We are taking it to the Max!

Thank you to all that have been visiting us during our birthday week. I wish you were here with us and we were having lemon yellow cupcakes with white frosting and rainbow sprinkles on top.  Yes, I just gave you an excuse to go and have a cupcake!

After your cupcake why don’t you enter to win 100 custom wedding invitations and response cards for your wedding from the ever so delightful Julia’s Poppies Designs.

Her creative approach to the invite is simply divine. You will love all of her designs. They are whimsical with a twist of cheer all wrapped up in one.

Here is how to win this prize that will save you a ton of dough!

1. Visit Julia’s Poppies Designs

2. Peruse all that she has to offer.

3. Come back to The Wedding Chicks and leave a comment and tell us what you love about Julia’s Poppies

You may enter as many times as you like and the lucky winner will be announced next week.

We are so excited to host this amazing giveaway from Posh Paperie! We’ve known Karrie for quite a while, Amy and Lane actually shot Karrie’s wedding! That’s how we found out about Elizabeth and Karrie’s fab company Posh Paperie as well as Melody of Sweet and Saucy Shop! Fun stuff. You also may remember this fabulous DIY by Elizabeth and Karrie.

The lovely ladies of Posh Paperie are giving away 100 custom Save the Date Cards to one lucky winner!

To enter, pay a little visit to Posh Paperie and find your favorite design. Come back here to leave your comment telling all about what you have found.
The winner will be chosen and announced next week! Enter as many times as you would like.

Yep we are still rolling out the goodies!

If you are getting married, then you have to know who Twigs & Honey is. Well, if you have not heard of them let me get you up to speed. Myra Callan is the owner and designer of these precious hair pieces. She has been in a ton of magazines and is currently in Brides Magazine. Everything she makes is stunning.

One of my favorite pieces is the bridal mini hat. They can include custom handmade flowers (you pick the color), vintage lace, tulle, feathers, beading and more. Incredibly lovely.

On to the giveaway, one lucky reader can choose between the following prizes.

1. 2 Custom Twigs & Honey Pieces not to exceed $500
2. 2 pieces from her current collection not to exceed $500

Here is how you can win this unbelievable prize.

Simply visit Twigs & Honey, peruse all of her lovely goodies. Be sure to check out her Etsy store. Come back and share with us what you love. Enter as many times as you like. The winner will be randomly chosen and announced next week.

Hope everyone is enjoying our birthday week. Just wait, it is going to get better as the week goes on.

Today we have for you a special treat hand made with love. Paloma’s Nest home of the original Ring Bearer Bowl™. Paloma’s Nest is creating a new tradition in modern weddings all around the globe. Featured basically everywhere and becoming a must have accessory to your wedding day. Two lucky readers will win a set of  10 custom bowls (one set to each winner). How incredible is that?

You are able to add  *up to two lines* of your custom text, such as your names and wedding date. The possibilities are endless, perfect gifts for your wedding party, keepsakes for parents and of course a lovely heirloom for you to display.

My favorite bowl is the custom gold leaf bowl. This deluxe Ring Bearer Bowl™ has been updated with the touch of pure gold leaf around the edge. Carefully and delicately applied to your handcrafted bowl, gold has been prized since Egyptian times as a symbol of eternity, and a powerful symbol of your love- for nothing erodes or consumes it. The perfect touch for your Ring Bearer Bowl™ that will be passed on for generations!

To enter, visit Paloma’s Nest and share with us your favorite item on their web site by leaving a comment below on our web site. You may enter as many times as you like. Winners will be announced next week.

Quickly approaching is our next  StyleLab Workshop with the cutest lady ever, Chenin Boutwell and we would love for you to decide on the next stylist for the event.

Thank you to all who entered. We really did receive a selection of top notch style boards. It was a tough decision to list three!

If you would be so kind as to vote at the bottom of the page on your favorite style board we would be more than appreciative. Vote as many times as you like and polls will close this Saturday, March 20, 2010. The winner will be announced next week.

Remember stay tuned you are going to flip over our next giveaway so come on back.

Number 1
Lemon Yellow & Teal from the darling D&D Event Design

A sunshine dream with drizzles of teal makes us super happy.

Number 2
Nantucket Modern from In The Now Weddings, from one of the most stylish wedding planners around town.

Up to date Nantucket never looked so good. I am ready to sit back, relax and enjoy a mint julep.

Number 3
Midnight & Plum elegance from Brooke Keegan.

Sophisticated and luxurious rich hues of purple and midnight. It does not get more sexy that this!

In honor of our birthday week we will be giving away $250 cash to one lucky reader.

Hopefully this will help one lucky reader with something special. Any little bit helps. This prize is easy to win you all you need to do is sign up for Williams Sonoma’s Bridal Registry. Leave a comment on our web site letting us know you registered. If you are already signed up just add something to your registry and let us know what you registered for.

We have found that Williams Sonomas has everything you need for your new home and then some, including the prettiest white dishes you have ever seen. Check these out from  Apilco Très Grande Porcelain Dinnerware Place Settings. We also noticed that they have our favorite, Sprinkles cupcakes. It is not a good idea to add food to your registry because items are seasonal, however you can buy them just because you want something warm and delicious.

We had to show you these new Handblown Nest Bell Jars. These would be utterly adorable on your dining room table but, imagine these on your wedding tables. Each handcrafted nest is set in an artful arrangement of butterflies, natural and faux twigs, flowers and greenery. So cute! These are A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.

All you need to do to win the $250 cash prize is.

1. Visit here and create your bridal registry.

2. Leave a comment on our web site that you created your registry.

3. If you already have a registry, simply add something to your registry that you need and leave a comment with what you registered for.

4. Enter as many times as your heart desires. The winner will be announced next week.

Good Morning to all our little chickadees!

It is our (second) birthday week and we wanted to say thank you to all our amazing readers (that is you) with a birthday giveaway extravaganza bonanza. This entire week will have prizes that you can win all week long. Stay tuned it is going to be a doozie.

You also may have noticed things look a tad bit different around here. You know us always changing it up a bit. This would not be possible without our special little lady … you know who you are!

We hope everyone had an incredibly splendid week!

Be sure to check back with us next week, it is our second birthday and the entire week we will be giving away AMAZING PRIZES. We are talking cash, veils and everything in between. Now on to our super delicious sweet treats. As usual all of our finds are from left to right.

1. We have always been followers over the ever talented Mary Swenson and know she sells her gorgeous prints online. The above print is for sell  which is, Bright pink ranunculus, that  just seemed made for an turquoise old Ball jar for $38

2. Ohh how we love Twigs and Honey and please stay tuned, they are part of our birthday week.

3. Decor8blog is one of our favorite hang outs and we found this amazing hanging plate piece over there.

4. We stumbled upon a new blog that you are going to love My Diy Wedding Day and found this great diy. Personalized drink stirrers, they actually found this cuter than cute diy over at our other favorite hang out Project Wedding.

5. Last but not lest we have some funky fresh modern save the dates that we found over at yet another fabu wedding blog, Oh So Beautiful Paper.

Thank you so much to Amenity Organic Home Collection for the amazing giveaway and all our readers who entered. The winning comment is below. Please email jocey@weddingchicks with all your information and we will have Amenity Organic Home Collection get in touch with you.

To all you lucky readers who love Amenity they are offering 20% to everyone. Type in Wedding20 at checkout and received 20% off your total order. The coupon code will expire April 1, 2010.

Comment 182 was randomly chosen by random.org . Emily H is our lucky winner.

Happy Thursday to all the environmentally savvy chickadees!

We thought you would enjoy some chic environmentally friendly wedding ideas. You do not need to wear a burlap sack in order to be eco-friendly at your wedding.  Peruse some of Morgan Boszilkov’s new line of eco friendly designer wedding gowns. The Natural Bridal Collection all of  the dresses are handcrafted and made with love in the United States, and 5% of profits are donated to environmental causes. Morgan uses sustainable fabrics and strives to apply green and socially responsible principles to all aspects of her business. Her designs are elegant, beautiful, luxurious and Green!

Now that is chic and eco friendly!

Looking for knickers with a small carbon footprint?

Luva Huva produces eco-friendly  garments in the United Kingdom that are utterly adorable. Each knicker is hand made with bows, frills and sometimes buttons to make a very special and unique pair of knickers.

Perfect for your wedding day. Luva Huva’s method of production minimizes environmental impact and I work as ecologically as possible. Luva Huva’s use a variety of end of line fabrics, remnants and cut-offs that would otherwise go to waste. All the materials are sourced locally and every garment is handmade in the UK by Luva Huva, meaning their knickers have a small carbon footprint. Consequently they are not only beautiful but also ethically sound.

i-do-it-yourself.com is one of our favorite web sites for all things DIY. You definitely have to stop by and visit their post on Lauren and Andrew’s DIY wedding. These green invites are the pride and joy of Lauren and Andrew’s DIY wedding efforts. They created these chipboard invitation wheels to give guests a creative way to get all their information in an heirloom keepsake format.

They are made from two circles of untreated, recycled chipboard die cut and letter pressed to look like an old planting wheel with redwood rings on it.

Above are a few earth friendly options for your eco conscience wedding. All products are listed left to right.

1. These rustic stakes would make perfect aisle runners for your eco friendly wedding. Fill them with your favorite summer wildflowers or your favorite exotic stems from the local market. Handcrafted in the Philippines. 50″ tall. Set of four is $48 and can be bought, At West End.

2. Plant your favorite herbs or small plants and gently wrap a burlap sac around the plant and use as a wedding favor or escort card.

3. Christian Louboutin is very focused on renewable resource for Spring, which is clearly evident in these gorgeous cork pumps. They are quite expensive around $750 and $695 for the sling back. But well worth every penny.

4. Do you love the tree trunk with the succulent in it? I do it, is simple yet has a sleek and elegant design. Made by Takashimaya.

5. These 18K gold Vermeil band rings are delicately wrapped in hand-printed Japanese papers under a thin layer of resin, and accented with a small square of organic ground ginger in resin made by our favorite blue poppy jewelry.

We want to leave you with more Morgan Boszilkov’s new line of eco friendly designer wedding gowns.