Vintage Botanicals

Before the days of photographs, plants, flowers and fruits were documented and studied from hand drawings, paintings and prints of botanical flowers creating stunning artworks. They did bugs and insects too but, though interesting, I’m not going to show you those. They were striking representations and we still see copies of them today. Right now […]

Wedding Irish Style craft

Are you feeling crafty?? Whether a St. Patrick’s day party or an Irish wedding, Save the Date ideas, these wee craft projects are just adorable.  Source and tutorial lillluna.com  Source and tutorial Simple as That source and tutorial Blue Sky Confections These sweet little felt shamrocks I found on Paper and Ink with a tutorial […]

I Love You Around the World

Surely it’s no surprise that as a destination wedding planner I do a lot of weddings with a travel theme or at least a few elements of travel in the decor and styling mix. One thing I’d love to do is a ceremony backdrop {or photobooth backdrop or dessert table backdrop} with ‘I Love You’ […]

5 Tips on Planning a Destination Wedding

Photos by Poppies & Me Destination weddings are very popular. We know that. But did you know that you can either throw a big bash at home and spend loads or have a destination wedding with your nearest and dearest and spend much less? It’s like having your wedding, and honeymoon in the same place […]

White Printing

Have you noticed it? Did it evolve from Chalkboards? {source} Maybe began with embossed letterpress? {source} However, this trend evolved it’s beautiful and it’s on-trend. It’s white printing or white calligraphy. {source} Now that I’ve mentioned it I bet you realize you have seen it everywhere. It looks so cool, doesn’t it? Done on darker […]