As you know, I had talked about doing a backyard wedding for a long time. It was something that always remained in the back of my head. I love the intimacy of the backyard wedding (and the price isn’t bad either!) Overall, having a blank canvas to do as you wish as much as you wish is really an unbeatable scenario. These cute little backyard details transform a regular old backyard into the fun affair that is your wedding day. And a beautiful wedding day at that!
The classic yet embellished look of a “Garden Chic” wedding is something you are sure to become slightly obsessed with. This style is all about creams, whites, golds, and neutrals. It’s a very organic feeling look, since it does take place in a garden, but it is all about taking the “garden” feel out and adding in classy and sophisticated. Meshing the two will give you a chic and amazing looking affair, but still the simple and organic charm that a garden is known and loved for.
As far as the attire, you are definitely going for something “blowing in the wind” worthy. Something big and something that will create quite an effect with accompanied with wind and twirling. This is a very fairytale-like scene. It’s stunning.
Source: Tablescape, Cake, BocceBall, Birdcage, Chandelier, Dress
Happy Wedding Wednesday to everyone! This week is all about inspired style, (and let me just tell you, next week we have some great things to talk about!) We are going to continue on this Monday with the winery style. Taking the natural colors of the scene, winery weddings have a sense of romance and organic beauty. PS: I want those burlap bottles SO bad!
Source: Burlap Keg, Wine Corks, Dress, Burlap Tables, Peonies, Wine Bottles
So, who is doing the winery wedding?? Would love to hear about the details you are adding! Comment below and tell me all about your Winery Affair!
Here we go for day 2 of “Inspired Style” week. Inspired Style is a week long inspiration-fest displaying styles of inspiration. Engaged & Inspired offers “The Inspired Board” to give brides a bit of clarity on their exact wedding vision by combining each style perfectly allowing the overall product of the wedding to be seamlessly cohesive. Looking at all the amazing things the wedding industry offers can leave you majorly inspired, yet totally overwhelmed by all the new ideas you want at your wedding. The Inspired Board gives a sense of clarity and focus to your vision no matter how many different styles you want to add into your special day.
Vintage Romance is such a fun style to create through a wedding. There is nothing more whimsical and beautiful as a light and fresh color palette filled with romantic details. Single peonies out of milk jars add an elegance that I totally appreciate in a wedding. Oh and those benches, talk about amazing (and really similar to what I am doing for my wedding!). This color palette inspires love, passion and simplistic romance. Amazing.
Source: Tablescape, Jars, Shoes, Dress, Centerpieces, Vanity
Anyone doing a vintage romantic styled wedding?? Leave a comment and let me know what style wedding you are working with!
In my attempt to hone in on a more specific inspiration type, I found it pretty hard to search for what I wanted because I didn’t know what to call it! All week long I am going to present you with different style inspiration boards. We will cover it all, and hopefully infuse an extra burst of inspiration this week. Enjoy!
This morning I am choosing a style that hits pretty close to home for me. I have decided to do a ranch and barn (yep, it has both) style wedding, so I figured I would start out with a new favorite of mine, ranch inspiration.
The details that can be added to a ranch wedding just drive me crazy with excitement. Adding some gorgeous additions to an already interesting space such as an old ranch or barn, creates an atmosphere of pure beauty.
Source: Couch, Bouquet, coats, Cake, Tablescape, Typewriter
I’m definitely loving the “coats” sign and those amazing tablescapes. Oh and that cake is to die for. I love all the amazing details you can use: textured fabrics, bright colors, vintage details, etc.
Who is doing a ranch or barn type wedding?? Anyone?? I would love to hear some of the not-so-traditional details you are adding to your overall scene. What amazing extras are you adding?
PS: Come back all week long as we show off more inspiration board styles. In the meantime check out our wedding ideas, these amazing vintage florals, or see what we were up to last week with our weekly recap. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway to win $100 worth of vintage wedding accessories. :) Leave a comment and let me know what style wedding you are having.
Oh and if you have an amazing wedding you want to share, we are getting geared up for “real wedding week” so send it along to submissions@engagedandinspired.com
Today I thought it would be great to get some tips from a professional make-up artist to help you with the look for your big day. Tamra Marie works in the Bay Area, CA doing bridal make-up professionally. I have asked her to contribute a few tips to help all the brides out, and believe me, I have my paper and pencil out and taking notes!
Every bride wants to look her best on her wedding day but don’t stray to far from your usual look. I’ve had minimalist makeup wearers request a red lip vintage look for their trials and had brides who normally wore heavy eyeliner ask for a natural look, but neither usually feel’s themselves when it’s done. I’m all for playing around with makeup, but your wedding day isn’t the day to do it. If you want to try a smokey eye for the first time, save it for your bachelorette party!
There are a few tips that you should really take into account on your big day to make sure you are camera-ready.
Pre-Wedding Beauty Basics:
· Facials should be scheduled one week prior
· Avoid using Retin-A products or any other strong skin treatments
· Avoid salt, carbonated drinks, and alcohol. They can cause puffiness throughout your face and body.
· Plan to get your eyebrows and body waxed at least 3 days before; Redness can be tough to cover, and some people stay slightly swollen for a couple days post-wax.
· Drink eight to ten glasses of water for at least five days before
· Get a massage a day or two before the big day
· Have a long, leisurely bath the evening before, and get a good night’s sleep
Source: Tamra Marie
I woke up this morning this an intense urge to look at Navy Blue and Pink weddings and to create an inspiration board. Maybe that type of thing just comes with blogging territory, but hey, when inspiration comes to me, I can’t just ignore! So, here it is satisfy your craving and mine. The gorgeousness that is blush pink and navy blue! This style doesn’t really fit my wedding too much anymore, but I’ll most definitely be incorporating this in as much as possible.
Lets check out the source list: Stephanie Williams, The Sweetest Occasion, I Do Inspiration, The Knot, Mariane Taylor, The Sweetest Occasion
Hey, is this your first time over here? Check out what is going on with my wedding, I just found my venue you know. We have a lot of great tips and advice from real brides like this incredible “first look” and different brides weighing in on the subject. Then there was my full plan on how to reuse all my wedding decor after the fact for a mini home makeover! And still my all time favorite post, 30 years ago. It may just become your favorite post of all time too!
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Holy Moly this has been quite the morning! I haven’t been able to sit down and write a blog post as I have been far too busy BOOKING A VENUE :) I always have a good reason!
Yep, you read it right. Booking, like in real life, like that point of the wedding planning I never thought I would get to. Yep, I’m there! And boy has it been a journey.
Source: 100 Layer Cake
When I first started all of this, I told myself (and all of you) to hold out for the perfect venue with the perfect price, not to settle for something less, and even if it takes forever, don’t give up. Well, I just barely followed my own advice! I was looking for so long at so many places. I almost settled on some amazing and totally over budget venues many times. Each time I knew I wouldn’t be happy feeling ripped off, but that there seemed to be no other solution. The idea of looking on herecomestheguide.com one more time made me want to die. I gave up many times, and came back to it many times. I have created some tips to venue searching in case it helps any of you that are going through hell finding the venue.
Google It: Whenever I find a venue that I like, I search google images to get more photos of the space, inspiration from other weddings held there, and an overall reality on the feel of the space. When I found Vignette Vintage Ranch I did that and found some really great weddings, so I had an idea of how it all went and what the feel of the space was going to be.
Talk It Over: Right before going to see the space, I prepped myself for it. A few of my BM’s and I talked about different ideas I wanted to add to the wedding and how (or if) those would fit in. Turns out that all the various ideas I wanted for my wedding would fit perfectly with this space. I also realized that the runner-up venues, weren’t the right style for the ideas I had. This made me mentally prepared to picture everything in the space when we went to see it.
Prioritize: No venue is going to have every single thing you ever want, especially if you are in a budget. You sort of have to prioritize whats important and what isn’t. I actually didn’t have to do that too much. Because of the price, I was able to keep my whole guest list and the one thing I really wanted, fire pits, I was able to negotiate and get them. Yay for that.
Get Inspired: If you have a vision of your wedding and a style you are going for, it makes it a lot easier to picture yourself and your wedding in that space. Get inspired with ideas for your wedding so you know what you want. Vineyard, Rustic, Barn, etc. This can definitely be rather hard, especially if you are taking items from so many different styles, but once you get the vision together, I swear it will make it so much easier.
Don’t Give Up: I’ll be the first to say it, easier said than done! I totally know! You want to settle and you want to go over budget just to get it over with. But in reality you probably won’t be very happy in the end. Going over budget either means more stress and cutting out people or ideas you really wanted and neither of those are really fun. I literally waited for 8 months of constant searching and feeling like nothing would ever pop up. I felt like I had seen every venue again and again. If you just wait it out, you will find something.
You’ll Be Surprised: When you find the venue, you will definitely be surprised about it all, and it will feel amazing! I talked to the coordinator of our venue and it turns out she does the centerpiece flowers, supplies mason jars, old boxes, milk jars, apothecary jars, antique old linens, etc. SCORE! That is going to save me a lot of money right there! On top of all that, the price is far. See, it somehow all worked out and everything fell into place, though I pretty much assumed it never would.
Overall, this place is perfect for me. It won’t stretch my budget to an ungodly amount and I will still be able to have everyone there that I want to be there. (Except Bear sad face) I get to incorporate all the ideas I have into this space, and best of all, it will all turn out perfectly! I never really knew that this is what I was envisioning this whole time, but it totally is!
Anyone else have really good suggestions for those in venue turmoil??? It’s such a hard process.
Hey, check out the journey I have taken to finding a venue from the original Aptos dilemma, to the back yard wedding pros and cons, including the actual backyard I would have it in! Also, there was the time I was going to pay a ridiculous amount in site fees. Down to the time where I just sent a plea for help on the blog! And finally, pictures of the actual wedding venue!
How am I planning on decorating this amazing venue?? Check out a few of my favorite things I plan to incorporate, S’more favors, my actual wedding favors pies, and some really cool centerpieces that I love!
The fantastic Kia Gregory sent over some images of a little DIY tablescape she did on a whim after picking some gorgeous wildflowers the other day. Now talk about inspiration central!
This whole vintage look is so simple, elegant and just all around amazing. Adding a touch of lace to the table and those chic mirrors (not those ugly ones that come with most venues) definitely sets the tone of the overall vintage centerpiece we’ve got on our hands.
Such a great addition, those teacups are fantastic!
Now that’s what I call table love right here!
Check out Kia Gregory for more gorgeous inspiration!
I spent the last week moving. It has taken me away from the computer a bit more, but no need to worry, I am making great headway on the wedding planning for sure! More about that soon!
As I have said before, I absolutely love taking home decor and transferring it into wedding decor (then straight back to home decor for dual uses!).
I wanted to show off a little of the home inspiration and I am grabbing from because I am of course only getting items that can be dual used for my wedding as well. This has given me a whole new burst of wedding inspiration cause it is new and different and the ideas are most definitely unconventional. Which, if you know me, us exactly what I love!
These colors and textures are definitely what I am looking for in terms of wedding decor and the feel I want. I take home decor photos and look for those little details such as shelves, books, lamps, coffee table decor, etc. and those are the things I definitely plan to dual use! I love that I have similar style for both the home and the wedding, talk about green and reusable! Are you incorporating any items into your wedding that you plan to use afterward for your home?
