Unusually Fine + A Contest

Two pieces of extra good news:
ONE: My won­der­ful pho­tog­ra­pher, Margaret Singer, has teamed up with another won­der­ful pho­tog­ra­pher, Max Freeman, to form Unusually Fine. I absolutely love their story and you will too. Don’t believe me? Watch this lit­tle video.



TWO: And in pos­si­bly even big­ger news, the newly estab­lished duo is run­ning a con­test. One lucky New York cou­ple will receive an enor­mous pho­tog­ra­phy pack­age for free, 110% free in fact. All you have to do is send them your love story and a snap­shot (more details here) by March 12th. How amaz­ing is that? Pretty amaz­ing, if you ask me. So spread the word!

Ceramic Bows

I have no idea what I would do with these ceramic and wood veneer bows by Christine Buckton Tillman, but I want one in every color.

Christine Buckton Tillman Ceramic Bows

via Where the Lovely Things Are

This Will be Our Year

I ran­domly came across this song when I was brows­ing through Hi Fi wed­dings (have you heard of them? It’s a really great site. But more on that later.) This Will Be Our Year, by the Zombies is an oldie, and one of those songs that imme­di­ately felt famil­iar. Like I’ve heard it a mil­lion times before and didn’t know it. I can’t lis­ten to it with­out get­ting weepy — which prob­a­bly also has to do with the endear­ing old Super 8 fam­ily movies this ver­sion accom­pa­nies. But the lyrics just really speak to me. They’re sim­ple and sweet and uplift­ing. I thought it could def­i­nitely be a first dance song con­tender. (It’s also short, which is a good thing, as nei­ther one of us is crazy about a mil­lion eyes star­ing at us dancing.)

In the end we ended up decid­ing on another song for the first dance, but I really wanted this song to be worked in some­where. So we even­tu­ally decided that this one would be per­fect for the cer­e­mony reces­sional. We’ve only really picked out a hand­ful of songs for our music so far, but every lit­tle detail is mak­ing this whole thing feel more real and more com­plete. July can’t come soon enough!

Peaches ‘n Cream

Well it’s about time for a new inspi­ra­tion board. I really wish I had time to do more of these, they’re just so much fun. I’m also enter­ing this into the Brooklyn Bride/Nelle con­test, so fin­gers crossed!

Peaches 'n Cream

Clockwise from top left: 1. Photograph by but­ton­mooOn, 2. Bridesmaids dress by sarah­seven, 3. Grooms attire by Emily G Photography via Marry You Me, 4. Letter S by Jeannie and Jewell, 5. Fabric from Calico Corners, 6. Flutter clutch by Nelle 7. Typography via Madewell, 8. Shoe photo by love life images, 9. Flowers by Saipua

Flores del Sol

If you’re look­ing for unique table décor for your wed­ding, Flores del Sol’s arrange­ments may be an option. All of her cre­ations are made with pro­fes­sion­ally pre­served flow­ers and moss, so they would last long after the recep­tion. Another plus.

Flores del Sol 01

Flores del Sol 01

Flores del Sol 01

Flores del Sol 01

There are new designs on the way, so you can also fol­low her blog to stay up-to-date.

5 Month Check-In

Yesterday marked the fact that we are another month closer to the wed­ding so it’s time for a check-in. Here is where we are on last month’s checklist:

  • Find a spot for the rehearsal din­ner (almost booked)
  • Book and plan our hon­ey­moon (decided on a loca­tion: Hawaii!)
  • Find an officiant
  • Design our invi­ta­tions (just begin­ning this…)
  • Finish our wed­ding website

And here’s what we’re adding to the list this next month:

  • Research and book hair and make-up
  • Start putting together our playlist for the DJ
  • Start some of our DIY projects

So we def­i­nitely need to fin­ish up every­thing from last month, and also get a few new things done. I’ve always heard that when plan­ning a wed­ding you’re really busy the first few months, and then totally relaxed until about a month before. Totally not the case for us. It’s prob­a­bly self-imposted since we’re tak­ing on so many DIY projects and design­ing all of our paper goods our­selves, but still. I’d like to avoid being a nut­case the last month (if that’s even pos­si­ble) so I’m try­ing to space all the projects out and do a cou­ple each month. Any other DIY/designer brides out there? How did you get every­thing done?

Wedding Book Week

I posted about Good Stock’s wed­ding book week last year. But in case you missed it, the time has come around again. Each day the tal­ented peo­ple at Good Stock will fea­ture one of their cus­tom made wed­ding books on their blog. These aren’t just any wed­ding albums. Their one-of-a-kind, care­fully crafted designs are keep­sakes that will with­out a doubt become pre­cious heir­looms. Take a look right here.

Wedding Book Week 01

Wedding Book Week 02

Wedding Book Week 03

Wedding Book Week 04

Invitation du Jour

This has been all over the blogs lately, but I couldn’t not book­mark it. Kate Arendssave the dates are, in my opin­ion, per­fec­tion. I love the for­mat, the gor­geously detailed typog­ra­phy, the sim­ple and sophis­ti­cated color palette. I can’t wait to see how the rest of her wed­ding sta­tionery turns out.

IDJ: Kate Arends

IDJ: Kate Arends

IDJ: Kate Arends

IDJ: Kate Arends

Kate is also her guest blog­ging over at Clover & Bee so you can fol­low her wed­ding plans there as well.

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday

I real­ize Monday’s draw­ing to a close at this point, but I wanted to pop in on my day off to say “Hi” to any read­ers who’ve come over from 100 layer cake today! In case you aren’t aware, I will be guest post­ing over there all this week about my cur­rent plan­ning dilem­mas and the inspi­ra­tion I’m draw­ing from to make deci­sions. Be on the look­out for an extra spe­cial post on Thursday!

So did every­one have a good Valentine’s day? We decided to skip gifts and stay in this year, since sav­ing for the wed­ding and hon­ey­moon is our top pri­or­ity. So we cooked, relaxed and made the most deli­cious dessert (as you can see above), Chocolate and Puffed Grain morsels from Sprouted Kitchen. They were super easy to make and super easy to eat, which is prob­a­bly not exactly a good thing. In any case, we both highly rec­om­mend the recipe.

I’ll be back tomor­row with some more fun posts. Enjoy the rest of your day off if you’ve had one!

Introducing: Seamless Paperie!

Seamless Paperie

So here’s the big news I hinted at ear­lier… We’re incred­i­bly excited to offi­cially announce the pre-launch of Seamless Paperie!

While we work on com­plet­ing the site you can browse through a few of our recent projects. And in the com­ing months we plan to offer a set of cus­tomiz­able invi­ta­tion suites in addi­tion to our cus­tom work. If you’re inter­ested in hear­ing more about the full launch, make sure to sign up for our mail­ing list or fol­low head vs. heart. We’ve got big plans!