All tagged Weddings
Back in June, we went to New Orleans to celebrate Brad’s cousin’s wedding. We got there on a Friday and drove home on Sunday. It was a really quick trip, but the celebrations were lots of fun. However, New Orleans is not a place I am necessarily looking to go back to without a purpose, ha!
My cousin recently got married, and she asked Melody to be her flower girl. Melody didn’t really know what that meant at first, but as we talked about it, she was so excited and eager for the big day. My cousin and Melody have grown really close over the last year or so. Melody truly adores her and her, now, husband. A very special part about Melody being Ashley’s flower girl…I was the flower girl at Ashley’s parents’ wedding. Such a sweet and full circle moment!
For my cousin’s bridal shower, the theme itself was miss to mrs. In addition we were doing a chip and did charcuterie style food setup. With that, they wanted the food to all be labeled. And I was in charge of making said labels. I wanted to do something using chalkboards because I thought that would be nice. I did some searching at Hobby Lobby and Michael’s as well as online with Amazon.
Last weekend, I helped host a bridal shower for my cousin, Ashley. She is getting married in November, and I love hosting a good event! Her maid of honor and mom help with all the ideas, but I wanted to share how adorable everything turned out. I plan to post more details later about different parts of the shower! But the general theme was “miss to mrs”.
With our recent floor remodel, it gave me the opportunity to makeover our china cabinet.
With our beach wedding, I wanted escort cards that would tie into the theme really well. I spent much time on Pinterest trying to find the right thing. I ended up deciding to do "Message in a Bottle" escort cards.
My best friend and Matron of Honor hosted my lingerie shower. It was a lots of fun, and she had great food and decorations. We teamed up when deciding the decor and she was nice enough to let me even pick out the yummy food!
So while shopping for our cousin's wedding, I found the cutest little mini-utensils for baking. I loved them so much, I decided to make a small gift basket for baking for her shower. The 'basket' is a stainless steel mixing bowl. We purchased one of each utensil in different colors of course. Then we topped it off with measuring cups! Super cute and easy wedding gift!
For our wedding reception, I decided to combine the placecards with a reception program. I wanted guests to have some sort of outline of the evening's festivities. I used the same pink cardstock that we used for our Wedding Programs. I made them so that the size of the program was exactly half of one entire page. This made cutting the programs really easy. I had a lot of test ones made before printing the real thing.
It is wedding season so I thought I would do some research on potential honeymoon ideas and costs. Honeymoon costs can vary greatly. Today I research three different kinds of honeymoons. With all three my budget was $3,500. I used the honeymoon dates of 5/17/15 - 5/23/15. The prices that I am quoting below were researched mid-February 2015. There is a great chance that prices have changed slightly. But this may give you an idea of some honeymoon options at a reasonable cost.
Since it is wedding season, I thought I would share with you what our DIY wedding programs looked like. When designing them, I did a lot of research on different styles. I designed them myself as well as printed and assembled them.
At my wedding, we decided to have a candy buffet. My husband is a huge candy lover, so it seemed very fitting. Below you'll find all the items I used, where I found them, and the final product. Enjoy!
For one of my bridal showers, I made all of the hostesses a cute gift basket. It was a play on the 'shower' theme. See below for the items I used and the meaning behind each.
I have four guestbook ideas that were used during my wedding showers and wedding that I want to share with you. All four were unique to the event, but I hope they can inspire you when deciding a guestbook for a future event you may be hosting.
