Mar8
Charming and unique, using vintage china in your reception decor can add a bit of eclectic whimsy. I’m loving the little tea cups and saucers as bud vases. Mix and matched plates make a beautiful alternative to white china. These beautiful wares can be found on ebay, antique shops and even thrift stores!
Image Credits: 1 Style Circle, 2-4 Duet Weddings, 5 Max Wanger, 6 Stephanie Williams via 100 Layer Cake, 7 Once Wed, 8-9 Jasmine Star
Mar5
Signing off a little early for the weekend, but here are some favorite links from the week, and, as always, a fun picture. =) Happy weekend everyone!
Links from the week:
Incredible turquoise inspiration from Flowerwild Designs
Movie inspiration from Green Wedding Shoes My favorite from the week from the movie “Up”
Beautiful baby’s breath inspiration via White Thread
Vellum, lace and blue inspired photoshoot by Joy Thigpen via Once Wed. Love!!
Image via Decor8
Feb22
Purple seems to still be a pretty popular color for weddings, and I have to admit, I’m not much of a fan of purple. In some situations I like it, but for some reason it just isn’t a favorite of mine. However, since Spring is almost here and purple is a perfect Spring wedding color, here is some inspiration for a purple.
Featured Invitation: Carmen by Zenadia Design
Image credits:
Invitation and photography copyright Zenadia Design.
1-3 Joy de Vivre, 4 Jennifer Dery via 100 Layer Cake, 5 Martha Stewart, 6-7 Jeffrey Neal Photography, 8 Style Me Pretty, 9 Erin Hearts Court, 10-11 Erin Swift, 12 Martha Stewart, 13 Steve Depino, 14-15 The Bride’s Cafe, 16 The Back Porch Studio,
Feb17
The color of love, red is bold and bright and can definitely stand on it’s own. It’s always been my favorite color (my office is painted red). I’m loving weddings that have a main color palette of, say, black and white with just little hints of red. Enjoy the inspiration for red weddings below.
Featured Invitation: Madison and Robert, by Zenadia Design
Image Credits:
1 Mary Jane Photography, 2 Weddings and the City, 3 The Bride’s Guide, 4 Beaux Arts Photographie, 5 MSW, 6 Cheri Pearl Photography via Junebug, 7 Blue Moon Events, 8 Martha Stewart via Snippet and Ink, 9 Givenchy, 10 MSW
Feb8
Lindsay and Charles were engaged in Paris, and Lindsay wanted their wedding invitations to reflect the elegance that Paris exudes. Since I love all things French I was thrilled to be able to work with them on their invitations! Taking inspiration from Paris, the movie Gigi and keeping in mind that Charles didn’t want anything to femminine or fancy, I set to work designing for them. The end result was beautiful offset printed invitations on cotton paper. The invitation was framed and backed in plum colored cloth. For their reply card booklet, we used an image on the cover that Charles and Lindsay had taken from their apartment window (the famous view where Charles proposed to Lindsay as the Eiffel tower was sparkling with lights). The inside had meal choices with “respondez s’il vous plait”, of course. Calligraphy in plum on blush colored envelopes was done by Pretty Pen Jen.
Invitation and photography copyright Zenadia Design.
Feb1
For their late September wedding, Kristi and Edward wanted an invitation that would be classic, elegant and formal. Their wedding was to take place in Malibu, California but Kristi wanted nothing to do with the beach on the invitations. Her dress, as you can see from our inspiration, was made of lace, so Kristi wanted to incorporate lace into the invitation somewhere. Her invitations were delivered in metallic gold envelopes. Guests opened the envelope to reveal the invitation, tied with an elegant gold bow and backed in cream colored lace. Offset printed in cream and dark navy, these invitations were the perfect opener to Kristi and Edward’s elegant wedding day.
The Inspiration
The Invitation
Invitation design and photographs copyright Zenadia Design.
Image credits for the board:
top row: Snippet and Ink, Jennifer Skog, unknown middle row: dress from Kristi, unknown, from Kristi, bottom row: unknow, Snippet and Ink, Rebecca Thuss
Jan27
Have an ugly wall you need to cover at your reception? Or just looking for a way to spruce up a ceremony or reception? Fabric may be the answer. Incredibly versatile, fabric can be used in a variety of situations for your wedding celebrations. I love the look of it draped across a ceiling, or stretched out to create an “outdoor” ceiling. Just a few weeks ago, I was the stylist of my best friend’s wedding and I suggested using black fabric to cover the not so pretty pictures in her reception hall, then to hang their e-session pics on the black fabric, creating something much more pleasing to the eye and fun to look at.
Below are some of my favorite inspirations at the moment for decorating with fabric.
Image Credits:
1 Brides.com, 2 Brides.com, 3 Brides.com, 4 Joy Thigpen via Inspired By This, 5-6 Michelle Rago, 7-8 Stephanie Hogue for La Fete, 9-11 Elizabeth Messina for Oh, How Charming, 12-15 La Fete
Jan13
I have been seeing a lot of vintage inspired e-sessions and weddings around the web lately, and I have to say I’m a big fan. Whether it’s 1950’s or 1930’s, each and every wedding or e-session is unique and personal. Below are some of my favorites.
Image credits: 1 Josh Goleman, 2 Weddings by Two via 100 Layer Cake, 3 Kristen Grinnell, 4 Ben Blood, 5-7 Benfield Photography, 8 Justin and Mary Marantz, 9-10 Caroline Ghetes via Ruffled Blog, 11-12 Jose Villa, 13 Melanie Mauer, 14 Sarah e. Evans Photography, 15 Yuriy Manchik
Jan11
If you have read this blog for a while, you know by now that I’m a big fan or fruit. Eating it, as well as decorating with it. Besides being budget and eco friendly, fruit looks beautiful when paired with flowers, or it can stand on it’s own. It can be used to spruce up a cake, as a centerpiece or as decor around your reception or ceremony site. Below are some of my favorite fruit inspirations.
Featured design: Lemon Love, by Zenadia Design
Image Credits:
1-2 Jose Villa, 3 Elizabeth Messina, 4 SMP, 5 Martha Stewart Weddings, 6 Karen Wise Photography, 7-8 Once Wed, 9-10 Jose Villa, 11 Ariella Chezar, 12 Martha Stewart Weddings, 13 Martha Stewart Weddings, 14 Martha Stewart Wedding, 15 Martha Stewart Weddings, 16 Martha Stewart Weddings, 17 Project Wedding
Jan8
As most of you know, I absolutely love color, so doing these color predictions was really fun for me. The hard part, though, is picking a favorite. Since I am drawn to all different types of color for different reasons, it’s been hard for me to narrow it down, but I think I narrowed it down enough to a few colors. =) Below is a color palette for my favorite combination of colors from our color predictions for 2010. I’ve added in a dark gold to this palette. I love the dark gold alternative to the bright metallic golds we have been seeing lately.
What is your favorite?
Image Credits:
top row: Kishani Perera Interior Design, LMD Floral Heather Bullard via Snippet and Ink middle row: SMP, Vogue Italia, Green Wedding Shoes bottom row: SMP, Kishani Perera Interior Design, SMP
