Passionate Purple

I was inspired today by seeing this beautiful picture from Bobbette & Belle, a designer pastry shop located in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Their macaroon towers create a beautiful (and yummy) center piece! 

I remembered this past Spring I was gravitating towards this color palette and highlighted a wedding gown I was in love with - style 021 from the Bonny Classic Collection in my post called The Color Purple.

I absolutely love wedding gowns with color! I remembered the soft little, delicate flowers on the bodice of this wedding gown and I thought how easy this could tie into a dessert table with either cupcakes, petit fours or even small, mini cakes!

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Edible Flowers from SweetPetalBakery on Etsy

Purple and green also make a gorgeous bouquet combo! Here are 10 of my favorite wedding flowers in purple: Hydrangea, larkspur, delphinium, lisianthus, lilac, hyacinth, fresh lavender, anemone (these are my favorite flowers in black and white too!), veronica and campanula!

Photo Booth = Fun!

Today, I received an email from Backdrop Outlet - they are having an awesome sale right now! The scenic muslins are regularly $399 but the sale is for $149! I love their Mod Backdrops! They are also on sale (but make sure you note the size!) These are a pretty good deal if you are planning a DIY photobooth! If you are looking for some fun props....here are some ideas!!


Feather boas - almost a must have for a photobooth!  Party Feathers has some pretty cheap boas! Some of the colors are on sale right now...for $0.90 each! Wow!


Funky Hats - Yep! You gotta have some hats! People get silly with them! You can find a few cheap, good hats at Party Feathers - make sure to check them out while looking at the boa's! The hats are on sale as well...most priced at $2.99 - $3.99!
Nerd glasses - Ok...so here is the deal of the day! Not sure how you feel about people having totally weird eyes - but for $0.49 how can you not have a pair of these?

Or you can choose the old standard - the Classic Disguise Glasses for $3.95

The Chalkboard Speech Bubble - Let them leave you a message or share a funny thought! It's a little pricey at $29.00 but, totally worth it! Would be fun to actually have two of them to see what kind of "conversations" you can have! Of course, you and the new hubby can also use them with the words "Mrs" and "Mr"....

This was a fun pick me up post for a Sunday! What other props would you use for some photo booth fun?

Pay It Forward Day

I got an email a couple of hours ago telling me it was National Pay It Forward Day...so I did a little research because this theme ties in perfectly with the giveaway I am doing this month!

I informally dubbed this giveaway my "pay it forward" giveaway...and guess what? It's starting to work out! People are signing up for the giveaway and telling friends about it...that is REALLY cool!! That, in itself is paying it forward, I think! So, I found the website for Pay It Forward Day - I wasn't aware there was a "national day". It looks like their annual date is April 28, 2011. Their website states though that "every day can be a pay it forward day" so, it looks like David Del Mundo has December 1st as his National Pay It Forward Day! He has 604,846 people attending today....err...make that 604,847! :) I agree....there doesn't have to be a "national" day to do a random act of kindness for another...we are presented with opportunities every day we wake up!  So, let's keep the chain going...