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Real Weddings- Amelia and Brandon

April 25, 2008 | editorial team

Today’s Real Wedding is darling for oh-so-many reasons! Newlyweds Amelia and Brandon have been great friends for years, so their ceremony and reception were all about honoring and celebrating friendship. They had lots of sweet personal touches throughout the day, like Amelia’s little brother reading from The Velveteen Rabbit during their morning ceremony, her grandmother (who is in her nineties) playing the violin at the reception, and a fun wedding color palette of olive green and light and dark purple. I love their beautiful photographs from GH Kim Photography, and that sparkle you can see in their eyes when they’re looking at each other! A great friendship indeed!

Check out the rest of their talented wedding team in our Real Weddings section.

 

 

 

Their green and purple wedding color palette looks so stunning in all of their photos, and really lends itself to all kinds of beautiful and unique possibilities. It could easily be lush, formal and classic, or playful, funky and eclectic and be totally gorgeous either way!

Top row:
Photos by Sang An and Rebecca Thus

Second row:
Rehabilitated dishware by Sarah Cihat via The Hostess with the Mostess

Third row:
Byzantine bracelet and aubergine earrings from Anthropologie.com
Photo by Craig Cutler and Rebecca Thuss

Bottom row:
Green ostrich shoes by Christian Louboutin

 

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Wedding Favors, Packaging and DIY Ideas from Bliss! Weddings Market

April 23, 2008 | editorial team

Weddings offer so many possibilities for creative decor and favor ideas that it’s always nice to see great examples of what’s possible. Bliss! Weddings Market is a superstore of pretty packaging, decorations, gifts, ready-to-give wedding favors and DIY supplies, and they have a fantastic photo gallery of specific DIY wedding projects complete with thorough how-to instructions from their Creative Director, Cheryl Galvez. From aluminum tins and paper takeout boxes to glassine envelopes, lovely labels and customized ribbon, they’ve got it all and they know just how to use it!

Here’s one of their creative DIY “bride” ideas for displaying your ceremony program on one of their bamboo hand fans. Perfect for a warm summertime ceremony or beach themed wedding! Check out the Bliss website for lots more!

Materials:
Bamboo Fan
1 8-1/2″ x 11″ Patterned vellum paper
1 8-1/2″ x 11″ Solid paper in a coordinating color
Scissors
Glue dots or glue strips (do not use regular glue or tape)
Computer and printer
1-1/2″ wide colored double-faced satin ribbon

Instructions:
Using a glue strip cut to the width of the ribbon, affix one end of the ribbon to the neck of the fan. Wrap around the length of the fan’s handle. Adhere the other end of the ribbon to the bottom back of the handle. For a clean look, make sure the ribbon’s end is at the back of the fan away from view.

Design your ceremony program using your personal computer. Print it directly on to decorative vellum paper available at your local arts and crafts supply store. Overlay the vellum paper on top of the solid color paper. Having a solid color paper underneath the vellum makes the text easier to read. Using your scissors, cut around the ceremony program. In this example, I chose to cut around the program in a wave-like fashion to match the beach-theme wedding I envision for this idea.

Using a glue strip at the top and bottom of the vellum paper, stick it to the solid paper beneath it. Again, use two glue strips to adhere the 2-layered ceremony program to the fan itself. I found that glue dots or glue strips adhere nicely to the natural palm leaves of this fan.

 

I also love their huge selection of shapes, sizes and color combinations for pretty customized hangtags. These have a million uses for weddings- on favors, gift bags, out of town welcome baskets, seating cards, thanks you gifts, programs; the list is endless! Thanks Bliss!

 

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Behind the Scenes at the Junebug Weddings Wedding Planning Book Photo Shoot

April 21, 2008 | editorial team

Tuesday and Wednesday of last week Kim, Blair and I, and our amazing team of talented helpers, were going from morning ’til night shooting all the commercial photos for our wedding planning book, and boy did we have fun! With 4 stunning models, and gorgeous flowers, cakes, dresses, lingerie, jewelry and accessories from Junebug member businesses, we were surrounded by beauty in every way.

 

Our crew on site at the fantastic Pravda Studios (available for weddings too!) included so many talented people. Erin and Chelsea from Bellatrix Studio worked their magic on hair and makeup, our models Leah, Vivian, Alyssa and Amanda made every set up a joy to shoot, Kim’s husband Adam and his friend Mike helped with everything under the sun (especially when it involved heavy lifting, computers or coffee), and our friends Angie and Ashley of One Thousand Words Photography (along with Ashley’s sweet daughter Lilly, our favorite model of the day) helped us photograph it all. We couldn’t be more grateful to them or to the many, many businesses who shared their work with us to be photographed. Over the next few months we’ll be sure to show you all these gorgeous products so you can find inspiration for your wedding, and continue along with us in our book-writing journey!

 

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