Mood Boards

Another Bursting Bouquet of Mood Boards

September 28, 2009

These belong to the same set of circumstances as the first Mood Board bouquet — boards worked up to answer specific questions on FavorIdeas whose credits drifted off into the mists. Please, if one of these pics are yours or you just know who they belong to, holler!

Red Cherry Blossoms. A whole bunch of boards [...]

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A Bursting Bouquet of Wedding Boards – 1

September 15, 2009

It was probably inevitable. In the process of creating boards in response to this or that bride’s specific question, I have a number of them that have sat around looking pretty, but gotten completely lost in the wilds of old comments threads, months or even years ago. Another dorky thing about them … most don’t [...]

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4th of July Mood Board

July 2, 2009

Happy fourth, readers! Even though my fourths are personally pretty uneventful, I have to admit that as a child I read the entire “Little House” series about 40 times. You know, even the one where Manny cuts hay in the field for about nine chapters straight?
So as a result, the fourth (in my mind) [...]

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In the Mood for Nudes

March 28, 2009

I remember a few evenings in this winter we’ve just gotten through, buried in wool, flipping through the fashion mags just to amuse all the moths. And running head-on into those predictions (as if the dark and damp wasn’t enough) that 80’s style colors were coming back in a big way. Yes, those very same [...]

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Vintage Nautical Board

March 18, 2009

A few weeks ago I was walking through the woods with Mister Two Big Browns, my better half. It was one of those fairytale spots during one of my favorite times of year … right before the woods wake up again. Believe it or not, a bunch of waterfalls were doing their waterfall thang below [...]

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Celestial Style for Starry-Eyed Couples

November 18, 2008

There’s a lot of interest in celestial and star themes, thanks in part to the fanatical attraction that most of us feel for Van Gogh’s signature work, and in part due to very hip couples liking to marry in unconventional venues with lots of drama, like planetariums.
So I’ve always wanted to do a celestial board, [...]

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Big Scottish Heart, All Elegance

November 13, 2008

Honoring your ancestors is a popular way to personalize weddings, especially when they happen to be the sort that invented golf, penicillin and higher education, inspired a Mel Gibson blockbuster, and continue to dominate all kinds of little fashion niches. (Scots: cool! Huns: not necessarily so cool!).
So unsurprisingly, wedding couples like to flaunt it [...]

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Board: Aqua Blue & Apple Green

November 1, 2008

Aqua blue … not played out, says Martha! She says it is absolutely fresh and desirable when you hitch it up with apple green.
Well, I must admit that Martha has me here. This combo is crisp and modern and fun and you still! get! to use aqua! You can even go semi-Tiffany and look totally [...]

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Board: Pink, Espresso, Ecru

October 31, 2008

To me, it seems like brides are gaining confidence with pink and black. At first you saw it in the trail-breakers, the Offbeat Bride types. Then Martha roared in: pale tea rose with black and cameos. It was lovely. Finally the black & white damasks became ubiquitous in papers, favors and linens and the game [...]

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Board: A Navy Blue & Copper Brown Wedding

October 28, 2008

Navy’s a color with many virtues. (For one, it doesn’t necessarily show up as a gaping hole in your photos, the way 12 bridesmaids in black occasionally do.) You see more and more interest. The Big Design World right now likes to pair navy with apple green, or lemon yellow …