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Personal Table Names

Posted by Crystal in DIY Weddings, Decorations, Food and Meals, Real Weddings

A reader recently posted a comment on one of our posts called Using Table Markers to Enhance Your Theme. Their comment was so good, I thought it deserved it’s own post:

I am taking the table naming to a more personal level. I have picked out important events my husband-to-be and I share throughtout our relationship.

For example, the first time we ever spoke to one another was at a coffee stand. So, one of the tables will be named â€œCafe oâ€™ Leâ€ followed by a very brief description on why it is named that.

I just feel personal is the way to go at weddings. Think about it, everyone is there to share this wonderful step in a couples life!

Enjoy!

Now THAT is a great idea!!

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Masquerade Ball Wedding Centerpieces

Posted by Crystal in Decorations, Wedding Themes

Asked on Yahoo Answers:

Does anyone have any good ideas for table centerpieces? Masquerade Ball theme with feathers, colors are black, white and silver.

My Answer:

Before I opened your question – I was thinking feathers, lol. Masquerade masks often have white feathers on them – I would do a centerpiece in white feathers with black and silver masks set into them. Here are a few ideas:)

Another idea is a white feather wreath on the table with a black candle in the center and then add a masquerade mask to the centerpiece for a final touch.

Some Ideas Provided By Other Readers:

Forum with a whole topic on this – full of pictures!Â

And some more pictures - here.

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Weddings that SCREAM Romance

Posted by Crystal in Decorations, Valentine's Wedding, Wedding Themes

Asked on Yahoo Answers:

i want my wedding theme to be ‘romance’. i am looking for suggestions, from everything from colors to decoration ideas. my wedding is in april by the way.

My Answer:

Things that scream ROMANCE:

chocolate
wine
strawberrys
roses
rose petals
red
white
pink
silks and satins
candles
elegant finger foods and fancy cocktails
poetry
elegant fonts
orchestra
lights
dancing
moonlight
stars
instrumental music
horse drawn carriage rides

Some Ideas:
- use famous couples in history, favorite romance songs, etc as table names
- candlelight evening weddings are very romantic, as is dancing under the stars. See if you can rent a tent with “skylights” that can be closed if it rains, but open to the stars otherwise.

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Green and White Spring Wedding

Posted by Crystal in Decorations, Garden Wedding

Asked On Yahoo Answers:

so what should i choose as wedding colors? i like pastel green and white..its an outdoor wedding in may? any suggestions?

My Answer:

green and white work well on their own – or you could add in pink. lavendar, baby blue, yellow or just about any other color. The great thing with white and green is that they both match everything, lol. Other common colors used with green which can all work for spring in the right hues: orange, peach, chocolate brown, silver

Since it is an outdoor wedding, you will already have a lot of green in the scenery. I would suggest picking one or more complimentary colors to add to the mix to make your wedding stand out from the scenery a bit.

The problem with green is that everyone is so used to it being the accent color that as soon as you add another color, the green takes second string. If you want to avoid that, use a cream or chocolate brown color to add interest without distracting from the green – or use metallic accents like gold or silver instead of color accents.

Another option is to use different hues of green and whites throughout the wedding (dresses, table clothes, napkins, etc) but then add interest by using a combination of pastel colors in the flowers for the wedding party and for the centerpieces. This leaves green as your main color everywhere but still lets your wedding stand out a little.

And lastly, a final option would be to have a theme other then color. For example – have a calla lily theme. Since calla lilys are white and green, you could do the entire wedding in white and green and it would be extremely elegant and the theme would tie it all together and make it very unique!

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Snowflake Wedding DIY Projects

Posted by Crystal in DIY Weddings, Decorations, Snowflake Weddings, Wedding Favors, Wedding Themes, Winter Weddings

If you are planning a Snowflake Themed Wedding, here are a few craft projects from Micheals that you may be interested in:)

This snowflake wreath could be used as a centerpiece, place a rented hurricane glass in the middle with a candle burning in the middle. You could also use some white gosgrain ribbon and hang the on the church doors, above the alter or any place that needs a little something.

ThisÂ is a very simple yet lovely idea for a wedding favor. You can purchase the bags, and add the snowflake accents and ribbon. Fill with mints, white chocolates, white candies….

This snowflakeÂ needlework design is actually fairly simple to complete and would be a great way to customize a table cloth, napkins, tabel runners, etc. If could also be done on white in a pale blue or silver color.

Another way to accent a table cloth, runner or napkin is to use stencils, fabric dye and spray on fabric paint. This table runner was dyed blue and then stenciled with white spray paint. You could do silver on white, white on silver, blue on silver, or blue on white as well.

Here is another unique idea that could be used for Save The Date cards, thank you cards or wedding favors. It is a card, with a detachable ornament keepsake. You could use these as wedding favors and include a thank you note inside so your thank you notes are taken care of:)

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Winter Weddings & Candles

Posted by Crystal in DIY Weddings, Decorations, Winter Weddings

It snowed here last night – nearly 20 cm of cold, white goodness. Sitting here looking at all the white stuff has got me thinking about winter – and winter weddings. Have you ever notice how popular candles are in winter weddings. yes, candles are popular all year round of course – but more so in winter. Why is that?

Well, it’s mostly because winter is COLD and candles represent FIRE which is WARM (well, hot, lol). You will find candles EVERYWHERE in winter weddings – candle wedding favors, candle centerpieces, candles in the decor, even outside along pathways!

Last winter, a family across the road from use did a lovely Lighted Ice Lights pathway for Christmas. It’s actually fairly easy. You need a icecream pail and a large butter container. You fill the icecream pail with water, put the butter container inside with soemthing heavy enough to keep it in the pail, but light enough that is still floats. Freeze. Let thaw just enough to remove the containers. Then, you place these ice lanterns outdoors along the pathway with small lights underneath. You could also add food coloring to the water for some soft colored path lights as well!

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Wedding Pumpkin Carving

Posted by Crystal in Decorations, Wedding Themes

Well I wasn’t planning to spend much time on Halloween Weddings this year, I thought this Jack-O-Lantern was worth a mention. If you are having a October wedding, here is a last minute project you may want to try to add a special touch of Halloween magic – in an elegant and unique way.

Some tips:

- pick a pumpkin that has a nice shape so it will display well

- draw your design on paper first, then transfer to the pumpkin. You can do that by taping the paper to the pumpkin, and then tracing it carefully with a shape knife. Once you have transfered the design, you can follow the lines you made to carve out the picture.

- need a design? If you aren’t an artist – look for a suitable clipart image printed off your computer instead.

Where can you use it? Anywere – the entrance to the hall/church, guestbook table, cake table, head table, or just about anywhere in theÂ decor. If you are feeling really ambitious, you could carve one as the centerpiece for each table. Add some pumpkin pie for dessert and a pumpkin seed favor and you have a perfect Thanksgiving theme as well!

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Joanne’s Wedding – Candid Photos

Posted by Crystal in Bridal Gowns & Accessories, DIY Weddings, Decorations, Flowers, Photography, Real Weddings, Wedding Cakes, Wedding Favors

So, Joanne is offically a Mrs. now – the wedding took place this weekend and was even better then we had hoped. The professional pics are not back yet of course, but here are some pictures I took myself.

This is the alter at the front of the church. During the ceremony, the photographer was the only one allowed to take pictures to avoid distractions – so I will have to wait to show more of the ceremony. It was a fairly flawless ceremony: except for a flower girl who’s dad helped her up the aisle. She was only three, and the crowd scared her, but it was so cute. The ceremony also included two vocal solos by a friend of the bride that were beautiful.

Following the ceremony, the wedding party climbed into a limo with the photographer for a series of surprise photo shoots. The first stop was McDonald’s were the couple posed with the child attendents and wedding party for some fun shoots before the little ones headed home for some down time before the reception. The rest of the wedding party the continued on to a number of surprise locations including: a Convertible Mustang in a Ford dealership, the fire hall, a local park with a gazebo, an elegant home in town with an amazing fireplace setting and more.

The reception had a fall / daisies / orange & yellow theme. Here, you can see the table settings, as well as a close up of the centerpieces with the cutlery set and favors. Below you will see the head table, with a centerpiece that was also used as the unity candle arrangement standing on the signing table during the ceremony.

The forecast for the weekend called for thunderstorms with a chance of snow, so to be safe, the decorator set up two photo sets in the reception hall. This one, on the left of the head table, featured hay bales, leaves, flowers, plants, pumpkins and more – even accented with a few fake mice and a spider! Family pictures were taken in front of this set-up. The arch from the ceremony was placed on the other side, with plants, candles and a wrought iron bench for a second photo spot, as well as a backdrop for the area were the presentations and speeches took place.

And last but not least – the cakes. If you follow my blog regularly, you’ve been waiting for this! This is my first attemted at a wedding cake in fondant! The larger cake is white, the smaller is chocolate (in retrospect, more people wanted chocolate so the larger should have been chocolate). The topper is a discontinued design from 1982 that we found on eBay for $60 (similar models in store were $125 – $150). As promised, I will be posting more on the cake-making process, including the things I learned in the process – in another post:)

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COTW: Tiffany Blue

Posted by Crystal in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Decorations

Time for another Color Of The Week: it’s been a little while:) And yes, this one might last more then a week to, lol.

We’ve had requests recently for Tiffany Wedding ideas – and of course, the first thing that comes to mind is the classic Tiffany Blue signature color. SO, Tiffany Blue will be our new COTW:)

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