12 Hours of Wedding Planning & Favor Ideas

Hey guys!

Apparently that inspired feeling that I woke up with was quite the strong one! I have actually spent the past 12 hours working on more wedding planning! With only 153 days left, there is so much to do that the time just flew right by.

After (finally) choosing the wedding invitations and contacting a designer to create a custom designed wedding guest book box, I managed to still have enough energy to set up appointments with a couple vendors as well as choose most of the decorative elements for my wedding.

The only thing that has me stumped is the wedding favors. I know I want to do something unique and that I want to do some DIY for at least a portion of it. I want to provide my guests with more than one option- to add fun and diversity to my favor table, and please all palettes.

My first thought is something whimsical, like the pictured pinwheels from Etsy seller aubabi78. I also have a vision of providing milk in an old-fashion glass milk jug with a striped straw tied around it. Lastly, I also have a vision of doing something edible that contains peaches, preferably baked or prepared by yours truly. Where I'm stuck is deciding between if I would like to bake peach cobblers in a jar or miniature peach pies.

So, my lovely ladies, I need your help. What do you think? Which would you like to see at a wedding?

My Happily Ever After: Inspiration Board

Hey guys!

This morning I woke up and felt super inspired to work more on planning my wedding (...that's probably the result of me picking out invitations up until the second I fell asleep)! So, for the past five hours I've been picking out more gorgeous things for my wedding.

The thing I'm most excited about, though, is the inspiration board I pulled together a little bit ago. Up until this point, I haven't pulled all my elements together- especially seeing the navy and peach combination. And, I just have to say, I am ecstatic about how beautiful and gorgeous they all look together. Never, in a million years, would I have thought about choosing those colors for my wedding, but looking at this now, I can see that that is the only color combination I want.

Overall- I cannot believe how beautiful everything is. I actually teared up while I stared at it for the longest time, just taking it in. It all feels so surreal. The dress and the shoes I already have for the wedding. Everything else is just similar to what I'm going to have, or it's something that I haven't picked out yet (like the favors). But I'm curious- what do you guys think?


Row One:  Nellia Designs, Kat Flower
Row Two:  Taylor'd Events, David's Bridal, Kate Spade
Row Three: Ashley Dru Wedding & Portrait Photography, Chic Sweets, Maxie B's

Floral Fun and Blog Beauty

Hey guys!

So today has been a lovely day for me! This morning, my fiance and I drove the 2 hour drive to Orlando to meet with the potential florist for our wedding. I wasn't sure what to expect, and to be honest I was stressing over wedding colors the entire drive there. However, right before we reached Orlando, inspiration struck and I thought of the most beautiful color combination for our wedding! I won't go into it more, because I'm sure I'll have a post dedicated to it soon enough- after all, I'm completely inspired by the choices.

But back to the story- I met with the florist and she is so lovely! She's this sweet woman from England and I know that she'll be a real delight to work with. In our meeting, we were able to come up with some really great ideas. Halfway through the meeting, though, it struck me- I am getting married! It's all been very surreal or distant up to this point- even trying on the dress. But sitting there with my fiance and the florist, looking at pictures of lovely flowers and bouquets, made me realize just how incredible this is. And I have to say, ladies, I've been walking on air for the rest of the day!


Another lovely thing that has happened, as I'm sure you have seen, is that my blog's design has been updated. The wonderful Erin at Designer Blogs installed it this morning, and it's really lovely. If you've been thinking about getting a new design for your blog, I highly suggest you check out Designer Blogs, because they are just so wonderful to work with and their work is so beautiful.


Anyways, with my joy and inspiration from the florist meeting to the delight of my newly beautiful blog, I am just feeling so inspired and energized. So, just to let you ladies know, I'll probably be pumping out another two posts... and maybe even one about my wedding!


XO
Anna