Sorry I’ve been gone for a few weeks, it turns out that planning a wedding and having a full-time job (like almost all of us do) sometimes can be a little overwhelming. But now I’m back and less than three months from my big day! Holy cow! I like saying less than three instead of a little over two (whenever I hear two, it makes me anxious). So, besides having an overwhelming amount of this to do (even though up until now, I’ve felt as if my planning was flawless), I am still constantly gathering new inspiration, which is absolutely KILLER if you are actually trying to make decisions. From all of the gobs of beautiful things I’ve seen, here’s my plan for the ceremony.
My ceremony will be outside my parents home under a lovely tree. I’ll enter through our front door to rows of natural wood chairs and make a winding path around to the end of the aisle and all the way up to meet JB. I’ve always been in to a clean, somewhat industrial, earthy aesthetic (that makes sense, right), which I plan to carry through the ceremony. We won’t have an altar, or really anything other than the tree up by where we’ll stand, however, to make things festive, there are a few things that I’ve decided to add to the decor (only a few), so here’s my guide for festive-ing up your ceremony.
1. Find something unique but simple that you can use again. My mom has always taught me two things about shopping: 1. buy for the long-haul 2. don’t buy small stuff (she’s not in to chotchkies). So heeding her advice (I’ve been making staple housewares purchases for years) and with her help, we found 5 beautiful round metal candle pieces that will hang in the tree behind us. One more piece of mom advice for making things look perfectly undone and chic, choose odd numbers, specifically 3 or 5.
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three
2. Add something living. For me that’s easy, the tree. However, at the end of the aisle I will also have a few (probably 3) pots or holders of some sort with living plants and I’ll have a eucalyptus garland around the front door.
one, two, three
3. Keep it simple and stay true to yourself. This is what I’ve been struggling with! There are so many ideas that are beautifully executed to choose from that it is absolutely overwhelming, however, what I’ve been trying to remember to help decide what I do and don’t want is: would I pick this any day, or just today? Think about you and your lovey’s true style, what do you two like and go from there. For me and JB, it’s simple, we don’t like clutter or anything too girly. However I’ve been on the edge of buying and cutting pink ribbons for a ribbon curtain on multiple occasions. Here are a few more things that have almost made me drop all plans and start fresh.
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four
I wanted to change our names after I saw this:
Can you imagine a root beer themed wedding?! The BEST!
Are y’all having trouble making decisions? How are you decorating your ceremony?
This weekend JB and I finally had a real cake tasting! We’d been to a different bakery a few weeks ago, but we didn’t get to try any of the fun flavors (which is what we’re interested in), so this week, we ordered samples from a well-loved local bakery and tasted away! We made notes and each made a secret ordered list of our favorite flavors before comparing. You’ll have to wait and see which flavors we picked, but look at these tiny adorable tasting cakes!
After tasting all of the cakes, we decided that one flavor just isn’t enough. Instead of having one huge cake, we’re going to have three cakes. Our main cake will be two-tiered and then we’ll have two single-tiered smaller cakes to make an adorable little trio. This weekend I found some really neat antique stands for the cakes (that you’ll have to see later), but I’ll let you know that they are vey unique! I’ve always like very simple cake decorations and toppers, nothing too fancy or over the top. Here are a few of my favorites:
What are you doing? One cake? Multiples? No cake at all?
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven
I’ve written multiple times about how my flowers will be very limited…night wedding=candles. However, there are still a few floral things that I want. Side note: if flowers weren’t so dang expensive, I’d cover everything in GIGANTIC bright blooms. I’m definitely not the girl who says “I don’t care about flowers, they just die,” (check my Pinterest for proof) I do in fact love flowers, plants, herbs and most things that grow (I’m including animals in most things that grow, but that’s a whole other story…we’re getting a puppy soon, right JB?). Here’s my checklist of the things I need in terms of flowers and my inspiration for each of them.
1. My bouquet: I have fallen hard for big open king proteas and I want at least one honker in my bouquet! Here’s my mini rant about bouquets…I hate it when bouquets are round, hemisphere-shaped (as JB says). I just don’t think I can take another round-ish perfectly situated bundle of pink roses.
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four, five, six
2. My bridesmaids’ bouquets: I want something simple and clean, but still whimsical and fun. Too many adjectives? Maybe.
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three
3. Garland: I am going to enter the ceremony from my front door, so I would love something to frame the door and make it look a bit more festive. However, I absolutely love our door and I would never want to cover it up with a wreath, so a garland seems perfect (plus my favorite decoration that my mom puts up is the garland around our door at Christmas, it is just so welcoming).
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four
4. Other randos: I have to have a kissing ball at my wedding AND look at this swag of herbs…oh lord, I gotta have it. My third and final random floral need are those GORGEOUS garlands to hang on the backs of our newlywed dinner chairs. P.S. Both the kissing balls and the herb swag are for sale for $39 each at Pottery Barn and William Sonoma respectively (who knew!).
Kissing balls, herbs, chair garland
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