I love vintage, I love travel, and I love weddings. So today’s styled shoot sent to me by Tiffany Walsh with Wedding 101 Nashville is pretty much a no brainer. I’m a big fan of vintage globes and maps, so the map paper airplanes, the maps decoupaged onto the plates, and the globe altar decor are hitting my sweet spot. (more…)
Month: February 2013
{Inspiration Board} Trend for Spring: Pretty Pastels
This week I’m sharing some inspiration in lover.ly’s newsletter for ways to make your wedding YOU, and on their blog with a bundle of pretty pastel inspiration. I was so inspired bundling pastels for my spring trend post that I decided to create an inspiration board to share with you all.
The mint trend continues for spring, but gives way to a whole spectrum of pretty pale shades. Pick a couple of your favorites or mix and match a whole bunch. There’s lots of fab ways to do pastel. Go over to lover.ly’s blog today to see my full post! And while you’re there, check out their pretty new look! LOVING it.
Do you love these soft hues as much as I do? Are they making you long for spring? If so, check out this pretty pastel bridal shoot, this gorgeous mint + pink wedding, and the links in the photo credits below for more original pastel features on Oh Lovely Day.
{photo credits} cake & macarons | pastel bridesmaids | bouquet | place setting | paper lanterns | mint bridesmaids | stained glass window all via lover.ly
{Real Wedding} Nathalie & JJ: Modern & Quirky DIY Wedding at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum
There is so much I love about today’s incredibly unique wedding. It’s the perfect blend of quirky and elegant: the venue, the bride’s gorgeous emerald gown, the personality infused in every detail. But what I love most are the bride’s own words about how the couple made their day THEM. (more…)
Have You Discovered Loverly Yet?
Hi Lovelies! Happy Monday to you all. Were you up late watching the super long Oscars like we were? What did you think? There were so many wonderful films and performances this year that it was hard to pick a favorite. But I did have a favorite best dressed – Naomi Watts in her gunmetal sequin gown was stunning (she also probably deserved the Oscar the most – if you saw The Impossible you know what I’m talking about!) I also loved Amy Adams gorgeous ballgown, Reese Witherspoon’s hair, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain…(you already know this if you follow me on instagram so sorry to be repetitive) Who was your favorite?
So, have you heard about lover.ly yet? I put it on my Top 10 Websites to help with your wedding planning, and I’m always over there bundling (see my bundles in the photo below)! It’s THE search engine for weddings and such a great tool for wedding planning and inspiration! But just in case you haven’t, here’s a little education for ya.
What is Lover.ly?
LOVER.LY IS THE HEART OF WEDDINGS
It’s a highly visual inspiration engine designed to help brides discover ideas, people to hire, and things to buy. It makes finding beautiful wedding inspiration and products easier to find than ever!
How can I use Lover.ly? How can’t you!?
- SEARCH – Lover.ly is a visual search engine for weddings. Find inspiring images, things to buy, and vendors to hire for your wedding, all by searching exactly what you’re looking for. Looking for sweet wedding shoes? Head to the search bar at the top of the site and search shoes. Ideas for a candy buffet? Search candy buffet. Great bridesmaids’ dresses to buy or rent? …You guessed it…search bridesmaids dress.
- SAVE – Save all your favorite images and products into Bundles you dream up and create. Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your perfect wedding-day look, reception decor, engagement shoot ideas, favorite color schemes…create unlimited bundles where you can save all your favorite images you find in the Lover.ly inspiration engine. Once signed in, you can access your bundles in the dropdown in the upper-right hand corner of the site.
- SHARE – easily share your bundles via email to your bridesmaids, wedding planner, mom, friends, or anyone who is helping you plan your wedding via the email button at the top right hand corner of any images on the site, or any of your bundles. Easily share your inspiration to Facebook and Twitter, too!
- SHOP – Find gorgeous things for your wedding that you can buy (or rent!) Any image with a “shop” or “rent” banner signifies an item that you can buy or rent RIGHT NOW. Not sure if you’re ready to pull the trigger? Save the item into any one of your bundles to see how it stacks up against the current look of your wedding you’re going for!
How can Lover.ly help me plan my wedding?
MY STYLE – Lost in a sea of wedding details and not sure where to start? We’re here to help! Log in to Lover.ly, click on the MY STYLE tab and take the Style Quiz…we’ll quickly recommend you beautiful inspiration and things you can buy/rent for your wedding based on your style preferences. This section is updated daily with personalized inspiration just for you, so swing by often!
POPULAR – Check out what’s popular today in weddings! Head to the POPULAR tab to see what images and products other brides and wedding vendors are bundling, saving, and sharing.
CATEGORIES – Looking for a specific wedding detail? Check out our 24 meticulously organized CATEGORIES to find that perfect detail for your wedding.
So if you haven’t signed up yet, head over to lover.ly and get started! You can find Oh Lovely Day there 🙂
Soaked Oats Recipe + Food to Love
Happy Friday, and welcome to our first official Lovely Ever After post! In case you missed the announcement, Oh Lovely Day is starting a weekly series called Lovely Ever After. Inspired by my post-wedding days, especially my time as a mother, I want to share inspiration and tips for newlyweds, nesting, entertaining, and all things baby. A lot of focus will be put on practical tips and real stories from myself and other mothers, and I’ll be asking my momma friends and favorite mom bloggers to help out as well. I’ll definitely be sharing my story and what I’ve learned along the way, including my struggle with postpartum depression, nursing, sleep training, feeding a picky toddler, and many other things that I wish I had heard someone else talk about while I was going through it myself. But today my friend Rachelle of Wiley Valentine is sharing a favorite healthy recipe with us that is sure to please even the pickiest eaters in your family. Rachelle writes a regular Mom Monday series that I love and also recently started Food to Love, an empowering workshop giving parents the knowledge and tools to feed their families with love. Since I’ve struggled with a picky toddler myself, this post is especially helpful for parents like me. Take it away, Rachelle! (more…)
{Real Wedding} Christine & Andrew: Totally Handmade + Unique North Carolina Wedding
You know how I always say “make it you?” Well, this couple truly took that to heart while planning their own wedding. After strongly resisting the urge to elope, this couple decided if they were going to have a wedding, they were going to do it their way and really tailor it to reflect who they were as a couple. And while they infused it with all handmade details, fun elements, and other things they loved, they really put their ceremony at the forefront of their day (which seems to be less and less common these days).
What WE think made our wedding MOST unique, is that we really tried to make the CEREMONY the main event. Often times, the ceremony seems to be a quick 20 minute generic service, and the reception is where it’s at. Don’t get us wrong, our reception was fun, but we wanted to make sure that no one forgot the REAL reason we were all gathered… to make a covenant. We really wanted to use our wedding as a tool to witness to and involve our friends and family in our marriage… and we think, at least we hope, that was accomplished… it definitely impacted us, to say the least.
Our wedding was a mix of rustic (Andrew) and vintage (Christine) and if it wasn’t handmade by us, it was bought from a handmade shop on Etsy. The music was all hand picked from our iPod, with selections from All Sons and Daughters, Gungor, Rend Collective Experiment, JJ Heller, Phil Whickham, Andrew Peterson, etc. The ceremony and reception, both took place in an old Rock Quarry… we had a bonfire lit and our favors were S’mores kits… and we even jumped off a cliff, into the water, in our wedding clothes! (with life jackets too, of course).
I love that they put their emphasis on the ceremony, which is something my husband and I tried to do as well. If you aren’t having a religious ceremony in a church or house of worship it is really up to the couple to build the ceremony they want. This couple added their own ideas; my husband and I wrote our own ceremony that included a ringwarming to make ours personal.
Plus, the handmade details, mustard yellow color palette, and gorgeous lace bridal gown are fabulous too 🙂 Congrats to this sweet couple!
{Vendors} Photographer: Nathan Abplanalp Photography / Venue: Carrigan Farms / Invitation Designer: Gartner Studios / Paper goods: ABandIG / DJ: All The Right Grooves / Makeup Artist: Who’s The Fairest? / Jewelry: ArtCarved / Veils and headpieces: Birdcage Veil Store