I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! We spent the last few days working on our new site design, which we are really hoping to reveal next week…so exciting!

Since we didn’t get to post the remaining entries in our Color Palette Contest on Friday, we are going to finish up today then start the voting tomorrow. Let’s get right to it!

This next entry is all about white, inspired by the amazing tile ceiling on the right from Maribeth of more...

Happy 4th of July everyone! This is honestly one of my favorite holidays. The food, the family, the fireworks. Love it all. And guess what…I am passing it all up this weekend to work on getting our new Style Me Pretty site design fine tweaked and brushed off, so that we can launch it on our goal of July 15th.

So, in lieu of posts today, I am going to leave you with lots of Patriotic wishes and one very Patriotic Color Palette!

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Our next entry was inspired by the cherry tomato centerpiece in the top left photo…

centerpiece photo from {frolic},  tie photo from Martha Stewart Weddings, pies from Country Living via Brides, lantern from Jose Villa, bouquet from more...

I thought we could kick off the week with a BIG handful of reader inspiration boards. I have 5 or so that I know you guys are going to love, the first being this AMAZING blue inspired board…

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Robin sent me this second inspiration board, based on her lovely teal invitation suite, Moderno…

Clockwise from top left – Boutonnière on Brides.com, Maple Sugar Favors on
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I met Robin about three years ago when she was launching her first line of handmade letterpress invitations, Robin Beth Designs. Robin’s attention to detail is truly unmatched, her styles are beautiful and her love of letterpress is shown in every piece that she creates. Robin is as sweet and as talented as they come, so when she sent me this oh-so-pretty inspiration board based on one of her new designs, I had to share!

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*spoiler alert…if you haven’t already read the new Martha Stewart, this is a feature from that mag!

I am officially in love. This season’s Martha Stewart Weddings features some of the most over-the-top, gorgeous wedding cakes I have ever seen. Beyond gorgeous. Perfection. One part calligraphy, one part color and...

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Yesterday could have possibly been the greatest day that I have ever had. Well okay, my wedding was the greatest day. Yesterday was a pretty close second. Style Me Pretty, along with four other wonderful blogs, was featured by Martha Stewart on her morning show. Yep, it’s true. She opened the show with a little segment on blogs, then mentioned a few of us in the...

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Before we jump into today’s post, I wanted to quickly remind everyone to send me (abby@stylemepretty.com) their info (name/age/city you live in/wedding location/wedding date) for our upcoming Little Black Book of vendors. Reader information is so important in allowing me to build this site into a really useful resource for all of you. Your information will be kept completely confidential – I promise!! Okay, moving on…

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From Avalon…

We were married on 08.10.07 in Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley, CA and used a dark chocolate, white, and aqua color palette. We let the natural setting around us infuse the wedding with different shades of green. We wanted our wedding to be simple, elegant, and special, which is what led me to choose these nine pictures in particular.

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(L) Brooch from Bride and Bloom
(C) Bark Vases...

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