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{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  Are you excited for the weekend?  I’ve got a long to-do list for this weekend (isn’t that always the case though?), but I know I’ll definitely be fitting in time to go to a movie with my husband.  He’s been waiting for this particular movie to come out all summer!  But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

And in case you missed it, a few favorite posts from this week!

That’s it for me this week!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!

{photo by raffaella via miss moss}

Spanish Garden Party Save the Dates

Alejandra is planning a vintage-inspired Spanish garden party wedding, and she was kind enough to send over photos of her Save the Dates!  Alejandra was inspired by one of my earlier posts (yay!) to incorporate papel picado-inspired details using bold accent colors:

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From Alejandra: We are having our wedding in a venue with European architecture with an indoor garden, tons of light coming in, and during brunch.  Being a Latina myself, I wanted my colors to be bold and playful, all the while containing an elegant and classic touch.  After much consideration, I decided that my two main colors would be red and teal.

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Alejandra’s Save the Dates were a DIY labor of love — she printed them herself on cardstock and then added some texture by using rubber stamps, embossing powder, and a heat gun from Paper Source.

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Love, love, love the gorgeous and bold aqua and red color palette — and that Alejandra used rubber stamps to create the perfect design for her vintage-inspired Spanish garden wedding!  Alejandra is currently working on her wedding invitations, which I absolutely cannot wait to see.  In the meantime, you can follow along with her wedding planning process on her blog, Oops I’m in Love.

{image credits: Alejandra Amador}

Red + Aqua Papel Picado Wedding Invitations

Good morning!  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend!  I’m slowly easing back into my normal routine, and to help with that process I thought I’d feature a wedding invitation suite that is easily one of the most beautiful I’ve seen in a long time — these gorgeous papel picado wedding invitations by Parrott Design Studio:

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Sarah designed these letterpress wedding invitations for a bride with a serious love for design and textiles.  In addition to the beautiful papel picado banner (note the wedding date in the hearts below!), Sarah lined the back of the invitations with a stylized version of a Liberty of London print and contrasted Crystal Kluge’s lovely Nelly Script with a modern sans serif font:

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To complement the color palette of the invitation suite, the envelopes were lined with vintage oceanic maps in soft blue and aqua hues:

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Gorgeous, right?  Check out the rest of the story and inspiration sources behind these wedding invitations right here!

{image credits: Parrott Design Studio}

Save the Date Contest Finalists {Part 2}

As promised, I have more inspiration boards from the finalists of the Save the Date contest from Delphine!  Here are the next three finalists (again, in no particular order):


Kate S: Design: Meeting Street;  Ink Colors: Crimson and Freesia
My fiance and I had our entire wedding planned in my native New York City, but the economy has taken its toll and we have had to cancel our plans and move everything to my moms backyard in Westchester, NY. Its even more exciting now as we are planning a very communal wedding, asking friends and family to contribute towards the day in lieu of gifts. The style of the wedding is going to be very outdoorsy and whimsical, with a vintage feel. We are going to have a 1930's style band, elegant dresses, men in straw hats and floral prints – a sort of hippie meets glamour evening. Since I love color so much its hard to narrow them down for a theme, but red and yellow have always been my favorite combination, they shouldn't work together but they just do!
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image sources, from left to right: hair piece via ban.do; Save the Date card via Delphine; cake via MS Weddings; backyard viaLittle Winter Bride; bouquet via New York Magazine; papel picado banner via Ay mujer; boutonniere via Something Old, Something New


Libby: Design: Savannah;  Ink Colors: Two-tone greens (like
key lime and palm)

My fiance, Lee, and I live in Providence, RI, but are getting married next May in Fairhope, Alabama (close to my family and friends). Lee and I are having to pay for the majority of the wedding, and because of extra costs such as traveling and hotels, our budget is tight. I feel that the Savannah style fits perfectly with my wedding. We are getting married at The Fairhope Inn. It is a small charming bed and breakfast and restaurant in Fairhope, AL. We will have both the ceremony and the reception in the garden courtyard. I want my wedding to be fun and springy and green and fresh. I love botanical anything, and I love, love the Savannah invitations and Save the Dates! They would fit so perfectly with the theme!

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image sources, from left to right: Save the Date via Delphine; centerpiece via Style Me Pretty; bridesmaid dress via J Crew; shoes via Style Me pretty; sparklers via events wholesale; dress via Once Wed; bouquet via Style Me Pretty; centerpieces via MS Weddings

Lindsay: Design: The Robin Collection;  Ink Colors: Tangerine +
Chocolate. 

Lindsay and her fiancé are planning a wedding that reflects their memories of a trip to Napa Valley, California, where they were engaged:

We chose the Fairmont Copley as our venue because of its beautiful architecture, intricate gold detailing and cozy, warm ambiance. We picked the month of October for its rich autumn hues and seasonal food offerings. From there we began focusing on the little details: stacked corks to hold the seating cards, wooden wine crates to give depth and height to our antipasto display, olive oil favors to honor my fiancé's Greek heritage. We started thinking about the flowers; clustered vases with full garden roses, submerged orchids, dripping crystals and floating candles. We want our wedding to reflect the romance and beauty of the California vineyards. We see the candlelight as being reminiscent of the wine cellars with their antique candelabras and cool cement walls. The colors that we chose; gold, champagne, ivory, peach and cream play to the peaceful elegance of the area and the cascading crystals add that sexiness that permeates everything in Napa Valley.


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image sources, from left to right: sunlight photo via flickr; invitation via Delphine; boutonniere via Style Me Pretty; Pumpkin
Soup here; wine cellar via flickr; dress via Style Me Pretty; flowers via the knot; vineyard via National Geographic; flowers and escort cards via the knot; submerged flowers via Style Me Pretty; cake via Southern Weddings; bridesmaid dress by Jim Hjelm; Lindsay's venue, the Venetian Room.
I've got a few more finalist inspiration boards to post, so if you entered the contest, check back tomorrow morning!

{papel picado papercuts}

I'm loving these fun, and super-colorful, papel picado papercuts from Etsy seller Ay Mujer!:

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Even if these are a bit late for Cinco de Mayo, they would make a lovely decoration for any fiesta-themed wedding or party.   And, as if the banners weren't enough, Ay Mujer! also offers papel picado papercut invitations:

I love those invitations, and the "So Happy Together" banner with the two little owls is just too cute.  Check out the full selection in the Ay Mujer! etsy shop right here.

 

{images via Ay Mujer!}