All the details that go into planning a wedding can often overshadow what comes shortly after…the honeymoon! While your wedding day will undoubtedly be the best day of your life, it can often be equally as draining – physically and emotionally – and there is no better remedy for wedding exhaustion than escaping to a […]

Quick Guide: Packing for Your Honeymoon

We’ve rarely met a wedding cake we didn’t like. With so many fabulous Southern bakeries and cakeries in town, it’s hard to go wrong in this area! The wedding cake can be one of the sweetest (no pun intended) and most fun aspects of any wedding day, and we’d be lying if we said we […]

Straight from the Oven: Birmingham Bakers Share Favorite Wedding Cake Traditions

There’s nothing better than forming lasting relationships with vendors-turned-amazing-friends, so today, it’s our pleasure to introduce you to our sweet friend Jessica Stalnaker of Empress Stationery! A one-woman show, Jessica does it all – from invitation design to stationery to custom monograms and more. Hot on the heels of launching her 2017 Wedding Collection (SWOON), […]

Local Praise: Jessica of Empress Stationery

You’ve probably heard us say it before: our team is all about details, details, details! And if there’s one element of your wedding planning in which to implement gorgeous, to-die-for details, trust us – it’s your wedding invitation. Your wedding paper suite (including save-the-date cards, your actual invitation, place cards, thank-you notes and more) gives […]

Wedding Paper 101: A Q&A on Invitations, Calligraphy and More

Accommodation and service might be a part of our job descriptions, but when it comes to hosting guests in our own homes, we can’t resist giving the 5-star treatment! Besides, few things are as exciting as finally showing off that fabulous living room you just furnished, or a kitchen freshly stocked with shiny appliances. But […]

Newlywed Nest: Our Best Tips for Hosting Overnight Guests in Your Home

It’s the perfect day to introduce you to our beautiful and brilliant friend, Sarah Ingram! We can’t help but swoon when we see her work, whether it’s her poignant photography, superb styling skills or classic calligraphy. (Watch out – she’s a triple threat!) Her services intermingle well together, cater to clients of all tastes and, […]

Local Praise: Sarah Ingram

Nobody can hold a candle to the unbreakable friendship you’ve shared with each of your bridesmaids. It’s a pretty special thing when these ladies stand by your side on the biggest day of your life, so how’s a bride to repay them? In short, you can’t – but you can come pretty darn close with […]

10 Bridesmaid Gifts You’ll Be Thrilled to Give

We believe saying “I do” is the most important part of any Alabama or Georgia wedding day, but who doesn’t love gorgeous flowers, to-die-for details, a delicious cake, knockout band and fabulous décor to enhance the celebration? Let’s face it – you need your vendors, and your vendors need you! With the heightened pressure that […]

Bridal Etiquette Series: Four Ways to Maintain a Great Relationship with Your Vendors

It’s a happy, happy wedding week for Sarah + Alex and the weather couldn’t be behaving any better for us. It may be February, but this is an Alabama wedding we’re talking about and come Saturday we are in for sunshine and warming temperatures in the mid 60s. Don’t mind if I do, winter wedding. […]

Happy Wedding Week to Sarah and Alex! {An Engagement Session with Mary Margaret Smith}

Each December, Pantone Inc., the universal authority on all things color, announces its Color of the Year for the following year. Our team was thrilled to learn that Greenery (or Pantone 15-0343, to be exact) is the pick for 2017! Here’s what Pantone Color Institute has to say about this fun selection: “A refreshing and […]

Newlywed Nest: How to Showcase Pantone’s 2017 Color of the Year (Greenery) in Your Home