Real Wedding: Mallory + Patrick

Happy Monday to you all!  I received this gorgeous wedding last week from Kim of Punch floral and design studio here in Portland last week, and I struck by two things: first, how wonderfully fresh and modern the design was. The Sandbox Studios is a stunning industrial space that is the ideal blank canvas for any event designer.  And second, how fantastically attractive the bride, groom and entire wedding party was! Seriously, they all look like their from a magazine shoot!  Mallory and Patrick were married here in Portland, Oregon on August 7th, 2010 and were photographed by the talented duo, Phil + Kim.  Congratulations to them and thank you again, Punch for sharing your work!

Vendors:

Venue: Sandbox Studios
Rentals: West Coast Event Productions
Floral, Event Design and Coordination: Punch
Videography: Shields Films
(See video) http://blog.shieldsfilms.com/post/1252080912/patrick-mallory-wedding
Cake: Lambs Thriftway
Catering: Eat Your Heart Out
Bus: Double Decker PDX

Stylist Stalking :)

Inspiration Board by Selina Lake

One of my favourite stylists is Selina Lake, I was first introduced to her work via my sister, who works for Ryland Peters and Small. My sister brings me the most beautiful books when she visits, for me to study and do lots of oohs and ahhs :) One of my favourite recent books was one styled by Selina called Bazaar style.

My coveted books are studied from page to page for me personally to use as decoration ideas for my own home and of course inspirations for our weddings.

I love this inspiration board, it is filled with divine colours, I know my two older daughters love this style as their bedrooms are decorated in these colours. LIttle Twinks is still lurid pink and princesses at the moment but we are working on her!

Again we are moving away from the very pale washed out tones of the vintage that has been so popular and moving to slightly bolder sorbet colours to brighten everything up slightly just in time for the Spring weddings.

I am just dying to know where that last photo of the pastel coloured fairground ride came from, in fact I am desperate to do a fairground themed wedding after seeing the fabulously glorious one on Preston Bailey's website, you must go and check this amazing wedding out, it is jaw dropping!

I was toying with feria ideas last week for events and weddings here :) A seed was sown which is always dangerous!

Alternative Guest Book Ideas for Weddings

As a Wedding and Event Stylist, I am always looking for different ideas and love this one sent to me of a fingerprint wedding tree :) What a fabulous alternative idea to a guest book and rather than put it in a cupboard after your wedding, you can frame it and proudly hang this on your wall as a piece of wall art.

These trees are made by Love from the Thumb on Etsy, they are the unique idea of Ricky and Ashely after they created one for their own wedding and you can order your own personalised tree and some really cute sets of inkpads for your guests to personalise your tree.

What I also like about this idea, again if you are planning a destination wedding, is that this is easily transportable back home.

Almond Blossoms in Andalucia

After a dismal winter last year with months of rain, the Costa del Sol is living up to its name this spring with fabulously sunny days and we are being truly spoilt at the moment.

I am in love with Andalucia, I decided I was going to live here as a small child when my parents first bought me here, I have been in love with Spain from year dot and moved here permanently 10 years ago and my parents live next door.

Spring here is beautiful and I wanted to share these gorgeous photos with you from Anna Gazda of the almond blossoms that are springing up all over the countryside in this sunny weather, they are beautiful and everytime I see them my heart leaps with joy as it signifies the summer is coming!

Last year we were involved in the decoration of the Haiti Fundraiser night and used the almond blossoms to decorate this event, it was a fabulous evening that raised a huge amount of money for this disaster and we were thrilled to be involved.

Gown Friday!

I love grand wedding gowns.  A girl who chooses to be a bit dramatic in her style choices always makes for a good bride :)
See you next week!

1. Elizabeth Fillmore
2. Monique Lhuillier
3. Reem Acra
4. Douglas Hannant
5. Temperley London
6. Vera Wang


{Images: New York Wedding Guide}

LAUREN & ALEX SNEAK PEEK

Last month we worked with an adorable couple - Lauren & Alex who chose to get married at their family home with 4 year old daughter, Isabella. We love hearing we are covering weddings at home. I dreamed of re-creating that "Father of the Bride" vibe for our day. There is something so sweet about the memories that being at home brings to that moment of "i-do".

Lauren in her beautiful wedding gown with black sash pre ceremony.

The couples little girl, Isabella was so excited to be a part of the celebrations.....the perfect little wedding planner....

We received the most heartfelt email from Lauren today...."I cannot stop looking at the photos, I honestly hold my breath every time I look through, they are beautiful......every shot just brings the whole day back to life"...

"Dealing with SugarLove has been my favourite part of the wedding organisation - everyone has been more than helpful"....

..."Apart from marrying Alex & having Isabella, using SugarLove has been the best decision I have made in a long time!"....

We were so thrilled to work with you too Lauren and wish you & your family the most wonderful future imaginable.....thank you so much for choosing us to cover your day, Leigh x

Real Wedding: Nautical Prep

Good morning!  There have been claims of a crazy snow storm hitting the Portland area for days now and finally it has arrived!  Well, not a storm or even close to a couple of inches, but good enough for me to have a cozy day inside :)  

If there is a wedding theme that never gets old to me it's the nautical theme.  I love to see navy blue and yellow against crisp white and endearing touches of gold.  It's so traditional and preppy, it's sweetness to my soul!  The Caketress designed the amazing cake and mini cakes for this wedding, which seem to defy gravity with her now famous ruffle design inspired by Ralph Lauren runway (see here). And in collaboration with Platinum Events Group, they created a nautical themed wedding that is absolutely stunning!

{Images:  Joee Wong Photography via The Caketress Blog}

What to wear...Target designer collections

It has been a gift from above having international designers such as Rodarte, Thakoon, & Zac Posen bring their genius to the masses at incredibly affordable prices to our local Target stores.  If you are one who has been unaware of this gift it may be due to the high speeds at which these pieces are bought up off the racks. But it has just been announced that 34 of the most popular designs will be re-released for our buying pleasure on March 13th!  So if you missed them the first time around or you want to buy multiples for your bridal party, get out there and scoop them up--all for under $50!!!

{Images: Fashionista}