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Modern chic centerpieces

As I was perusing 100 Layer Cake, I saw this really interesting idea for a clean, simple, modern centerpiece that I had to share.  Guest blogger Yes, Please details how to make the railroad tie blocks, which does require someone who is handy,  but doesn't seem too bad to tackle on your own.  As an alternative that would be slightly easier to achieve without power tools, how about a base of a clear glass low rectangular vase filled with small sand colored pebbles?  Then place the succulent and Billy Balls as per the image.  For instructions on how to make the centerpieces pictured, go to 100 Layer Cake.

 

NYC House Tour Event: Newlywed Nest

Just spotted this really cool event over at the Wedding Library blog.  Over the next few weekends you can get a peak inside a new NYC apartment that was professionally designed, but here's the great catch, using all IKEA furniture with an eco-bent.  The apartment is sponsored by Brides magazine, and it is coined the Newlywed Nest, so the concept is approachable design for a young couple (though the 2 bedroom triplex with a terrace might be somewhat out of a reach for many of us) PLUS they have wine, snacks, Physique fitness classes and book signings going on there.  Fun, right?  And it's FREE.  You just might see me there every weekend from April 24 - May 22.

Click here to go to the Newlywed Nest website for event info. 

Chocolate Menus

First of all, I'm back!  So sorry for the long hiatus, but two weeks ago I was swamped with a photo shoot I put together with some wonderful vendors (Allan Zepeda Photography, Quatre Coeur florists, Michelle Kuo graphic design - but more on that in a later post), and then last week I was deathly ill.  Ok, perhaps that's a slight exaggeration, but I was really sick for more than a week, and when was the last time that happened?  Maybe only when I got cholera on the Oregan Trail. But luckily in both cases I recovered.

And I recovered in time to go the Wedding Salon event last night.  This was actually a really well done bridal fair, big but not obnoxious and with some really good vendors.  My favorite tidbit from the evening, and perhaps one of my favorite new things in general, was that I saw a table set with chocolate menu cards.  Yup, as in the menu is made of chocolate so your guests (and you) can eat it!  Hmm, sounds a little tacky you say?  Um, no actually it was really cool.  See some pictures I snapped on my phone.

See?  Cool, right?  And I finally found the vendor who made them!  It's Candy Art USA.  Go and check out more of their delicious wares :)

Great Idea: Using Fruit As Decor Accents

Using fruit as decoration is a simple way to add some texture and interest to your tablescape in an inexpensive way.  Fruit has been making its way into centerpieces, and it can also be used very effectively as pretty accent pieces.   Used in different ways, fruit can transcend a country casual vibe and be quite chic.  See the picture below of a pomegranate used as a name card.  

Image from Apartment Therapy, original source Sunset Magazine

A lime with this very stylish font creates a modern and sleek name card as well.

Image from Instyle Weddings Winter 2006

Or some peaches simply scattered on a beautiful table runner with some potted lavender can also be incredibly chic in a rustic setting.

Image from Instyle Weddings Fall 2008

 

 And Martha has a great how-to on her website to create these very elegant, and very inexpensive, pear favors.

    For the how-to, visit Martha Stewart Weddings

 

Spring Inspiration

So here in NYC, Spring has been teasing us with some warmer weather.  Now I'm from the West Coast, so I'm a little hard to please when it comes to weather, and I know that Spring is sneaky and will just as likely go back into hiding as stick around.  Which is why I am posting this absolutely lovely inspiration board from Snippet & Ink that just radiates Spring, lightness and pretty-ness to help keep the Spring vibe around regardless of Mother Nature.  

 
 Image via Snippet & Ink

Yes, please, right?

Doily String Lights

Um, hello, love this.  So cute!  So easy!  How adorable does this set of string lights look with white heart doilies attached to it?  Darling.  And so easy and inexpensive.  Just punch the light through the holes already in the doily, and you're all set.  Could definitely see this in a rustic, whimsical barn or ranch setting.

Image via Better Than Fine, which listed it's source as We Heart It (and in the unfortunate happenings of internet image sharing, the direct file on We Heart It was not linked, so if this is your design work or your photography, please let me know and I will add your credit.)