~ the bird's nest ~

I just adore bird's nests...

They are pretty, delicate, intricate and crafted with love I'm sure.  And I can't help but think what fabulous centerpieces they would make!  Of course, I would use only abandoned bird nests...but placed on a pretty plate or a cake plate they would be quite stunning. 

For a more natural rustic centerpiece idea I would place them on wood rounds, a mossy branch or the table itself.  If the idea of hunting down a lot of empty nests seems like a big task (which it can be), how about using just one or two at your reception.  It would be such a pretty little detail!

~ Ciao

...photography craig wall

~ who says ~

...your wedding cake can't have layers and layers of pretty colors?

Pretty and yummy!

~ Ciao

...image via i am a greedy girl

~ tuesday thought: serve in style ~

I just L-O-V-E this picture...

A vintage serving tray with chippy paint and the bright white coffee cups - love the contrast of old and new!

Makes for such a pretty presentation don't you think? 

So here is your Tuesday Thought:  Find some vintage (if that's your style...if not others that are more fitting...like new lacquered ones for a more modern theme, or make some using old wooden boards for a rustic theme) serving trays to have your caterer's use for drinks, food and dessert instead of the standard old brown or black plastic with a cork top that they so often seem to use.  One of the little details that I am sure will certainly be noticed!  I just love, love, love this idea!!! 

~ Ciao

...image via sunday suppers & photography karen mordechai

~ the cocktail hour: boozy fruit ~

Now this would be a fun, different and great refreshing treat for the cocktail hour at a Summer wedding.  Just cut up some fruit...

Pour on the liqueur...

Let stand for an hour, and serve!  Get the recipe here.


~ Ciao

...images via sunday suppers & photography karen mordechai

~ remnants ~

A perfect little DIY project for all those fabric remnants you have...

A simple garland of pretty pieces.  And the options for how and where to use it are endless...gotta love that!

~ Ciao

...image via once wed

~ flowers of the week: 6.28.10 ~

I have total fallen for this bouquet...

I am just adoring the colors, texture and flowers of this bouquet...especially the sprigs poking out here and there!  So perfect for Fall, no?  And the warm, rich mocha velvet ribbon is just the perfect touch to finish it off with.  

~ Ciao

...image via 100 layer cake

~ peach on the beach ~

I really like the idea of keeping a neutral color pallette for a beach wedding...and this picture above is a great example of how spectacular it could look! 

I'm imagining a table with a white tablecloth and sand colored linen runner, white napkins, shiny silverware, lots of glasses filled with peach roses, a couple starfish here and there (not too many), lots of candles and a chandelier!  And the cake...I'm seeing an all white one with buttercream frosting with just one or maybe a couple peach roses on top (like the simple cakes I posted here).  It all would be simple, classic and elegant.

What's your favorite color palette for a beach wedding?

~ Ciao

...photography miki duisterhof

~ the cocktail hour: just smashing ~

A Blackberry Smash that is...

Sounds just delish doesn't it?  I think it would be a great refeshing drink to serve at a summer wedding!  With some fresh mint and blackberries added - not only is it yummy but pretty too.  And we all like (or in my case...need) a little pretty don't we?  Get the recipe here.  Cheers - it's Friday!

~ Ciao

...image via bless her heart (found via kate's lovely blog wit + delight)

~ swept away ~

Leave it to Valentino to sweep me off my feet with these two amazing creations...

These two swoonworthy stunners are from his Resort 2011 collection.  And I would wear either one in a heartbeat as a wedding dress!

I can see the first one at a garden, in a field, or even beach wedding.  The second I think is perfect for a classy barn wedding...(picture lots of glass, chandeliers, silver trophy cups, etc...)...I think it has something to do with the tie at the waist...kinda brings a lasso to mind!  

~ Ciao


...images via style.com

~ butterflies + teardrops ~

I am swooning over this pretty butterfly garland...

I love the delicateness of it, the soft colors, and that there are four sets of wings on each one!  Couldn't you just picture them strung over or as a backdrop to the vow area.  After all, isn't that the place where two become one?  So corny, I know...but I love the whole idea of how this particular butterfly garland (over other ones I have seen) represent the union of two people.  Okay, I'll stop being corny now...which is funny cause I don't think I normally am!

So on a little more fun note...this teardrop garland (which reminds me of balloons) is adorable too...

I am actually crushing on the colors of this garland!  I would love to see it used at a Fall wedding...as it would add pretty pops of pink to the more traditional color palette of oranges, browns and greys that are typically used.    And the name of the garland - Sugar Plum...which makes me start to come up with all kinds of wonderful thoughts and ideas!  You can find both of these sweet garlands and more at the lovely Etsy shop - This Neck of the Woods. 

~ Ciao

...images via this neck of the woods  (found via creature comforts)

~ on the table: mini terrariums ~

How sweet and adorable is this...

A tiny succulent under a wine glass - love it!  Such a pretty way to decorate the table don't you think?  And the great thing about this idea...you could use them as favors too!

~ Ciao


...photography josh mccullock via style me pretty

~ simple succulents ~

I guess this week is all about simple for me!  Too funny how that happens.  Anyhoo, it's these simple succulents and simple cakes that I am loving today...

Just check out the color...

Here's another option...

With just a couple of billy buttons to add a pop of color...

All so deliciously yummy don't you think?

~ Ciao


...images going to the chapel & jill thomas

~ who says ~

...you can't use a vintage Bunsen Burner as a vase?

I am sooo adoring these!  How fun would these be to use as centerpieces or as decor for a rustic, camping, outdoorsy type wedding?  You could use one or group a couple together and fill with a couple of simple stems.  I really am loving the simplicity of the one with the two stems (even though peonies are my fav)!  Just the kind of out of the box thinking that I love.  And these little jewels can be found at one of my favorite stores on Etsy, Ethan Ollie! 

P.S. - I think they would be just as adorable with candles in them too!

~ Ciao

...image via ethan ollie

~ something blue: ring pillow ~

I have posted about EmersonMade before and I have to tell you...I fell in love with this ring pillow (among a lot of other things)...

Isn't it the most perfect shade of blue?  So pretty!

~ Ciao

...image via emersonmade

~ tuesday thought: collections ~

I just L-O-V-E everything about this picture...

The glass jars, the buttons, the vintage silverware, the color...all of it!  I think the reason it appeals to me so much is that these are some of the things I like and collect (especially the vintage silverware)...among others.

Do you collect anything?  Well if you do...here's your Tuesday Thought:  incorporate them into your wedding.  I mean, how cute would it be to have each table be something different - placed in a pretty jars like the ones above you could have a button table, a vintage silverware table, etc...  It would allow you the opportunity to show off your collections and provide a great centerpiece display.  Just add some small jars of flowers, candles or other little things and you have a very personal centerpiece!  (P.S. - I'm working on a photo shoot doing this...and it looks amazing!)

And if you don't want to use them as centerpieces...I am sure you can find other places to have them on display...a mantle, a vintage cabinet, at a welcome table...you get the idea.

~ Ciao


...image via dress design decor via braboune farm

~ three little folds ~

Can be just breathtaking!

~ Ciao


...photography jonas peterson

~ flowers of the week: 6.21.10 ~

I am in the mood for simple today!  And I think this satisfies that mood...

So pretty all in green - adoring all the different varieties, textures and sizes.  And I love the extra little sprig on the napkin...such a sweet little touch!  Happy Monday my dears.  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

~ Ciao


...photography jonas peterson

~ out on a limb ~

So I know I am going out on a limb here (no pun intended), but just take a look at this...

I am becoming obsessed with swings (as you can see here the one I posted last Friday).  But this isn't so much a swing...more like a bed suspended from a branch...but you get the idea.  And I am over the moon about this one! 

I also adore day after shoots, and Megan over at forget.me.knot.weddings posted a lovely day after session yesterday.  Which got me thinking...this is one prop I would love to have at a day after shoot!  Can't you just see how adorable the pictures would be?  And as I continued to think...why not use it as your photobooth area at your reception?  Oh so fun and dreamy don't you think? 

Have a swinging weekend my dears!  See you on Monday.


~ Ciao

...image via garden rooms

~ photo shoot style: country ~

I'm dying over this photo...

How perfect is this style for a country photo shoot?  The hat (obsessed with hats), dress, loose waves and suitcase are a.maz.ing!

~ Ciao

...image via lana lou style

~ fruit + cake ~

Makes one heck of a spectacular creation...

Wouldn't you agree?  Oh I just love this one!

~ Ciao

...image via going to the chapel

~ dear shoe fairy ~

I am blushing...

And drooling...and swooning...and am over the moon about these stunners!  Oh how I wish these would magically walk right into my closet.  I have a perfect spot for them right in the front.  And I promise to wear them as often as I could!  If you could help, I would be so very grateful.


xoxo
k-


...image via style me pretty

~ popsicles + polka dots ~

I just love the simplicity of this...

Homemade popsicles on a plate, on polka dotted fabric - and all of it yellow...I L-O-V-E!  And the shapes of these are making me swoon.  Now this is my kind of popsicle! 

P.S. - For a vintage/rustic outdoor wedding I would dress it up just a bit by adding some jars filled with wildflowers in white and yellow  (I would also place some wildflowers in the molds that were used to make the popsicles too...so cute, right?), and putting the plates on crushed ice in old baking sheets with sides (to try and attempt to keep them cool...but I have a feeling they would be gone in a blink of an eye) for a pretty, low cost, diy popsicle bar.  Pretty, sweet, yummy and refreshing...does it get any better than that?

~ Ciao


...image via country living

~ the owl's are stirring ~

And they are looking adorable doing so!  An easy diy created by Jesi Haack.  All you need are some skewers, an owl punch (think of all the other shapes you could punch) and a glue gun.  Check out the DIY video right here. 

~ Ciao

...image via  jesi haack

~ color inspiration: apricot ~

I am swooning over the colors in this pretty photo...

And I just knew they would make a lovely color palette!  I think they would be goregous at a late summer or early fall wedding...don't you?

~ Ciao

...image via my tartelette

~ who says ~

...you can't put your living room furniture out on the lawn?

I absolutely adore when furniture from inside is used outside!  This is something I do quite often...and I always love the result.

For more ideas and inspiration on using furniture outside you must check out the lakeside wedding shoot that the lovely and extremely talented Erin of Dandelion and Grey put together that was posted on Style Me Pretty yesterday.  I just loved it...I'm sure you will too!

~ Ciao


...image via style me pretty

~ tuesday thought: cute + cool coasters ~

Following yesterday's cute as a button post (which I just loved!) I stumbled upon a flickr fav of mine from Sarah Parrott...of Sarah Parrott Designs.  How cute are these letterpress coasters...

I am really loving the whole button theme!  And if buttons aren't your thing, she has cool record ones too...

Perfect for music lovers don't you think?  Not only would they make adorable gifts for the bridal party, but they would make great favors as well. 

So here is your Tuesday Thought:  You could use them at the wedding - yes, as coasters....but you could also use them as seating cards or place cards.  Or, you know me, make them into garlands!  Have the records ones spinning in the breeze outside under a tree.  Or decorate chairbacks at the reception, or string them together to line the walkway.  Or use them as tags attached to favors.  Or write on the back and send them out as Save the Dates...

Oh yes, I could probably go on all day...but I'll leave you with those for now!  All can be found right here.

~ Ciao

...images via sarah parrott

~ bows for the boys ~

How handsome would the boys look in these...

Oh so adorably handsome I say!

These darling bow ties are by somethings hiding in here and will be available at the Curiosity Shoppe in San Francisco sometime this summer.  I can't wait!

~ Ciao

...images via somethings hiding in here

~ cute as a button ~

I am completely crushing on this stlyed button themed bridal shower photo shoot captured by the ever so talented Jessica Clarie.  This is definitely one of my favs...

A fabulous runner with buttons stitched on, and...

Buttons everywhere!

And I am dying over these button topped baby cakes by Erica O'Brien!

Gorgeous flowers in white, yellow and orange...

And to top it all off - a button garland!

I have made these before, and I still love them!  But you know me...I love things that hang, float, swag, blow in the breeze... 

Hope everyone had an amazing weekend.  Happy Monday!


~ Ciao


...photography jessica claire, coordination weddingchicks, styling carter & cook

~ flowers of the week: 6.14.10 ~

I am adoring the pocket watches attached to this bouquet!

Just the kind of detail that I L-O-V-E!

~ Ciao

...photography jessica claire, image via style me pretty

~ shoe in: topped with a bow ~

I am drooling over these Valentino's...

Oh yes, these are my new favs!  And just look at them on...

So over the moon, don't you think?  And of course, I had to hunt them down...

You can get your own pair right here.  Love, love, love!

~ Ciao

...images via erin ever after & stylemepretty & marissa collections

~ hooting + hollering ~

...over how fabulous this groom's cake and wedding cake are!

I have an obsession with owls - smart little creatures, aren't they?  The sweet owls on the wedding cake, here is a closeup...

...can be found at Floraltrims.  And at 12 for just under $20, I think they are a super cute find!


~ Ciao


...images via southern weddings & floraltrims