Its that time of year to reflect on all the good stuff in life… I know I’m particularly thankful to have this sweet puppy in my life, Ms. Mira. She’s a rescue, from Taiwan no less, and was rescued from the flood in 2009… I highly encourage adopting a rescue dog, they’re always the sweetest dogs. Two of my favorite dog rescues: DAWG & Labs and Buddies (you can also donate to help save a dog here and here). And of course, Happy Thanksgiving!

Congratulations to Stephanie Marie for winning the D*S book giveaway!

I’m in love with Design*Sponge at Home, so I thought a reader might like a copy too (seriously, its so well organized, so many different styles, awesome DIY, I could go on and on, but I won’t).

So here’s the details:

Leave a comment below about your favorite object or room in your home and why.

Comments must be in by Wednesday, Nov 2nd at 12am PST.

Good luck!

Its that time of year… I’m off to Bridal Market! I’m so excited to see so many new pretty wedding dresses in person, not to mention eating my way through New York…I’ll be live tweeting throughout the shows. You can follow me right here.

Have you heard about Lover.ly yet? Its a new place to browse and “bin” all your favorite wedding inspiration from your favorite wedding blogs in one place. Its got a similar vibe to Pinterest, except the content is pulled only from the best wedding blogs, which means the quality of images on Lover.ly will always be the best of the best. With over 100,000 images already in the database, its the perfect place to start putting together the inspiration for your wedding design.

To meet the team behind Lover.ly and some of my favorite bloggers, I headed down to Manhattan beach a few weeks ago to get a sneak peek. It was so much fun to hang out with Kathryn of Snippet & Ink, Cathleya from Weddingbee, Leila of Inspired by This, Shawna from Maharani Weddings, Summer of Grey Likes Weddings, Amy & Jocey of the Wedding Chicks, Chandra of Oh Lovely Day, Emarie of The Collection Event Studio, and of course have my photo taken by the incredible Elizabeth Messina. If you’d like to request your beta invite you can do so right here. Happy Lover.ly-ing!

Vendors who made it happen:

Event Production: Be Inspired PR

Photography: Elizabeth Messina

Location: The Shade Hotel

Flowers: Dolce Designs Studio

Desserts: Cupcakes Couture of Manhattan Beach

Dessert Table Backdrop: Jesi Haack

Champage: Nicolas Feuillatte

Linens: La Tavola

Stationary: Cherish Paperie

Gift bags: Wedding Chicks

Photo booth: Mobile Photo Booth

I’m sure you’ve heard about Pinterest, the tool that lets you pin photos you love, organize them into boards, and share with friends. Its a great place to gather inspiration for a wedding, home decorating and so on. For me, I thought it be helpful to put all the beautiful Tuesday Shoesday photos in one spot, so I created the “Tuesday Shoesday” board.

Likewise, I’ve pinned all my inspiration boards, so you can glance at them all at once. Check it out right here. Happy pinning!

Today I’m excited to share Bottle Your Brand, a company that specializes in making custom labels for beverages and food for your wedding day. I love these orange sodas dressed in cute and colorful labels, the look is so fun and cheery and is a great personal touch to your wedding day.

There are a bunch of templates to choose from, but you can create your own custom design if you like. I love the punch of orange on this water bottle label.

I love these cute beer labels, they’d be cute at a reception or any special occasion. The labels are also water proof which means they’ll stay looking great through out your party.

Bottle Your Brand also makes labels for food and other decor. Aren’t these jams adorable favors?

I love these adorable labels for the champagne! To shop Bottle Your Brand, go right here.

* Bottle Your Brand is a sponsor of Santa Barbara Chic.

I’m super excited to be hosting my second William Sonoma $150 giftcard giveway! I know everyone recently got engaged over Valentine’s day and the registry is one thing people start asking about immediately. So here are a few of my current must haves from William Sonoma’s registry.

I love to entertain, and registering for gifts to entertain friends and family is a win win for everyone. Fine linen just adds a certain classy feel and hemstitch is always in style. I love a good inspiring book for table decor, and their Entertaining book is sure to give you plenty of ideas.I’m a sucker for candles and these hurricanes (which you can have engraved) are perfect either on a buffet or tabletop. I bought a mandoline recently and I have to say it saves so much time during prep (and it makes prepping scallop potatoes a breeze), which means you can spend more time hanging out with friends and family.

Want to win the giftcard? Here are the rules:

1. You must register with Williams-Sonoma to enter the giveaway. If the your already registered with W-S, simply add another item to your registry to enter the giveaway and include this item in their comment.

2. You can leave a comment on this post and state what you have already registered for from William Sonoma. Please list your favorite registry item in your comment.

3. You can get  an extra entry if you include your public registry link in your comment.

4. Contest ends Monday, March 7th at 12am PST.

Good luck!

*this is a sponsored post.

Its been quite the busy year, lots of goals achieved, and many more added to the list. Here are a few of my memorable moments.

In February, I produced, designed, and styled The “Anthropologie” themed wedding photo shoot. It was featured on Oncewed.

It was also the same day I got the email saying I was invited to Style Me Pretty‘s exclusive Little Black Book of top vendors.

That same month, I contributed a Valentine themed table to The City Sage blog. That same shoot also got featured on Apartment Therapy.

In March, I designed a wedding which blended Japanese ikebana floral with Art Deco. The ceremony arbor was  probably my favorite part of the whole wedding.

In April, the second annual B-List Conference was held in Washington DC. It was so good to see many of blog friends and make many new ones!

In May, I changed my business name to reflect where I’m going long term with my company. Kelly Oshiro Design was born along with the launch of offering floral design and letterpress invitations with my paper artist, Megan.

Elizabeth and Matt’s modern beach wedding held at Rancho Dos Pueblos was featured on Style Me Pretty in October.

Also in October, I went to bridal market week and met Martha Stewart which was amazing!

In November, What Junebug Loves, featured Victoria and Jeff’s rustic elegance affair also held at Rancho Dos Pueblos.

In December, I collaborated with Fifty Flowers on a holiday table. The City Sage was kind enough to feature my festive table. There were many more weddings that I designed this year and I hope to share them with you soon (they’re in submission land to blogs and magazines). I’m looking forward to a super busy 2011 (maybe insanely busy would be more accurate). I hope everyone has a fun and safe New Year’s Eve!

Photos from top: 1 & 2. Kirsten Ellis for Beaux Arts Photographie 3. Tim Halberg 4.Megan Sorel 5. Kate Headley 6. Kirsten Ellis for Beaux Arts Photographie 7. David Crane Photography 8. via Martha Stewart 9 &10. Tim Halberg

So today is my birthday and I’m off to do some fabulous shoe shopping, enjoy loads of German food (and beer), hang out with some friends who are visiting from LA, have a dance party, and not do a lick of work. Seriously, I’m even turning email off on my phone. Its gonna be epic. Have a good weekend everyone!

Photo by Amanda Pratt.

Boy, oh boy, did we have an amazing time in New York! It was fantastic. The Martha Stewart Weddings party was one of my favorite things we did. As soon as we checked our coats, Martha Stewart walked right by us! The food at the event was great, the music was fun, and I got to meet Nole from Oh So Beautiful Paper and Emily from Once Wed. What a pleasure!

Here’s a photo we took with Nole! I personally loved the photobooth so much that I went back through a few more times…

Photo taken in a Smilebooth. Post by Megan.

The Martha Stewart Weddings party was epic. Especially, since I saw Martha in coat check of all places.

The signature drinks were all adorable (as you would expect from a Martha party) and the bar featured a huge glittery chandelier.

There was a lot of sweets out to enjoy, the most important being of course, the gelato by L’Arte De Gelato. Most of all, it was so fun to catch up with my fellow B-listers like Nole from Oh So Beautfiul Paper, Emily of Oncewed, Amanda of Ruffled, Vane of Brooklyn Bride and Anne of Aisledash. Plus, it was so nice to finally meet the super talented ladies,  Joy Thigpen and Ashley Meanders!

Photos by Shane Carpenter.

Yesterday, myself and fellow bridal bloggers got a behind the scenes tour of the Martha Stewart show… The show airs tomorrow and I’ll post more details then. Megan will also be stopping by with her recap of the Martha Stewart Weddings party (and it was a party to be sure!).

Photo by me.

Today, I’m so happy to introduce Storkie Express as a sponsor here on Santa Barbara Chic. Storkie Express specializes in everything you could need for all your wedding invitation needs. They have save the dates, bridal shower invitations, wedding invitations, rehearsal dinner invitations and even thank you notes! I’m loving their modern invitations, particularly the one above. Doesn’t it just seem like this wedding will be one chic, fun, affair?

They have tons of exclusive designs and they are all completely customizable. You can move text, change fonts using their cool idesign tool. I played with it, and it was super easy to get the layout and look I wanted.

They’re also really fast at printing and getting your invites to you, which is great if you’ve fallen a bit behind on your wedding to-do list. To see more of Storkie‘s wedding designs click here. Happy shopping!

Congratulations to Erika for winning the $150 gift card from William Somona!