The days of dyed to match shoes are coming to a screeching halt. More and more pictures are popping up with the bride or the maids wearing contrast shoes.  My personal favorite examples are the one's of daring brides with brightly colored toes peeking out of their antique white dresses.  Chelsea Petaja of Oh My Deer pulled this look off perfectly...{pictured below in yellow}.  If you prefer to keep your feet classic, then opt for your bridesmaids to wear a contrasting color to their dresses.  Your pictures will thank you!

Photography by: 

rows 1 & 2- Jose Villa

rows 3 & 4- via Amor.ology

While I was researching material for our first "Perfect Palettes" post, I ran across the blog First Comes Love...Amorology. I only had a finite amount of time to work on this project but when I landed on this blog I was sucked in..for hours. So instead of doing my laundry and walking my dogs I devoured their blog and website and fell head over heals. 

This wedding was one of my favorites that Amor.ology designed. The color palette is absolutely peachy keen...

Photography by: Natalie Norton

"Pixie Picks" will be a new series of posts that will feature fabulous finds, diy projects or fresh ideas that have our stamp of approval for your wedding day or fabulous affair.  

The first post of this series features a Save the Date we did for our clients, Ami & Kevin, who will marry this May. The event is being held at the incredible Montage Resort & Spa in Laguna Beach. We teamed up with the event designer, Kelly Meyer, to design a save the date that set the tone for the impending platinum event.  Kelly arranged for Elysium Productions to film video of Ami & Kevin's engagement photo shoot.  Elysium then edited the footage and created a video montage with a combination of still shots, video and  great music.  We designed the information cards with fancy ornaments and  packaged the DVD in our linear square pocketfolds. The guests were thrilled to receive a save the date with great information and a keepsake of the beautiful couple. 

Please CLICK HERE to view the amazing video created by Elysium Productions.

We think this is a great idea that all brides can implement. If you did not budget for a videographer to tag along on your engagement shoot, then ask your photographer to create a montage of the images they shoot and set it to your song of choice.  Hazelnut Photography has done a great job of this, check out her site for a super cool example. 

This idea is certainly not limited to save the dates and can also be used for wedding invitations & parties. Marsupial Papers has produced an digital invitation that sends chills up my spine. Please watch, enjoy & contact us if you want this to be your invitation!

We can not say enough wonderful things about this wedding....The unique color combination, the vintage/spanish feel, the lace table overlays and The Dress. Um, did you see the back of her dress? Stunning. It was not a surprise to us that the wedding turned out so gorgeous, Rebecca is an absolute doll with incredible taste. It was such a great pleasure to work with her. I am sure it also helped that she had Jennifer Johnson on her side and The Deering Estate as the backdrop of her fabulous affair. 

The Invitation: Modern Scroll

Photography by: Tim Co.

We want to first apologize for the lack of posts this week....we have been busy little bees with lots of orders to fill :) We have several yummy real weddings to post, so please be sure to check back.

We had a great time at the Soolip Wedding Event and wanted to share some photos taken by the adorable gals from Junebug Weddings. A huge thank you to Kelly Meyer for taking us to the event and introducing us to some of the best wedding pros out there. Enjoy the pictures and please stop by What Junebug Loves for a great re-cap.