This GORGEOUS cake is from The ButterCream Studio in San Francisco! 

Isn’t it lovely???

{Source: Invitations from Two Paper Dolls; all other images from WeddingChannel.com}

I fell in love with these custom invitations by Two Paper Dolls and was inspired to do an orange, peach and ivory inspiration board. I love the warmth of this color combo…so romantic!

Perfect for a late summer wedding!

I planned my wedding before I had ever even laid eyes on a bridal blog, let alone had my fabulous twitter resources. I never dreamed that I could have worn some really bold colorful pumps. I thought my shoes had to match my dress perfectly. I know it sounds like I planned my wedding in the dark ages (it was only a year ago…lol) but lucky for me, I found these shoes…the LAST pair in a size 6 1/2…my size…on shoes.com. It was meant to be. 

How did you find…THE SHOES?

Wow. Two of my favorite bloggers were married this weekend. I am so super duper happy for them and am already dying to see the pics from the weddings! I have never met either of these lovely ladies but have followed their planning religiously. *tear*

CONGRATULATIONS

Mrs. $10,000 Wedding

Mrs. Broke-Ass Bride

We’re baaaaack!

We took off a few days from work and made the holiday weekend a mini getaway in Palm Springs! Our new tradition is to try a new hotel each time we go and this time it was the Movie Colony Hotel. It was exactly what we were looking for…rest and relaxation. This is a very small boutique hotel that only has 16 rooms and although the place could use a small face-lift, we had a great time. We had a terrace room overlooking the pool but we requested the room farthest from the street since we read that there was street noise on one side of the hotel (p.s. the street noise was not bad from any location as far as we could tell). The hotel has a complimentary continental breakfast spread that is included with your stay every morning from 9am to 11am as well as a wine happy hour each evening at 5pm. They also have beach cruisers that you can rent for free each day…we had a BLAST on the bikes. The Movie Colony Hotel is a really mellow low key, yet relaxing stay. It would definitely not work for a wedding location, but could be a relaxing honeymoon.

The GOOD: location, price, quaint 

The BAD: needs a little fixing up…tvs are old old old (maybe they are going for the fifties look…not flat screen), decor is a little ragged, towels/robes are so scratchy they feel like they were dried outdoors.

P.S. This hotel does not have any restaurants/bars on site and is not the place to go if you are looking for a party scene…BUT it is close to the downtown strip. 

BEAUTIFUL yellow and cream inspiration board from Snippet & Ink. 

Also an excuse to share my new shoes with you…he he

LOVE…the doggies of honor!

Two different weddings with two equally adorable doggies! These are from my girl, Amanda Lynn!

Did you include your pooch in your ceremony? Do tell…

As you may or may not know, I recently got my first mac! And now that I got it, I NEED NEED NEED or maybe its WANT WANT WANT the Microsoft Office 2008 for macs! SO imagine my surprise when I read that the fabulous Broke-Ass Bride is giving away 5 copies!!! I HAVE HAVE HAVE to WIN!!! If you already have it, maybe you can just comment on her blog on how badly I want to win….hey, it’s worth a try! he he. Contest ends 05/20/09…details here. 

Cup Koozies

Coffee Cozy

Get your bridesmaids custom Cup Koozies or Coffee Cozys from Pink Gasoline! Wouldn’t it be cute if you all had your starbucks coffees in matching wedding party koozies while getting your hair done?!?! Cute photo op too!

if i hadn’t already walked down the aisle…i think this could have been my dress.

seriously. i love it. jcrew, baby.