{runway: rochas fall 2010 rtw}

{p.s.} butterflies!

{via nymag.com}

etsy wedding giveaway! custom watercolor wedding map REVISED 10.12.10

{ UPDATE 7.march.11 -- custom wedding maps and illustrations by nattymichelle }

**UPDATE 7.march.11: the kind etsy soul who stepped in and volunteered her services: natalie of nattymichelle. more on her shortly. fantastic!

**UPDATE 12.oct.10: all, i'm leaving this post up because of all your wonderful comments and suggestions, but madison-claire never came through with the prize after multiple attempts to contact them, and i'm having to scramble to find a kind etsy soul to put together a wedding map for the winner. not cool.

if you're looking for lovely watercolor wedding maps, check out this search for current shops.

your long-awaited giveaway -- xxxxxxxx at madison~claire designs wrote with a generous offer: a custom watercolor wedding map, personalized and one-of-a-kind. so neat! they also do custom illustrations for programs, etc.

what do i need to know this time, you ask? to enter, in comments tell us about how you're putting together your invites -- letterpress? DIY? online resource? keeping it simple or personalizing? or any clever invitation resources.

shop local: chicago etsy wedding glory

 
{each photo links to its shop}

well damn. am in chicago for work this week and checked in to see how the giveaway was going... um, what giveaway, jen? i sense you thinking -- you see, i logged out last weekend so i could use my new google docs wedding templates (they are great, thanks for the recommendations!) through my personal gmail... and then traveled -- and just logged back in as etsywedding...

and holy mama, i thought i'd scheduled it for friday and it is not up. doh. must not have pressed the big obvious orange "publish" button. bad blogger.

let's try this again. first, here's my shop local chicago post -- feel free to add yourselves in the comments, chicago etsy brides and artists -- and i am hereby scheduling the giveaway to post FOR REAL this friday, with my apologies for the delay!

{inspiration: black & white}

{chloe bello for FW 10 delaostia via studded hearts}

{inspiration: champagne}

{hana soukupova by arthur elgort for tatler russia may 2010 via fashion gone rogue}

{inspiration: black & white}

{bobbi wiens photographed by stewart shining and styled by jayne pickering for marie claire hungary, january 2010 via dustjacket attic}

{inspiration: smokey eyes + upswept hair}

{gemma arterton, instyle us may 2010}

{spring things: butterflies}

{images: 1 & 3 - pony_tail via creature comforts; 2 - the evolution store}

{photographer: ellen von unwerth}

{p.s.} more ellen von unwerth here

{jennifer garner by ellen von unwerth}

{inspiration: black & white}

{one, two}