I was poking around on Offbeat bride the other day and came across a link to this incredibly talented woman who creates fascinators and veils. I just have to say WOW and where can I go where I can wear one of these??
If you are looking for an alternative to the traditional veil, you might want to consider one of these. I wish I saw these 12 years ago when I got hitched. So beautiful.
Brrrrr. It’s freezing here.(-21 C ) I’ve had enough of winter already! Because I am so cold today, I decided to look up scarves to help me feel a bit warmer. I came across the seller Fashionidea and all I can say is wow! These scarves are just gorgeous. I have crochet envy. These are not your normal everyday scarves. They are works of art. Enjoy!
One of my favorite blogs for wedding inspirataion is Once Wed. It has a clean modern design which I love and it’s full of very inspiring weddings, diy ideas and just neat stuff.
I thought I would share a few photos of Amber & Jeff’s wedding , a very cool wedding that is featured on Once Wed. Be sure to check the site out for yourself. I’m sure it it will become one of your favourite sites too!
What a great idea for Save the Dates!
Fun invitations.
Place cards.
Brianna from Well Spun Wedding Films sent me an e-mail the other day to let me know about their fabulous vintage-style wedding films. When I saw their work I instantly fell in love. I wish I had something like this to remember my wedding day.
They’re in Philadelphia, PA and also offer their services in DC, New York City, Boston, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and LA.
I’ve included some images from their work in this post, but be sure to check out the gallery on their site to get a real sense of how fun and funky their films are.
Recently I was in a store in London (Ontario) called Over Her Shoulder. It’s a whole store dedicated to one of my favourite things… Handbags! I could spend hours in there just looking at all of the different handbags. I saw some bags from Harveys and thought I would share. Very cool, handbags made from seatbelts. I’m sure they would last forever! If you are ever in London or Port Perry, be sure to stop in to Over Her Shoulder.
The Wedding Show is on this weekend at the Carlu in Toronto. This is my favourite wedding event of the year, because you’re able to talk one-on-one with wedding experts in a beautiful, intimate setting. I’m not able to exhibit this year, but if you’re planning a wedding and you want to meet some of the most creative vendors in the Toronto area, this is an event you won’t want to miss.
To receive $3 off your tickets, order online and quote TWS09 for your discount.
The Details
Friday, January 9 5pm-9pm
Saturday, January 10 10am-6pm
Sunday, January 11 10am-5pm
The CARLU
444 Yonge Street, Seventh Floor
Anyone who knows me knows that I heart cupcakes! I thought it would be a good start to Yummy Stuff Mondays to showcase some gorgeous cupcakes.
There is a ton of Cupcake porn on the internet. I thought I would showcase some of the delicious cupcakes that I’ve had the pleasure of sampling.
Melissa and Mike tied the knot on 06.07.08, at the Park Hyatt. From the looks of their photos, they had a beautiful wedding.
We created the black and white with a hint of red, favours for their wedding. Inside the cute Chinese food containers were 2 personalized fortune cookies. One was the traditional vanilla flavour and the other was chocolate. The fortune inside read, “Thank you for sharing our special day. Mike & Melissa 06.07.08″
Thank you to Mike and Melissa for sharing these stunning photos with us. All photos were taken by Catherine Farquharson of Documentographer.
Congratulations Mike and Melissa!
You might remember Julia & Joey from a previous post- “Julie’s Perfect Pink Shower”. Julie was kind enough to send me some of the professional pictures from her wedding. All of these gorgeous photos were taken by Mimmo+Naz.
Julie & Joey had their reception at The Eglington Grand , a beautiful art deco style movie theatre that has been revamped into a gorgeous venue for weddings and other special occasions.
In keeping with the movie theatre theme, Julia and Joey gave fun old fashioned popcorn boxes filled with popcorn as a favour to their guests. The favours also served as placecards. Instead of using numbers, each table was named after one of the couples favourite movies. A label with the guests names, and table was used to close the bag of popcorn. We created the labels to go with the design from the invitation.
I’m sure you will agree that Julie & Joey make a stunning couple!
Congratulations to Julie & Joey! May your lives be filled with much love and happiness! It was a pleasure working with you.
I have a family picnic this weekend and I’m going to make some cupcakes to take. I was looking around for some ideas for decorating my cupcakes and I found these gorgeous cupcake wrappers on one of my favourite blogs, Cupcakes take the cake.
They would make stunning wedding cupcakes. They are available in tons of designs like princess crowns and dinosaurs – perfect for a kids birthday party. They are available from Paper Orchid Stationery.
Now I’m looking for an excuse to make cupcakes and use these beautiful wrappers.
Karen Smallbone is the owner and creative visionary behind Karensmallbone.com. She has a background in fine art and studied Visual Merchandising at Sheridan College in Oakville. Karen began her merchandising career creating displays, planning tradeshows and "making things look pretty" at Royal Doulton.
After leaving her merchandising career to become a stay at home mom and domestic goddess, Karen missed creating beautiful things to share with people.
In December 2005 Karensmallbone.com launched and Karen is able to once again share her creative ideas with anyone who is looking for something beautiful to give to their guests.
