Pennant Banner

While I always thought my wedding would have paper lanterns wherever I could fit them, I think I have decided to instead make pennant banners to hang. The greenhouse already has white Christmas lights strung up on the beams, and I think the paper lanterns would be too much. The pennant banners, though, would be able to hang with the lights and look nice. Also, I want to have the banners on my dessert and dinner tables. I bought cute fabric at Joann today to try and make them..

Hopefully it will end up looking something like this...

With my colors, of course.. I'll post a tutorial when I actually make one.

$4 Cake Stands!

I want to have a small wedding cake but a big dessert table. Sooo, I am trying to make different kinds of cake stands, etc. They're extremely easy to make - and only cost as much as a plate and a candle stick holder from the thrift store!

I got some plates for $1.29 each

and some candle holders ranging between $2 and $3

and all I had to do was glue them together with tacky glue!

Simple enough...

More Brooch Bouquets! For the Bridesmaids This Time

So here is my progress on three of the four brooch bouquets. I am almost finished with the pink and red ones, and about halfway finished with the yellow. I haven't started the orange bouquet yet because, well, there are very few orange brooches/earrings etc. out there! Luckily I still have a long time to collect.







These are only the top halves, obviously. When they're all filled up I will add stems and ribbon and fabric and all that good stuff to cover up the edges of the styrofoam. I love the idea of brooch bouquets because they last forever!

Room Dividers

So it may sound like a bit of a weird idea, but since the ceremony is in a wide open field and there is another wide open field across from it where people will park, I kind of want to separate the space. I want to get/make two room dividers like this....



and put one on each side of the end of the aisle. That way I can have the people handing out programs stand by them, and people will have somewhat of a doorway to walk through to get to their seats. Also, it might give me a bit of something to hide behind before I walk down the aisle. Plus I think they'd be perfect for a farm wedding, looking antique-ish. We'll see how it all comes together...

Dresses and Billy Buttons

Here are some pictures of the dress I really love. I'm hoping to employ my mom to make one as similar as possible. Hopefully we'll be able to find a pattern and good fabric at the fabric store.









I love it! It's casual but still really elegant looking (I think). I like what the groom is wearing, too. We might do something similar for Bic (minus the vest?). On a separate note, I've discovered "billy buttons" or "billy balls" (craspedia is the real name)





and I really want to use them in corsages or centerpieces.

The Hunt Club

Ok, so I lied. Here is one picture of the greenhouse area



and here is the field next to it



So, yeah, let's hope for no hurricanes!

Date and Venue!

So, we have set a date (May 7th, 2011) and picked a venue!! I don't want to post pics of the venue because then nothing will be a surprise, but we picked The Hunt Club Farm in Virginia Beach. The ceremony will be in a field and the reception will be in a greenhouse area about fifty feet from the ceremony. I am very exciteddd. Now is the time I get to add up the costs of everything I will be using/renting/buying and realize how much a wedding really costs.