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Chantecaille has some truly exquisite eye shadow palettes.  According to Fashionista, 5% of proceeds from this featured compact are donated towards protecting whales!  A little pricey at $98, but definitely a work of art.

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I was reminded this weekend at a baby shower how lovely and simple these hanging bursts of color are!  Martha Stewart really does know a good thing or two.  This is from 2006, but a great idea doesn’t go out of style.  These pom poms are so easy to make, and truly customizable for any wedding, bridal shower, or even for decorating your own home!

Martha Stewart tutorial

Tags: decorations, DIY.

Hi everyone!  This is my first post on the PW blog, so there are a couple things I’ve been wanting to share!  You might’ve seen them before, but here are some of my favorite things that have been on my radar:

Photo by Tec Petaja

These hair pieces are absolutely BEAUTIFUL and made by the lovely Chelsea at Oh My Deer.  Here they are in action:

Photo by Tec Petaja

Tags: DIY, hair.

My wonderful sister Kathy will be joining us as a guest blogger! Yay! She is the main pastry and dessert contributor to our guide, and has worked with desserts and pastries for many years in both the restaurant industry as well as creating ultra-chic high end dessert bars for many happy California brides. Welcome Kathy, and I look forward to reading your posts! =)

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Event Design and Description by Lollipop Events and Designs, Photography by Cary Pennington

Sinfully delicious and temptingly tantalizing, this White Sugar Dessert bar entices the palate with heirloom ceramic pieces topped with an array of confections. Jawbreakers, cupcakes and pile of sugar-dusted donuts topped with butterflies made for delectable drama, while meringues, nonpareils and mini-marshmallows were delicate and dainty. Vintage lace served as the textural base, while individual tags with ribbon tied everything together. The all white, candy-couture was nestled under a birch branch canopy for utterly sweet shelter!

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We’ve compiled some of our favorite wedding invitations to help inspire you. To check out our entire invitation gallery, click here. Enjoy!

Tags: invitations.

Share your wedding color inspiration with us and you could win a $200 VISA gift card! Create a community article containing at least 4 inspirational photos along with captions explaining why they inspire you and you’ll be entered to win.

Don’t limit yourself to only 4 photographs! We want to see more, so feel free to upload as many as you like. To get started, click here.

But first, we have some color inspiration for you!

http://www.projectwedding.com/wiki/show/cpow-gray-and-orange

http://www.projectwedding.com/wiki/show/cpow-red-and-aqua-blue

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Stylish PW girls take note! I just talked to Anya Sarre, the celeb stylist responsible for the daily looks of Mary Hart and Lara Spencer on Entertainment Tonight and The Insider — and she says yellow is the IT color for spring and bridesmaids! One of our faves? Genius designer David Meister! Is this yellow grommet tie front dress not that most adorable thing you have ever seen? 

According to Anya,  ”Yellow is a happy color that really pops in photos. Yellow looks great on blondes, brunettes and red heads. Everyone smiles when they see yellow at a wedding.” And while we are talking gorgeous dresses, take a peek at David Meister’s modern, white jersey siren gown with beads — can you say dream bride?

Tags: David Meister.

Smoky eye make up is the perfect way to get your bachelorette party or that night on the town sizzling. We wanted to know how to achieve that smoldering look ourselves, so we enlisted the help of Vivian Tran from All Made Up. The results? See for yourself below!

All photos by Cynthia Gregory.

How to Achieve Smoky Eye Makeup:

1) First, clean face with make-up remover and tone skin. Next, moisturize face with oil control lotion, and let it dry for 1-2 minutes.
2) Prime face with make-up primer base (long lasting makeup and oil control). Dilute cream or liquid foundation with primer to reduce thickness and make coverage last.
3) Apply concealer under the eyes and on uneven skin area. Finish by setting foundation with loose powder (kabuki brush).
4) Fill in eyebrows with eyeshadow and enhance and define brow shape arch and tail with sharp eyebrow pencil. Highlight underneath/above eyebrow with matte cream eyeshadow and prime eyelids with eyeshadow base (cream shimmer).
5) Set eyelids with cream matte shadow. Apply small amount of black eyeshadow along the eyeliner and then gradually move up towards eyelid crease.
6) Slowly blend and increase black eyeshadow intensity at eyeliner and crease area (top and bottom lashes). Use fingers to blend in dark harsh lines along eyelid crease area, use makeup sponge to clean excessive shadow smearing.
7) Use creamy black smooth eyeliner pencil and smudge in with q-tip (top and bottom lashes). Trim full strip eyelashes according to eye size, massage eyelash strip create easy crescent.
8)Curl eyelashes with eyelash curler in three locations (base, middle, and tip for even curved crescent curl)
9) Apply one sweep of black mascara on top of the lash and bottom of real lashes for nice lash shape. Use dark tone color eyelash glue, let dry for 2-3 minutes and wait for tacky consistency before applying on eyeliner
10) Apply full strip eyelashes, right above natural eyelashes, and let dry for 5 minutes. Dab a small amount cream blush at apples of cheeks and blend out with fingers
11) Set blush with blush powder by applying in small circle motions on apples of cheeks.
12) Highlight with face with lighter shade of concealer/foundation on t-zone area, underneath eyes, laugh lines, then blend with fingers). Use powder brush to set highlighted only areas highlight with translucent powder
13) Line lips with neutral color lip liner, then fill in whole lips liner for long lasting color.
14) Apply nude color lip color with lip brush on lips, and then peach lip gloss
15) Make sure eyelashes are fully dry and apply black liquid eyeliner with eyeliner brush over eyelashes to define eyeliner line and cover excessive glue
16) Wait for liner to dry, 1 minute, then apply 1-2 coats of mascara underneath eyelashes and press both natural lash and false eyelashes together for better bonding with fingers and natural look.

Make-up tools and products:
Tools:
-Make-up Sponge (MAC sponges)
-Q-tips (make-up Q-tips with flat end and pointy tips)
-Eyebrow razor trimmer (disposable brow razor)
-Kabuki powder brush (MAC)
-Blush Brush (MAC)
-Blender brush (MAC)
-Med. crease brush (MAC)
-Sm. highlighter brush (MAC)
-Concealer brush (MAC)
-Foundation brush (MAC)
-Lip brush (MAC)
-Eyeliner brush (MAC)
-Eyelash curler (MAC)

Products:
-Oil control moisturizer (t-zones) (MAC)
-Base primer (face/eyes) Sephora Base
-Foundation (cream/liquid) (MAC)
-Cream Concealer (cream/liquid) (MAC)
-Loose Translucent Powder (light and medium) (MAC)
-Brown (medium color) eyeshadow (eyelids/brows) (MAC)
-Cream matte eyeshadow (brow highlighter) (MAC)
-Cream shimmer shadow base (liquid/powder) (MAC)
-Black matte eyeshadow (powder) (MAC)
-Black creamy eyeliner (liquid/pencil) (Twoface)
-Full double layer lashes (full strips) Sephora
-Black mascara (MAC)
-Neutral lip liner (MAC)
-Nude Lip color (MAC)
-Peach lip gloss (MAC)
-Blush (peach cream/powder) (MAC)
-Dark tone eyelash glue (Ardel)

Tags: Beauty, DIY, Makeover.

We were lucky enough to have stumbled upon Austie’s Shop on Etsy. We absolutely adore these headpieces as conjure images of a simpler, yet more glamorous time.

Austie’s Shop collaborates with another great Etsy find, SarahSeven.  

This dress is called the Peaceful Afternoon Dress, but we think it’d make a great wedding dress, too.

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