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With all of life's weddings, anniversaries and birthdays, a floral arrangement can carry sentimental value you're just not willing to compost. Instead, dry out your special flowers and turn them into lovely home accents. Dried flowers, although beautifully macabre, don't have to be a dark Halloween centerpiece or potpourri, there are many creative, yet Fall-friendly, ways to transform plant Read more
I'm excited to present a post from one of my favorite sites, Stylelist Home! In Random Recast, I find new ways to upgrade the ordinary things in our lives. And this week, it's all about pumpkins. You know, because fall is here and Halloween is just a few weeks away. (Even though most stores have been hitting us over the head with Halloween advertisements since August.) To take the creativity Read more
Here's a post from Nancy from the Lovely Little Vignettes group. My friends Kevin and Joy recently got married at Architectural Artifacts in Chicago, an incredible 80,000-square-foot store/event space specializing in antiques, found objects, architectural salvage, and all sorts of other treasures. As a shopper, I highly recommend it, but it was also an awesome place to have a wedding. I helped Read more
I'm excited to present a post from one of my favorite sites, ShelterPop! Forget the florist -- here are some simple DIY centerpiece ideas to wow any special guest. Help me! I have special guests arriving within the hour, and I don't have the time or money to head to an expensive florist. What are some cheap and easy centerpiece options? Home Rescue: You're actually in luck. Regardless of Read more
Wedding planner Tiffany Nieves-Cook, of Dream Design Weddings and Events, knows a thing or two about weddings. Not only has she planned them for plenty of high-profile clients, but she also designed her own wedding — including the custom bar and centerpieces pictured here — earlier this month! She shared a few insider wedding-planning tips with us; whether you're hiring a planner or doing the Read more
It's been a big year for celebrity weddings, and Kim Kardashian's nuptials today will join the long list of much-talked-about ceremonies in 2011. Kate Middleton and Prince William had billions watching in April when they said "I do" while Kate Moss's fashionable July 1 bash was the centerpiece of September's Vogue. We've put together a slideshow of our favorite celebrity wedding pictures ever, Read more
This Paris elopement will blow you away with beauty — The Wedding Chicks What are the etiquette rules as a guest at a gay wedding? — Huffington Post Wedding planning must reads — Equally Wed This dreamy backyard wedding was inspired by maps — Green Wedding Shoes Bride made paper mache Jane Austen heads for the centerpieces! — Style Me Pretty Can you host your own engagement party? Read more
Tour actor Kyle MacLachlan's Hollywood home (pssst, it's for rent for $20k a month). Steal these decorating ideas from the new issue of Rue. Chris McMillan's West Hollywood condo is drop dead gorgeous. Pick up pretty wedding day supplies at Olive & Cocoa. Sneak a peek of tonight's new episode of Home by Novogratz. See my updates to the living room from The Big Lebowski. Use an unexpected Read more
Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member designingmainstreet from the Girls' Guide to Gardening group: After seeing this succulent wedding centerpiece on CasaSugar I had to try to recreate this look at home. The original plants were intended for a wedding setting, but I thought I could make them work on our dining room table. A few vases clustered together seemed like a low maintenance Read more
