Arizona Wedding by Sloan Photographers

Angie Sloan was nice enough to allow us to feature this adorable couple today. Thanks Angie!

I love everything about these photographs. The bride is adorable, the groom is handsome, bow tie, short dress, cactus, arizona, leaves, yellow! Some of my favorite things! The bride's hairpiece is from Mignonne Handmade. They make really beautiful hairpieces for brides...so you should probably get one.

A lot of you in the poll said you were having a hard time picking a photographer, well California brides, look no further! The Sloans are so wonderful. They are great people who are easy to get along with, and have amazing talent to boot!

The first image melts my heart.

Thanks!

We wanted to thank you, our readers, for being our readers! For sticking with us through the slow months, and the dead months as we've been trying to figure out this being moms, photographers, designers, and bloggers thing.

I came across these adorable cards from Rifle Paper Co. this week and just HAD to have them. They also make really darling wedding invites. But I already have too many thank you cards, so I'm giving them to you! One lucky reader will win an 8 pack of these adorable cards! Just leave a comment with your email, and which one you love the most. I know, it's hard to pick just one. The giveaway ends saturday evening at 8 p.m. EST, so be sure to enter soon!

Spring Wedding Inspiration

I just wanted to give you all a little taste of what we're (Kirsten and I) working on. This is the inspiration board we've been working from. This gorgeous styled inspiration shoot will be coming your way in March!

I just love a good snappy green and white. So fresh.

Succulent. Adjective and Noun.

I love this trend we're seeing a lot of this year, succulents!

They're such a quirky plant, with so much character it's hard not to adore them. Here are some of my favorite uses...

Thanks to The Inspired Bride, you guys can make your own succulent boutonnieres! Go to their (adorable) blog for the rest of the instructions.

Rebecca.

photo credits: fototails, jennifer williams, john partridge, sarah yates, and jackie wonders

saja gowns

I am in LOVE with these dresses! OnceWed has just announced a boutique shop through their blog and the dresses are to die for. And the best part? They're all under $1200. Dream. These two are my favorites, I love clean and simple. The photography for the shop is also so so beautiful, thanks to the amazing Jose Villa and Oh Darling Photo.

cheers!

Rebecca

Friday Find

So I've decided that fridays will now be for our favorite "find" of the week, as in something new and amazing and wonderful we've discovered during the week. This week it's the photo+video team of stop.go.love. I love their unique style, and the great angles they use. The stop.go.love. team is from the Boston area. They are rockstars. See for yourself.

Josh & Sara Hester Trailer from stopgolove on Vimeo.

Wedding Signs That Rock

Couples lately have been abandoning the tradition of getting married under an arbor and having custom signs made that reflect their personalities. There are a lot of sellers on etsy making custom signs and plenty to choose from on google, or why not make one yourself?

Here are some of our favorites from around the interwebs.

images courtey: jonas peterson and kyle hale

Fall Colors Inspiration Board

I fell in love with this color combo today, and why wouldn't I? They are perfection! Why should fall colors have to be dull or drab? I love fall and I love color, so they should go hand in hand.

images courtesy of:

justin hackworth

suzie q

sloan photographers

mark brooke

kyle hale

elizabeth messina

forage bow ties

martha stewart weddings

"say no to the rented tux"

Our twitter friend and talented photographer, Caroline Fontenot has started a side blog apart from her wonderful photography blog, dedicated to the sole purpose of getting grooms to STOP RENTING TUXES. AMEN! Thank you Caroline! There are just so many other much MUCH better options for helping your man look his best. Let's face it, if he looks bad, you look bad. I could pull up a hundred, maybe even a thousand examples of adorable brides whose ensembles are ruined by a dumpy looking (most likely rented) tux. Guys, think of it as an investment, you'll be able to wear your wedding outfit again unlike your bride. So don't be afraid to spend a little bit of money on it. Go check out Caroline's blog, she calls it "the funfetti". What's not to love? Who doesn't love funfetti cupcakes? Who doesn't like a good looking guy in a good looking suit...or vest....and bow tie? Click here to see fine wedding attire :)

photo credit: poser image

I'm Back! And a Darling Wedding From Oh Darling.

I have returned from the land of babies! No more baby bump for me. Thank goodness! It's nice to feel like myself again and have the energy to do things. And it's so amazing being a mom, I love it. Christopher is so cute and makes me smile, almost every minute of the day. He's great, if you want to hear more about him and SEE him, check out my photography blog. He's taken it over. haha

BUT NOW! I am going to be blogging on a more regular basis, starting with the adorable NYC wedding of Melanie and Jesse from the equally adorable husband and wife team of Oh Darling! Photography. They do an amazing job capturing events, we love them. How much do you love that bride's dress though? A lot?

And as always we love to see submissions from our readers, whether you are a photographer, coordinator, a bride, or just a wedding obsessed reader. Send them our way!

just a whole lot of awesomeness.

i've been compiling little things i've found all over for the past week.
here it is.
all of it :)





love the claw foot tub as giant cooler found via Ruffled Blog



adore this lacy short dress, especially cute because her mom wore it 30 years earlier- also from Ruffled Blog


i love a streamer background [and can you get a more budget-friendly option?! it's perfect] found via Rock n Roll Bride


i love it when you can tell a bride and groom dressed in a way that's totally THEM, whatever that might be [not what they're wedding planner suggested] a gorgeous shot from Amelia Lyon Photography *as a personal note, i bought nic some chucks to wear for our last reception. I bought them for him nearly 3 years before we got married so they could be perfectly broken in. I bought some for me at the same time for the same reason- we both totally forgot about it and never wore them at our wedding. SO SAD! that's what we get for planning 3 years ahead I guess :)

DIY Wednesday!

So instead of picking just ONE amazing DIY project for you guys this wednesday, I found a bunch! Head on over to The Wedding Chicks blog, they have a whole section filled with amazing DIY projects that are super easy, modern, and adorable. Place cards, menus, paper flowers, and fake mustaches (my faves) can all be found there. So go!

Take me there!

nerdy engagements

and when i say nerdy i mean nerdy in the BEST WAY EVER! i aboslutely adore this gorgeous couple captured by ben blood. i especially love their cloud/rainbow sweater combo and the chalkboard images. so so so so cute.

these last 2 are my faves. i'm dying over adorableness.