Ashley Anna Brown

We've long been fans of Ann Wood's cake toppers and birds, so were thrilled to discover Ashley Anna Brown -- her charming birds have a slightly rounder shape and come in a lovely palette of vintage fabrics. Perfect for cake toppers or just to have/covet!

She also makes other adorable critters, like this funny pair...

Or these tweedy feline friends!

Love all the delicate details. Check out more images of her fabulous creations here.

Spotted via Grey Likes Weddings, who also recently featured our Woodland Print! Thanks, Grey!

Castle in the Air

Castle in the Air is hands-down one of our favorite resources for crafting supplies. We paid a visit a couple weeks ago (along with our other favorite, Tail of the Yak), and it was fabulous as usual!

Their displays of whimsical hand-crafted goodies are always inspiring!

In addition Castle in the Air is the source for hard-to-find crafting supplies.

German crepe paper - essential for making crepe paper flowers!

German glass glitter in an array of colors...

Dredsen paper embellishments - so lovely for crafting - they have one of the best selections anywhere.

Pretty papers. They also have a great array of calligraphy supplies, felts, rubber stamps, and other crafting essentials. Luckily for all you folks who don't live in the Bay Area, they have a fantastic website, so you can order all these gorgeous supplies online.  And check out their blog for crafting ideas.

Castle in the Air 1805 Fourth Street Berkeley, California Monday - Saturday, 10 - 6 Sunday, 11 - 6

Photos: Castle in the Air and us!

Timeless Vixen Vintage

We absolutely LOVE vintage clothing and vintage dresses in particular.  Timeless Vixen Vintage (found via Snippet & Ink - Merry Go Round inspiration board) has not only an amazing selection of gorgeous dresses, but remarkably, many of them are in reasonable sizes as well!  How fabulous would these dresses be for bridemaids?

The dresses are a wee bit pricey, but so fantastic and in such great condition, it might very well be worth it for a special occasion!

Love this 40's number...

We can't get over their really stunning selection of stylish pieces...

Love the cherry red! And a fifties party dress is flattering on almost anyone...

And they have gorgeous things from somewhat harder to find eras, like this navy blue 1930's flutter dress...(and it's not a size 0!  No offense to all you size 0's out there, but for those of us who have so often gazed longingly at a gorgeous bit of vintage with a 25" waist and then, regretfully, put it back on the rack - hurrah!!)

This Edwardian tea dress would make a stunning wedding dress...it reminds of us the dress worn in this woodland inspired wedding....

Love, love, LOVE it!

Cig Harvey

You're probably familiar with Cig Harvey's photography via her amazing work for Kate Spade - her work is sooo beautiful! She's up there with Tim Walker as one of our favorite photographers - love her surreal, ethereal and vibrant compositions.

These images are so inspiring for weddings: great ideas for palette, patterns, and general mood/style...

We recently spotted a great interview with her on  A Little Sussy. Very inspiring!

Check out her entire portfolio here.

Sugar Coated Events

We're in love with this gorgeous baby shower by Sugar Coated Events, via Concrete and Honey. The muted palette and pretty details would be perfect for a wedding, too...

Gorgeous candy bar, cupcakes and favors...

Love subtle tone-on-tone teacup flower arrangements. More beautiful pics (by Nicola Greenaway and Karen Greenaway) here.

Marie Antoinette wedding cake

Thanks to photographer Sabine Scherer or sharing these gorgeous photos she recently took of an incredible Marie Antoinette-inspired cake by Cake Coquette!

The cake topper was flown in from La Durée in Paris!

Seriously, this cake (or a reproduction of it!) belongs in a museum. And Sabine's photography truly "takes the cake" (ugh, sorry - we couldn't resist!). Check out more of her work here,  here and here.

Palm Springs Rehearsal Dinner by Alison Events

Thanks to Style Me Pretty and Jose Villa Wedding Photography for posting these gorgeous pics of a rehearsal dinner designed by Alison Events, for which we created the menus. The wedding was relocating from Mexico to the Parker Palm Springs at the last minute, but Alison maintained the Mexican spirit with this simple, beautiful design.  We designed and printed the menus in just 2 days (it can be done - and it's up there with the time we flew to Nice, France to deliver a seating chart to a client - yes, we take customer service seriously!)

Every detail was gorgeous.

The happy couple!  See more details here and here. And by the way, we have the scoop on a fantastic deal from Alison. Now through the end of August, she and her talented production manager Kelsey are offering hourly rates for all you budget-savvy brides who don't need full service planning. She can walk you through a timeline, floor-plan, design, table scape, vendor referrals, or even a walk through the elements fo your wedding to give you ideas! Her hourly rate is $125 (cash only, please) with a 2 hour minimum. Trust us, this is a great value and gaining the insight, expertise, resources, and creative vision of one of the best in the business. DO it!

Chalkboard mustache napkin rings

Everyone knows we're big fans of mustaches, so of couse we love these hilarious chalk board mustache napkin rings from Modern Dose.

A fabulous Father's Day gift for a dad who likes to entertain! $24 for 4.

Tail of the Yak

Tail of the Yak is one of our favorite stores in the Bay Area, if not the world! Lauren and Alice, the proprietors, have a beautifully curated collection of found, hand-crafted, vintage and new items that are totally inspiring. Last weekend, we spent hours there...

Crepe paper flowers

Papier mache shell boxes.

Jewelry case full of vintage finds.

Crepe paper tulip bulbs.

Tail of the Yak 2632 Ashby Avenue (between Benvenue Ave & College Ave) Berkeley, California (510) 841-9891 Store Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closed Sundays.

Top 2 photos from here; the rest by us!

Soho Mode Tea Dresses

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

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.

Woodland wedding inspiration

We just love all the gorgeous fern and woodland-inspired details in Tess and Adam's wedding via photographer Rachel Thurston.

This terrarium centerpiece is so lovely!

Gorgeous rustic guest book table...

Lovely button mushroom cake...

Love the bride's vintage wedding dress and ferny bouquet! See more details here.

SweetAmb's beautiful cookies

How stunning are these cameo cookies by SweetAmb?

They're practically too beautiful to eat!

Such pretty, perfect wedding favors!  Available here.

Via Beautifully Ever After

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.