Back in September I had the extreme pleasure of working with Matt & Jamie on their Henry Miller Library wedding. In a world of frill and fluff I so loved the chance to work with such down-to-earth people at this amazing location in Big Sur. The fresh air and gorgeous sunlight gleaming through the trees created a perfect setting for these two to tie the knot.
Amoraduro Photography captured the day perfectly. Thanks so much to Matt & Jamie for allowing me to part of your day! I was perfect.
This week we booked our photographer! Soooo excited and relieved to have that checked off our list. More on photography in a future post! This week, along with the photography, I have been thinking a lot about the wedding day timeline. I came across a great article that spoke to this and was happy to see that my day-of timeline was in line with their recommendations, phew! Here is a list of their ten common wedding day timing mistakes:
1. Not scheduling enough time for hair & make-up.
2. Attending your final dress fitting alone. This has to do with your ladies understanding how your dress works and therefore saving some potential headaches...the hooks and buttons can be hard to navigate!
3. Not having everyone get dressed early enough. This is about making sure people are dressed before you are so that your mother, father, bridesmaids, etc. are lookin' their best when the photo ops come up.
4. Too much distance (between where you want to get ready and the ceremony location). For my wedding we'll be getting ready about a 30-minute drive from the wedding site. Even this somewhat short distance has proven a little tricky to plan around when we start thinking about things like hair and makeup time, pictures, and transportation.
5. Not planning out time for family pictures. The article makes a great point that it's not often you have so much of your family in the same place with a professional photographer.
6. Cutting it too close with the limos (or any transportation you are using). If you are having transportation like us, you know this all too well. We kept trying to figure out how to cut down the hours, but finally realized the extra money would be well worth it to have things run smoothly on the day of the wedding.
7. Not scheduling time to mingle with your guests.
8. Too little time between the ceremony and the reception. This doesn't apply to those of us having the ceremony and reception at the same place, but a good thing to consider for those who have two locations. This article basically says, don't worry about having time between the two. Guests will have plenty to keep themselves busy.
9. Not doing a "first look."
10. Failing to give yourself a "cushion."
My fiance and I decided to do a "first look" for several reasons, one of them being the day-of timing. We really want to be relaxed and have plenty of time to do the photos with each other, our wedding party, and our families and not feel like we are missing out on the party! And since our ceremony and reception are at the same place, we won't have time in between to do photos.
Do you have any wedding day timing tips? Did you do a first look?
Confession: I am not the biggest fan of traditional Christmas colors. This year I decided to do things a little different and add in some of my own fun colors to this holiday season. Hence my assortment of yarn colors to fill my home with holiday cheer. This year I decided to make a few of my own ornaments to add to our growing collection. So here is a pretty simple DIY to get you into the holiday season!
SUPPLIES:
Yarn Glass Ornaments or Styrofoam balls assorted sizes. (Michaels) Tacky Spray (Michaels)
Step 1: Spray Tacky spray on the top half of the ornament. Start wrapping the yarn around the top and continue on down the ornament.
Step 2: Spray the bottom half and continue until it is complete!
And there you have it! Perfect yarn ornaments to hang on the tree!
I just love incorporating animals anywhere, whether it be in home decor, table decor or your wedding. Here are a few totally awesome ways to add furry friends into the mix!
There was a point when I didn't understand the point of paying more than a few dollars for a card. Now I can't seem to spend less than $10! Perfect design is something I try to surround myself with each and every day, and this roundup of cards is no exception. Make someone's day a little brighter with these perfect ones.
You're My Favorite Person Ever, Hooray For You, Triangle Letterpress Card, Happy Ever After Letterpress Card, Thank You Letterpress Card
Hotel Valencia reminds me of an almost Italian feel. How perfect are these images from Memoire Studio of this sweet wedding.
I'm very lucky to be getting married at Paradise Ridge Winery, which offers an unbeatable ceremony location. See pics below.
Because of the space's abundant natural beauty, I want to keep things simple and botanical, but would love to bring to life our Art Nouveau aesthetic. Here are some images inspiring me this week.
This past week we worked on finalizing our stationary for the wedding. We used a stationary and wedding boutique in Tempe, Arizona for our invitations and LOVED working with the owner! Plus we loved the way our invitations turned out, so we knew we had to go back for the day of details!
If you live in the Arizona area, make sure to check out Definitely Debra.
Picking out our wedding invitations was actually quite simple! Once we started looking at the options, we loved the pocket invitations! We went with an invitation suite that is similar to these beauties below!
This week we designed our programs, place cards and other fun miscellaneous stationary for the big day! Here are some inspiration photos!
This is not our style but I LOVED the idea of showing the wedding party in the order they will stand. How clever!
I can't wait to see the finished project and to share it all with you!
Feel free to share with me your favorite wedding invitations and stationary!
Until Next Week!
Jessica
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Ohh…the Save the Dates. Before getting engaged I always loved receiving couples' Save the Dates in the mail. I love stationary and seeing what other couples’ chose to represent themselves and their future wedding was so fun and exciting! Well then it was time for us to figure out Save the Dates and boy, did the fun kind of get lost in the shuffle. First finding the style was an issue in itself, my fiance and I just couldn’t agree. Then it was the guest list and finally the addressing, stamping, labeling, and sealing of 115 envelopes is where I almost lost it. Those cute, exciting announcements almost caused a mini meltdown. Especially when I was on my last page of labels and I accidentally printed the wrong addresses. Ugh anyways, enough with my rant. Since I love stationary, I looked at lots of options from Internet stores, brick and mortar, and DIY options. We ended up choosing something from PaperSource which we both agreed fit our style the best. Here are a few of my very favorites that we didn't end up choosing:
Source: Pretty Chic SF via Etsy
Source: Ladyfingers Letterpress
Source: Minted
This Etsy shop is a new found favorite of mine! I absolutely love the bold colors and fabulous design. Any of these are perfect holiday gifts or bridesmaid gifts for your girls. Check out Swanlake's Esty shop. You will not be disappointed!
