My husband and I honeymooned in Bar Harbor, Maine last year and while there fell madly, deeply in love with the Maine coast. While in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to celebrate our anniversary, we decided to take a day trip up to Portland, which is just shy of an hour north. We started the morning with …
Posts from: July 2010
At my day job at Bella Figura (and Boxcar Press and Smock) I have the great opportunity to work and interact with a lot of the wedding industry’s finest talent. It’s a pleasure, to say the least. Recently we teamed up with the incredible Anne Sage of The City Sage for a gorgeous Pride & …
Many of you may not know that my first love was interior design. For years I always *knew* I’d end up an interior designer. A bachelor’s degree in architecture, an MBA and an infatuation with letterpress stationery later and we all know that’s not exactly what happened. However, my love for parties and weddings and …
Back when so many of you graciously took the reader survey, a sizable handful of you asked for more regular posts with a personal theme. While I definitely won’t be boring you with the mundane details of my day to day life on a regular basis, I figured I’d share a handful of snippets from …
Today I couldn’t resist sharing this pretty black-eyed susan inspired bridal shower by I Am Baker featured last week on Sweet Designs. Nothing says summer like a long white cotton table runner and big mason jars filled with striking black eyed susans. The pretty homemade cakes were topped with black-eyed susans and little cookies were …
I’m excited today to share this pretty backyard baby shower, hosted by photographer Ashley Campbell of Ashley Ann Photography for her sister. Ashley planned an evening celebration with drinks and dessert and wrapped the big sycamore tree in the backyard with white twinkle lights. She included little ruffles of fabric on the invitations and sweet …
Hello, everyone! I hope you’ve all had a great week. Our week has been so very nice and such a great change of pace after the craziness of the last few months. I’ll be sharing highlights of our trip to the New England coast next week, but in the meantime I wanted to share a …
Today it’s a great pleasure to welcome the wonderfully lovely Erin of Dandelion and Grey to The Sweetest Occasion. Erin is sharing absolutely beautiful inspiration and ideas for your next dinner party, all inspired by local foods from your local farmer’s market and it’s such a treat to welcome her here today… Thanks so much …
This morning I’m excited to welcome lovely Emilia of Sweet Emilia Jane (and part of the genius behind this gorgeous Inspired Creations Contest entry you all loved so much) to The Sweetest Occasion! Emilia is sharing a beautiful little DIY project from her recent wedding. Thanks for sharing, Emilia, and congratulations! Fabric is playing a …
This morning’s guest blogger, Annie Packman of Marry You Me, really needs no introduction. She’s an incredibly talented blogger with a great editorial eye and today I’m honored to have her share her very first styled inspiration shoot on The Sweetest Occasion! I am so thrilled/honored/ecstatic to be guest posting here on The Sweetest Occasion today! …
Good morning, friends! I wanted to take a quick moment today to let you know that I’ll be gone all of next week as my husband and I will be celebrating our first wedding anniversary tomorrow. I can’t believe how quickly the time has passed! Never fear though, I have some incredible guest bloggers popping …