Pretty Sweet

London based cakestress Peggy Porschen is a masterful genius of hand crafted cakes. Each and every cake on her website is a work of art; they are all truly breathtaking. Pure perfection.

{photos by the amazing georgia glynn smith via peggy porschen }

Thoughtful Day in Brides New York!

An invitation I designed for a lovely couple last Spring is in the Fall issue of Bride's New York! I'm always thrilled and honored to get into a print publication, especially amongst so many amazing vendors in the wedding industry. Be sure to pick up a copy and thank you Bride's New York!

Please check out Thoughtful Day for more examples of my wedding invitations. And a website update will be coming soon with a lot more of my designs!

Inspired Hope

This photograph has so much hope and magic associated with it. What an inspiring moment.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

{photo by victor fleming}

Deceptively Simple

I think this vase from ibride might be the perfect wedding gift. It's a beautiful vase made up of 6 functional bowls with gorgeous patterns. Who wouldn't love to receive this?

{photos from charles and marie}

Hyper-Awesome

Whenever I visit London, Beyond the Valley is always on my to do list. It's an amazing little design & clothing shop in London's Soho district and it's a favorite of mine.

How awesome is this hyper-color umbrella. Black and white when dry and drenched with color when wet. I love it.

{photos from beyond the valley}

3 years ago...

3 years ago (yesterday) I started Thoughtful Day as a blog. It's amazing to think of all that's happened in the last three years, and I feel very fortunate. I've met so many wonderful people through my tiny little blog and I'm so thankful for all of the support I've received throughout the years. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit. I hope throughout the years you've been a teeny bit inspired by something I've posted.

This photo by Alexander Girard was the first blog post I ever created. I titled it "Sweet Little Couple" and it's still a favorite of mine.

I don't post as often as I used to. And for a while I felt a bit guilty. Why? I don't know. I'm not on the internet as much as I used to be (thankfully) because of my sweet little Lyla Belle, my stationery work, travels, and well just living life. And I couldn't be happier. But I do try and post 2-3 times a week, so please don't give up on me!

I have family coming in town this weekend and we are going to the Turkish Kitchen which might be my favorite restaurant in all of New York City. We pretty much go whenever family or friends come in town because it's just that delicious. If you ever have the chance to go, try the Manti (yogurt dumpling soup) and the Lahmacun (Turkish pizza - DELISH).

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Sweet Kiss

Recently a reader sent me a photo of her wedding cake. Her cake topper was inspired from a post I did a while back about salt and pepper shakers as cake toppers. She told me her husband was Dutch and that as soon as she read my blog, she rushed over to the ebay site and snagged these little gems up! I'm always so happy and thankful that people are occasionally inspired from my blog. I've been a long time fan of S&P shakers as cake toppers, and I'm happy to see that others are as well! Thanks Lindy for sharing your sweet cake!

{photo by kimbe photography}

Inspired Love

I'm sure by now, most of you have seen my friend Brittany's amazing wedding photos. They've been a huge hit on all of the blogs, and deservedly so! Back when I was a designer at Jonathan Adler, Brittany was one of our interns and she is as sweet as can be. I'll always remember our first lunch date. We experienced our first Calexico taco together with crack sauce and all - clearly it's a memory I'll never forget!

All of the Brittany's details were above and beyond creative. Clearly the big design hit of her wedding were the fabulous over sized flowers. Good bye paper pom-poms, and hello over sized paper flowers! A new trend is set! Another amazing design detail were all of the banners her friends and family thoughtfully created. They are all so beautiful and personal. What a pretty little day for a pretty little lady.

Congratulations Brittany & Paul!

p.s. Brittany was one of the designers behind this magical event...

{photos from the very talented ali degraff photography}

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Cover Pretty

Anthropologie has a few amazingly beautiful shrugs available right now that would compliment any fancy dress just lovely.

{photos from anthropologie}

Southern Charm meets Brooklyn Modern

Last Spring the ladies from 100 Layer Cake asked Thoughtful Day to be a part of their creative team to design the stationery for a fabulous wedding shoot for Southern Weddings magazine. I was more than thrilled (as you can imagine!) to work with the creative team they put together of Jillian Event Design, Anna Robin, Love, Jenna Calligraphy, Quatre Coeur flowers and so many more!

The theme was a romantic and modern take on the Great Gatsby meets modern Brooklyn. The shoot was full of romantic, southern charm with details like the lovely biscuit bar, and a signature cocktail called the Fitzgerald. And to make the shoot even more charming, the lovely couple was serenaded by Brooklyn's very own Two Man Gentleman Band.






Thoughtful Day designed the invitation to look like a vintage movie poster with bold headline type treatments, surrounded by a romantic, ornate border faming the two loving silhouettes. The talented Love, Jenna complimented the invitation event details with her calligraphy. The typography on the invitation set the tone for the rest of the signage and items that I designed such as the Cocktails and Biscuit Bar signs. But I think my favorite item that I designed for the shoot was the menu fan. The background was a subtle damask pattern with a bold type treatment for Menu which was then delicately complimented by Jenna's feminine calligraphy.

I'm so thrilled to finally show you all of these details! A lot of love and creative thought went into planning this shoot. Thank you so much to the lovely ladies of 100 Layer Cake, what an honor to be included in this issue. And be sure to pick up a magazine for yourself. A couple of other amazing wedding blogs like Once Wed, and Green Wedding Shoes have gorgeous features as well!

{photos by Anna Robin for Southern Weddings dreamed up by 100 Layer Cake}