Bring your Wedding Home

I am totally into the idea of transforming items used in the wedding into home items - loving these examples courtesy of love&lavender.

From doily wrapped favors to...

Fabulous lace "chandelier" or doily runner.

Heart Pretty

Images like this just make me smile :)

stylemepretty

Fleur de Lys from Anthropologie

What a pretty little set from Anthro!

OBSESSED

I have very quickly become absolutely obsessed with this morning's wedding featured on Snippet&Ink;  and I would bet 99% of you have too!  It is a dream... the details and atmosphere are just so beyond beautiful it makes my heart melt.

I truly just cannot get enough of it!

Registering...

While it's been a (casual) topic of conversation over the past 8 months, Dan and I need to seriously get down to business and register - soon!  I am thinking that we will register 3 places...

one specialty shop (tabula tua?):

Juliska & Vietri = LOVE!

 one classic (williams sonoma? crate and barrel?):

 Emile Henry cookware... mmmm.... and maybe a little All Clad to go with it!

Crate and Barrel slate cheese boards & knives

(and a HUGE thanks again to Heath who just brought me this fabulous board that I LOVE and TOTALLY would have registered for!!!)

and then either one "easily accessible by all" department store (macy's?) for some basics:

OR do we register for things we REALLY need; like...

so that we can buy ourselves or restore 33 (yes 33) new ones of these:

Many of which will need to be custom sized since they didn't make standard size windows back in 1849...  LOVE our antique home!

Where did you register?  Any suggestions?

A Fun Board

LOVING this board for more than one reason (moss heart, wood, burlap-type fabric, antique photos).

The DIY on how to make the fabulous little twig push pins here on Design*Sponge.

Send Off

Oh, how I would love a send off like this!

weddingchicks

Not your average moss initial

What an AH-mazing version of the classic moss initial.

Look at the purple berries and succulents - sigh...

and look at all of the hard work that went into making it!

thebridescafe

A little splash of pink

Hellooooo Bachelorette Party!

From a beautiful inspiration shoot on stylemepretty

Paper Flowers

Wouldn't these be lovely made from vintage pages of french love poems?

peachesbyplums

Romance Amongst the Vines

A perfect Rustic Vineyard inspiration board!

 Found on OneWhiteDress

Sunday Bouquet

 White and lavender, how lovely ~

And look at the adorable matching boutineeres 

 duet-weddings

Printed Burlap Chair

How did I possibly miss this December post on Design*Sponge?!  A d-i-y for refurbing an old chair into a printed burlap beauty!  Love, love, love!

This is the original...

Can you believe this can be made from this:

And turn into this:

A set of these would be so amazing to have at the reception,  as well as in our home afterward.  The hunt for some old chairs is officially ON!

6 Months to Go!

yay!  

(kissthegroom)

A Dress with a Bow

Total dress envy after seeing this new Vineyard Collection dress on SMP today.

::sigh::

Just for Fun

Absolutely nothing rustic-chic about this wedding - it is just plain bohemian-style FUN!  I love it when wedding pictures make me smile and laugh out loud (almost just as much as I love it when a wedding design makes me gasp because it's so beautiful) and this wedding certainly had me wishing I was there - it looks like it was an amazing celebration.

Starting with the fact that the groom rode a bike down the aisle...
 

and just look at this dancing...

even the flowers were so bright and spikey and fun!

and I love their guest book poster

From oncewed

Paper Bag Lanterns

Revisiting my love for all things lighting - aren't these pretty (and DIY) paper bag lanterns fabulous?!  They would be perfect for shower decoration, or a perhaps a summer wedding party BBQ...

 Perhaps customized with a couple's design or monogram?

designsponge

Fall Treats

I know, I'm crazy to even be thinking of these things as we are finally getting to enjoy some BEAUTIFUL warm spring weather, but being a fall bride my mind constantly reverts back to autumn for inspiration... especially when it comes to some rustic fall comfort-food favorites like cider donuts and caramel apples.  Yummy!

both from Martha

SilverwareTies

What a sweet detail... love the idea of guests sitting down to their (vintage) silverware tied together with a some sort of a printed cloth ribbon.

ritzy bee

Inspiration Board

I love looking at blog archives... they really are a great resource, particularly when looking for seasonal inspiration.  Today I was looking for fall wedding posts, and happily stumbled onto this "Rustic Purple" inspiration board  from an old 2008 post on Weddings Fresh - so pretty with the deep purples and warm wood tones. 

Looking at this made me realize that  I never posted the gorgeous inspiration board that Sarah made up for our wedding!  I am so in love with the design it makes me so happy every time I look at it! (which could easily be 10 times a day)

 See it in it's original post here at the True&Wesson blog.