Today’s post on Style Me Pretty reminded me of how much I love Amy Atlas’s dessert tables. Though they made the rounds of wedding blogs a few months ago, I thought I’d dig out some of my favorites to share, on the off-chance one of you missed them!

I think her example proves that a cohesive candy bar/buffet/table is about two things: color coordination and beautiful styling. Glassine bags, white cake stands, and customized wrappers can make even dollar store candy look wedding worthy.

Really, though – you’ve got to see the detail shots on her site. They are stunningly drool-inducing.

Saw this on Once Wed yesterday and thought it was the perfect way to end a reception on a sweet note. The bride, who handmade all of the wedding graphics, has recently started her own design company, Miss Pickles Press. Just like these s’more packets, her stationery suites are bold, whimsical, and impossibly cute.

P.S. I also loved her centerpieces.

The moment I saw the spread on this celebration in the Summer 2008 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings, I knew I had a new favorite wedding.

The dress! The pink ties and mixed gray suits on the groomsmen! The cake! The engraved stationery! There simply weren’t enough exclamation points to express my glee.

My very favorite detail, however, was the table settings. The guests ate not on rented china, but on patterns from the Mother of the Bride’s own collection, which, as you can see, is quite large. To me, this gives the reception an elegant but relaxed feel – the most you could hope for from a backyard reception.

Ever since I saw this spread, I’ve wanted to do the same thing someday, albeit on a smaller scale. I probably won’t be able to collect or borrow enough full place settings to accommodate my friends and family, but I’m thinking it would be a lovely and personal touch to serve wedding cake on my own china dessert plates. Between EBay, thrift stores, garage sales, etc. (and no wedding planned for the near future!), I feel like this is a manageable task.

And last week I made my first purchase! 10 Pontessa china dessert plates from EBay for – wait for it – 99 cents! That’s right, 99 cents.

What do you think – worth 99 pennies?

…as scary as that seems! But since we’re almost through November, and then there’s just December left in 2008, I decided to jump on a recent post over at Style Me Pretty.

This set of 12 Gocco’d calendars by Sarah Parrott is to die for! Individual month calendars have become sort of a “thing” with small presses lately, but these ones stand out from the pack. Check them out in her Etsy shop here.

Besides having delightful designs, the presentation is superb: each month’s card comes tucked into its own cotton drawstring bag, and the whole package comes “numbered and packaged in glassine with a festive ribbon.” Festive ribbon! I can’t wait for these to show up in my mailbox.

If I were to keep these for myself, I’d either prop each month up one at a time on my desk, or else tack all 12 in a grid to an empty bulletin board.

However, I haven’t yet decided whether to keep them or give them away at Christmas. What do you think?