Stylish French Fries!

I've always loved casual, but chic wedding food and these french fries are absolutely perfect! The little galvanized pail is adorable and they're so fitting for a casual, outdoor wedding.
If the pail is a little too casual for you, set up a french fry bar using the gorgeous cones I've posted about recently. See here and here. Let guests dress up their fries using ketchup, ranch, seasoned salt, and much much more!

Artistic Bridal Portraits

Now keep in mind, before I get into these gorgeous paintings, that I'm not suggesting that you go and sit in a studio in front of a background painted just like these and mimic the poses. I am suggesting that you use them as a fabulous source of inspiration for your bridal portraits. Let them guide you towards an overall feeling and style for the shoot.

Of course, when talking about artistic inspiration for your bridal portraits, the mind will automatically go to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
She is the most famous and most mysterious lady ever painted. Her coy smile and mysterious eyes would serve as fantastic inspiration for a bridal portrait. But, there are so many other, less obvious sources of inspiration!

Botticelli's Birth of Venus:
This is another very well known painting that depicts the epitome of feminine beauty and is therefore a perfect source of inspiration for your bridal portraits. The stance and setting would make for stunning photographs.

Whistler's The Artists Mother (more commonly known simply as Whistler's Mother):
This beautiful and serious painting is a fabulous American work of art that is the perfect inspiration for a bride with a gorgeous profile. Imagine a big ball gown, and you sitting in a lush, antique chair, stiff back, looking straight out. It would be pure art!

Johannes Vermeer, The Girl With a Pearl Earring:
This incredible Dutch painting of a girl that looks right into your soul, has been made more popular in recent years by a film based on it. I imagine this bridal portrait to consist of the pearl earring, of course, and the penetrating gaze back over your shoulder. It can be taken in any location with any background, because no one will be looking at the scenery with eyes like that!

Pablo Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror:
The main reason I love this painting has nothing to do with weddings or bridal portraits. It is the perfect representation of every girl and woman who looks into the mirror and sees something entirely different from what the rest of the world sees.
For a bridal portrait based on this painting, I imaging a woman in a beautiful wedding gown standing in front of a full length mirror and mimicking the pose of the lady in the painting. Stunning!

Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World:
For this incredible American painting, I believe the inspiration is obvious! A field, with or without a house in the background, and the bride sitting on the ground, just as the lady in the painting, with her back to the camera.

Whatever inspiration you choose for your bridal portraits or wedding portraits with your new husband, have the image framed beautifully and hang it in your home as the artwork it is inspired by.

Please send me any art inspired images. I'd love to be able to post them here!

Artistic Wedding Portrait: American Gothic

Being an Art History major, I was thrilled to find this amazing post on Tying the Knot! Everyone knows Grant Wood's iconic painting American Gothic:Check out this creative bride & groom's take on the classic American painting:I'm loving it! And now that I think about it, this could be done with so many famous works of art throughout history!

The ever romantic, Gustav Klimt's The Kiss:

Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait:

The most famous painting of a dutch couple --- it is actually a wedding portrait, so it is very fitting to the subject of this post!

My favorite painting of a couple, Marc Chagall's Birthday:

a wonderfully whimsical tribute to his wife on her birthday!

Why not go for the most famous & most often painted couple, Adam and Eve? This particular painting of the very first husband and wife is by Rubens:

I can picture a bride and groom (in their beautiful wedding gown and suit, of course!) in an orchard or wooded area, and of course there must be an apple in the shot!

Edward Hopper's Nighthawks:

So it isn't a romantic painting, but I can picture an incredible, high fashion photograph of a bride and groom sitting at the bar of a diner with the light just right. Gorgeous!

Stay tuned for famous works of art as a basis for your bridal portraits...

Vintage Cake Toppers = Adorable!

I absolutely love this! I've been crazy over the non-traditional idea of several small cakes for a while now, and this fabulous vintage cake topper collection is the perfect finishing touch. It's a wonderful merging of modern and traditional. Adorable!
Thanks to Jordan Ferry at Oh Happy Day and Project Wedding Blog for the photos.

Backyard Wedding by Spruce Floral

This wedding by Spruce Floral is absolutely incredible! It's completely 100% my style: comfortable and totally chic. For the laid back bride, this wedding is perfect and your guests will adore every minute of it!

The florals are stunning! Nothing is more beautiful than a large, casual arrangement of a single bloom.

Flawless!

Thank you to Style Me Pretty for the beautiful inspiration. Check out their blog for more photos and details.