ooooh fun

I've liked the idea of the chalkboard fabric for a while now and this is a fun use for it. I also like the porcelain vessels incl. the milk bottles. Someone has her finger on the pulse of craft trends.

Apparently featured on Martha Weddings, via the just-added-to-my-feed-reader "we met in a bar"

Upon last discussion, we're going with red and white gingham table cloths with kraft paper on top and crayons for the wee ones. As a person who owns ONE table cloth and VERY RARELY uses it, let me say that it is very weird to have table dressings planned for a dinner not quite a year away. Weddings are weird, man.

Rustic Red

Another lovely inspiration board from Elizabeth Anne Designs. I like having the candles in jars. Maybe candles in jars, flowers in cans? I dunno. Too many details!

canned daisies

Okay, I'm really not trying to cheap out too much on this wedding, I just tend to like more rustic things which can be cheap. I also like lots of expensive things - just ask Pip!

But, these daisies set in a recycled aluminum can are clean and sweet.

From Party Basics for New Nesters, via Hostess with the mostess

new decor idea?

Via Design*Sponge, again.... a designer/bride-to-be Chase Simmering (great name!) is using antique cheese boxes filled, it looks like, with dried lavender and herbs. Very nice, very rustic.

Aparently Ms. Simmering got the boxes off e-bay for around 2 bucks but I just did a quick search and there are lots of them out there but the shipping would be very expensive. I will run the idea past my planner next week and then maybe scour local junk shoppes for them and the clear mason jars.

so what was I saying

... about getting so many ideas from Elizabeth Anne Designs? I saw these pics just now in my handy dandy feed reader:






Love the red gingham tablecloths, love the daisies, love the apples, love the lunch boxes. From Amorology Weddings, via EAD.

I'm going to White this Saturday to try on some dresses, and then again in a couple of weeks with my wedding planning buddy and former co-bridesmaid Diane, and should be in touch with invite, planner, and caterer (fingers crossed) soon, so there will be more posting on my own planning rather than just what I see in my feeds.

This re-found objects store...

is very very cool. I like the organization of it. Very clever. And they have such neat stuff!

alfREsco:
REflect:
Revive:
shoRE:

oooh flowers

I love how this arrangement from ariella chezar combines loose, cabbagey flowers with fruit. Another way to make things seasonal & local mayhaps...

Pip is always saying

That we'll have to be careful to not have too many "crazy" elements in our wedding. I totally know what he means. Yesterday it was the boats, and then today I see this post on the Bride's Guide about making your own windmills... I love all these cute things!!!

...but I will stick to the little plastic boats for now.

for night time

more mason jars!!!! From Ulrica and Craig's wedding, featured on The Bride's Cafe

2 things I like

The image on the left - I like the fern tied to the napkin. I think I'd like our cutlery rolled into the napkin too, though, since we're all casual like that

The image on the right - mason jars with that blue tinge. Love them.

I think both of these things will be relatively cheap. I've got ferns in my garden, and I'll hit up my relatives for all those old cobwebby mason jars dwelling in basements. Sweet.

From Toast and Tables, which in turn got it from Country Living Mag.