I am so excited!

I just got my Design books i ordered online.  I have stacks of Design books all over the studio that we reference all the time.  But i am especially excited for these new books.  I just got:

Vogue LIving: Houses, Gardens, People

Modern Glamour – by Kelly Wearstler (This sums me up perfectly!.  I am modern glamour with a touch of eclectic rusticness..is that a word?)

Glamour –  by Metropolitan Home

Style and Substance.  The Best of Elle Decor – by Elle Decor (I DYE!  I can’t wait to dive into this!!!.  I NEVER miss an Elle Decor!)

I find so much inspiration in Interior Design and Fashion.  Both industries set the trend for color combinations.

Some of our favorites right now…

• Turquoise, Kelly Green, Moss Green and White
• Soft Pink and Grey
• Yellow and Chartreuse
• Black and White with a touch of soft pink (Think big black and white thick stripe linen, soft pink peonies and garden roses…Very French!)
• Soft Yellow, Peacock Blue and Putty
• Navy and Magenta
• Fuchsia and Golds (One of my all time favorite combos!)

Hope you find what inspires you!

Kara, Beth and I had another dreamy inspiring day in the studio together.

i have been wanting to get some pictures of our studio to show everyone.  Plus i wanted to get some “professional” pics of Kara, Beth and I to use on our website so you all can put a face with a name.

We had yummy treats  – Blackberries in a yellow bowl, French Macaroons in dreamy colors, Petite Fours..yum!

Bubbly drinks – Pink Veuve of course in antique fabulous toasting goblets

And, gorgeous flowers – fuchsia peonies (my absolute favorite), raspberry ranunculus, and absolutely amazing pink garden roses.  Ahhhh.  Kara arranged them in one of my pretty vintage white milk glass compotes.  We have this arrangement everyday on our Saarinen  inspiration work table…of course.  We wish!!!

We also had a huge blooming bunch of sunny yellow Forsythias adorned with one of our iconic blue Bliss butterflies.  Plus other darling satellite arrangements in silver containers around the studio.

We displayed all of our fun painted chaivari chairs and had armfuls of linens and design books around the studio as inspiration as we talked about the design of several of our fabulous clients events coming up.

Take the Cake (the most amazing cake company in Chicago) made us a “Bliss” Cake.  I am in love!!!

Hope you all are inspired too!

Hi Friends -

We just did the most amazing wedding with an incredible new charity called, “Wish Upon a Wedding”. It is an organization who grants weddings to couples who have terminal illnesses.  Local vendors come together to donate 100% of their services to make couples wedding dreams come true.

This was the first wedding in Chicago and only the second nationwide.

It was truly a magical day.  So nice to see local Chicago wedding vendors all coming together.  We have wanted to donate our services and do more charity work here at Bliss.  This was the perfect opportunity.  We were truly honored and forever inspired by their very touching story.

Beth looked gorgeous and Nick was just beaming.  Their colors were deep pinks and moss green.  So pretty.  We were able to use the cherry blossom as their signature look since it was an April wedding.  It was on everything from the invite to the cake.

i will post pictures after they are edited, but please have a look at the video CBS 2 covered yesterday.

Beth & Nick\’s Wedding