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painted desert romance

February 5th, 2012 | Posted by Hello Love in Parties - (2 Comments)

This styled photoshoot holds as much allure as the southwest.


Inspired by navajo culture and crafts, we took the age old traditions of Native American beadwork, weaving, and pottery and mingled our new ideas of pop art, glamour, and playfulness. A color palette of primarily dusty rose, mauve, turquoise, and grey echoes the landscape and horizon found in the desert. Flower arrangements were crafted using golden cacti, pencil cacti, blooming branches, thistles, proteas and heirloom roses in vintage 1980 ceramic vessels. The paper suite was inspired by two native american icons: the invitation served as a dreamcatcher and the save the date was a puzzle contained in a medicine bag. A gloriously graphic cake “beaded” with sprinkles and donning a mystical wolf completes our vision quest! Photos by n.Barrett photography

 

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destination austin

January 26th, 2012 | Posted by Hello Love in Beauty - (1 Comments)

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{  chelsea carpenter – paper  } 

In September of 2009, Brad and I were married at Villa Antonia in Austin, Texas. Neither of us were originally from Dallas (where we lived at the time) so we decided to have a semi-destination wedding in Austin. The venue was a last minute stop after we actually had a deposit down somewhere else, but it was too perfect not to pass up. So we gave up our Saturday for a Friday… of Labor Day weekend (exactly a year after we were engaged.)

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