My last wedding post - some shots of the details I worked so hard on for over a year!
Programs: I blogged about these
here. I have a bunch of pictures of people reading them, so hopefully they were helpful. They were at least pretty!
Invitation: I blogged about our invitations
here. They were completely DIY and I love them!
Arch: My dad made this beautiful bamboo arch for us, which I blogged about
here. I emailed him a few inspiration photos last spring, and this is what he came up with.
It's decorated with
these sheer curtains from Ikea. I had them for a few years and they weren't in use at our current house, so I dug them up for our wedding.
The strand of flowers is about 25 feet long, made by me. I bought a bunch of fake flowers at Michael's in our colors. I took them apart and strung them on string, with 1-inch segments of clear straws in between ("borrowed" from Jack in the Box). I tried to make the colors be in random order... I think it looked pretty cool and beachy.
Reserved Signs: I blogged about these
here.
The only other ceremony decor was white rose petals in the grass aisle. Perfect!
Rings: All three of our rings are from
Shane Co.
Bouquets: I made these for myself and my Maid of Honor the day before the wedding - you can see the process
here. This is one of the details I'm super proud of because they turned out so beautifully! We didn't do corsages or boutonnieres and they were not missed.
I ordered green and white roses, white dahlias, blue hydrangeas and green poms through our
day of coordinator, who happens to have a wholesale floral license.
Card Jar: I blogged about making this
here.
Guestbook: We had
Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss read during
our ceremony, and that book served as the guestbook as well.
It was on a table as you walked into the reception, but James' mom ended up passing it around during the
cocktail hour - which I'm so glad that she did because people were able to take the time to write some really sweet messages!
Cake: Hoffman's Bakery provided the cake, which was a delicious princess torte. They delivered it plain, and
our coordinator decorated it with flowers.
The cake stand was brought by my parents. I saw pictures of a neat tree stump cake stand and asked if they could find/make something similar. It turns out that they had a friend with this stump segment who let us borrow it. So cool.
Favors: I'm so sad about these favors. Not because of how they look - I mean, they're pretty darn cute. And they were filled with delicious candy... but our guests never even saw them. The people setting up forgot about them, and we didn't notice at our reception. So all the time I put into making 70 of these bags (and buying the candy and supplies) was wasted.
Moss Letters: I don't like how they hung these. I asked them to put them on the corners of the gazebo entrance, C on one side and J on the other. I don't think it makes sense how it says "CJ." Maybe if it said "C+J" it would work, but... whatevs. You can see my post about making these
here.
Centerpieces: I don't love how they set these up, and the candles look weird this way. When I went to get my food I saw that a bunch of vases were just sitting on the ground. WTF? So I asked them to put them on tables, as un-bridezilla as possible :)
All the flowers were DIY the day before the wedding. Read about that process
here.
Chalkboard Signs: We had these three DIY chalkboard signs up, which I blogged about making
here.
My dad made the bamboo easels they're sitting on.
Overall our wedding day turned out pretty much perfectly. I'm so happy we were able to pull it off on a budget, while capturing our styles and personalities so well.
