From Inspiration to Reality

From Inspiration to Reality: The Film

Are you ready for a little back stage pass into today's shear gorgeousness? This just might be one of our favorite parts of the From Inspiration to Reality features. Getting to see all of the perfect little details and touches live and in motion really pulls at the pretty strings. Shot by Richard Israel, this super 8 film is like peering into the past at a quaint little English countryside wedding... a gem indeed. [MORE]

From Inspiration to Reality: The Design

Hold on to your hats, girls. This little number is for you. We're talking the most beautiful Southern inspired, romantic inspiration you can ever imagine...perfect antiques, gorgeous mercury glass candles, rustic details with totally chic personalities. But what I love even more than all that (even more than the amazing pillbox hat the bride is rocking) is that Alyse Woodward, the incredible designer, thoughtfully laid out each and... [MORE]

From Inspiration to Reality: The Board

It's that time again...time to see another one of your fabulous inspiration boards instantly transformed into a real life photoshoot, complete with as many steal worthy details and ideas that a girl could ever want. Today's inspiration comes from Style Circle guru, Samantha, who crafted a design that is as sweet and soft as it is... [MORE]

From Inspiration to Reality: The Design

If you're dreaming of a garden inspired wedding filled to the brim with sweet, girly details that will make your guests swoon...today is your very lucky day. The New England team of vendors headed up by Paper Moss and Megan Chapin Calligraphy, with photography by Public Image Photography and... [MORE]

From Inspiration to Reality: The Board

Happy Friday wedding gurus! We've had a pretty great week on SMP so we wanted to wrap things up with something equally great. And there's nothing better on a Friday morning than feasting on a little bit of inspiration...the From Inspiration to Reality kind. Where our favorite vendors turn one of your inspiration boards into a real shoot, complete with a million... [MORE]

From Inspiration to Wedding: The Wrap UP

It's been a really great few days on SMP. I hope that through Libby and Patrick's wedding you were able to see how a wedding is really built...from soup to nuts. Or as I should say, from inspiration to reality. I really feel like this little project has given me more motivation and excitement than I have ever had to infuse SMP with hands-on, really exciting features. Ideas and inspirations that will resonate with even more brides out there. Before we wrap things up, I thought I'd share a few... [MORE]

From Inspiration to Wedding: The Wedding Film

You're definitely going to need to grab a couple of tissues for this next feature. You know what? Grab the whole box. Libby's wedding photographs were truly gorgeous but to see the wedding really come to life thru the film is like being there all over again. Elysium did an absolutely beautiful job capturing the spirit of the day, the charm of Libby and Patrick's personality and the total style that went into every last detail. I've literally watched this clip 20 times and every time I do...I... [MORE]

From Inspiration to WEDDING: The Photography

There is so much that I want to tell you about this wedding...about how even though not everything turned out exactly as we envisioned, it was still complete perfection. About how we had to let ideas go to the wayside, we had to comprise, we had to think really creatively...and yet it all still turned out beautiful. But you know what, there is no better way to tell the story than with the photographs that... [MORE]

From Inspiration to WEDDING: The Flood

So before we get to all of the wedding goodness, the story wouldn't be complete without telling you about the little (and by little, I mean HUGE) road bump that we encountered just days before the wedding. This is actually for all of you brides out there that are petrified of all of the "what ifs..." You know what I mean. What if it rains, what if it's too hot/too cold/too windy, what if I forget my vows, what if the flowers wilt, what if no one dances, what if, what if, what if. Well, I am... [MORE]

From Inspiration to WEDDING: The Design Guide

Now that you've had a chance to get to know the ridiculously adorable couple behind our first ever SMP wedding, it's time to get down to the nitty gritty. The inspiration. To design a wedding that would make everyone swoon, we didn't need to look any further than our friend and beloved SMP designer, Sarah True. Sarah is like a wedding genius and is always surprising me with her mad creativity and sense of... [MORE]

From Inspiration to WEDDING: The Couple

Welcome back wedding gurus. I am not sure I've ever been quite as excited for a day of SMP goodness as I am today. If you ever wanted to know how a picture perfect, detail driven wedding was planned, designed and executed...you're in for SUCH a treat. Today, we're featuring the first EVER SMP Wedding designed exclusively for all of you by some of our very favorite vendors! And it's a REAL, legitimate, totally gorgeous wedding from the ground up. But before we begin, I want to... [MORE]

From Inspiration to Reality: The Design, II

I know we're all about girly giddiness here on SMP. Gorgeousness, Fabulousness and Insanely Chic are among our very favorite words. But this time, I am desperately searching for a way to tell you how much I really do love this shoot. I want to literally DIVE into the dessert table head first, want to lounge around at the dinner table for hours, drinking impossible amounts of wine. I want to move right on into this shoot, to set up shop and never leave. Designed by the insanely talented (there... [MORE]

From Inspiration to Reality: The Design

Now for the really good stuff. The inspiration board that Style Circle member So Much Love designed was kind of perfection and the photoshoot that resulted was perfection taken to an entirely new level. Heather Waraksa and Xochitl of Always a Bridesmaid... [MORE]

From Inspiration to Reality: The Board

OK you princes and princesses of style. It's time for another installment of From Inspiration to Reality...where our very favorite vendors transform one of YOUR inspiration boards into a photoshoot that they have filled to the brim with steal-worthy wedding ideas and purely gorgeous inspirations. And this little gem, is definitely one that will make your head... [MORE]

From Inspiration to Invitation by Paisley Quill

You guys are all probably familiar with our From Inspiration to Reality feature, right? You know, where we turn one of your inspiration boards into a real life photoshoot, chock-a-block full of steal-worthy ideas. Well, we took that idea in a slightly different direction with today's From Inspiration to INVITATION feature, with Molly Myers of... [MORE]