Fabulous hot pink Kate Spade shoes from my Glamorous Midsummer Night Dream wedding! Photo by Beaux Arts Photographie.

Super excited to (finally) be able to share this wedding! You can see all the details on Style Me Pretty, right here. Enjoy!

Photos by the lovely Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie. Shoes by Kate Spade. Flowers, design & planning by me.

Options, are always a girls best friend. Photo by Yumhee Kim.

Simply perfect….

Photo by Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie.

Adorable Anthropologie shoes… So regret I didn’t buy these when I had the chance! Photo by Bret Cole.

Are the most perfect shade of pink…

Photo by Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie.

Sometime love sweeps you up… Happy Monday!

Photo by Kirsten Ellis for Beaux Arts Photographie, styling by Kelly Oshiro.

I’m feeling a bit frazzled this week (already) and a beachside vacation sounds so perfect.

I’d find some shade and read a book, or maybe just stare at the water for hours.

Doesn’t that sound perfect?

Photos by Amanda Pratt.

The sun is out and the roses are starting to bloom…

I think I might need to stop by the flower shop and pick up some muscari and tulips and make a pretty bouquet for my office…

Happy Monday’s my dears!

Photos: 1. Blomsterfrämjandet via Purple Area 2. & 3. Chelsea Fuss of Frolic for Project Wedding

Pink and lace is so feminine a combination, I love the idea off balancing the look with a location that has a bit of a dark and moody side. A forest or a long table setup in a grove of trees would be oh so pretty…

Description: Pink, lace, forest

Photos, from top, left to right: {Row 1} 1. Polly Wreford 2. Melanie Acevado {Row 2} 1. Melanie Acevado 2. Jo Tyler {Row 3} 1. Elizabeth Messina 2. Sandra Lane

On the first day of Spring, I would like to stay in an old country cottage and picnic outside….

Enjoy some wine…

And enjoy the smell of spring flowers… Happy Monday!

Photos from top: 1. Caroline Arber 2. Geoff Lung 3. Adrienne Page

Kelly Oshiro Design has a wedding this weekend, so that means it’s time for the guests to party. I think this gold prism is perfectly festive, don’t you?

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

How about some hot pink sandals for this sunny Tuesday? Photo by La Vie Photography.

Lately, I’ve been loving colorful, bold palattes, and this still life of hot pink, yellow, and orange, is right up my alley.

I’m loving these color swatches with a pop of white. So modern and playful, and a great color palette to get you through the last days of gray winter.

An orange fork, a hot pink spoon? Too darn fun! Photos by Polly Wreford for Red Magazine.

Needless to say, I was really inspired by Kelly’s post yesterday. Early methods of color photography are fascinating.

My first exposure to the autochrome was at the California Museum of Photography at UC Riverside. One of my best friends curated a small exhibit of photographs that revolved around this early type of photography.

This is one from their collection. I’m still a little iffy on how this process actually works, but I know that it involves microscopic grains of potato starch dyed shades of red, green and blue that create a screen on a glass plate for light to pass through. When you look at an autochrome up close, you can see the individual grains of starch, which makes it look almost like a microscopic pointellism painting.

This image, and the ones that follow it, were taken by Albert Kahn. He was actually a very wealthy French banker, and in 1909 decided to set out on a trip around the world to photograph people from various cultures. This is a woman who was living in Vietnam at the time.

This was taken in Norway.

This was taken in Ireland.

The thing that really strikes me about this project is that it was never intended to be artful. It was simply a documentation project which he hoped would promote peace and understanding.

The images and information are from the California Museum of Photography and the Albert Kahn website.