Friendly Inspiration: Danielle

Today's Friendly Inspiration features a traditionally romantic wedding full of purples, blues, and hints of nature. If you missed the inspiration, see it here.

Color Scheme: Shades of violet, blue, and teal will create the atmosphere for the day.

The Invitations: Guests will be invited to this romantic wedding with custom blue and purple letterpress invitations.

The Venue: Leal Vineyards

The Ceremony Location: The couple will say "I Do" in a classic white gazebo with views of vineyards, trees, and flowers behind them.

The Reception Location: The guests will celebrate the couple inside of the winery surrounded by wine barrels. 

The Property: Leal Vineyards features beautiful landscapes, trees, and small gardens, perfect for Danielle and her groom to take photos.

The Bride:

The Dress: Danielle will wear a beautiful a-line Jim Hjelm gown with a sweetheart neckline and patterned skirt; a dress that is both traditional and unique.

The Accessories: Danielle will carry a bouquet full of blue, violet, and lavender flowers. Her curled half-up, half-down hairstyle will feature matching flowers. To accessorize her look, she'll wear a simple veil, diamond and pearl earrings, a simple pearl necklace, and a diamond bracelet. 

The Bridesmaids: Danielle's ladies will wear deep purple Wtoo gowns, accessorized with lavender and cream bouquets. 

The Groom & Groomsmen: The men will wear charcoal suits and boutonnieres to match the bridal bouquet. The groom will wear a light blue tie to stand out and his men will wear purple ties to match the bridesmaids.

The Ceremony: The gazebo will be simply decorated with flowing cream drapery. The aisles will be lined with matching cream drapery, topped with purple and light blue floral arrangements. 

The Cocktail Hour: The cocktail tables will feature purple and light blue linens, complete with matching floral centrepieces.

The Escort Cards: A wooden display with hanging tags decorated with purple calligraphy and blue or purple flowers will give guests their seating assignments.

The Reception: The wooden reception tables will be decorated with light blue runners, violet place settings, and wooden table numbers with glittered numbers. To complete the look, centrepieces will be created with wooden slabs topped with candles and surrounding flowers, along with mercury glass votives and small vases filled with blue and purple bouquets.

The Music: A live band will provide the music for the reception celebration.

The Cake: The purple and blue ombre tiered cake will be topped with a light blue "love" topper and sit atop a wooden cake stand.

The Favors: Guests will get to take home a little piece of this vineyard wedding with custom stemless wine glass favors.

Next week, an American-Indian fusion wedding.

Friendly Inspiration: Ashley C

If you missed the inspiration behind this winery-garden wedding, see it here.

Ashley's Friendly Inspiration:

The Color Scheme: This vineyard wedding will feature shades of burgundy and cream with hints of gold.

The Invitations: The invitation suite will feature a combination of the color scheme and the rustic feel of the wedding. 

The Venue: Regale Winery and Vineyards

The Ceremony Location: The ceremony will take place in the formal garden, surrounded by beautiful trees. 

The Cocktail Hour Location: Guests will enjoy cocktail hour on the veranda overlooking the gardens. 

The Reception Location: The reception will take place on the vineyard patio with a backdrop of the winery.

The Bride:

The Dress: Ashley will wear an a-line gown with a lace bodice and sweetheart neckline designed by Stephanie Allin. 

The Look: Ashley will carry a bouquet filled with cream and burgundy flowers. She will wear her hair down in soft curls with a diamond and cream ribbon headband and earrings encrusted with diamonds and and her birthstone, garnet.

The Bridesmaids: Ashley's ladies will wear lace-detailed BHLDN dresses in black cherry and will carry cream and burgundy bouquets with hints of light pink.

The Groom & Groomsmen: The groom will stand out in a darker grey jacket, while his men wear light grey vests. Each man will wear a burgundy tie and a rustic burgundy boutonniere. 

The Ceremony: To accent the gardens, the archway will be decorated with simple cream and burgundy flowers and the aisle will be lined with cream flowers and ribbon. 

The Cocktail Hour: The guests will be served a specialty raspberry tea drink, displayed on wine barrels and a beautiful lace overlay. The cocktail tables will be decorated with matching lace tablecloths and gold vases filled with flowers.

The Escort Cards: The guests will find their seats by a wooden escort card display. Each table assignment will be held up with clothespins decorated with small burgundy flowers. 

The Reception: The reception space will be decorated with string lights to add some romance. The wooden tables will be decorated with cream lace runners and a mixture of floral centerpieces in wooden boxes and floating cream and gold candles.

The Place Setting & Favors: Each place setting will be accented with a burgundy napkin, gold silverware, and the guests' favors: wine corkscrews. 

The Cake: Ashley's cake will be a showstopper! It will be a three-tier cake, with the bottom tier decorated with swirled ruffles, the centre tier in plain cream, and the top tier with gold sparkles. To top it off will be a gold glittered "love" topper and an assortment of burgundy flowers. 

Next week, a Halloween-infused wedding.

Friendly Inspiration: Haley

Haley's Friendly Inspiration (introduction found here) is being posted a couple of days late, but this fusion of a bohemian and vineyard wedding makes the wait so worth it! Enjoy this stylish Ohio fall wedding.

Haley's Friendly Inspiration:

The Colour Scheme: To create a woodsy, fall wedding, the colour theme will be emerald, cream, and mustard yellow. 

The Invitations: The invitation suite will feature an earthy border and unique banner detail. 

The Venue: Mon Ami Winery

The Ceremony Location: The historic Mon Ami Winery has a beautiful meadow in the middle of cascading trees that will be a perfect setting for Haley's woodsy ceremony. 

The Reception Location: The reception will take place in the open space of the winery with views of the vineyards.

The Bride:

The Dress: Haley will wow in a Maggie Sottero sweetheart gown in vintage cream lace. 

The Accessories: To bring the colors of the wedding into her look, Haley will carry a bouquet featuring mustard yellow, emerald, and other fall flowers. Accenting her braided half-up, half-down hairstyle will be small cream flowers. Haley will also wear vintage-inspired cream and gold earrings.

The Bridesmaids: Each of Haley's bridesmaids will wear an emerald gown in different styles and will carry a cream and emerald bouquet. 

The Groom & Groomsmen: The men will wear grey-brown tweed vests and emerald and cream boutonnieres. The groom will wear an emerald tie and his groomsmen will wear emerald bow ties. 

The Ceremony: To accent the beauty of the woods and starry sky, the trees will be decorated with hanging lanterns and twinkle lights. The aisle will be lined with wooden benches and natural plants. Two signs will also be used: one at the entrance to the ceremony and the other as the ring barer walks down the aisle.

The Cocktail Hour: The cocktail hour will be centered around the winery, with barrel cocktail tables, emerald and yellow wine bottles filled with lights, and arrangements accented with grapes. The guests will be served different types of wine and can snack on a selection of cheeses, crackers, and grapes.

The Reception: The reception will be lit with twinkle lights and glowing candles. The tables will be both circular and rectangular and will be surrounded by heaters to help keep the guests warm. The wooden rectangular tables will be decorated with cream lace runners and greenery with tall yellow candles. The circular tables will have cream tablecloths decorated with cream and mustard yellow floral arrangements and smaller yellow candles. The cream place settings will complete the tables. To add whimsy to the reception, the guests' chairs will be stained in a mustard yellow hue.

The Cake: The cake will be a simple cream on cream pattern accented with a variety of succulents. 

The Favors: Each guest will be thanked with a boho-meets-wine themed favor: bottle stoppers created with vintage doorknobs, handles, and gemstones. 

Next week, a fall burgundy affair.

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 Bed, Mac, OPI
Bridesmaids Dress: Dessy
Grooms Attire: Calvin Klein, Dessy, The 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