i {spy} - inspiration - these colors rock

Here is another lovely color palette from the inspired bride. I'm biased of course, but c'mon, this is awesome. Beach or garden wedding would be lovely.



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i {spy} - crochet flowers from a recent wedding

So those crochet flowers I was telling you about from Autumn & Adam's wedding?

Turns out they are made by the sister-in-law of the bride, Chelsea Lenas. She has an etsy site and does some amazing work!

check these pics out - more coming soon!





She's got more pics on her facebook page too!

i {spy} - inspiration - now, that's how you do royal purple

LOVE this inspiration board by Lucky Designs. Purple is such a gorgeous color but you rarely see it for weddings outside of it's lighter lilac and lavender shades. I'm ready to see it bold and paired with some yummy fall oranges and creams.



{sources here}

i {spy} - a new take on the cupcake-cake

I like this take on the cupcake tower wedding cake - having the bride & groom cake at the top still gives you something to cut but you've got the ease and cuteness of the cupcakes as well.

Found this on 100 Layer Cake - photo by Kristen Grinnell

Check out the rest of the photos from this amazing wedding on their full blog post.

i {spy} - inspiration - gorgeous wedding inspiration board

Found this ah-may-zing inspiration board at betsy white's flights of fancy by gia. don't you LOVE it? WOW!

Photo Credits:
row 1: Daniel Egnéus | April Reed
row 2: Jenny Yoo | Jen Huang Photography via Style Me Pretty
row 3: Abby Ross Weddings

i {spy} - craft project! - the dress & the shoes for the {expo} - FINALLY!

I was pretty excited about my outfit for the Gainesville Wedding Expo at the end of last month. After all it took me a ton of searching and trying on, returning, exchanging, and looking online and all over town to find what I wanted.

Because I was determined to match my branding, I was convinced I needed a yellow dress. And I wanted one with a poufy skirt. And I didn't want a lot of bare skin showing. I could thrill you with stories of my escapades, but I'll just get to the point. It had basically come down to me wearing a cute gray dress I'd found at Urban Thread with a bright yellow scarf and silver sandals or a JCrew halter dress I'd also found at Urban Thread and some cardigan I was desperately trying to find.

As I was taking one last look through the racks I came across a yellow dress that was definitely two sizes smaller than what I'm wearing these days. Even so, it looked a little larger than advertised, so I thought, what the heck, I'll see if I can squeeze into it. Just for giggles. And crazy enough it fit me!



I was so excited, I didn't even notice that I'd dropped a receipt in the dressing room for three cardigans I'd picked up from Ross - hoping to make them work with the halter dress. The sales ladies were happy for me and listened to me blather on about how I needed the dress for a wedding expo and yada yada yay yay yay! I gave them some of my cards!

After purchasing the dress and my fabulous shoes (I fell in love with them after having used them to try on everything at the store), I got in my car to find a parking ticket DOH! and headed to Butler Plaza. Aaaaand, I left my credit card on the counter. By the time I got to Ross across town, I realized I didn't have the receipt. Nice enough, the sweet girls at Urban Thread called me (they had my biz card) to tell me I left my credit card and so I finished up my shopping at Target and headed back to pick up my lost items. They even found my receipt! What customer service!

My fabulous JCrew shoes. So lovely, no?



Next, to complete my outfit, I thought I needed a little something extra. I'd been itching to do some crafting and saw this fabulous craft project on 100 layer cake and traced it back to Heart of Light for the details.

I printed out my instructions and got to work!


For my belt, I chose double-faced satin ribbon and picked up the fabric from the remnants bins. I chose a couple extra fabrics from the bolt to increase the diversity of textures.


I also bought some colorful fabric in case I changed my mind and wanted to do something a little different. I think I'll try this on my next craft date with a friend.


Here are my petals ready to go!


The belt is done!


Trying it on to see how it fits. OH YEAH, I forgot to mention that my dress has POCKETS! Dresses with POCKETS are my best friends.


Look how fabulous it looks with the dress!






SO easy to do and I have tons of petals left over. I'm thinking of making them into something ridiculous like bloomers. Any crazier ideas?

i {spy} memories are important

inspired by this and this:

i now want one of these.

i {spy} - beautiful music - - - Gainesville, FL Wedding Photographer

You know how lots of folks have cool things that they found on other blogs and then a cutesy name for it? I think mine is going to be i {spy}. What do you think? So i {spy} is going to be about whatever I find on teh interwebs that I think is cool and other people would like. Kind of like email forwards, except in your google reader. and much more awesomer. for the sure. ok. enough intentional bad grammar. on to the goods!

Found this via {wreckless girl}, whose photography I kinda dig. Mostly I dig her attitude and the warmth that I feel flowing from her blog posts.

On to the goods again... What a beautiful song. The music is lovely. The video is fabulous. I too, am very inspired by stillmotion. These words from girl, wreckless.

"Here is a new invoking and inspiring music video sung by my dear friend Amy (a fellow Vagabonder) and filmed and produced by the amazing Stillmotion, who blows me away every time. Amy Seeley WebsiteAmy on Vagabond BondAmy's recent album Eight Belles on iTunes (the same album whence came this video's song)"

amy seeley // live from her living room from stillmotion on Vimeo.