Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Winter Wedding Bouquet Ideas

Just like you can add sea shells for a summer wedding, we have added feathers to this brides bouquet for her winter wedding. Bouquets are all about the different textures that you can incorporate. Brides are starting to lean more towards the non-traditional and head in the direction of something unique and individual. Adding feathers to a winter wedding bouquet is something many people don't see and it gives the bouquet some added elegant texture.
We have also had brides that substitute flowers in their bouquets. One bride chose to use antique broaches instead of flowers as her bouquet. Some of the broaches were heirloom pieces from members of her family and other were ones that she had found in antique shops and other boutiques.  This is another way to tie in the vintage theme and something different for brides who want to keep their bouquets exactly the way they were on their wedding day.




Old Saybrook Wedding

Vintage is huge this year. For this bride, we painted the table numbers onto antique china plates. No two plates we the same, they all had varied shapes, colors, and patterns on them. We also incorporated china holders with the arrangements. Each holder had an arrangements placed in it and the top of the holder was leaned up against it so you could really see the detail of the china pattern. No two colors or patterns were the same throughout, which gave each table its own unique design.






To bring in some natural elements we placed some bare manzanita branches into a tall glass vase. To make the branches look nicer, we hung chandelier crystals off of of them as well as glued flower heads onto the branches to add some color. This gave some of the tables great height and looked really elegant scattered throughout the dining room.








Instead of having the name cards scattered out around a table we went for something a little different. We again brought in natural elements and used tall manzanita branches, and placed them in a glass vase with water and rocks. We then tied all of the name cards onto the bare branches. By the time all of the cards were tied on to the branches, it resembled leaves on a tree. This idea can also we done for a well wishes tree, where guests can leave well wishes for the couple on the tree.

Beach Wedding

 

As the weather begins to become warmer brides are choosing to have their weddings along the shore or using the beach as inspiration for their decor. For a photo shoot we did back in April, we played with some of the natural elements of the ocean and how you can incorporate them into your wedding. For cocktail tables we chose to put a little bit of sand into a crystal plate. Crystal is huge this season and looks nice with any kind of decor. A small crystal candle holder and white votive keep things simple. For something different, we placed a small white rose, with some greens, into a white conch shell. Adding these shells looks really great especially when you have different ones on each table. We also added a small shell into the groom's boutonniere. To add more texture, we also included some berries and white roses. This looks great against the groom's dark suite and is something different than the traditional single rose boutonniere.