I'm not entirely sure how I feel about flowers at my future wedding. I think I'm pretty solid: no boutonnieres, maybe one daisy for each bridesmaid, none for the centerpieces ... and I'm not sure if I would carry a bouquet.
Why?
It seems like an added expense. And it wouldn't be awful - my Aunt's a florist - but it would be just one more thing to spend money on when Loverboy and I are BROKE (and right now ... it doesn't seem like there will be an end to that anytime soon).
But if I DO carry a bouquet it would be this:



And if I do carry this bouquet then my girls would DEFINITELY carry one daisy each ... and if I have any boys on my side ... well, he'd have to have one too even though I said no bouts. Haha.

What do you think? What flowers are you carrying? What made you pick those? Or are you carrying something other than flowers? or maybe nothing? Why?

I don't watch TV very often.


But last night, finally relaxing after a long day and waiting for Loverboy to call I turned on NCIS (if I do watch TV, this is one show I LOVE).


Then it went to commercials. And I saw some beautiful images of bottles hanging from a ceiling with lights - creating a nice warm glow. It was an Absolut commercial. And it's PHENOMENALLY done!


The bottles looked similar to this:

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The second picture is the as close as I could find to the bottles and their glory. Of course, I'm assuming they used Absolut bottles because they were frosted glass. I'm thinking this may just have to be a project I get into now to prepare for the future wedding. It'll take a long long time to save up enough bottles.

What other lighting options are you considering/using for your wedding? Did you get inspiration from any bizarre sources or find it when you weren't looking?

Okay. So topics of the week didn't really work. And that's my fault. Because life has been crazy, I just haven't gotten to update as often as I would have liked. I feel once I have an actual wedding to plan (maybe I should say if .... that's another story for another day) then I'll feel like there are more things worthy of my updating! Anyway, without further ado:
Invitation mini-books.
I came about these wonders thanks to Miss Lightning (now Mrs. eep!) on Weddingbee. And I was telling some people how cool I thought they were and how I could probably replicate this idea with things I have in my ever-expanding craft bin.
These little wonders are made by Elise Blaha: enJOY it! and I think would be a great idea to replicate in some way for invitations. Afterall, who said all of your invitations have to look EXACTLY. THE. SAME? I guess it depends how big of a party you're planning. But I have a feeling I could pull this off for either the wedding or maybe the rehearsal dinner (or something smaller).






Don't you just love the pretty little stars? These would look so cute for an invitation!




You can even switch up the orientation and use different things to bind them with!




I don't know about you - but I'm bound and determined to do something similar for my invites!

Are you doing anything besides envelopes with all the goodies inside? If so, what made you decide to do it? If not, what made you decide to stick with envelopes, card invites, reply card with envelope, etc?

Over the weekend I was perusing the wedding program my mom had.


The program was nice but it was like so many others I had seen - it had a religious/marriage image on the front, opened up to a list of the wedding party, the ceremony's events, and had a brief message on the back. Short, sweet, simple, but just lacking something to me.


We started talking about all of the different ways you can make wedding programs and I told my mom how I've seen several fan programs across the boards. I really love the fans for an outdoor wedding (which I'm determined we will have).


I love these:

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I really like the idea of making a program useful ... but are they even necessary in the first place? I've seen some great programs that aren't fans, too - those will be coming later, don't fret!

Remember when I couldn't make up my mind on veils? And how I basically dismissed birdcage because they're just so so trendy? Well, I kept thinking that way until I saw Inglourious Basterds this weekend and one of the main characters pulled down her lovely little veil:

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I think I may just be converted. A cute little pillbox hat and a birdcage veil? Perfect!

What do you guys think?

So, my mom just photographed a wedding this weekend for a dear Family friend I call Aunt Shelly and her new hubby, Don. The wedding was great - exactly what a wedding should be. It was clear that it was about the 2 people in love and that was all it was. They're in love, want everyone to see it, and are proclaiming it to everyone they know.

Here's 2 (unedited) preview pics:

I could always do a hair flower in lieu of a veil.
They're pretty too. And I guess it would be wise to do anything but a real flower because I don't want a wilty-flower-head.
I like these:


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I love that they come in pins and hairbands and in fabric, clay, and feather form. They're all so fun. Since I want my hair down for my ceremony - I think a flower might just be perfect!