Real Wedding: Amy & Jesse

When I first emailed Marina to see if I could use her images she got back to me right away telling me "Of course!  Use away!" & I was ecstatic.  Lara of SW weddings featured her in her It-List and mentioned this wedding.  You beat me to the punch Lara!  BUT I'm assuming this wedding has traveled the blogosphere with its greatness already.

OK, so here we go!  Hold on to your pants ladies & gentlemen!

The reception:

Pretty fabulous dontcha think?  Visit Marina of Red Heart Photo to see more eye candy HERE!

Happy Friday

Andre from Brancoprata makes me drool.

The light!
The romance!

More photos HERE!

Real Wedding - Jenn & Adam

Here's a most sweetest wedding from last month.  Dacia of Dacia Lamb Photography was kind enough to share her pictures with us right away.  Jenn was full of creativity and I loved how their personalities shined through all the decor.

Jenn did an awesome job with the bouquets & we finished the job up with the centerpieces.

They bought the bridesmaid dresses at J.Crew and dyed them themselves, say what?   How ridiculously perfect!  Now meet Jenn & Adam!

Both the lookers!

Vintage books, brass goblets, and terrariums were placed throughout this gorgeous venue.

Delicious Kiss My Bundt cakes were served, 4 of them to be exact!

Grandma's homemade strawberry rhubarb jam!  Such a personal sentiment to share with the guests!

May your lives be filled with lots of happiness for the rest of your lives!

Dress: Melanie Heller
Photography:  Dacia Lamb Photography
Flowers: LA Mart
Venue: The Hidden Chateau & Gardens
Coordinator:  Just Wenderful!

Spruce it up!

I'm back!  After this weekend's wedding I had to lay low because I thought I was getting sick.  What's up with this weather?!  At least the rain gods heard my prayers!

On to Tuesday Shoesday!

You have a pretty shoe?  Like this:

Via BCBG

It's gorgeous and all but you can make it prettiER!  I found these ETSY stores that have shoe clips that would totally do the trick and make em' fancier!

 Nylora

 Bpoetic

There are 49 pages of shoe clips so you have sooooo many to choose from.  Absolutely Audrey has some cute ones as well.  This Tuesday Shoesday is definitely taking a toll on my pockets, lol!

Come back tomorrow for a real wedding we had last month!  Bright & earthy DO go together, you'll see!

Ikea Adventures

Call me crazy but last Friday I went to Ikea because I needed some stuff for my house and low and behold I was inspired.  There are so many inexpensive things in there besides the infamous Ung Drill that can be used for a wedding.

This is the Ung Drill in case you didn't know its name.

You can paint it any color and ta-da, but I'm sure you've seen that because it's been around the blogosphere for a while now.

Here are my finds!  Table numbers?

Both $0.99!

I love that they have a lot of colorful items.  These vases as centerpieces would look fab.  I love pops of color!

These were place mats.  Imaging tying up enough to make a wall for your photobooth area?  Mmm hmmm!

They have chandeliers like this one and I loved the lace panels...so many possibilites.

These are $5 bucks!  With tea lights or blooms inside, you can hang them or use them as part of the centerpieces.  They don't only come in these colors, LOOK:

I had way too much fun but had to run out because I got a phone call about a lost dog...my lost Lola!  I hope this inspires you too!  What's your favorite item or store that always inspires you the minute you walk in?


All iPhone photos by me and the most awesome Shake-it app!

Tuesday Shoesday - POP!

My favorite color and sooo affordable!

Via Aldo/Amazon

Happy Friday

Thought I'd share some pictures from my trip!  It's been pretty difficult getting back into the daily grind.  I think my work week officially started on Tuedsay but it's great to know if you work hard, you can reap your rewards in a place like this!

Here you are, enjoy & happy Friday!