Make it your own with Monograms

I LOVE monograms! Especially these huge moss covered ones! I think they make for a fabulous look and can really add to your decor! The ones on the doors above are so cool! (although I think the doors have something to do with it too!)
(pics-clockwise from top left:Stylemepretty.com, Etsy.com,grosgrainbride.blogspot.com, Book-Monograms by Susan O'Connor)

Shabby! I love it!

(Orchard Cove Photography on Style me pretty.com)

(Style me Pretty.com)


A more formal look~

found at Martha Stewart Weddings.com

...and last but not least, for a fun winter theme: Cranberies! How fun! You could use anything you want to dress up your Monogram!

(pic: Better homes and Gardens)

More Fun Send Offs!

Here's a few more rice alternatives for your guests to send you off with found at Martha Stewart Weddings.com!

Prepare vellum envelopes with cutouts of paper flowers or hearts to shower you with as you leave! For an extra treat for your guests, scent the cutouts by misting with perfume or essential oils! So cute!
This is a fun idea too! Make or order tiny bags just big enough to house a shiny bell decked out with a coordinating ribbon! & let them ring in a new life together for you both! For MORE fun Ideas check out my older post "To Rice or not to Rice" by clicking on Send Offs under Search My Blog or under the March 2010 archives.

More Cool Cakes!

Another collection of inspiration for you!~

This amazing cake was fashioned by Violets Custom Cakes- a local south-east Idaho cake decorator and was recently featured in Cake Central Magazine! Congratulations! Check her out for all your cake decorating needs!



Wonderful Whites!
Out of all the hundreds of cakes I have come across, these two have to be my all time favorites! They are both decorated with meringue. Aren't they so exquisite?

For an amazing Cake Decorator in the south-east Idaho area, check out Violet's Custom Cakes

All pics above are from MarthaStewartweddings.com except for the top image from Violets Custom Cakes. Click images to see close up!

Summer Bliss

To celebrate that summer has (maybe) finally arrived here in Idaho, I thought I would share a few of my favorite summer ideas I've come across! WOW! Double WOW! is all I can say for this incredible entrance found at Martha Stewart Weddings (Fall '99)

This is incredible too! I love the rose-topped urns adorning the table of honor and the way they've dressed up this pavillion! Images found at Its a Jaime thing.com

& this... another big WOW! I love the simplicity of this. (okay, maybe not simple to DO, but simple as in nothing much else needed in this gorgeous setting) Very contemporary! Very cool! (sorry, I don't know where I came across this pic~If you do please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due!)

I know I've shared this one found at Style Me Pretty.com before... but it was just so cool and probably my all time favorite outdoor wedding idea, I had to share it again!

Mi Amore! Happy Anniversary!

Today is the 22 Anniversary of the day I married my sweetheart! Isn't he a hunk? Wow! Still in love after all this time! I'll love you forever, babe!

Wow! Styles and fashions have changed alot over the years! I wish I could get married all over again! I would definately hire an amazing photographer, for one!, yep, I would probably change A LOT of things about my wedding~ most everything except, of course, the wonderful man I married!!!! Thanks for the memories!

Bottom Pic: Mike Morgan Photography

Simply Gorgeous!

This summer time wedding found at classicbride.blogspot.com is truly beautiful! This speaks to my more formal, classic side (the little bit I got from my dad, but which most often gets out voted by all my other tastes:) ), but at heart I truly love this look too! It's so rich and lovely!

The true beauty is in the attention to the little details. Doing so makes all the difference and makes a special event an extroardinary event! Isn't that chandelier incredible.

Ooooh, I love these flowers and pods. So great!~

I love the creative "vase" for these flowers. Like I said...Simply Gorgeous!

Modest doesn't have to mean boring!

Just a SAMPLING of the wide variety of Modest Wedding Gowns available! (Click pics to see the detail in the dresses) Here's a few of my favorites!

Above: Alana Lange Photography

Above: Yes Bridal.com

Above is one of my faves! Next two below: a real bride in the same dress!

I love the back of it! My romantic side REALLY loves this dress!
Above two pics: Alana Lange Photography.

I really like the beautiful simplicity of these two gowns! They speak to my simple side :)


but I really love this one too, especially the bodice!

& this one too!

I like this one alot too! It's so unique!

I like the waist of this one! I think this is my niece's dress- It is so beautiful in real life!

This one is great too! I love the embroidery down the skirt!

All of the above pics are from -Totally Modest.com unless otherwise noted. Sorry no pics from some of the other modest dress websites, I couldn't get them to save in a bigger format- but check out Beautifully Modest.com, LatterdayBride.com, AFormalChoice.com, and Romanticgowns.com to name a few, for more gorgeous gowns! If you close to Rexburg, Idaho, Treasures Formal, Bridal & Tux & Circle of Love both have huge selections of beautiful gowns!