Sara K Byrne

Recently the talented Sara K Byrne Photograpy took photographs of our friends wedding.   She is amazing at capturing the beauty of people and the nature that surrounds them.  See the rest of the pictures here.

whimsy & contemporary

Another beautiful wedding styled photo shoot featured on Style Me Pretty, inspired to combine whimsy with contemporary. I love this color combo!!

Styled and Designed by Soiree / Photographed by Tana Photography

Inspired by Chanel

I am so proud of my friend Brandi...her Event Planning and Design Company, Soiree is featured today on Style Me Pretty (via Little Black Book). The picture above is taken from their Chanel inspired photo shoot. Such lovely colors, flowers, and styling!

Photo: Tana Photography

Soiree Blog | Our Wedding

So excited that my friend Brandi of Soiree (Wedding and Event Planning) posted images from our wedding of the centerpieces and our cake. Of course I spent months and months collecting and creating new ideas to make the details perfect. Check out the Soiree blog for great event planning ideas and advice.

Wedding Flowers | Roses

This past weekend I created wedding bouquets and boutonnieres for my friends wedding. She wanted to use hot pink roses with a mix of white and black ribbons tied around the stems. I would not have been able to complete them without the help of my wonderful mother and sister. See pictures below for the finished product.

valerieDavenport Photography

Valerie Davenport, is a friend of mine from back in Jr. High. She is currently a on-location lifestyle portrait photographer in Boise Idaho, and is of course very, very talented. I enjoy browsing through her photos taken of family, friends, and clients. She does some amazing things with her camera and lighting. Her blog also gives you up to date information on her work.

Enjoy!

Lovely Ribbons

I love searching for ribbon online and at local stores. They are great to use for gift wrapping, craft projects, and floral arrangements and can help you achieve a color scheme. Below are some fantastic examples of great patterns and colors.

1: Pink/Black Damask 2: LaBelle Fleur 3: Orange Stitched 4: Green Paisley 5: Polka Dot Multi 6: Pink/Brown Stripe 7: Pink/Green Circles 8: Pink/Brown Woven

The Modern Boutonniere

Boutonniere's are traditionally made with flowers, ribbon, and greenery. But what if you took a more artistic approach and used exotic flowers, greenery only, or something which isn't a flower at all? You can come up with some amazing ideas. Below are images that inspire me.

Top: Feathers and Cattails, Buttons via Intimate Weddings, All Feathers via Etsy.com

Middle: Feathers and Pearls, Pine Cone with Greenery via In Style Weddings, Simple Flower and Buds wrapped in Wire via The Knot

Bottom: Playing Card Flower via Brides Magazine , Beaded Flower via Blue Bouquet, Hydrangea & Orchid with Sea Glass Beads

Soiree Birthday Giveaway

So the finalists have been selected for the Soiree Birthday Giveaway, click on the link below to vote on your favorite of the finalists.

Soiree Birthday Giveaway

Be sure to check Soiree for the results on July 3rd!

Soiree Birthday Giveaway

My friend Brandi at Soiree (a wedding and event design company) is giving away a day of coordination to a lucky bride to be. Which is worth up to $800 in value!

Please visit the link below to get all the info you need to submit for the contest.

Soiree Birthday Giveaway

Brandi helped us with the coordination of our wedding day, and I can say that it was fantastic to have someone be the go-to person for all the wedding day tasks.

Heritage Makers | Wedding Album

So this year I decided to create an album for mine and Ryan's parents of our wedding day for Christmas. I got introduced to Heritage Makers through my cousin Peggy and thought it would be good to use for this kind of a project.

It was a fairly easy program to use, and if you pay for the premiere membership you can get lots of extra papers and embellishments to make each page look great.

I still like making the pages the old fashioned way as well, but this turned out to be a pretty helpful service if you want something that turns out looking almost professional.

Tammy and Mike | Flower Arrangements

Our friends Mike and Tammy (Indian Creek Winery) asked me to help them by doing their bouquets and boutonnières for their wedding.

It was a fun process, but since it was a first for me I did a lot of research on flowers and flower arranging. Their colors for the wedding were hot pink and navy blue, so I chose to use all hot pink flowers for the arrangements.

I had a few helpers; my sister, mom, and good friend. Which made it a fun adventure in trying something new.

I think it was fun to combine flowers that are not normally used together to show different textures. We added some sage brush that was dyed pink for the boutonnières and the bridal bouquets.

There is a really great magazine called "wedding flowers" that is British, which has a lot of ideas for beautiful modern arrangements.

:::Our Wedding:::

Our wedding ::: my most favorite design project yet! Lot's of details were put into this event, and it came out great. From the backdrop design to cake design, and to floral selection... we had everything organized to the last second.

I found that in doing research for this event that I found many ways to customize things without having them cost a fortune.

Striped Tie: found on www.eties.it
Retro Ribbon: found on Retro Depot
Custom Lanterns and Light Strings: Asian Ideas
Vintage Buttons: Ebay.com

:::Update 01.01.09:::

visit Indian Creek Winery's website for more information about their venue where the wedding was held.
And also they have a new wedding site that shows pictures of weddings held there.

All pictures from the wedding were taken by boise photographer Adam Nichols.

Bachelorette Weekend

I was asked by our friend Melissa to create some simple mailing labels for her wedding invites. And later it turned out to be her bacherlorette party invitations as well. She had a theme of red, brown, and orange, so I used those colors to create something simple and fun.