Ellie Grover Photography is serving up a heaping plate of happiness in the form of one of downright fabulous Sonoma soiree. Your heart is sure to do a few leaps and backflips when scrolling through all of this pretty! It might just be the most vibrant wedding I ever did see, and that's making for one happy blogette. Complete with the cutest little ones, pops of bold colors in the way of flowers and a couple that just seems like the... [MORE]
I am a lover of love and a great love story like this gets me each and every time. Antoinette, the gorgeous Bride and owner of PAPERISTA, kicked cancer in the booty which is reason enough to celebrate but her and her husband also happen to be madly in love and decided this was cause for celebration of the vow renewal kind. They grabbed their closest friends and family (and one insanely adorable pup) and headed to Sonoma for the... [MORE]
Be still my modern ballroom wedding loving heart (seriously, be still...we have a post to write!). I can barely contain my monochromatic excitement for this San Francisco ballroom wedding by the lovely Alison of Alison Ulsoffer Events. The florals by Nancy Liu Chin? Perfection. The images by Scott Andrew? [MORE]
Lisa Lefkowitz seems to reign Queen when it comes to drool inducing weddings. She either gets the BEST clients ever or she has a magical ability to photograph every wedding so that it is more than magazine worthy. I'm thinking that it's probably a little of both. Well, this San Francisco beauty is no different. It's tradition with a twist...a classic approach with contemporary styling. With a who's who of Bay Area vendors including... [MORE]
Carmel Valley in the central coast of California is literally the stuff that dreams are made of and so it makes perfect sense why this wedding held at The Stonepine Estate in Carmel Valley is dreamy, dreamy to the millionth degree. Anna Kuperberg, one of our absolute faves, was on hand to capture the elegance and paired with design and styling by 8events, this day turned out to be a... [MORE]
I thought we could start off the day with a wedding that is purely joyful. It's really the only word that totally represents what this wedding is...with a bride and groom that are literally bursting at the seams with utter happiness. Designed by the always fabulous Amy Nichols and photographed by the incredible Matt and Suzanne of Matthew May Photography, every image... [MORE]
One more e-session for you guys to fall in love with. This one, shot by Kevin Chin (who is not only an amazing photographer, he's also the hubby of Nancy Liu Chin...a favorite SMP florist) is ALL charm. The photos were shot using a a Holga, which is a plastic vintage camera that gives the photos a vintage feel.[MORE]
If you loved the vintage hankie save-the-the-dates that Abby featured a couple of days ago ... take a look at Lindsey & Chris' invitations!! Oh my gosh! How precious are these? So when you have killer invitations ... [MORE]
I want to say a huge thank you, from the very bottom of my heart, to Lisa Lefkowitz and Gloria Wong for sending me this incredible, inspiring, hard-to-put-into-words beautiful wedding shoot. For those of you that have to pick your jaw up off the floor when all is said and done, not to fret. The fun doesn't stop here! The full spread, including TONS of details, will be featured in Brides Northern California in the... [MORE]
This is my favorite group of pictures from the series. Not sure why...I think it's the awesome pops of pink paired with the dark suit. The AMAZING flowers that Nancy Liu Chin designed. The photography by Lisa Lefkowitz that is literally making my mouth water. Or maybe the picture perfect styling by Gloria Wong. [MORE]
Pretty much any wedding in Napa is gorgeous, but when you combine the awesome wedding venue of Auberge du Soleil with a drop-dead gorgeous bride wearing a truly amazing Vera Wang gown ... hmmm ... fabulous! One of our newest Little Black Book photographers, Wayne Yuan sent us Susan and Erich's beautiful spring... [MORE]
Nancy Liu Chin and Lisa Lefkowitz are hands-down two of the Bay Area's most talented vendors. So, when they partner up and send me a wedding that they got their hands on, I just KNOW it's going to be good. This one, is no exception! And although I don't have a ton of the details, I do know this. I am completely obsessed with the chic, laid back elegance. The charm... [MORE]
First of all, so sorry to be starting off today a little late! I am fighting off my THIRD Winter cold, which is no fun at all. But, I have a really fun day of posts for you, so let's get right to it. Some of you remember a feature that we did about The Wedding University...in a quick nutshell, the wonderful Viola of Chewing the Cud partnered up with Jubilee of... [MORE]
Kathryn Storke of Snippet & Ink is all about inspiration boards. I know that Style Me Pretty helped to inspire the launch of her blog way back when, so it's really great to see how much it has grown! And I have to say, her pick for her "favorite" wedding is definitely one of my favorites as well. I'd actually be willing to bet that it's... [MORE]