We decided on the date of December 15th, as it was the Saturday closest to my fathers birthday who had recently passed away the year before, his birthday was December 17th.
The Theme - HOLIDAY GLAMOUR.... 1940's hairstyles and make-up, big bling, mixed with the earthly elements that make Christmas special, the spices, the evergreenry and the beautiful striking individuality of the curly willow that sticks out on the winter landscape.
Now the year before some good friends of ours had gotten married on the same weekend (December 16th) and the weather was in the 60's! Our wedding the weather was the exact opposite! It not only rained the morning of our wedding, and froze, it then snowed 5 1/2 inches of snow on top. It made for some gorgeous photos outside, however fairly dangerous for our guests who were traveling.
We were married at the United Methodist Church in Centerville
In the entry the guest book table took command, the table was decorated with Christmas trees adorned with cream hydrangeas gold ornaments, clear lights and curly willow branches. The table itself held many various candles, cider mill from prilgrim primitives (the best smell EVER!) mixed with vanilla and cinnamon. The church smelled like Christmas for sure! Candles were displayed on full length mirrors with gold and silver metallic ornaments intermixed for filler. A couple of our engagment photos were on display as well, along with the words "I DO" in the middle to symbolize the awesome adventure we were about in embark on!
Our guests were encouraged to write warm wishes and their names on quilt squares instead of in a traditional guestbook. Shawn's grandma pieced the squares together, and we now hold this quilt on display in our bedroom, its very special to us! Guests used fabric pens (green ink of course) which were enhanced from the basic marker look to have glitter and beads and crystals on them. Its all in the details folks!
Guests were able to place wedding cards in an antique mailbox that I found at a flea market, it was originally adorned with salmon pink flowers which I painted creamy white to match our wedding decor I also added some glitter elements as well.... One can never have enough glitter!
As the guests traveled thru the foyer and towards the santuary they were greeted by a very close friend of ours at the program table. Our programs were handmade from cream colored cardstock with rounded edges. The outside was stamped with the same snowflakes that were on our invites in the colors of olive and sage green. The inside of the program was adorned with engement photos printed on vellum, the order of the wedding, and crossword puzzles as well as a word search for the guests while they were waiting for the wedding to start.
In case you havent noticed, I dont like to have everything matchy matchy.... I think that with the different textures, colors, prints etc that the effect is one of a kind, electic if you will, but cohesive at the same time.
As you make plans for your special day, make sure that you are true to you and your partners style, make your event one that showcases both of you! Make it unique, remember you are like a snowflake, there is no one else out there like you!!!!!
To be continued....
Beautiful!
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