WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY - love the day

This is a special treat. This should be a Wonderful Week of WOW-inducing eyecandy. But today for Wonderful Wednesday I am pleased to bring you Lindi of love the day. I love Lindi, and by the end of this post, you will, too.

Love the day is an incredible design shop on Etsy. She is amazingly talented. Her ready-made designs are fantastic. Her choices of colors, impeccable. “Print, cut, party.” 

 Easy Peasy.

How cute are these little hats??

Pretty.  Easy. Pretty AND easy. (my kind of party)

But there is more.

She does custom…like custom everything. She offers FREE printies around the best spots on the web (which I may or may not stalk…) She styles parties. I die. This one was just released this week. (Disclaimer: yes, my garlands are in it, and she styled them so amazingly I cried…really, but shhh don’t tell anyone or it might ruin my tough gal…er…ok. Nevermind. I cried from the beautiful styling. Out of sheer joy. I love her. But that’s not why she is here.)

Lindi is a wonderful, kind and super sweet lady filled to the brim with many gorgeous talents. This is her daughter’s party. If I had a girl…this is perfect. Heck, I have two boys. It’s still perfect…now to find me a little girl to randomly throw a party for… Hundreds of butterflies. Little lovelies everywhere. Pretty darn perfect.

  

I honestly could write about pages and pages of how amazing this little lady is...Now, for the good stuff...I would love to introduce you to the LOVELY Lindi.

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Here are her wonderful answers to my favorite questions.

 

1. As a printable designer, you have a wide range of styles in your portfolio. I love your versatility and ability to pick the perfect “fit” for the event. What 3 things most inspire you?

I find inspiration everywhere, especially from all the other amazingly talented party bloggers! But if I had to choose three things it would be:

funky color palates

unique shapes

and fun patterns

 

2. Not only can you make lovely printies, you are incredible at prop styling. What is your favorite thing to do?

Ahh, thanks Jenny. You are so cute. I am so torn between my love for designing printable party materials and actually styling a party. I love that moment when you find the perfect something to base your party inspiration on. Like the butterflies in the butterfly party. Once I saw those, my mind went crazy with fun ideas! But then again, I love starting with a blank screen and creating a design based on customer needs. I don't know, I love both!

 

3. How/why did you start your shop?

I owe starting my shop to my mom. As a fabric designer, she is always inspiring and encouraging me to take new risk and seek new opportunities. She helped me create Love The Day and is my daily business consultant/manager. I couldn't do it without her!

4. I LOVE your incredible Butterfly Party. It’s so gloriously girly and pretty. What was your inspiration?

It was those butterflies for sure! I found them (500 of them!!) 75% off at a craft store. They were white and just perfect. I knew with a little spray paint, they would look amazing hanging from my daughter's favorite tree. Then pair the butterflies with your ruffle garlands...lovely! I was so excited when I found them.

5. Tell us your FAVORITES…

COLOR? Favorite color! Ahh that's the hardest question so far! I LOVE color and am always inspired by new color combinations. You can ask my mom, I always drove her crazy as a teen because I would come down ready for school in the funkiest colors I could find. Burnt orange defines my High School career. But right now, today.....I'm loving coral.

PARTY GOODIE/DECOR? Why your ruffles of course. I'm not even kidding.

**INSERT ME BLUSHING HERE** See gratuitous garland shot above**

SECRET SOURCE FOR PARTY GOODIES? Don't judge, but I get almost ALL my party goods from the local thrift store. I get this crazy rush from turning something old and not loved into something beautiful and cherished. The butterfly party was 98% thrifted (the linens, china, flowers, etc..).

SOURCES: See more of her party on her blog (and at an increasing number of major blogs on the web)

CAKE – RENE TAKES THE CAKE

RUFFLE GARLAND – HANK AND HUNT

LEMON CURD TARTS, BLUEBERRIE PIES, CUPCAKES, CHOCOLATE MOUSSE, MARSHMALLOWS, DIPPED COOKIES – CITY SWEETS

FAIRY COSTUMES – HALO HEAVEN

FLOWER HEADBANDS – THE LITTLE PEA

PHOTOGRAPHY - JON AND MELISSA SMITH

PRINTABLES AND STYLING - LOVE THE DAY

A big THANK YOU to Lindi for sharing her inspiration and shop with us!

And a GIANT Thank You from me personally for letting me be a part of such a beautiful party.

xo, Jenny

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY - Potter and Butler

Today, as promised, I come bearing more Potter and Butler.  I was so enamored with the blog Hello!Self that I begged Emily to let me cover her new shop, Potter and Butler. I had a hunch it would be something I love...and my intuition didn't prepare me for how much I would ADORE it.   I could do another whole post just on me gushing, but I will bring you the goodies behind the scenes.

Introducing the incredibly talented and undeniably amazing Emily, of Potter and Butler.

See her here:

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1. I am in love with your blog, Hello!Self, not only is it gorgeous, but it hits right at the heart of celebrations…creating memorable moments in our lives. Your shop heralds the handmade and supports heirloom celebrations, the kinds that are meaningful and personal. I am incredibly inspired by you, in awe really. What 3 things most inspire you?


Jenny, thank you! I can’t tell you how much it means to me that you connect with the spirit of celebration in my work. That’s a beautiful thing. Thank you, also, for the opportunity to come into YOUR beautiful space.

To answer your question, three major sources of inspiration for me:

Home life / connection with family. I love my home. I love being home. I love creating an environment of peace, joy, and celebration. And I love filling that environment with my family, who have been life-long catalysts of joy and laughter. Being in this place, inspires me.

Water. The ocean, lakes, ponds, pools – any body of water. It’s restorative, transformative, connective, and it allows for express-route access to my joy and creativity.

Creative women and men who consciously choose to celebrate the beauty of this life. It’s infectious. I love being in the company of, learning from, and journeying with such lovelies.

2. I’m noticing I admire a lot of women who wear many hats and have long lists of hobbies. It’s a resurgence in domesticity, but more than that, more of a growth of the love in the heart of our homes. You are one of those amazing women...what is your favorite thing to do?

I have too many to pick just one. To take advantage of the fact that you admire women with a long list of hobbies, may I list many? How about I list them in the order they come to mind, which may exposesome unconscious level of favoritism. That’s all I’ve got. ;)

I love to curl up with a great magazine with my husband by my side and my dog at my feet. I love to bake cookies. I love to decorate my home. I love to plan celebrations. I love to create. I love to journal as I sit by the water. I love to meditate. I love to laugh (if even only at myself). I love to share a great meal with my family. I love to travel. I love taking walks. I love working with inspired creatives and co-creating merriment. I love to decorate for the holidays. I love to watch reality television. (Thank god that one appeared last in this unconscious favoritism list.)

3. How/why did you start your shop?

My lifework is to support celebration and merriment in the lives of others, as well as my own. As a DIY Celebration Planning Coach, I love working with others as they explore creating celebrations.That was all fine and dandy, but I noticed there was still something creatively that wanted to surface: creating with my own two hands - and allowing that to be a means of supporting celebration in the lives of others, as well. And while it started out as a personal creative outlet, I quickly realized, along with my creative partner, Carrie, that this was something more than a hobby - This was a concept that needed to be integrated with my lifework. And then ta-da! Potter and Butler is born.

4. I LOVE your cake garlands and the peppy poms, cute décor + cake = a wonderful thing. Which of your lovelies is your favorite?

Given my absolute love of garlands, I’d have to say both the gracious garlands (in goldie and snow) and the cake garlands (in mint) are my favorites. But now I risk sounding like a parent that just picked a favorite child, don’t I? “I love them all equally.”

See the inspiration behind the cake garlands here.

5. Tell us your FAVORITES…

COLOR? Tiffany blue or Martha Stewart green

PARTY GOODIE/DECOR? Garlands. There’s something so simple about them and yet they have major pull in the merry-celebration-mood-department.

SECRET SOURCE FOR PARTY GOODIES? I have a favorite vintage goods store in my neighborhood, called Found on Fremont. The shop owner has such a way of presenting the oldies but goodies. I could spend hours in the shop, all the while capturing ideas and inspiration for future celebrations.

AAAAANNNNDDDDD... Emily has added more goodies to the giveaway from Monday.  In addition to the  TWO GRACIOUS GARLANDS, the winner will recieve a set of CONVEY TOPPERS!!!  I told ya she's amazing!!! Leave a comment here for one additional chance to win. (these entry numbers will start in order from last comment on main post.  Let me explain...if 50 comments on Monday's post, the first entry here will become 51. Winner will be announced next MONDAY, November 8.

A big fabulous THANK YOU to Emily of  Potter and Butler

 for sharing your inspiration and pretty little shop with us!

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY - Wishing Tree

Happy WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY! This week is short and sweet. Today's treat is this little lovely Wishing Tree I found at hello hanna. I'm in love with the whole idea of wishing and think this pretty tree would be perfect at an upcoming baby shower.

I just love these little wishing birds, too.

 

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY - a fabulous fete

Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday! Have I got a fabulous treat for you, today's shop is a fabulous fete. I've had her goodies in quite a few of my roundups. Lauren is the incredible designer behind the fabulousness. Her blog is just as gorgeous.  I enjoy reading blogs where I can really feel the personality of the person behind it. shhhh...here's a secret...there are some blogs I don't read, I just look at the eye candy, but the ones I truly love, I read.  Because there's something in the content that is just as amazing. Dear a fabulous fete...I read you.  You had me at "I love to drink champagne because it makes me feel 'fancy'" xo, Jenny p.s. I love looking at all the pretty pictures, too.

A fabulous fete offers handmade party accoutrement in a party style I adore.  I am still searching for the perfect words to describe the aesthetic. So far, all I have is an equation:

(Vintage + Modern) Handmade - Kitch = fabulous, clean and timeless

I need to buy a dictionary so I can find the perfect words.  That tray above, was in InStyle this summer! What a lucky girl! So, she threw a party.  and it was gorgeous.

This store is the perfect mix of modern and vintage, where they strike a pretty balance.   I love flitting around her shop because she always has something new. 

At a fabulous fete you can find all the "handmade details to make your fete lovely" and then some.  How about these gorgeous little lovelies. Grey...nothing makes my party heart go pitter patter more.

A pretty little stand topped with a favorite something sweet, perfectly sized to let someone know you love them...even more special if it's for no other reason at all.

I love people who share their loveliness. On the blog, Lauren shares her amazing talent for event designs and gives tons of goodies and secrets away.  Seriously, some of the lovelies I was like "this is wonderful, I feel a little naughty for finding out how to do this"  I have added tons of things to my mile long to-do list (but they're fabulous so I don't mind one bit...) These beauties are made from shower curtain rings. really. I'm torn between telling everyone and having them oooh and ahhhh in amazement or letting them think I dropped a large sum of green over at Anthro, still getting ooohs and ahhhs over the sheer goreousness.  Hmmm...

As for DIY...this is what she did for her birthday...in her garage! I. Am. Stunned.

I could go on and on, (like about the fabulous finds she has hunted down, perfectly edited and shared) but I will get to the good stuff. Enter, the fabulous Lauren. Isn't she fab? She even looks fabulous.  Her she is with her sister in her garage.  If she could do that to a garage...what could she do to my living room. hmmm...Don't even get me started on her taste in shoes...

Go visit Lauren and have a peek into party fabulousness:

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1.  I first found your Etsy shop while browsing party goodies and when I love everything in a shop, I always find their blog.  Your blog is beautiful, inspirational and shows to die for party ideas… What 3 things most inspire you?

my 3 biggest inspirations are:

- first, finding ways to use everyday items as party decor. for instance using old magazines, junk mail, or phone books for fun garland... i always love pretty party decor that costs nothing
- second, beautiful outdoor locations. i enjoy entertaining outdoors, and when i see a gorgeous field, beach, or whatever, i can't help but be inspired with different ways you can incorporate an event into the space.
- and third, "ordinary" patterns... let me explain:) like graph paper, library cards, paper from a lined yellow notepad. you know, things you use at school or in the office. it's so much fun to turn that stuff into a decoration! i could seriously spend hours browsing the aisle's at staples, i'm a nerd:)

2.  I think what makes a party special, is the special handmade touches that you can’t buy in a big box store. In your blog, you show readers how to create their own party goodies & decor, which makes an intimate and gorgeous setting, which many parties seem to lack these days ...what is your favorite thing to do?

my favorite thing to do for a party is come up with one special cocktail and display it beautifully w/ something yummy as garnish and a great cocktail flag. a special drink is always a fun thing for guests to try , and cocktail flags are just so much fun to customize to the theme of your party, i'm obsessed with them! i can't wait to come up with something spooky for halloween:)

  

3.  How/why did you start your shop?

my goal was (and still is!) to get into party planning. so i started putting together party "kits" or "packages". i ended up hand-making a lot of things that were going into my party kits... so... i started an etsy shop! the ideas came a lot easier for individual items, so i started focussing on really developing my etsy shop and it just kind of grew from there. i love doing custom work, and with party supplies you get a LOT of custom requests, especially for weddings.

i'm still working on putting together those kits, i'm just having a little too much fun making things for parties.

4.  You are a girl after my own heart, being mildly obsessed with all things party related.  I  LOVE your Etsy shop, and especially your killer prop styling skills. My favorite is the Candy Buffet sign, that fabulous hand painted FONT!  I want to have you label everything I own, what was your inspiration?

i started my candy buffet signs with the typical frame and printed sign and wanted to expand from there and come up with a new take on what everyone was already doing. i am really inspired by all of the calligraphy i see on wedding blogs and started practicing my own form of pretty writing. i love that you can't download my font and print up a quick sign... it's something unique only i can offer. every time someone purchases my painted candy buffet signs, it's really rewarding!

 

5. Tell us your FAVORITES…

COLOR?  pink of course :)


PARTY GOODIE/DECOR? i love love LOVE favors! they're so versatile, from a cute bag w/ candy, an adorable box with a surprise inside, or even a potted herb. i'm not sure if you noticed, but i'm pretty obsessed with miniature things, and usually favors have to be small, i think that's probably why i love them!

SECRET SOURCE FOR PARTY GOODIES? my super secret source- garage sales :) and... save-on-crafts! i love this site.

A big fabulous THANK YOU to Lauren of a fabulous fete for sharing your inspiration and your shop with us!

**All images found at afabulousfete.etsy.com and afabulousfete.blogspot.com**

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