we made style me pretty!!!!

oh my goodness!!!!!!!! we made one of the most popular wedding blogs in the biz... style me pretty... and yes that's a huge deal!!! ;) whoop whoop!!!!

so here's the story...

last month we had the honor of shooting a concept for the lovely ladies of the wedding blog love and lavender  ... these two sister-in-laws are such an adorable pair! they are crazy about anything weddings, and they have fun and unique concepts. for this shoot they developed the idea of using milk and cookies as a wedding theme. they created everything from a "sign-in table" to a milk bar. we love details and these girls provided so many that we were in detail heaven. for a better explanation, this is what the two geniuses had to say about this shoot...

We put almost all of the details together ourselves. The guest sign-in area consisted of a “recipe for love” sign that detailed Ellen and Josh’s love story. Then, we had guests fill out recipe cards with their own recipes for love and put them in the recipe box. We made favors by filling milk bottles with ingredients for cookies and included the recipe on the labels. The ladies of Jonda Spurbeck Photographers were indispensable in finding the location (an unharvested alfalfa field), baking some of the cookies, and contributing props. Their photography captured our vision perfectly. The table was decorated with various items that went along with milk or baking, including a vintage food scale, an old milk carrier, and lots of vintage milk bottles filled with flowers. We also used a cookie jar from Anthropologie with a wood sign we made that spelled out “Udder-ly in Love”. We made the menu cards by nailing printed menus onto cedar shingles. We made the napkins and used twine and heart cookie cutters as the napkin rings. The runner played off of the ruffles in Ellen’s dress and was made by sewing strips of fabric together and gathering them. Hay bales served as seating.

The cookie stand was made by laying a windowpane across more hay bales. We used a mixture of apple baskets, plates, and cake stands to display a variety of cookies that we baked as well as the cake (also made by us). In addition, we created the cake topper with two hard boiled eggs, part of an egg carton, and some paint! We hung baking supplies from the “cookies” sign that hung over the stand. The milk stand was made out of wood and built by our husbands. We simply added drink dispensers with three different flavors of milk: chocolate, strawberry, and regular! Ellen wore a Jim Hjelm dress from La Belle Elaine’s in Seattle. She wore a hair flower from Feathers and Frills and a pair of rugged boots from Ruche. Josh’s attire was a mix of items he already owned and pieces we picked up at thrift stores.


we would like to send a huge, huge hug to the love and lavender girls for this opportunity. thank you, and we are so honored you let us capture this for you! hugs! here are some of our favorites from the shoot...

Photography: Jonda Spurbeck Photographers / Bride’s dress: Jim Hjelm from La Belle Elaine’s in Seattle / Boots:Ruche / Hairpiece: Feathers and Frills / Styling and Design: Love and Lavender