Erin + Jason {Real Wedding}

We were honored to be published on Style Me Pretty for the involvement in a beautiful Inn at Rancho Santa Fe Wedding! The line up of vendors was insane with Cynthia Zatkins Events, Joielala Photographie and Blush Botanicals... needless to say - the wedding went off without a hitch!! We provided the vintage rentals for Erin + Jason's wedding and here are some of our favorite photos...

Check out the full story and photo gallery on Style Me Pretty here

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Pinterest Love: {Then + Now} A New Year's Eve Celebration

Hope everyone had a very happy Holiday weekend with friends and family!  This week on Pinterest we are loving New Year's Eve party outfits, party ideas, and vintage New Year's Eve celebrations!  With New Year's Eve 2012 this weekend I wanted to share some fun, vintage pictures from the past and a few recent NYE celebrations from more recent times.  How neat is it that similar traditions have been passed on from each New Year?  The Times Square Ball Drop has been around since 1907... where around 200,000 people attended to watch the show!  Today, nearly 1 million people from all around the world visit Times Square on NYE.  Wow, what an event!  Below we have arranged fun pictures from New Year's Eve parties from the 50's...I just love how put together everyone dresses for Holiday celebrations!  Check out all the balloons, streamers, and fancy champagne being passed around!  Things haven't changed much now, have they?


Have a great New Year's Eve celebration everyone!  2012!

Then...

NYE in Times Square 1950's

Clockwise: Vintage New Year's Eve Party, Dance Party, Times Square 1950's

NYE Ball Drop 1950's

Clockwise: NYE Dancer, Couple, Vintage Ball Drop

1950's NYE Celebration

Now...

Times Square Ball Drop

Clockwise: Champagne Flutes, Clock countdown, Ball Drop

Times Square NYE

Clockwise: Midnight Kiss, Sparklers, Times Square NYE

New Year's Eve Party 

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ABC July Meeting {Villa de Flores}

This last month, we had the pleasure of planning and designing the San Diego Association of Bridal Consultants monthly meeting. It was held at a beautiful venue... Villa de Flores in Rancho Santa Fe. Since, the setting was gorgous, manicured green gardens that reminded us of being in the french countryside, we decided to take everyone there... with a "vintage french garden theme" ... you had to know there was going to be "vintage" somewhere in there. We handpicked great vendors who who fit right in with this theme and asked some local Etsy vendors to share their handmade wedding goodies with the bunch. Man-oh-man... those ladies and their design & merchandising skills! In awe!! Here's some photos by Eddie Garcia of E3 Photography...




















above is... The Dainty Woods


above is... Stacey Winters



above is... See the Skyline

above is... Sweet Peas and Seashells

above is... Lovey

To see the rest of the images, click here.

Sponsors for this awesome meeting:

Venue: Villa de Flores
Catering: Eco Caters
Coffee Service: Cappuccino in the Park
Cupcakes: Batter Up Cupcakes
Photography: E3 Photography
Florals: Hall Weddings + Events
Paper Goods: Cali Cards
Rentals: Platinum Party Rentals
Vintage Rentals: Hall Vintage (Hall Weddings + Events)
Favors: Heel Protectors by Heels Above
DJ: Advanced Entertainment

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Vintage Bottles + Jars

So, some women have shoe obsessions... well, I have a vintage obsession! And, I've found a way to continue shopping (even though I've run out of room in my house for vintage lovelies)... vintage rentals! The website is soon to launch, but in the meantime I wanted to start sharing some of my finds here. Today I'm sharing my bottle collection! There are LOTS and the collections are always growing... but here's an idea of the different color, style and shape options that are available to rent out. These are so cute clustered together or singled out!



Here are some inspiration ideas I found on Pinterest to get the creative juices flowing...







Pinterest: (top left to bottom) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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Oh, so GENIUS!!

The Vintage Table Co.
Ok, so stumbled upon this newer LA based company... and fell in love!! It's so GENIUS! They collect beautiful vintage plates, glassware, flatware + more and rent it out for your shindigs. They group their pieces together into three collections... Vintage, Rustic and Retro. You pick the style and they style out your tables with mismatch love! I wonder if they rent to San Diego & OC? I'll have to stop staring at their awesome stuff and actually shoot them an email!

Here's a peak at their goods...



The Vintage Collection...


The Retro Collection...

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Engagement Shoot L+B

Don't you just love wildflower season? I do :-)
Today you're in for a treat... A lovely engagement shoot with the talented Brett and Liz of Siegel Thurston Photography paired with fun vintage props from yours truly. Lauren + Brandon are just the cutest couple, so in love and they have great style. In fact... Lauren is a FIDM fashion grad, so that explains her awesome style... that has apparently rubbed off on her main squeeze. We took to the fields of wildflowers with a picnic, old school polaroids, a tandem bike, balloons and homemade kite in tow (I made the kite...it turned out great, right??) We set up shop with love guiding the shutter of Brett's camera...



















Later in the afternoon, we did a quick wardrobe change (as any fashionista must do) and headed to La Jolla to capture some amazing fading light shots among the eucalyptus trees. Check back soon for Part 2 of this shoot....

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Sneak Peak... engagement shoot

Awesome shoot coming to you soon... hang tight!


Amazing idea & photos by Siegel Thurston Photography

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Wedding Wise Show

Last Sunday was Wedding Wise... a new bridal show, unlike any other. First of all it took place in a warehouse downtown (The Culy Warehouse... amazing venue) and had a very anthro feel to it. All of the vendors went above and beyond creating beautiful booths, Super Q food truck was there dishing up a great lunch, Sprinkles and Hey There Cupcake were fueling everyones sugar highs, and Vineagogo served wine out of a truck - so cool! I met some really amazing vendors and got to catch up with other vendor friends, and met some really creative brides and grooms! What a great day! Here are some photos of my booth, by the incredible Heidi-O-Photo.

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