Juli Vaughn Designs

Gold and Grey {Winter Wedding Inspiration}

Colleen — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:09:50 +0000

Every season holds its own inspiration. Spring has soft pastels and sweet little blooms on branches. Summer has wildflowers and vibrant jewel tones. Autumn is natural, crisp, and surrounded by amber light. But winter – winter is for snuggling, feasting, and finding warmth.

Originally, we got our idea from Jamie Elliot McPherson – the owner of our gorgeous venue, High Meadows at Vinewood. Together we decided on the color board for this inspiration shoot: a gorgeous juxtaposition of the cool wintry tones of gray with the warmth of firelight gold. To create a sense of the beauty of these colors’ differences, I picked materials that contrasted beautifully with one another – soft, draping burlap and shiny metallic golds. We even chose our models with the coloring in mind – the pair are color opposites!

This shoot is our take on snuggling with your love, feasting at a truly splendid venue, and finding warmth in the long, gray winter months.

Featured on 100 Layer Cake!

Vendors:
Styling, Floral & Event Design: Juli Vaughn Designs
Photography: Hayley Sheffield
Venue: High Meadows at Vinewood
Wardrobe Styling: Melissa Welch
Dresses: Fabulous Frocks of Atlanta
Veil, Floral Pieces, Silver/Diamond Earrings: Fine and Fleurie
Invitations, Paper Goods: Julia’s Poppies Design
Desserts: Sift! Dessert Boutique
Makeup: Jennifer Horton Makeup
Hair: Amber Avanossian of Paisley Salon
Balloons: A Balloon Affair

Painting-Perfect {Simona & Darren}

Colleen — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:48:17 +0000

Simona (who is Romanian) and Darren (who is from Michigan) traveled a very long way to find one another. They were married at the Callenwolde Fine Arts Center in Georgia on a July 15, 2012, with Simona’s father officiating – partly in Romanian and partly in English. Both artists, Darren and Simona wanted to incorporate art into every part of their ceremony and reception, asking that the tables look as though guests were sitting down to Dutch still life paintings. They also gave guests the opportunity to create their own erasure poetry, leaving a page from a book and white-out at each guest’s place. This element is particularly sweet sinceDarren proposed to Simona, a literature professor and writer, via erasure poetry!

See it featured here on Style Me Pretty!

Event Design: Juli Vaughn Designs

Photography: Our Labor of Love

Cake : Sweet Peeps Bakery by Kathryn Wharton Pfister

Food: Sun in My Belly

Hair: Jessica Goldstein with Brock Cassidie Salon

Make-up/Coordination – Kristy Masterson

Invitation: Wedding Paper Divas

Sail Away with Me {New York Nautical Inspiration Shoot}

Colleen — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:46:12 +0000

Beautiful images are priceless. They matter more than your flowers and hair and even your gown. They are the one thing that you keep as a tangible sign to say, “We did this thing!” So, when a truly talented photographer like Emma Cleary in New York asked me if I would like to join forces with her for a styled shoot, I emphatically said, “Yes, pretty please!”

It was wintertime in the City and not the most ideal time for a photo shoot – our poor models were freezing their you-know-whats off! But we bravely soldiered on, finding inspiration from the lovely historic and wonderfully nautical venue Bayard’s in the Financial District.

Enjoy this peek into a winterized nautical pair as they tie the knot “sailor style.”

Photography – Emma Cleary
Styling, Floral & Event Design: Juli Vaughn Designs
Invitation Suite: Julia’s Poppies Design
Banners & Flags: Liddabits Design Shop
Models – Wilhelmina
Cake – Elegantly Iced
Hair- Red Carpet Bridal
Makeup – Olya Schechter
Ties – Dibi Ties
Venue – Bayard’s Events & Catering
Dress- Kelly Faetanini

{The Not-Wedding Engagement Shoot}

Colleen — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:05:43 +0000

Choosing and incorporating color – especially bright colors – can be intimidating. There are so many gorgeous palettes and so many options! Clothing designers like Kate Spade and furniture gurus like Jonathan Adler seem to always hit the mark in celebrating color with style in an oh-so-lovely way. These two designer’s playful celebration of bright, stylish colors was my inspiration for this year’s The Not Wedding engagement shoot – bright colors for a bright and sweet newlywed couple! It was captured beautifully by my sweet friend Whitney Huyhn too!

The Not Wedding event gathers together some of the best vendors the wedding industry has to offer to show off their unique style in a fake wedding setting. I am ecstatic to be part of this year’s event, creating and designing in a sharply contrasting color scheme that’s both playful and bold.

I hope you can see Zac and Lauren’s adorable personalities and be inspired by all this stylish color like I was!

Check out the amazing Save The Date video from White Dress Media too!

Florals & Styling – Juli Vaughn Designs

Photography – Whitney Huyhn

Cake – Anne Kathleen Cakes

Makeup – Claudia Mejerle Rogers

Video – White Dress Media

Peachy Keen {Lauren & Chris}

Colleen — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:26:46 +0000

Lauren and Chris were so fun to work with! They are delightfully opposite. Lauren is a fashionista and gaga for antiques, where Chris is a noted furniture designer and all about a clean, modern look. For their gorgeous chic farm inspired wedding, Lauren asked me to help her combine their aesthetics into one beautiful event. The task was easy-peasy with the lovely Summerour Studio as their setting. It was a perfect modern setting suited to Chris’s tastes, and it made a flawless backdrop to the eclectic vintage plates and other objects that Lauren collected herself for each table. There were gold farm animals, ombre flowers, and strands of ribbons everywhere. And what’s a Southern wedding without peaches?

Enjoy y’all.

Floral & Event Design: Juli Vaughn Designs
Photographer: Jason Hales Photography
Catering: Bold American
Cakes: Lush Cakery
DJ: Ampd Atlanta

This Valentine’s Day Go Glitter or Go Home.

Colleen — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:51:31 +0000

In my experience, people who love glitter are generally the best kind of people.

So, when my dear friend and fellow stylist, Ashley Pepitone, came up with the idea of a girly, glittery Valentine’s Day party, I jumped at the chance to make it a reality. We joined forces with paper designer Jamie Wyckoff and makeup artist Andrea Carter, to throw a bash that rained glitter and gave us an excuse to glam it up all while showing that Valentine’s day doesn’t just have to be about romantic love. It can be centered around love for your friends too!

We hosted this party for precisely that reason – to create a gathering that was all about each other. It turned into a gorgeous, glittery day where we (and some of our best buds) could all hang out and be girly. We donned sky-high sequin stilettos, batted our faux eyelashes, and painted our lips gorgeous shades of pink. It was a great success for us, and I’m sharing it now so you can follow our example!

See more V-Day tips and tricks from us in our other features on Huffington Post and 100 Layer Cake!

Photography: Haley Sheffield Photography

Styling: Juli Vaughn Designs and Ashley Pepitone Designs

Paper crafts: Jamie Wyckoff of Julia’s Poppies

Make-up (and Glittered EVERYTHING): Andrea Carter Artistry

Masquerading as Venice {NYC Photoshoot}

Colleen — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:30:51 +0000

In a few weeks, I’m going to head back to the hustle and bustle of New York City! I’m extra excited for my trip since last time I was there, I was lucky enough to be part of an incredible photo shoot in Staten Island. The shoot was Carmen Santorelli’s baby (she’s an amazing film photographer from the New York area). She invited many vendors from New York (and me!) to participate in the shoot. Carmen got the idea from a friend in Italy, who wanted to bring Carmen some Venetian masks. I always love an opportunity to work with such a sparkly inspiration, but I thought we should expand beyond just the masks to add an extra touch of pizzazz with the bright, glittery feel of the Carnivale.

The shoot itself was a magical experience. It was especially fun for me because I got a chance to go wild in New York’s endlessly astounding flower markets. The amount of variety they had was incredible! My favorite flower was the ranunculous as big as your face.

I also got the opportunity to hand-make a lot of the little details for the shoot. I hand-painted all of the little Carnivale animals and added whimsical little glitter masks to their faces, plus a little glitter on their hooves for good measure! I used my handy-dandy sewing machine to make the napkins, too!

The shoot turned out so gorgeous that we were published on Style Me Pretty; and now we’re posting it here for your enjoyment!

Retro Thanksgiving Elopement {A Styled Shoot}

Juli — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:10:18 +0000

Everyone knows Thanksgiving is all about the food – and has been for decades. Yet even more than the food it’s about coming together as a family. This shoot was inspired by the nostalgic yet cutting edge food trends of the 1960′s. We love the colors, the styles, and even the corning ware! This is the story of a bride and groom who embraced the edgy rebel idea of an elopement while sticking to the tradition of coming home to their families for the Thanksgiving meal.

(Featured on Green Wedding Shoes)

Vendors

Photography: Jeff Roffman Photography

Floral & Event Design: Juli Vaughn Designs

Venue: The Marianna

Catering: Simply Catering

Papergoods: Julia’s Poppies Design

Drinks: Lyght House Cocktails

Hair Consulting: Gabriella Giarrano

Makeup Consulting: Andrea Carter Artistry

Vintage Rentals: Bash Factory

For the Love of Scotland {Laura & John}

Colleen — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:23:38 +0000

How can I describe Laura and John?

Adorable. Fun. Kind. Creative. Endearing. Loveable. (Yep, that’ll work!)

From my very first meeting with Laura, I felt as though I had just met an old friend. It was as if we’d known each other our whole lives, even though our paths had never crossed. I think she probably has that effect on everyone she meets, which is a rare treat in a person.

Laura and John’s wedding was a true reflection of their personalities and history – bright, happy, joyful, and overflowing with heritage. Laura is Scottish and wanted touches of her family’s mossy homeland mixed in with some vibrant colors. (All of the moss silhouettes were hand cut – quite a fun feat!) John had a simple request to incorporate the color orange somewhere in the wedding. You’ll see his tribute to his favorite color in the pics.

Enjoy this bright, mossy, loveable goodness captured by the lovely Laura Stone of ArtStar Photography.

Vendors:

Photography: ArtStar Photography

Venue: The Solarium at Old Scottish Rite

Caterer: Sun in My Belly

Furniture Rentals: Four Inch Fold

Planning: Kristy Masterson

Shoes: Kate Spade

The Tinsel Workshop!

Juli — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:45:37 +0000

I am soooo pleased and (clearly!) excited to announce The Tinsel Workshop!

Last year I hosted a small holiday flower soiree and it was definitely one of the highlights of my holiday season. This year we’re upping the ante a bit by joining forces with some of the most talented people I know for a day full of gorgeous paper goods, mouth watering vittles, DIY heaven, and, of course, drool worthy blooms. The festivities will be at the new JVD headquarters, The Seed Studio, in downtown Atlanta.

Email me here and reserve your spot today – Merry Christmas to yooooo!