{ritzy bee blog}

we love the capitals

We're loving the look of these all CAPS lettering combinations...

 {Photo credits: 1 Bird + Banner 2 Hammer Press via Martha Stewart Weddings 3 Martha Stewart Weddings 4 Bird + Banner 5+7 Ready Go Paper Studio 6 + 8 Oh So Beautiful Paper}

14 carat taste

We think a little sparkle from gold flatware can help a table settings go from pretty to priceless...

{Photo credits: 1 Martha Stewart 2 Sitting in a Tree Events via Pinterest 3 Real Simple 4 Coco Kelley 5 House Beautiful via La Dolce Vita 6 LaTavola Linen}

details we are loving

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! Pretty things we are loving this morning...

This wedding save-the-date is one fun advertisement for the weekend's activities via Mr. Boddington's Studio (makes us wish we would have been there!)

Cotton wreaths for chair backs with a pretty fabric tweed ribbon makes a gorgeous winter wedding detail via Martha Stewart Weddings

Pretty purple + red-ish hydrangea seem perfect for holiday table decorating via The Bride's Cafe

back in black

Happy black Friday! Some un-colorful inspiration for your day...

{Photo credits: 1 Camille Styles 2 Plurabelle calligraphy 3 Paper + Cup 4 Shanna Murray}

happy thanksgiving!

{Photo credit: Rifle Paper Co.}

pretty as pie

With food on our mind in preparations for tomorrow...we just can't get enough of pie as an after Thanksgiving or wedding delicious dessert...

{Photo credits: 1 Design*Sponge 2 Karen Mordechai via Sunday Suppers 3 Tara Guerard 4 Anca Gray Tumblr}

win this...

Don't forget to leave your comment here to win a copy of our new wedding planning book, out 1.3.12...it makes a fabulous gift too for anyone newly engaged...

beautiful burlap

We love the pretty texture of these woven buralp details...perfect for a fall wedding.

{Photo credits: 1 Forever & Ever Events + Exhibit Emotions via Love My Dress 2 Calder Clark Designs + A Bryan Photo  3 Etsy  4 Tartelette  5 Martha Stewart Weddings 6 Design Work Life 7 Better Homes & Gardens}

details we are loving

Happy week of Thanksgiving! Hope you're looking forward to time with friends + family this week. Here are some things inspiring us this week that would be lovely for a Thanksgiving inspired wedding...

Pretty pink + gold details for a table setting from Tara Guérard via Southern Living

Fabulous wedding menu from Mr. Boddington + Hello!Lucky via Martha Stewart Weddings

Late fall blooms from Saipua via Once Wed

some big buzz...

We've been waiting for quite a long time for this blog post and could not be more thrilled to share our news with all of you today!

For the past {almost} year, we have been busy working with Southern Living + Oxmoor House writing a book, "The Southern Living Wedding Planner and Keepsake: What to do before saying 'I do' " which will be officially available in a few weeks on January 3, 2012 at bookstores and on Amazon. 

The planner is a guide to planning your wedding...no matter how big or small in size or budget...and is a fresh approach on how to stay organized, what to expect at each step and hopefully (mostly) stress free through the process! We were also incredibly excited to include our talented colleague, Kate Headley, as the exclusive photographer of the book with hundreds of Kate's beautiful images as inspiration.

A few sneak peeks...

...and of course we want to share in our excitement...so we'll be giving away several copies when the book is available to ship! Leave us a comment below {and a working email} and we'll announce 5 winners on December 3rd....

Thanks so much for letting us share our news...it's been an incredible experience and we are VERY grateful to everyone we worked with on the project and all of our fellow wedding vendors, clients and families for their support! We also have the utmost regard for all authors out there with a new appreciation for the discipline, focus and pots of coffee a project like this takes! xo, m + k