Be Inspired by your own backyard...

We just love the feel of a backyard wedding. Sometimes the perfect venue can be right outside your kitchen window. This year, many of our brides are going for this look/feel. We have enjoyed the hunt for a perfect backyard wedding. Even if it's just a backyard BBQ. Take a look at some inspirational pictures we have enjoyed looking through. Be on the lookout for some of CCE backyard inspired wedding photos soon!!!

Add a little glam to your wedding look...

If you are that bride not wanting to use a traditional veil, but looking for a glamourous substitution, check out these photos. Just the right belt, headdress or cuff from one of your favorite designers may have your problem solved. Check out a few from one of our favorites, Jenny Packham!

http://www.jennypackham.com/collections/headdresses

http://www.jennypackham.com/collections/jewellery

http://www.jennypackham.com/collections/jenny-packham-belts

Love this wedding...

Check out this blog where you can see the images from Shelley and Scott's magical Musgrove Plantation Wedding...

Shelley + Scott

"Midnight in the Garden"...

Save the Dates are getting more and more popular. Now, girls are looking beyond the photo postcard (which are always ADORABLE) and getting creative. One of our Savannah brides just loves the non-fiction/best seller "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". Together with the help of our WONDERFUL designer Kalyn, with Lilah Paper, we created a wonderful concept for her save the dates....BOOKMARKS!!!  The bride even found copies of the book in French to send all of her European friends/guests. See the design below...

Married to Metallics

When Bailey first hired us she'd just started the "planning" puzzle (but with missing MANY pieces). We were thrilled to take on the design, planning and organization for the Pham/Arnold wedding weekend. Many of the guests referred to it as "PHAMTASTIC"!!! Caroline named their pinterest page "Married to Metallics" and below is a sneak peak to the end result. Check us out on Facebook for more!

We've pulled a "Martha"...

One of the many exciting aspects of our job is all of the creating and designing we get to do. Caroline and I could spend ALL day going through linen swatches, design boards, invitations and more. (Actually, now that I think about it, I am pretty sure we've been guilty of that few times!!!) Then, there are times when we can't even find the simplest thing (it's not like we are difficult to please...yeah right). So what does one do? We make it!!!! Take a look below at our little "Martha" work in progress. We will be using this adorable display for an escort card table this Fall.

Honeymoon Shower...

I was recently chatting with a girlfriend of mine who is getting married this coming up fall. Being a home owner with uber-style she, of course, already has all the gadgets that a normal bride would receive at one of their many miscellaneous shower. Therefore, she is trying to steer away from the "traditional" shower in exchange for honeymoon prizes. (Get you mind out of the gutter, not those kind of prizes.) We are talking activities, food, wine, airfare, hotels and more!!! This is a great way to please everyone. As we all know, there are family friends that just won't say NO to a shower. Check out some simple steps on how to start the process:

1. Scope out your honeymoon location
2. Create and overall budget to keep track of
3. Create a list of activities/excursions you would like to do on your trip
4. Create a wedding website and list your honeymoon location
5. Possibly choose a safe website for guests to deposit funds into:CLICK HERE FOR AN EXAMPLE

Top 5 Reasons to hire a wedding planner...

And believe me this is only a list of 5 reasons...the list could go on!!!!

1. STRESS - Obviously!!! Enjoy this time, hopefully you will only do it once :)
2. SCHEDULING - A wedding will run smoothly as long as everything is on schedule. A good wedding planner will control the schedule for photography, transportation and catering. This is KEY to planning a good wedding. 
3. VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS - You want a planner who has great vendor relationships and will guide you in the right direction. Typically, from the first time we meet a bride we know just who we are calling for her event. It is also easier for us to micro manage all the emails, deposits and so on. 
4. BUDGETING - This goes right along with Professional Experience. If you are dealing with a trustworthy and well rounded planner they will usually hit the nail on the head when it comes to budgeting. Whether you end up over or under, it is EXTREMELY important to keep up with this. 
5. FAMILY SANITY- What worse way to enter another one's family than with DRAMA?!?!?!?! Having a planner, will hopefully eliminate this! Eliminating any added stress when it comes to 2 different families is always a plus.

It's all about presentation...

Baby gifts are the BEST, especially when they are packaged cute! We all know that friends with great taste give great gifts!!! Check out this gift I received over the weekend from my amazing and talented friend, Marianna Lane
 (https://www.facebook.com/MariannaLaneInteriors).  Baby Braithwaite, in Atlanta, wins the award for best gift wrapping!!!

www.bbraithwaite.com

 what an adorable idea...a baby clothespin for the notecard!!!!

 I love a great logo!

this gift bag can also be used as an infant laundry tote :)

For the girl who has everything...

Hosting a baby, wedding or other miscellaneous shower and have no idea what to give the new mom or bride because she has everything???? Well no need to worry, we have the BEST gift idea for you! Just see below!

Design customized stationery. This can be done on SEVERAL sites and for an affordable price.

 Etsy has wonderful return address stamps...

 Go ahead and stamp the envelopes for her, just remember pick out pretty stamps :)

GOOD PENS!!!!!! My favorite are LePen's by Marvy

Package the gift in a multipurpose gift basket...

Check us out on Style Me Pretty Today!

Congrats to my old friend, Reagan, and his gorgeous bride, Julia! Love these pics from Laura Deas Photography and so thrilled to be on display at SMP! http://www.stylemepretty.com/georgia-weddings/2012/08/14/st-simons-island-wedding-by-laura-deas-photography/

The couple's entrance to the reception!

I know we've all seen a ton of pics of dresses hanging but this is so lovely hanging in the tree that it makes me happy!

Custom Frederica Township flag ties for the boys! How fitting they came in a coral color! Perfect gift!

She is so stunning and genuinely beautiful inside and out!

Seersucker little boys and bowties!

Gorgeous girls with navy bow dresses!

So happy and so sweet! Laura Deas did a wonderful job capturing the emotion of these two all day and night!

Little wedding champagne poppers! So much safer than sparklers at midnight! :)

Love the mercury glass touches and compotes throughout! Had these custom runners made and using them again! Love!

Nice little nautical touch!

Nothing like penny loafers to show off a southern style!

Lead the way!

Cocktail hour on the lawn of the boathouse and we had unbelievable weather that day for June in the south!

Mini blackberry and peach cobblers since it was the bride's favorite! Ordered the mini mason jars and put in our sisal baskets for display!

View of the boathouse with the party in action at sunset!

House wine at Frederica Club and I love it!

Grand entrance before Reagan's surprise Rhett Akins tribute and song for their 1st dance! So sweet!

She is like a porcelain doll! Flawless and so happy!

There are those runners again!

Sweet ride into the reception! What a way to make an entrance!

Yummy!

This sign has served me well! So cute tied to the back of the golf cart!

And they are off! Congrats to you both! xoxo