Friday Flowers: Red Reception

I totally love this picture from a wedding reception that Preston Bailey featured in his newest book, "Celebrations." We've moved! Please follow us to: Ariel Yve Design

Wednesday Inspiration: Girly Goth

Halloween is admittedly my least favorite holiday of the year. Sure all of the candy and dressing up are fun, but I just can't get past the straight up fugliness of the holiday's theme colors. Orange and black...seriously? Can you say yuck with a capital "Y"??!!!

Anyway, I know a lot of my blog readers just LOVE Halloween, so I didn't want to ignore your excitement all together.

This week's inspiration board is my own interpretation of Halloween '09. Believe it or not, I'm actually borderline in love with this "Girly Goth" concept that I've created : ) What do you think? We've moved! Please finish reading this post at: Ariel Yve Design

Interior Design: Dream Kitchen

I absolutely LOVE interior design projects and home remodels...kitchen remodels in particular.

If I had a client with a limitless budget, who gave me carte blanche to do my thing, this is what I would create: We've moved! See my dream kitchen at: Ariel Yve Design

Friday Flowers: Cake Coquette

Usually my Friday Flower posts are centered around fresh blooms, but today's Friday Flower post features flowers of the sugar variety.

Check out these ridiculously stunning cakes created by Cake Coquette, a San Francisco based Special Event and Wedding Cake Baker: We've moved! Please savor the rest of this post at Ariel Yve Design

Real Wedding: Rustic Elegance at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa

Ojai is an absolutely stunning town to get married in. How do I know? I grew up in Ojai, and after school at FIT in NYC, I returned this charming little town to start a beautiful life with my hubby. We've moved! Please finish reading this post at Ariel Yve Design

Lifestyle Find: Connoisseur Glasses

As a stereotypical Taurus, comfort, beauty and LUXURY are absolutely essential elements of my life.

With that said, my grandparents grew up during The Great Depression. Their unique perspective on economics drove them to instill strong work ethics and financial values in my parents, and in turn, myself. We've moved! Please visit Ariel Yve Design to finish reading this post!

Wednesday Inspiration: Wine Country Wedding

This week's inspiration board relates to a big announcement that I'm going to make next few weeks. Can you guess what my announcement is going to be about? Hint...it's all in the name of this blog post.

Anyway, I love this color combo of red, chocolate, bronze and gold. Richly rustic and romantic. We've moved! Please finish reading this post at Ariel Yve Design

100th Blog Post: Website Officially Launches!

Yippee! Today is an extremely exciting day for me. This is my 100th blog post! I can't believe that little ol' blond headed me, has been able to come up with 100 different topics : )

Photo credit: Michael and Anna Costa Photography

Anyway, posting my 100th blog post is great, but the really big deal of the day is that my website has officially launch! No more splash page...I have a full blown, big girl website now. Check it out:

www.ArielYve.com

If you've visited www.arielyve.com within the past few days, be sure to empty your browser's cache/footprints, so you can see the new site. Also, if you're not a work right now, I highly recommend that you enter with sound...it makes a big difference. I hope you like it!

Please leave a comment to let me know what you think : )

Have a wonderful weekend!

Wednesday Inspiration: Summer Cottage on the Cape

Rain, rain go away...come again another day.

California has been too dry for too long and I'm glad that it's finally raining, but my holy moly...do we have to make up for it all at once?

Anyway, between taking care of all of my vendor phone calls, client proposals, timeline revisions, rental orders, and so on today, I couldn't help but let my mind wonder off to my favorite fantasy summer spot. A quaint little rose covered cottage on the Cape.

One of my favorite summers ever was spent exploring New England with my mom (Martha's Vineyard to be exact). I just fell in love with regions charming shabby chic vibe.

The grand Georgian style bed and breakfast the we stayed at, was brimming with gorgeous fruitwood furniture, needle point rugs, whitewashed iron chandeliers and all sorts of fascinating colored glassware. Plus as a sugar obsessed 10 year old, I LOVED the fact that they served homemade chocolate chip cookies with fresh squeezed lemonade every afternoon : ) The lifestyle that the innkeepers shared with us was so delightfully laid back and welcoming.

This weeks inspiration board is inspired by that magical summer, over 16 years ago.

Inspiration Board created by: Ariel Yve, Legendary Wedding Planner ; )

Image Source: Suger Plum Invitations, Shabby Chic, Country Living, Webshots, JoMyGoodness, Soul Pretty

Where does your imagination go to escape the rain?

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

As all experienced event planners and wedding websites will tell you, nothing saves a budget better than a venue with built in beauty. We've moved! Please follow us to Ariel Yve Design to finish reading this post.

Platinum Weddings on WEtv

Good Morning! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

This week's posts are going to be full of beautiful pictures and inspiration....culminating later this week, with my 100th post! Woohoo! I can't believe that I've been able to come up with 100 topics...crazy! Please finish reading this exciting announcement at: Ariel Yve Design

Friday Flowers: Peonies

Today's floral inspiration comes from this gorgeous white peony bouquet that I'd created for a gorgeous bride named Lindsay. Lindsay's wedding took place in Palm Springs this past June. Under normal conditions peonies will last all day out of water, but with the 103 degree weather that weekend, I used a water soaked floral foam bouquet holder, just to be on the extra safe side. We've moved! Please finish reading this post at: Ariel Yve Design

Wednesday Inspiration: Autumnal Ambiance

I am beyond thrilled that it's starting to look and feel like fall. The mornings are chilly and the evenings are dark enough to enjoy dinner by candlelight....not to mention all of the fab fashion opportunities. Fall is fabulous! We've moved! Please finish being inspired at Ariel Yve Design

Kindle Heaters

There's hardly anything lovelier than an outdoor soiree. Unfortunately, with the beauty comes the beast (weather).

No matter where you live, night air is a too chilly for comfort at least 1o out of 12 months a year.
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Friday Flowers: Phalaenopsis Trompe Loeil Treatments

Today's Friday Flower post features the work of my idol...Preston Bailey. Check out these gorgeous phalaenopsis orchid Trompe Loeil wall treatments, he and his team created for this opulent lounge. We've moved! Please follow this link to Ariel Yve Design to finish being inspired by Preston.