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Wentworth Gardner House Wedding Inspiration

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:33:18 +0000

Take a sneak peek at the amazing inspiration shoot Beautiful Days created along side Geneve Hoffman Photography this past spring! So much fun, creativity and fantastic wedding pros all at once!

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Thanks a million to the always brilliant Meg Simone for capturing the shoot! Photos and more details coming soon but just keep playing the video over and over for now!

FAB wedding pros we couldn’t have done this with out:

Event Rentals: Be Our Guest

Bridal gowns, tuxes & accessories: Madeleine’s Daughter

Food: Charlie Cicero

Cake: Beach Pea Bakery

Jewelry & accessories: Puttin on the Glitz

Hair: Jackie Norrie of Wedding Tresses

Make up: Nicole Masterson of Glow Bodywork

Stationary: Erin Flett

Film: Meg Simone

Table Accents: Scallops of Portsmouth

Models: Emily Grondine & Bear Kirkpatrick

Location: Wentworth Gardner House, Portsmouth, NH – check it out for your wedding ceremony or bridal portraits – amazing setting!

Photography: Geneve Hoffman

Design, Flowers, Decorations & Styling: Beautiful Days, assisted by Wendy Freedman

Beautiful Days featured in Maine Magazine!

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 01:00:40 +0000

Maine hosts so many amazing wedding celebrations and our state has fantastic vendors that help make the parties perfect! Maine Magazine‘s May wedding issue highlights some of these parties and wedding professionals and how lucky is Beautiful Days to be featured!? If you don’t already have a copy go out and get your self one! Here’s a sneak peek of what’s inside!

Manya and Clay’s super cool celebration highlighting the photography of Tonee Harbert and decor, flowers, planning and day of coordination by Beautiful Days.
Laura and Eric’s picture perfect Maine coast celebration highlighting photogrpahy from Geneve Hoffman and florals and day of coordination from Beautiful Days.
Spring inspiration shoot featuring amazing photography by White Loft Studio and design, decor and flowers by Beautiful Days.

Some bonus coverage of the York Harbor, Maine studio opening of Griffin-vites and Brea McDonald featuring photography by Brea and florals and decorations by Beautiful Days. Plus some of Maine’s finest wedding pros mingling and being merry!

Holiday Cheer!

admin — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:25:36 +0000

The Sweetest Occasion has featured our family holiday decorating and tree trimming from last season captured so perfectly by Geneve Hoffman! Check out the blog post and get into the holiday spirit!

Winter skating party on The Sweetest Occasion!

admin — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:55:34 +0000

Baby it’s cold outside….so put on your skates and then keep warm by the fire with sweets and treats! Last winter my family and I hosted a little skating party in our back yard (actually woods and a pond!)….We all had a grand time! Cyd at The Sweetest Occasion thought it was great too and highlighted the party on her blog – thanks Cyd!! Check it out and get inspired for some winter fun!!

It all started with a cupcake…

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:28:01 +0000

I have never done too much around the house for Halloween but this year I went all out! I had a vision of a dark chocolate cupcake, with tangerine buttercream topped with pumpkin seed toffee – YUM! So what better excuse to make the little lovelies than to have a Halloween party! Multiple trips to fabric and crafts stores, a few hours flipping thru recipes and a few Martha mags, a major food shop, a few nights of cutting and gluing (I think I used seven different glues and adhesives!) and a few days of baking and a last minute request to my husband for a puppet stage and TA-DA ! the perfect Halloween party for family and friends and their little ones.

What’s a party without some glitter?! I had to have these silver glitter skulls! And all the little spiders and bats give everything just enough spookiness.

Love the bats! Each of the kids got to take one home – they were a big hit!

Awesome (and somewhat death defying!) obstacle course…what kid doesn’t want to jump into a pile of leaves!?

Some hide and ghost seek to get the little ones all riled up!

Followed by yummy treats…love the mini caramel apples!

A silly and a bit surprising puppet show was great entertainment for everyone!

Hmmm…I wonder what we’ll do next year!

Fall foliage in Maine

admin — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:41:37 +0000

The Beautiful Days wedding season is complete and before I gear up for the fast approaching holidays it’s time to sit back and take in the gorgeous colors and textures of fall. Always collecting, I keep my eye out for the first sign of orange bittersweet vines, the perfect gourds and pumpkins to be put on display at Zach’s farm stand and the the last bits of color and interest from my garden. This fall I decorated the front of the house with a fantastic assortment of pumpkins, vines, and gourds with some of my favorite variegated grasses and some bright lights swiss chard. And the lantern shapes of the green tomatillos are perfection paired with ferns that are turning a golden brown and the last little sunflowers. Make sure to take some time on one of these gorgeous fall days to collect some seasonal color and texture for your house!

Beautiful Days in WellWed!

admin — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:08:18 +0000

The fantastic wedding inspiration shoot I did in Kittery, Maine with Brea McDonald, Griffin-vites and Meg Simone this past spring is on newstands now! Wellwed does a spectacular job in their creative and fun layouts! I couldn’t be happier with the results and am so proud to see some of Beautiful Days’ work in print for the first time! Find the latest issue of Wellwed magazine and Vermont Vows to check it out! Special thanks to Occasions Bridal for the picture perfect dress! More photos to be posted on the blog soon…

Maine Wedding Inspiration – Snug Harbor Farm

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:26:42 +0000

I love exploring, hunting, gathering and being inspired by the many special places and people in Maine. One unique setting is Snug Harbor Farm in Kennebunk, Maine , a nursery that houses an eclectic mix of stunning topiaries, garden ornaments and perfect finds for the home and garden. I have fantasized about how perfect a wedding celebration would be in the greenhouses! With the blessing of the gracious and talented owner Tony Elliot I was able to create a celebration setting in one of the greenhouses last spring! The super talented photographer Heidi Lynne of White Loft Studio in Newburyport loves Snug Harbor as much as I do and together we put together a photo shoot that was a breath of fresh air! We gathered some of the best wedding vendors in Maine and New Hampshire and the results were fantastic! Photos are coming soon – in the meantime Lynne Valerie of VideoDesign Films captured the shoot wonderfully! Enjoy…and be inspired!!!

I can’t say enough about all the fabulous and talented vendors that helped this shoot be such a success!

Setting: Snug Harbor Farm

Flowers & Design: Beautiful Days

Photographer: Whiteloft Studio

Rentals: Be Our Guest

Video: VideoDesign Films

Dress: Madeline’s Daughter

Stationary Suite: Gus & Ruby

Calligraphy: Love Jenna

Lanterns & dining table candle holders: Luna Bazaar

Make up: Joya Beauty

Hair: Hair That Moves

Cake: Wild Orchid

Chocolates: Byrne & Carlson

Food inspiration: Robyn Friedman

Styling: Wendy Freedman

Special thanks to the Sarah, Randy and Olive for being our beautiful and patient models!!!

Seaside Photo Shoot

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:00:34 +0000

Back in February super talented photographer Brea McDonald contacted me about collaborating on a photo shoot. I of course jumped at the chance to work with her! She had a photo for inspiration that was a gorgeous, moody range of romantic blues and we started brainstorming from there. Sara O’Brian the lovely and amazingly inspired custom watercolor invitation and paper notions creator of Griffin-vites was part of the party too. Between the three of us we came up with the romantic yet melancholy story of a mermaid waiting for her sea captain to arrive for their wedding celebration. The scene was set on the beach where the table was made up of shipwrecked items that floated to the shore. Vintage silver, antique glasses and china, found objects, simple flowers accented with seaweed and a driftwood table top were just some of the elements that helped create an amazing vignette. The fantastic photos from Brea are coming soon. For now you can see the process of the design, set up and the shoot captured so wonderfully on film by Meg Simone. Special thanks to Ashley at Occasions Bridal for the stunning dress!

Kittery, Maine – Inspiration Shoot from meg simone on Vimeo

One last look at winter…

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:09:14 +0000

I know Spring is officially here but I can’t help to take one last look at winter! We have a little pond behind the house and this winter we got lucky enough to have perfect ice skating conditions which means ice skating party! This was also a great opportunity for my good friend and fantastic photographer Geneve Hoffman and I to put our new venture of custom designed and styled family photo sessions to test. The results were precious! I had so much fun enjoying one of the last days of winter with dear friends and family skating as the sun went down and then snacking on warm treats in front of the bon fire.

Homemade berry muffins wrapped in parchment paper (inspired by Martha Stewart of course!), homemade marshmallows to top of hot chocolate, popcorn in bags decorated with snowflake stamps (we do get crafty around here!), vintage mason jars packed with snow made perfect candle holders, twinkle lights over the pond and a blazing bon fire were some of the just right special details that made everyone happy. But what truly made this a beautiful day was the gathering of friends and family on one of the last great days of winter!

Special thanks to Geneve for capturing the festivities. If you are interested in a custom family portrait session you can reach Geneve at LuminaLife.com. It would truly be our pleasure to help you and your family create and capture a very special day in your lives.