Inspiration Board: For Like Ever

Such a perfect theme for a wedding - "For Like Ever". That's how love should be. The poster sets the tone for the day - bright, giddy colors reflecting the range of wonderful emotions that love and weddings bring up. Vintage touches mixed with modern flair give this event a quality that shows that your love really will last "For Like Ever".

Credits: Soda shop bride and groom photo by Megan W Photography, For Like Ever poster by Village via Apartment Therapy, red shoe pic by Zoom Photography, envelopes from Martha Stewart Weddings, wedding flag wands from Eden Creative Studio on Etsy, tablescape from Martha Stewart Weddings, soda bar from Project Wedding.

Inspiration Board: Golden Love

I made it on to the front page of Style Me Pretty with this board! Abby of SMP used it as a visual for their new weekend inspiration board challenge - create an inspiration board based on a style you'd like to see translated into an invitation design. The winner will have their design made into an actual invitation by Sarah Drake. Abby used mine as an example and called me fabulous. It was a good day!

Photo credits: 1st and 2nd rows - photos by Stephanie Williams Photography, 3rd row - candy favors from Martha Stewart Weddings, invitations by Rifle Design via MSW, boutonniere and dress photos by Stephanie Williams. 4th row - flowers by La Partie Events and photos by Stephanie Williams, cake photo by Joy Thigpen

Bridesmaids on a Budget

J.Crew is a great resource for dresses for the bride, bridesmaids, flower girls, and MOB. I saw this amazingly smokin' deal today on a fabulous bridesmaids dress that is too good to pass up. $59 for a dress thats regularly $215 is a bargain that your maids will thank you for!

Silk taffeta strapless sanglé dress from J.Crew

Bride Style: White Shoes

So colored shoes for brides have been all the rage - and rightly so - but I am declaring that white shoes may be making a comeback. A classic never dies. Look at these beauties and you may be convinced. Still need a good reason to love these adorable white shoes? How about the $34 price tag? :)

Satin Bow Pumps from Speigel.com

Real Wedding: Becky and Tyler

It's been way too long since I've shared a real wedding, truth be told I haven't seen any in a while that really spoke to me or seemed worthy of the two + hours or so it usually takes me to find a real wedding, write about it and post it. So when I saw this wedding featured on Grey Likes Weddings that was photographed by Trever Hoehne, I got excited. I'm in to unique weddings that are also budget weddings that also look amazing. This wedding was all of those rolled into one. Becky and Tyler were married this past August in Newport Beach with a fun park reception at Heritage Park in Fountain Valley, California. It was literally an entirely handmade wedding - Becky, the bride, made her own gorgeous dress and veil (wow), the bride's mother sewed over 150 yards of triangle flags for decor which the groomsmen hung throughout the park, in the gazebo and over the dance floor, the bride's brother Brian built a "lemonade stand" for refreshments, her brothers DJ'd, and the bride and bridesmaids made all the bouquets, boutonnieres, and corsages the night before the wedding.





The couple had lawn games like croquet, bocce ball, badmitton and lawn bowling set up for everyone to enjoy.

All photos by Trever Hoehne - Thanks for letting me share these!

DIY: Flag Wands

I love this idea! As an alternative to tossing confetti or rice, wave handmade flag wands. Take various types and colors of fabric, cut into triangles, and using fabric glue adhere to dowels. Viola! Something cute and unique for your guests to wave, giving you a fabulous send off!

via Martha Stewart Weddings