Invite inspiration

(clockwise from top left: Eco-friendly wedding invitation, Vreeland Design ; next two are from Michelle Brusegaard; next one is from Fading Flowers; Wedding Paper Divas; A3 Designs invite; Pinklily notecards; next two = Fubabee notecard & invite; Gocco'ed card by Mwilson; unknown notecard; Fading Flowers notecard; centre invitiation is from Eva Paul

Mother's flowers

Now I've switched to carnations....these will be a cinch to put together for my Mum & Future Mother-in-law!

I never thought I would be one to say this...
but Yay for Martha Stewart!!

Wrist Corsage How-To

I love it!!

Now to shop for pretty ribbon!

Flowers, blowing the budget?

I spent some time yesterday pondering my flower situation.

I had the Flame callas all chosen, in fact they were the actual decision I made about the wedding, and from them came the orange colour scheme!

Well, I started pricing them again (having only taken a less than cursory glance at the price when finding suppliers) and it looks like they will end up costing somewhere between $2.50 and $4.50 a stem! Ouch!!

So, I started looking at some floral designers websites to get some alternative orange flower inspiration. What do I then stumble upon...this gorgeous bouquet!!

It's from Birch flowers in San Francisco. They do BEAUTIFUL flowers, but this one caught my eye with it's simple chic-ness! And carnations? Well, who knew they could be so gorgeous!

Okay, so I'm now on a mission - find orange-y carnations. I was thinking this might be tricky, as the only orange-y carnations I've ever seen are those peach coloured ones they inevitably end up in the bouquet you buy to take to the hospital for a friend to cheer them up... not exactly what I'm going for on my wedding day!

But, wait....am I hearing angel choirs?

So, they are still yellow and red (well, officially the first one is yellow & purple, but certainly looks red to me!), and come in between $0.55 and $0.73 a stem! What a deal!?

I swear I will come under budget for this wedding!!! :)

Jewellry ideas

I am in love with this bracelet - too cute! I may have to find someone on Etsy to make me one like it, as I cannot justify the $150 price tag on something so small :(

Covet

I WANT this fabric! God knows what I'd do with it, as I can't sew...but I LOVE it!! Hrmmm....maybe totes for the BM's?? Ooooooooo!!

(borrowed from the gorgeous site of Lotta Jansdotter)

Favours...

So I have been planning for some time that we would incorporate Scrabble into the wedding somehow, and I had come up with making wineglass charms with the guest's initials in Scrabble tiles on them. I love this idea :)

However I am DYING to include something like these, lovingly borrowed from my favourite food blog, Bakerella (http://bakerella.blogspot.com/)

















I wonder how long it will take to make a hundred? Mmmmmm...

Today's orang-spiration

Enzo Angioini - Maylie @ Zappos; Aisle inspiration @The Knot; Martha Stewart weddings;
Orange Paper lanterns; Tie front dress @ J.Crew; Flame Callas; Bubble Necklace in 'Sweet Papaya' @ J. Crew; Cake inspiration @ Martha Stewart Weddings; Elum Designer Print @ Papermojo.