From Victoria: Whether at a wedding, engagement party or other celebration ending the night on a classy note is always desired. Send off your guests with these adorable cigar favors and they will be quite pleased. If you’re concerned about distributing real cigars, consider using chocolate ones instead. What You’ll Need: Metal Bottle Tops Labels [...]
My local dessert table designer pal, Shauna Younge, was lovely enough to send me over these pictures of a table she’s been telling me about for a while. Minnesota Bride holds an annual Best of 2010 Gala, where local vendors nominated for awards by local brides are celebrated. Shauna was pulled in to create a [...]
I confess: I’m moderately totally obsessed with award ribbons of all sorts, and not only do I love looking at them, I absolutely adore drawing them in Illustrator. That’s a designer for you. I decided to take these guys and turn them into cupcake toppers after my buddy Shauna Younge, a local dessert table designer, [...]
Hello, everyone! I write to you from my brand new living room! We closed and moved in on Friday, and it’s been absolutely hectic around here. Expect me to continue to be a little slow on email for a few days, but if it’s absolutely urgent, direct message me or reply to me on Twitter. [...]
Sorry for the late post today, everyone! I didn’t preschedule anything because I was out in New York, and thought I’d be home a lot earlier than I was. Our flight was delayed, and along with it, this post! Onto the good stuff… It’s hard not to absolutely adore great calligraphy, but sometimes – especially [...]
One of the highest compliments I can pay a store is that when I look through their product list, I feel like I’m raiding my favorite stylists’ prop closets. That’s how I feel about Bell’occhio, a shop based out of San Francisco with an eclectic assortment all perfectly suited to a bride looking for amazing [...]
While I’m on the subject of great resources for DIYing your desserts, I’d be wrong not to mention the queen of pastry presentation, Bakerella. From old favorites with a fresh spin to newly imagined ways to get your daily does of cake, Bakerella continues to inspire me in the kitchen and motivates me to think [...]
My cousin and his fiancée are getting married with a backyard wedding ceremony. I tell you this because I was reminded of it the other night when I came across their save the date again, and I started thinking about how I would do it if I had chosen that path. You might not know [...]
I’m not going to lie: I love, love, love this idea as usable favors, particularly for a bridal shower brunch. They’re easier to make than they look, so mass producing them if necessary isn’t terribly hard. I formatted mine to be 14×14″ but the general method for making a more rectangular napkin is exactly the [...]
It’s time for our last lovely boutonniere from Leigh Anne of the Floral Lab featuring photos from Jackie Wonders. In this beautiful boutonniere is lavender and rosemary, which makes for a sweet accent to a country rustic wedding. Best of all, the elements of this design are readily available so there’s no reason not to [...]
