Something Blue

We’ve Moved!

Emilee Sutherland — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:00:49 +0000

Something Blue has officially moved! But don’t worry – you can check out wedding inspiration and more HERE

The new Blog officially launches Wednesday, March 23rd 2010 – be sure to check it out

Add the new blog to your blogroll and links!

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Vote!

Emilee Sutherland — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:57:42 +0000

Attention all people everywhere! My bestest oldest friend in the world needs your vote!

About a month ago, I told Shannon that she should enter to win this Dream Love Shoot from Green Wedding Shoes thanks to photographer Caroline Tran. Her and her husband Scott have the cutest story ever – doesn’t hurt and Andy and I helped set them up =) Anways, they have the best funky style and the biggest hearts and they need your vote – so check it out here and vote Shannon +Scott all day long =)

Their story:
We were married August 21, 2009 among our closest family and friends at my grandparents ranch. Our wedding was perfection, just the perfect weather, wonderful people, and a whole bunch of dancing to celebrate our love. We met back in 2007 through mutual friends and became an official couple a few months after meeting and married a little over a year after! There was nothing holding us back from committing our love and lives to each other. We felt (and feel) so blessed to call the other partner, lover, and best friend. Our relationship is fun, incredibly silly, and full of love. We make everything a game – from who can guess right answers, who can run faster up the stairs, seriously anything and everything is turned into a competition. It’s pure fun, however, Scott swears he will always win regardless of how hard I try. Scott is an avid golfer and is extremely good at the game. I am soon to graduate college and aspire to work in design.

Our dream shoot would be a nod to Scott’s passion for golf and my passion for all things vintage. It would be so wonderful to have a shoot featuring the sport that is so close to my husband’s heart. He loves the history and old style golfers had back then. It would be so special to us to have photos taken of us in our first year of marriage, to capture this new and wonderful journey we are on.

Our dream shoot would take place at a rustic and historical golf course with visually stunning holes and great architectural buildings. It would have a vintage European feel with antique golf attire, knickers, and equipment. Old school country club style infused with dress of the Kentucky derby too. Scott would wear old knickers, argyle socks and shirt, along with a hat of the period. I would be featured in a vintage style dress, giving a nod to the time, along with that style of make up and a fantastic derby hat.

Her inspiration Board for her Dream Love Shoot

Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Caroline Tran, Dream Love Shoot, Green Wedding Shoes, photography, Shannon Labare

Spring Is In The Air!

Emilee Sutherland — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:22:52 +0000

In the midst of all the rain and wintery weather, it is beginning to feel more and more like spring. All the rain is making the hills green and I have the sudden desire to wear flowers with everything haha. So I guess that means spring is almost here, right? Not only are my flower instincts ready for spring – Etsy seems to be ready as well. All the etsy shops are full in bloom with bright and fun colors and I absolutely love it! To start out the week, here are some of my favs with a hint of daffodil yellow and what would you call this? Robin’s egg blue perhaps? Where is crayola when you need them – you know those people that name all the crayons the crazy specific names. Ok, I’m rambling =)

Make sure you check these awesome stores for more lovelies!

From Top to Bottom (Left to Right)
Carrie Necklace
Yellow Scarf
Fine Art Print
Yellow Bag
Dress
Pouch
Bowls

To turn this into Wedding terms…

Filed under: My Inspirations, Real Weddings Tagged: color palette, Emilee Sutherland, etsy, inspiration board, Robbins Egg Blue, Spring, yellow

Lime Anyone?

Emilee Sutherland — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:00:59 +0000

My good friend Abby, who also happens to be my boyfriend’s sister emailed me the other day with a wedding dilemma! Haha, not really… I’m so over dramatic. Her friend is getting married and wants a lime green and fuscia-ey color scheme, however the Mr. wasn’t so sure about the idea… I think that’s the situation. Anyways, the couple needed some advice/inspiration on how to incorporate the bold colors while still making it look fabulous.

When I first thought of lime and fuscia I immediately thought of a 12 year old girl’s birthday party slash bedroom haha… so I wanted to elimanate any of those thoughts for the inspiration board lol because I’m sure that was exactlly what the couple was trying to avoid.

Since the colors are bright I figured they were going for a bright summery wedding so I didn’t want to tone anything done. Do “take the edge off” of the lime – I paired the two colors with a couple accent options that would take away the birthday look. I chose a deep blue, yellow, and a teal-ey color. I used all 3 to show how they all looked with the green/fuchsia – naturally they could just chose 1 if they wanted.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m sure there are a million ways slash colors to go about doing this, but this was what I went with and I like it – I hope they liked it too! Abby did at least =) Happy Monday – hope you all get the day off and can relax =)

*These images were all in my archives and I have no idea where they are from – if they are yours or you know who shot them please let me know so I can give them credit!

Filed under: My Inspirations Tagged: Abby Borders, inspiration board, Lime Green, wedding

Happy New Years!

Emilee Sutherland — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:02:27 +0000

I trust that you all had a safe and wonderful New Years Eve and New Years! Here’s to a wonderful 2010 from me!

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: 2010, Andy Hegg, Emilee Sutherland, Holiday, New Years, photography

Pink!

Emilee Sutherland — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:28:19 +0000

Ok, I know my title for this post is the farthest thing from original – but everything I could come up with seemed so cliche: “pretty in pink” – totally over done haha. Anyways, I just fell in LOVE when I saw this pink wedding dress made by Etsy designer Ouma. When you were little did you ever have that one dress or skirt that you just loved to twirl in? It just twirled so beautifuly and it was so fun because it would open up and make these wavy patterns? Haha, was that just me? Well, this is the ultimate twirl dress. It would definitely pass the twirl test. Now, I know traditionally white it the color of choice for a dress, but these days uniqueness is what everyone is striving for and a pink dress is pretty unique. Some would never go the pink route – and I respect that, this is just an idea for those who want to explore other options =) Just sit back and enjoy the lovliness of these photos from the ever so fabulous Mixed Plate Blog ( I just discovered it and it is fabulous!)

Photos by Galaxie Andrews

Posted in Pretty Things Tagged: Galaxie Andrews, Mixed Plate Blog, Ouma, Pink, Twirling

Remember Shannon & Scott?!

Emilee Sutherland — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:26:15 +0000

That fabulous couple I shot their engagement photos?? Yes, you do remember them! (if not, that is ok – check them out here) Anyways, they are 2 very good friends of mine and I had the awesome opportunity to be a bridesmaid in their wedding. And their wedding just got featured on the infamous wedding Blog Green Wedding Shoes – yippeee!!! Shannon did such a good job at making her wedding her own and adding her and Scott’s personal flair to it all – so happy to be apart of it all. She also has some great advice for brides that she shares on the post, and you can read it here:

How we met: We met when my brother’s best friend, Andy, brought Scott down to see me from school. Andy insisted that we would be totally into each other and that he could see us together. We both took that with a grain of salt, seeing that others had said that to us before. We hung out a few times after that and saw what Andy meant! Just a couple of months after our initial meeting and a few days after being officially a couple, I moved up to Seattle. Talk about timing! We grew closer over the phone and Scott eventually moved up to Seattle for the summer where we spent every day together. The rest is history! We got engaged around Christmas time on vacation in Hawaii with my family. How incredible.

Planning: Working with Amanda and In The Now gave me a spring board to make my wedding exactly what i wanted it to be like. I was able to get loads of feedback and tons of positive ideas and resources to get inspired from. It also gave me the confidence to make decisions and be equally creative through the past work I’ve done with In The Now.

Favorite memory: I’d have to say my favorite memory of the day was actually the WHOLE day, obviously. But two moments always stick out: the ceremony and our grand entrance at the reception. The ceremony was absolute perfection – it was so personal, so powerful, and so beautiful. Our grand entrance was just as special. We were introduced as husband and wife, with one of our favorite Tom Petty songs blasting in the background and the cheers of all our loved ones. It was incredible to have our two sides together for the first time celebrating with us, and boy did they know how to celebrate. The wedding was incredible and special. I want to relive it every day!

Advice: My advice for planning a wedding is to enjoy it. Enjoy your fiance, enjoy looking at venues, enjoy planning the details, enjoy making your favors, enjoy everything. It will pass by SO quickly, so grasp as much as you can! Also, have fun with making it a reflection of you – express yourself and give your guests the best experience that represents you two as a couple.

Posted in Real Weddings Tagged: engagement, Friends, Green Wedding Shoes, Shannon & Scott Labare

“I’ll Be My Something Blue”

Emilee Sutherland — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:04:59 +0000

As the leaves are turning all their fall colors and tempurtures are falling as well, I am reminded how much I love this season! It was raining the other morning and as I was drinking coffee and making my “to-do” list I turned on an old episode of Friends. The show happened to be Pheobe’s Wedding – one of my favs (naturally) I love friends and I love weddings so there ya go! But this particular episode is so awesome because it reminded me not to get tied up with all the things that go wrong and how they seems to be the end of the world. While florals, centerpieces, and photos are all important – the real importance of a wedding is the joining of two people who are making a commitment to a promise to live by eachother’s side – forever. Not till things get hard. Not till they get bored or fall out of love. But forever. Even when things don’t go as planned. So take 5 minutes to watch this little clip – it is so cute. PLUS—- don’t miss when she mentions “something blue” that is quite possibly the cutest line ever haha.

What is your favorite part about weddings??

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Forever, Friends, Love, Pheobe's Wedding, Something Blue, Winter

Photobooth Fun

Emilee Sutherland — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:53:00 +0000

Ok, so it isn’t too often that I get to simply participate in an event. I am not in charge of anything, I am not planning anything. No clipboard, no schedules in my hands. No only-running-on-coffee-&-chocolate kind of day. For this special wedding, my only duty was to be there for one of my best friends and bride, Aimee. Aimee and I lived together in college and were neighbors in the dorms. I just adore this girl and I was so excited to be apart of their wedding. Aimee was also featured on LA Style Unveiled as their LA Bride In The City – which is super awesome! Aimee’s wedding was completey unique to her and her husband, Troy Grover’s style and likes. I loved how they put a personal spin on everything. One of the things I love most about weddings is seeing people come together and see how they all played a role in the couples life before the wedding. Awww, here we go with the mushy stuff haha. Enough about that, lets get to the fun! You may recognize Aimee’s hubby’s name, he is a local photographer who has been getting quite a buzz lately. So naturally, there will be photos everywhere, right? They had by far the coolest photobooth ever! I say this probably because this is the first photobooth I’ve been able to partake in haha. It was so awesome because you had a clicker to set it off yourself and then you could see your image pop-up on a tv screen. This whole method made for a lot of laughs =)

Here a a few snaps of the photobooth to share!

Posted in Real Weddings Tagged: Aimee Tangeman, Photobooth, Real Wedding, troy grover

Sapphire Inspiration!

Emilee Sutherland — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:06:08 +0000

The lovely Jenn from Alberta, Canada asked me to help her with the creative design of her wedding next year at a “rustic” type lodge. She knew she wanted to incorporate the color “sapphire blue” especially with her bridesmaids dresses but needed some ideas for ways to brighten it up with different color palettes. Here is what we came up with! We have a few different feels here each reflecting a different style. Tell us what you think!

First we have a sapphire, green, hints of purple & dark creme/tan-ish color pallet

Jenn had told me that there was a lot of gray incorporated into the actual venue so I thought a sapphire, gray, and hints of light red would be unique…

These colors just scream fun to me! We have the sapphire paired with bright yellows and hints of oranges. Fun, fun, fun!

Do you want a inspiration board? If so, don’t hesitate to let me know!

Posted in My Inspirations Tagged: inspiration board, Sapphire Blue