I just wrote a little post over on BACKSTAGE about blogging burnout. You know, that pressure to get the latest and greatest, to give each wedding its deserved recognition, to remember that you LOVE weddings and that’s why you do what you do. Well, I’ve had a little bit of blogging burnout lately, so I have been making it even more of a point than usual to find weddings that inspire me, that get me really excited about this industry and the insanely fun weddings that people are...

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There really are no words that could possibly do this giveaway justice. Many of the vendors are dear friends of mine that just happen to be the absolute best in their field so it’s a huge honor to have them collaborate on such a massive gift…just for SMP readers to boot.

So let me just get right to it. In honor of all things Napa Valley, and destination weddings at their finest, some of the Bay Area’s insanely talented vendors have come together to gift one lucky...

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Thank you, thank you, thank you to Jose Villa and Alison Hotchkiss for letting SMP be the one to debut this incredible weddings. Just goes to show, these two are a power house of talent, of style and of unabashed awesomeness. And to this beautiful couple who had to forgo their original plans…the wedding turned about perfectly.

So, wasn’t I right…totally...

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Just as I promised, we have a TON of photos from today’s wedding…it was so completely delicious, I couldn’t possibly narrow it down. So, I am basically passing everything that the amazing Jose Villa photographed, right on to you!

For those of you that are just joining us, we featured this couple’s incredible more...

Today’s wedding is great for a few reasons. One, Jose Villa photographed it. It doesn’t get much better than Jose. He is pure and total talent and I am forever grateful to have formed a friendship with him, as I wholeheardedly feel like he inspires my life in little bits every day.

The second reason, is Alison Hotchkiss, event designer extraordinaire and author of...

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I love, love, love this wedding. I know that I say that all the time so it’s a little like the boy who cried wolf, but this time. Well, you’ll see. Remember the incredible rehearsal dinner that the fabulous Alison Hotchkiss planned and Jose Villa (who...

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It’s one thing to write about beautiful events day in and day out. It’s another thing entirely to attend one as a guest. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been to some pretty beautiful weddings. A lot of them, actually. But, there was something really magical about the party at Engage ‘09.

The thing is, the artists and planners behind Engage ‘09 understand completely just how important the details...

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If you are just now stopping by, we are devouring THE most beautiful wedding that Lisa Lefkowitz sent us. Lisa is a dream come true, always sending us affairs that are sophisticated, elegant and utterly gorgeous, with details that make me swoon time and time again. This wedding, designed by the fabulous Alison Hotchkiss, is that…and so much more.

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Sometimes we feature perfect weddings. You know, those weddings where every detail just seems to fall right off the pages of a magazine. This is one of those perfect weddings. The bride and groom are flawless, the detailing that Alison Hotchkiss dreamed up, the flowers by Branch and of course, the perfect photographs by more...

When Lisa Lefkowitz sends me one of her weddings, my heart does a little pitter-patter. She is so good at what she does, so thoughtful in her photography,  she just allows you fall head over heels for every single affair. So when she emailed me today’s first featured wedding, I did a little happy dance. Then I saw that one of my all time favorite planners and now dear friends, more...