I heart today's real wedding. And in a big way. It's casual, while still seemingly formal. It's budget, while capturing a completely expensive style. It's all about the romance, the beauty of the day and the absolutely fabulous couple.
If you are just now joining us, Jennifer over at Alders Photography sent us this affair, and I am in love! It took place this past May at Sailboat Cove in Paradise, Missouri...
Michele and David celebrated their marriage at the historic Sebastiani Casa de Sonoma followed by the reception at the Winery last year in early September. Two of our finest Little Black Book members, Lauri of Zoom Photography and Jenne of...
When the fabulous Jennifer at Alders Photography sent me today's featured wedding, I took one look at the bride's necklace and literally squealed with delight. I have this thing for a bride that isn't afraid to rock some seriously great necklaces with an otherwise sweet and traditional look. It adds that bit of chic that takes the style to an all new level.
And guess what ladies...the perfect bride, Stephanie, made the...
This year's wedding season is in full force ... and before we go one more day ... we'd like to share just one more lovely celebration from last fall, beautifully choreographed by the amazing Jenne Hohn and captured by one of the best in the business ~ Lauri Levenfeld!
Before we reveal more from today's featured affair, I wanted to announce the winner of one of our latest giveaways!
We had a FABULOUS showing for the Sarah Darcy Giveaway. Tons of you took the time to head on over to Sarah's fabulous new site and choose your fav! So, before we announce the winner, a HUGE thank you...
I have a confession to make. The last couple of weeks I have been feeling a little, well...wedding exhausted. It's just that I eat, sleep and breathe weddings with poufy white dresses and perfect chandeliers literally haunting my dreams. I know you guys can relate.
Well, lucky for me, this past weekend my husband and I attended one of those weddings that can make any girl fall in love all over again. And it MORE than excited my wedding nuttiness! So I owe a HUGE thank you to Jennie...
Don't all of these giveaways just make you happy. Well, they make me want to jump into my old cheerleading outfits and do a little rah, rah, rah. Ok, that might be overstating it, but I love them nonetheless! Today's giveaway is from Sarah at the fabulous new design studio Fuzzynk.
Fuzzynk was born after planning her own beautiful affair...
Elsje is one of those blogs that I stalk. They don't update everyday, but when they do...watch-out. They put the most fabulous features up that will literally make you want to drop every wedding decision you've ever made and do something even more perfect.
This is a wedding that I've been dying to feature for a while and the girls recently uploaded a few more images that really help to tell the story of the day.
You are not seeing things. We are actually partnering up with WedVert on a giveaway that is making us squeal with unimaginable glee! WedVert was first to push green weddings mainstream...and in such a way that makes a chic, green affair an absolute no brainer! And with today kicking off Go Green Month, this is the perfect way to really celebrate!
Here is a little...
We have readers that work on every type of budget imaginable...from $2,000 to $200,00 and just about everything in between. So while we don't always focus on one type of wedding over another, we hope that budgets large and small can find inspirations and ideas from those we do feature on SMP.
And Amy and Matt's wedding, sent to us by lunaphoto is one that anyone would love, filled with a simply elegant style and sweet but...
Ulysses Photography is listed in Style Me Pretty's Little Black Book in the NY Hudson Valley area. However, if you take a trip to their website and...
The past two days have been all about weddings that fall in the $5,000-$10,000 range. But more importantly, they are weddings where the bride and groom allow those that are closest to them to really help define the day. Those where their unique personalities are infused into the wedding style. Those where details really shine. And, regardless of their budget, I love that Amy + Matt did just that.
Ahh...I can just breathe a sigh of pure happiness when I look at these photographs.
We gave you a little sneaky peek of Amy and Matt's wedding in the making yesterday, but now it's time to see the actual affair and all of the incredible details. Plus, Amy is stopping by to share some behind the scenes secrets and inspirations!
Paula and Mike of Luna Photography are the talent behind the gorgeous photographs. Although they aren't a budget studio, Amy and Matt saw the beauty in their work (and so did we, as...
Jaclyn and Kevin are all about fun ... all about family ... and all about embracing the day!
When today's featured Little Black Book photographer, Lauren Rutten sent us two weddings and said, "You choose ..." well, we just couldn't! They were both so great! This morning we posted...
So, for those of you that are curious, I got the idea for today's feature after I got an email from a sweet and loyal reader who was hoping that I would show her a few more $5,000-$10,000 as her family has been hit hard by the economy and she and her fiance are footing the bill for their affair. And yet like all brides, she still wants a beautiful wedding.
Sounded reasonable enough to me! So, I sent out a twitter (or a tweet, however you are supposed to say it) and ended up getting...
This just might be the cutest, budget friendly wedding I've ever seen. The couple was going for a "Wonder Years backyard BBQ." Jess and Christian wanted their guests to get a taste of the city they now call home, so they held their wedding in downtown LA at the Oviatt Penthouse. They hired the fabulous Courtney Toney of Joyful Weddings and Events and...
Since the beginning, I've been trying to show our readers that weddings come in so many different shapes and sizes. There are million dollar brides who don't want to spend a lot on their affair, there are budget brides who are willing to splurge a bit. There are perfect backyard affairs, unbelievable ballroom fete's. There are weddings with 40 guests and weddings with 400 guests. There is simply no longer a right or wrong way to throw a wedding.
So, when the fabulous Courtney Toney...
We have had an ENORMOUSLY great response to our Crate and Barrel Giveaway. I have to say, I am pretty proud of us for partnering up with such an incredible brand and I am more than happy that we get to share the love with all of you!
We wanted to let you know that we now have a...
Love. Love. Love. This wedding is one of my new favs that we've featured on SMP. As mentioned earlier, ALL of the weddings that we are featuring today were designed for somewhere in the area of $5,000 - $10,000 and yet this one, seems like it could have cost much more. There is just something about the easy elegance, the soft and pretty style, the absolute love.
A few quick details from the fabulous photographer behind the affair, Kelly of...
This wedding, more than any other I've seen in a long time, is all about the love. Jamie and Todd are clearly smitten with each other, in that completely adorable first love kind of way, and it's so refreshing to see that they allowed that love to take center stagt
e. Above all else.
From the fabulous photographer, Kelly...
"Of the many many many weddings I’ve attended, been in, and shot...
