Let it Shine

I'm totally loving the rustic and warm ambience of this Chicago store named Salvage One. No major wedding decorations needed; just dress up the tables with lovely seasonal flowers, hang some pompoms or paper lanterns from the ceiling, and let the beauty of the room shine through.

Photo credit: Salvage One featured in Retro Chicago Wedding via Green Wedding Shoes Wedding Blog

Globetrotter

Sipped coffee along the streets of Paris? Scaled the slopes of Mount Fuji? Awed by the city lights of New York? Rode a camel to the pyramids? If travelling the world is a staple in your yearly calendar, and you love taking in the varied sights and sounds each city has to offer, a travel themed wedding is the perfect way to share your passion for exploring the world with your guests.


Mini luggages filled with beautiful blooms, a vintage map as a backdrop for the escort cards, invites printed in the style of passports and boarding passes, and luggage tag favors add wonderful character to your wedding.

Photo Credit: All photos via Weddings Unveiled Blog

Photo Credit: All photos via Style Me Pretty

A Garden Party

Rustic wooden boxes make lovely vases, and even better centerpieces when filled with beautiful peonies, garden roses and hydrangeas. Vintage teacups also filled wth pretty flowers make wonderful favors. This is one garden party I wouldn't want to miss.

Photo credit: All photos via Style Me Pretty (Orange County Garden Wedding by Erin Hearts Court Photography)



A day out on the beach

The cool breeze, palm trees swaying in the wind, the sound of waves gently lapping onto the beach....I love everything about chilling out by the sea. The beach makes for a wonderful location for an intimate and rustic wedding. Use soft drapings to decorate the ceremony, benches for guests to rest and flowers in soft pastel colours to complement the colour of the sand and sea. You do not need to spend a fortune on decoration, just let the beautiful surrounding shine.

Photo credit: All photos via Green Wedding Shoes Wedding Blog

In Love with Midnight Blue

I love the deep and rich hue of midnight blue, it's both majestic and mysterious. When paired with bright and cheery orange, the colour combination is simply breathtaking. Place orange-coloured centerpieces on rustic wooden long tables, set the tables with midnight blue table runners, and complete with orange-coloured napkins and midnight blue favor boxes. Add some shimmer to the decorations with gold accents: gold dusted desserts and cakes and gold ribbons tied round favor boxes.

Photo credits: (1st row left to right) Orange bouquet, Cake and Boutonniere via The Knot, (2nd row) Ceremony decor via Style Me Pretty, (3rd row left to right) Brass compass favors, Program and Orange chairback decor via The Knot

For the little girls

It's probably every little girls' dream to be a flower girl, being able to dress up in pretty frocks and accessorise with delicate corsages and hairbands. Dress your flower girl in a simple white dress, and play up the attire with colourful hairbands, glittery hairclips, soft pastel ribbons and corsages, and bold-coloured shoes.

Photo credit (left to right): Silk Taffeta Avery Dress via jcrew, Jazz-Ma-Tazz Shoe via Monsoon, Silk Millinery Poppy via MaryNotMartha (on Etsy), Large Satin Bow Hairband via Monsoon, Cream Dress with Silver Jacquard detail via Mothercare, Multi Rose Cluster Ballerina Pumps via Monsoon



Wedding Coasters

Coasters printed with your wedding motif or theme make for a perfect wedding favor. These are also lovely additions to the table setup.

Photo credit: Customised Letterpress Wedding Coasters via Bella Figura