A big, huge welcome to all the readers popping in to Style Me Pretty after watching the Rachael Ray Show this morning! We were beyond thrilled/humbled/excited when Rachel invited us to roll our sleeves up and get crafty with projects that are so easy, even WE could do them. So we thought we'd take a moment to share a few more bits of gorgeousness that can be found on the pages of SMP...keeping with the Rachael theme of DIY fabulous of...
Before we dive into all of the pretty, just a quick reminder that we will be on the Rachael Ray Show TODAY, July 16th!! Eeek! Make sure you check here for listings in your area before you head into work so you can set those DVR's! Goal: SMP readers watch in droves and the Rachael Ray rankings skyrocket making SMP the most watched guest in...
Before we send you off into the weekend (where in the coming weeks we'll actually be posting some amazing new home inspired content), we wanted to let you know that yours truly will be on the Rachael Ray Show THIS Monday, July 16th!! I'm talking all things DIY with a fun focus on details that pull double duty. And the styling is perfect for a late Summer / Fall bride. So...
As someone who looks at weddings day in and day out by the hundreds, I love when a wedding surprises me. When a bride or a groom is so giddy, so inspired, so ready to make the journey of planning a wedding all about the fun, well I always smile a little bit bigger. As is the case with this next beauty. A day inspired by the movie 500 Days of Summer with DIY for days and a bride that just can't stop grinning. I love that. Oh and I can't forget to mention the stunning photographs by our sweet...
I'm pretty sure that in the history of SMP we've never featured a wedding with quite so many steal-worthy details. We're talking off the charts, hold the phone. slap-your-neighbor-they-are-so-good details. Okay, don't slap your neighbor, that would be weird. But you get the drift. This wedding is the brain child of Beth Helmstetter and the girls at Holly Flora, two of our favorite...
My favorite color is white. Well maybe pink but white is a top two. For me, an all white palette scream chic. Screams style. And when it comes to weddings, well white just fits. Like a glove. So I kind of feel like this next bride and I are a little bit soul mate-ish. With a love of simple, clean palettes and pretty details as far as the eye can see. And with planning & design by Joyful Weddings and Events and photography...
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...
Weddings have become so much more than a six hour window. There are showers and parties, rehearsal dinners and brunches. Layer upon layer of pretty potential and so many opportunities to infuse your celebration with different styles and textures. And when it comes to celebratory moments, Rosemary Hattenbach and Nicole Sillapere are like the cat's meow. So before we dive into all of the...
Every now and then I lose my words. I stare at a wedding for so long, mesmerized by every flawless detail, that I literally lose my words and it becomes nearly impossible to write this little introduction. It's just too good. Too beautiful. As is the case with today's featured celebration. A wedding so lovely, so unbelievably rich and textured and soulful, that I can't figure out the appropriate way to pay homage to all of its pretty. Which seems to be a pattern when we feature something...
For weeks and weeks, we have been busy little bees. Behind the scenes piecing together what we think will be the most beautiful digital magazine you've ever seen. With ideas so approachable, so chic, so butterfly inducing you'll have to remind yourself to put the magazine down and start trying them for yourself. It's our first ever Fashion & Beauty e-mag with pages upon pages of the most inspired...
Why is it that every California wedding instantly makes me want to pack my bags and head for those beautiful hills? Something about the laidback elegance. And the dreamy sunsets. The kind of weddings that feel so entirely effortless and yet so exquisitely crafted you can hardly believe they are real. As is the case with this next wedding photographed flawlessly by This Love of Yours Photography, who recently packed up those very bags and...
This next wedding might be a little awkward for me. Because the level of girl crush I have right now is absurd and rather than obsess over the wedding as a whole, I'm basically just obsessing over the bride. Because I love her. A lot. Don't get me wrong, the boy is darling too (like seriously dreamy) but the bride. She's like Hepburn good. And the photography by Clean Plate Pictures was like a match made in wedding heaven. It's almost...
Kristin Vining...how do I love thee. I might sound like a full on groupie when I say this but Kristin is loveliness defined. She is so sweet, so thoughtful but even more poignant, she is so crazy talented that my heart always does a little thud thud thud when I see her name come into our inbox. So we're capping off this wonderful inspiration packed Wednesday with an all out beauty captured flawlessly by...
Palm Springs. The land of the crazy crazy beautiful. Beautiful people, beautiful spaces...and definitely some beautiful weddings. Case in point? This next stunner photographed to utter perfection by Candice Benjamin. It's edgy and yet lush. It's whimsical and yet classic. It's everything a wedding should be and you need look no further than the pure, unabashed joy on the bride and groom's faces to see just that.
I told you. This is one of those weddings that you tuck into your favorites file and revisit time and time again because the loveliness built into every last image that Austin Warnock snapped is just about as inspiring as it gets. It's tradition meets style. Pure beauty meets total chic. And if you thought that it couldn't possibly get any better, we are officially going to prove you wrong. Because...
I don't even know how to wrap my head around the beauty of this wedding. For a few reasons. Aside from being heart breakingly lovely, with a bride that is as gorgeous as they come, girly goodness that just might make you cry, a style that is rooted in tradition and a sense of pure joy that pores out of each beautiful image by the beloved Austin Warnock. It's also because the venue...
The Ace Hotel is kind of like the definition of cool. All four of their locations are unique and gorgeous and full of unexpected details that make for a stunning wedding backdrop. But, the best part is that when you layer on a bit of girly goodness like this next bride did...and we're talking gorgeous pink peonies, glittery sequined shoes, chevron print everything and a sense of awesome built into the very structure of the day...
Before we let you loose to enjoy this gorgeous weekend, we wanted to pay homage to our favorite shot from the week of pretty. And it just happens to be a sweet moment between a daddy and his girl... perfectly appropriate for Father's Day weekend. I have cried a grand total of four times while looking at this shot. He looks so happy, she looks so overcome with love. Its THE moment, captured beautifully by Alison Mayfield and so with...
We're officially letting the cat out of the bag. Well, actually Lucky Magazine did (swoon) but who's counting. Because quite honestly? We couldn't contain ourselves for a single second more. Next week SMP will be debuting its first ever digital Fashion & Beauty Magazine, celebrating wedding style in all of its many forms and functions. We're talking...
If you are anything like me, you are going to want to sit down for this next one. It's pink and peony filled and perfect in every way. With pretty maids all in a row in the prettiest of pink palettes. Wow that was a lot of P's. But in all serious, this wedding is a total gem. It's sweet while still managing to be wildly sophisticated. It's relaxed and laid back while classically elegant at the same time. It's one for the books for sure...which isn't surprising in the slightest since it was...
