Rather than blab on about the unique props provided by Loot Vintage Rentals the deliciousness of Bake Sale or any of the other beautiful decor and styling…I’ll let you see for yourself!

ADORABLE Swag bag with amazing goodies – including cute tiny bowls from Loot Vintage Rentals and BHLDN.

Thanks to all the talented vendors for sharing your inspiration with Austin! It was such an inspiring event – so many clever ideas and fantastic vendors. I’m pumped for a great year!

In honor of their marriage, we’re offering 15% off on all purchases made on the Maihar Design Etsy Shop through January 31, 2011. Simply enter MCKINLEY at check out!

Working with some amazing vendors has been a delight, though. Among our many talented vendors is Austin-based photographer, Sarah Q. Thanks to Sarah for your creative eye – these photos were taken in Gruene, Texas…the location of Melanie and Seth’s first date!

It’s hard to believe the wedding has come and gone already, and as I anxiously await the wedding photos, I wanted to share Kristy’s beautiful bridal portraits.

The wedding went really smooth – except for one major mishap two days before the wedding. Mishap is an understatement – this was actually a major disaster with her gorgeous Monique Lhuillier dress.

Her portraits were short a few short weeks before the wedding, and what bride doesn’t want her dress “fresh” for the big day. Unfortunately, the cleaners decided to put her dress in the dryer (I kid you not) to assist with smoothing a few wrinkles. Skip passed one VERY BAD decision, and forward a week to the delivery of a mangled mess that used to be this gorgeous dress below. It’s worth noting that the dress arrived back from the cleaners TWO DAYS before the wedding.

Tears and frustration later, the Bridal Salon of San Antonio spent the day before the wedding fixing gashes, hemming seams and recreating the gorgeous ruching that once existing. Melanie came to the rescue, too, proving a very able seamstress the day of the wedding. And you thought she only sewed pillows and wands, right?

Everyone turned out perfectly, though, and we will very soon be sharing photos from the wedding!

Visit the contest page for to enter as well as to read the rules and details. So, what’s included? ALL the items in the treasury below, including our Tori Ring Bearer Pillow.

Be sure to enter soon, and best of luck!

Camille’s wedding was predominantly white, but had splashes of gold/yellow and green. To correspond with her vision, we took one of our classic, traditional pillows (Marie) and swapped the ivory grosgrain ribbon for a mustard yellow ribbon trim. We then topped the pillow with a silk flower in the color “Pearl.” As for the four flower girls, we had corresponding silk flowers on gold headbands.

I’ve been really anxious to see the photos from the wedding in September. I’ve tried to remain patient (a virtue I do not possess), and when I came home late last week to see Camille’s email in my inbox, I had the biggest surprise of all. Camille, clearly is a stylish gal (c’mon…a Vineyard wedding!) but when I saw the photographer’s name, this was when I had my “died and gone to heaven” moment: Elizabeth Messina.

Below are a few photos captured by the beyond talented Elizabeth Messina.

Isn’t Camille absolutely gorgeous? I am in love with these photos, and hope to have more to share with you in the coming months. Thank you, thank you to Camille for sharing…and to the phenomenal talents of Elizabeth Messina for these breathtaking images.

Molly is the stylish owner of the Tampa Bella Bridesmaid, so I’d been working with her for a few months before she contacted us for product for her wedding. Imagine my delight when she told me she wanted three wands and a pillow – I had cuteness overload imagining the precious little ones walking down the aisle.

Sure enough, once Molly passed along her photos to me, I was in love instantly. Her photos are like fine art, captured by the talented Parker J Pfister. And, to add even more to my delight was the tremendous number of photos captured of the little ones!

Isn’t Molly absolutely stunning? Gorgeous! Congrats and thank you so much for sharing these, and for Parker J Pfister for sharing his beautiful talent.

Life happens…and it doesn’t slow down or become “perfect” just because it’s your wedding day. Whether your husband-to-be suddenly gets scheduled to be deployed overseas the week of the wedding (and you rush to the court house for a civil service), you have a skin allergy or food allergy outbreak the morning of the wedding, or a hurricane blows through, tearing down your venue just before the wedding. It happens!

WeTV understands this, and wants to give lucky couples the chance for that wedding of their dreams – minus the disaster!

A few weekends ago we got together with SarahQ Photography to shoot their engagement photos. We selected two locations: the first was a dirt road near a stable where Kristy’s mom used to keep her horse, and our second location was in downtown San Antonio at the Japanese Tea Gardens (this is the place Robert proposed).

Two main things quickly became aware as I was selecting photos for this blog post: 1) I’m glad I’m not a photographer and 2) I’m glad these aren’t my engagement photos. Why? Because selected photos is near impossible! There are so many gorgeous photos, I’d have to purchase every single one and place them all over my house. I cannot even imagine how incredible the wedding photos will be in June!

Enough banter…let’s get to the amazing photos, from the lovely SarahQ.

Thanks to the entire team in Georgia who pulled this lovely shoot together! More photos for the entire shoot available on 100 Layer Cake.

Photographer: Kate Belle
Dress: Chaviano Couture
Producer: Lucky & Lovely
Flowers: Amy Osaba
Hair & makeup: Raney O’Keefe