It isn’t very often that we stumble across such a fabulous wedding that we clear out an entire day for gushing but Ryan Ray isn’t your ordinary photographer. Oh on the contrary, he’s actually insanely talented and has sent a San Luis Obispo wedding our way that is going to dazzle your brains. But before we get to the goodies, we thought it would be super fun to delve a bit into the inspiration behind this...

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It’s been awhile since we’ve delved into a buying guide but fear not. We’re back and ready to party with today’s gorgeous display of Santa Barbara nuptials photographed by Michael and Anna Costa with the yummiest of florals by ...

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Well SMP Illinois – you did not disappoint when it came to inspiring us with your beautiful boards! I must say, it is so incredibly fun to go through and see what makes you all tick! Just because we have a winner today, doesn’t mean you have to stop building and inspiring though – oh no! Keep on building and tagging your boards Inspire Me Pretty Illinois, and your board will be in the running for next time! OK, enough of the chatter – you want to know who the winner...

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The other local blog lovers in New York, Australia and Georgia have had their chance at inspiring us pretty with their board building skills, and now it’s your turn Illinois! We are...

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Folks, I just want to stare at your boards all the live long day! Let’s keep this board building party going – keep tagging your boards Inspire Me Pretty Georgia, and your board will still be in the running for the next Inspire Me Pretty contest. Y’all created sooo many pretties they all need to stay in contention! But for this go round – we do have a winner…drum roll please…Congratulations...

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For those of you in the States, we are on countdown mode. T minus one hour until the holiday weekend begins. I don’t know about you, but I can.not.wait for all the festivities. While we wait for the clock to strike five, why don’t we get to business and announce the lovely winner of this week’s Inspire Me Pretty inspiration board contest? I think that is a swell idea. So, virtual drum roll please…..the winner is…wait for it…wait for it…Erin of...

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I just couldn’t wait any longer – it’s time for another Inspire Me Pretty, New York edition! I had SO much fun seeing all of your boards last time, I can’t wait to see what you have in store for me this time around. To get this pretty party started, I whipped up something different from my last board which had New York City glamour written all over it – this time...

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Happy Wedding Wednesday New Yorkers! I am going to shake things up a bit here because I know there are so many of you out there, and I sorta kinda want to have a chance to meet you all in some way, shape or form. So I thought it might be a good idea to start inspiring each other. So here’s what I’m thinking – I’ll show you an inspiration board of a wedding that is floating around in my head. A wedding that screams “I’m 100% ALL New York”. Then you can...

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We’ve had such a tremendous Valentine’s Week on Style Me Pretty. And as one final tribute to this very special day of the year, we want to share a totally charming Inspiration To Reality shoot ~ inspired by Valentine’s Day ~ and created by some extraordinary Little Black Book members!

Natalie at Chic Sweets tells how it all began … The inspiration behind this photoshoot was all about...

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Some of you may have noticed our ever so exciting news… we just launched a new and improved Inspiration Board Builder and we think you are going to so completely LOVE it. We definitely have fallen head over heels. The best part is everything is right at your pretty little fingertips! Now you can simply click the build a board icon right on the homepage and start creating inspiration to your hearts content. You can watch the how-to...

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We are ever so excited this morning to share the final design from the Inspiration to Invitation Challenge by Sarah Drake. A few months ago, we put a call out to all of you wedding gurus who have a penchant for lovely board building to design an inspiration board that would be the building block for a brand spankin’ new invitation design by...

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We are going to start today off with a lovely display of inspiration from our latest From Inspiration to Reality feature. If you are new to the block, we’ll fill you in. This is a capital A-Awesome feature where some of our favorite vendors create a shoot based on an inspiration board straight from the style circle. Before we delve into the shoot, lets...

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We’re constantly amazed by all you style-savvy wedding gurus out there, so today we’re recruiting you for a little design inspiration (and the chance at some major bragging rights). The very talented Sarah Drake is back with another From Inspiration to Invitation challenge and we’re looking to you for guidance! She is going to create a brand new invitation based totally on one of your gorgeous inspiration boards.

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It has been awhile since we have posted one of our favorite Friday features but it was well worth the wait. If you are new on the block, we’ll catch you up to speed before we dive in to all the pretty stuff. Today is the day for another From Inspiration to Reality feature where some of our favorite vendors take an inspiration board and turn it into real...

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There are a ton of things we love around here. Honestly we fall head over heels on a daily basis and the recipients of our admiration run the gamut from incredible handbag to knock us off the chair gorgeous weddings. Today, the object of our desire happens to be a so beautiful it hurts From Inspiration to Reality feature. You just might die of pretty overload...

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