The American Wedding Marketplace brings together 3 distinctly beautiful wedding invitation brands, each with their own line of fabulous wedding paper designs: The American Wedding, MyGatsby, and The Green Kangaroo. I love perusing through wedding invitation websites, as there is so much cool/pretty stuff happening in this industry, and when we found The American Wedding Marketplace, we knew we needed to share their designs with our readers. We are so excited to be introducing you to all three lovely brands, and we’ve got a special treat for you below, thanks to The American Wedding Marketplace team!
The newest line of invitations, The Green Kangaroo designs are artful, one-of-a-kind and allow you to infuse your personality into your wedding stationary!
With a variety of printing techniques available, The American Wedding team can help you find anything from digital print to foil-pressed invitations, and most designs are also available as Save the Date cards. If you’re not sure whether or not one of their invitations is perfect for you, you can have them deliver up to 5 free wedding invitation samples, as well as a catalog for offline inspiration!
Here’s that special treat I was talking about earlier: From now until 2/28/2015, Junebug readers can use the code: JBW1214 to receive 20% off any American Wedding Marketplace purchase!
To keep up with all of the pretty paper from The American Wedding team, follow them on Pinterest, Instagram, and Facebook! We promise, your eyes will thank you!
The right color palette can elevate an outdoor wedding to appear as a magical fairy tale. Emma and Mathew’s lush outdoor wedding in Australia was brilliantly accented with muted shades of pink and lush green. Australian planner and Junebug favorite, Cathrin D’Entremont, designed an opulent celebration with a woodsy vibe, perfect for the elegant outdoor wedding of Emma and Mathew’s dreams. Photographer Natasja Kremers had the fortune of capturing the especially lavish reception decor, including a large hanging floral piece above the dance floor and elegantly draped fabric of pink and purple across the chic white chairs.
The Inspiration: “The inspiration for our wedding was very personal. We wanted our special touch through every carefully considered element which was symbolic of our journey together. We wanted to fuse city sophistication and relaxed country elegance, incorporating a fresh palette that took inspiration from the surrounding landscapes; crisp whites, deep greens and earthy purples and pinks. The surrounding forests inspired the large unruly green floral that lined our long tables and cascading garden of beautiful floral installed in the marquee that we all danced the night away under. I was lucky enough to have a dress from Ae’lkemi, it was an easy choice to go with him as I have long admired his work. His attention to detail is in a league of his own. I wanted to wear something that was classy yet unique with the use of tulle and I still felt myself in.”
The Moments: “Our first dance. Anyone who knows us well would understand why we recruited a dear friend, a dancer, to help choreograph our wedding dance. Mat and I both have two dreadfully obvious left feet. We had practiced for months, laughing our way through the steps and technical lifts my over ambitious friend had set for us. We always saw the first dance as a way to get the dance floor open and party started. With that in mind we recruited the help of our bridal party. Our waltz started without fault, it was the most amazing feeling to be with Mat at that time and to have our closest family and friends surround the dance floor and watch as we moved to Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling in Love. To our amazement we were able to successfully dismount our second lift half way through the song at which we surprised our guests with a cut in the music. Simultaneously, our groomsmen slide onto the dancefloor to an enactment of Tom Cruises Risky Business living room dance scene sporting tucked in pants in batman socks whilst waving their jackets in the air. Shortly after my bridesmaids interrupted twerking to Beyonce and Jay Z’s Crazy In Love. It was one of the most memorable moments of the night and set off the dancing with a big bang!”
The Couple Recommends: “We choose Cathrin D’Entremont Weddings to plan and execute our wedding, Cathrin also put together our wedding stationery. Cathrin, from CD Weddings brought our wedding to life. Her passion, creativity and energy was infectious and along with her years of experience and impeccable work ethic she made creating our perfect day look effortless. She became a dear friend and we could not speak more highly of the magic she creates for her clients.”
The temperatures may be dropping here in the States, but this oceanside Bali wedding is heating things up on our blog. Anna and Andrew planned an elegant beach wedding in Bali and with the help of an impeccable team of wedding professionals, they were freed from the stress of planning a destination wedding from across the world. Libby Doherty coordinated and designed the chic oceanside event, and every detail was beautifully captured by expert Bali photographer Imaj Gallery. From colorful, loose bouquets to epic oceanside portraits, these images are full of life and personality.
The Inspiration: “Our theme was inspired by Bali and essentially reflective of the bright and cheerful traditional Indonesian weddings while also embracing the beauty of the natural elements around us. The gold used throughout out invitations and styling from our engagement through to our wedding celebrations was reminiscent of the sunset hitting the water, a spectacular daily scene in Bali. This theme was considered and kept consistent from gold dipped feathers accompanying our engagement invitations, the gold paper of our wedding invitations and touches of gold throughout our reception, as well as other elements throughout the planning. I chose large, colourful bouquets for my bridesmaids and myself full of roses, hydrangeas and lavender with cascading ivy, some sprays of which were painted gold. The same flowers were used generously throughout our reception, we also had a fairy light canopy and lots candles for ambience. As we had used gold throughout our theming we had gold sequined table cloths and runners, flowers displayed in gold rimmed terracotta pots and gold dipped feathers, which reference back to our engagement invitations. For my dress, I wanted something that shimmered like the sunlight reflecting off the ocean as we were having the ceremony on a cliff top overlooking the ocean.
Our ceremony was held at boutique resort ‘The Point’ which rests on a cliff top overlooking the ocean and back to the mainland of Bali. It was held under a traditional bale, a pavilion with a thatched roof, surrounded by grass and gardens. We decorated the bale with jasmine flowers and white drapery, 2 simple white floral arrangements stood at the end of the aisle. We didn’t need or want much decoration at the ceremony site as the outlook was beautiful enough.”
The Moments:
Anna:“There are too many to pick one! Waiting with my dad before he walked me down the aisle, it was lovely to have a few moments of quiet with him before ceremony. I think Dad was more nervous than I was! The other would be the second before I saw Andrew, the butterflies of excitement started and then seeing him waiting there was just magical.”
Andrew:“The moment I caught a glimpse of Anna walking down the aisle. I was holding it together pretty well until then, I thought I would get away without shedding a tear but she simply took my breath away.”
The Couple Recommends: “It is very easy for destination wedding planning to morph into a logistical nightmare, the easiest way to avoid this it to employ a local wedding planner. While there is an added cost associated to this, we found that having someone who spoke the language, had connections to local suppliers and could make regular trips to the venue to and face-to-face meetings for us made all the difference. Having someone take control of the logistical coordination on the day was also indescribably helpful – being able to relax and not have to worry about a single thing other than getting dressed and getting down the aisle made our day so much more enjoyable.”
Thank you to Imaj Gallery for sharing this colorful Bali wedding with Junebug! Looking for more destination wedding inspiration? Check out Emma and Mike’s vibrant Morrocan destination wedding.
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