There is a trend sweeping Style Me Pretty (and the rest of the wedding world) that I am beyond excited about. Brides in gorgeous, soft gowns with sweet, subtle POLKA DOTS all over them. It adds the perfect pop of the brides personality into the gown, and I for one, am smitten. This Texan bride, for example, wed her Aussie groom in a perfectly dotted Christos gown from... [MORE]
We have SO many terrific weddings sent to us by our illustrious Little Black Book members ~ we don't know how in the world we're ever going to get to feature all of them! So, the only thing we can think of is to just dive in and show you as many of the highlights from the weddings as we can and then HOPE that you will click on over to the SMP Galleries to see the rest of the shots. And in... [MORE]
So, what do you call a wedding style that starts off with a classic chapel wedding and is followed by a chic celebration at a contemporary art gallery? Really, it's a question we'd like some input on! If "vintage chic" is a style and "traditional elegance" is a style, would you call this "traditional chic" ? Some help, please! We need a good category for this style of wedding, because seriously, it's very popular and deserves a classy name! Moving along .... to today's featured... [MORE]
It's Friday! And bloggers do fun stuff on Friday's, right?... Friday finds and Friday follows are super ... but Friday friends are best! OK, so we didn't exactly find the Marantz' ... but we do count them as friends! This is straight up, off their website ... A chill New England wind blew in out of the south and waded its way through... [MORE]
We started off this morning talking about the details. Always the details. Julia & Mike's New England wedding from this past year is a perfect example of how to infuse a sense of playfulness into one of the most intense days of your lives! From polka dots and drumsticks to pick-up trucks, sassy yellow shoes and sneakers ... Gotta' love the Chevy! ... [MORE]
Abby is traveling home from Brad & Laura's wedding today and has left the SMP and the LBB blogs in my capable hands (yikes)! No pressure... And so, since I tend to rely heavily upon our Little Black Book members for inspiration, I turned to Justin & Mary Marantz for a New... [MORE]
Little Black Book wedding consultant, Stephanie Lairson sent us Victoria and Matthew's SO fun, Rock n' Roll wedding, and we just had to share! It's a classic example of knowing what you want, conveying the message and ... voilá! from... [MORE]
September 2008 ... "Hurricane Hannah is headed directly to the Carolina’s ... Hannah is now the fourth hurricane-strength storm of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season ... Hannah popped up just as Hurricane Gustav weakened ... Tropical Storm Hannah seemed to be losing steam late yesterday, but is now being projected to gain hurricane strength again before reaching the Carolina's ... on Friday, September 5th." what to do ... what to do... Greta & Chaz were all set for... [MORE]
Since the number one request that we have here on SMP is for Real Weddings, I thought that we could really treat ourselves to a solid week of the prettiest, most stylish weddings that I could find. Yesterday's colorful affair was a huge hit and I know that today's vintage chic wedding will be just as loved... I am going to let the bride, Heather, give you a bit of detail... From the time we were engaged, Kevin and I envisioned a casual, yet stylish, FUN backyard... [MORE]