We love these pretty tea dresses from Louise Hedley of Soho Mode -- they would make such perfect mix-and-match bridesmaid dresses for a vintage-inspired garden wedding.
Lovely! Via The Constant Gatherer.
Vintage printables
Died and gone to heaven! This is just one of the many amazing vintage high-res images available right here, for free! Perfect for crafting, decor, and more...the mind boggles!
Spotted via Design Mom
Marquee Alphabet Lights
These Marquee Alphabet Lights from Urban Outfitters would be great for wedding decor for a modern or carnival-inspired wedding, and they even have a convenient "&" symbol for initials or "Mr. & Mrs." etc. At $178 a letter it's a bit of an investment, but these would make great home decor after the big day!
via Swiss Miss
Things we didn't buy
...but wish we had! Tea towels.
Ceramic poodle.
Map of Provence.
Vintage apothecary.
Cigar bands.
Old letters.
Felted flowers.
Porcelain balls.
Ah, if only we had unlimited space, and budget!
Until then, we will very happily look. See you next month!
Love the flea
Ah, the flea. There is no place we'd rather be. And what a wonderful flea it was. A box of pretty Christmas ornaments.
Vintage box of chalk.
Erasers.
Lovely baby things.
Pretty prize ribbons
What an amazing weekend! The Alameda Flea Market was just perfect - above is our favorite find...beautiful prize ribbons. Just love the color palette! More beautiful things to come...
Book love
Lately we've been loving creative uses of vintage books and book pages for wedding decor and craft. Love this paper wreath from Simple Joy.
Gorgeous book vases from Sweet Paul.
Pretty paper ornament via The Shop House.
Dictionary butterflies via Royal Buffet.
Pretty pages lining a wall from Frolic.
Kay Nielsen and a lovely faery wedding
Growing up, we LOVED the sumptuous fairytale illustrations of early 20th century Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen.
Aren't these gorgeous? They've big source of design inspiration to us of late! So we totally thought of him when we saw these amazing faery wedding photographs by Elizabeth Messina via her blog, Kiss the Groom:
So amazing! See more of Elizabeth's unbelievable photos here. See more of Kay Nielsens gorgeous illustrations here.
Embroidered wine bottle labels
We love the pretty, home-spun feel of these lovely wine bottle labels by Australian-based studio War Design.
Such a pretty package, and so inspiring!
Via Designer Daily.
SweetAmb's beautiful cookies
Glamour Dogs!
Oh, we just can't wait for the release of Catherine Ledner's new book, Glamour Dogs, from Chronicle Books this September! What a brilliant follow-up to Animal House and her online collection, Catherine's Animals.
Here's a sneak peak at some of the stunning images, via Catherine's portfolio.
Mais, oui!
Well, hello, gorgeous!
Spotted via Pink Lemonade.
Le Train Fantome
French born and UK-based artist Fanje Ralison has stolen our heart with her sweet handmade creations, Lewis and Lumi! This fabulous poster set above is available here.
Fanje's one-of-a-kind dolls are handcrafted with new and vintage fabrics. So lovely!
Thanks to Alex, currently on maternity leave, for spotting these via Baby Gadget!
Tin Can Wedding Invitations
We spotted this lovely and ingenious wedding invitation by Greek designer Chris Trivaz today via Lovely Package. We just love it!
Being invitation designers and crafters, however, our imaginations started churning re: how you might make these and incorporate them into the rest of the wedding design!
Plain tin cans are so beautiful and graphic that we can totally see using them as vessels for pretty flowers (photo via D.S. Brennan)
We can also envision spray painting the cans in vibrant colors, and even and stenciling them with simple initials or a graphic pattern. (via Peapods photo stream)
Colorful baker's twine would work in lieu of the kraft twine (via School Locker)
Or how about designing a pretty vintage-inspired label to wrap around the can, like so? Could be so cute! Photo from here.
Regardless, we love the concept - and it would be so fun and interactive to have guests tie them on during cocktail hour! Photo from here.
Joel Dewberry pattern inspiration
Joel Dewberry recently launched his new Deer Valley collection, including these two gorgeous patterns.
We just love looking at Joel's work; it's always so fresh and lovely. To top it off, he's once of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. His patterns favored heavily into Eunice's wedding design, including the invitations, and a custom deck of playing cards (photos forthcoming soon via Martha!).
We adapted the patterns to a more muted, feminine palette to create letterpress note cards and wedding invitations.
Joel's Ginseng and Aviary collections are the inspiration between these two gorgeous custom wedding albums from Flyleaf Books and our Sparrows wedding invitation in espresso and rose, available both letterpress and digitally printed.
Photos of Aviary fabric via Rainbow Fabrics' Etsy shop, and Ginseng fabric via Fabric Worm.
We just love all the other applications of Joel's fabrics by Esty crafters, like this Ginseng-inspired clutch via Cotton Purr
Also love this chloe bag from Glitzy Gals
Check out all the wedding stationery we created with Joel here and the letterpress greeting cards here.
Donna Hay General Store
Donna Hay opened a gorgeous new home wares store recently in Woolahra, Sydney, Australia. For those of you not in the know, Donna is an internationally renowned cookbook author, magazine editor and homewares designer.
Emilie Goldstein, the retail manager, shared these lovely pictures of the beautifully styled shop interior.
We're thrilled that our letterpress greeting cards are carried there as part of a hand-picked letterpress stationery selection.
Just two of the many designs Donna selected for the shop.
The bottom one reminds us of Donna's gorgeous desserts!
Her magazines and website are full of simple, pretty inspired recipes and crafts like this doily table runner and hand drawn place mats.
Here's Donna outside the store. Sounds like it's been going swimmingly - can't wait for her to open one here in the States!
Delicate doilies
Doilies and their close cousins, vintage lace, are so pretty...and we can't help but notice all the lovely DIY wedding (and every day) applications for these materials of late. Doily vase by Paul Lowe for Country Living (check out this link for 7 stylish doily projects)
Lacy paper notes (perfect for save the dates or thank you cards) from our book, Handmade Hellos
Vintage lace needlebook (this idea would work beautifully for a pretty DIY wedding guest book) via Ravenhill
Pretty doily favor bags via Snippet & Ink
Lovely lace votive from Paul Lowe via Snippet & Ink
Doily dusted lemon cake via Zakka Life
Pretty dimensional doily ornaments via Martha Stewart
Pretty in Pink
Welcome back, everyone! It's a new week and a fresh start - today, we're inspired by pretty pink details. So fresh, timeless, and romantic!
Two beautiful inspirational photos from A Creative Mint
Marie Antoinette-inspired pink wedding details by About Details Details via Pink Blossom List.
Woodland Damask pink wedding invitation by Joel Dewberry for Hello!Lucky.
Lacy floor and pink slippers via Concrete & Honey
Ruffled J. Crew cardigan - perfect for bridesmaids...
Pretty pink cake via Ruby Press
DIY bouquet favor box from Once Wed
Beautiful shoes and birdcage photo shoot from the Cherry Blossom Girl
Peony photograph from Futuro Woman
Enjoy!
Mysterio by Wry Baby
We're just loving these hilarious Mysterio baby T's from Wry Baby. The packaging is genius (via Lovely Package). Each one comes in a muslin bag and predicts your child's future, which you don't find out until you open the package. Options include: Donut Tycoon, Romance Novelist, Game Show Host, and Hog Calling Champion.
And while you're at it, check out their Super Snapsuits - comes with a cape! Available here.
NSS Baby stationery
We spotted some great baby-related goods at the Stationery Show. First, this hilarious card from one of our favorite new lines -- Jaime Zollars for Red Cap Cards.
Publique Living debuted two new baby place mats - perfect for showers!
Pancake & Franks' little boy airplane card is super sweet.
Petra Boase made her US debut with an adorable booth lined with her wrapping papers. We spotted this cute kid's T featuring her signature cut-paper owl design.
This adorable card by Fugu Fugu Press (Shino and Ken!) would make a great congrats card for one of life's biggest accomplishments!
Limited Edition Prints Featured on D*S
It was so exciting to see our new limited edition Woodland prints featured on Design*Sponge! We worked with some of our favorite artists, including Julia Rothman, Kate Sutton and Lab Partners, to create their own interpretations of the "Woodland" theme, and couldn't be more excited by the results! We even created one ourselves (above). Each print is 12" x 18" and is available for purchase here. Each one is printed in a limited quantity of 250, so when they are gone, they're gone!
