Green Weddings are Perfect for Eco-Friendly Couples

Stephanie and Bobak planned their wedding with the intention of minimizing their impact on the environment as much as possible. Sometimes you don’t think about how, shall we say, wasteful a huge party can be. We’re all for cuteness as you know, but cuteness does often come with an environmental price, so it’s lovely to see a wedding where pretty details and eco-mindedness collide.

In keeping with their earth loving theme, they chose green and white as their colors. Their caterer served local, seasonal, organic food. The bouquets were made from local peonies and ranunculus, their invites printed by a green printer, and their wedding rings were made from recycled platinum and gold.

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Glitz and Glam: Holiday Wedding Color Board

It’s on Cakelets. The holiday season is here! Time to bring out the sparkly (as if we ever put it away), the party dresses, and endles amounts of sweet treats we love munching on this time of year. It’s kind of nuts how fast these next couple weeks are going to go, so we hope you find some glitzy inspiration from our board for your festivities ahead - parties, weddings, events.

Zac Posen Dress / itty bitty bouquet Photography by tinywater.com, Floral Design by atelierjoya.com / Asphalt Heritage / Caffe Afforato / Sparkly Ballet Flats

Thanks to 100 Layer Cake for their beautiful photographs, posts, and wedding and event inspiration. 100 Layer Cake is a unique, comprehensive wedding and event planning resource for and by thoughtful, crafty modern women. Their vendors, projects, weddings, resources, sponsors, and marketplace are hand-picked and thoroughly researched with the hope that every single one is a truly unique addition to both your wedding and your planning process. Visit the 100 Layer Cake website today.

 Sheffield School began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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Her Holidays: 100 Layer Cake's Holiday Gift Guide

Today you can add these little ditty’s to your "gifts to buy" list, and tomorrow you shop! This is obviously our favorite time of the year, right after wedding season and the idea of gifting pretty things to those we love … it can’t be beat. To help you out with your holiday shopping list, we’re sharing a few favorite bits & bobs that have caught our eye. The show doesn’t stop there either. We have even more ideas for gifts in our 2012 Gift Guide on Pinterest, so hop to it!

1. Amanda Judge Heavy Metal Bow
2. Salt + Pepper Shakers 
3. by boe heart earrings 
4. Rifle Paper Co. Botanical Journal 
5. Pinhole Press Weekly Notepad  
6. Paper Gem Coasters 
7. Paloma’s Nest “Our First Christmas” Ornaments   
8. Lip Crayon Box Set

Thanks to 100 Layer Cake for their beautiful photographs, posts, and wedding and event inspiration. 100 Layer Cake is a unique, comprehensive wedding and event planning resource for and by thoughtful, crafty modern women. Their vendors, projects, weddings, resources, sponsors, and marketplace are hand-picked and thoroughly researched with the hope that every single one is a truly unique addition to both your wedding and your planning process. Visit the 100 Layer Cake website today.

 Sheffield School began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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What Today's Brides Are Wearing ... On Their Heads

Birdcage wedding veil, Melanie, Los Angeles bride

Bridal fashion constantly changes, and that's true for their headpieces. Most are designed to coordinate beautifully with the level of formality, color, mood, and style of the bride's gown. Here are carying examples I found in the exceptional Real Life Weddings posted on one of our favorite wedding and event blogs, 100 Layer Cake. Click on each image for more photographs and information about each wedding.

Diamonte headband made from vintage necklace, Michelle, Provence, France bride

Floral head crown, Britt, California bride

Tessa Kim custom designed headband, Mackenzie, Portland bride Jeweled headpiece and traditional Pakistani veil, Adeeba, Cherry Hill, New Jersey bride

Thanks to 100 Layer Cake for their beautiful photographs, posts, and wedding and event inspiration. 100 Layer Cake is a unique, comprehensive wedding and event planning resource for and by thoughtful, crafty modern women. Their vendors, projects, weddings, resources, sponsors, and marketplace are hand-picked and thoroughly researched with the hope that every single one is a truly unique addition to both your wedding and your planning process. Visit the 100 Layer Cake website today.

If you're interested in learning more about wedding and event planning, we encourage you to explore the Sheffield School, New York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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We Love Brides and Grooms Personalizing Their Wedding Decor

  

I'm excited about the wedding trend I'm seeing to have the bride and groom (or groom and groom/bride and bride) extend their personalities into the event decor. The decor isn't the usual impersonal decorating done by florists and planners; there's been a careful coordination with the happy couple to make sure the setting tells a more personal story. Here are two examples I found in the exceptional Real Life Weddings posted on one of our favorite wedding and event blogs, 100 Layer Cake.

 Here's how Britt and Bryan talked about the decor and how it related to their tastes (see top two photos and next two photos for decor details; click on all photos for their complete wedding story).

We wanted an eclectic look, with diverse textures, the sort of mishmash of shapes and colors you might find when combing a beach. And so we used weathered brass containers, antique brass candle sticks, and sea glass colored bottles for our centerpieces. All of our flowers were grown locally and organically on our florist’s farm. She provided gorgeous protea, air plants, succulents, ruffled pink roses, perfect dahlias, fresh eucalyptus and all sorts of native spiny and textured wild plants to decorate our table. We collected feathers (the way you might when walking a beach) which were then loosely tucked into arrangements and hung from a wood beam in our reception space.

And here's another example of personalized decor from Sophie and Gareth in the UK. They threw a vintage picnic wedding, and here's what they said about their special day and the work that they put into the details, from vintage mismatched china and huge table doilies to a vintage typewriter in lieu of a guestbook.

Try to keep it as personal as you can – it’s your day and your guests will appreciate the little personal touches. Everyone commented on how ‘us’ the wedding was. It is the biggest party you will ever organize, and in our case probably the only time we would have all of our loved ones in the same place together so we wanted to create a laid back feel to encourage everyone to relax and interact – it totally worked. So plan, plan, and then do more planning – the only way you will be able to relax yourselves on the day is to know every detail has been thought about and covered. Make sure

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