"Lisa Lefkowitz"

Before we launched Living we had a little blog called Backstage. It's still there if you want to check it out, we just don't always update it. But in a nutshell, it was about the business behind SMP, the little nuggets of lessons learned that helped us take stock and helped other small businesses learn from what worked and didn't work. And for many insiders, backstage was their go-to. So today, we're hearkening the days on...

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Lisa Lefkowitz has long been an SMP favorite. Her photographs capture some of the most beautiful weddings we've come across. From classic to California casual and always with a layer of beauty tucked into each and every image. This Carmel Valley Ranch wedding definitely falls on the classic side of Lisa's work with design and planning by Morgan Events mixed with florals by ...

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Weddings like this only come around once in awhile. The kind of affairs that you want to pore over for hours, cozying up to all the wildly beautiful moments tucked inside. Weddings that Rosemary Hattenbach and Nicole Sillapere know all to well. They happen to be the reigning Queens of lovely detailing and beyond gorgeous florals and when they team up, the wedding world is their oyster...

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Did you know that Lisa Lefkowitz was pretty much the very first Little Black Book member we had? Yep. Lisa is and has always been a SMP fan and the feeling is so mutual we can rarely contain our gushing. Lisa photographs every wedding with soul. With texture and style and emotion. You can literally feel the warmth and loveliness built into each and every pictures so...

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There is no doubt in my mind that you are going to love this little Sonoma beauty with all of your wedding loving hearts. No doubt whatsoever. First, it's from the oh so lovely (and incredibly talented) Lisa Lefkowitz. Second, it has all the elegant style of a ballroom affair yet is all the way al fresco. Third, the soft color palette and flowers from Fleurs de France make me...

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We're mixing up the Blogger's Challenge a bit this week and bringing you some love of the interior design kind from Jenny Komenda over at The Little Green Notebook. She put together this amazing home decor buying guide inspired by this insanely gorgeous Napa Valley wedding by ...

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Happy Wedding Wednesday Florida!  We've been sharing all kinds of brillant and beautiful weddings from all over Florida but now we want to get a little inspiration from all of you!  To get the ball rolling, I'll share an inspiration board that I've been dreaming about recently.  A board fit for Florida's vivacious, vibrant attitude and appetite for the big and the bold.  In return, I would love for you to use ...

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Okay. It's official. I want a wedding do-over and this time I want it to be just like this next wedding by Lisa Lefkowitz. It will be planned and designed by the creative geniuses at Jubilee Lau Events and Gloria Wong Design, just like this wedding. Heck, I may even have it at a museum too!

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I don't even know where to begin with this next wedding that the crazy talented Lisa Lefkowitz sent our way. Planned by Melissa at MAP Events with flowers by Torryne at Birch, it's the epitome of everything I know and love about San Francisco...classic styling with a hell of a lot of spunk, sophistication with personality...

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This Napa Valley wedding by Lisa Lefkowitz has left me completely and utterly breathless.  Gloria Wong Design certainly succeeded in creating a magical dreamland that feels both whimsical and familiar.  Even though there are countless little details and vignettes each one feels adored and cherished.  I love that they borrowed so many of the couple's favorite things...

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