I apologize ahead of time for my post &  its briefness.  I have eaten something that is terribly disagreeing with me, so not having the best of mornings to date.

A short while back Design Sponge featured a post: DIY Project Ephemera Collage Art.  While this was used for a Valentine’s Day related post, the idea can be applied to just about anything.  This would make for some wonderful hand made invites, guest book you name it.  I really like this idea!  Get creative!

When I first saw the post for this DIY on Design Sponge, I wont lie, I totally made an assumption.  I saw it and was like Oh My!  That looks like its going to be hard!  As I read through the DIY tutorial, I quickly realize, it totally wasnt hard at all!  I think thats a sign of a good project gone right!  Something that looks much more labor intensive then it really is, read: Looks like a million bucks!

While Anthropologie is amazing, they often carry things that are a bit more then I would personally care to spend on certain things now & again.  It seems that the gals at Design Sponge share my opinion on that as well.  Dont get me wrong, I love me some Anthropologie!!  As it were, the Rhododendron Chandelier was the object of attention in this particular case.  The gals thought it was lovely, but wanted to find a way to DIY it & quite frankly, I thank them for that!

As you read through the steps you realize what is done to achieve the overall look is nothing more then perfectly picked cupcake wrappers & a hot glue gun!  Well ok maybes it slightly more involved then that, but you get my gist.  These would make a superb addition to any reception, even dance floor.  Grab a couple of your girls & get to gluing!  Just think, twilight time of day & these optical illusion orbs glowing in the air!  I love it!

Head to Design Sponge for the full DIY tutorial!

Good Morning Lovelies! Spring is almost officially upon us & as such, we are soon to be rid of cold temperatures & gray skies.  Wedding season is about to rev up & I am sure there are a lot of 2012 brides out there kicking into high gear shortly.  Today, for Post Love, I wanted to feature a few great directly wedding related posts, while highlighting some not so obvious places for interesting inspiration.  Remember, it doesn’t have to come from a wedding site or magazine to work for your wedding!  Sending spring love your way!  Xo!

 *All below text links to their corresponding posts!

Green Wedding Shoes: The perfect way to fold a not very wedding related holiday into the wedding world, well played GWS!  Irish   Wedding Traditions

Handspun Weddings & Green Wedding Shoes:  With the debut of The Hunger Games almost upon us, the wedding world has gotten itselt into a tizzy pulling inspiration from the cult series.  Handspun has a gorgeously styled shoot with plenty to sample from!

Ciao Bella:  To Die For DIY Cavier Nails!  These are amazing & I can not wait to give doing this a try!!

Kiss The Groom:  I am quickly growing a major crush on the photography of Elizabeth Messina.  Recently she shot a campaign for Ruche, & of course the photographs are lovely, however its the all around styling of this shoot that inspires, from the clothing to the hair & make-up, you can simply do not wrong sampling from this sweet campaign.

This Is Glamorous:  I love when I find new blogs that I instantly bond with.  There are actually 2 post that I love with a similar theme, strong pink!  The first is the ever stylish pairing of Fuchsia & White, let me tell you, its a no brainer!  The other post is a recap of Betsey Johnson’s New York Home & the decor inspiration simply pouring out of it!

Refinery 29:  Lastly, I bring you the Holy Grail of answers to all those burning fashion questions you never knew you had & their answers!

I love details, every single little detail you can squeak out.  Weddings, events & parties are as lovely and amazing as they are because of details.  Did you know however, your clever detail work can begin from your very first guest point of contact?  How so you ask?  Your Save The Dates & Invitations!

There is a small, frequently overlooked area in your wedding papers, that can make a really strong impact….  the inside of your envelopes!  I am sure at least once or twice in your life you’ve come across an envelope whose inside was a different color, print, material, then the envelope itself.  Envelope liners elevate standard mailers to sophisticated more put together state of affairs.  As essentially you are working with a blank palette, the world is purely your oyster here.  Whether you simply want to go with a solid jarring different color, or a complex print, there is no wrong choice.  Perhaps you can get really clever and have a hand drawn sketch of a map of your event serve as the liner!  And by all means, if it fits your event, be cheeky!

Jordan Ferney of Oh Happy Day   has put together a super simple, easy to follow DIY tutorial on sweet hand stamped envelope liners.  This is a perfect way to incorporate your colors & have a bit of polka dot fun!  Realize though, that simply because Jordan’s version is dots, your not relegated to that one shape, pick whatever works best for you!  Happy Stamping & Lining!

Sorry for the cheesetastic moment I just had there in the title.  You wouldnt believe how much I reined myself in, settling on  just Eggscellent!  Easter is slowly creeping our way, & as such pastels are beginning to take center stage along with bunnies & baby chicks.  I’ve always really appreciated & enjoyed Easter, even was its had balls enough to land directly on  my birthday!

Seriously though, if you can separate all the amazing Easter decor elements out & look beyond them having a one dimensional use for only that holiday, you’ll find some pretty wonderful decor elements that can absolutely fit into stunning spring weddings.  When Easter elements are combined, they scream Easter.  Use eggs for a greater power & you have clever artistc, rustic, shabby chic even elements to bring your wedding together.

I’ve collected some egg eye candy of some really incredible decorating options that can do some wonderful things for your overall look.  Ps-Martha took the lead on awesomeness here, but really, are you that surprised?

 *The Sweest Occasion-Lead Photograph as well

*Martha Stewart Decorating Easter Eggs   Note regarding Egg Bot, Martha has a great video on her site on the Egg Bot!  Sadly I cant seem to embed the video here, so to see the video, Click Here! 

 *Better Homes and Gardens-Pretty Ways To Dye Easter Eggs

*Babble-Unique Amazing Easter Eggs

Lastly is a super clever use of eggs, which is essentially a forum for written word.  I love this!  Actually the site that this comes from has other similar uses which are great.  One versions is actually using eggs as escort cards!!  I love it!

 Head over to Home Made Simple to see their full egg inspiration egg decorating gallery.

Hope this inspired our spring brides to incorporate some gorgeous eggs into their weddings & change some minds into thinking of egg decorating as more then just Easter!!