Inspiration Series-The Color White.

So sometimes to get my creative juices flowing I create inspirations boards for things about the wedding I'm designing an invitation for. And in all this time I realized I've never been asked to create an invitation for an all white wedding, So I decided to take the party concept of White Party, and create and inspiration board for an all white wedding.

Martha Stewart's White Crudites 

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A jubilant symphony of pale crudites, including cauliflower, white asparagus, endive, and celery, is arranged in a triangular dish.

Martha Stewart's 

White Petits Fours 

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Heart-shaped petits fours are decorated with Darcy's and Andy's initials. "It was a way of making it more special for Darcy," says Jenny of the many personal touches.

photos by Johnny Miller/Martha Stewart Weddings

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amazing, white on white on white floral!

dress by Vera Wang

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photos Martha Stewart Weddings

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love the idea of the guests wrapping their gifts in white, what great photography it would make.

photos courtesy of Brooklyn Bride

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NYC Loft all white, with all white furniture.. So elegant!

dress by Maggie Austin Cake

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Paper Rings WHAT?!* These are AMAZING..

Artist Yael Friedman carefully crafts these gorgeous rings from PAPER! 11 designs in all. Each is unique, hand folded, and available at Moss in NYC.


Anyone who knows me, knows I have a slight Paper OBSESSION.. Okay, and those of you who know me, know-- it's not slight.. It's MAJOR. I love paper textures, handmade papers, and pretty much anything unique and different you can do with paper. So on that note I had to post these, they blew my mind.

This is not your mother's BRIDAL SHOWER!

Recently I was asked to participate in a new kind of Bridal Shower. Abby Liga and Sabrina James enlisted several amazing vendors to gather together & change the way we look at Bridal Showers.  The Bride is a client of many of us, and has a great vision! The shower will be featured this year in Orlando Magazine & Some vendors participated: Lisa Konency of E-events, Lee Forrest of lee forrest design, Anna Hightower of Anna Cakes, Abby Liga of Liga Photography, Heidi Brice from Puff n' Stuff, & The Flipbook People.


The idea was to throw a shower that is new, fresh, fun and sophisticated. Try and break out of the traditional home-made cake, bridal games, etc. 


They came to me with colors, and an idea. A modern day party from the Pages of The Great Gatsby!  This was a challenge but very exciting. I was commissioned to create everything from tray cards, brand signs, invites, etc.


What we did to keep cost down was create 1 amazing invitation for the Bride-to-Be, and then made matching ones for the rest of the guest.  The picture above shows both invitations. 


The Bride-to-Be Invitation (below) was part Gatsby tradition, part Modern Trend.  We started with a wooden box, pearlized it, lined it with ivory lace and kelly green ribbon, and topped it with ribbon and pearls. On the inside a fan made from feathers with a tassel of pearls and ribbon. The paper used, was a white Metallic Linen, complimented by an Ivory Classic Crest. Both of Neenah Paper. (ps all photography by Abby Liga)

The Invitations for the Guests were a dialed down version of the above.  We mixed White Metallic Linen with Ivory Classic Crest, Accented it with 2 White Ostrich Feathers, 2 Pearls and Intertwined Ribbon. An Ivory Metallic Envelope finished it off!

Meet (from l to r) Kelly Davis, Danielle Stults (BRIDE TO BE) and Sabrina James dressed in true Gatsby style!

Some of the cool Paper we created for the event! Our theme throughout was carried through, Pearls, Lace, Ribbon, Metallic Linen. It created an amazing effect in conjunction with all the beautiful lighting, cakes, floral and food.  You can see the environment below. 

The Flip Book People added some interaction to the event and a great time was had by all!  As you can see all of the participants were amazing and did their part! This is ONE LUCKY BRIDE!