As a girl who married my high school sweetie, I can't help but get a little weak at the knees for this love story that started in freshman year English class. And following a Catalina Island proposal, these California love bugs began dreaming up their perfect St. Helena day. Allowing the idea of simple elegance to guide their planning process, they let the natural beauty of their setting speak volumes with a classic, clean design and an all-neutral palette.
"Durham Ranch"
Durham Ranch is one of my all time favorite wedding venues. It's so me. Or at least the "so me" that lives in my very chic imagination. So when you add a bride and groom that are positively glowing, a design by Kathleen Deery and planner Laurie Arons that mimics the modern...
Sylvie Gil has this magic way of capturing an event. It's the kind of photography that stops us right in our tracks, that makes us forget about any other gorgeous wedding we've ever seen and has us focus all of that "for the love of weddings" adoration on this... a Napa beauty complete with a wondrously ruffled dress and polka dot linens. Oh be still our detail loving hearts. The pretty doesn't stop here people.
As some of you know, we've cozied up to Darcy, Shira and the fabulous team at Martha Stewart Weddings to offer up a Style Me Pretty Real Wedding every month on The Bride's Guide. It's been such a fun collaboration (I mean come on, people...it's Martha) and one that we are so excited to unveil every few weeks. Our next real wedding, which is...
Olive Route, a letterpress studio in Berkeley, California, crafted all of the paper products for the wedding. From letterpress invitations to hand drawn maps of the grounds, each paper accessory complimented the style of the day to perfection. We heart Olive Route big time at SMP so we weren't surprised in the slightest to see Olivia's designs take center stage.
A good dessert buffet will get me every time...but one...
We actually first debuted this perfect affair on on our Real Wedding Feature over on The Bride's Guide and we have been beyond excited to unveil the full, gorgeous spread right here on SMP. The wedding was sent to us by one of our Little Black Book members...













































