Monday, May 23, 2011

Wedd U!

Love Wedd bridal boutique is putting on this once in a lifetime opportunity for brides to learn the ins and outs and the dos and don'ts of planning a wedding! MasterPiece Weddings is ecstatic to be a part of it! Check out all the deets below:




Gainesville's First Wedding University! 


Wedd U is a series of workshops for brides and their bridemaids to learn how to plan and find wedding professionals that fit their style and budget. The wedding professionals will become the professors as they provide ideas and inspiration. You'll learn to avoid stress and stay on track with planning your awesometastic wedding!



Check out what we have going on this month:



Anatomy of Wedding Videography

Date: May 25th, 6:30 pm

Professor: Sunny Video Productions

Course Description: Learn and discuss the top 10 reasons why wedding videography is the ultimate wedding keepsake!



Get Your Glow On

Date: May 25th, 7:00 pm

Professor: Trish Allen/Image Insight

Course Description: Learn how to achieve a beautiful, healthy glowing complexion- it will make all the difference in your wedding pictures. Discover your best makeup colors to bring out your natural beauty- yet not look overly made up. Receive tips for picture perfect bridal photography.



New classes every week! Visit Love Wedd to learn about all of the courses in Wedd U!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

May Day GIVE-A-WAY!




i just l.o.v.e. this day! here's a big thanks to all the fabulous worker bees putting out so much effort on us over at Sew, Mama, Sew for this anual event!!!




i'm giving away these sweet little treats that i picked up at the Moda Carnival Booth, while i was at market a couple weeks ago!... seriously, are they not the cutest mini stacks you've ever seen!??








to enter; please leave one comment per person and be sure to check back on Wednesday to see if YOU're the lucky duck winner! good luck kids!!



xoxoxo, Heather


echino winner!

YOU guys are my hero's!!! The time you put into this give-a-way was more than a little impressive!!! The winner is... Miss Jessica! She got them all right and she was the only one to do it too! Congrats my dear... send me your addy!




Jessica Levitt~
Here are my lists...I think I got them all, though I may have missed a last name or two:

#1: Violet Craft, Mo Bedell, Monica Solario-Snow, Kristen Link, you, Shelly Figueroa, Traci Butler

#2: Amy Ellis, Erin Singleton

#3: Lizzy House, Shelly Figueroa

#4: Aneela Hoey, you, Katy Jones

#5: Julie Herman, Candi Weinrick

#6: Aneela Hoey, Thomas Knauer

#7: John Adams

#8: Kaye Prince, Erin Singleton, Aneela Hoey

#9: you, Thomas Knauer

#10: you, Lizzy House

#11: Katy Jones, Kaye Prince, you, Erin Singlton

#12: Jacquie (tallgrass prarie)?, you

#13: Katy Jones, Kathy Mack, Jacquie, Alissa Haight Carlton, Shea Henderson

#14: Gina ?, Michelle Engel-Benscko, Charlie and Lindsay (Hawthorne Threads)

#15: you, Angela Walters

#16: you, Erin Mcmorris, Mo Bedell

#17:Heather Jones, Monica Solario-Snow, Kristen Link, Bari J

#18: Jona Giammalva, Janis Stob, Katy Jones, Shelly Figueroa

#19: Traci Butler

#20: Mo Bedell, you, Violet Craft

#21: Shelly Figueroa, Karen LePage, Mo Bedell, Katy Jones

#22: you, Katy Jones




and just for kick... my favorite answer... from Miss Duff ~

I have almost no idea, but I thought I put in a joke or two...

1. I recognize you and the yammies, that’s it. The blondes to the far left look vaguely familiar. The same way that most people do after I’ve had one too many margaritas.
2. A ha! Amy Ellis and Erin of 2 more seconds
3. This is a photo of 2 extras from Pirates of the Caribbean (not so cleverly) disguised as mustachioed men asking for directions to the men’s restroom, so oft-underused at said quilty-type gatherings.
4. Aneela Hoey (taking the quilting scene by storm!), Heather (glam bam thank you ma’am), and a lady with a genuine I-love-life smile and froggy t-shirt.
5. Julie of Jaybird quilts with her new pal Candi of Raccoon Creek Quilts
6. Aneela Hoey in the process of a walk-by eyebrow plucking attack on a random pedestrian named Thomas.
7. John, Quilt Dad to his peeps, dreaming of rolling in a field of Kona solids like Dorothy did in the poppies.
8. I know when you release this woman’s name I will know it, Erin of R.C.C., and Aneela Hoey of Comfortstitching: 3 peas in a pod!
9. You and Thomas, and damn! His eyebrows look great!
10. An obvious dream sequence, complete with blurred edges. Pirate #1 is back on the scene and just said “Don’t let this blonde fool ya. She’d do anything for chocolate. Arrgh!”
11. The breakfast club. Obviously.
12. No clue, but it’s a really nice picture.
13. Your friend with the fasnarfin tattoo, Kathy of Pink Chalk, clueless, I’ve seen this face—she’s a blogger, and finally, uh, my cousin Caroline?
14. Nope, nope again, Charlie and Lindsay of Hawthorne Threads.
15. You & a blogging peep.
16. I think the lady in the middle is a designer. The other two are her loaded bodyguards.
17. This is one of those crazy times when you drop the camera, catch it and it takes a photo of absolutely no one you know.
18. The froggy t-shirt lady, Gladys. No cavities Gladys! You’re a good little brusher!
19. Hot damn! It’s Tom Selleck in drag!
20. Oh snap! These two are both bloggers and I’m gonna kick myself for not knowing their names!
21. Cute! Oh, and there’s Molly Ringwald in the back wondering why no one called her when the Breakfast Club was corralled for a photo shoot ten slides ago.
22. Derelict gang members. Parents, watch your kids.


Thanks my sweets, Heather

Green and blue – Azul e verde


My mother used to tell me to never wear blue and green together; there's even a popular saying that translated from Portuguese would mean something like “blue and green looks like spit on the wall” (it sounds much better in Portuguese and it actually rhymes). Nowadays clashing colors are indeed wearable and even fashionable.
I wore this outfit to my Goddaughter 3rd Birthday party; I wanted something cheerful and fresh with some edginess to the mix, so I came up with this simple outfit with emerald green predominance, and spiced it up a bit by adding the blue nail polish and a blue necklace worn as a bracelet. The rope bracelet was made by me, inspired by the famous and expensive Proenza Schouler rope bracelets.


Já a minha Mãe dizia “Azul e verde, escarro na parede”, mas hoje em dia é normal usar juntas cores ditas “conflituosas”, combinações que desde que bem-feitas (de forma equilibrada e na proporção correcta) dão um toque muito moderno a qualquer conjunto.
Usei este conjunto para ir à festa de aniversário dos 3 anos da minha afilhada; queria algo alegre e fresco, com um toque de vanguarda, e então parti dum conjunto simples com a predominância do verde-esmeralda e juntei um verniz azul e alguns acessórios como um colar de missangas azul usado como pulseira. A Pulseira de corda foi feita por mim, inspirada nas famosas e dispendiosas pulseiras Proenza Schouler.



Friday, May 20, 2011

one word.

laminates. lOVE them! lOVE. period! this fabric is an Oregonian's dream... we have a little something we like to call, "rain" here... have you heard of it??? yeah, well we usually get it, oOOOoohhh... say, nine months out of the year! yuck, right???... but this Market i was introduced to laminates by Jennifer Pagenelli of Sis Bloom and my life changed! Not only does a TRUE Oregonian except the rain, they learn to like it... or they move (we don't like adult crybabies). true. But, this little invention (which i realize may only be new to me! hahaha...) is going to make my attitude about said topic, so much easier to live with!










couple things i didn't know... so, maybe you all didn't either??? laminates are not oilcloth. it's thinner, soft, and easy to sew with! i whipped up a slouchy { River } bag today for a darling friend of mine's birthday next week... and i think it took me all of about an hour! and knowing this nutty friend, who digs hiking and going to our beautiful rivers with her 5 kids all summer... this is the perfect bag for her! it won't get DIRTY! seriously!... this is slick stuff!! ( ha! get it... slick???... )















it's just so right! here's to the beginning of summer! Xo, Heather







Unique Bouquets-Paper Flowers



Looking for something fun and different to make your wedding day even more your style?


Check out some of theses bridal bouquets made out of paper, buttons and even feathers!





Photo 1; Photo 2; Photo 3
Not only are they beautiful, but they are also a great way to customize your look! 




Thursday, May 19, 2011

Florida Wedding: Kaity and Bobby



Can I just say how excited I am for Kaity and Bobby's wedding this weekend.



Seriously... excited.



Photograph by: Basa Mille