I adore blogging real weddings, or inspiration photos that I find and treasure, and of course DIY projects from across the web. But what I enjoy the most is connecting with all of you and experiencing your planning process.
{Because every post needs pretty pictures: photography by Meg Smith, floral by Ariella Chezar, via Snippet and Ink}
So what I’d love to do is to hear what you’re looking for and where you are in the process. What inspiration are you in search of?
{Polly Wreford via This Is Glamorous}
Are you trying to decide on your color palette? Need an inspiration board to pull your look together? Looking for the perfect centerpieces? Struggling with the right venue, the right theme?
{Allison Miksch via Desire to Inspire}
Comment below (or if you’d rather, use the contact form) and tell me about you and what it is that you are looking for as you plan your wedding. I’ll post as many of your questions as I can and hopefully get to know all of you better in the process!
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Honestly, I’m having a lot of problems coming up with a color palette. I know I’m doing a fall wedding and so I’m thinking a deep brown with some other rustic accents would be neat. But, I’m still not too sure. I’m almost considering hiring a wedding planner at the end of this year to help me out with it, because I feel so weird choosing colors.
I’ve never been good at that sort of stuff. I can’t do interior design and when I throw my outfit together in the morning, I leave the house hoping that it matches.
I’m just looking, looking, looking for ideas. :)
.-= Gooseberried’s most recent blog post: Creepy Twitter =-.
::our vision::
My October wedding will be a two-part event. My fiance and I will be married at a small ceremony, which will be followed by a dinner with our 38 guests. None of the traditional wedding hoopla will be included in this dinner: no dancing, no wedding cake, etc. All we want is a relaxed atmosphere in which we can enjoy the company of our family and few closest friends.
After we come back from our honeymoon, we will have a reception in which some of the wedding hoopla we want to keep out of our ceremony and dinner will be included.
My fiance and I are not into the entirely-conventional wedding thing. We are planning an event that reflects both our personalities and our aesthetic. One of the most important factors in achieving this is our do-it-yourself attitude.
I am a book artist and letterpress printer and will printing my own invitations: little one-signature books for the small ceremony/dinner and little accordion-fold books for the big reception.
I am also making my own bouquet, as well as those of my two bridesmaids. They will be feather bouquets, as flowers have never really been my thing! In keeping with this, I’ll wear feathers in my hair.
I’ll be wearing an ivory Maggie Sottero gown that very much fits my aesthetic, as it is of a non-shiny, wrinkled fabric. My bridesmaids will be in keeping with the non-shiny idea by wearing cotton dresses. I’ll also be wearing black vintage boots under my gown, rather than the conventional wedding-type shoes.
::our process::
So far, things have wonderfully been falling into place. We have booked the ceremony/dinner venue, as well as our caterer. We have decided on an ivory/black/green color theme. We know how we want to put together the feather accessories, as well as where to buy the supplies. I have ordered my dress and found my boots. I have decided on the bridesmaids dresses. My fiance has decided what he’ll want to be wearing, as well as what he wants his groomsmen to be wearing.
For the small ceremony/dinner, all that remains is the execution of the ideas. It is a great feeling!
We have hit a speedbump regarding the larger reception, however. My finace and I are absolutely in love with a venue and were in the process of finalizing the contract when it was mentioned to us that there is a catering minimum of which we previously had no knowledge.
The amount of money required is not doable, as we are paying for everything ourselves; and frankly, is not in keeping with the relaxed, do-it-yourself, stress-free attitude we’ve had thus far and want to keep throughout.
In planning a wedding where everything has been working out wonderfully and with little effort, I suppose we should expect some set-back..
We’re getting married in Tuscany next summer. We’re having a really small wedding (just 10 adults and one toddler), a civil ceromony at Certaldo town hall followed by dinner by the pool (pictures of the villa on my blog).
I’m struggling to decide what kind of dress I want and what the groom should where (I find the traditional cravats, tail coats and waist coats a bit dated). Our family is struggling to understand why currently our plan for the groom would be a modern suit and a special tie, they don’t think it is “weddingy enough” but we want something more modern.
I really like bright colours and currently thinking of purple (I have done a mini mood board on my blog). However I find myself also being drawn to the more neutral weddings I see on wedding blogs! I will have 2 adult bridesmaids (looking for bridesmaid dresses that are modern) and 1 18month old page boy. I’m struggling a bit with ideas (plenty of time I know) with it being such a small wedding! I really like modern weddings that I see on blogs like this but I have my doubts about how I will pull it all together! I have always liked interior design, floral arrnagments, fashion etc but I never have the skills/talents to pull it off as stunningly as in the magazines/blogs!
.-= claire’s most recent blog post: Our wedding – The Villa =-.
Sorry ment to say in summary, I am struggling with the colour scheme (I want something that will work with the tuscan country side but not a big fan of yellow/orange), the theme/style in general as we don’t want the traditional wedding and because the wedding group will be so small!
.-= claire’s most recent blog post: Our wedding – The Villa =-.
I think as the months fly by and we inch ever so much closer to Oct. 16th, I’m finding comfort through EAD by almost getting a reassurance of what I’m doing and how it fits us as a couple. Reading about and looking at other people’s events has recenbly become more about feeling like I’m making good decisions, rather than feeling remorse about my choices (thankfully!). I find myself enjoying the recaps and featured blogger posts more than Real Weddings lately (although that wasn’t always the case) because I think it’s easier for me to connect with the bloggers and have a better understanding of where their ideas come from and why.
At this point in the planning process, I’m needing more reminders of details that I might be overlooking more so than finding general inspiration, which probably explains my newfound affinity for recaps.
As far as the planning process, I’m feeling good about the reception for the most part but when it comes to the ceremony I am at square one and completely lost. I’m probably going to be the first wedding in about 15 years at my tiny church. Obviously, there is no in-house wedding coordinator there and I am almost 100% free to do whatever I want when it comes to the ceremony. I know that we are pretty traditional but there are still so many different directions that we could go and I’m a bit overwhelmed.
I am having such a hard time with color palette! We just got engaged and aren’t getting married until Fall 2011 but I want to do a lot of the bits and pieces of the wedding myself so I am starting now. I want it to have a fall feel but I hate the color brown and I want to stay away from the traditional fall colors. I was thinking about using aubergine or plum but am kind of stuck. I feel like I can’t really go forward with anything else until I decide on colors. And there are just so many choices that every time I think I have decided on one, I see something else I like! It is very overwhelming.
I am having a summer wedding in july.. i am having a har time coming up with a color palette.. my fav color is purple, but i want the feel of the wedding to be fun and classy at the same time.. i was wanting a modern feel.. guys wearing grey suits and girls maybe wearing plum dresses from J crew? I need help on how things can work and flow together.. can plum be used for a summer wedding? help:)
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hi ladies! i just wanted to let you know i have received all of your emails and comments and will start posting ideas really soon!
xoxo
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@paola – i absolutely love everything you’re saying – it’s going to be fabulous! please let me know if you need any help along the way. :)
catering minimums are so rough, are you having any luck finding another venue you love?
@candace – you can absolutely use purple in the summer! let me come up with some purple ideas for you.
@gooseberried @sara let me see if i can come up with some “different”-feeling fall color palettes for you. sound good?
@claire – i love your villa! are there colors other than yellow/orange that you want to stay away from? i’ll noodle some ideas that minimize or exclude them.
@jen what specific ceremony decisions are you struggling with? music, readings, decor, etc?
everyone seems to love purple! :)
We’ve been back at square one with the reception venue: researching and emailing and asking tons of places, just like we had already done before when we found the place we were in love with. Sadly, after that disappointment, we’ve lowered our standards a bit. Now we really just need to find an affordable place that (a) will accommodate almost 300 people (standing), (b) will allow us to bring in our own appetizers, and (c) is available on a Friday evening.
Suggestions would be very much appreciated. We are looking for a venue in the San Francisco Bay Area.