Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts

10/25/2015

Friendly Inspiration: Briana

If you missed the inspiration behind this Halloween-infused fall wedding, check it out here!

Briana's Friendly Inspiration:

The Color Palette: This wedding will be a true ode to fall with a color palette of red, gold, orange, and yellow.

The Invitations: These 3D gold leaf invitations are a perfect introduction to the wedding theme. 

The Venue: Brownstone Gardens in Oakley, CA

The Ceremony Location: The ceremony will take place on the lower garden, surrounded by beautiful flowering trees. 

The Reception Location: The celebration will take place in the upper garden, a truly magical outdoor space. 

The Bride:

The Dress: Briana will wear an Allure gown that is perfect for a fall wedding. It features a flowing skirt and unique laced bodice. 

The Look: Briana will accent her gown with a curled half-up half-down hairstyle, accessorized with a golden baby's breath crown, a gold leaf bracelet, and a bouquet full of reds, oranges, and greens.

The Bridesmaids: The bridesmaids will wear long red Watters gowns, accessorized with gifts from the bride: golden leaf bracelets and matching rings. They will also carry coordinating bouquets.

The Groom & Groomsmen: The men will wear charcoal suits with fall-inspired boutonnieres. The groom will wear a gold tie to stand out and his men will wear ties in the same color as the bridesmaids' dresses. 

The Ceremony: The archway at the venue will be decorated with gold drapery tied with red florals. The aisle chairs will be decorated with bouquets of greenery and red flowers, tied with gold bows. 

The Cocktail Hour: The cocktail hour will feature fun Halloween-inspired drinks and food for the guests to choose from. They can enjoy these goodies at cocktail tables decorated with orange tableclothes and bejewelled pumpkin centerpieces. 

The Escort Cards: The guests will be led to their seats with different colored pumpkins and fall leaves.

The Reception: The tables will be decorated with gold table runners, gold pumpkins, red flower arrangements, and greenery and candles to fill in the gaps. Each place setting will have an orange or yellow napkin, and the place cards will be held with mini pumpkins.

The Cake & Dessert Table: The cake will be a true fall wedding cake, with orange and red leaves and small pumpkin decorations, topped with a "Nightmare Before Christmas" topper that will be spray painted gold. The dessert table will feature a "Falling For You" banner, loose leaf confetti, and yummy fall desserts.

The Faovrs: Briana wanted to give her guests marigold and chrysanthemum favors, so each guest will receive seed envelopes and a pot to create their own fall arrangement.

Next week, as we continue our countdown to Halloween, there will be no Friendly Inspiration post, but come back in November to see another gorgeous fall wedding!

2/15/2013

Friendly Inspiration: Bethany

Welcome to Friendly Inspirations, my weekly planning session!

How it Works: I sent out the following questionnaire to some of my friends and from there chose things for their weddings. Each girl has a board on my Pinterest account (link below) where I showed them some of my ideas and they told me what they liked and disliked.

The Questionnaire: For your dream wedding, if you could have anything you wanted:

Colours (or theme if you want a theme):
Feeling (warm, cozy, modern, extravagant, etc):
Season (spring, summer, fall, winter):
Dress Style (halter, ballgown, sparkly, lace, etc.):
Indoor/Outdoor Ceremony/Reception (location):
Any Special Requests:


Week One: Bethany
Our Relationship: Bethany is my younger sister!
Her Major: double major in Communications & Editorial Photography
Her School: Sacramento State University
Her Interests: Photography, Alpha Chi Omega, Make-up, Beauty, her YouTube channel (check it out!)

(Bethany's on the Left)

Bethany's Questionnaire:
Colours: Sage Green, Butter Yellow, & Cream
Feeling: Warm & Cozy but Elegant
Dress: Lace
Location: Preferably a Winery

Bethany's Dream Wedding:

The Colour Scheme: Colours of the Ranunculus Flower

The Invitation Suite: Introducing the colour scheme and feel of the wedding for the first time.

The Dress: Justin Alexander dress with Queen Anne Venice lace.

The Bouquet: Bethany completely fell in love with this wild flower bouquet!

The Bride's Beauty: Bethany wanted a natural make-up concept, including her nails, with her hair in an up-do.

The Bridesmaids Dress: Dessy Collection dress in Kiwi.

The Groom's Attire: Calvin Klein suit in black, matching tie to the bridesmaids dress, and a unique boutonniere.

The Flower Girl Dress: Dessy Collection dress in kiwi.

The Ceremony Location: In keeping with Bethany's winery request, we found her a beautiful location to hold both the ceremony and the reception in Napa Valley - the V. Sattui Winery.

The Ceremony Decor: To decorate the ceremony space, we decided to line the aisle with an ombre effect (created with petals), along with hanging candlelit globes in the surrounding trees.

The Rings: Bethany's ideal ring would be a simply designed diamond ring like the one below.

The Cocktail Hour: To decorate the cocktail hour space, we chose to add lighting under these ruffled tablecloths to add some flare.

The Reception Location: The V. Sattui Winery offers a barrel cellar to hold the reception, which was perfect for Bethany's wishes!

The Reception Table Decor: Lining the tables will be similar flowers to the bouquet, tying all the colours into the reception space.

The Escort Cards: To add to the winery feeling, cork place card holders are used to hold the escort cards.

The Cake: The butter yellow cake is simply elegant.

The Favours: In keeping with the winery setting, Bethany chose to give her guests maple leaf wine stopper favours.


The Getaway Car: Bethany is an avid car lover, so I thought it would be appropriate to give her a vintage car (in keeping with the colour theme) to leave in with her future husband.

I had so much fun planning a wedding for my younger sister! Next week, I plan to show you what I've come up with for my best friend, Emma's, wedding!

xo

Sources:
Colour Scheme: Design Seeds
The Invitations: Martha Stewart Weddings
Bridal Gown: Justin Alexander
Bridal Bouquet: Style Me Pretty
Bridal Beauty: Sunday in BedMacOPI
Bridesmaids Dress: Dessy
Grooms Attire: Calvin KleinDessyThe Knot
Flower Girl Dress: Dessy
Ceremony Location: Vsattui Winery
Ceremony Decor: The Knot
The Rings: Kristin Vining
The Cocktail Hour: The Brides of Oklahoma
Reception Location: Vsattui Winery
Reception Table: Style Me Pretty
The Escort Cards: Wedding Favor Discount
The Cake: Brides
The Favours: Wedding Favor Discount
Getaway Car: Cars with Distinction