Happy Monday Loverlies! We’re still picking the confetti out of our hair from last week’s wedding planning event at StumbleUpon’s San Francisco headquarters, and we’re back with stunning pictures from our lovely photographer, Melanie Duerkopp! 

When we were dreaming up our table we had only two things in mind. Deliciousness…and PINK! The decor for our table cost less than $200…a little tissue paper and creative reuse of things we had around the house got us pretty far.

To get inspired, we cruised around Lover.ly (duh!) and created a “StumbleUpon/Etsy” bundle specifically for the event. 

Adequately inspired, we then got to crafting…and here are the results!

A bit of Martha Stewart Acrylic Paint punched up some wooden letters from Michaels:

Tech meets treats! iPads were out on the table for easy access to all-things-Loverly. Bay Area florist extraordinaire Karen of Huckleberry Karen Designs provided AWESOME florals for us, including this heart made entirely of pink carnations:

And then there were treats. OH, were there treats. Batter Bakery in San Francisco made an amazing array of desserts and treats for brides to enjoy, including

• lemon, chocolate, and vanilla mini cupcakes 
• iced shortbread dots
• meyer lemon pink salt shortbread
• lavender sea salt shortbread
• mini Sand Angels

We hand-screen printed treat bags with our logo on them so brides could take goodies home with them:

Our cake “stands” were simple square plates from CB2 that we elevated with square glass candle holders we had laying around the house. To make sure they stayed secure we used museum putty (a staple here in the earthquake ridden Bay Area!) to make sure it stayed all together and nothing would tip over.

We made sure to use up ALL our scraps! the square glass candle holders were filled with “confetti”—-left over tissue paper scraps from the tissue garland.

We were thrilled to participate alongside a few of our favorite Bay Area talents, including Huckleberry Karen Designs, whose inspiring booth made us want to plan a wedding all over again! 

And Amanda from One True Love Vintage Rentals brought in a sweet display of her wares all available for rent! If you’re a rustic bride, you have to check out her inventory!

We were so excited to kick off the launch of our official StumbleUpon channel. Be sure to FOLLOW LOVERLY ON STUMBLEUPON! We’re feeding fun, inspirational articles, images, and searches daily to the channel, so check it out, and subscribe!

A special thank you to StumbleUpon and friends who helped make our table happen:

• Photography: Melanie Duerkopp (Check Melanie out on Lover.ly!)
• Desserts: Batter Bakery
• Florals: Huckleberry Karen (Check Karen out on Lover.ly!)

To find out about (and get invited to!) other local Lover.ly events, be sure to sign up for our newsletter. Just check out our last edition, and click subscribe in the upper left hand corner!

XO,

Cathleya and the Lover.ly Team

We love amazing stories where real brides and grooms use apps and social media to make their wedding days unique, and this one takes the cake this week for us! 

Recent (former boyfriend) fiance Kyle graduated from the University of North Texas, and in the midst of finals and all the crazy life changes that go along with graduating, planned one SWEET proposal to his girlfriend Maggie.

Maggie loves Pandora, so Kyle worked with the Pandora team to drop a SPECIAL advertisement into a playlist he created. The process was FAR from simple. In addition to working with Pandora’s creative and tech teams to make it happen, he had to prepare a script, work with a voice actress, and get it tested with the ad trafficking team to make sure it would all go off without a hitch.

Immediately after he graduated, Maggie and Kyle hopped into her car and he suggested that they listen to a station he created especially for them. He knew precisely how many songs were going to be played before his proposal “ad” ran, and when the moment finally approached, THIS is what she heard!

The story is best told by the groom-to-be himself, so check out the entire story from his point of view on his blog! It’s the sweetest (and coolest!) story you won’t want to miss!

Image via Kyle’s blog - Taylored Minds

Congrats to Kyle and Maggie! We hope you find all kinds of lovely inspiration for your wedding on Lover.ly…we’ve even created a “Kyle and Maggie” bundle of love for you, filled with sweet, musical inspiration ideas for your wedding day!

XO,

Cathleya and the Lover.ly Team

Happy Monday! We’ve rolled out a new feature that Loverlies far and wide have been requesting: comments on images! Now, on any one of our 100,000+ images in the Lover.ly search engine, you can leave yourself (and others!) a note! Never forget what you love, and declare what you love about an image for the rest of the community to see.

Wondering how you can use comments to make your Lover.ly experience more fantastic? Here are three: 

• Share an image with your bridesmaids, friends, and family, and gather their thoughts directly on the image.
• Love a distinct part of an image? Leave a note! Whether it’s a particular flower featured, a piece of jewelry the bride is wearing, or a specific color combination, leave a comment professing what you love, what you need, or what’s inspiring you, and show off your keen eye for detail.
• Discover other Loverlies that share your taste! Each comment links back to your Lover.ly bundles - so if you’ve noticed that someone else has commented on images that you love as well, chances are she (or he!) has gorgeous bundles that you’ll love! Check out and discover other Loverlies via image comments by clicking on their username.

The possibility for comments are endless, and we’re excited to deliver a new function on the site that we know you’ve been asking for. Head on over Lover.ly, check out the images in your bundles, drop some love notes onto your favorite inspirational images. Never again will you forget what you want to include in your wedding.

Find the all new comment box directly below each and every image!

XO,

The Lover.ly Team

Our tea is EXTRA sweet today as we announce our latest editorial partner: Southern Weddings Magazine! Team Lover.ly has long been fans of the Southern Wedding gals—-for years, their ultimate grace and charm has won us over again and again.

To kick off our latest partnership, stay tuned to the Lover.ly homepage as we share some of our favorite Southern Weddings images all day long. And be sure to check out Southern Weddings’ Lover.ly bundles, trending today on Lover.ly’s Popular Bundles page! We’re especially smitten with iloveswmag’s “Bows + Beaus” bundle (plaid, and stripes, and gingham, oh my!).

Here’s a small peek at the Southern lovelieness that awaits you…

Photo by: JAC Photography on Southern Weddings via Lover.ly

Photo by: Kim Box Photography on Southern Weddings via Lover.ly

Photo by: Kim Box Photography on Southern Weddings via Lover.ly

Photo by: Kelly Hornberger on Southern Weddings via Lover.ly

Photo by: Kelly Hornberger on Southern Weddings via Lover.ly

Photo by: The Reason on Southern Weddings via Lover.ly

…

If you aren’t already a loyal reader of the Southern Weddings blog, it’s high time you head over and check out one of the best resources for the savvy Southern bride!

We’re so excited to welcome Southern Weddings into the Lover.ly family, and can’t wait to share their sweet Southern magic with you. We’re adding new images from Southern Weddings daily - check in often and search “Southern Weddings” at Lover.ly to see what’s new!

XO,

Cathleya and the Lover.ly Team

Happy Friday Lovelies! Hop onto Lover.ly today and check out our new feature: browse by color! We’ve identified 16 favorite wedding colors Lover.ly users have been searching and added them directly under our search bar, giving you easy, one-click access to the most gorgeous wedding images in your fave shade.

Check it out and let us know what you think! 

Xo,

Cathleya and the Lover.ly Team

Oh, hey. How are you? Everything good with you? That’s great…great to hear!

What’s new with us, you ask?

Well…HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING?!?!?

A shiny new Lover.ly rolled live late last night, and we’re thrilled to introduce it to you! Just a few notes on what’s new…the site can really do the talking!

• The site scrolls vertically - search your favorite inspiration and scroll up and down to save + share your faves
• A fresh new look for the homepage, curated daily by theme
• And best of all, we’ve welcomed a dozen new, amazing editorial partners!

Stop on by, check out all that’s new, and get lost in our new search results at Lover.ly. We’re excited to see all the beautiful bundles you dream up…be sure to Tweet them to us, or share them on our Facebook wall! 

XO,

The Lover.ly Team

Happy Monday Loverlies! We’re excited to see the majority of our newest members taking advantage of Facebook Connect to log in at Lover.ly. Connecting to the site via Facebook Connect means you don’t have to input your email and password to log in—-as long as you’re logged into Facebook, you can log into Lover.ly with one click! 

If you already have an existing Lover.ly username/account, you can also sync up your account to Facebook in order to take advantage of one-click sign in. Here’s how:

Log in at Lover.ly as normal with your email and password:

Head to “My Account”:

And click “Link Account to Facebook”

That’s it! From then on, if you’re logged out of Lover.ly, you can log back in with ONE click!

Of course, Lover.ly never posts anything to your Facebook timeline unless you’ve explicitly “shared” something on Facebook. Sync up your Lover.ly account to Facebook and get to searching, saving, and sharing faster than ever!

Xo,

Cathleya and the Lover.ly team 

We’re back, highlighting all our favorite moments from our Newlyweds screening! Great details and great company made for an awesome night in NYC.

We want to give a special thank you to our sponsors, who made the event a hit, including The Varick Room at Tribeca Cinemas for providing their great, newly-remodeled event space,  Scratch Weddings for providing great music and beats, and One Hope Wine for the delicious sips!

Everyone arrived to The Varick room, where One Hope Wine or our signature drink awaited them…

Guests filled two screening rooms at Tribeca Cinemas!

Our founder/CEO, Kellee, welcomed both rooms and introduced the film…

Afterwards, great music, drinks, and company awaited in The Varick Room:

It wouldn’t be a Lover.ly party without pink sweets! Our cupcakes were decorated with flags, each calling out our most favorite wedding bloggers in the world…our Lover.ly partners!

Scratch Weddings kept the party going into the night…

We loved our live tweet stream—-it was fun to see all of our friends “cover” the event on Twitter!

Everyone went home with Lover.ly favors…pink and gold cocktail rings!

It was one sweet night, and we can’t wait to invite all of our friends and supporters to our next Lover.ly event! Where do you think we should hold it? NYC, or LA? ;)

Happy Friday Loverlies! Our Valentine’s Day screening of Ed Burns’ Newlyweds at the Tribeca Cinemas/The Varick Room in NYC was a blast! 200 of our friends from the NYC weddings + media + tech world joined us for signature sips, tasty treats, great music, and of course…the screening!

Today we’re bringing you all the details from the event. First up…some of the lovely people that joined us!

Be Inspired PR -  Martha Stewart Weddings - Lover.ly

Flybridge Capital  /  Change the Ratio

Huffington Post - Lover.ly - Mediaite - Change the Ratio

Weddingbee - Lela New York / Shawn Rabideau

Lover.ly

Style Musee - We Work Labs / Carol Hannah - Diamond in the Rough

Weddingbee

Destination Inspirations / Jove Meyer Events

Gilt Groupe / Amy Gale

Ceci New York - Be Inspired PR

CNN / Bryan Bui

We were so thrilled to have everyone join us! Stay tuned for all the fun details from the event!

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Photography by Leila Brewster

Hi Loverlies! We were so thrilled this weekend to see our founder, Kellee Khalil, appear on CNN this past Saturday, alongside Rachel Sklar of Change the Ratio, Sharon Feder of Mashable, and Kathryn Minshew of The Daily Muse.

Kellee and the panel discussed discussed women entrepreneurs, women-lead start-ups, and how to ensure that women and men in tech are afforded the same opportunities with Ali Velshi of CNN: Your Money. Check out the segment:

Here’s a little behind-the-scenes peek on the set: Kellee’s rain-appropriate boots kept her dry this weekend in Austin at SXSW!

Three cheers for our fearless leader Kellee!

Xo,

Cathleya and The Lover.ly Team