spell and gypsy // a wedding

i'm going pretty crazy over this boho-gypsy wedding. love the freedom and laughter... oh and that headdress is pretty freaken awesome.

more photos at the spell and gypsy blog. photos by beck rocchi; via willow & frank.

in the desert

it is always a pleasure working with the wonderful amy of amy w. photo. this time we drove out to central oregon, and did a mini bridal shesh and a jewelry shoot for mykiss love(coming soon!)it was a beautiful hot and sunny day, just want we wanted, but what really rocked was that i got to shoot with both my sisters!

i made two different styles of bouquets for the shoot, one tight and rounded and the other more unrestrained and free.  i used coral charm peonies, ranunculus, roses, seeded euc and bupleurum in both bouquets. the third "bouquet" was 2 sticks of ginger. i love it, having one bridesmaid not caring a bouquet at all but instead a long tall ginger!

my sister, rachael, of mykiss love made these AMAZING living earrings for the shoot.  she used rose petals and ranunculus. they are so beautiful and make a HUGE statement. you can purchase them on her etsy for your special event and they will look beautiful for the length of it!

last minuite i threw all the airplants and driftwood i have at home into the "photo shoot bag" and figured we could do something cool with them...ended up stuffing a bunch of airplants into a piece of driftwood and making a bouquet. i love how they turned out!

i just can't resist showing a few more bouquet shots...thanks again amy and rachael (and bridget)! it was a blast!

head over to mykiss love to see a few more shots!

photos by amy w. photo
jewlery by mykiss love
flowers by the green dandelion

wedding dress love // delphine manivet

oh i am in love with these beautiful pieces by delphine manivet!  they would be perfect in a laid-back garden or beach ceremony.

{dresses by delphine manivet see more styles here, via willow & frank}

mykiss love

my little sister is one of the most creative people i know, and she has been working on some really cool things you just gotta see... i love love love these napkins, made from vintage linens, stamps and fabric paint.

she is also making time-based jewelry...jewelry made from living sources, a tulip petal, lichen from a tree, a seed pod and other goodies the earth provides...how outrageously cool and unique!

you can buy here (she takes special orders too!) and follow her blog here to keep posted on her new designs as she makes them.

{photos by: 1,2&3 rachael; 4,5&6: amy w photo}

terrarium party : inspiration

i am having some girlfriends over this weekend for a terrarium party.  i have spent all week gathering goodies from the local markets.  here are a few that i have recently made for the store that might be fun to re-create.

dazzling chandelier

i need one of these for my house!  designed by gang design, these test tubes can be filled with a number of things, colored water, sand, flowers...i would fill mine with the latter of course.  so cool.

purple

beautiful purple tones...a perfect winter color

{photos: 1 by lesley unruh, 2 unknown, 3 by sutherland kovach via smp, 4&5 from bloom magazine #19}

mud

inspiration from this post... beauty can be found everywhere... even in mud.

{photos from bloom magazine issue # 14}

contrast

{design by me; photos by amy w. photo }

for the day

"the longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life."
frank lloyd wright

{ photos: 1 from bloom magazine issue #21, 2 via pinterest , 3 unknown }

wedding whites

happy monday!  i thought i'd start off the new week with some white details to inspire your wedding day.  here's to a beautiful week!

{photos; 1 by oskar cecere, 2 via pinterest, 3 by renam christofoletti via a glamorous...,4 via dustjacket, 5 by elizabeth messina}