Awesome Giveaway!

Lavender and Lilies is offering a great Friday giveaway opportunity! She is featuring Stacey with Petite de Lis Papiere and some of her amazing personalized stationery! I'm a big fan of Petite de Lis because her products are top quality and she has great pride in what she does! Click on over and show your love TODAY!

It's YOUR day!

Odds are your guests have been to weddings and events before, so set your soiree apart with the details!

A creative trick to establishing a truly personalized affair is to add a monogram to various aspects of your event. Have fun with it!

Personalized Metal Bucket $18.00

Monogrammed Bridal Veil $165.00

Personalized Wine Bottles

Cake Table Runner $40.00

Monogrammed Parasol $40.00

Personalized Aisle Runner $50.00

Monogram Cake Topper $34.99

Sparkler Holders

Dance Floor Decal $45.00

Favor Tags

{Bliss Board} Backyard Wedding

I love french-inspired, shabby-chic, Spring garden, backyard weddings! The possibilities are truly endless! I threw together this inspiration board for a friend thinking of having such an event next Spring.

Let me know what you think!

{Inspiration} Some Tasty Color!

Although classic and stunning, your wedding cake doesn't have to be limited to the traditional white fondant or buttercream. Get creative and add some color! The Groom's Cake doesn't have to be the only fun cake at the reception!

Couture Cakes, LLC

Ambrosia Bakery

Cake Goddess, LLC

Couture Cakes, LLC

Ambrosia Bakery

I love how the bride used a mirror underneath...what depth!

Couture Cakes, LLC

{Inspiration} Celebrating America!

As July 4th quickly approaches, I thought that I would post some great pictures I've found online to inspire your own celebration!

P is for Party's Kid Friendly Table

TomKat Studio's Fabulous Printables

Inspiration Board on Birthday Girl

Treats and Goodie Bags at The PolkaDot Giraffe

Are you proud of your patriotic designs?

Send them my way and I'll feature you!

The Art of Thanking

I adore paper and the etiquette of written correspondence. Although I love the digital age we live in, I wish we were a society that still appreciated a well-crafted, hand-written note! Fortunately, the wedding scene still encourages the hand-written thank you card tradition! Yet another reason I love weddings!

Etiquette dictates that you have approximately two weeks after receiving the gift to send your thank you card. I personally agree with this tradition for your pre-wedding parties but think you have a little more time after the big day. Try to get your wedding thank-you cards out before you hit your three-month anniversary.

When writing your thank-you notes, remember to mention what you are thanking them for and how you intend to use it. This can help you get started if you have writer's block! We absolutely adore the silver fleur de lis tray and cannot wait to serve Chris' homemade bread on it at our next dinner party! I also like to close with a nice sentence or two about how much the recipient means to me and how much I appreciate them. Emily Post reminds us to be sincere and to use expressions that come naturally, writing as though you are conversing with the recipient.

Again, I love paper so I adore personalized and fun stationery! These are some fun ones that I found:

Petite de Lis Papiere

Captured Moments by Amy Leigh's Etsy Shop

Itsy Bitsy Paper's Etsy Shop

Tickled Pink Papiere's Etsy Shop

Silhouette Blue's Etsy Shop

Everyday Grace's Etsy Shop

Don't these beautiful colors and designs just make you want to sit down and write everyone you know a little note!

{Bliss Board} Vintage Wedding Blues

One of my brides is dreaming of a 1940s bash for her big day filled with navy and light blue. How fab, right? I am really excited about her vision so I went on a search for inspiration and created this board:

Let me know what you think!