[CLOSED] GIVEAWAY: Kate Spade Live Colorfully Fragrance

Update! A winner for this contest has been chosen:

Bobbi Brent • a month ago

I would wear this on my way to Italy!!!!

Congrats, Bobbi Brent! Please e-mail me at theclassicbride[at]gmail[dot]com and I'll send your Kate Spade goodie right off to you!! xx.

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Yay - Happy Monday! I'm giving away (1) Kate Spade Live Colorfully fragrance! If you haven't had a chance to experience this fragrance, it is a delightful citrus floral scent featuring "bold top notes of sparkling mandarin, pink waterlily and star anise, while playing harmoniously amidst the heart of the fragrance - tiare flower, golden gardenia and coconut water. Complementing the overal spectrum, 'Live Colorfully' closes with a sophisticated  base of sheer amber, radiant musks and Tahitian vanilla."

I think I love this fragrance so much because it reminds me of my wedding day - I wore a gardenia in my hair and the scent enveloped me all day long so the soft notes of that bloom really come through for me and take me back to that perfect day. :) So obvs, I think this would make for a fantastic wedding day fragrance.

Okay, on to the good stuff!

THE GIVEAWAY
What's being given away:
{One} 1.7 fl. oz. eau de parfum spray of Kate Spade Live Colorfully to {one} lucky CB reader. 

How to enter:
Couldn't be easier - there's two ways to enter:
1 - Just leave a comment on this post telling us what event you'd be excited to wear Live Colorfully to!
-OR-
2 - If you're on Instagram, follow me @classic_bride and leave a comment on the Kate Spade Giveaway photo I posted today.

Contest is limited to domestic US locations.

Earn an EXTRA entry:
Extra entries are limited to Instagrammers - just repost the giveaway photo I posted on Insta today  (@classic_bride) and tag 3 of your friends.

Deadline to enter:
Sunday, June 30, 2014 at midnight Central Standard Time.
A winner will be selected and announced on July 1, 2014! Bonne chance!

This post sponsored by Paul Wilmot Communications for kate spade beauty. Image via my Instagram.

Preppy Kate Spade-y Library Engagement Photos in Rhode Island

Kerrin and Chris decided to have their engagement session at The Providence Athenaeum, a darling library and cultural center in Rhode Island which includes antique card catalogs, sliding ladders and, of course, beautiful old books. I just love the classic, preppy, Kate Spade-y feel of this shoot! And the Athenaeum was also a perfect spot for Kerrin and Chris to pay homage to the course of events which brought them together {Kerrin explains - just scroll down!} / Photos by Erin McGinn.

Says Kerrin, "Chris and I met in an American Literature class at Providence College. He was helping me to understand Leaves of Grass, a classic (and very abstract!) work by Walt Whitman, who is one of Chris' favorite writers. After class, I went to his dorm to borrow his text copy because he always gave these great responses when called on by the professor. (In truth, I was also looking for an excuse to get to know Chris better...) Chris looked puzzled when I showed up at his door asking for his voluminous notes because he hadn't written ANYTHING down! It was all up there in his brilliant literary mind. My true motives were discovered and we started dating shortly after that class.

We took our engagement shots at The Providence Athenaeum because we loved the sliding ladders and vintage study nooks - it even has a rare first edition of Leaves of Grass as a featured display! As book lovers, our plans for a Great Gatsby-themed wedding extend the American literature motif to Linden Place in Bristol, Rhode Island, where part of the 1974 version was filmed."

After the session, Kerrin and Chris took a short walk around Providence to enjoy the crisp fall air.

Thank you so much to K+C for sharing their story and to Erin McGinn for sharing her lovely photos! xx.

Cheerful + Preppy Oyster Bay, NY, Wedding by Patricia Kantzos

It is with joy that I share today the happy union of Kimberly and John. The couple wed earlier this year in September at the Piping Rock Beach Club + Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, NY. The day was classically charming and cheerful. / Photos by Patricia Kantzos.

Congrats, Kimberly and John! And a huge thank you to Patricia for sharing this lovely wedding with us!

Credits: Florist – Petals Locust Valley / Caterer – Piping Rock Beach Club / DJ/Band - Vision
Makeup – Maria Poulos / Hair – Christine Grassi / Cake – Piping Rock Beach Club / Invitations – Invitations, Etc., Livingston, NJ / Wedding Gown – Ulla Maija / Shoes – Kate Spade / Grooms Suit - JCrew / Bridesmaids Dresses - JCrew / Hair piece, jewelry - borrowed / Photos - Patricia Kantzos

Patricia Kantzos Photography is a sponsor of Classic Bride blog but this is not a sponsored post.