lovely vintge inspirations

I am completely inspired by Grace Kelly, I love the feeling of the 30's, 40's,  and 50's but with modern twists. I can see it now, a beautiful spring day, muted soft colors, church ceremony followed by an outdoor tented family style recpetion- I envision something out of the Great Gatsby. Now all thats left is to find all the componets needed to make this a reality...let the fun begin!

I love this project that 100 Layer Cake did for Project Wedding, always love what I find on 100 Layer Cake. The vintage stamps and calligraphy start the theme off beautifully.

BEAutiful! I am in love with the calligraphy. I was interested to see how difficult it would be to find vintage stamps, in five minutes on Ebay I found a huge selection of great unused stamps...time to start collecting.

This amazing DIY vintage table number project from Project Wedding it beautiful and so budget friendly.

I found this invite on Modern Girl Invitations and I love the simplicity and elegance of it, with lots of colors to choose from. Not bad on the budget either, $220 for 100.

 And for my absolute favorite find of the day, something I MUST have...

Vintage hankies for the save the dates from Lucky Luxe...wow!

the "perfect" cake; does it exsist?

So I have looked at hundreds, probally thousands of cakes and I have never found the "perfect" cake, the one that I look at and say "that is the epitome of what I have dreamed of, that is the ONE". I have on the other hand found a few that I "love-like", I do know that I have a list of must haves for the ONE.

• round (I hate square)
• tall (I only plan on having 100 guests, but a few fake layers to add heigth never hurt anyone)
• Fondant (no buttercream)
• Simple, classic
• flowers somewhere
• nothing to busy
• Lace detailing ideally somewhere

A few I "like"...could really use some help in this area. I love looking at cakes and I find tons that I love and it seems to fit others so well but nothing yet that screams "S&D" (our initials), he thinks im crazy as long as it tastes good he is content.

I love the antique borach, nice touch

I love the idea of using only white and ivory as my main colors this cake is simplistic, classic and modern all in one

LOVE LOVE this cake!

not to crazy about the piping to busy for me but love the bow

simple

I love the idea of a white/ivory weddig with black detailing, even more I love the idea of chocolate brown pops?

this cake speaks to me, it is beautiful, simple, modern yet has a classic feel to it

I do not like square cakes but this has a touch that I could live with. Understated beauty.

Loving Lace

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world. ~Douglas William Jerrold


Ever since I was a little girl I have had a fascination with weddings, anything and everything that there is to do with them. I was that little girl that dressed up in her best party dress on a Tuesday afternoon just to watch Kid's Incorporated and day dream about the "boy" that would one day sweep  me off my feet. As I have gotten older I have always loved looking for inspiration and thinking about what I will have down to every last detail on that special day. My love for anything and everything wedding stems out to even more than just weddings..I love fashion, design, color anything that gets me inspired or thinking. I hope to bring some inspiration to another "little girls" perfect day and to be inspired by others!


I have been running into a few dress designers lately that I had never heard of but that I am now in LOVE with, and I am even more in love with lace details.....

Martina Liana

I just love Martina Liana, her dresses are all so classic yet have modern twists. I also love her lace work....I personally think this dress is amazing. So Grace Kelly, I also am loving the easy change from ceremony to recpetion dress. No need to buy a second dress..genius!

Pockets- casual  but on this dress they are anything but! Classic, chic and practical!

Paloma Blanca

Simple silouettes and touches of lace...classic

Liancarlo

Again with the lace details...way to my heart

I love 100 Layer Cake I find myself browsing through this blog almost daily, the color boards are always amazing. I love this one, I feel like it would compliment the first Martina Liana dress perfectly with the lace and vintage feel. Any ideas?

I have never been to crazy about the idea of using green in my color palatte but the gold, silverspun and I would use a lighter color than lilac is a beautiful jumping off point. I think my biggest struggle will ulitmately be pinning down a color palatte that is cohesive, classic, elegant, and still has a little southern charm but without being "country" or "kitchy" or "casual"....grr I always gets frustrated when thinking about color schemes.