Jeannette & JJ’s Sangria Inspired Rancho Las Lomas Wedding

Jeannette and JJ were married last summer at one of our favorite venues, Rancho Las Lomas. We used Sangria as the inspiration for the wedding style- incorporating in the colors (deep fuchsia, orange and spiced wine), fruit and Spanish flair into their decor scheme. This worked perfectly with the venue, which is a Spanish style [...]

Thank You & Just Married Banners back in the shop!

After a a brief hiatus while I was on maternity leave, our Thank You and Just Married banners are back in our etsy shop, as well as our mr & mrs letters. They are making their comeback with a new title: The Simple Collection. Clean, cute and clear- these banners are great photo props for [...]

Some recent favorites

Being up at all hours of the night feeding a newborn has its perks- for instance, catching up on my google reader. I had over 1000 unread posts from my favorite blogs when Hudson is born. I’m now down to under a hundred!
Since I am still waiting for my hard drive to be saved, I [...]

A New Great Blog & a Camping Baby Shower

There is a new great blog in town, brought to you by the lovely ladies of the Wedding Chicks. They have expanded to life beyond weddings and launched On To Baby- a blog focusing on maternity, baby and kids. It is sure to be one of my new favorites- full of gorgeous photos and inspiration. [...]

A Bow-Tie Baby Shower

Back in the fall, I was honored to plan a baby shower along with Carissa of JL Designs and Melody of Sweet and Saucy Shop for our dear friend Jesi Haack. We decided to celebrate her new little man by having a bow-tie themed party. Posh Paperie’s invitations set the tone for the clean, cheery [...]

DIY Circle Backdrop

One of our most popular decor details from our past weddings is the orange and pink circle backdrop we made for Chelsy & Greg’s wedding:

Photos by Melissa Kelsey
I get emails all the time asking for instructions on how to make it. It actually is super involved and time consuming- it consists of weaving (basically sewing) [...]

A Holiday Tablescape and a Coupon!

I am so excited to share our holiday tablescape with you today! Before I get to that though, I wanted to give you an update on holiday items in my etsy shop. I pretty much sold out of Christmas banners at my last boutique, so I do not have much left. I have listed all [...]

Our Seasonal Season Parties: Fall Party 2010

Last month, we had our annual Fall Party. For those of you who are new to my blog, here is a bit of background. Two years ago, my husband and I started the tradition of having a party at the beginning of each season to celebrate our favorite things about that time of year. Fall [...]

Sweet Lavender and Green Baby Shower

Last month, I had the joy of creating decor for a baby shower for one of my good friends. It was extra special because the mama-to-be and I went through cancer treatment together and both spent years fearing that we would not be able to have babies. Sweet little Riley was born a couple of [...]

A Few Examples of my Custom Ring Bearer Flags

I have shared before that, in my etsy shop, I sell these cute ringbearer/flower girl flags:

Photo by Jessica Claire **Keep your eyes peeled for our workshop design on Style Me Pretty next week. Abby posted a sneak peak with my little cutie yesterday, which you can see here. **

These flags also make great photo props [...]