love letters...

1. i need to see this movie right now.
2. i need to make love letters like these.
3. i need to write more love letters asap.

husband's work shirt...

i think i should do this in secret for my sweet eddie. so utterly romantic.

p.s i love you

my husband is making us coffee right now, while i'm falling for this series of posters.

I and Love and You

makes my heart melt.

for me...

oh hello dream dog. i love you...

palm to palm...

sigh. best movie ever. drawing by mr. danny roberts

and the sky wept hearts...

just like this. sorry for the lack of postings. fashion week is kicking my heinie. and i am frantically trying to clean the apartment before my sweet husband returns from georgia. i miss him. a lot.

the ultimate door lock...

i know who has the key to my heart

i need...

source: once wed

... heart balloons. all the time. an apartment filled with them. i guess i need to invest in a helium machine, huh?

lovely food...

too hot to breathe. all i want to do is eat people's popsicles and lia's ice. and watermelon.

made well with love...

my pal amy merrick from an apple a day has a very darling d-i-y tutorial, made with love on design sponge. her first two posts would be very easy to translate into wedding fanfare.

how sweet would this be to have banners of old love letters hanging over a table, with blank stacks of paper and ephemera for folks to sign and add to the garland? like an ever-evolving banner of love that increases as the night progresses?

*bonus points for stringing up on your anniversary, as suggested by one of the commenters.

all photos source: design sponge

and i want to learn how to do this with my wedding bouquet? any ideas how? i'm nervous to go and experiment with it. how can i preserve the most special flowers from the best day of my entire life? i need to know.

cherie amour...

this might be my favorite wedding i have ever seen. it is so ethereal and organic. not too themey or kitschy. just magic. i want to live in these photographs. their wedding website is also the most creative, quirky one yet. i love little miss scout holiday, don't you? cheri and david, if you lived in nyc i would try and coerce you to go on double dates with ed and i. i sure would.

lovely sneak peek...

little miss scout holiday is being very coy with her posts these days. i think she might have gone and gotten married. the photos she posted brightened me right up. oh i can't wait to see the whole reveal!

good things i love...

source: lyndie dourthe

lyndie dourthe's work... took the breath right out of me.

utterly engaged's e-zine. lovely photos and easy d-i-y's for brides.

this engagement proposal. found via a cup of joe.

the wedding entrance of the century.

miss chelsea fuss's vintage book idea.

this loverly blog.

kyle & chris engagement photos...

so, miss kyle thomson is pretty dang cute. and clever. and she's marrying my husband's first cousin, chris stelling this fall. needless to say, i'm one excited future cousin-in-law. i love love, i really do. and i especially have a soft spot for childhood sweethearts...

i love a good smooch.

balloons and flowers. awesome.

i mean, this just makes me swoon.

i can't wait to have a gal pal, partner-in-crime in the stelling boys club. chris and kyle, i can't wait for your weddin'. to see more photos click here

cutest photo booth ever...

source: via kiss the groom

sweetest, most well executed photo booth i've seen. wow.

i want you back...

yes i do... 

some reflections about michael that are worth sharing. this one and this one. and i really like how this one was written.

i know i keep posting about michael... i just can't believe he's really gone.

who's loving you...

"don't you know i stand around with my head hanging down... and i wonder"

rest in peace king of pop. i will remember this day forever. 

29 august 1958- 25 june 2009.

madeleine & anton part III: bridal chamber

madeleine looked perfect. a good ole' fashioned blow out at woodley and bunny. benefit benetint and mascara. simple, no frills. authentically madeleine. her dress(as well as the groom's tux) was custom-made by friend and designer, the marvelous mary ping. she fixed up in her mother's room at the W hotel. remained calm throughout. even during the last-minute snafus that arise at all weddings. and they always do. we listened to old-timey music and laughed a lot. here are some of the photos leading up to the ceremony...

fresh as a daisy, just got her mane tamed at the salon.

her k stamp. one of her best friend tatoos with miss kristi schiffman.

how the bride looks when she's lounging.

silhouette of the bride and her dress.

the mary ping wedding dress and the bride's trousseau. her something blue.

her wedding shoes. fierce wedges from stella mccartney. a girl after my own heart.

the foxy mother of the bride in her little black dress.

the bride tending to her best friend's dress.

giggly girls getting zipped up.

"i think we forgot the flowers. oops"

two beautiful generations of cossitts.