Hi everyone! We’ve had a crazy holiday season, and wanted to apologize for the slow posting. Check out our Real Wedding in the Winter ‘09 issue of Elegant Bride as well as our Featured Engagement Party from Laguna Beach, CA and Trend Advice. We will post images soon!

Here are some more images from the the photo shoot we posted last week. Judging from the comments, you guys were interested in the unique floral design and setting. Just to recap, the design is from Artfool, stationery from Ceci, desserts from Vanilla Bake Shop, venue was Marvimon and the images are from Chris Humphreys. These images are higher resolution than usual, I apologize if they take time to load.

We are so excited that one of our favorite recent California weddings was featured on Style Me Pretty’s Little Black Book Blog! Check out the photos and info from Ashley & Rob’s wedding.

I know I’ve been slow with the posting recently. All of this holiday cheer can be very time consuming. This week I plan to post a follow up to our photo shoot as well as a new wedding. So come back later this week. In the mean time, go and check out Hostess with the Mostess , they have tons of fun ideas for the holiday decorating.

So these images are not from a real wedding, but rather a photo shoot we produced for Bride & Bloom magazine. Along with Matthew Robbins from Artfool we created a distinctive Cuban vibe. The lush green flowers provided a colorful and exotic backdrop for the unique stationery designed by Ceci and desserts by the fabulous Amy Berman of Vanilla Bake Shop . The venue was Marvimon, which is a unique loft-type space designed for special events in downtown Los Angeles. The photos are courtesy of the amazing Chris Humphreys.

We recently stumbled across Whitney Deal’s blog. Whitney is a photographer and designer from North Carolina.  We don’t know her personally, but her images are simple and beautiful. Check out the site for  inspiration. Here are some images from her blog.  Love that it is of Franklin St in Chapel Hill, as we are on Franklin St in Manhattan! The blog is new, and we look forward to seeing more work in the future.

I’ve had two posts this week and they were both about large estates that are perfect for weddings. There are many great boutique hotels and resorts all over the country, and Relais & Chateaux is one of my favorite places to find new venues and places to stay. Every resort chosen is so unique.  The location provides so much of an events character.  We were recently discussing that we actually based the size of our own wedding on which venue we chose.  I always accompany my posts with images, but there are so many fantastic locations I can’t even begin to chose one.  Just head to their site to find your destination. The images below are from Castle Hill in Newport, one of our favorites.  And, they have the MOST amazing cookies!

So, I went to a wedding at Oheka Castle over the weekend, and I was thinking that it reminded me a bit of the Blantyre. Don’t get me wrong, some of my readers must be thinking they are distinctly different. The Blantyre is a bit more country and distinctly modeled after a Scottish Mansion, whereas, Oheka a slightly more formal French-style chateau. The Blantyre is where we had our rehearsal dinner, largely due to its proximity to our wedding venue. It is a fatastic venue located in the Berkshires. Below are some images of the estate.

Over this weekend we had the pleasure of attending a friends wedding at Oheka Castle in Huntington, NY. The venue is a French-style chateau with huge, gorgeous grounds. Since the event was just two days ago, we don’t have any photos just yet, but below are a few pictures of Oheka Castle, go to their site for more.

I wanted to introduce everyone to Minna Designs. I have recently been speaking Minna Keum, the owner, and I wanted to showcase some of her work on our blog. Minna is a former bride-to-be, she became so interested in designing her own stationery, she decided to make a business out of it. Minna specializes in letterpress, offset, embossing, foil stamping, engraving, and digital. They have a beautiful website you should check out. Minna is offering a 20% discount to all LHE readers for the month of December — just be sure to mention that you found her here! Here are some samples of their work, go and check out more at the site.