The Custom Couture Process

Brooks Ann Camper Bridal Couture

Before I get into blogging about my newest bride, I thought I’d write a general post detailing an overview of my process and what to expect when commissioning your custom couture wedding dress. I know!  I know!  This big long post looks like a lot of work. And it is, but it is also a […]

Sketching and the Design Proposal Website

Brooks Ann Camper Bridal Couture

After our fun Design Consultation, I couldn’t wait to start brainstorming and sketching Margaret’s custom mother-of-the-bride dress.  I have a large cutting table where I spread out all of our favorite images and our beautiful fabric. I took some posed photos of Margaret during our meeting.  I looked through those and printed out the one […]

New and Improved Website Launch!

Brooks Ann Camper Bridal Couture

Today is launch day for my brand new website!  I’m so proud of what Linda at Ruby Red Design Studio and I have created together, and I couldn’t wait to show it off to everyone!  If you are reading this post somewhere other than the website please check out www.BrooksAnn.com!  And if you’re already here, […]

Working with a Designer – from each perspective

I constantly get compliments on my website.  I appreciate the praise because of the thought and care that I have put into it.  I have yet to spend any money on advertising, but I have invested in having a wonderful website, where people who find me can find out lots of information about me, my […]

Lila Rose’s (first (and second)) Design Proposal

After my Design Consultation with Lila Rose, I spent many hours thoughtfully considering all of our ideas as I delved into designing!  I needed to create a colorful wedding dress that encompassed all of the bride’s wants into one cohesive budget-friendly design that I could stand behind.  The pencil sketch above is what I came […]

The Design Proposal

Isn’t it lovely?? Inspired by my new bride and our Design Consultation, I started sketching Greta’s custom couture wedding dress.  I had taken a few snapshots of Greta before she left my studio, so that I could use it for the base of her sketches.  (I even handed her a candlestick holder and told her […]

My adventures in graphic design

  I’m back! For the past few months, I have been traveling, taking classes and -most noticeably- working on updating my old website to this fancy new one.  It has been a fun as well as tedious project where I learned a lot.  I thought I’d share a little about how my website went from […]

Fitting-Ready

The mockup is ready for Michelle to try on! I added a new page to her website with more photos, so that she could preview the mockup before arriving here for the fitting.  I know it has got to be nerve-wracking to have a fitting scheduled for something you’ve never seen before, so hopefully the […]

Bouquet Bling

Finally, you get to see these bouquets that I’ve been talking about! When Leah and I were brainstorming her original designs, one of the magazine clippings that she found had a woman with a bouquet of silk violets on the front of her belt.  (You can see the photo on her Design Proposal Page, at […]