Gold Wedding Inspiration

Alicia here!  We are calling GOLD as a big upcoming trend for weddings this year.  You can go big, or add it very quietly in the details.  We've rounded up some inspiration for you: 

This wedding gown has a gold beaded bodice.  Subtle and lovely.

Over subtle?  Go bold with your gold!

Why go small with the cake?  Gold frosting and topper?  Swoon.

Gilt edged plates, tableware, and vases for the centerpieces.  

Invitations on black with gold lettering look sophisticated.

Gold bodice wedding dress from "Playful + Elegant San Diego Wedding" on Green Wedding Shoes
Bold gold wedding dress from "St. Louis Wedding from Megan Thiele Sudios" on Style Me Pretty

Gold cake and topper from "Cake Stands And Cake Toppers From Your Cloud Parade" on Wedding Chicks

Gold accented place settings and tables cape from "Elegant Garden Wedding" on Style Me Pretty

Paper Sushi's Laurel wedding invitation stamped with Encore! Metallic Gold Ink 

wrap roundup

Christmas is over, but gift giving occasions never are!  Paper Sushi is a big fan of dressing up gifts beautifully and we've rounded up more stunning wrapping ideas for those baby showers, birthdays, weddings, housewarmings, and thank-yous.

Enjoy!

-Alicia

Love letter wrapping paper by A Subtle Revelry

Ribbon Twist Box via Martha Stewart Weddings

Colorful Paper Present Topper by Kitiya Palaskas 

via Broadsheet Melbourne

Polka Dot Wrapping Paper with Roses by The House That Lars Built
(make your own lovely wrap with Paper Sushi's geometric mini stamp set)

Pom-Pom gift wrap by Two Shades of Pink

Bicycles built for me.

Maybe it's the beautiful weather or all the pedaling going on around me in Europe, but I'm in love with bicycle imagery lately. Here's some of what has caught my eye.

Clean, modern bicycle desktop wallpaper. seen on How About Orange and created by Eleanor Grosch of pushmepullyou design.

I have this one on my desktop at the moment.

I adore this bike makeover seen on poppytalk. Look closely, that's not a paint job...that's fabric!

How sweet are these cards by satsumalynn? I fell in love with them on design*sponge.

I think these printed glasses from vital are so much more fun than plain glass yet still feature a simple and clean look.

Less imagery than accoutrement, I couldn't resist what I found at The Bicycle Muse after following a link from oh joy!.

Ah, now I want to get out and hop on my bike!

Weekly Etsy: Crafting for Haiti

I just got my latest etsy buy in the mail.

I'm so head over heels in love with it that I was going to share a bunch of wall decals with you this week. But, the devestation in Haiti has sparked a truly lovely response from the craft community and I want to feature their work this week, instead.

Hearts for Haiti and Craft Hope are both selling donated crafts on etsy and passing the proceeds on to Doctors Without Borders.

Hearts for Haiti has 139 sales so far and the participation of one of my favorite bloggers and vintage vendors - Bleubird Vintage.

Craft Hope has 233 sales so far and the participation of one of my constant reads - sing forever

P.S. Just in the time since I gathered these finds, both stores have put up a TON more stuff.  So, go check them out!

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So soft and pink.

Two colors I absolutely adore right now are dusty rose and lilac. Ah, these pictures just make me feel like a girl.

Pictures by just.bee, rachel a.k., laurennicolelove.com, featurette, kay©, Sporlink, m e l o d y, blr60, camillestyles, all on flickr.


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A little inspiration.

With all the painting going on Chez Sushi, I feel like life is one big color story these days. A mini color fairytale with pictures I'm loving on flickr today:

Clockwise: Phillip Klinger, Batikart, Phillip Klinger, Steve Took It. All on flickr.

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