Unique Wedding Ideas

Here are some unique wedding and event ideas to take you into the weekend.  Happy Friday!

The Wedding Chicks via Oh Hello Friend

I'm ashamed to say I had to stare at this for far too long before I got it.  Neat trick, huh?

Oh Hello Friend

I wish I had thought of this picnic blanket reception (Oh Hello Friend) before my own wedding! Some cheese, some salami, some thrifted picnic baskets... what a cheap and charming idea for DIY wedding!

Green Wedding Shoes via A Cup of Joe

Loving the multicolored chairs!

Jessica Claire

Rae Dunn

snippet and ink

I love love love the bride's bouquet and this boho-chic seating!

Fill-a-tote favors from Black*Eiffel

Coolest. Halloween. Invite. Ever.

I'm in awe of this "Survival Kit" Halloween invite that Brooklyn Limestone posted last year:





Isn't it amazing?  I can't believe I have never seen Brooklyn Limestone and her marvelous boxed invitations. (Girl also sends out screenprinted tea towels for Christmas "cards". Yeah...).

Thanks to Hip Hip Hooray for sharing the killer (ha!) Halloween invite.

Paper Flowers

It was my mom's birthday yesterday (love you mom)!  I decorated her office with flowers to celebrate. Here's some peeks (please forgive the mobile photos):

PS: I was inspired by paper flower artist Eloise Corr Danch, and her beautiful windows:

Obviously mine are not as gorgeous, but it was a good start for a weekend project.  I definitely plan to make more.  For starters, I need to get a thinner art paper.  The only good quality paper I could find was scrapbook cardstock, which was a bit heavy.  Also, now that I have an idea of how to constuct them, I'm hoping the process will go a bit faster.

Do you want to make paper flowers too?  I'll post some links to tutorials soon, but I'm also thinking it's a good excuse for a craft night at my place!

Vintage Travel Party

I am NUTS for this vintage travel inspired dessert bar Amy Atlas just shared.  It was created by Sweets Indeed in So Cal.

I want the hot air balloons SO bad. 

Visit Amy Atlas' blog to see more of the awesome vintage details.

Trendy Tuesday

The best of trends from around the web! Today's trend is...

Vintage Whimsy
The Trend: Kites, Pinwheels, Bright Colors, Playful details, and anything vintage Carnival/Circus (really could be it's own trend, but I'm including it here).

Style Me Pretty

Snippet and Ink

Oh So Beautiful Paper

Green Wedding Shoes

Jesi Haack weddings

Bohemian Garden Party

It all started with this page from an Instyle magazine in 2004 (yes, I have saved it all these years):

It's from Natasha Gregson Wagner's bohemian themed wedding.  She's an actress. What has she been in lately? Is she still married?  I don't know, neither do I care.  Her wedding was GORGEOUS.  French food, (cheese and crepes), a vintage feel lavender cake, and red velvet couches set out on. the. lawn.  Sigh.

Lately I've been thinking more and more about this beautiful boho event, the more I want a bohemian garden party of my own.  I've put together an inspiration board to help me plan it all out:

You'll probably have to click on the pic above to get the full feel.  I went a bit more exotic and colorful - I love the lavender color palette but I wanted something a bit more bold and jewel-toned, more lanterns than chandeliers.  It's a bit eclectic, a little vintage, a little homey, and lots of color and textures mixed together.  Bohemian can mean SO many styles these days, but this is my version.  I'd still love to do a more "french vintage" type of boho party, but this is what I was feeling at the moment.  I can't wait to see the real thing... hopefully soon!

What do you think? Would you want to join us at this outdoor living room?    

Sources:

Table decor (top left), and invitations

Flowers (aptly named Bohemian Bouquets)

Outdoor living area 

Edible butterfly cupcake toppers

Edible wafer rounds/cookie toppers

Peacock napkin holders

Paper swatches (bottom left)

Lanterns (cannot find for the life of me!  If it's your photo, please let me know!)

Feather Headband

Jesi Haack Weddings

This post was hours - hours - in the making so I hope you all enjoy it. :) 

Have you ever found the most wonderful picture... and then lost it?  That's what happened when I tried to find this picture, which started it all:

It's it gorgeous?  After a kajillon hours searching today, I finally found it again on Green Wedding Shoes.  (In the interest of full disclosure, I found it via another blog's inspiration board, but can't for the life of me remember which blog it was!  So is the curse of the interwebs... if it was your blog, please let me know!)

Lauren, the bride pictured above, simply raved about her wedding coordinator, Jesi Haack, which led me to her site, Jesi Haack Weddings.  I lost a couple hours of my life last night on her blog.

Simply put, Jesi is an uh-mazing wedding planner. She has the most creative, vintage touches and always the best color palettes.  See some of her work below:

The bottom left picture was how Jesi told her family - and her readers! - that she was expecting a boy. 

Awesome, no?  Make sure to visit her blog and give her some love!

PS: Jesi gives a sweet tutorial on making the paper flowers here.  And check out this tutorial to make your own pinwheels (apparently I'm not the only one sensing a pinwheel trend)?