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The Authors Guild et al v. Google Inc.
Filing 1005
REPLY MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 992 MOTION to Dismiss Fourth Amended Complaint.. Document filed by Google Inc.. (Gratz, Joseph)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK THE AUTHORS GUILD, INC., Associational Plaintiff, BETTY MILES, JOSEPH GOULDEN, and JIM BOUTON, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, Civil Action No. 05 Civ. 8136 (DC) Plaintiffs, ECF Case v. GOOGLE INC., Defendant. DEFENDANT GOOGLE INC.'S REPLY MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 II. ARGUMENT ...................................................................................................................... 1 A. The third prong of the Hunt test is an important limit on federal jurisdiction. ..............................................................................................................2 B. Hunt bars associational standing where litigating the asserted claims requires individualized inquiry, regardless of the relief sought...............................3 C. Copyright ownership issues preclude associational standing. .................................5 1. 2. D. It is appropriate to take the copyright ownership issue into account in determining whether the Hunt test is met. ...............................................5 Individual issues as to copyright ownership preclude associational standing. .......................................................................................................5 Fair use issues preclude associational standing. ......................................................6 1. It is appropriate to take the fair use issue into account in determining whether the Hunt test is met. ...................................................6 2. Individual issues as to fair use preclude associational standing. .................8 E. Individual issues as to Partner Program works preclude associational standing for the ASMP...........................................................................................10 F. Plaintiffs' attempts to distinguish AIME and NAFP are unavailing. .....................10 1. 2. G. AIME ..........................................................................................................10 NAFP..........................................................................................................11 The copyright associational standing cases are distinguishable. ...........................12 1. 2. III. EchoStar.....................................................................................................13 3. H. Itar-Tass .....................................................................................................12 Olan Mills ..................................................................................................14 Remedies in a copyright infringement lawsuit must be tied to the works at issue........................................................................................................................14 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 15 i TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) Cases Ass'n of Data Processing Serv. Orgs., Inc. v. Camp, 397 U.S. 150 (1970) .................................................................................................................... 3 Association for Information Media & Equipment v. Regents of the University of California, No. CV 10-9378 CBM (MANx) (C.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2011) ................................................. 10, 11 Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 448 F.3d 605 (2d Cir. 2006) ................................................................................................... 4, 9 Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569 (1994) .................................................................................................................... 4 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp., 450 F.3d 505 (11th Cir. 2006) .................................................................................................. 14 Chicago Bd. of Educ. v. Substance, Inc., 354 F.3d 624 (7th Cir. 2003) .................................................................................................... 15 EMI April Music Inc. v. Jet Rumeurs, Inc., 632 F. Supp. 2d 619 (N.D. Tex. 2008) ..................................................................................... 15 Faulkner v. Nat'l Geographic Enters. Inc., 409 F.3d 26 (2d Cir. 2005) ....................................................................................................... 10 Friends for Am. Free Enter. Ass'n v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 284 F.3d 575 (5th Cir. 2002) ...................................................................................................... 7 Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, 432 U.S. 333 (1977) ........................................................................................................... passim In re Senior Cottages of America, LLC, 482 F.3d 997 (8th Cir. 2007) ...................................................................................................... 8 Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, No. 95 Civ. 2144 (JGK), 1997 WL 109481 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 10, 1997), rev'd in part, 153 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 1998) ........................................................................... 12, 13 Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 336 F.3d 811 (9th Cir. 2003) ...................................................................................................... 9 Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 948 F. Supp. 1214 (S.D.N.Y. 1996), aff'd, 137 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 1998) .......................................................................................... 4, 8 Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992) ................................................................................................................ 5, 7 ii Major Bob Music v. Heiman, No. 09-CV-341-BBC, 2010 WL 1904341 (W.D. Wis. May 11, 2010) .................................... 15 Murphy v. Millennium Radio Grp. LLC, 650 F.3d 295 (3d Cir. 2011) ....................................................................................................... 9 Myers v. Hertz Corp., 624 F.3d 537 (2d Cir. 2010) ....................................................................................................... 7 National Association of Freelance Photographers v. Associated Press, No. 97 Civ. 2267 (DLC), 1997 WL 759456 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 10, 1997) ............................. 10, 11 National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Postal Service, 604 F. Supp. 2d 665 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) ........................................................................................ 7 New York Metro Area Postal Union v. Potter, No. 00Civ.8538(LTS)(RLE), 2003 WL 1701909 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 31, 2003) ............................ 5 Olan Mills, Inc. v. Linn Photo Co., 795 F. Supp. 1423 (N.D. Iowa 1991), rev'd, 23 F.3d 1345 (8th Cir. 1994) .......................................................................................... 14 Oregon ex rel. Department of Transportation v. Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate, Inc., 157 F. Supp. 2d 1158 (D. Or. 2001) ........................................................................................... 8 Rent Stabilization Ass'n of N.Y. v. Dinkins, 5 F.3d 591 (2d Cir. 1993) ............................................................................................... 3, 4, 5, 6 UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3.com, Inc., 92 F. Supp. 2d 349 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) .......................................................................................... 9 United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc., 517 U.S. 544 (1996) ................................................................................................................ 2, 3 United States v. Richardson, 418 U.S. 166 (1974) .................................................................................................................... 3 Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490 (1975) ................................................................................................................ 2, 5 Statutes 17 U.S.C. § 107(4) .......................................................................................................................... 4 17 U.S.C. § 501(b) .................................................................................................................... 3, 14 17 U.S.C. § 501(e) ........................................................................................................................ 14 29 U.S.C. § 2101 ............................................................................................................................. 2 iii I. INTRODUCTION The Authors Guild, Inc. ("AG") and the American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. ("ASMP") 1 ask the Court to ignore the factual realities of this litigation. The AG and ASMP are not owners of the copyrights asserted in this case, and the associations do not possess the facts about copyright ownership, individual economic impact, or the other individualized questions required of a plaintiff in a copyright litigation matter where ownership and fair use are at issue. The associations' briefs focus on Google in an attempt to mask this truth. There will be a time for individual plaintiffs to challenge the merits of Google's project to make books searchable online and to display brief snippets, allowing users to discover the existence of books responsive to their queries. That question, however, is not yet before the Court. Instead, the issue presented is a narrow one: whether the ASMP and AG can litigate this case on behalf of their members without the involvement of those individual members. They cannot. II. ARGUMENT In Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, 432 U.S. 333, 343 (1977), the Supreme Court held that "an association has standing to bring suit on behalf of its members when: (a) its members would otherwise have standing to sue in their own right; (b) the interests it seeks to protect are germane to the organization's purpose; and (c) neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of individual members in the lawsuit." The third prong is not satisfied here, because both the associations' claims and their requested relief require the participation of individual association members. 1 For the Court's convenience, this omnibus Reply Memorandum responds both to arguments made by the AG and the ASMP. The Reply Memorandum filed in the ASMP case contains a subset of the arguments contained in this omnibus Reply Memorandum, responding only to the arguments made by the ASMP, and is filed separately because counsel for the ASMP declined Google's request to file a 15-page omnibus reply memorandum. 1 A. The third prong of the Hunt test is an important limit on federal jurisdiction. Plaintiffs make much of the fact that the Supreme Court has characterized the third prong of the Hunt test as "prudential," and from that argue that this Court may essentially disregard it at will. AG Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss ("AG Opp."), AG ECF No. 997 at 4-5; ASMP Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss ("ASMP Opp."), ASMP ECF No. 36 at 7-8. But Plaintiffs misunderstand the Court's opinion in United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc., 517 U.S. 544, 556-57 (1996) ("UFCW"), which held the third prong of the Hunt test was not a "constitutional necessity." In so holding, the Court did not regard the third prong as the sort of optional, standardless inquiry that Plaintiffs make it out to be, but instead upheld it as an important limit on federal jurisdiction—albeit one which is malleable by Congress. In UFCW, the issue before the Court was the constitutionality of the provision of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., which allowed labor unions to sue on behalf of their members for violations of that Act. Id. at 545-46. The defendant argued that Congress had violated Article III of the Constitution by conferring standing on an association where the claim asserted or the relief requested required the participation of individual members in the lawsuit. Id. at 551. Thus, the question before the court was whether "this third prong of the test is constitutional and absolute, or prudential and malleable by Congress." Id. at 544. The Court held that the third prong of the Hunt test was a requirement that "Congress may abrogate." Id. In other words, like other prudential standing doctrines, the third prong of the Hunt test is a "rule[] of judicial self-governance that Congress may remove by statute." Id. at 558 (quoting Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490, 509 (1975)) (internal quotations and modifications omitted). Far from abrogating Hunt's third prong as it applies to claims for copyright infringement, Congress has narrowly defined the class of aggrieved parties with standing to sue. Only "[t]he legal or beneficial owner of an exclusive right under a copyright" has such standing, and may sue only for "infringement of that particular right committed while he or she is the owner of it." 17 U.S.C. § 501(b). 2 Hunt's third prong is a "rule[] of judicial self-governance," UFCW at 558, but that does not mean that it is not a rule. See UFCW at 556 ("To see Hunt's third prong as resting on less than constitutional necessity is not, of course, to rob it of its value."). A court may not, for example, adjudicate a claim which raises a generalized grievance, or which falls outside the zone of interests protected by the legal provision invoked, even though those limitations on standing are likewise "prudential" in nature. See, e.g., United States v. Richardson, 418 U.S. 166 (1974) (generalized grievance); Ass'n of Data Processing Serv. Orgs., Inc. v. Camp, 397 U.S. 150, 15354 (1970) ("zone of interests"). Likewise here, although it is "prudential," the rule against associational standing where the claim asserted or the relief requested requires the participation of individual members is a requirement imposed by the Supreme Court and may not be overlooked or sidelined. B. Hunt bars associational standing where litigating the asserted claims requires individualized inquiry, regardless of the relief sought. The associations also assert that because they seek only declaratory and injunctive relief, rather than damages, the third prong of the Hunt test is perforce satisfied. "However, the relief sought is only half of the story." Rent Stabilization Ass'n of N.Y. v. Dinkins, 5 F.3d 591, 596 (2d Cir. 1993) ("RSA"). Even if the putative associational plaintiff shows that the relief requested does not require the participation of individual members (and, as discussed in part II-H, Plaintiffs have not made such a showing here), the court then "must examine the claims asserted to determine whether they require individual participation." Id. The RSA case is illustrative. The Rent Stabilization Association of the City of New York is an association of landlords that, like the Authors Guild, "provides various services for its members, including the prosecution of legal actions to preserve the rights of its members." Id. at 592-93. The RSA sought an injunction against the enforcement of certain rent stabilization regulations which, according to the RSA, violated the Takings Clause. Id. at 593. In order to decide the answer to that question, the court would have had "to engage in an ad hoc factual inquiry for each landlord who alleges that he has suffered a taking" to determine whether he had suffered an injury. Id. at 596. Even if harm was 3 shown, the reasons for the harm would need to be examined in each case, because losses due to inefficiency or incompetence are not cognizable under the Takings Clause. Id. Accordingly, because "whether a taking has occurred depend[ed] not only on a legal interpretation of takings jurisprudence, but also on a variety of financial and other information unique to each landlord," id. at 597, the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the RSA's complaint. Id. at 591. The claims of the associations here, like those of the RSA, require the Court to inquire into the amount and type of economic harm to individual association members. Like the takings analysis, the fair use analysis requires the Court to apply the law to each instance of alleged harm—here, to each work alleged to have been infringed. See, e.g., Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569, 581 (1994) (fair use must "be judged case by case, in light of the ends of the copyright law."); Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 948 F. Supp. 1214, 1219 (S.D.N.Y. 1996), aff'd, 137 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 1998) (the fair use inquiry requires "individualized analysis"). As in the RSA case, the question whether there has been economic harm to each individual member is relevant to the outcome, because the fourth fair use factor looks to "the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work." 17 U.S.C. § 107(4). And, as in the RSA case, a mere showing of some economic harm is not sufficient; instead, each plaintiff must show that the harm is of a type and has a cause that satisfies the applicable legal standard. In RSA, the apartment owners would have needed to show that their low revenues were due to rent stabilization regulations, rather than being due to other factors such as "poor administration." RSA at 596. Here, the copyright owners will need to show that any economic harm is due to Google Book Search acting as a market substitute for sales or licenses of their works, rather than, for example, resulting from non-substitutive (i.e., transformative) uses of their works—or, for that matter, resulting from "poor administration." See, e.g., Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 448 F.3d 605, 614 (2d Cir. 2006) (only "impairment to a traditional, as opposed to a transformative market" is cognizable). That is why Plaintiffs' attempt to distinguish RSA on the ground that "[t]he 'takings' element of the claim thus required proof akin to an individualized damage assessment," AG Opp. at 8 n.3, is 4 unavailing: the fair use issues in this case, too, require proof akin to an individualized damage assessment.2 Here, as in RSA, the necessity of that inquiry means that the third Hunt requirement is not satisfied. C. Copyright ownership issues preclude associational standing. 1. It is appropriate to take the copyright ownership issue into account in determining whether the Hunt test is met. The ASMP's assertion that the court must ignore individualized inquiries which relate to a particular association member's standing in analyzing Hunt's third prong is plainly wrong. Injury-in-fact is a requirement in order for a plaintiff to have Article III standing. See, e.g., Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560 (1992) ("the plaintiff must have suffered an 'injury in fact'—an invasion of a legally protected interest which is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical") (internal quotations and citations omitted). But where the presence and degree of that injury varies among association members in ways that matter to the claim asserted or the relief requested, those same facts may defeat associational standing. See, e.g., Warth, 422 U.S. at 515-16 (denying associational standing because "whatever injury may have been suffered is peculiar to the individual member concerned, and both the fact and extent of injury would require individualized proof"). It is appropriate to take into account the complexities of the copyright ownership inquiry in adjudicating Hunt's third prong. 2. Individual issues as to copyright ownership preclude associational standing. The AG asserts that "Google sprinkles its brief with references to alleged ownership and contract interpretation issues in publishing contracts, but fails to explain how these issues have 2 Similarly, in New York Metro Area Postal Union v. Potter, No. 00Civ.8538(LTS)(RLE), 2003 WL 1701909, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 31, 2003), the plaintiff association sought only injunctive and declaratory relief on Family and Medical Leave Act claims. The court dismissed the complaint for failure to meet the third Hunt requirement, because the plaintiff "would need to rely on evidence from individual employees to prove their claims of disparate treatment." Id. at *3. Like the claims of disparate treatment in New York Metro Area Postal Union, the fair use issues in this case require evidence from individual members as to market harm. 5 any relevance to the issue of Google's infringement." AG Opp. at 13. As explained in Google's Memorandum of Law in Support of Motions to Dismiss ("Google Br."), AG ECF No. 993 at 4-9, and in greater detail in Google's Opposition to the Motion for Class Certification in the AG case ("Google Cl. Cert. Opp."), AG ECF. No. 1000 at 10-21, determining whether each member owns the necessary exclusive rights requires three fact-intensive inquiries: looking to the publishing contract to determine whether the author is a "legal owner"; looking to the publishing contract to determine whether the author is a "beneficial owner"; and looking to the circumstances of the work's creation to determine whether the work was "made for hire," thus rendering the author neither a legal nor a beneficial owner. These issues determine which association members may bring claims against Google, and which association members may not. It is true, as the AG asserts, that by relying on the fair use doctrine, Google knew that it might need to defend its fair use rights against claims brought by copyright holders. AG Opp. at 16. But Google did not take on the responsibility of defending its actions against claims by those who cannot show that they are legal or beneficial owners. That Google asserted its fair use rights, and that the AG disputes the extent of those rights, does not excuse the AG's members from satisfying the same ownership test imposed on all copyright plaintiffs. D. Fair use issues preclude associational standing. 1. It is appropriate to take the fair use issue into account in determining whether the Hunt test is met. This case is, at its heart, a case about fair use. To ignore that fact would be to elevate form over substance. In determining whether the claim asserted or the relief requested required the participation of individual members in the lawsuit, the court should take into account all of the issues that, as a practical matter, will need to be inquired into in order to resolve the plaintiff's claims and, if appropriate, to provide the requested relief. See, e.g., RSA at 596. In this case, one such issue is fair use. That fair use is an affirmative defense does not mean that litigating the associations' claims will somehow not involve the individualized fair use inquiry. See, e.g., Friends for Am. Free Enter. Ass'n v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 284 F.3d 575, 577 (5th Cir. 6 2002) (denying associational standing on the ground that individual association members would need to participate in the litigation because "principles of due process would require that [the defendant] be able to obtain sufficient knowledge of the affected contracts to defend against the representatives' claims and, perhaps, to assert the affirmative defense of justification"). Although Google bears the burden at trial of proving the facts underlying its fair use defense, the associations bear the burden at this stage of showing that they have standing, and that analysis must take into consideration the individualized nature of the factual inquiries which will be necessary to determine whether Google's uses are fair. See Lujan, 504 U.S. at 560-61 (the party invoking federal jurisdiction bears the burden of establishing standing); cf. Myers v. Hertz Corp., 624 F.3d 537, 551 (2d Cir. 2010) ("While [defendant] will ultimately bear the burden of proving the merits of" its affirmative defense, the burden remained on plaintiffs to support their motion for class certification by showing "that more 'substantial' aspects of this litigation will be susceptible to generalized proof for all class members than any individual issues"). The cases cited by the ASMP are not to the contrary. This Court's opinion in National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Postal Service, 604 F. Supp. 2d 665, 672 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) does not hold that a case-dispositive affirmative defense such as fair use should not be considered when adjudicating the third prong of the Hunt test. Instead, the Court held that associational standing was appropriate in the circumstances of that case, in which an "individualized inquiry [was] not required to resolve the broader legal question of whether OIG has the legal authority to ask for the information in the first place." Id. Where a case can be reduced to a question of law, as in National Association of Letter Carriers, the third prong of the Hunt test is met. But where, as here, the central issues in the case depend on individualized circumstances and factual inquiries, the third prong of the Hunt test is not met, and associational standing should be denied. The ASMP's other cases are even less relevant. In re Senior Cottages of America, LLC, 482 F.3d 997, 1004 (8th Cir. 2007), does not deal with the third prong of the Hunt test, but instead with the question whether the ordinary Article III standing requirements are met where 7 the defendant has an in pari delicto defense. The other case cited by the ASMP on this issue, Oregon ex rel. Department of Transportation v. Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate, Inc., 157 F. Supp. 2d 1158, 1170 (D. Or. 2001), likewise deals only with ordinary Article III standing, not with the third prong of the Hunt test. The ordinary Article III standing analysis does not ask, as the Hunt test does, whether litigating the claim asserted or providing the relief requested will require the participation of individual members, because in the ordinary Article III standing analysis, the injured party is before the court and so there is no question of participation. Thus, cases outside the associational standing context are of little relevance here. 2. Individual issues as to fair use preclude associational standing. The AG asserts that "Google's fair use defense cannot be adjudicated as if Google made an individual determination as to the uses it would make of each one of millions of individual books." AG Opp. at 16. The AG is wrong. The fair use question, as a matter of law, requires "individualized analysis." Leibovitz, 948 F. Supp. at 1219. While Google believes that its conduct in scanning works and displaying snippets of them is fair for all works included within Google Books, that does not mean that the evidence proving fair use is the same in all cases. Litigating the fair use question will require individualized evidence. The first factor focuses on the conduct of the accused infringer. Google agrees that because Google used the books at issue similarly, the first factor is not an individualized inquiry. But the first factor is only one part of the analysis, and the other three factors vary from book to book, as described in detail in Google's opposition to the motion for class certification in the AG case. See Google Cl. Cert. Opp., AG ECF No. 1000 at 17-22. The AG argues that all of the "[e]vidence bearing on the fourth factor will be common to the members of the Authors Guild." AG Opp. at 20. Even if the AG chose to limit its allegations on the fourth factor to the types of hypothetical and speculative market harm identified in its opposition brief, some of these arguments still require individualized evidence from each association member. For example, the AG does not explain how Google's actions have resulted or could result in "exposure of copyrighted works to Internet piracy," id., but even 8 if such a speculative argument were permissible (which it is not), it would have to depend on the extent to which the risk of piracy has been increased by Google's actions. This in turn would require an inquiry at least into whether the book is already available in electronic form, such as in the form of an e-book, and whether the degree of market demand for the book makes piracy a realistic risk. Nor does the AG explain how Google's actions have resulted in "loss of revenue from sale of hardcopies and digital copies of works to libraries and other parties." Id. This argument, at least, does not apply across the board to all authors, as survey evidence has shown. See Google Cl. Cert. Opp. at 3-4. The AG's argument for harm in the form of "loss of control over the digital reproduction, distribution, and display of copyrighted works," AG Opp. at 20, is not cognizable under the fourth fair use factor; any time there is a finding of fair use, there is a loss of control, so the loss of control cannot itself affect the fair use analysis. See, e.g., Murphy v. Millennium Radio Grp. LLC, 650 F.3d 295, 306 (3d Cir. 2011) (fair use "places important limitations on a copyright owner's right to control the use of its work"). Similarly, the AG's argument for harm in the form of "loss of revenue from licensing digital copies of works (and derivative works) to parties such as search engines, websites and mobile content providers," AG Opp. at 20, is difficult to understand, since license fees for transformative (i.e., non-substitutive) uses such as search are not a cognizable type of harm under the fourth fair use factor, and there is no allegation that Google's actions could affect the market for licensing of substitutive uses, such as e-book licensing. See Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 336 F.3d 811 (9th Cir. 2003) (search is a transformative purpose); Bill Graham Archives, 448 F.3d at 614 (claims of lost license fees for transformative uses are not cognizable under the fourth factor). UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3.com, Inc., 92 F. Supp. 2d 349 (S.D.N.Y. 2000), is not to the contrary. In MP3.com, the defendant chose to present its fair use arguments as to all factors in an across-the-board manner as to all of the works at issue, which were popular CDs owned by the nine defendants. See MP3.com's Consolidated Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motions for Partial Summary Judgment, available at 2000 WL 34474983. MP3.com made that choice; Google has 9 not. As a result, the Court would be required to evaluate these issues to arrive at a judgment in this case. E. Individual issues as to Partner Program works preclude associational standing for the ASMP. The ASMP has brought one set of claims that mirror those of the AG: that Google's scanning, indexing, and snippet display of books from libraries is copyright infringement, not fair use. First Amended Class Action Complaint, ASMP ECF No. 29 at ¶¶ 68-73. But the ASMP also makes allegations as to books scanned at the behest of publishers as part of the Partner Program—a completely different set of claims with a completely different set of underlying facts and defenses. Id. at ¶ 58. As to those works, the Court will need to look to the terms of each contract between photographer and each publisher, as those contracts may govern whether the publisher had the rights necessary to place its book in the Partner Program. See, e.g., Faulkner v. Nat'l Geographic Enters. Inc., 409 F.3d 26, 40 (2d Cir. 2005) (looking to particular contractual terms in determining the scope of a publisher's rights to digitally republish photographs in magazines). Fundamentally, the ASMP's beef with respect to Partner Program books is with the publishers, and the relationship between the photographers and the publishers is governed by the same kind of contracts at issue in the NAFP and Faulkner cases. National Association of Freelance Photographers v. Associated Press, No. 97 Civ. 2267 (DLC), 1997 WL 759456 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 10, 1997) ("NAFP"). F. Plaintiffs' attempts to distinguish AIME and NAFP are unavailing. 1. AIME The AG and ASMP take different approaches to dealing with Association for Information Media & Equipment v. Regents of the University of California, No. CV 10-9378 CBM (MANx) (C.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2011) ("AIME") (attached as Exhibit 1 to Google Inc.'s Request for Judicial Notice, AG ECF No. 994), which holds that because proof of ownership of a particular copyright is an element of each copyright claim, participation of individual copyright holders is necessary to litigate such claims. Neither association's approach is persuasive. 10 The AG argues that the AIME case is distinguishable because the AIME did not demonstrate that one or more of its members had standing in their own right, thus failing to meet the first prong of the Hunt test. AG Opp. at 12. But that does nothing to distinguish the AIME court's analysis of the third prong of the Hunt test, which the AIME court addressed separately from the first prong: "In order to establish a claim for copyright infringement, individual copyrights owners' participation is necessary. This is because having the rights over a copyright is essential to establishing a copyright infringement claim." AIME at 7. Likewise the relief requested required the participation of individual association members, because "the scope of that declaratory relief would be limited by the rights that members have over the copyrights." Id. Neither of these holdings as to the third Hunt prong is affected by the analysis as to the first Hunt prong. The ASMP, by contrast, simply disagrees with Judge Marshall's analysis in AIME, calling it a "flawed analysis" which "misinterprets and misapplies the Hunt test." ASMP Opp. at 13. The ASMP thinks that Judge Marshall should have ignored copyright ownership in considering whether the claim asserted or the relief requested requires the participation of individual members in the lawsuit. According to the ASMP, it doesn't matter whether one photographer has standing to sue Google or whether all of them do. Id. That is not the law. See part II-C-1, supra. Associational standing is a narrow exception to the ordinary rule that a party must assert its own rights, not the rights of others. The third prong of the Hunt test imposes an important limit on associational standing, appropriately preventing the association-wide litigation of issues which, like copyright ownership, depend on case-by-case inquiries. 2. NAFP Plaintiffs attempt to distinguish NAFP by asserting that, unlike the NAFP case, "this case involves no individual transactions or negotiations between Google and the copyright owners of the books in issue." AG Opp. at 12; see ASMP Opp. at 16. That assertion is beside the point. Whether or not the case involves individual transactions or negotiations between Google and the copyright owners of the works at issue, Plaintiffs' claims in both the AG and ASMP cases turn on 11 individual transactions between the creators of the works at issue and the publishers of those works, which will determine who is a copyright owner of the works at issue with standing to sue. As set forth in part II-C-2, each member's claim turns on the interpretation of an individual contract. And as set forth in part II-E, with respect to the ASMP case, each member's claim turns on the interpretation of the license between the photographer and the publisher. These transactions and negotiations must be examined in order to determine whether each member has a claim. G. The copyright associational standing cases are distinguishable. Plaintiffs rest their arguments on three cases which, they claim, stand for the proposition that associational standing is permissible in a case like this one. As discussed below, the cases Plaintiffs cite tell us nothing about how the associational standing inquiry should come out in this case. 1. Itar-Tass As discussed in Google's motions and in section II-C and II-D above, the associations' claims here flunk the third prong of the Hunt test for two principal reasons: individualized evidence will be required of each association member as to economic harm as part of the fair use analysis, and individualized evidence will be required of each association member as to copyright ownership. Neither of those issues arose in Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, No. 95 Civ. 2144 (JGK), 1997 WL 109481 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 10, 1997), rev'd in part, 153 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 1998). In Itar-Tass, fair use was not at issue. For this reason, UJR's decision to limit its claims to those for injunctive and declaratory relief meant that issues of individualized harm did not arise. By contrast, here, the same issues of individualized harm that would be necessary to the adjudication of a damages claim are necessary to the adjudication of the fourth factor with respect to Google's fair use claim. Nor did individualized issues of copyright ownership arise in Itar-Tass, because the ItarTass court applied the Russian law of copyright ownership, rather than United States law. 12 Applying Russian law obviated the need for the sort of individualized analysis of copyright ownership that the Court would need to undertake in this case. One of the individualized questions which precludes associational standing here is the question whether each work was a "work made for hire." Google Br. at 15-16; Google Cl. Cert. Opp. at 15-17. If a work was "made for hire," its creator lacks standing to sue. Id. In Hunt's terms, the "claim asserted" requires this individualized determination. But this issue did not preclude a finding of associational standing in Itar-Tass, because Russian law "explicitly excludes newspapers from a work-for-hire doctrine." Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc., 153 F.3d 82, 84 (2d Cir. 1998). Because all of the works at issue were Russian newspaper articles, no individualized inquiry was required to determine that none of the works was "made for hire." Id. And because there was no allegation that publication contracts or other licenses vested copyright ownership in the newspaper rather than in the journalists under Russian law, this simplification of the work-for-hire question meant that there were no questions of copyright ownership for which individualized evidence was required. The Itar-Tass court's determination that the claim asserted did not require the participation of individual UJR members was based on the fact that questions of economic harm and copyright ownership did not require individualized inquiry, under the particular set of claims and foreign legal rules that were at issue in that case. Here, by contrast, the fair use issue raises individualized questions of economic harm, and the application of United States law rather than Russian law as to works created in the United States means that copyright ownership questions cannot be resolved without looking to the particular circumstances of the creation of each work at issue. 2. EchoStar Plaintiffs characterize CBS Broadcasting, Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp., 450 F.3d 505, 518 (11th Cir. 2006) as a copyright associational standing case, but that case applies a different standing analysis than the claims at issue here. Plaintiffs' claims in this case are made pursuant to section 501(b), which confers standing only on "[t]he legal or beneficial owner of an 13 exclusive right under a copyright." 17 U.S.C. § 501(b). The claims in the EchoStar case were made pursuant to section 501(e), which does not require copyright ownership in order to bring a claim. EchoStar at 518. Section 501(e) does not apply here because the claims at issue do not have to do with the satellite retransmission of broadcast television programming. See 17 U.S.C. § 501(e). For this reason, EchoStar does not tell us anything about whether associational standing is appropriate in cases where standing is governed by the much more restrictive section 501(b). 3. Olan Mills Plaintiffs place substantial reliance on Olan Mills, Inc. v. Linn Photo Co., 795 F. Supp. 1423 (N.D. Iowa 1991), rev'd, 23 F.3d 1345 (8th Cir. 1994). That district court case is, of course, an authority only to the extent its reasoning is persuasive. As to the application of the third prong of the Hunt test, it is not persuasive. The opinion states the conclusion that "PPA does not assert a claim or request relief which requires the participation in this lawsuit of PPA's individual members," Olan Mills at 1427, but does not say why. The court engages in no analysis whatsoever on the application of the third Hunt prong. The ASMP's assertion that "the [c]ourt devoted two pages of its decision to analyzing the issue of associational standing," ASMP Opp. at 19, misses the point. The amount of analysis of the first and second Hunt prongs is irrelevant. What matters is the persuasiveness of the court's analysis with respect to the point of law for which Plaintiffs cite the opinion—the application of the third Hunt prong. That analysis is not merely unpersuasive; it is absent. Olan Mills does not provide a basis to confer standing on the associations here. H. Remedies in a copyright infringement lawsuit must be tied to the works at issue. The ASMP argues that declaratory and injunctive relief in a case brought by a copyright owner for infringement of his copyrights may go beyond the copyrights which the plaintiff owns and has proved to have been infringed. The ASMP does not attempt to distinguish the Seventh Circuit opinion cited in Google's moving papers. See Chicago Bd. of Educ. v. Substance, Inc., 14 354 F.3d 624, 632 (7th Cir. 2003) (Posner, J.) (an injunction must be limited to works in which the particular plaintiff "has valid and subsisting copyright"). Instead, the ASMP cites a number of cases having to do with businesses that performed musical works without the necessary licenses from ASCAP, which is a collective organization to which a large percentage of composers and music publishers have delegated the licensing of public performance rights. None of those cases analyzes the propriety of enjoining infringement of works not at issue in the lawsuit, and most were either default judgments or were litigated against pro se defendants. See, e.g., EMI April Music Inc. v. Jet Rumeurs, Inc., 632 F. Supp. 2d 619, 621 (N.D. Tex. 2008) (default judgment); Major Bob Music v. Heiman, No. 09-CV-341-BBC, 2010 WL 1904341 (W.D. Wis. May 11, 2010) (pro se defendant). To the extent these cases can be read to stand for the proposition that copyright remedies may be granted without a showing of ownership, validity, and infringement as to each work that is the subject of the remedy, they are wrong, as discussed in the Chicago Board of Education case. III. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the claims of the associations, who own no copyrights alleged to have been infringed, should be dismissed with prejudice. Dated: February 17, 2012 Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Joseph C. Gratz Daralyn J. Durie (pro hac vice) email@example.com Joseph C. Gratz (pro hac vice) email@example.com DURIE TANGRI LLP 217 Leidesdorff Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: 415-362-6666 Facsimile: 415-236-6300 Attorneys for Defendant Google Inc. 15


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An even slimmer PlayStation 3 could be right around the corner
Sony might be keeping its lips sealed on the inevitable PlayStation 4, but that doesn't mean it can't still release smaller and slimmer PS3 models. A newly unearthed FCC filing suggests that Sony could show off a "super slim" PS3 at next month's Gamescom.
Three years since Sony last downsized the PlayStation 3, Sony could be prepping yet another revision. Although the FCC posting discovered by Japanese blog PocketNews doesn't really show anything other a new model sporting a "CECH-4001" model number, it's very likely that a new reworked PS3 is coming.
Diehard PS3 fans will know that the original "fat" PS3's carried the 2000-series model numbers and the slim PS3 is the 3000-series (announced at Gamescom 2009). Logically speaking, a 4000-series model number would mean a new PS3 model.
If you remember your PlayStation history, Sony shrank the the PlayStation 2 three times — the first in 2004 (SCPH-70000), again in 2006 (SCPH-70001) and then once more in 2007 (SCPH-79000); the latter two being just refinements of the first slim model.
At last year's Gamescom, Sony revealed the "poor man's" PlayStation Portable.
What will this year bring? A super slim PS3 would be great, but you know what would be even better? If it was also cheaper and had Gaikai cloud gaming.
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Blog http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/ 2013-01-01T20:06:00Z Wedding Photography by CKB Photography HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Wedding-Photography-by-CKB-Photography/4493456 <content:encoded>
Earlier this year House of Istria provided some hair accessories for a stunning wedding photoshoot, the results of which can be seen on the blog Under The Vintage Veil. It was shot by CKB Photography, a beautiful, creative wedding photographer based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and covering The Cotswolds, Wiltshire, and The South West. The shoot was designed and styled by Lady Amy Bespoke Wedding Design, with wedding dresses provided by The White Rose Boutique in Chipping Campden, and the photographs are dreamy, light, and pretty. To see more wedding photography by CKB Photography and for more information on the shoot, follow the photographer's wedding blog which promises more details and photos soon! It was shot at The Great Tythe Barn in Tetbury, a beautiful converted barn which is now a purpose designed wedding and occasion venue.

In the meantime, the images can be seen on Under The Vintage Veil together with a full supplier list- showcasing some of the most talented wedding suppliers in The Cotswolds- and here is a little sneak peek of one of the photographs to tempt you with!

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Are you wondering where our new collection is?

We are excited and happy to announce that our new collection photoshoot (in collaboration with the talented photographer Ali Lomas and lingerie designer Phoebe Blockley) is going to be published on the UKs biggest and most popular wedding blog.

Due to exclusivity reasons we are not publishing the shoot on here until the blog has featured it... so watch this place to find out where and when it is being featured- we are so excited to feature here!

Our new collection will go live here after the shoot is published, which should be at most another three weeks.

In the meantime, do take a look at our preview pieces which have been oficially launched on Etsy

www.etsy.com/shop/houseofistria

Or visit our gorgeous Brighton boutique Leonie Claire, which is the firs t official boutique to stock our new collection. They aren't a boutique which hangs around when on to a good thing; they also stock Claire Pettibone, and coming soon the amazing designs of Alice Temperley.

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Our new bridal accessories were recently featured in two shoots inside the gorgeous Wed magazine. Definitely our kind of shoot, sprinkled with vintage caravans, dappled sunshine, dreamy dresses.

Wed magazine is currently regional, concentrating on Cornwall and Devon, but has House of Istria's full support if it ever decides to grow; it is absolutely beautiful and if you loved \the now sadly deceased Cosmo Bride you will adore it. You don't have to be based in Cornwall to purchase either; just purchase directly from their site- www.wedmagazine.co.uk

Model Olivia wears Charlotte and Frances headbands, available from September; enq email@example.com

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House of Istria is very happy to announce that from September 2012, our unique hair accessories will be stocked in the beautiful Leonie Claire Bridal Boutique, in Brighton.

Leonie Claire is a gem-like treasure, nestled prettily among the quieter Upper North Steet, just waiting to be discovered. Hidden within are some of House of Istria's most beloved styles of dresses; coloured gowns in shades of fraise, steel, mink, blush, drop like silk waterfalls from rail to floor; whispers of lace enchant in pistachio and ivory from the delicate floral dreams of Claire Pettibone; David Fielden's effortlessly elegant romance will conjur you into hazy, sunset fields and chateaux.

This boutique will not only dress you in your dreams but will envelope you in the security of a real, honest warmth; you will be guided through your time here as if you were in the company of friends. The newly acquired designs of Alice Temperley are a highlight, but the biggest jewel in the crown is the boutique owner herself- Leonie Claire absolutely cherishes love, marriage and family; and it shows.

Visit Leonie Claire online here

or in person;

Leonie Claire Bridal Boutique

46 Upper North Street

Brighton

East Sussex

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Send us your wedding photographs!

We love receiving images of you wearing your House of Istria pieces. Not only does it allow us to experience a little of the magic of your special moments, but it takes me back to when House of Istria was just a dream for me personally, when I was a bride to be trying to find something to wear in my hair that was definitely not a tiara, or anything remotely bridal.

Are you looking for a unique, precious bridal hair accessory?

I wanted something evocative, free-spirited, bohemian, unique, something rare and precious. I hunted for an age for something to suit my ivory, flowing, chiffon dress, and my romantic, rustic Cotswold wedding, and I ended up where I usually do; with my head stuck in old books,and pulling old, sepia postcards from car boot sales. I decided to put the years I had spent immersed in fashion magazines while studying fashion at university to some use; together with my books and old postcard visions I started to play with fabrics and materials... until I had two, immaculate, perfect headdresses. One Swarovski crystal and vintage blue turquoise glass piece for the more formal church service, and one knotted rope and twisted pearl forehead headdress with trailing lace ties for the rustic reception.

Sharing your wedding daydreams

I had some spare time on my hands you see, as I was recovering from a miscarriage. Generally I don't tend to dwell on this, and certainly not mention it on the blog, which is written by any member of the lovely House of Istria team now. However, I wanted to mention it today because during that time I was recovering, I was sat tearing magazine pages and fusing silver and arranging crystals in the spring sunshine of our Regency apartment and dreaming of a beautiful, happy day.

And so this is why House of Istria bridal accessories, and seeing you wear your pieces on your big day really is special to me and my team; we really do share your dream of the beautiful, happy day.

Thank you to the wonderfully talented Lauren of Lady Amy Bespoke Wedding Design for tweeting this image of one of her beautiful brides wearing our Willow comb during her morning preparation.

To purchase the Willow comb in ivory or pale champagne, click here

Charlie @ House of Istria x x

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Living in Cheltenham is beautiful. For those of you who have never been, we have grand old buildings with Juliet balconies and big sash windows, a little town nestled at the bottom of beautiful rambling green English countryside. Generally, life is quiet, which allows chance for dreaming, and seeing the world as you wish to see it.

Apparently a little hidden part of Cheltenham houses Alice's Looking Glass; and it was 150 years ago to this day that Lewis Caroll told Alice that he was going to write her story.

Life does become quite curious when you live here; you could spend days lost in a little time bubble, wrapped up in tea parties and wandering lavender fields.

This week we saw our own reflection from the cover of the beautiful Wed magazine

Our head piece Coco looks amazing on top of this model; and as Coco has become an abbreviation for coco-nuts, loopy, or mad, we felt this was a beautiful synchronicity with the anniversary of Alice; Coco, for her mad hatter.

Curiouser and curiouser.

House of Istria x x

Wed magazine is out July 12th, to enquire about our 1920's inspired Coco bridal hair piece, click here

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Earlier this year House of Istria was invited to take part in a beautiful bridal photoshoot close to where we live, in the heart of the gorgeous Cotswolds.

Wedding Planner Lauren of Lady amy Bespoke Wedding Design organised the shoot (shot by photographer Lucy Greenhill) based around a theme of summer berries, and we think the results were mouth-watering; doesn't that cake look gorgeous? And we loved the delicate floral stationery from Knots & Kisses too, so pretty.

Love this shot; it shows the beauty of the Cotswold countryside so well....

Good enough to eat...

Lauren thought of every single pretty little detail...

And of course, our accessories.

This is probably what we would have been doing with those cakes if we had attended the shoot;

Isn't it a pretty shoot?

All of our bridal hair accessories can be purchased via our website, or contact firstname.lastname@example.com for further details.

Thank you to Lauren and to all of the other suppliers who took part in the shoot; we look forward to working with you again!

Supplier List;

Photography: Lucy G Photography

Styling and Planning: Ladyamy Bespoke Wedding Design

Venue: Kingscote Barn in Tetbury

Dresses: The Bridal Room Broadway.

Accessories: House of Istria.

China: Miss Emmelines

Flowers: Rose Hamson

Cupcakes: Daisy Cupcakes

Cake: The Vanilla Pod Bakery, Cheltenham

Stationary: Knots and Kisses

Model: Roanna Dunsford

Make Up Artist: Sophie Chamings

Hair: Jenny Davies

Assistant : Beth Magovern

Charlie @ House of Istria xx

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House of Istria is seeking a superstar intern to join our lovely studio.

Who We Are

House of Istria is a fast growing accessory company who is gaining a credible reputation for creating unique, bespoke couture accessories- although our plans don't stop there. We are moving our design knowledge and creativity into the realms of fashion and theatre while at the same time continuing to aim to be THE discreet, luxury acessory brand.

'We' are a team of lovely people comprising Charlie, MD of House of Istria; Suzy, creative spark; Sandra + Ian, our packaging and postage duo; Rob, husband of Charlie and HOI accountant; and baby Istria, our 7 month old mascot who provides love and laughter.

We work in a multitude of places but mainly our tiny studio in Cheltenham, on our laptops from home, or more often than not, in Starbucks or random tea shops. (Coffee on us).

What We Need

We need a superstar assistant. We will fully train you on everything that you need to know + lots more, and as such we are not after particular 'skills'; more important are bundles of enthusiasm, persistance, willingness to learn new things, and absolute reliability. A dose of 'creativity' and good attention to detail will help you too.

The only other things you really need are the ability to write (not novels, but you need a good grasp of the English language and pretty good spelling and grammar); and you must be confident when talking to people both on the phone and in person (though there is not likely to be much phone-based work).

We need an intern preferably who is looking for a medium-long term position. Your first three months with us is on an expenses-only Internship basis but following on from that you will have the opportunity to specialise within your chosen area- and to get paid for it. You will then have the option to work for House of Istria on a full or part time basis- this will be discussed further at interview.

We need someone who can dedicate a minimum of 6-8 hours per week to working within our Cheltenham studio. This can be undertaken at times to suit you- you might be in paid employment, or studying, or have children, for example,and so we are not strict on what days or times you are here. It might be you wish to undertake those 8 hours at a weekend, on a weekday, in the evenings; it really is up to you. There will be another approx 4 hours of work to complete at home in your own time. You don't need to live in Cheltenham or Gloucestershire, but you do need to be able to get here for those 8 hours a week -expenses paid. Occasionally there will be big industry events that you might need to attend with us which could be anywhere in the UK- expenses paid again.

During your three months internship with us you will undertake training and development in areas such as design research and development, photography, website design and construction, business skills, PR and marketing (including blogging and social media), as well as creating the actual pieces. Your placement may or may not include all of these, depending on what skills you wish to acquire or develop during training. We want you to LOVE working with House of Istria so we will work from the moment you are offered the placement to ensure that you have a great time working and learning with us.

Ideally, we would love someone to who would like a position with us when your placement finishes, however if you wish to use the placement just for training purposes, to enhance your CV and to gain a reference then we understand and we will fully support your future plans and applications.

Who You Are

As well as having bags of enthusiasm and energy, reliability and commitment, and the ability to spell and write relatively well, if you have any skills or knowledge in any of the the following; sewing, fashion design,blogging, illustration, marketing, design, business skills; we would definitely love to hear from you. You don't need to have sewn a couture level dress or done advertising for Saatchi- basic skills are welcomed! We understand that everybody starts somewhere.

You need to be friendly and sociable as we are, and an interest in the creative industries is desireable. Or you might have lots of business or PR knowledge and be looking to work or gain experience in a creative business- either way, we would love to hear from you.

You might be a business studies student, a fashion student, or marketing student looking to gain experience and/ or a job upon graduating. You might be looking to gain more experience over the summer. You might be someone with a flair for writing with a love of fashion. You might be a mummy looking to enhance your CV while on maternity leave, or considering a job that enables you to work stay at home for the majority of the time with the babbas. You might be a career-changer. You might be seeking part time employment alonside your curreent job. You might be an ambitious school or college leaver seeking a career, or perhaps a CV enhancer on a gap year. You might just be someone who has got married or is getting married and has fallen in love with love and romance and want to work within the bridal industry. You might be any of the above things, or you may be none of them and you might wish to surprise us!

You must have some interest in any of the following; music, fashion, art, the wedding industry, millinery, design, illustration, reading, social media, and be baby friendly :)

Finally

We are a lovely, creative, happy company to work for. We work hard and play hard and we hope you do too. We are trying to create a positive, structured internship which will really benefit you and enhance your skills and knowledge base. With us, our company really is your oyster and your placement can be whatever you wish to make of it. Hopefully at the end of it you would love to come and work for us in a paid capacity but if not, we hope you will always have a position for you if ever you were to need or want it.

Whoever you are, if you feel you might fit the bill- please do get in touch with us. If you have any questions, please email firstname.lastname@example.com

To Apply

Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject INTERNSHIP as your subject. Tell us why you want to apply for the placement, what you like about House of Istria, and why you would be perfect for us! Include your CV, and as much detail about yourself that you think we might like to know in your email.

This vacancy will be ongoing throughout the summer until we find our perfect candidate, when it will close- so hurry and apply before someone beats you to it!

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Love, House of Istria xx

image from weheartit.com

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a very happy and fun-filled Jubilee weekend. X

original image by Nicole James Photography, shot on location at Hyde Barn in the Cotswolds, UK.

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Our week started wonderfully with an email from a lovely bride in Canada, thanking us for making her hair accessory. Britt chose our popular Noa II; a natural garland with trailing lace ties and Swarovski pearl twists. Doesn't her wedding look so sweet?

Noa II is available for purchase from our shop but hurry; we aren't sure if we will continue our pieces from this collection when our new one launches...

The majority of House of Istria's week has been lost in the far away land of Pinterest; we know you know what we mean.

Some of our pins;

Though we still made time for a little House of Istria fun in the sun;

Watching the Olympic Torch run with baby girl...

Istria in the garden

Isn't she a doll?

We have also been working on a few little projects here and there which are hush hush for now, although another we have been toying with this week involves resurrecting our millinery tools gathering dust in the corner.

We have been contemplating the first ever millinery flower we made by hand over two years ago and working on more- we never lose our love for flowers. This is the original, first attempt- our hand cut petals took an age to cut and shape and heat and mould and crimp and sew.

Our hand cut petals were fashioned from the purest silk organza in a dusky rose- if you would like to see more of our bridal flower hair accessories click here.

More millinery pretty things soon- until then, follow us through our dreamy Pinterest daydreams here.

Charlie @ House of Istria x

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House of Istria blog is back!

Once again our blog has moved home from Blogger directly back to our site, which we hope will be more convenient for our lovely readers and HOI fans.

We are kickstarting the blog with something we get asked for advice on oh-so-often...

Can we recommend good wedding websites and blogs to visit?

There are literally hundreds of wedding websites, most of which are very good, and so it is almost impossible to recommend them all, but here are a few of House of Istria's recommendations for where to find the best wedding inspiration and advice on the internet.

House of Istria's Top Three Wedding Blogs

Love My Dress.

Love My Dress is one of the absolute best blogs out there and covers all things beautiful. The perfect place to start for wedding inspiration, the only problem is where to start! On blogger Annabel's site you will literally drown in wedding beauty; Annabel cherry picks the finest suppliers and the most creative of shoots and products to feature.

Why We Love; Love My Dress is a big supporter of new talent in the bridal industry; Annabel's weekend musings on the wedding industry and life in general make you feel connected to her as a person rather than 'a blogger'; she took part in publicising the recent Oxfam wedding auction which together with a host of other suppliers raised over £38,000 for the charity.

London Bride

Blogger Charley has created a dreamy website, the one which we wished we had created! Like the fun, quirky younger sister to Love My Dress' grown-up glamour, London Bride picks up on the wedding trends way before they happen, by giving a nod to all that is hip and hot in fashion, creativity, and life in general. So if you like your wedding to be miles ahead in the style stakes with zillions of quirky touches that will make your guests remember your wedding forever, this is the one.

Why We Love; Editor Charlie is the cool city girl we want to be; also co-founder of the brilliant e-zine Dashing Mag.

Whimsical Wonderland Weddings

Blogger Lou (as well as being totally lovely and personable who will literally try to help anyone she talks to) loves Pretty & Cute. If you visit her blog, you will find anything and everything that fits under those two headings. So if your big occasion is sweet and simple rather than high octane, this is the one.

Why We Love; Visit Lou's blog if you agree Love Is All You Need.

OMG I'm Getting Married

This blog is quite different from other wedding blogs; it is bright, inventive, modern and refreshing. The slick layout and commanding headings make this more like a women's magazine than a typical online wedding blog- although it's content is very definitely all about weddings and the bridal industry. Less personal than the rest, this mag-blog is totally addictive and all about discovering the new and the news-worthy.

Why We Love; We love this blog as it flaunts its lack of 'real-life' weddings, concentrating instead on promoting this unashamedly gorgeous industry and its events. Visit here if you like to know what's hot (and will be hot) before anyone else does.

Best of The Rest;

We could talk at length about all of favourite blogs, but this post might then become an entire blog in itself. However we think it would be a crying shame if you were to miss out on the following blogs as they too offer everything drop-dead gorgeous in the world of Wedding. So we feel these blog-stars also definitely deserve a big mention (and a hug for creating such amazing blogs and content, week-in, week out).

Rock My Wedding, Rock N Roll Bride, So You're Getting Married, Boho Weddings, Boho Bride, English Wedding, Beyond Beyond, Brides Up North

Your Thoughts

What are your thoughts on the House of Istria selection? Are there any that we have missed? If so please do add any website / blog details below with a link- wedding industry that means you too, lovely opportunity for you to have a good backlink to your site! :) Please dont just post and run though, let House of Istria brides know what the site is all about.

HAPPY READING!

House of Istria x
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So this weekend we attended the wedding of Hollie and Manny Adducci, a typically beautiful Cotswold's wedding with a few twists here and there... one being the sea/seahorse theme (Hollie loves seahorses) and the other being the Spanish/Argentinian feel due to Manny being Argentinian.

This is the beautiful Church they got married in...

It really was the sweetest Church and right in the middle of the Cotswold countryside... which looked so amazing when the sun broke through the rainclouds to bless the happy couple.

Such a lovely couple... I hope and pray for them that their marriage always has sunshine, and that God will love and protect their marriage, and hold them together through the storms and showers.

The reception was held at Cripps Barn near Cirencester, and a spanish guitarist was playing while we were served canapes outside- I loved this! I'm sad I didn't get any photographs of the inside of the barn, but I'd deliberately left my camera in the car by this point, as I felt I was abandoning Hubbie a little too often in my hunt to take a photograph of the bride and groom without the photographer in it! But it is a beautiful venue- a 14th century stone barn- and I would advise all brides hoping to get married in the Cotswolds to definitely consider it as a reception choice.

Hubbie and I after the blessing; I look very pregnant now!

One of the things I was most excited about was that it was the first time I had actually been a guest at a wedding where the bride wore one of my hairpieces! I was nervous- I just wanted it to look perfect on her- and it did! I overheard a few admiring compliments said to Hollie too, and seeing it sparkle at the front of the church made me a very happy girl.

Of course, Hollie was my famous seahorse customer, which if any of you follow me on twitter you might have heard about. This piece gave me slight nightmares- Hollie wanted a seahorse headband, which was the first time I had been requested anything slightly out of the ordinary! I don't have any photos of it sadly- every time I went to take a photo the photographer was stood in the shot!- but it was a double headband with alternate pearl and sky blue Swarovski crystals (sky blue being their other wedding theme! as it's the colour of the Argentine flag) and a pearly white seahorse piece to one side... it looked fabulous on her. Thank you Hollie for choosing House of Istria for your bridal hair accessories.

I also made the bridesmaid's hair accessories- a pair of white flowers for each, with the same crystal and pearl cluster centres. The flowers were a soft white velvet and vintage, so I can't make any more of these! Though I am going to create something similar as they were just perfect pieces for bridesmaids.

I do have photographs of the evening piece I made for Hollie which I think I loved even more than her headband; this is Hollie's Swarovski pearl and crystal seahorse evening accessory;

What do you think? I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

Charlie x

 </content:encoded> 2011-08-22T07:54:00Z 2011-08-22T07:56:00Z Beautiful baby shower for little Istria... HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Beautiful-baby-shower-for-little-Istria.../43144 <content:encoded>
So I hope you all had a lovely weekend... mine was graced with my baby shower for my little girl, due in October. Suzy Gasson, one of my dearest friends (and perhaps one day sister-in-law- she is dating my little brother) was an absolutely amazing host and gave us a wonderful day which I will remember always.

Everywhere I looked Suzy had placed little details (with the help of Grace, one of my fabulous and gorgeous girls)- I couldn't photograph them all or you'd be reading this post all day but here are a few shots we took....

(Yes my baby girl's name is going to be Istria, no, it's definitely not after my hair accessories company House of Istria! The business was always for her... and if you read the post below you'll know that Istria is a (beautiful) heart shaped region of Croatia, where my husband proposed).

I can't even list how many pretty details there were- from flowers in vintage teapots to button heart decorations to pretty little girl's dresses hanging from the fence in the garden to tiny babygrows all hung along the hallway next to the bathroom! Suzy thought of everything- she could so do this professionally. And as well as this she also baked home made mini quiches and savoury muffins... thanks also to Annabel and Jade who made the pretty flower cupcakes- they didn't last long! (though I did manage to save a few haha, have just had the last one with my afternoon tea).

This is a shot of some of my friends playing the 'guess the baby photo' .

How many House of Istria hair accessories can you spot!

Oh and one of the best things... Suzy had organised for everyone to bring a book from childhood that they loved to give Istria a ready made baby library. I loved this- was amazing to see everyone's choices, from A Tiger Came to Tea to Peace at Last and of course The Very Hungry Caterpillar....and many more. Baby girl is going to love them! And everyone had written little messages to her in them too.

Oh, and every single gift we received was wonderful and so appreciated, but II just have to show you this particular one Istria received; I am head over heels for this traditional style silvercross doll.

Istria was so spoilt that day and she isn't even here yet! I feel so blessed to have such amazing friends. I can't wait to introduce them all to our little girl.

Thank you so much to everyone who came and made the day so amazing.

Love, Charlie xx

 </content:encoded> 2011-08-15T13:22:00Z 2011-08-15T13:22:00Z Flowers & Lace HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Flowers-Lace/37021 <content:encoded>
Another day of bad news... followed by another lovely delivery!

Some of our long-awaited supplies for the new collection arrived from the US- I love receiving these, it's like opening presents :) In case you want to see...

SO pretty. Although one of the laces is slightly too wide for me to really use it for my hair accessories, and it seems too nice to be cut and shredded into pieces I can use... so I threw it on the table and I now have a pretty table runner :) what do you think? I think it's a good idea for brides having rustic chic/garden/vintage style weddings... lie a piece of wide lace across plain wood dining/catering/display/cake/guestbook tables and you get an effortlessly chic look. Adds a beautiful feminine and vintage touch- and looks much prettier than my photo shows.

I'm not sure what Hubbie will think though... he seems to have a slight aversion to most things that count as pretty. I'm quite sure we would be living in a white box with zero furnishings if he had his way. Though he did do a fab job of the painting- the walls when we moved in were a mixture of pink, green and white and he repainted it all a grey shade, which has a slight tinge of lilac. I love it.

I picked the flowers on the table from the garden last week- they've lasted really well. Last week was a very floral week- I seemed to be surrounded by flowers.

These were birthday flowers for my Mum (followed soon after by dinner at Jamie's Italian. Yum).

Moving-In flowers from the inlaws, Mother and sister :)

I love these! Flowers from Rob. Look at that gigantic sunflower- and it seems to be growing in the vase! I can't fail to be happy looking at a sunflower. Wouldn't they be a gorgeous wedding flower? Not the most delicate or prettiest of flowers but pure cheeriness on a stem. And I like the way they grow so tall, like they are reaching for the sunshine. If I had a home garden wedding I'd plant them everywhere...

In fact, I might do a sunflower inspiration board later in the week. Make sure you pop back to see it.

The flowers from my garden. They remind me a little of my wedding bouquet.

I feel inspired now, so I might go create my sunflower board.

Have a lovely day

Charlie x

 </content:encoded> 2011-08-10T10:20:00Z 2011-08-10T10:33:00Z A beautiful vintage bride... HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/A-beautiful-vintage-bride.../20011 <content:encoded>
When one gorgeous bride sent me photos of her wedding earlier on in the year I absolutely fell in love with her photos- they are just so romantic, with a real sense of love and vintage charm about them. And the Lila hairpiece was just made for her- it suited her and her dress so well. She posted some lovely feedback on my shop too....

'Charlie was so helpful and understanding (and even put up with my frantic millions of emails!) and the piece is absolutely exactly what I had hoped for and more!!!! Thank so much for all your help!!'

I posted some of them on facebook a little while ago, but if you havent seen them yet here they are; plus a few more. I'm sorry the quality isn't great (I borrowed them from Kate's facebook)! but I hope you can still get a sense of what a wonderful wedding it was.

Aren't they so sweet? I would have loved photos like this taken of Rob and I on our wedding day. And thank you so much to Kate for sharing her photos and for the feedback. I really appreciate all the feedback I receive, it means so much to me. I have a little collection of thank you cards building up and I keep all of them and reread them sometimes- that sounds narcissistic but it's so nice just knowing I made someone happy with something that I made.

Oh, and the hair piece Kate is wearing is called Lila and is a pretty double flower piece in vintage lilac shades, with white Swarovski pearls and french veiling accents, and  is available here

Happy Thursday

Charlie X
 </content:encoded> 2011-07-28T11:26:00Z 2011-07-28T11:26:00Z Sweetness & Light.... HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Sweetness-Light..../19131 <content:encoded>
So this week I have mainly been trying to play Superwoman. While hubbie is at work it's been left to me to try to at least start the packing for our house move this weekend, as well as run the business, cook, clean, oh and grow this baby for a few more months- easy, right? ;) With House of Istria I am preparing for some big projects too- one is top secret which I can't mention yet, and another is of course the Collection- and so I am super busy! I have to keep reminding myself to take little breaks so baby and I can rest :)

It makes me a little sad to be packing all of my supplies into boxes- I worry about them being moved like they were diamond vases or something, which is ridiculous. Having said that though they look pretty all together in boxes, I can't stop looking at them! Here is one box I just had to snap before taping it down...

Cute aren't they :) I'm looking forward to getting my hands on those blush pink petals and pretty french veiling when I open it again.

I am sure they will be fine in transit and I can't WAIT to be in our gorgeous new home with a whole studio room just for me to sit and create all day in... I feel very blessed.

While packing I have also been creating and sending out orders as per usual- though it's a bit harder sitting amongst a mountain range of cardboard.

I sent off some of these I made today;

I absolutely love these little flowers with Swarovski pearl cluster centres- I think for a bride they are so simple and elegant. I am about to list one more pair right now in my shop.

Right, back to packing! Have a good evening everyone xx

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The Most Important Accessory

Our Friday Find is a little unusual this week; it's not a bridal accessory you can purchase straight from the shelf, but it is possibly the most useful 'accessory' that you will ever find. I am talking of course, about a wedding planner.

Why opt for a Wedding Planner

A wedding planner should be the gold star in your planning. A good wedding planner will save you money, help you source venues/catering/decor, help you realise your wedding visions, become your go-to girl in times of wedding crisis or drama, manage the financial aspects as well as your diary commitments, and even negotiate between yourself and nightmare bridesmaids/interefering parents etc. She has a big black book of contacts as long as your arm, knows every venue inside out within a zillion mile radius, knows exactly which dresses are coming in for the next season (and recommends you a hair accessory which somehow suits you just perfectly); She will become your unfailing support ,and she LOVES weddings- when you think you've bored everyone else talking about your big day, your wedding planner will always listen and share in your enthusiasm. She is your wedding concierge service- call, and she will deliver. Basically, a good wedding planner will help your absolute dream day come to life.

Introducing...

A GREAT wedding planner, provides all of the above- with trimmings. What more could a planner possible provide? Well when we came across the wonderful Lady Amy of the Cotswolds, we felt she is a secret we just had to share! Lauren of Lady Amy bespoke wedding design also offers in addition to the above, as part of her packages; speech writing (the Groom will be most pleased), dance lessons, hair styling on the day (Lauren was a stylist with one of the world's leading Salon chains before changing career path), etiquette tuition, and much much more.

Take a look here at her website for further information- and don't hesitate to contact her. She is ultra personable, charming, and actually, quite an all-around lovely person, and will go out of her way to help you achieve the day you desire. What more could a girl want or need- you won't find a bridal accessory that works any harder for you!

X
 </content:encoded> 2011-07-22T20:08:00Z 2011-07-22T20:08:00Z Oh pretty things.... HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Oh-pretty-things..../9273 <content:encoded>
We love playing with our new collection materials... aren't they pretty? Lots of ribbon and flowers and whispers of lace...

And that's just the fabric textile part! Wait until you see all of those glittering Swarovski crystals, little leaf shaped rhinestones, and miles of glittering chain....

All will be revealed in our new collection...

Coming September.

X

 </content:encoded> 2011-07-20T04:00:00Z 2011-07-16T16:01:00Z Let them eat Cake... HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Let-them-eat-Cake.../9264 <content:encoded>
Wedding Cake Fashions

In the fickle world of weddings, cake trends come and go much the same as dress styles. We have had the recent cupcake trend, the cheese cake (made from different types of cheese), and now we have Parisienne-style pastel macaroons being offered if not instead of, then most definitely alongside, a more traditional cake.

One cake that does seem to have become tradition though, is the tower cake- you know the one. The one that is at least three storeys high. Omit the plain icing and tacky coloured ribbon and go for something slightly more sculptural for a classic look that still retains a beautiful and personal touch.

Personalise your cake

If you have opted for a round, plain, tiered cake, then at dress it up a little. All of your guests will be eyeing your cake and it deserves to look as good as the rest of your day. Scatter fresh flowers over it, petals, even mini tealights for a soft twilight display. Fresh fruit also looks wonderful, and you can extend the fruit on to the cake table so that the cake appears grander and better dressed. You could also experiment with rhinestones, rhinestone chain, feathers, and cake jewels if you're feeling brave; or alternatively good old M&S and Waitrose provide beautiful sugar flower decorations which you simply place on and around your cake.

Cakes we love...

Quite unsurprisingly, this is one of our favourite cakes, the royal wedding cake made by Fiona Cairns (whose cakes not only sell in Harrods and Selfridges, but also- Waitrose). Tall without being ridiculous, multi-tiered but still managing to look as elegantly slender as Katherine does, and full of delicate, personal detail.

Most of the cakes provided by Brighton-based cake makers Choccywoccydoodah get hearts from us. Entirely unique, they will certainly be the centre of attention on the day. Not great for simple ceremonies or brides who want a quiet affair, these cakes shout love, romance, and personality. And we adore them for being this way in a world of play- it -safe, plain white, round and ribboned tiers.

We wouldn't usually advocate purchasing ANYTHING for your wedding from a supermarket, mainly because we think personal touches are the way to ensure your precious day is special and memorable. Which it most likely won't be if anything has come from the haven of easy, mass-produced items from China, otherwise known as your local supermarket. However, occasionally we do come across something worth looking twice at, and we have to say the cakes from Marks & Spencer are actually supreme. They look stylish, taste fantastic, and won't blow your entire budget- meaning lots left over to buy your dream hair accessory to compliment that gorgeous dress!

 Our jury is still out on these...

And if you're still lacking in inspiration, we suggest reaching for Sophie Coppola's Marie Antoinette. Played prettily by Kirsten Dunst, there isn't too much of a storyline, but lots of gorgeousity to look at. Let them eat cake.

And that's what we are off to do right now.

X

PS don't forget your vintage cake topper... so pretty.

 </content:encoded> 2011-07-18T07:00:00Z 2011-07-16T15:35:00Z one beautiful wedding HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/one-beautiful-wedding/9259 <content:encoded>
Did you manage to catch our mention on the gorgeous Rock My Wedding yesterday? We were featured as part of one amazing wedding, and definitely one fabulous blog post!

Brides don't forget to head over to this feature while you are there- showcasing the beautiful new bridal collection from Temperley.

This is one of our favourites, Chloe; beautifully refined and spot on the Grecian-gown trend too.

Lots more beauty over at Rock My Wedding.... What are you waiting for.

X

image from weheartit

 </content:encoded> 2011-07-16T11:57:00Z 2011-07-16T11:57:00Z The Luckiest... HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/The-Luckiest.../8696 <content:encoded>
We feel quite lucky to have secured super-photographer Ali Lomas to shoot our new collection for the September launch- and so we decided not to keep her all to ourselves but to share her with you- with the exciting news that Ali has announced that from this month she will be taking wedding bookings.

Yes, this supremely talented Elle magazine photographer who has also exhibited at the National Gallery and who has won prestigious awards for her work (not least from The Telegraph for their London Fashion Week Photography Competition) can now be yours for the day. We would advise perhaps getting in touch sooner rather than later- her diary is no doubt filling fast. Contact Ali here

We can't wait for our shoot with Ali next month.

X

 </content:encoded> 2011-07-10T10:00:00Z 2011-07-08T12:24:00Z Friday Finds from Etsy- unique boutonniere accessories HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Friday-Finds-from-Etsy--unique-boutonniere-accessories/8658 <content:encoded>
This week we have been searching all over Etsy to bring you fabulous and unique ideas for the groom and groomsmen. Although floral boutonnieres/buttonholes are pretty, and traditional, they are now starting to look a little dated. The fabulous finds below are all bought to you from the talented artisans of Etsy- all made entirely by hand, all unique, and the thing we find most special? They can be kept forever, as they certainly won't wilt the following day. If you are having a personal, unique wedding with memorable details, these might be the perfect stylish touch for your groomsmen. Send them this way.

1. Natural feather boutonnieres from The Boutonniery  - beautiful for a country garden or nature inspired wedding

2. Word Boutonniere, by Foundling - we think these boutonnieres, created from antique novels and dictionaries, are just so romantic; and perfect for lovers of literature.

3. Vintage/Antique inspired boutonniere by Erica Cavanagh - these are just such pretty accessories I am guessing most brides would be after one for themselves, let alone the boys. I certainly would be. Just look at them all lined up together too- dreamy. Perfect for any wedding where the bride is choosing the buttonholes. Wink.

4. Pinwheel boutonniere by Rule 42 To me, these amazing pinwheel boutonnieres just scream summer weddings, and somehow manage to look both quirky and elegant in a very English eccentric fashion. Love them.

5. Seashell Boutonniere by Desert Rose  has location wedding written all over it. Quite clearly too.

 Please do comment and share if you have liked this post, let's help support the wonderful designers of Etsy.

X

 </content:encoded> 2011-07-08T06:00:00Z 2011-07-07T20:15:00Z Dream Store- the best place to buy your wedding accessories and gorgeous gowns HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Dream-Store--the-best-place-to-buy-your-wedding-accessories-and-gorgeous-gowns/8053 <content:encoded>
Now just recently, a little wendy bird whispered to us... have you seen THE most beautiful wedding shop?

We researched said shop and very lovely it is too- in fact that is the name of this beautiful boutique shop- Lovely Bridal Shop.

Here you won't find ridiculous chandeliers, rows of pouffy dresses, or traditional tiaras- and you won't see any other brides either. What you will find on your private appointment is a peaceful haven of gorgeously light gowns in soft tones ranging from white through to pale dove grey and blush pink, nestled amongst- tiffany blue walls, deliciously comfy sofas, flea market furniture finds mixed with lace trimmed decor, and feathery/floral hair accessories. This shop is absolutely perfect for the bride who wants a unique, feminine, romantic, contemporary vision of a day- heartbreakingly beautiful. And when you become a little overwhelmed by all of your bridal dreams coming true, you can rest awhile in the pretty garden.

This little haven of a bridal shop prides itself on being quirky, unique, and personal, and the best news? Dresses start at just £400. The bad news? This shop is located in NYC. Does anyone know of any quirky, independent, gorgeous little wedding boutiques in the UK that embrace the same aesthetics?

If you are anywhere near or will be visiting NYC soon, check out Lovely Bridal Shop here. Happy Shopping/ dreaming....

X

photos by Feuza Reis @ the demoiselle, brooklyn bride, flickr, astrid mueller.

 </content:encoded> 2011-06-29T13:06:00Z 2011-06-29T13:12:00Z What a beautiful day for a wedding... HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/What-a-beautiful-day-for-a-wedding.../7026 <content:encoded>
The rain finally stopped for one of House of Istria's beautiful brides, and lucky Helen was blessed with a day of sunshine. We absolutely loved her wedding- for more gorgeous images and some great vintage and garden wedding inspiration- not to mention wonderful wedding photography- click on the link below.

Helen wears Eternity ivory silk hair flower with Swarovski crystals; photography by Big Bouquet Photography.

Happy Sunday!

X
 </content:encoded> 2011-06-19T10:00:00Z 2011-06-18T22:53:00Z Sneak Peak at House of Istria's 2012 collection! HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Sneak-Peak-at-House-of-Istria's-2012-collection/5813 <content:encoded>
We have been busy cutting, pasting, fabric testing, sewing, ordering, and designing our very first collection! Due for launch in September this year, we can't say too much about it, but here are a few glimpses of what's inspiring the collection...

And there's a LOT more where that came from. Here is a sneak peak of two of our pieces coming up in our collection- just to forewarn you, these pieces move quickly and once they are gone, they are gone! If you see something you like please contact us here asap- we can definitely reserve you a piece, and you will be able to purchase before the collection is released and as early as right now- but pieces really are limited edition so do it now before they are snapped up!

So here is the first look at a few of our combs...

Pale gold lace and pearl pieces.... so pretty and romantic.

X

 </content:encoded> 2011-06-05T08:30:00Z 2011-06-04T22:54:00Z Floral delicacy.... HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Floral-delicacy..../5020 <content:encoded>
We at House of Istria are just too head over heels for pretty petals right now. We put our constant love of flowers down to our grandparents love of gardening- they always had the most beautiful flowers even in the tiniest of spaces.

And florals obviously play such a big part in weddings, but I don't want to go into that right now- I'm sure there could be a blog devoted to wedding flowers entirely, it's such a huge and wonderful part of the big day.

But today while our promised lingerie special post is having its finishing touches, I just wanted to share with you the latest floral pieces from House of Istria... pretty as petals and perfect for brides.

And not forgetting our beautiful little Something Blue

Contact House of Istria here

But while we are on the subject of florals, we would like to mention one talented photographer. He doesn't 'do' weddings, but he certainly does do great images. A print from this guy would make one beautiful and unique wedding gift and might even become a tidy investment; this photographer was a finalist in the AOP student awards while at University, and has shot the cover of the Valentine's edition of Time Out magazine and been featured in T2. So if you're struggling to find that perfect gift we suggest you check out his site here

Photography by Matt Walford

I hope you've enjoyed today's mini-post!

X

(image by Matt Walford)
 </content:encoded> 2011-05-26T21:21:00Z 2011-05-26T21:21:00Z Money Can't Buy Me Love HOI http://houseofistria.moonfruit.com/blog/4551198454/Money-Can't-Buy-Me-Love/4427 <content:encoded>
in this job, we are lucky enough to meet many, many beautiful and excited brides-to-be. Together we chat about their big-day plans, everything from hair accessories (of course)! to engagement rings to first dance songs and everything inbetween. Every bride is different and it is so exciting to hear their thoughts, ideas, and dreams. One thing they all have in common however, is that we rarely discuss marriage. I have noticed (and I include myself here)! that while everyone spends an age planning the day of their dreams, barely any time is spent planning their future as a married couple.

While dreaming about what Choos to wear with your gown is obviously far more exciting than thinking about who is going to do the washing up and when, it needn't be that dull to plan for your beautiful future together.

It is often said that the first year of marriage is the hardest; read our top tips on how to make sure your marriage lasts longer than the cake.

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