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{photo by EP Love}

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I no longer update this blog or read comments here.  All the posts have been transferred to the new blog so please stop by there and comment or email me at sweetemiliajane (at) gmail (dot) com if you have any questions!

Brand New Blogsite

I've finally finished my brand new blogsite!  I'll be moving over there permanently but I'm taking all the posts from here with me.  I hope you'll join me there!

Kristi + Nate's Viceroy / Palm Springs / Mod Wedding Inspiration

Remember these two good looking lovebirds?  Well, yesterday, I got to party with my bestie Aimee at their actual palm springs / mod-inspired wedding!  The wedding was A-mazing!  You'll have to wait for the real deal but for now here's a couple inspiration boards that I put together for them.

The Floral Lab in Exquisite Weddings

Last month, the latest issue of Exquisite Weddings came out and a bouquet I made (#7) for The Floral Lab was featured!  The totally rad chicas from Joielala shot these pretty, pretty photos!

PS: The bouquet that we're so lucky to be featured next to belongs to Modern Bouquet.

Pow Wow Vintage

 

{photos by Katie Neal Photo}

I can't get over the treasures that Pow Wow Vintage has in their collection.  Melissa from Pow Wow knocked our leather boots off with everything she brought down (100 flights of stairs) to our gypsy shoot.  She is a rock star and ridiculously rad.  If you need mismatched china or some killer antique furniture or an antler or two then head over to her vintage palace!  Oh yeah and she also rents out succulents!  What?  Seriously, she's awesome.

Gypsy Punk Wedding

I've been kind of walking around in a haze of wonder all week after seeing the gypsy shoot I put together with Sitting in a Tree + Katie Neal Photo up on 100 Layer Cake AND Green Wedding Shoes. This is my favorite thing that I've ever worked on.  It was also a lot of work (we had to carry everything down 100 steps of stairs to this little beach...and then back up) but mostly just good times hanging out with some crazy talented folks.  Here are a few of my favmcfav shots from Miss Katie who is just a dream.

 

Photo: Katie Neal Photo //  Styling & Design:  Sweet Emilia Jane + Sitting in a Tree
Florals:  The Floral Lab //  Videography: Austin Hendrix Productions //  Brides Dress: Shareen Vintage
Hair & Makeup: Ten.Eleven Makeup //  Hair Accessory: Lo Boheme //  Paper goods:  Pitbulls and Posies // Rentals:  Pow Wow Vintage Rentals //  Clothing:  Hunt & Gather and personal collections // Jewelry: Found Pieces + personal collections

Miss You Guys!

{photo by Katie Neal Photo}

I'm sorry I've been MIA lately.  I've been busy getting out design proposals, walking through venues and gearing up for the mass of weddings coming our way starting in April.  The 2011 season started off with a gloriously romantic Valentine's Day wedding.  I've also been working on some pretty rad photo shoots. Including the INSANE gypsy shoot that I put together with Tori of Sitting in a Tree and Kate Neal Photo (who took the crazy good photo above).  I can't wait to show you the rest of this sultry, sunset soiree!

Jonathan Adler / Parker Palm Springs / Mid-Century Modern Wedding Inspiration Board

 

Here is the inspiration board for the Jonathan Adler / Parker Palm Springs / Mid-Century Modern Wedding Shoot we did for Utterly Engaged!

Jonathan Adler-inspired Photo Shoot

 

I worked on a Jonathan Adler-inspired photo shoot with some pretty crazy talented folks awhile back.  Kira Grinberg, Cactus + Quail, Carissa Ferreri, The Sweet and Saucy Shop all helped me put together this rad, modern shoot at The Pearl in San Diego.  Utterly Engaged featured it in there latest issue but here are a few of my favs!

{All photos by Kira Grinberg}

Utterly Engaged!

I have been waiting (not quite patiently) for the latest issue of Utterly Engaged BECAUSE we have big features in it!  Not only did they ask me to be a part of their Fresh Vendor series but the super rad, cheeky modern photo shoot that I worked on with Kira Grinberg (along with a few other crazy talented folks!) is featured in it! 

 

I'll share more pictures from the shoot tomorrow but for now head on over to Utterly Engaged!!!

Real Wedding: Emma and Mark

Emma + Mark came to me a couple months before their wedding at Condor's Nest Ranch and asked for my help.  They had taken on a lot of tasks and had even more projects that they just didn't have time to start never mind complete.  I loved all their ideas and happily came on board to take over what they had started, come up with a few new design elements and coordinate the whole event.  The result was a super sweet, pretty-in-pink, love fest.  Your Inner Song captured everything so beautifully!  You check out more over at The Wedding Chicks!

For the confetti, I punched out HUNDREDS of little flower shapes out of pink, white, yellow and tan tissue paper, popped it onto a dowel and tied it with red and white baker's twine.

Bonnie Nikolai created all the beautiful, lush floral arrangements.  Since the boys took all the barrels for the kegs we had to quickly improvise by using the smudge pots at the ranch which I actually like even better!  We tied pink poms with twine on each chair.

 

Emma had already made the burlap runners and I hand-stitched doilies to rest on top.  We tied EVERY napkin with a little gold doily, a button and baker's twine.  The ranch has an awesome collection of vintage plates, silver ware and mason jars that we got to use.  My husband and I also tied 450' of white papel picado around the entire reception area.

I made over a hundred doily escort badges which was probably the most time-consuming project.  Each one consists of 4 folded doilies, a kraft paper circle, a button, a pin and name tag!  It was worth it to see everyone wearing their badge around!

Guests wrote well wishes on doily hearts and were greeted with Pimm's cocktails in a mason jar complete with a cute little drink stirrer!

The dessert table was probably my favorite part!  Emma made ALL the cake and pie pops that morning as well as the trifles.  We made a backdrop of paper garlands, pinwheels and globes and it just glowed at night.