Happy holidays, D*S readers! We are taking a little break from going around the world and bringing you our own homespun take on holiday festivities. This past year when designing our events, we fell head over heels in love with wooden flowers, vintage medicine bottles, eucalyptus leaves, cotton ribbons and twine, felt crafts, paper garlands,…
As far as holidays go, Thanksgiving is pretty high on our list. With the day fast approaching, we jumped at the opportunity to plan decorations for a cabin party. What do you really need besides some family and friends gathered gratefully around a homemade meal? Some simple and affordable decorations make the scene all the…
Hello Design*Spongers, we’ve missed you. We’ve had a whirlwind of events going on, but are so happy to be back today with another turn-of-the-globe entertaining idea. This time when we spun, fate brought us right back to Europe with Belgium. Belgium: Beer . . . chocolate . . . french fries (dipped in mayo) ….
Bonjour mes amis! Oui, oui vous l’avez deviné. FRANCE! We feel pretty lucky with this spin of the globe. The entertaining gods smiled upon us and we got to take an imaginary trip to Provence. Our idea came easily, as Provence is such a romantic place and inspiration is easily extracted from romantic countrysides. Who…
Hi D*S readers! It’s your entertaining gals, bash, please, and we’re back for another entertaining installment courtesy of the big, vast, globe. If you missed out on our first column we spun our globe (blindfolded) and landed in Seattle. This time around we spun and landed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Oops, we thought….
[Picnic blanket by Beaux Arts Photographie , Soda Bottles by Oh Happy Day , Truck by Beaux Arts Photographie , Sandwich image unknown, Popsicle by Gia Canali , Lanterns by Oriental Trading Company , Bubbles image uknown, Food table by Beaux Arts Photographie ] One of my favorite weddings on Once Wed is of Nancy…
[today i am beyond thrilled to welcome back paige anderson appel to d*s- as a monthly contributor! i've been wanting to expand the entertaining content on d*s for a while, but since i'm not a pro, i thought i'd call in someone who is! paige will be joining us every month, along with kelly harris...
[Wedding inspiration board credits: Bride photo by Robert Sukrachand, Church photo by Elizabeth Messina, Drinks, Tissue paper, Cactus, Couple photo by Robert Sukrachand ] We absolutely love the desert wedding of Val + Brett shot by the talented Robert Sukrachand and thought it would be the perfect wedding to draw inspiration from for this month’s…
[image credits: Bridesmaid, couple, and napkin/plate images by Max Wanger, Couch image by Ye Rin Mok, Pancake image unkown, Calligraphy by Rifle Design, Ranunculus image] When researching inspiration for this shoot, we kept coming back to the beautiful wedding of Holly and Billy which was originally featured on the lovely blog, 100 Layer Cake, and…
[today i'm thrilled to welcome emily and the team from once wed to d*s! starting today, they'll be joining us once a month with wedding-inspired entertaining and decor ideas in a new column called "beyond the big day". i love the way that weddings are often the catalyst for beautiful decorating and party ideas, so...
