If there is one thing I loved about my wedding, was definitely my decor elements. Everything was perfect, from my photo corner to my menus. I know, I went crazy with the details but at least my guests pointed out sometime during the evening. Plus, they still tell me now... how beautiful everything was. Hurray I've accomplished what I wanted.
The overall feel and look that I wanted for my reception site was easy: vintage and glam. The wedding show people did a great job adding some extra glamour elements to the decor, but the hard work paid off.
This is a last minute DIY project, I made reserved seating cards for Mr.Flamingo and I. I made cards using the same elements as our invitations. I ppted for Bride & Groom because in french Bride = Mariée and Groom = Marié, not much of a difference and with a little too much to drink I sensed some confusion. The words in english seemed perfect, and no one else read them but us. I used ivory satin ribbon to attached the cards to the back of the chair.
I had mentionned before wanting to have inexpensive linens or something in chocolate brown to cut the white linen that were provided by the venue. Well with lots of research and very little time left to the wedding, I came to the realization that nice/inexpensive wasn't possible. So I decided to DIY my table decor. I opted for table runners (to cut costs) but I didn't have time to take pictures, and I don't know if I would of because lets just say : I can't sew for my life actually I can't even cut long length of material in a straight line. So ya, I wasnt too proud they weren't very straight. ;) (But no once noticed - luckily)
Our beautiful menus. Every guest got a menu carefully tucked in their napkin. I printed them in brown to add some extra color to the table and the type was in ivory. My menus were long an narrow to add length to the place seating. My menus were in French, English and Italian.
Our guests liked our centerpieces but loved our table numbers. In my flickr account, where my guests uploaded their pictures, I have over 10 shots of just our table numbers. I'm glad they liked them, because I LOVED them and its heartbreaking when you work so hard on something and no one pays attention.
The escort card tree was such a beautiful piece. They actually installed spots at the bottom of the tree so when it got darker the crystal swags would shine. What I loved too, is that they made the bottom match my centerpieces. They used square mirrors to surround the pot and added sticker rhinestones for the glam.
The photo area was great. We took lots of pictures with our friends and family. We had rented the lamp posts, but didn't know how to place them in our hall. The wedding show rented bushes and placed it as though it seemed we were outdoors. We kept the bench (we bought it from Wal-Mart) so I'm excited to put in outside once we have our first house.
Whats your favorite decor element at your wedding?Up next: Glamuptials: Beauty time
No comments:
Post a Comment