It's time for Day 2 of the May Wedding Vendor Challenges. Starting yesterday and continuing tomorrow, I'll be showcasing amazing inspiration for you to use at bridal showers, weddings or any other party you have planned. This months color palette was periwinkle blue, mango orange and lemon yellow. And, like last month, I asked vendors to create a bridal shower tablescape with a dessert display and just like the other challenges, there will be at least one DIY provided. Today's is a special DIY as it's one to create a beautiful display of light - you'll love it.

This gorgeous tablescape was photographed by Kristin Rogers Photography and designed by Bre {Style}. Ashley of Lemon and Lavender joined the team with her beautiful paper designs and many other vendors came on board to make this shoot a truly lovely evening tea. I love all the vintage accents that were incorporated - oh, and do you see the tabletop? It's a salvaged door - such a great idea for re-purposing.

Kristin explains the teams idea behind this shoot's design . . . "We were like minded on the use of color palette right off the bat. Those colors are bright and bold, but we wanted them aged and subtle…but there. We wanted our shoot to have an old theme with charm and warmth, so we did it at night (which was a lot of work using a tripod for ALL the shots).  I just love what we got and I would just love to attend a bridal shower with this feel and atmosphere."

And, since I totally agree, but Kristin says it so well - I'll leave this in her words . . . "I was stoked to have so many talented vendors want to be on board for this shoot and some of them worked their tails off to pull this off. Every contribution added so much!"

Wedding Vendors:
Photographer: Kristin Rogers Photography
Tablescape Design: Bre {Style}
Flowers: Floral Design By Jacquline Ahne
Cupcakes: Suite 106 Cupcakery (Winners of the Cupcake Wars on The Food Network)
Vintage Engraved Silverware: Wooden Hive
Personalized Tea Bags: Idea Chic
Invitations and Thank You Cards: Lemon and Lavender

I can't believe it, but it's time to start showcasing the 4th round of the Wedding Vendor Challenges. For the remainder of this week, I'll be showcasing amazing inspiration for you to use at bridal showers, weddings or any other party you have planned. This months color palette was periwinkle blue, mango orange and lemon yellow. And, like last month, I asked vendors to create a bridal shower tablescape with a dessert display and just like the other challenges, there will be at least one DIY provided.

This lovely photo shoot was designed by Pamela of Party Starters and photographed by Maria of Studio Sister Photography. I love the backdrop of the shelves filled with flower pots from Creek Side Gardens for this dessert table.

Pamela explains the design behind this photo shoot . . . "This dessert table was created with 6-8 guests in mind. A simple variety of goodies which included iced sugar cookies, mini cheesecakes and Passion Fruit French macarons is really all that is needed for a small gathering. Beverages included sparkling water, orange juice and fruit punch which could all be mixed together if desired. Fun flag straws in each glass make drinks a bit more festive. Flags also adorned flower arrangements giving them a whimsical feel."

And, a bit more from Pamela about her ideas for this shoot . . . "After guests are finished with their goodies they can fill out "advice for the bride" note cards and place them on a custom message board as a gift for the bride to be. Before your guests leave, have them take a cake slice box from the Ruffled Cake Favor set and fill them with wrapped chocolates or other goodies. Not only is this favor set a great conversation piece but also a useful decoration."

DIY DOWNLOAD FREEBIE: Today, Pamela has provided the "Advice For The Bride" note cards for you to download. Simply print out the "Advice For The Bride" note cards from Scribd, trim and let your guests fill out their advice for the lucky bride.

Wedding Vendors:
Styling: Pamela Smerker of Party Starters
Photography: Studio Sister
Custom Flags {straws, floral picks and pie picks}: Go Against the Grain 
Custom decorated cookies: My Pink Little Cake 
Passion Fruit French Macarons: Green Eyed Susan
Custom Message Board by Rae Design Studio
Ruffled Paper Cake Favor Set & "It's Almost Time" note cards: Party Starters

Can't believe the week of April Wedding Vendor Challenges has come to an end. But, not before I share with you one last lovely photo shoot with a great DIY wedding favor {there's even one made just for me, love that}. I have enjoyed this week so much and being able to share with you all of the amazing bridal shower photo shoots with inspiring tablescapes and dessert displays. Today's talented team created a fun bridal shower based on "April Showers Bring May Flowers" with this month's color palette of bubble gum pink, mint green and robin's egg blue. The photo shoot took place in California with Jacin of Lovely Little Details and Gladys of Gladys Jem Photography. Jacin is so clever - wait until you see all of the fun little goodies she incorporated into this tablescape.

Wellies with baby's breath and hydrangeas as a "vase" to represent the rainy weather and a peat moss pot with malted milk balls and green pixy stix to represent grass

Pink carnations for a simple floral design using bud vases and an antique watering can

Mini pink takeout boxes for guests to take their sweets home

Jacin made a mobile with taffeta that hung over the table to represent the "rain"

Loving these "potted" cupcakes with custom embossed flowers created by Jacin herself

DIY GOODIE: Jacin created a simple "favor/placecard" for bridal showers which includes a seed packet for each of your guests to take home.

Wedding Vendors:
Coordination, Florals and Paper Goods: Jacin of Lovely Little Details
{Jacin custom embossed all of the paper and designed the stationery. She also
baked the "potted" cupcakes and macaroons and did all the designing/flowers, etc.}
Photographs: Gladys of Gladys Jem Photography

It's Day 6 of the April Wedding Vendor Challenges - where did this week go? I can't believe tomorrow  is already the last day of the amazing bridal shower photo shoots with inspiring tablescapes and dessert displays. Today's talented team created a beautiful tablescape with this month's color palette of bubble gum pink, mint green and robin's egg blue. The photo shoot took place in Wisconsin with The McCartneys Photography {Kelsy + Butch} and Kim of The Event Essentials creating all the lovely paper goods.

Once I shared the details for this shoot with Kelsy, she said she "had visions of a scene that was very feminine and fun. I wanted to photograph this tablescape outdoors, but in Wisconsin things are still quite brown at this time of the year. That is where the vibrant tablecloth came in! The tablecloth is the bottom half of a prom dress, which we happened to find at a second hand shop in the perfect color! My husband (aka my planning side-kick!) helped choose a location that was interesting with rolling hills, and we let the color of the table fill the space."

Kelsy went antique shopping and found rustic vintage flatware which was also perfect for the DIY cupcakes and petite plates she used. Plus, all of the wear and tear marks they had tied back into the rustic surroundings of the shoot.

Kelsy writes, "To bring in more green and pink amidst all of the blue on the table, I made pink lemonade and gave it a few pops of green with limes and cucumber slices, and also decided that the DIY Cupcakes in a Mason Jar would be cute in pink."

Kelsy said she "wanted to incorporate vibrant candy in some way, which came through in the form of salt water taffy hanging in little jars from the gorgeous canopy-style floral centerpiece! Initially I planned to attempt the dessert display myself. That came to a screeching hault (thankfully!) when I was able to connect with a handful of awesome shops on etsy who were thrilled to paricipate in this challenge. The cotton candy fudge, pink, green & blue truffles, blue bitty bites, and floral napkins are all compliments of their own unique etsy shop owner and I am grateful for their support."

DIY FREEBIE: Kelsy made the super adorable DIY Cupcakes in a Mason Jar per these instructions from My Cakies. However, Kelsy used white cake mix from a box, and added food coloring to bring it to the bubblegum hue she desired. I LOVE the presentation with the sweet label from Kim of The Event Essentials and the spoon tied on with ribbon.

Wedding Vendors:
Photographer: The McCartneys Photography
Paper Goods: The Event Essentials
Flower Centerpiece & table: Evolutions in Design
Cupcakes: Sweet Lola's Cupcakery & BakeShop
Robin Egg Blue Floral Cloth Napkins: The Artists' House
Bitty Blue Bites: The Fetching Hound
Pink, Green, and Blue Easter Truffles: Hits the Spot
Cotton Candy Fudge: Jewel of the Lion

Today we move onto Day 5 of the April Wedding Vendor Challenge with a bridal shower tablescape and dessert display, plus a downloadable DIY. Today's talented team of Carey of Lasso'd Moon, Paige of Paige Hiller Photography and Jasper and Prudence Floral chose more muted tones in this month's color palette of bubble gum pink, mint green and robin's egg blue.

Today's beautiful spring bridal shower photo shoot took place at The Simon Pearce Restaurant in Quechee, Vermont. The shoot was held in The Loft which is a private room above their retail outlet and restaurant. The chef at the restaurant also made the delicious lemon tarts seen in some of the shots. All of the plates and vases are from the collection available at Simon Pearce's Gallery.

GREAT ADVICE FROM CAREY: Even though we had amazing resources, achieving the same look doesn’t need to be expensive. Mixed and matched plates and vases in the same color family would give you a similar feel. Desserts can be from anywhere (even a super market) and dressed up to look just as nice as something from a pastry shop - it’s really all about presentation and making the most of what you have.

The amazing bouquets and centerpieces were created by Tedd from Jasper and Prudence Floral and consisted of peonies, blue muscari (which looks similar to hyacinth), pink tulips, green dutch hydrangea, blue “Bella Donna” delphinium and geranium leaves. The carrot cake and fruit tarts came from the Woodstock Farmer’s Market, and the cupcakes were from Hannaford's super market. Carey of Lasso'd Moon created the invitation, dessert sign, advice cards and cupcake wrappers to coordinate with the color palette.

DIY DOWNLOAD FREEBIE: Today, Carey has provided the "Bridal Advice" cards for you to download. I love the idea of having this on the center of each guests plate. The circular card reads "Thank you for joining us! Please use this to leave words of advice". Simply print out the Bridal Advice Cards from Scribd, trim and leave one at each guests place setting. {the download link at Scribd is directly underneath the item's title in the right column}

Wedding Vendors:
Venue: Simon Pearce Restaurant
Photographer: Paige Hiller Photography
Florist: Jasper and Prudence Floral
Invitation and Paper Goods: Lasso'd Moon