Friday, June, 24, 2011
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Good Morning again, loves! It's finally Friday and you know what that means?! It's the first official weekend of summer! As you're all getting ready to head out to the pool, beach, or basically anywhere else that is slam packed with other people, take a moment to rest your eyes on a perfect therapeutic color palette. As the summer is here, I will be finding some brighter colors to inspire us in the sunshine, but this week has been crazy and all I have been able to think of is getting a good night of sleep! So I decided on the calming elements of lavender. This popular, light, dusty shade of purple is very versatile. It can be made playful for a daytime wedding by adding shades of yellow, or dressed up with deeper shades of purple, such as plum. For today, I wanted to stick with the organic, natural-ness of it. So I chose to pair it with sage & mauve, both equally calm colors.
So before you start checking off your busy schedule, relax! After all, it is Friday! Dab a bit of lavender-scented oil on your wrists, and let the visual stress-relief begin!
~ A
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Friday, June, 10, 2011
Happy Friday Everyone! It's Alisha again, I'm so happy to be doing a second post for you all! It's been a great week, but as always, I happily welcome the weekend!
I've got a wonderful treat for all you summer color palette lovers out there. There are certain perfect color combinations that just make my obsessive-creative heart leap! This is one of those! I was inspired earlier this week by this gorgeous bouquet that Janie posted in this wedding, and I decided to run with it. It's a well known fact that opposites attract, and almost any shade of Coral and Gray paired together do just that. Something about that dull winter-sky shade paired with summery coral (the perfect mix of watermelon and sunshine...) just oozes happiness without being flashy. The result is exactly what you get when you eat pretzels with M&Ms. Pure joy. ~ A
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Sunday, February, 6, 2011
Friday, January, 21, 2011
Happy Friday Guys...Question for you?....Have you choosen your color palette for your wedding? If not, no worries...you're going to absolutely love our feature today.....check out "Color School" by Brides Magazine and Brides.com.......Fashion Editor, Rachel Leonard, takes you on a beautiful journey on selecting the color palette for your wedding as well as picking out the right color palette for your bridesmaids dresses!
I love all the beautiful palettes from the warm bone paired with the powder baby blue to the vibrant chartreuse with forest green....and in the process, Ms. Leonard shows you how to use accessories to accent the bridesmaids dresses....capturing all the beauty for the February issue of Brides is the AMAZINGLY talented Anna Williams of Anna Williams Photography..... Anna's work is ALWAYS stunning....let's check out all the prettiness captured by Anna....Enjoy!
Beautiful bone color palette with the powder baby blue!
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Saturday, January, 15, 2011
Happy Saturday Everyone...I hope you are enjoying the weekend....let's go "Back Down Memory Lane" with the romantic and pink inspired board designed by the beautiful and talented, Sheila Donahue. Enjoy and have a beautiful day!.....xoxoxo
"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Friday, May, 14, 2010
HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!.....I'm always excited when the beautiful and lovely Kathryn of Snippet & Ink stops by the cafe to say hello and hang out with us....I adore Kathryn....she's is truly one of the nicest people you could ever meet and her inspiration boards are simply gorgeous!
Today I'm sharing a few of Kathryn's pretty colour boards that she designed for the cafe....I love them all and it's hard for me to pick a favorite.....SO......you will have the honor to pick your favorite.....and leave a comment letting me know which board is your #1......one lucky cafe reader will randomly be selected and they will receive a $25.00 gift certificate to J.Crew....I was there on yesterday and there are a lot of pretties that have my name on it....have fun guys....I'll announce the winner on Monday!
COLOUR PALETTE #1 - PEACHES & CREAM
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Wednesday, May, 5, 2010
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Welcome back guys....if you are just joining us, please check out our beautiful DIY feature that was shown earlier today.....up now at the cafe is the beautiful inspiration board from my friends...my clients...yes, I'm so excited to be designing the florals for their fall wedding....and they are AMAZING photographers, Jodi & Kurt of Jodi Miller Photography. I met with Jodi & Kurt a couple of weeks ago and Jodi shared her inspiration boards with me...OMG...they were all so beautiful and I asked her to share one with us...well, Jodi sent one over and I hope you love it just as much as I do...I have to share with you that I'm SO happy to be working with Jodi & Kurt....so much fun!!
From Jodi....."I created about five inspiration boards not only for myself, but also for my family and vendors involved in the wedding (like you!). I wanted them to see what Kurt and I are envisioning for our wedding...to convey our style in pictures :) These inspiration boards were especially helpful for my family, as I needed someway to display all of the crazy and ambitious ideas I have for my wedding. For me, inspiration boards were an absolute necessity to really kick start the planning process and organize my ideas. For this particular board, I wanted to tack on a color palette.
I had so many people ask us what our colors would be for our wedding, but I really couldn't give them a straight forward answer, as I didn't have specific colors in mind. With this board, I was able to draw colors from the images and actually come up with my color palette, which consists of soft, muted, vintage tones."
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Thursday, January, 21, 2010
I can't tell you how excited I was when I received this gorgeous colour board from contributor and friend, Sheila Donahue....the beautiful shades of purples are one of my favorite palettes....how gorgeous this would be for a Spring/Summer wedding...I love the clean lines mixed with the elegance and romance of this palette. What truly took me by surprise was the title that Sheila chose for the board....The Color Purple...my favorite movie...I could not even tell you how many times I've seen it and the play on Broadway was AMAZING....thank you Sheila...you made my day....xoxo....Enjoy!
“No, not vain, just wanting to share a good thing. I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.” ~Shug, The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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