The best part of my day is getting the chance to chat it up with brides who are full of inspiration and excitement over their big day. After a fabulous chat with a bride, Ashlynn, she sent over her Pinterest board of inspiration and boy did it inspire me! Her inspiration is an apple orcahard-esque theme filled with fab DIYing and a bit of homemade glory. I thought this would be a fabulous opportunity to inspire those of you who are planning a late-summer wedding filled with homemade love.
I love these dish towel save the dates! In fact, I want to get a few for myself to remember our wedding day. :) Apple butter on vintage pieces are so awesome. Similar to jam, these are great favors that guests will love and will love to eat.
Source: Apple butter, dish towels, barn
Don’t you just wish there were more red barns around? I sure do. I don’t think I have found one in all of my searches, so if you are in a place that has one, I highly envy you! And, yarn letters are definitely becoming a favorite of mine at the moment.
Source: Table Number, Centerpiece, Invite
Source: Love, Lemonade, Cans, Orchard, Cake, Flatware
Source: Flowers, Tablescape, Ceremony
Of all the decisions I’ve made for the wedding, by far the most difficult and the one that I am ALL OVER the board on is the ring. Everyday I show JB ring upon ring from wide to thin, diamond-filled to etched, I simply don’t have the power to make up my mind on this one.
I want to be able to wear my band by itself, or with my engagement ring and at the moment (this literal moment, as I’m writing this) I’m leaning toward minimal or no diamonds (who needs ‘em…have you seen my engagement ring?! JB rocked it).
My main problem is that the rings I want aren’t sold in store (etsy-love), or they’re not sold near me (NYC has the main stock of rings I want), so I can’t try them on with my engagement ring. That’s why I need your help, what do you think?
Here are some of my options in all their glory…I’ve tried to narrow it down to my faves, but honestly there are probably more that I may like better, or at least like better for a few minutes (my indecisiveness is RAMPANT). Because there is such a long list of possibilities coming your way, I’ve broken them down in to groups so that you can easily source each image. Plus, ALL of these can be ordered online and they’re all well under $1,000.
P.S. Which ever ring I decide on, I will order in white gold (so no worries on the yellow v. white gold issue).
I was going to try to list my favorites from each group…but I can’t even decide on that.
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four, five
These next ones match my engagement ring, they’re made by Eidel Precious and would clearly fit well with my current ring, but I think they’re just a little too classic for me. However they are SO gorgeous and sparkly!
The next set I absolutely adore. I love that number 3 is vintage, but I think it might be a bit too wide. I really love the placement of the stones on numbers two and four. I just generally like number one.
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four
Number three of the next four is from BHLDN and I LOVE it, but I don’t know if I love it as a wedding ring or just as a ring.
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four
This final grouping is maybe my favorite…maybe.
Clockwise from top left: one, two, three
What do you think? Which is your favorite? Which would look best with my ring?
Videography is something that I’ve always wanted incredibly bad for our wedding, but nothing (until now) ever quite seemed to work out. Have you seen some of the incredible wedding videos out there?! They are AMAZING, dreamy, whimsical….more than simply a tape-recording of the day, that’s for sure! Here are two videos that I keep going back to because I simply can’t get enough. Stick with me because *gasp* the second video isn’t a wedding video, but it is BEAUTIFUL and the aesthetic that I want for my wedding (also, I’m absolutely in love with food, so this video [for me] is quite fitting).
This first one gets me EVERYTIME. The pink church, the gifts and Wonderwall…just watch, you’ll see.
Now, this is the wedding-less video, but I’m pretty sure that you’re about to fall in LOVE with Tiger in a Jar just like I have. The dreamy lighting, documentary style and just wait for the ombre pine nuts!
Now that you’ve seen those two BEAUTIES! Look at Jonathon Link Studios, the amazing videographers that I am going to have the privilege to work with for my wedding. They are an adorable husband-wife duo and JB and I are thrilled to have them on our team. Here is one of my favorite videos they’ve done, but really I love them all!
Two of my favorite things about Jonathon and Kristin Link are: 1. They are attending our rehearsal to get a better feel for how the day is going to go down. 2. They are shooting our wedding with 3 cameras (!!!). We met with them this past weekend to talk about details and were just so impressed with everything they had to say, I can’t wait to watch our video for years to come!
I love the gift exchange from the first video and I always love when videos include pre-wedding preparations, but what are some other things that I have to make sure to leave time for my videographers to capture (other than the obvious ceremony and reception traditions)?
P.S. I’m less than 5-months out! Also, I found this the other day in a book at Pottery Barn and had to share…
