28 March 2012
A spring inspiration board for you, filled with soft pastel colors and lovely natural dyed Easter eggs. Enjoy!
Credits:
Natural-dyed Easter Eggs from Dreamy Whites; pastel table setting photo by Elisa B via Once Wed; peach and lambs ear arrangement from Martha Stewart Weddings
Lemon tarts photo by Connie Chung via Style Me Pretty
Ricotta donuts by Gale Gand; pastel arrangement photo by Braedon Flynn via Southern Weddings; tin centerpiece photo by Jose Villa via Style Me Pretty
6 March 2012
Friends, even though I shared a few photos from our Valentine’s Day party, I completely forgot to tell you about the invitations! Since I was only making four, I could go all out with the handmade details, and I did! Here they are:
I printed the text in black and white on watercolor paper, then penned in hearts in black ink. I then watercolored over the hearts with pink and red, and backed the invites with deep red cardstock.
I had some pink and white baker’s twine lying around that made a perfect “belly band” of sorts.
The finishing touch was the watercolor envelope liners. I scanned the sheet of paper that I used to test the watercolor strokes while coloring the hearts, then printed a few pages and cut them to size. Voila!
In case you missed my post about the party, the photos are right here!
28 February 2012
It’s the year I will throw more dinner parties.
It’s the year I will grow closer to God.
It’s the year I will get outside more.
It’s the year I will save more and give away more.
It’s the year I will marry my best friend, the love of my life.
It’s going to be a good year :)
Photo by Erich McVey via Style Me Pretty
27 February 2012
How’s this for a bright and cheery post?
Yahoo! I’m on the hunt for some colorful paper goods for an upcoming soiree, and stumbled across the Mara Mi line at my local Target last week. So cute! Have any of you seen it? I picked up the pin dot green cocktail napkins pictured above, plus napkins with a fabulous aqua dot pattern that I couldn’t find on the website. My new finds inspired this post and sent me on the hunt for other cuties. The napkins shown above came from Target, Kate’s Paperie, Shop Sweet Lulu, The Paper Cottage, Lifeguard Press, and Caspari.