Our giveaway week continues today with an incredible selection of wedding stationery items that are sure to blow your guests away! The winner of today’s custom wedding stationery giveaway package will receive:
Read on to learn more about each designer, and to enter to win just head on over to these wonderful ladies’ websites and leave us a comment here telling us what you love about their work. We’ll accept entries all week long, and choose our winner at random next Monday, December 23th, 2013. Happy Holidays!
One Set of 50 Save the Dates from The First Snow
The First Snow is giving away 50 hand painted custom save the dates to one lucky winner! Lovely and feminine, these save the dates will make the perfect first impression.
Set of 75 Letterpress Invitation Suites from Kerri Efendi Designs
Kerri Efendi‘s work features one-of-a-kind bespoke designs perfect for your wedding day. For the holidays, Kerri is giving away 75 one color invitations including envelopes with return address, plus an additional 75 one color reply cards with envelopes and return address. Featured above are a few of her designs from past weddings. If you have already chosen your wedding invitation designer, work with Kerri for your day of correspondence suite, programs, escort cards, menus or table numbers!
Set of 25 Thank You Cards from Laura Hooper Calligraphy
Laura Hooper Calligraphy is giving away 25 gold foil letterpress thank you notes including envelopes with gold shimmer liners! Timeless and elegant, nothing says thank you better than with fine stationery.
The holiday season is upon us once more, and to show our gratitude to all of you, our lovely Junebug readers, we’ve put together 5 days full of fabulous gifts for our annual Holiday Giveaway Week! We’ve been busy little elves finding all these amazing goodies just for you, so be sure to enter to win today and every day this week for your chance to receive some seriously fabulous wedding items!
To start things off right we’re beginning with our favorite online wedding marketplace, Cloud Parade! The winner of today’s giveaway package will receive:
Read on to learn more about each item, and to enter to win just pop on over Cloud Parade and leave us a comment here telling us what you’re most excited about from their assortment of goodies. We’ll accept entries all week long, and choose our winner at random next Monday, December 23th, 2013. Happy Holidays to one and all!
French Knot Studios is giving away a set of 10 geometric cocktail swizzle sticks in any color. These fabulous sparkly swizzles are created with colorful card stock and a glitter facet attached to a bamboo skewer. Custom wedding cocktail accessories anyone?
Gold Heart Cupcake Toppers from Tasteful Tatters:
Tasteful Tatters is giving away a set of 30 gold heart cupcake toppers. Glitter galore, these adorable toppers add a fun and playful finishing touch to any dessert display!
Mason Jars from Sundae Brunch
Sundae Brunch is giving away a set of 4 mason jars with golden animals adding just a touch of whimsy! Perfect party favors to fill with goodies for your guests. These jars are quilted 4 once glass mason jars, measuring 2.25 inches tall.
Confetti Wands from oh goodie designs
Oh goodie designs is giving away one dozen colorful confetti wands. Have your guests send you off in style through a shower of festive confetti!
Pretty in Pink Balloon from Stephanie Shives Studio:
Stephanie Shives Studio is giving away one 36 inch pink ballon with a six foot strand of tassels in ombre pink and gold. Nothing says party like balloons!
Loving the festive assortments of goodies from Cloud Parade? Leave us a comment about your favorite items and enter to win today!
Today’s naturally beautiful Nashville wedding from photographer Erich McVey is filled to the brim with lush greenery. Guests were seated at worn farm tables while others cozied up to the warm hearth and a roaring fire. Simple and elegant, Amanda and Austin’s wedding proves that a natural setting can provide a romance in a class all on its own.
The Couple: Amanda and Austin
The Wedding: 3.30.2013 – Bloomsbury Farm, Nashville, Tennessee
The Goals: We wanted to keep it as stress free as we possibly could. We wanted the focus to be on the vows we were making to each other and the time we were going to be able to spend with our family and friends.
The Design: We picked Bloomsbury Farm for our wedding venue, because it was just so naturally beautiful. The scenery around the farm, the gorgeous pavilion and just everything about it we loved. We got married under a canopy of evergreen trees and had our dinner and reception under the gorgeous pavilion We had a roaring fire all night long to keep our guests warm in the chilly evening. It was so cozy and inviting. We chose tons of greenery for our guest tables, and only had one floral piece on the head table and floral draping over the mantle. We wanted to play off of the time and year and the natural tones of the scenery of the season. We aimed to create a naturally elegant feel and we believe we achieved that.
The Look: I knew from the beginning of searching for a dress that I wanted something dainty, flowing and strapless. I knew the moment I tried on my dress that it was the one. The only problem was that we planned our wedding in three months, so there was no way they could order my size by then, so I actually found one in my size online in my size. I have also always loved the look of the mantilla veil so I had one made by a friend’s mother. I let the dress and veil speak for itself. I didn’t wear any accessories and wore simple gold flats. I let my bridesmaids choose whatever dress they wanted in the color scheme I gave them. I didn’t want any of them to feel a financial burden by having to a buy an expensive dress that they probably would never wear again, so I wanted them to be able to wear something they loved and liked spending money on. What each girl chose was perfect and they all went together so wonderfully!
The Moments: My husband is from Louisiana, he has always loved the New Orleans Second Line tradition, so I decided to surprise him with one on our wedding day. We were pronounced husband and wife and then the trumpet sounded and the jazz band started playing. Austin was so surprised! The guests and us all followed the band to the reception area, us dancing with our umbrellas, and the guests dancing with their hankies. During the end of it, it started raining, but that didn’t stop anyone from staying out in the rain. It was such a special time, dancing, laughing and celebrating with our friends and family in the rain. It is a moment of our wedding that we will both never forget.
The Advice: Don’t stress about the little stuff! In the end, all that matters are the vows you are making to each other and the people you are spending the day celebrating with. Also, if it rains, it will be okay! We had to move some tables under the pavilion that were meant to be outside, so it made the tables all close together, but it just made for a more cozy atmosphere! We also took all of the bride and groom portraits in the rain and they turned out beautifully. By the end my hair was ruined and we both were drenched, but it didn’t matter because we were married! We are going to remember our wedding day just as it was, rain and all, and it was perfect for us. Oh and hire a photographer you LOVE, don’t settle, the day goes by so fast and the photos are going to be how you remember the day for the rest of your life. Find someone that is going to capture it how you both want it captured. It will be worth every penny. We promise.
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