I’m loving all the personal details this bride put together to make this day truly unique to them. From the handspun florals, to the vintage baseball details, and of course, those fabulous invitations, it is easy to get a sense of what this couple is all about. I just love weddings screaming with personal style, don’t you?
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
To toss or not to toss, that was the question. I had mixed feelings about the bouquet toss and whether or not to do it during our wedding reception. As a wedding guest, I thought of myself as “anti-toss.” That is, until last year when I caught the bouquet at my friend’s wedding and sure enough, I was the next to get engaged! Of course I do not think it’s because I caught the bouquet but I still think it’s a cute story and decided that it will be fun to continue the tradition and maybe pass along a little luck ;)
I still have a couple of concerns about the toss though. 1) I really don’t want to make the single ladies feel singled out (sorry, couldn’t think of a better word). I will definitely not be asking the DJ to play Single Ladies for the bouquet song. 2) I have visions of an empty dance floor when it’s time for the toss or the DJ having to coerce girls out on to the floor. Or even worse…what if I throw the bouquet and no one catches it? My soon to be sister-in-law told me about a wedding she attended where the girls just let the bouquet land on the ground because no one wanted to catch it. How anti-climactic!
I’ve come across various ideas for bouquet toss alternatives or ways of enticing people to participate. One idea that I kind of liked and toyed with was attaching a gift card (ie: Starbucks or MAC) to the bouquet so that the “prize” of catching the bouquet is not the pressure of supposedly being the next to marry but rather a fun little treat. I also liked the “Longest Married” idea of gifting the couple that’s married the longest with the bouquet (in our case it would be my grandparents). At the moment, I haven’t decided on if I’ll try to spice up the toss a bit but if I do, I will surely let you know!
What do you ladies think of the bouquet toss? Yay or nay? I’d especially like to hear if you’ve been to a wedding where the bride either a) skipped the toss (and if it was missed) or b) the bride did an “alternative toss.”
PS: You might have noticed that I did not include anything about the garter toss. Hubby-to-be and I easily agreed right away that neither of us want to include that tradition in our own wedding.
