Celebrating Earth Day with Ellen!

Yesterday morning Ellen DeGeneres tweeted a task to her Philadelphia followers to design a creative outfit out of found and recycled objects in honor of Earth Day and gave us 5 hours to complete the task. So the girls at Innove decided to rise to the occasion and accept the challenge to see what we could create from remnants of past events and other objects around our studio. Kimberly came in with a Chinese lantern and that started the entire concept. From there we collected old ribbon, tickets, fabric, cocktail napkins, plastic packaging and hanging crystals from used centerpieces and the design team went to work sketching, gluing and sewing.

A few hours later Ellen tweeted the location to the contestants, we were to arrive at Independence Hall and show off our digs to her crew. So we set out on foot from our office over to the grassy knoll to size up the competition. The walk over was quite comical, tons of confused pedestrians and lots of awkward stares!

We made it to the location, relieved that we were not the only crazy people in Philly to take on the task, we met the other contestants and our biggest competitor, a local high school student who was dressed like an eco-friendly Carmen Marinda.

Despite the cold, rainy weather, it was totally worth it. At the end, Jeanie and Ellen chose the winners and we took home a new bike! Watch out for us, the new Innove bike will be making appearances to and from meetings in Old City!

Dishing with Friends

Sometimes you need a time out to gather with friends and to spend quality time learning about their lives and sharing from your own. So a few weeks ago we got together with a few ladies to dish about life and creativity and we truly had a wonderful time.















Thanks Laura for sharing these images with us!

NYC Bridal Market!

As many of you know, New York City was host to The Wedding Channel Couture Show this past weekend, where tons of talented designers showcased their work to our industry and we were so excited to be invited!

First we headed over to the Essex House to view the launch of the Sarantina line designed by Sarah Jassir and hosted by our friend Gabriella Risatti of Gabriella New York . The line featured tons of lace appliques and short flirty dresses! We loved the detailed neckline with Swarovski crystals, no need for jewelry!





The Anne Bowen show was packed with lots of industry insiders! The fabulous Mark Ingram sat front row with PR guru Lindsay Mann to see the amazing details up close. This show was perfect from the hair by Warren Tricomi to the music by Elan Artists and lets not forget the dresses, they were to die for. Each one get better then the next!

I love the look of egg cups, they are so sweet and delicate and no one does them better then Martha Stewart! I was searching for ideas for this weekend to design my Easter brunch table with my husband and came across these awesome images, thanks for the inspiration Martha!!!!

Easter Shoot Featured

We love Easter! It is such a great celebration with your family and friends and we wanted to create a setting that reminded us of Easter brunches at our grandmother's houses after service on Sundays. We started with a set of plates that were passed down in our family that have seen many celebrations in their years, then added in a few other found objects to create a whimsical design with vintage touches. Our grandmothers would be proud.

A huge thank you to Marie Labbancz for shooting all of the details and TableArt for the beautiful floral arrangements. And lastly to Whipped Bakeshop, the cupcakes were divine.

Here are a few images from the shoot, to see all of the details check out Elizabeth Anne Designs

Style Me Pretty Valentine's Day

As you know we absolutely love Valentine's Day at Innove and we are so happy that our friend Abby at Style Me Pretty loves it too!

We are so excited to be featured on the Style Me Pretty blog today...make sure to stop by and check it out!

Thanks Abby!

Also, a HUGE thank you to Marie Labbancz for all of your help!!!

We Honor A Fashion Icon

Thursday we lost an amazingly talented fashion designer. Alexander McQueen was an innovator and the fashion industry will surely miss his unique vision.

V Day Love

Make sure to stop by the Style My Pretty Little Black Book Blog today to catch a glimpse of our Valentine's Day shoot with Marie Labbancz! They will be posting more tomorrow so keep an eye on our blog as well as theirs!!

Romancing The Walk

It's the week of Valentine's Day and a few of our closest friends and colleagues are taking part in the joyous occasion by offering great deals and fun services at their studios and boutiques in Northern Liberties. If you are still looking for a gift or want to get pampered for the upcoming weekend then you must make a trip over to Liberties Walk for Romancing the Walk.

Winter Wellness

I know I said my posts would be all about love but I figured this is about loving yourself and doing something for you. If you don't have plans this Saturday, you should definitely treat yourself you deserve it!