Gorgeous fun wedding cake from The Knot with orange drink stirrers from Bab’s Etsy Shop

Our own gloriosa lily bouquet with our in-house lanterns (photo by Roman Grinev)

Fabyan Orange Gown via Wedding Inspirasi with beautiful earrings from Rachelle’s Jewelry Box

Orange Brocade Kitten Heels from BHLDN with our menus and orchids (photo from Documentary Associates)

Credits – Top to bottom, Left to Right

Margaret & Patrick’s Wedding with fun pumpkin “love you” by Kathy Blanchard and one of our signature candy bars at Woodend

Mini Pumpkin Soup via Elizabeth Anne Designs with one of our favorite bouquets we made for Ashlee & Tom’s Wedding (my brother and sister-in-law) at Decatur House – photo by Documentary Associates

Cotton Bur Wreath via Etsy with an escort card display we did at GW River Farm

]]> http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/harvest-wedding-style/feed/ 1 http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/black-and-white-wedding-style/ http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/black-and-white-wedding-style/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:30:15 +0000 Katie Martin http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/?p=5826

Our “black and white” bouquet with Picasso and Eggplant toned mini calla lilies, deep purple ranunculus with fern curl accents – Photo by Documentary Associates

Black and White Cake Inspiration via Wedding Place

Our pretty corsage and lapel flowers with lisianthus and phaleanopsis orchids

Our Luscious Verde Black and White Invitations

French Maid Garter from The Garter Girl

Lelah Shoes by Badgley Mischka from Zappos

Black and White Linens from Table Manners

Black and White Tags for your candy bar via Etsy

Today is the last day to win this gorgeous red cake pedestal from Burlap and Blue!  It was featured in our Etsy Love Challenge in the summer issue of Eco-Beautiful Weddings Magazine!  Click on the photo above to learn how to win it!!!

(Photo by Allison Britton)

We are so proud of our new issue of Eco-Beautiful Weddings Magazine!  It is chock full of summery goodness!  Plus we have two featured weddings it from local photographers and vendors!  A must see issue!  Click on the cover above to check it out!

With this new wedding – we added a few new things to our inventory!  One of the more exciting aspects of this wedding was the beautiful down to earth farm feel to match the fact that we were actually on a farm!  We purchased these beautiful vintage framed chalkboards to show guests where to sit!  Our calligrapher did all of the calligraphy in chalk pen!  We have two of these chalkboards in house now!

We were able to get this custom bunting custom designed by Giggleberry.  Perfect for decorating the ceremony band tent along with the backdrop (not shown here) that we made with fabric and custom painting.

One of our favorite items in-house are our hanging blue glass lanterns!  These were hung right over the dance floor in the barn!  Major dancing at this wedding as contra dancing was the center of attention!

With over 250 guests and three different types of entrees we needed to have a way to let the waiters know who was getting which type of meal.  What better way than to use rocks!  We used green, gold and white to distinguish the entrees.

Stay tuned tomorrow for floral design details from the wedding!

(Photography by Mary Kate McKenna)

Uh – hello!!!  How cute are these recycled wood Mr. & Mrs. signs??  Etsy Seller William Dohman has these signs along with a bunch of other cute and succinct signs like “Holla”, “Love”, “bon jour” and more!  LOVE THEM!!!

Ok – you have heard me say it a few times – but Ginkgo trees are wayyyy more native to DC than Cherry Blossoms folks!  These adorable appetizer plates from ETSY Seller Hope Johnson are as cute as they can be and perfect for your cute new apartment in downtown DC!!!

Loving these “happiness” eco-friendly shower curtains from Kontextur!

I have a bunch of new ideas brewing for you!  Stay tuned for more real wedding decor as well!  We are at the Cosmos Club and the Bethesda Hyatt this weekend – lots of fun stuff at both weddings – can’t wait to share!

If you are at the beginning of your wedding planning process (or you are about to propose) – you need to start thinking about your rings.  Whether you are shopping for an engagement ring or your wedding bands – first place I recommend to start is Brilliant Earth.  This week through Sunday they are giving away the below pendant (with ethically sourced green sapphire) with any ring you purchase!

Looking for a great organization to donate to in lieu of favors?  Here are a few of our favorites:

The National Wildlife Federation is located right in our area and has been teaching children and educating the public about protecting the environment for the past 75 years.

EDF has one of the most effective ways of helping to save the environment through its extensive network of corporations and key players around the world.  They also have a handy Seafood Selector that helps you determine the best eco-fish to serve!

We are in love with Kiva.  An amazing online community letting you donate to help microfinance individuals in poverty to empower them and create opportunities.

REALLY wanting eco-friendly favors – something your guests can walk away with?  Go local by using the local ETSY tool to buy from a local artisan – here are a few we are loving:

Having a garden wedding?  Why not get a vintage chalkboard – write their names out by tables and have these adorable magnets from SophiePine attached to it as giveaways for the ladies?  This way – you only need to buy about half as many favors and they will give a great decorative look as guests look for their tables! Click on the phone to buy!

I don’t care what people say – cupcakes are a current fad – but cookies will remain!  Don’t have a family recipe?  CookieCrowd on Etsy has these yummy cookies – they are located in Southern VA!  IN fact – you could just have a big cookie bar!  Get 10 different kinds of cookies and let your guests have at it!  Too many people are doing cupcake stations! It doubles as your dessert if you forgo the wedding cake and a favor for those that just want to heist a few for the ride home!

LostRiverRags on Etsy has an amazing assortment of soaps that are made with natural and soy ingredients – perfect for gifts for your wedding party!

There is so much more I can write about – but I will leave that to future blog posts!

I hope you are doing some sort of earthy activity today for Earth Day.  Don’t have a project in mind?  Skip the gym and just go for a walk or dust off your bike!  Heck – you might even think about biking to work instead on those upcoming sunny spring-fall days!  Why not try to find a local farmer’s market and buy your produce there today?  Check your grocery list – are there things on it that could be switched to more earth-friendly or local companies?  Maybe just making a pact with yourself to recycle more.  You would surprised what you can recycle these days (or even reuse).

Earth Day Network can Help you plan your day today.

About.com has a list a few activities you might want to try locally.

A few fun activities were listed yesterday on WashingtonPost.com

You can also find activities all over town to do tomorrow if you have to work all day - The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center has a clean-up every year.

Be creative and get earthy today!  Start a green habit today which will hopefully create a healthier, cleaner and greener wedding and lifestyle for you!

p.s. – If you were looking for a link to the Eco-Beautiful Weddings Spring Mini Mag today – we will hopefully post it at some point today.  3 of our platforms for the magazine route their services through Amazon.com which is currently out of service.  As soon as their services are back up – we will post the Spring Mini Mag!

Over the years we have seen a lot of quilts at weddings.  It is one of the traditions that creates beautiful labors of love for couples and their families.

Above is a beautiful quilt as designed by Etsy Designer Tapestri.  They can create a special quilt just for you embroidered with messages from each of your guests.

This collage is from a previous post that we did about Margaret’s beautiful wedding at Rust Manor.  Getting creative with quilts is easy to do by setting up a station for everyone to get involved!

We have also used quilts for chuppah toppers as well!

If you want a a quilt for your chuppah topper – be sure to give yourself plenty of time to make it!  Getting both moms involved is a perfect way for the two families to come together to do a DIY project for the big day!

Quilts last for generations and are a wonderful way to reuse decor for your home!

The Spring Issue of Eco-Beautiful Weddings is live and a few of my favorite things are in it to win!  Don’t miss out!

Get this vintage frame with a chalkboard for you wedding day!

or

Start your new “NO MORE buying of plastic WATER BOTTLES” regimen with this beautiful reusable water bottle!

or

Have the best doggone salted caramels around for you and your guests!

Just click here to see all the fun stuff you can get for free in the Spring Issue!

It’s Live and we are in Love!  Click on the Cover Above to Check out all the Eco-Friendly Yumminess from the Spring 2011 Issue of Eco-Beautiful Weddings!

I have been planning The Knot’s annual event at the Nationals Park for a few months now and I am excited about all of the possibilities that are available to brides and grooms!  Yes – you have to love baseball sure – but their facilities are so beautiful too!

Not sure how to have a wedding here?  Go vintage or modern with these ideas:

(Credits – Vintage Ice Cream Bar via Brides, Baseball Tickets via Style Me Pretty by Amorology Weddings, Cute modern Ice Cream invitations from Etsy Designr InkSpot Workshop, Nationals Cookie Favors from A Dozen Eggs, Modern Popcorn Station via Tying The Knot by Bellissima Photography)

Another reason why we love the Stadium is that it is one of the very few stadiums in the country that is LEED certified as well!  Go Green with the Nats!

I can’t wait to show you photos from the event!  Stay Tuned!

]]> http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/weddings-at-the-nationals-par/feed/ 2 http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/kendall-mohamad-in-baltimore-bride/ http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/kendall-mohamad-in-baltimore-bride/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:30:00 +0000 Katie Martin http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/?p=4718

We are so excited to finally showcase Kendall and Mohamad’s wedding as seen in Baltimore Bride Magazine!

If you are hungry for more images from their eco-friendly wedding – then click here to see all the fun details!

(photography by Jennifer Hughes)

There are so many giveaways on the Eco-Beautiful Blog – I needed to give you an update!  Today we are choosing a lucky winner for a pair of shoes from Hydraheart!  Eco-friendly shoes for your wedding – super hard to find!!!  Click on the slippers above to learn how to win!

And not to be missed…yesterday’s mini mag was launched all about The Cotton Bride custom couture gown giveaway and The Chevy Cruze for a week giveaway!  Many of you saw our posts about the Eco-Beautiful Weddings Magazine Anniversary Party and Fashion show of the Fireflies collection from The Cotton Bride.  The mini mag issue showcases our favorite gowns from the new collection.  You can win and either pick one of their dresses from their new collection or have Chris Kole (the designer himself) custom make a gown for you!

Click on the photo above to learn more!  This mini mag issue is also chock full of ideas for how to incorporate cotton into your wedding! (Be Sure to check out our cotton bridal bouquet)

My birthday is tomorrow and if you are really in the mood to still buy me something…these are the things I am diggin’! Of course, you don’t need to buy me anything, but I know if you knew these products were available you might want to buy them for your bridesmaids, your groomsmen or yourself.  I normally would reserve these products for my editor’s picks – but it’s my bday and I am feelin’ sassy!

Everyone knows I love my iPad  -and this case is so adorable and eco-friendly. The case I have for my ipad right now is what they were selling at the Apple store as I had to travel the very next day…but this is way too cute and it comes in black, white and orange as well!

I am on a pretty strict gluten and lactose free diet.  I can’t stand that I can’t eat caramels anymore – so I love giving DAS Caramelini caramels as gifts!  They have a faint twist of lavender and they are just mouthwatering!  Jelly Belly and Vermints are both made in the USA and are all-natural and gluten-free yumminess!  Click on the candy above to learn how to buy these products!

My two favorite places to grab cupcakes from are Cakelove and Hello Cupcake since they always have something gluten-free available!

And o my..this upcycled genius chica makes handbags and headbands to swoon over…I want them both! Find out about Etsy Designer Sparky Jones by clicking on the two photos above.

Tell me what you buy!!!

Cheers!

I am very excited to finally be showcasing my sister-in-law’s (Ashlee on right) baby shower that our “fambly” friend Sue (on left above) put together.

I really had a lot of fun decorating this shower – not only because it’s my nephew that is on the way – but just for the pure and simple fact that woodland creatures are so cute!  Tom and Ashlee really wanted a modern day woodland themed nursery and I am pretty sure it is what they will have!  I was able to get a lot of the decor from Etsy and Sue came up with the idea of baby bath cloths as napkins with teething rings as napkin holders!

Tom and Ashlee also just love owls – so naturally owls are the perfect addition to a woodland nursery.  All of the centerpieces had some sort of owl or woodland animal involved with the decor.  The Raccoon is a door stopper and the owl on the right is a piggy bank!  All centerpieces were gifts from my husband, son and I to my soon to be nephew!

My friend Debbie from Cakes by Design made the amazing cake that matched the owl motif that I had designed by my art director!  Sue did such an amazing job with food (which I am never in charge of!).

I was able to reuse the plates from previous family events and Sue brought these cute spoons for everyone to eat their soup sips with! Then we cleaned all of them afterward so Ashlee and Tom would have a never ending supply of baby spoons!

I had so much fun creating this eco-friendly favor bar.  Instead of crazy packaging that would just be thrown away or chocolate rattles, we decided to go with the woodland theme and have pumpkin seeds, pistachio nuts, walnuts and more for guests to take away in the above boxes.  This way they could enjoy the various nuts and seeds for the holidays and reuse the container!  Plus I got to use the various owl motifs that Jen created for me with the stickers!

I can’t wait to actually share the baby photos! I took most of the photos here with a little help from my friend Amie Otto!

From Auntieland…

]]> http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/details/woodland-baby-shower-auntieland/feed/ 1 http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/etsy-finds/more-auntieland/ http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/etsy-finds/more-auntieland/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:54:46 +0000 Katie Martin http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/?p=4256

I just had a chance to glance through all of the baby shower photos that Amie Otto and I took for my sister-in-law’s baby shower.  My brother plays guitar and they plan on having a woodland theme nursery, hence the owl with the guitar!

Stay tuned tomorrow for a longer post about the shower with all the details!

Our Anniversary Issue of Eco-Beautiful Weddings is live!  Click above to see the new issue!

Grab a cup a coffee or a glass a wine and get ready as this post is long!  There is simply no way to break up  this post into smaller parts!  The details of this wedding are just so much fun and better to see all together!  We have done two previous posts on the decor of the ceremony and cocktail hour (along with 3 teaser posts!) Now the finale!

Even with this overall Atrium room shot at the Ronald Reagan Building – you still can’t see all the stations of fun at this wedding!  To give just a little backdrop – Jordan is a school teacher – so some of the props might make more sense once you see them!

To bring in the true school spirit – we ordered some basic student high school lockers and painted them for the couple.  We still have them – so let us know if you want them for your wedding! It was the talk of the wedding and everyone had so much fun looking inside and seeing all the fun photos [if you look closely enough here - you can see her dad Rick Scott (who is currently running for Governor in Florida)].

Another fun station was the “Map Station”.  Since both Jeremy and Jordan love to travel so much – they wanted to see where everyone else has traveled to.  So we placed pink and green pins on the maps for where Jordan and Jeremy have been and asked the guests to place the yellow pins (as shown in the letters J) on the map for where they have been.

Then we had the photo booth.  I will most likely do a whole other post just on the photos from the photographer (Documentary Associates) that took the photo booth photos as they were hilarious!

(You can’t have a photo booth these days without props – we got these from Etsy!)

A couple of days ago we showed you the program we designed…here is the menu that matches!

There were so many flowers everywhere at this wedding that there just is not enough room in this post to show them.  We had tall arrangements filled with green and white dendrobium orchids along with jaguar pink orchids and yellow mokara orchids!  The two long head tables for the wedding party had lots of fun different shaped vases filled with seasonal local flowers including local hydrangea, peonies and roses.

One of the funniest things about this wedding is that Jordan wanted to possibly trip up the guests by numbering the tables with prime numbers (take a look at the photo above this one and you can see that table number is #29).  Carla David Design did such an amazing job with these table tents, the map station, soda station and lemonade/pink lemonade/limeade bar signs (below).

And now…the cakes!  Cakes by Design did such an amazing job!  I still can’t get over how she was able to create Jordan and Jeremy’s dog and how she used the decor on the groom’s cake to look like the masses/crowd (GENIUS!)

And…their super fun candy bar!

It was an amazing party and we had so much fun designing it!

Congratulations Jordan & Jeremy!

Wedding Planning, Floral Designs & Decor, Lanterns, Stationery, Candy Bar – Elegance & Simplicity, Inc.

Venue & Catering - Ronald Reagan Building

Photography - Ralph Alswang

Band + Ceremony Music - MSE Productions

Videography - Blue Sky Films

Lighting & Fabric Draping – Ampa Events

Cake – Cakes by Design

Linens – Table Manners

Bridal Styling – Polished Image and Style

Hair – Elegant Hair by Giselle

Make-up – Carola Myers

Detail Signage – Carla David Design

Photo Booth Photography – Documentary Associates

Rehearsal Dinner – Arts Club of Washington

Transportation – Chariots for Hire

Accommodations – Willard InterContintental

]]> http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/jordan-jeremys-reception/feed/ 3 http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/kendall-mo-part-iv-cake/ http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/kendall-mo-part-iv-cake/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:40:36 +0000 Katie L Martin http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/?p=3184

Ok – so I am officially obsessed with this cake.  Debbie Delardi from Cakes by Design outdid herself with this one! I am in love with it!  Debbie based the design on the Save-the-Dates and Invitations by her Etsy designer Magnolia Papier!

She also made cupcakes which we inserted paper flowers from Magnolia Papier into!

(Notice the cute paper detailing on the blue cake pedestals – which I am also obsessed with!)

Now – here comes even more craziness!  Their wedding will be on Ace of Cakes this summer!  For all you cake addicts out there…I will post about the show as soon as I know the date!

Kendall wanted to surprise Mo with a cake made in the likeness of the robot that Mo has to use 3-5 times a week to perform surgery at John Hopkins!  The robot is called the Davinci – here is the real life version of it:

And here is the cake:

It was so much fun and such a wonderful surprise for Mo!

Check out the cake topper for this one:

Her in her dress, he in his scrubs along with their doggie and the cute love birds from their invitations! ADORABLE!

There are so many more photos from this wedding…but I am figuring 4 posts is enough!  We will have a gallery of their wedding soon on the main website as it was such a wonderful day!

Again – a huge thanks to Jennifer Hughes for the images and a big ole’ congrats to Kendall & Mo!

I will post once we know about the show airing!

Cheers!

This is a continuation (part 3 of 4) of Kendall & Mo’s wedding – all about the decor we did for them! Grab a cool drink as this will be a long one!

This is our signature trellis that we have been using for about 2 years now.  We have now taken it out of commission and have reused the wood to create a smaller version.  No worries – we can still make another one like it – we just felt a smaller version would make some of our upcoming weddings more intimate!  We purchased the aqua glass hanging votives to add to our ever-growing collection of amazing hanging glassware!   Of course we also have every color of the rainbow in paper lanterns.  It was just especially whimsical to have them inside this beautiful atrium at the Engineer’s Club in Baltimore.

After choosing her save the dates -Kendall brought one to me and we designed the day around the adorable colors from her paper items (which were showcased in yesterday’s post)!  We created simple but beautiful bouquets comprised of green hydrangea with white ranunculus for the bridesmaids to go with their beautiful turquoise/aqua shade dresses from Jenny Yoo.  Each bridesmaid had an individual beautiful brooch that Kendall bought for them as gifts!  She even gave one to me that I adore!

Here is her lovely bouquet! She chose white peonies (available in May and June) with white ranunculus, green cymbidium orchids with blue delphinium accents. (Look at that cute chair decor her mom made!)

We love our oval vases!  We used them for the atrium as decor on the railings with submerged green cymbidium orchids and fun aqua stones.

We custom designed this piece for Kendall!  It was gorgeous and huge!  We took manzanita branches and fastened them to a box Miguel made out of some old wood from our workshop and filled it with wheat grass.  Then we added green dendrobium orchids with her cute paper flowers (and escort cards) from her Etsy Paper designer Magnolia!  Check out the post from yesterday to get a closer view of the flowers – by clicking here! (You can also click on the image to make it larger to see more detail).

Here is a nice snapshot of the tablescapes!  We used our tall cylindrical glass vases with manzanita branches with hanging green and aqua glass hanging votives (hung with vintage green and blue ribbons).  Then we had 3 lower vases with submerged white dendrobium orchids with floating white candles.  Then you can see her adorable napkin rings here too – which were featured yesterday on the blog!

(There was also a candy bar – which I don’t have photos of at the moment!)

Mo is Lebanese and we were able to get Debke dancers in for their reception as well from MSE Productions!

MyDeejay was there that night for all of the other music and it was seamless!  Anthony is always a pleasure to work with!

I love this photo of the Engineer’s Club as it shows their signature lighting ceiling system that I am in love with!  However – this is not to be confused with the fantastic job that Ampa Events did with the uplighting around the facility!  Truly an amazing event!

I wanted to make one final note on this blog post.  This wedding was planned with eco-friendliness in mind.  Kendall and Mo are busy doctors and highly aware of what is going on in our environment.  She chose Etsy Designers to give back to the creative artist community, chose us for our eco-friendly designs, chose the Engineer’s Club for its beauty and historical significance, chose MyDeejay as they are a carbon-neutral company, her friends and family took most of the paper decor to be reused again…the list is really endless.  We adored Kendall from the moment she stepped into our offices!

Going green can be fab folks – as you can see here!

Stay tuned for the 4th and final installment tomorrow for Kendall & Mo’s wedding!  All about cake – not to be missed!

All images were provided by the amazing Jennifer Hughes!

]]> http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/kendall-mo-part-iii-wedding-decor/feed/ 0 http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/kendall-mos-wedding-at-the-engineers-club/ http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/kendall-mos-wedding-at-the-engineers-club/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:53:55 +0000 Chris Easter http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/?p=3099

I am so excited about the cutie patootie wedding that we did with Kendall & Mo on May 8th!  I got the photos back last week and was just so jazzed to relive this event.  Truly one of the top ten favorite weddings we have every done.  From the bride and groom being just fantastic clients to now being our friends…to the amazing details that I can’t wait to share.

Stay tuned for a more detailed post later this week!  The images from Jennifer Hughes are amazing!

Sorry the blog has been slow going these past few weeks!  With weddings in full gear – the focus has been on weddings and now the 3rd issue of Eco-Beautiful Weddings over here at E&S!  I thought I could share a few things that a couple of my brides have been diggin’ over the past week or so.  Above are some super cute recycled Japanese newspaper bracelets that a September bride is giving to her bridesmaids to wear the day of her wedding. (Along with all the paper origami cranes she is making them make!)

How freakin’ cute are these handbags?  So close to getting them for me!

And…I have so many brides after my own heart this year who are all over the peacock colors!  One bride is considering this hairpiece – YUM!

Stay tuned for some downloaded photos from recent weddings!

Happy Planning!

Today is the perfect day to go green…so get ready for this long post on some of the many ways you can make today green!

Take the above (cute as can be decor) – you can hang on your wall or put on shelves.  These finds come from an Etsy designer made from old dead wood!  Spring is upon us and it is time to spruce up your bedroom for sure!  See how cute this could be on your wall?  And hey – you can use these on your escort card table as decor!

In love with these shoes I found on Nimli today – I want them and your groom might want them for the wedding day!  Why not?  He can wear them again!  Made from 100% fair trade organic cotton!

For the dog lovers – how cute this is? ‘Nuff said!

Cute Skirt – Made in the USA and from the ever-lovely Anthropologie website:

We have had so many of our clients adore our line of stationery by Luscious Verde in the office…here is a similar design that a client picked out last week for her August wedding with eco-cream paper:

Make a statement and give buttons as favors for your guests!  This Etsy designer only has one of these in particular:

But my fave on this Etsy shop (at the moment) are these as I am writing this pretty late at night!

You really  have so many options to go green with your wedding day.  St. Patrick’s is a great reminder that you can just start a new green trend in your wedding planning – starting today!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day – Start Greening your Life Today!

Katie Martin

]]> http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/wedding-planning/st-patricks-day-the-perfect-day-to-go-green/feed/ 2 http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/eco-friendly-weddings/etsy-love-4/ http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/eco-friendly-weddings/etsy-love-4/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Katie Martin http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/?p=2330 I am gearing up for the DCCWC 2nd Annual Bridal Show Today!

We are doing a fantastic and new type of bridal show that I can’t wait to showcase here after the event!

While you wait for those photos – thought you might like to see some of my favorite Etsy designers in the wake of Valentine’s Day! Yes – love is still aflutter!

I totally dig this ring!  So cute!

And this ridiculously cute recyled bottle cap necklace pendant!

Beautifully packaged organic pink grapefruit soap!

Simply divine earrings – not just because they are vintage – but because they are the exact colors from my wedding day! I want them!

And this adorable retro skirt!  I know 4 people that could rock this skirt out!

As always, click on the photos to buy from Etsy!

Cheers!

~Katie Martin

Kate & Allie’s Foot Balm!

This doggone cute dog collar made from 100% organic cotton!

Diggin’ this organic T!

Click on the photos to buy!  All perfect for gifts for your attendants!

Here are our Etsy Finds of the week , with Alison as our inspiration.  She is a lover of all things sustainable and eco-friendly as we are!

Don’t be afraid to go with a bold statement on your wedding.  I love it when a bride chooses just one item with color for her wedding ensemble (does not have to be just the shoes!).

Lovin’ these cute 100% vegan shoes!

As always, click on each photo to buy and check out more from these fab Etsy designers!

Tonight  we had a fabulous time at the DG Green Wedding Consortium‘s Holiday Party!  We gave away a $50,000 Green Wedding for Earth Day on April 22, 2010 (it’s 40th Anniversary).  Congratulations to Verdina & Kevin!  I can’t wait to post more about their planning process!

Happy Happy Happy Holidays!

~Katie Martin

]]> http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/announcements/the-winners/feed/ 0 http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/etsy-finds/etsy-love-3/ http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/etsy-finds/etsy-love-3/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:17:58 +0000 Katie Martin http://www.eleganceandsimplicity.com/blog/?p=1703 Since  the holidays are upon us…I thought I would share my quick picks from Etsy today!  Been having so much with Etsy lately for both shopping and my new magazine Eco-Beautiful!

Love this amazing stacker for babies stained with vegetables like beets and blueberries!  Ummm….genius!

I am normally not into hemp jewelry – but I thought this was seriously cute.  Pretty sure I know at least 3 people that would dig this necklace!

And for all the dog lovers out there…the reuasable doggie snack holder! So Cute!

As always – click on any of these images and go and buy!!!

So important to support artists!  Buy on Etsy or local for the holidays!

Cheers!

~Katie Martin

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