Lisa Hoffman of Ceci New York is guest blogging for us this afternoon. She always sends me SUCH beautiful work, I always get really excited when I see her name land in my inbox. Lisa is pure talent and we are thrilled to call her a friend!
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Even though summer is coming to an end and fall is nearly here, most of you are probably planning weddings for next spring so I wanted to share with you this fantastic project I...
It's been a while since we've hosted Lisa Hoffman, owner and designer behind the unbelievably fabulous Ceci New York. But, she's back in full force today with a really awesome trend that is making for some seriously gorgeous wedding invitations. No need to blab on and on, I'll just pass the torch over to Lisa!
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All About Bamboo...
For an instant way to add texture and the beauty of nature to your...
I have this secret wish to start a home and party blog. Something like SMP that focuses on great parties, great home design, all of the fabulousness that comes after I Do. But, I am seriously lacking in time and manpower so for now, I thought it might be fun to expand the wedding repertoire to showers and other fun wedding oriented parties!
Here is an absolutely adorable, totally preppy, completely girly shower that...
I spotted this gorgeous inspiration board over on the Style Circle and thought it would be fun to share on the main page! I think that some of our bloggers are definitely going to become SMP celebrities, as they are cranking out some of the cutest boards you've ever seen!
Click here to see all of the boards that have been...
The fabulous team at Two Fishes Artistry sent us today's first featured wedding. And really, this isn't so much a wedding feature as a total love affair with a bride and groom that are basically as adorable as they come. The bride completely rocked a mini, while adding some Louboutins for good measure. And the groom? Well...dreamy is the word that comes to mind.
I hope everyone had a GREAT weekend. Ours was filled with a whole lotta nothing, which you know I loved. It's easy to start the week when you have time to just play on the weekends and soak up every minute of Summer.
I thought that we could launch this week's wedding inspirations with the world's loveliest bride! Meg Baisden photographed this teeny, tiny wedding that took place on the couple's back porch, complete with 11 guests.
I really heart this inspiration board that Crystal created over on the Style Circle. It uses pictures from a couple of my ALL TIME favorite weddings, plus a few more that just add to the overall adorableness. Totally and completely great. Click here to see another one of Crystal's fabulous boards!
It's been a Sarah Matteson love fest today. Sarah is one of those designers that is pure and total talent and as one of our readers commented earlier, she is SO authentic. Her sense of style and design are always swoon worthy and the wedding that she and her hubby threw reflected her undeniably beautiful skills.
I love, love, love to see vendor's own weddings as they always have such an easy, completely effortless...
One of the things that I love most about today's featured affair, is the easy, home-grown vibe paired with the undeniably gorgeous style. It's a really special, totally beautiful backyard dinner. It's an evening that guests will always remember and yet it has a casual air that just seems so natural.
Of course I would expect nothing less from the bride behind the affair, my very own florist Sarah Matteson of Spruce...
So if you're just now joining us, we are featuring the oh-so-lovely wedding of my very own wedding florist...the FABULOUS (and that is putting it mildly) Sarah Matteson of Spruce. Her wedding was a lesson in all things gorgeous. An effortlessly elegant style with simple but perfect details that are both warm and totally inviting. In a word...LOVE.
photographs by...
I am always so interested in seeing how wedding vendors plan their OWN weddings. You would think that they would design these over-the-top, incredible affairs as they have access to the best of the best of the best. But most of the time, it's the exact opposite. The designers that I've seen host small, intimate gatherings with an emphasis on great food, good wine, simple decor and their closest friends and family.
Which is exactly what my own florist and...
If there is one vendor that I worked with during my entire wedding planning process that I fell madly in love with, it was my unbelievably talented florist, Sarah Miles (now Matteson) of Spruce Floral.
I remember telling Sarah that if my wedding was a room in my house, it would have an old wingback sofa recovered in some great vintage fabric , accessorized with graphic pillows to update the look. She responded by saying that...
Here are a few more bits of perfection from our real brides over on the Style Circle! First up, this totally dreamy rustic, chic board that Laura designed...
Next up, this incredible Summer Garden Wedding that the lovely and talented Morgan designed. I would kill to attend a wedding like this one, with sweet details and an effortlessly chic style...
And finally, the board that yours truly...
I thought that this afternoon, we could take a little bit of time to share some of the total awesomeness that is happening over at the Style Circle! Brides are blogging, creating inspiration boards and generally going wedding crazy (which makes me really, really happy)...proving once and for all that a style-savvy wedding community is a definite must-have.
Here are a few boards that I have fallen head over heels. This...
We have had quite a month here on Style Me Pretty. With giveaways by Crate and Barrel, Inspiration Board Contests and the launch of our fabulous new social network, the Style Circle...it just keeps getting better and better.
There is something so innately beautiful about today's wedding. Perhaps it' the Southern charm or the ridiculously gorgeous bride. Perhaps it's the perfect details that Calder Clark of Calder Clark Designs infused into every corner. Perhaps it's the unbelievably gorgeous photographs that Bryan Johnson of A Bryan Photo captured. Whatever it is, I feel like I've fallen in love all over...
I am la-la-loving today's first featured affair. Actually, I love anything that Calder Clark of Calder Clark Designs in Charleston does and when you pair that up with the genius that is A Bryan Photo...the result is TOTAL perfection!
I actually had the pure pleasure of meeting Calder when I was in Charleston for a...
We have one more absolutely lovely Southern wedding for you today by Calder Clark Designs in Charleston. But this one is even more special because it was photographed by one of our all time favorite photography studios, A Bryan Photo. This wedding is so incredibly chic...and yet it also has this air of warmth and intimacy that completely makes me happy.
Tina and Jim...
Every now and then it's nice to just sit back, kick up your heels and breathe in the beauty of a traditional Southern wedding. There is something so romantic, so utterly luxurious about Southern affairs...particularly those that the amazing Calder Clark at Calder Clark Designs gets her hands on.
Photographed by David Edwards, this wedding is all about the lovely. Simple...
There are no words that can capture just how excited I am to finally launch the Style Circle out into the world. It's been a labor of love for months and months...and I think that I speak for the entire SMP team when we say, WHEW!
For most of you, the VERY best thing about the Style Circle is our brand spanking new inspiration board builder. I've been...
