Vintage Ski Wedding Photo booth

I am just bursting with excitement. I simply can’t wait to show you this European ski wedding in the Alps. I also want to share this sneak peek and brilliant idea for tying your wedding theme and photobooth together.

To be sure, photo booths are the hottest thing around. They’re fast moving from trend to classic, and why not? It’s a great way to get great pictures of your guests having a good time. One thing that strikes me about this photo booth is it’s simply an attractive corner of a lodge with lots of props that make sense: vintage skis and poles, a toboggan, and hats and goggles. It fits in with the ski wedding theme and looks classy and classic without being stodgy.

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Eastern Sierra, CA Wedding

Mark and Casey
Bishop California
Budget: $15,000

I’m so pleased to have Mammoth Mountain Ski Area’s wedding planner on the blog today. Not only is Casey beautiful, she has great hindsight advice. And what a party she threw. I totally want to be there. Mountain people sure know how to have fun!

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Sara  + Kenny
August 06, 2011
Mountain Home Lodge, Leavenworth, WA

This mountain meadow wedding is truly a delight to feature. The meaningful selection of a venue, the handcrafted, DIY decor, and the small guest list are a perfect complement to this bride and groom’s priorities.

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Magazine Image: Paper Taste Buds
All the rest:  Martha Stewart

Who else here has the same love/hate relationship with Martha as I do?

On the one hand you can’t help but love all of her clever, lovely DIY ideas. “Good things” she calls them. And her attention to detail is bar-none. Issue after issue of her Weddings and Living magazines feature crafts well executed. Her’s aren’t the bush-league crafts your did in second grade. While I haven’t heard her say it, I’m sure her motto is: anything worth doing is worth doing well.

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Martha Stewart has a Special Issue of her Weddings Magazine devoted to Real Weddings. Have you seen it? In typical Martha fashion, it’s gorgeous.

I’m going to give it to you straight: At first I couldn’t really tell how this “special edition” was especially different from a regular edition of Weddings. It has her “Good Things” section, lots of real weddings, and (my personal fav) the anniversary story on the back page. So what makes this so “special”?

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