Fall Wedding Inspiration!

The weather is less humid, the temperature is dropping and Fall is right around the corner!  Fall happens to be my favorite season.  It stimulates the transition of florals, food and fashion to the more opulent, darker and savory side of mother nature.  There are so many ways to integrate the fall season into your wedding without having a wedding filled with pumpkins and acorns.  We have put together some ideas that will add memorable moments to your decor and menu.

Photo credit: The Perfect Palette

DECOR

Floral centerpieces and bouquets!

Gold details in your decor. Photo credit: MarthaStewart.com

Gilded Table Setting.  Photo Credit: CoCo+Kelley.com

MENU

Signature cocktail: Spiced Pear Martini.  Photo credit: Bettycrocker.com

Savory soup shots of the season.  Photo credit: marthastewart.com

Add a Smores Bar to your reception!  Photo credit: weddingwindow.com

Passed candy apples. Photo credit: marthastewart.com

Enjoy integrating the colors and flavors of the season into your wedding!

Ice Ice Baby

  After hearing the forecast of record heat today, the only thing I could think of writing about is ICE!  Ice can be transformed into amazing pieces of art at weddings.  Trust me, gone are the days of cheesy swan ice sculptures!  Cool down with some of ice images from our past clients!

Intermezzo sorbet served in custom ice cup!

Vodka bar made of Ice

Caviar on ice...why, yes, of course!

Special surprise for the groom, a Notre Dame ice luge!

An ice luge highlighting the couples' new last name!

One of our favorites...an entire bar made of ice! Complete with the couple's monogram!

Now I am going to use these images and daydream that my office is made of ice today!

{Photo Credits: 1&5-Isacson Studios, 2-4-Jennifer Lust, 6-Marais Photography}

More Memorable Menus!

Earlier this week we showed you a different way to create a menu for your table scape using calligraphy on round mirrors. We thought we would continue in the same spirit and show you 

a few more ways to master the menu!

This chocolate menu looks almost too good to eat!

A paper doily stained with tea and then stamped with the menu text...DIVINE!

These Laura Hooper menu boards are a great alternative to individual menus on the table! I just wish I could write like that!!

 Menus screen printed on the napkin..genius! I love it when wedding items multi-task!!!

Do you have a great non-traditional menu idea?
xo,
Jen

{Photo Credits: 1. Style Unveiled 2.Brides 3-4. Laura Hooper Calligraphy 5. Martha Stewart Weddings}

Menu Reflecting...

This past fall, my bride, Sarah and I were working on the wedding day stationary for her upcoming wedding, and nothing was doing the trick for her in regards to a printed menu. We tried playing with different shapes, sizes, papers, etc and we could not decide on the one. I did not want her to eliminate the menu all together as it such a great way to communicate to guests what will be served and is especially informative to anyone with food allergies or aversions.

She also was not 100% in love with any of the numerous charger plates that we had looked at, and that is when it came to me....let's make the charger the menu, or I could say the menu the charger!

I wanted to use a round mirror as the charger and have the menu written in hand calligraphy on the mirror. I could just picture how beautiful that would look! I immediately called one of my favorite calligraphers, Laura Hooper, and we discussed the details and of course she was up for the task of getting 200 of these complete in time for the big day! I just love how they turned out!!

These mirror calligraphy menus were such a big hit at the wedding, that I decided to incorporate them into our design at the recent Washingtonian Bride and Groom Unveiled bridal show. I think they looked fantastic here as well!

More menu memories to come....
xo
Jen

{Photo Credits 1-3: BinaryFlips 4: Holland Photo Arts 5: Washingtonian Bride and Groom}