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Yearly Archives: 2009

goodbye, 2009!

i started this blog to have an outlet for all my wedding craziness. a place where i could obsess over barbershop straws, debate the importance of stamps, change my mind about bridal party attire, and whine about the great ideas that will inevitably end up in my wedding inspiration graveyard.
2009 has been an absolutely...

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nothing “mad” about this

i think my heart stopped when i spotted this photo from the wedding of mad men’s chistina hendrick (you should know that daniel is the one who first saw it and then told me to go look… yup, he follows bridal blogs too!)
the looks these bridesmaids are sporting are simply divine. no matching dresses, no...

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happy holidays!

i was hoping to keep the blogging up during the holiday season, but my (very welcome) lack of regular connection with my computer has made it tough for me to do so. this means i’m actually relaxing though, which is good! daniel and i are heading down my hometown for the next 10 days or...

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davina stewart

good afternoon! i know this is an unusual time for me to be blogging, but i have to say, i’ve only just gotten around to putting the photos from yesterday together and i’ve been awfully slow all day! last night was great; it was so nice to be around all our photographers where we could...

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extreme makeover: picture this edition

do you recognize me? i’ve undergone a bit of a transformation, courtesy of my lovely man, daniel. i wasn’t feeling the old look so he came in and made my dreams come true with a new logo. you like?
i’m cooking all day today for a party we’re throwing for our employees (so far i’ve burned...

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pimp my cupcake

cupcakes are big right now (not literally; i mean they are very popular) in lieu of a traditional wedding cake or as part of a sweet table. with all the attention they’re getting, brides might want to consider making them even prettier with printed wrappers! this was the inspiration behind bella cupcakes and i think...

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a REAL mexican wedding

as you know, daniel and i are getting married in mexico. as you also know, our wedding theme/colors/inspiration has nothing to do with mexican culture; the country will simply be the setting. however, i think mexican culture is pretty amazing. daniel and i have traveled all over the place together (egypt, dubai, jamaica, thailand, israel,...

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some more perspective.

my lovely blog readers,
this morning, at 4am, my aunt lost her husband to cancer. if it weren’t awful enough, it is her second time going through this as 10 years ago, she lost her first husband to a different but equally debilitating form of cancer.
i woke up this morning with a strange feeling. i had...

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oh.em.gee…

you know what? forget a desert bar. what i want is an old-fashioned desert bookshelf. i console myself with the fact that this wasn’t from a wedding, but rather from a photoshoot for brides northern california magazine.

(via lisa lefkowitz, concept by gloria wong)
amazing, right? now how can i work this into the wedding theme…

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cuuuuute!

i adore these yellow, gray and white invites with the little flag detail. they are too cute for words. i’m also really loving that cursive font. oh and the thread that’s been sewn into it…
all of it. i want it.

(via ritsy bee)

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