Lynette La Mere of Pure Joy Catering is always ready with some helpful planning ideas for just about any special occasion. Always generous with her talents and her recipes–be sure to check out the Pure Joy blog for more delectable and decadent, DIY treats for Super Bowl 2013! Here are just a couple of the [...]

One of the most popular posts of all time on this blog was as simple DIY post shared by Leslie Sigler of Lilly & Louise on creating beautiful, colorful, paper flowers. I recently came across a photo of these same type of flowers used on a wedding cake. It reminded me of Leslie’s great DIY [...]

Spring Favor Ideas Packaging: Por Favour Styling and Art Direction: Alegria by Design Photography: Linda Chaja “At Por Favour, we love pretty things. Pretty parties. Pretty gifts. Pretty details. Por Favour is simply here to help you bring design and beauty to your entertaining and gift giving.” -Por Favour

Lucky in Love By porfavour Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Santa Barbara’s own porfavour is introducing their “Lucky in Love” DIY kit.  It includes 24 mini red chevron striped bags, 24 red envelopes & a sheet of “Lucky in Love stickers”. Simply add a lottery ticket to each envelope and it is such a sweet [...]

As I sat in my living room this weekend looking around at the boxes of lights, ornaments, and other holiday decor that I should be packing, I suddenly thought of a great way to distract myself from what I SHOULD be doing.  I saw a box of white string lights that never made it into [...]

With so many opportunities to have a spectacular wine country wedding in Santa Barbara I was recently pondering some new possibilities for using recycled wine corks for wedding decor, with some local wedding peeps.  Of course there is always the trusty DIY place card holder or Table Number holder that we have seen many times [...]

The other weekend I was wandering through the C.A.L.M. Antique Show and came across this most lovely framed wedding handkerchief.  This was the second time I had seen one of these framed wedding handkerchiefs and thought it was a brilliant idea. It’s a simple thing to do and can be placed on a solid background [...]

Continuing with our theme of eco-minded posts this week, I wanted to share a little Santa Barbara treasure and fabulous green resource for any DIY bride or groom.  The Art from Scrap Reuse store encourages reuse as a means of protecting the environment. Local businesses and organizations donate an incredible variety of materials, supplies, containers, [...]

I’m pretty sure if you’re online reading a wedding blog, you’re already familiar with the crafter-vintage-shopping mecca called Etsy. It’s a great resource for wedding accessories, dresses, etc. (which we will re-visit in another post soon) but today I wanted to explore the vintage side of Etsy.  With so many destination weddings in Santa Barbara [...]

Tim & Tami Elings Park Event Planner: Donna Romani Events Photography: Beaux Arts Photographie Catering: Pure Joy Catering Hair and Make-up: TEAM Hair and Makeup About the wedding from Event Planner, Donna Romani: Tim and Tami are one of my all-time favorite couples. One of the reasons is that they put so much thought into their wedding, [...]