Win a Pretty Cake Stand from Sweet & Saucy Supply!

I was looking through my favorite wedding blogs this a.m. and found this little goodie on

http://www.greenweddingshoes.com/

The Perfect place to find all those vintage cake stands, dishes + more to create a one-of-a-kind dessert table. Find all these pretties at the Sweet & Saucy Shop a new online shop – Sweet & Saucy Supply. Check it out, you are in for a treat! Sweet & Saucy Supply has such a great variety of cake stands, platters, bowls, domes and cupcake liners. Below are some gorgeous ways you can use her pieces to create a stunning table of sweets!

And Melody has generously offered to give one lucky reader this darling vintage cake stand! It’s a 6″ Milk Green Hobnail Cake Stand – such a pretty color!! Wish I could enter this one! :) To enter, just visit her shop and leave a comment on this post with what your favorite item is from the shop. She will pick one random winner this Friday (Dec 10) at 10 am PST. Thanks + Happy Shopping!! (Please note, the winner can pick up the stand at Melody’s store in Long Beach, CA or will need to pay to have it shipped to them).

Fav Finds + Peaches and Greens This lovely photo I am about to share truly is a bright spot of happy color! I am loving all of the orchestrated chaos in these bouquets - succulents, grapes, garden roses! I love the color combos too! The fabulous Holly Heider Chapple created these lovelies and Kristen Gardner captured their beauty. I found this post and image over on Adore http://trishadean.blogspot.com/ and the Southern Weddings blog and although they had a rough day today with their new site launch, I know it will be simple AMAZING when it does get up and going - so an early congrats to the gals over at Southern Weddings on all their exciting new things!

Fav Finds + Peaches and Greens
This lovely photo I am about to share truly is a bright spot of happy color! I am loving all of the orchestrated chaos in these bouquets - succulents, grapes, garden roses! I love the color combos too! The fabulous Holly Heider Chapple created these lovelies and Kristen Gardner captured their beauty. I found this post and image over on Adore http://trishadean.blogspot.com/ and the Southern Weddings blog and although they had a rough day today with their new site launch, I know it will be simple AMAZING when it does get up and going - so an early congrats to the gals over at Southern Weddings on all their exciting new things!

Daily Inspiration

Winter Gift Wrap

Found this on Grey Likes Weddings

this morning...getting to be my favorite blog.

Love the white on whites and all the monochromatic

(one-color combinations in a variety of hues in a single color family)

combinations....I could do 14 weddings in these colors and none would be the same!

Might be a little boring to some.... I just think it's very classy!

One of the challenges when I am using this combination is defining a focal point...this designer didn't have that problem....love the various textures and patterns of the flowers and leaves on each one.

What a fun idea...Here we go!

First Snow of the Season

Winter is not my favorite time of the year...but this is such a beautiful site to meet first thing in the morning!

Does the forcast say that more snow is on the horizon? We better hunker down and do a little Christmas decorating...fix a cup of hot cocoa & cuddle up with the ones we love.

Hope your first weekend in December was filled with holiday cheer...

See you back here Monday to kick off another week...

Daily Inspiration

Daily Inspiration

I found "Rainy Day Wedding" this morning on one of

my favorite wedding blogs

Grey Likes Weddings at

www.greylikesweddings.com

Pure inspiration for this flower lady....

I'm off and running again!

Halle and The Halloween Whimsy

My beautiful grand daughter
Halle Moreen had her
1st Halloween
and her
6 months pictures taken at the
same time
by Emily Kline at


www.emilyklinephotography.com


What a delight!

I thought a tutu was in order and

I found the perfect one at Whimsy Wendys:

www.etsy.com/people/whimsywendy

Halle was a hotpink ladybug....

her family has a special affection for lady bugs....

long story...her daddy is a Science Teacher!!!

I thought a must accessory for her costume would be a
hotpink and black tulle Whimsey Wand...and I was right.
It was the perfect accessory...albiet a little heavy
(my daughter Tessa informed me later)
"but Momma it was so adorable,
wait till you see the pictures!",
she told me the evening after they did the photo shoot.

And she was right on...
The pictures were just precious...
and the Whimsey Wand finished off the costume
just perfectly.

Tessa was also correct about the wand...
it was a little heavy for such a bitty girl
....but it was cute.

We have a tradition in our family of

Add-a-Pearl necklaces for all the little girls...
somehow they turn into gorgous big girls
with gorgous strands of pearls on their wedding days....
mmmm...in a fairly short amount of time,
it seems!
Anyway, I get off track ..., Halle has on her little
Add-a-Pearl necklace in these shots
and I just love them.
I am just a little prejudice,
but what a doll!!!!





Blue eyes are kind of a tradition too...
both sides of the family,
they are concentrated that way...lol!!!

It was a great day forHalloween pictures

this Granna thinks....

The Cowboy Bride Isn't What She Used To Be!!!

One of my favorite images from Dolce & Gabbana....

The Cowboy Bride isn't what she used to be!!!

When you are planning your wedding or celebration of any kind,

look for what inspires you.

Is it texture? A Picture? A Season or a Color?

How about a Venue...the place where youwill be celebrating?

As I am trying to put together several...Hah! collections for my new shop...

opening when did you say? 2020 LOL

I find it more difficult to put together designs without some person or personality to spring off of. I have worked with several brides and the first few things I find out from them are...what it you"style"...what colors do you love, are you down home country, up town glitzy, or a little of both? What kind of music do you like...And how about that groom?... What he wants is just as important as the lady in the long white dress....or whatever she is wearing....