Vintage Garden Party Table at Studio Wed

We set up an adorable table as a window display at Studio Wed in Denver. I am just SO ready for Spring to be here, and Summer can follow really quickly! So we designed this table to have a little bit of that vintage touch that is so popular right now, but I had to add a little bit of garden touches to it.

I love how it turned out, it's very sweet....what do you think?

 

Mr. and Mrs Place Cards. We made these with a little vintage looking scrapbook paper and sticker letters.

 

We used the same vintage paper and did butterfly cutouts, then placed them in our centerpieces. Look carefully and you'll see one on the yellow flower.

 

We used an eclectic mix of items for our centerpiece: an apothecary jar with some vines, blossoms and more butterfly cut outs; a book with a floral filled tea cup; mercury glass votives and pillar holder, 

and a little figurine bird.

A little antique key with the word "joy" on it adds a great decorative touch to the napkin.

I'm ready for all those beautiful vintage garden weddings, now we just need mother nature to cooperate!

Singing in the Rain Photo Shoot

Every bride worries about rain on her wedding day....and everyone says it brings good luck.  Well, we decided to create our own rainy day luck for this photo shoot. I call it Singing in the Rain, complete with our own version of raindrops!

I've even included the sketches of what I sent to the team...I think we got pretty close! 

 

Umbrellas from Splendor for Your Guests, just in case....as well as fabulous shawls just in case

Incredible flowers by Alicia from Bella Fiori Events

 Homemade test tube raindrops....

Great little details provided by Julie Sandusky at JS Design Custom
 

Our super fun cake table!  Coolest cake ever ...as well as yummy cake balls for the Grooms Bar (we know we ate them afterwards!) by Slice Design Studio.

 ....and the fabulous Groom's Bar! Full of all his favorites....ok I cheated, it's full of my hubby's faves!

 

Thanks to everyone who made this shoot possible.
Pallazzo Verdi at Fiddler's Green
This Modern Life for fab photography
TDA for rigging
Kori Schell for makeup and specially designed hair accessories
Tina Gill from Worthwhile Style for styling the shoot
Chair Covers and Linens
Event Rents for the coolest chairs ever, as well as all the other rental props

Valentine's Recap.....a good pair of shoes

We love to celebrate LOVE!  So we spent part of the day on Valentine's Day playing cupid, running around to some of our fave venues dropping off cupcakes made by The Makery.  So many of the hotels were decked out in tons of fab red flowers.  All of them said they were booked solid at the restaurants.  At the Brown Palace Hotel we saw so many couples having afternoon tea, the concierge informed us that it's the only time of year where you see so many men enjoying high tea.

I loved thinking of all the couples getting all dressed up, and heading out on the town. A few important questions were popped last night I'm sure....a very popular day for proposals.

I think I would have to pull out some Luichiny shoes jut for that special night! They've got  a hidden heart on the bottom!

This one is the Gettin' Hitched Sandal...how appropriate!

 

So...I would love to have gotten dressed up and hit the town with all of you, but I love our family tradition too.  A nice night at home with all 3 of my boys and a wonderful dinner of spaghetti and heart shaped meatballs.  Maybe I'll pull out those Luichiny's next year? Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day, we'd love to hear how you spent your night!

Hot Trend....only for the courageous and confident

Ready for the latest color trend?
Honeysuckle...."A Color for All Seasons....Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new color, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year" (as described by Pantone the color gurus)

Want to be ahead of the trends. Here's Pantone's color of the year (note that it will probably take a year or so for this to hit wedding world). So if you're the kind of gal or guy who likes to be cutting edge, go for it!

You're late, you're late, for a very important date....

Where has this little jewel been hiding?  This is the location I'll be doing a photo shoot at in a couple weeks. It's like Alice in Wonderland tumbles down the rabbit hole and lands at the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art).
Literally, several whimsical statues of Alice and crew surround the park to entertain your guests, but also uber cool modern structures within the park that create fabulous backdrops for ceremonies.
Samson Park is located in the Denver Tech Center, and if you're getting married at Palazzo Verdi this is right next door and the ideal location for your ceremony.
 

Wedding portrait setting anyone?

This structure is so large you could have a ceremony set inside it!

....and I'm dying to see a ceremony take place right here.....images of Patrick Dempsey in Can't Buy Me Love doing the African Anteater Tribal Dance first came to mind, but then immediately replaced with tons of possiblities when I saw images like this amazing one from Trystan Photography!



Real Wedding...Lisa and Franco's Beach Wedding

Lisa and Franco chose Puerto Morelos, Azul Sensatori for their Thanksgiving weekend wedding.

The ceremony took place on the hotel's Sky Terrace, with amazing views of the ocean.  It was Thanksgiving weekend and I was so thankful to have Frances Photography along to capture each moment, and my friend and assistant Aimee from True Wedding Events.  Mexico weddings can be a challenge and this one tested us for sure, but it all ends well with a beautiful wedding and a happy couple!

Lovin' 2011!

Happy New Year!  We ended the year with a big celebration at our house, including 72 poppers and masses of confetti sticks....I'll be finding confetti for years to come...in the strangest places! How did it get under the couch cushions?

2011 is off to such a fun start!  So excited to be working with such amazing couples, and so many cool projects in the works.  At the beginning of the month I was out scoping out a site for an upcoming photo shoot...an outdoor photo shoot at the beginning of February to be specific (could be interesting!). I saw this in the snow and took it as a great sign for 2011.

Was someone just lovin' the park that day....are they a fan of the white stuff....or maybe a fabulous proposal took place? (as a romantic I'm hopin' for the later)

Hope you're lovin' 2011 too....Happy New Year!

Cheers,

Julie