Neon seems to be popping up every where.. I love the idea of a wedding design with touches of neon that is still really, really, elegant (it would be such a fun design challenge).

How rad would a neon wall be for a ceremony backdrop? SO RAD.

For the Tea Tme Editorial, 33 Jewels kindly lent us a number of vintage costume jewelry and we just had to take a bunch of detailed styling shoots with them. Above the detail of a choker…

The incredible purple Miriam Haskell necklace…

 Here it is styled with Tricia’s tray and a cigarette case I bought at a thrift store.

I loved these elegant gold and white studs… You can find similar pieces at 33 Jewels.

Gotta love these super feminine pink badgley mischka d’orsays! PS… they’re on sale right here.

I love making bouquets… there’s just something so fun about making the bride’s most important accessory on her wedding day. I personally, love bouquets full of color and texture. For the the Vibrant Winery Wedding I used orange lollipop dahlias, pink garden roses, scabiosa pods (love them), sweet veronica, and pink garden roses.

What kind of flowers would you carry on your wedding day?

I love  a wedding full of vibrant color, and this wedding I designed last year had one of my favorite color combos: turquoise, orange, and hot pink. For her bouquet, I used pink garden roses, orange dahlias, sweet veronica, scabiosa pods and maidenhair fern and then wrapped the stems with a deep turquoise silk.

Their ceremony was held under the oak tree at Gainey Vineyards. The bride had a thing for hearts (she actually wore a heart shaped necklace on her wedding day) so I created a big heart out of orange rose petals.

I used the couple’s bird and heart logo on their seating card chart (I actually printed a large copy of it and then used an exacto knife to make a stencil out of it). A collection of vintage fans were placed in wood boxes filled with more orange rose petals.

For her tabletop design, I used a burlap runner as the base to pop the colorful flowers off of. A mix of hammered containers, petite mason jars and aqua glasses from Anthropologie held an assortment of garden roses, cafe au lait dahlias, orange lollipop dahlias, orange roses, tuberrose, geranium, and a bit amaranthus. I bought a bunch of old books and tied with them with more turquiose silk, sort of like old book satchels. At each place setting I hand braided torn silk strips to use as a napkin ring. I also switched out the usually white plates for orange ones to add even more color. I love the vibrant, playful look! You can see more of this wedding over on Style Me Pretty, right here.

A wedding I designed last year was featured on Style Me Pretty last week. I loved the colorful palette and the vintage school yard theme we did. More on this wedding soon…

And The Rainbow shoot was featured on The City Sage. Enjoy!

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

Tomorrow I’m heading out to London to design and attend my little sister’s wedding. I’m SUPER excited to go antiquing & prop hunting, not to mention visiting the always inspiring Fortnum & Mason, my beloved Cambridge where I studied abroad, drinking loads of cream tea and eating bags of Walker’s salt & vinegar chips. Posting will be light while I’m away, but I will have a full re-cap of my adventures when I return. Until then, cheers mate!

Photos, clockwise from top left: 1. James Waddell via This is Glamorous 2. David Cleveland 3. Alexandra Grablewski 4. Jim Franco

I love a good old door, lining a cobblestone lane….

Perhaps made of rough hewn wood…

Or painted a shocking hot pink.

Photos from top: 1. Right, Caroline Arber Left, Adrienne Page 2. Gemma Comas 3. Polly Eltes

Sparkly Louboutin party for my feet? Yes, please. Photo by Sarah Yates.

I love washi tape and I thought it would be fun to use for wedding decor rather than fresh flowers.

I used butcher block and then lined the 10′ runner with washi tapes cut at various lenghts. It was time consuming, but I love how it came out.

I found colorful rainbow fabric from Michael Levine’s and had napkins made. Enjoy Cupcakes was kind enough to provide cupcakes for the table.

The washi tape was carried through to the candles, I love how the candlelight comes through the translucent washi tape.

Happy crafting!

Photos by Beaux Arts Photographie. Design by me. Rentals by Town & Country.

This week has all been about taking a break for me, and kicking back. I’m so looking forward to long the weekend!

Photo by Beaux Arts Photograhie, styling by me.

For the reception, La Tavola’s sequin New York linens added some serious glamour to the tables. The bride and groom sat at Town & Country’s fun domed Montecito love seat.

For table decor, a mix of birdcages filled with moss and candles, alternated with clusters of lanterns and tons of flowers. For the table numbers, wood plaques were painted a coppery gold and a custom decal was applied.

Tucked into the flowers little birdies perched (the bride loved birds).

Around the menu a sequin belly band added even more sparkle.

For the cake, we used the groom’s parent’s cake topped. It was such an adorable heirloom touch.

And then for the groom’s cake, his favorite guitar was recreated.

Special thanks to all the vendors who helped create this fabulous event!

Photographer- Beaux Arts Photographie

Rentals- Town & Country

Linens- La Tavola

Lighitng- Ambient Event Design

Location- Doubletree Resort

Ceremony music- Aurora Ensemble

Cocktail music- Anthony Ybarra

Reception music- Nova Jazz

Wedding Cake- Montectio Confections

Planning/Design/Florals- Kelly Oshiro Design

For this wedding I incorporated the bride’s favorite colors and the play her sister used to read her as a child, A Midummer Night’s Dream.

For her bouquet, I used Magnolia leaves (from her home state of Missippippi), ranunculus, peonies, lavender, lilac, hudranga, and a touch of lily of the valley.

Pink ranunculus with lavender and geranium were pined on the groomsmen.

The twin flower girls carried copper buckets filled with lavender rose petals and gardenias in their hair.

For the pre-ceremony welcome drinks, I found this cool wrought iron piece that looks like a gothic window. I love the chippy paint and the color!

The ceremony aisle was lined with rose petals and sherperd’s hooks filled with flowers. I loved the Versaille chairs we used, such a nice change from the usual chivari chair.

For the ceremony arbor, I used magnolia leaves, lilac, hydranga and lavendar roses. I wanted to make the lilac drip down similar to wisteria which was another of the bride’s favorite things.

Up next.. the reception!

Photos by Beaux Arts Photographie. Full wedding planning, event design and florals by me. Location is the Doubletree Resort.

Super excited to be featured on the landing page of Brides.com! The colorful rainbow shoot had tasty rainbow cupcakes courtesy of Enjoy Cupcakes and a washi tape runner than took 8 hours to make. Many more details to come! Photos by Beaux Arts Photographie.