Inspiration Board: Pretty Pretty Pastels

Okay, I admit, this entry in the Style Me Pretty contest may have been what made Abby throw up her hands -- I know there's a lot going on :) But *look* at all these pretty colors! And okay. So maybe a pastel rainbow isn't exactly, er, focused. But that pink bouquet! The soft colors of the sea + that green! And of course, who didn't love the pinwheel photo when it first came around! And okay, the black and white clearly doesn't fit -- but that.veil.rocks.

Well, let's all collectively sigh at seeing these photos again :)


Row 1: Michele M Waite, Alisha Hurt, Meg Perotti + bouquet by Holly Flora
Row 2: Christine Gallagher, last two by Dana & Jeremy Photography (bout at etsy)
Row 3: Dress: Modern Trousseau, Stephanie
Row 3, upper grouping of photos: Katee Grace
Row 3, peony: Boutwell Studio Photography, Nancy Liu Chin flowers
Row 4: first two, Stephanie Williams; cake, Lisa Lefkowitz
Row 5: birds, Stephanie Williams; cake, Lisa Lefkowitz

Wedding Inspiration Board: Green T-inspired

Here is probably my favorite entry into the SMP inspiration board contest long ago. I'm not sure how I've lost the 715-pixel width, but this is the best I can do...


Generally, from top to bottom, moving across the board:
Rows 1 + 2: Flowers by friend of the bride, photographed by Tanja Lippert Photography
Vera Wang dress, Look 09
Row 3: Miss Pickles Press invitation
Row 4: Jose Villa [bridesmaid dresses], Elizabeth Messina [orange florals], Aran Goyoaga [dessert maker + photographer]
Row 5: JK Photography [ring bowl], Tree & Kimball at etsy [lace headband]
Row 6: Bret Cole Photography [outdoor seating]; [escort cards] Jennifer Skog Photography,
Asiel Design [florals]
Row 7: Luke Snyder Studio [cake]; florals, top and bottom, Whimsy Floral; top, photographer Rebekah Westover; bottom, photographer Michelle Salay Photography

Inspiration Board: Summer Brights

I've shared one SMP inspiration board contest entry with you -- here's another, which mostly sprang from the lovely lovely lovely colors + florals + details captured by Jose Villa and one of my *fave* wedding dresses, and a plus a handful of other details too lovely to leave out :)


Dress: Watters Cancun; colorful silk, inset of dress: Pretty Plum Sugar @ etsy
Bouquet, parasols, candles, lantern: Jose Villa Photography
Favor tins: Miss Pickles Press
Tablescape + florals: Mark Brooke Photography
Cake Topper: Drew & Asa Orrin-Brown Photography
Shawls: Fred Marcus Photography

Ah, competition

Man. I just spent a *ridiculous* amount of time creating some inspiration boards using dresses from Style Me Pretty's Look Book for the SMP contest :) Not that I necessarily need a $250 Crate & Barrel gift card -- I mean, yes, that's big money to me, but ... I just thought it would be *so*much*fun* to "have" to sit down + go through all the things I've tagged as pretties + create a board :) I know, nuts, right? I even diagrammed the layouts so that I could easily list out the credits -- super nuts, right? But eeee, fun :D !!

Well, here's my most basic board -- I think you can tell I got tired. Guess that's what procrastination does to ya, I still haven't learned :D!Elizabeth Messina [ceiling],
Cake Coquette,
Kenneth Pool, Magical dress,
Jennifer Skog [table setting],
Jennifer Dery Photography + Adrianne Smith Floral Design [roses],
Boutwell Studio [rose in water],
Jennifer Dery Photography [bouquet detail], Neysa Ruhl Photography [Veil]

Which one will you vote for?

My Island Wedding has a 30+ entry contest running right now for favorite inspiration boards -- I popped over because of Beautifully Ever After, but I have to admit -- as much as I loved her entry Into the Woods, these are my faves:

This one, by Prima Donna Bride -- I thought I got over my childhood love of purple, but this just makes me swoon, I can't figure it out... Maybe because it's just so crazy coordinated and *perfection*!



And then practically completely opposite, with its explosion of color + vibrancy rather than the romantic monochromatic scheme -- this one, by Just Wright Designs:


Who'll you guys vote for?

Wedding pretties

I can't help it. Want all of these.

• These colors.

{RocknrollBride, feat. Gigglesnap Weddings on SavvyScoop/OneWed}

• The ethereal-ness (ethereal-ity?) invoked by this image.

{Style me Pretty, feat. Aaron Delesie}

• This blue-lace-sash-on-plum-gown.

{Vintage Glam Weddings, feat. Oeil Photography}

You know you want to...

Just totally ditch work and jump here. Yes, jump.

Designed by Alison Events, Florals by Brown Paper Design, Photography by Jose Villa, Feat. on Style me Pretty

Ooh, and here.
{Tonic Home}

sigh-worthy cupcakes

And isn't this somehow such a dreamy + fantastical bouquet?

And this tie. Oh man, so want for Hubs.

Martha Stewart Weddings, pointed to by RocknRollBride, citing Once Wed & WREN Handmade

Breathtaking (maybe sniffle-inducing?)

Meet the groom.


I know you want to see more. Elizabeth Messina's grandfather, on her blog Kiss the Groom, and also What Junebug Loves.

(le sigh)

Lately, I'll admit, I've felt like I've od'd a little on looking at weddings. Birdcage veils everywhere, when I was first so excited last October/November b/c I thought the hubs + I would have a convalidation ceremony (and I could kinda sorta in a way have a second wedding, hee!), and we didn't/aren't until, well, I'm ready -- and I thought I was so ahead of the game by wanting a birdcage veil. But now they're everywhere. And then loads of detail shots, which I normally love, but seem more sterile as of late, for some reason. And boring portraits, or balloons everywhere, or ... just cold photos, that look high art (truly), but just don't say "CELEBRATE!!" to me.

But there's just something about the wedding photos below that do it for me (all from this morning!), pushing me into remembering why I stalk so many wedding blogs *still* :D

This detail:

{katherine o photo, feat. on rocknrollbride}

The fun of this dress (and hello dad! + fun guests!):

{katherine o photo, feat. on rocknrollbride}

The simplicity of these flowers:

{kristin vining, feat. on style me pretty}

This cutie pa-tootie groom, for looking so cheesy-funny-happy to be married:

{Dave Robbins, feat. on snippet & ink}

The handmade/easy-breezy/color explosion look of these flowers + the family -- like that's all the wedding is about--family and love, and forget about the rest. :

{Julie Mikos on Style me Pretty}

Hooray, bringin it back!

Pretty... napkins?

Seriously, when have you ever seen such gorgeous napkins. Or, um, whatever these might be. Ohhhh, maybe they're shawls? Whatever. Sooo pretty.

{Fred Marcus Photography, feat. on Style Me Pretty}

Glamour glamour glamour

{Elizabeth Messina for Sasha Souza Events, feat. on Sparkliatti}

Seriously. Heart-stopping glamour. I mean, check out this list! Wow.

Happy Weekend! (More MMP love)

So, to end the week on a happy note:

{Matthew Morgan Photography}

What can I say, except that clearly I am in love with Matthew Morgan Photography + possibly Hope + Adam's wedding :D But this is soo gorgeous, and what a great note to start the weekend, right? I thought so :)

Such farm-glam!

Or maybe I should say ranch-glam. Regardless: so. pretty.

{ Union Photography feat. on Green Wedding Shoes}

I think I love chandeliers too much. I mean, I thought it was a little ridiculous when, in the past year or so, my fave HGTV shoes kept replacing ceiling fans in bedrooms with chandeliers, and also adding chandeliers in the bathroom. But man, I think that's all starting to grow on me. Eek. But somehow, I think for a wedding, even when the reception is hosted in a barn, chandeliers seem perfect. Hee.

BC 14: Those shoes!

T. The Shoes come in green. I know you saw these, b/c you're the one who sent me to the fabulous blog Grey Likes Weddings. But hey, I'm just compiling all of these for you, in case you, um... I have no idea. Okay, fine, I just want a pic of these myself :D Maybe the green ones aren't $1600...?

PS: i love everything in this GLW post!*

*edit: The Grey Likes Weddings post was removed though for now I've got it cached via google search (whoo!) -- but here's the link to the photographer's [Leigh Miller Photography] blog post of the wedding!

Everything about this vintage glam wedding in Hawaii

On Style Me Pretty.

Pink + green wedding inspiration, via Style Me Pretty

Style Me Pretty featured this beautiful wedding --- shot by Meg Perotti, coordinated by Beth Helmstetter Events, and breathtaking florals by Holly Flora.

The ranculus bunch got me.

And then I just couldn't stop snatching up more tidbits...

Especially practially *all* of the shots of the lemonade "stand" -- how precious, I love it! dainty, feminine, fun!

Pretty Wedding Treasures at Something Old, Something New

Where have I been? I just found Something Old, Something New -- how delightful!

Like her post on Lela Rose

(Lela Rose)

and her post on I Dream of Cake -- beautiful!

(I Dream of Cake)

Inspirational dress

Jacqueline Kennedy's wedding dress, from Dailyville's flickr set, with a nice trivia tidbit!

Just, something about the volume and the lines and *all* *that* *fabric* (50 yards of silk taffeta! that's so crazy extravagant, it's dreamy, which makes me almost disgusted with myself for feeling so... almost).

Seriously. Le Sigh.

My first inspiration board!

This could be addicting!


Kathlin Argiro Inspiration Board: Spring

Row 1: Katlin Argiro dress, The Bride's Cafe, Maloles Zoe flat, birdcage veil by pizzkey/Photobudket
Row 2: Brides.com gold thank you favor box; Dorothy Perkins earrings
Row 3: The Bride's Cafe feat. shoe; silverdotjewelry @ etsy.com earrings; keepsakefavors.com doily cone; The Bride's Cafe feat. bouquet; partyandweddingfavors.com's organic favor boxes; Posh Vintage Girl wedding dress
Row 4: Martha Stewart floral cake; Bella Figura's Linnea invite; WeddingBee classified's cake stand; Martha Stewart cupcakes; Brass Paper Clip @ etsy hair flower