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Friday, April 9, 2010

{via snippet & ink}

Yellow VW bus, floral dress and a vintage dress. Perfection! Sarah Rhoads is starting to become one of my favorite photographers.

Vintage Bottles

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Can we just stop and talk about my sick obsession with vintage bottles. I grew up in a 200+ old house and every once and awhile we would unearth a treasure in our backyard so they totally remind me of my childhood home. Here are just a few images I have been collecting over the past few months.


{I forget!}

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Inspiration Board: My Bohemian Wedding

Bohemia


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Here is a little inspiration board for myself. I like to organize my tumblr photos into cohesive boards. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to bring this one to life in July for our wedding. Perhaps a fog machine?

Breaking Rules & Staying True

There is a GREAT article on Project Wedding today by my new wedding planning hero - Beth Helmstetter - about creating your wedding concept. Beth basically took all the words out of my mouth about breaking the rules and making your wedding a reflection of who you are. Go check it out!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Mismatched Wedding Party Done Right

{image by Armosa Studios}

I love love love when the wedding party has pretty much complete creative freedom over their wedding day attire. Most likely these are the couple's best friends and they love them because of who they are, right? So why, oh, why do we insist on making them look like a little army of matching satin soldiers? There is just something so special about letting each person's personality shine through (and I'm sure they will appreciate being able to pick a shape that flatters their figure). If you're worried about it not looking cohesive enough or not matching the decor then come up with a theme (rock n' roll chic or casual elegance, for example) or a color scheme. The bridal party from this wedding recently featured at Southern Weddings is the PERFECT example of a mismatched bridal party. The outfits aren't all over the place but each girl looks comfortable and beautiful!

Inspiration: little blossoms

This Spring I keep thinking of little blossoms. My mind has been wandering to my trip to San Francisco last year with my sister and all the cherry blossoms. And my favorite color to pair with cherry blossom pink? Definitely mint. Just like my all time favorite Sarah Seven dress!

little blossoms

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Brand Spankin' New Temporary Website


Because Kelly Cutrone told me that you are nothing if you don't have a web presence, I have created a temporary website while my fancy schmany website is being built. I actually rather like this one and am proud that I made it all by myself. Of course, wix helped. I love wix. We made our wedding website through wix too and it was amazing. They are always adding new fonts and backgrounds and fun flash-y stuff! They should give me a free upgrade for loving them so much (hint hint).