hello, lions!
today we reveal the top 3 entries to our contest. we’re delighted to introduce them and hope you’ll vote for your favorite wedding! one vote per person, please. voting will close thursday night at midnight central time! duplicates will not be counted.

angela + troy

angela + troy are planning a 1940s glamor wedding for July 24, 2010. their black, white, red and gold themed reception will take place at the hotel preston. they’re planning a cocktail party reception with a signature champagne cocktail- true to the era! angela’s attendants will wear cocktail dresses. angela is also planning a few diy projects including centerpieces of  picture frames, mirrors and candles for an intimate event.

natosha + stephen

natosha + stephen are getting married on october 10, 2010. they chose this date because it represents binary code, which then adds up to the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything (according to the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy): 42. their agnostic ceremony and reception will take place at the rosemont mansion. natosha has chosen a palette of ivory, white, beige, cream and black. she plans to incorporate garden-style greenery and vintage buttons to her decor.

savannah + brian

savannah + brian are planning a 1940/1960 vintage + rock n roll theme wedding. they’re planning to wed on december 11, 2010 at one eleven in downtown nashville.  savannah loves design and printed her own save-the-dates. for her next project, she is planning to produce an entire invitational suite in ’storybook’ form. this is going to be a major diy undertaking considering she will create about 100! their color palette will consist of silver, mustard, cream and black. savannah’s attendants will wear vintage silver and brian’s attendants will wear black or mustard skinny ties.

paco, their pet hamster, will join them on their wedding day as well!

who is your favorite? let us know in the comments below!

love to all,

lindsey

say hello: lindsey@dandylionevents.com

hello lions!

for our local nashville feature, i’m excited to introduce lynn d’amico from flourish paperie. she has more than 10 years experience as a graphic designer and has enjoyed the opportunity to translate that into paper designs.

(c) Kris D’Amico

she doesn’t reuse concepts so her wedding invitations and stationery are truly custom. she loves to create texture, using different teas and coffees for tone, fades and ink smears. she also hand tears or cuts every piece of stationery. that is love- it brings meaning to the paper to know each item of your wedding set was personally handled with care.

(c) Kris D’Amico

one of the spectacular details she employs is quilling. she says it’s like illustrating with color, which she can customize to match your wedding palette.

(c) Kris D’Amico

i was really drawn to her work because of this raised structure- it’s architecture for your paper. it is very sturdy and won’t be damaged in the mail!

(c) Kris D’Amico

many thanks to lynn for sharing her passion with us and to her husband kris for the photographs (all pictures are (c) kris d’amico).

you can view more of lynn’s talents at her website at www.flourishpaperie.com and start a conversation about your design ideas- lynn@flourishpaperie.com

say hi: lindsey@dandylionevents.com