, lived in different places worldwide, we tried to coordinate what we would wear over email. Very quickly, however, our inboxes were cluttered with too many emails filled with links and opinions leading to much confusion and frustration.

Wouldn't it be easier if we could all get online and shop and browse together in real-time?

And so the idea for Shiny Orb was planted. With a co-shopping tool developed by Parrotview Inc., we've built the only place on the web where you can shop for bridesmaid dresses online with your friends in real-time. You can see what they're looking at and can chat and share opinions. Best of all, we require no downloads or sign ups.

We would love to hear what you think. Check it out at Shiny Orb.

Minuteman Trail: also pwned.

About 7 miles in a solo river loop out to BU. This was after 1 hour of sleep from it being a late night in lab. The run felt pretty OK, although I was getting tired in miles 6 and 7. After I took my shower I took a nap for five hours though.