Love, love, love this reception set-up.
Elizabeth Messina via The Sweetest Occasion
Not only does this reception have a great atmosphere thanks to those lovely hanging candles, but the room is filled with chiavari chairs. Anyone else out there love these chairs as much as I do?
I recently found this post on Style Me Pretty about a week ago and wanted to share. I’m not one for tradition or going over board on design elements, so I immediately fell in love with the classic simplicity of the decor at this wedding. Plus, the fact that they used virtually all white and candlelight just really makes the loft space come alive. Enjoy!
It’s good to note that most of the design elements used by the bride and groom can be easily recreated yourself (woot!). The table numbers can be printed at home and placed on cardstock. For the centerpieces, you would just need to find some tall vases and floating candles. And the candles along the aisle for their ceremony? That’s an easy one. Just stop by your local Hobby Lobby or Michael’s to buy large hurricane vases and pillar candles.
All photographs courtesy of Heather Waraska via Style Me Pretty.
The space just really comes to life, which I love. And, all it took was some simple modern decor.
Are you planning your Denver wedding or know of anyone planning a wedding in Denver? Here is some great news!
The Oxford Hotel, in downtown Denver, which is a lovely boutique hotel, is now waiving their room rental/site fee for all brides and grooms.
Be sure to give the hotel a call and let them know you found out about their special offer on Wedding Wire via the Landlocked Bride!
Gotta love a good deal!
I hope my paper lanterns glow this much (see bottom image).
I have a new blog to add to my list of favorites.
She’s a local gal, featuring fantastic entertaining ideas (which the Landlocked Bride is a huge fan of). Plus, you can get some great wedding centerpiece and candy buffet ideas, like this one.
Grace Ormonde via head of the table
And, this one.
Colin Cowie via head of the table
Plus, she rents out some great table and dinnerware for your entertaining purposes!
As much as I love a cute escort card table, I also love the idea of a seating chart for your wedding guests, like this one featured recently on 100 Layer Cake.
There have been a lot of creative ideas featured recently on a lot of wedding blogs out there, with different variations. This particular one would probably work best with a smaller guest list, so not everyone was crowding around it. BUT, I guess at that point it doesn’t matter, seeing as you would have guests crowding around a table to find their name on a card.
Anyhoo, I think this is a fun and alternative way to show your guests where they will be seated, and this way you don’t have to print out a ton of little table-tended cards!
How will you be seating your guests? Or can your guests choose their table?
Some background:
The FI is a pilot and flight instructor and has a massive love of aviation and military history.
Would this not be the most perfect venue ever (for us, that is)?
Now if only we had an air and space museum here. I’m really surprised we don’t, considering the amount of aviation history that has taken place in this town (ahem, Lindbergh’s plane was named after my hometown, after all).
This is a fantastic DIY idea for cocktail hour, or even a wedding shower. You can put fun little facts on these about the bride (at a shower) or the bride and the groom (cocktail hour or reception). The best part? It gets your guests involved (in a small way).
All it takes is little cards, which you can create using printer paper and cardstock. Just print out the fun little facts on pieces of paper and cut into small pieces. Then attach them to the cardstock.
To make the “scratch off” part, just mix two parts of metallic paint and one part liquid washing soap. Use a craft paint brush to paint over the image or fun fact on the paper.
It takes about two coats to fully cover the text/image on your little scratch off’s. Be sure to let them dry between coats. Once all of the coats are dry, you are good to go, so grab your pennies!
The full tutorial can be found on Artmind website.
The Pilot and I probably are not going to include an icebreaker (I just don’t have the DIY spirit in me), but we may find another way to get our guests mingling. Although, I honestly don’t think it’ll be a problem. My side of the family are talkers!
Are you doing any ice breakers for your guests?
Who doesn’t love a little creativity?
If you’re looking for a creative way to incorporate menus into your place settings, try this idea.
The menu card is wrapped around the napkin, with the silverware tucked into the “pocket.” It’s a cute idea, and definitely fits well with that striped feel the bride and groom were looking for.
There are so many unique ways to place the menu at the tables, from putting one at each place setting to using a chalkboard on each table.
The chalkboard is great for school-themed or outdoor wedding. It has great lines and pulls in a bit of nostalgia.
We have yet to decide what we plan on doing about menu cards, but we have a few ideas (which we will gladly share, once we actually get around to crafting them).
Are you going to use menus on your tables or another idea to display what’s for dinner?
Ever since this song aired on the radio, I have thought to myself that it would be the perfect entrance/announcement song for the wedding party, and me and the FI at the reception. It has a great beat, good lyrics and is a fun song. We have others in mind, but this one tops our list right now.
What do you think?
