It's hard because I've seen so many great ideas on all the different blogs I frequent, but not all the ideas align with the theme I'm trying to convey in my wedding.
For those of you unaware, I've been pulling together a lot of vintage, antique, and heirloom influences. So today, I'm going to provide a quick rundown of some favorite ideas. I'm not sure which ones will make the cut yet, but we'll just have to wait and see!
For My OOTers:
We already know that with the wedding being in Charlotte, we'll have plenty of out of town guests. Because of that, we're having our reception at the hotel we hope everyone will stay at. So I've been brainstorming for non-traditional OOT bags. I came across these lovelies from Blissweddingsmarket.com
Wouldn't it be awesome to present some Charlotte-specific totes for all my guests making a small vacation out of our wedding?! I just have to find someone who does "Charlotte" specifically now!
"Calligraphy"
I got my birthday card in the mail today from my Grandma. She's 90 years old and doesn't write much anymore, but she handwrote my address on the envelope. I am so flattered and grateful for that!
The more I got to looking at it, she has the PERFECT handwriting for an heirloom wedding. Through i-diy, I found a great fontmaker and I'm hoping she'll agree to make my Grandmother's handwriting into a font. It's something I'll be able to have long AFTER the wedding, but I'd love to address all the invitations with it and use it throughout the wedding!
Lace
I have absolutely fallen in love with all things lace, including doilies! And what better place to find lacey-ideas than Country Living?
They have two articles on ideas for decorating with doilies. Even if I don't use all the ideas for my wedding, I may use them at home!
"Calligraphy"
I got my birthday card in the mail today from my Grandma. She's 90 years old and doesn't write much anymore, but she handwrote my address on the envelope. I am so flattered and grateful for that!
The more I got to looking at it, she has the PERFECT handwriting for an heirloom wedding. Through i-diy, I found a great fontmaker and I'm hoping she'll agree to make my Grandmother's handwriting into a font. It's something I'll be able to have long AFTER the wedding, but I'd love to address all the invitations with it and use it throughout the wedding!
LaceI have absolutely fallen in love with all things lace, including doilies! And what better place to find lacey-ideas than Country Living?
They have two articles on ideas for decorating with doilies. Even if I don't use all the ideas for my wedding, I may use them at home!
My mom has vowed to collect some for me, and I can't wait for fleamarket weather!
Do me a favor....
This might actually be the most difficult to nail down. I've always been a firm believer that wedding favors should be eatable. Why give somebody junk that they won't have a purpose for the day after your wedding? So I've been brainstorming on favors and came up with this beauty:
Gormet Marshmallows via Plush Puffs! They have a bunch of different flavors to choose from and the price is reasonable! How cute would these be wrapped in little cellophane bags with a gift tag on them?
On the other hand, I also like nontraditional favors like these:
I know it's not something anyone would really use after the wedding, but isn't it just a cute touch to the reception? I'd love to provide something like this just for fun, but not in place of a favor. I don't know if it's in the budget though. And unfortunately the company that gave me this idea doesn't offer the cork coasters anymore, and I think they're just the coolest looking ones.
They have the other ones here for anyone who's interested.
Decor Encore
I've found a few things I'd like to include in my decor, but once again, it's narrowing down to a cohesive idea. Our colors are Chocolate Brown and Pear Green. We're playing on the idea of "The Perfect Pair" by using pears. I'm custom designing centerpieces. I also want to keep including that "heirloom" or "vintage" feel. For example, I absolutely ADORE these from Decorative Country Living:
I tried handmaking a couple and found it was a pretty easy diy. I got all the white buttons I could find off my grandmother and will continue to collect them. I don't like how they've used all the same button here, so I fully intend to mix and match!
Stuff still in the works:
Figuring out how to decorate the ceremony site has been interesting. Purchasing yards of lace is not cheap and I HATE taffeta. We want to keep that area simple since we're already outside and it'll be beautiful as it is.
Centerpieces have also been tricky. We've been planning to do them mainly in whites and greens using pears and china and very little floral additions. I'm thinking of doing Chocolate table linens, and I think the white and green would pop.
As for me, jewelry, shoes, my attendants dresses and jewelry are all still up in the air, but I hope to get those nailed down soon.
And as for papercraft, I just got the finished results from Jessica of Jessica's Design Shop on the monograms and such I will be using. She did a great job and I highly recommend her for anyone looking for some personalized work! I'll be posting sneak peaks of that stuff soon enough.
Last but not least, I've updated our wedding website! The Knot released some new user-friendly designs and I took advantage hardcore! I'm so proud of it so if you haven't visited it already, please do and leave us some love! I also may have leaked one of Jessica's designs somewhere on the page too!
Enjoy!
This might actually be the most difficult to nail down. I've always been a firm believer that wedding favors should be eatable. Why give somebody junk that they won't have a purpose for the day after your wedding? So I've been brainstorming on favors and came up with this beauty:
Gormet Marshmallows via Plush Puffs! They have a bunch of different flavors to choose from and the price is reasonable! How cute would these be wrapped in little cellophane bags with a gift tag on them?On the other hand, I also like nontraditional favors like these:
I know it's not something anyone would really use after the wedding, but isn't it just a cute touch to the reception? I'd love to provide something like this just for fun, but not in place of a favor. I don't know if it's in the budget though. And unfortunately the company that gave me this idea doesn't offer the cork coasters anymore, and I think they're just the coolest looking ones.
They have the other ones here for anyone who's interested.
Decor Encore
I've found a few things I'd like to include in my decor, but once again, it's narrowing down to a cohesive idea. Our colors are Chocolate Brown and Pear Green. We're playing on the idea of "The Perfect Pair" by using pears. I'm custom designing centerpieces. I also want to keep including that "heirloom" or "vintage" feel. For example, I absolutely ADORE these from Decorative Country Living:
I tried handmaking a couple and found it was a pretty easy diy. I got all the white buttons I could find off my grandmother and will continue to collect them. I don't like how they've used all the same button here, so I fully intend to mix and match!Where will I hang these? Glad you asked:
Per my request, David's mom and my mom have been looking thru pictures of us, respectively, from when we were younger. We're going to hang them similar to this with some of my button hearts breaking up the clusters of pictures. I'm hoping we can hang them in the cocktail/cookie table area for people to oogle while waiting for the reception to start! I've seen some of the pictures my mom has picked out already. It's going to be quite the show ;)
We're also doing the giant matted picture for a guestbook thing. I know this isn't novel, but I don't think I'd ever get a guestbook back out, and this is something that will become an heirloom for my family as the years go on. I really like the thought of being able to see those signatures and well wishes for years to come.
Per my request, David's mom and my mom have been looking thru pictures of us, respectively, from when we were younger. We're going to hang them similar to this with some of my button hearts breaking up the clusters of pictures. I'm hoping we can hang them in the cocktail/cookie table area for people to oogle while waiting for the reception to start! I've seen some of the pictures my mom has picked out already. It's going to be quite the show ;)
Stuff still in the works:
Figuring out how to decorate the ceremony site has been interesting. Purchasing yards of lace is not cheap and I HATE taffeta. We want to keep that area simple since we're already outside and it'll be beautiful as it is.
Centerpieces have also been tricky. We've been planning to do them mainly in whites and greens using pears and china and very little floral additions. I'm thinking of doing Chocolate table linens, and I think the white and green would pop.
As for me, jewelry, shoes, my attendants dresses and jewelry are all still up in the air, but I hope to get those nailed down soon.
And as for papercraft, I just got the finished results from Jessica of Jessica's Design Shop on the monograms and such I will be using. She did a great job and I highly recommend her for anyone looking for some personalized work! I'll be posting sneak peaks of that stuff soon enough.
Last but not least, I've updated our wedding website! The Knot released some new user-friendly designs and I took advantage hardcore! I'm so proud of it so if you haven't visited it already, please do and leave us some love! I also may have leaked one of Jessica's designs somewhere on the page too!
Enjoy!
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