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Dessy + Perfect Palette=Love! The Perfect Palette has teamed up with Dessy to offer you the 'Most Loved' Wedding Inspiration Board Contest.  What's even more exciting than the fun of creating your own board and sharing it in the new style board gallery, are the prizes! For the next 5 weeks Perfect Palette will be choosing one lucky winner who'll receive $200 in Dessy essentials.

Winners will receive:

• The PANTONE WEDDING Color Guide valued at $35.00. Use the guide to help coordinate your perfect wedding color palette. It's small enough to fit in your purse and makes it so easy to match your bridesmaid's dresses, flower girl dresses, accessories, menswear, flowers, invitations and all of your decor.
• Winners will receive $60.00 worth of Pantone Swatch Cards.
• $90.00 worth of fabric in your chosen colors
• And we're throwing in a quilted clutch worth $15

How to enter you ask? Simply go to the Dessy website and create your own inspiration style board using a minimum of 5 PANTONE colors, and one Dessy product. Once you're finished visit Perfect Palette and leave a comment including the link to your board, your email, and a brief explanation of the colors you chose, and the vision behind your inspiration board.

Winners will need to be in the 'most loved' category in the Dessy Gallery so we encourage you to use the share on Facebook feature to show your board some love :) For more details go to The Perfect Palette. A winner will be chosen every Friday for 5 weeks beginning February 5. Go and create, I can't wait to see your inspiring styles!

  Be inspired and inspire others by publishing your style boards in the new Dessy inspiration board gallery today! In addition to having unlimited access to the huge array of Pantone colors, professional wedding photographs, and the ability to upload your own personal photos to create your unique style board, now you can publish to the gallery too.

You can also browse the gallery and let everyone know how much you adore a displayed board by clicking on 'love'-show us your favorites!  Have a look, see the beauty, and get great ideas from fellow brides-to-be and then get busy creating your own.

And it's even easier to share your style boards with your friends and family. You can email, embed in your blog, and add your board to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. Go to Dessy to begin creating and inspiring-all at the same time-perfect!

Candy Buffets are one of my favorite wedding trends. Who does NOT smile when they see a huge table full of colorful yummy candy?! No matter your age the word candy brings happiness I say. Jars full of M&M's, banana runts, sticky gooey taffy, and as many chocolate variations as you can find-now that's a party!  In addition to candy buffets being just plain fun, they are also a great decoration.

Make your candy table unique by finding and decorating your own jars of different colors and sizes, decorate your table with petals, flowers, candles and even add childhood and current pictures of you and your loved one. Choose colored candy that matches your wedding theme and colors. Don't forget to add some of your favorite childhood candy like ring pops, candy bracelets and necklaces, lollipops, and even pop rocks.

One of my favorite displays is from Wedding Bee. I just want to dive head first into this table of goodness. I like how cupcakes and amazing little decorated cakes from Bakerella are added to the buffet. Let the inspiration begin.

photography by Scott and Temp

Project Wedding shared some of these gorgeous candy arrangements. I love the simplicity of the all-white theme. Marshmallows, yes please!

photography by Cary Pennington

photography by Garden Party To Go

I think maybe my favorite sweets growing up, and by that I mean I'm still growing up, is cotton candy. Bridal Bar recently featured this purple cotton candy martini that I had to share with you. Love!

photography by Scott Campbell

To stock up on all of your wedding candy needs check out A Candy Store where you can select by color AND flavor. They have all of the old favorites like pez, rock candy, jawbrakers and more. You can also find many of your favorites at the Candy Warehouse and they include a video on how to create your own buffet. Have fun creating and save some goodies for me!

Spring is in the air. Ok..well, maybe not quite yet, but it's on my mind! Even if we can't actually smell the daisies quite yet, it's the perfect time to be planning your warmer weather wedding. I am not a big fan of winter, I much prefer the green grass between my toes with the big bright sun on my face. And, so, I've been dreaming of lovely outdoor wedding scenes like the ones below.

Firstly, hay. Now, I'm a Midwestern girl at heart and even I scoffed at the thought until I saw images like these from The Green Bride Guide. I love the originality and rustic look and feel. And on top of that they are inexpensive and a great eco-chic choice!

photography by W. Scott Chester Photography 

photography by Sean Watson Photography

This next outdoor inspiration is from Stephmodo. Simple yet elegant. Mostly handmade decor, fresh bright strawberries and that warm and cozy in the woods feel.

images from Stephmodo

Lastly, I couldn't let you go without some lovely flowers. Every girl loves flowers. Fields of lavender, and pink, green and white bouquets come together perfectly in this real wedding story from Project Wedding.

images from Project Wedding

Here's to all the warm weather weddings to come! For a helpful tool to help create beauties such as these, check out the Dessy-Pantone inspiration style board application which will help you create the bid day that is uniquely yours!

Flowing curls, up-do, half up, half down, veil or no veil-deciding on the one hairstyle that is perfect to showcase on your big day is one tough decision! I've done some research for you that will help.

Brides.com offers a complete guide to wedding hairstyles that is sure to inspire your decision.  The guide includes a checklist, glossary, loads of example pictures and even a q & a section.

Model Bride has a great gallery of beautiful wedding day styles, look at these elegant options!

Another good resource to help you decide is weddinghair.com . Not only do they display great pictures showing many different styles, but they also have printable pdf files giving step-by-step instructions for each! This means you can easily bring the 'how to' to your hairdresser or even do it yourself.

Try many different options, pick your favorite, have fun of course and get ready for all eyes to be on you and your gorgeous locks!