I’m so excited to share with you part two of our beautiful and dreamy Midsummer Night’s Dream inspired wedding editorial shoot at Lord Thompson Manor. This shoot is in the current issue of The Connecticut Bride Magazine— so pick up a copy! Our newest shoot will be featured in their upcoming Fall/Winter issue, hitting newsstands […]

This week we are preparing for a fashion editorial shoot for Connecticut Bride– packed with lots of historical Connecticut references and inspired by Modern Trousseau’s newest collection. We can’t wait to share in the upcoming June issue! Last fall, Connecticut Bride asked our creative group to design a fashion shoot for their magazine. We had […]

{ suitcase & shoe painting from anthro; costa rica rain forest, vintage travel posters,  pretty girl in a bed of colorful flowers, and vintage camera from we ? it; paper suite from martha stewart weddings; red and white striped shirt with skirt from anthro } Our final destination took us to the beautiful country of […]

{ champagne colored gown/bow: the cherry blossom girl; woman in front of metro sign: classic bride; laduree inspiration: design sponge; ballerina: dress, design & decor; vintage green couch: 100 layer cake; crystal bows: the cherry blossom girl } Pardon our brief interlude. If you’ve missed the first three posts in our series recapping the destination […]

For our second destination wedding we stayed right here at home in New England! Inspired by the proper lady-like style and bold colors of kate spade, we set out to design a fun and sparkly party fit for a wedding, shower, or girls night in! To me, kate is infinitely preppy, feminine, classic and, to […]

{ from L to R: blue cups with orange wedges unknown; woman in blue sun hat in field from cherry blossom girl; two photographs of beautiful bride in romantic gown unknown; tri-pattern from unknown;  yellow paper suite from creature of comforts and designed by maemae;  flowering branch by orchard cove photography; yellow tulip arrangement from […]

In May of 2010, Carla Ten Eyck and I taught a 3 day intensive workshop called Collaborate & Create, which focused on working with a community of talents to pull together a styled shoot. Along with an amazing group of attendees, we also had the support and creative styling of our usual team to help […]

For the last post of 2010 I thought we’d end on where our adventures began this year with the final installment from our New Orleans Shoot! You can see the beginning of our shoot here, and the second feature here. There were so many beautiful and gorgeous details — from the dramatic linen draping on […]

I’m so excited to share part two of our shoot in New Orleans, recently featured in Southern Weddings! The second half of our day led us down Royal Street, where we shut it down with an amazing band, tablescape, confetti parade, and lots of photoshoot magic. Some of my favorite details are the floral hat, […]