If you’re like most brides these days, the Internet is your best friend. You’re reading blogs and searching the Internet for inspiration, shopping online for wedding gifts and decor, comparing vendor’s websites to find your perfect professional match, and you have ideas, images, fashion options and urls coming out your ears. How in the world do you keep track of all of that?
Well, Domino Magazine, the fabulous “Guide to Living with Style”, has a fun option on their website that just might do the trick. Domino’s Deco File feature allows you to save images from nearly any website directly to your own personal image library, and although it was designed to keep track of decorating ideas, I think it could be fantastically useful for wedding planning as well. Save images and products from any source that inspires you and organize them by topic into individual books to refer back to, to share with your friends, or to make public for other Domino readers to enjoy. You can even upload photos already saved on your computer or send in images from your cell phone. Scope out the other public Deco Books for more gorgeous eye candy and take advantage of the stunning decor and paint color palettes from Domino Magazine itself. To be both organized and inspired, what bride wouldn’t love that?
Last week I received an e-mail from Carmel, a bride in New Zealand planning a wedding with a theme I just couldn’t resist. She’s combining her love of vintage fashion with the clean, minimal lines of a New York loft style gallery space. Be still my beating heart! She asked for a little help finding ideas and putting together an inspiration board, and I was more than happy to comply…
Top row: Carmel’s dress is by Temperly London, the same dress that the lovely Jennifer Garner recently wore to her movie premiere, except Carmel’s is ivory with clear, beaded glass crystals. Instead of a bouquet she will be a carrying this blue clutch to match her Art Deco style wedding ring. I thought these gorgeous Oscar de la Renta blue and purple crystal ribbon sandals from Net-a-Porter.com would fit right in with her bridal look.
Second row: For her wedding and reception decor it’s all about glass and candles, adding warmth to the stark white interior of the gallery. Glass in vintage inspired shapes like these candle holders from CB2 will blend the modern and vintage vibes together, and simple bouquets like this white Cattleya orchid bouquet from Martha Stewart can decorate the tables in clear glass vases.
Third row: Make the most of the dramatic architecture and interesting spaces with some clean white benches and pillows for guests to lounge on, and small sparkling votives covering every surface like in these romantic photos from GH Kim Photography and J. Garner Photography. Get the groom into a classic black tuxedo, for a sharp look that never goes out of style.
Fourth row: Glittering chandeliers will bring an old fashioned glamour to the minimal loft space, and great deals can be found at Gallery 802.
Fifth and sixth rows: Instead of a traditional wedding cake, try a dessert buffet with candies, cookies and petit fours piled high in vintage jewelry and gift boxes like in these sweet photos styled by Paul Lowe via Vivian Artists, or colorful Parisian macaroons in glass dishes like these from Paulette Macarons in Beverly Hills.
While researching great wedding resources for our book, I had so much fun checking out all the creative craft supplies out there on the internet for every kind of wedding DIY project under the sun. From satin ribbons and craft paper favor boxes to patterned paper, card stock, envelopes and gift tags, to the famous Moo cards and their ever expanding array of products, here are a few of our favorites…
The chic papers and high quality ribbon from Kate’s Paperie…
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