
Photos courtesy of Martha Stewart
I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving festivities tomorrow!! We have a lot to be thankful for this year! There will be no posts until the 2nd week of December – I’m headed to San Francisco for a much needed break! Enjoy these two recipes: Herbed Mashed Potatoes & Maple-Glazed Parsnips and Carrots
Don’t forget to walk it out tomorrow!
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Yay! The last Paper Source holiday catalog will be mailed by the end of this week to hopefully get to you in time for your holiday shopping! I visited my local Paper Source and found that the new catalog was out just not mailed yet! The catalog is on heavy mat paper so it doesn’t quite translate the same online but is extremely fabulous in person! Pick one up or if you don’t live in a Paper Source town – go online to subscribe! Image spread above is me…check out more… (more…)
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Photos courtesy of Sakurako Shimizu
Lauren of Staunch shared this amazing find with me – a set of wedding bands based on a recording of a person saying “I do”! Wedding rings have always had some sort of customization done to them, but I think the trend of fully customizing/creating a unique band takes full force in 2009. Check out the amazing jewelry of Sakurako Shimizu.
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Photo courtesy of Karen Wade
Happy Friday! I’m very excited to have the owners of Vixen Beauty guest blog today! If you haven’t gathered from my past posts already about how important professionally styled makeup and hair is for your wedding day…well, today is the day that you do! It will make a HUGE difference for your wedding photos, huge. So without further ado…Vanessa and Melissa of Vixen Beauty… (more…)
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So I was doing a little web style shopping this morning (yes I do shop at Paper Source!) and had one of those ‘wait a second…’ moments! Ha! I came across some photos I shot for Paper Source a few weeks ago. My shots featured here are the ones in the banner/header of each page. There could be more online but these are the ones I came across first. I have yet to see the holiday catalog that I shot for…I’ve been told it may or may not come out. That’s how the business goes – some photos make it, others don’t :) But I will keep you posted…I thought these would be fun to share! (more…)
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Photos & Design: Edyta Szyszlo Photography
Good morning and happy Monday! Flurries here in Chicago, I can’t believe it! I’m introducing a new album, card and postcard design called Little Birdie! Fully customizable and can be used for just about any event – although don’t you think it works well with babies and kids?! It’s so adorable! We could even spice up your wedding album pages if you wanted :) I especially love this design because it’s playful yet still clean and polished. Check out the rest of this 20 page album… (more…)
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The fashion runways walked it and the bridal magazines made it official – gray is the new brown for weddings in 2009! While I still love brown and you should too…gray switches the color palette to cooler tones. It’s one of my personal favs :) Even though gray is a cool tone, it doesn’t mean you can’t spice it up! There are a wide variety of color combinations you can chose from but the added bonus with this trend….is that you can mix and match colors that you never thought would go! Brights, pastels, monochromatic – you can’t go wrong. And keep in mind, gray comes in all tones and variations such as a lavender or pewter (adding a touch of purple or blue to it). So think out of the box!! My fav new combo – lavender and red! More color combinations… (more…)
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Photos courtesy of Martha Stewart
I can’t count how many times I’ve watched groomsmen try to figure out the diagram of pocket square fold given to them from the rental company! And eventually, either me or my other photographer fix it for them! So here are some helpful instructions for ALL occassions of wearing a pocket square - It’s Hip to Wear Squares.
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Photos courtesy of Martha Stewart
Whether it’s marzipan, fondant or real it’s all about nature in 2009. The trend started appealing many in 2008 but is in full swing this upcoming year. I’ll talk more about your wedding flowers in another post but anything funky happening in mother earth’s land is happening in weddings! Also, exotic fruit and organic cake flavors will be huge. Pomegranate, blueberry, lemon along with pistachio… (more…)
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Photo: Edyta Szyszlo Photography
AMAZING NIGHT! Obama wins, and I witnessed it. What an incredible historical event to experience, words can’t describe. I just got home from the rally and it’s late, so I won’t write much….but wow. It was so great to share this evening with good friends and hundreds of thousands upon thousands of supporters of change. (more…)
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