We love color at Event Decorator! Using bold and soft colors is a great way to get a modern, vintage feel in your wedding. These bouquets are a great inspiration!

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[Sources: Image 1: Florals by Fox Fodder Farms, Photo by Lauren & Abby Ross/Image 2: Florals by Bushel and Peck/Image 3: Photography by Steven Michael Photography.]

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Plum Pretty Sugar Loungerie are the makers of lovely bohemian inspired robes in a variety of colored patterns. You can purchase matching robes or mix-and-match with different prints for each one of your girls. The great thing about this online boutique is they sell bridesmaids packages at a lower cost and even have cute little numbers for the flower girl. They also have a collection of loungewear making it a great honeymoon shop.

Love Ophelia’s line of robes and loungewear are less boho-chic, with more of a vintage-classic style. Their robes come in both long and short styles in soft pastels with lace detailing. There is also a white lace robe which would be perfect for the bride to be. In the most recent season of The Bachelorette, Emily Maynard wore an Ophelia robe on the finale episode.

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And it’s not just dresses either, Smart Bride Boutique and Ruffled Blog’s Recycle Your Wedding allow users to sell off and buy used wedding goods such as décor, chairs, bridesmaids dresses, accessories, etc.

So what do you think? Is your dress too important to part with? Many still believe in saving their dress for their future daughter(s). Or would you easily part with “the” dress to recoup some wedding costs? Would you buy second hand to add some extra funding to your honeymoon budget? Send in your comments! We’d love to hear from you.

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 A watercolor wedding has the perfect inspiration fit for any artistic or bold bride looking to add a wash of color to their big day! Not only can this type of wedding truly bring out the personality of the soon to be newlyweds but it also brings a cheerful and bright mood to any wedding. There is nothing more refreshing than creative brides, it is a breath of fresh air and it’s wonderful to know they are really thinking outside the box. A watercolor wedding is sure to be a favored experience and memory among all people that attend.

Some great ways to add the watercolor effect to a wedding is picking some main bold colors and not being scared to work with them thought the whole wedding…

Here is a mood board based around a painting by Pol Ledent from Belgium is a great way to show bold is better. The colors are fun and vibrant using a purple and yellow color combo, hugely popular on the color wheel! This is a modern wedding design, throwing out any convention and could be turned into quite a retro, quirky day if there was a brave bride to pull it off!

Not so bold but love the idea? Simple colors like peach and yellow are light and pleasing to the eye but can pull of a dramatic look. Remember it’s the little things that really bring the whole look together. Anything like name tags or number cards for your tables are great examples of this don’t be scared or forget to give them a splash a color to bring the whole look together. Have fun and be creative, some brides have used cut napkins out of sari fabric and painters’ drop clothes as tablecloths for a colorful new look.

A great way to make the tablescapes to feel wild and blowsy, is with flowers like succulents, pomegranates, baby apples, and acacia branches…  these are colorful and fun, sure to be an eye catcher.

Watercolor is a beautiful way to bring out the true you at any wedding and is highly recommended for a fresh, glowing wedding that will surely bring out the best in everyone!      

Sources; oncewed,  frolic-blog, uschiandkay, theweddingdecorator

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A little about Say Cheese! Paper Props from their perspective…

Say Cheese! has a philosophy of simple purity which allows it to provide its customers with creative products that are fun, enjoyable and the finest of quality.

Say Cheese! is out to blow customers minds and challenge perceptions with cutting edge paper props. We strive to create masterpieces of craft, color, precision, and unique designs. Our aim is to be a haven for event planner’s, mom’s, photographers, brides, grooms, and anyone who’s looking for a paper prop. Shimmery card stock, durable wood sticks, and chic designs have resulted in happy customers who can be witnessed smiling and laughing throughout their events. Celebrate life’s special moments! Pick a prop, show it off!

Check out their website to get your creative juices flowing!

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Source; Freshline Visit their shop, visit the Freshline etsy shop!

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Bridesmaids are the most important women in your life and the people you have chosen to stand next to you on your wedding day. Show your appreciation for them by giving them a well-chosen bridesmaid gift.

Bridesmaid gifts run the gamut in terms of price, style, and individuality. Some brides spend hundreds of dollars, while others chose to spend only a few, or chose to make something inexpensive yet time-consuming. Some people think that the cost of bridesmaid gifts should correlate with your wedding budget. Others say that the more time your friends helped you with wedding planning, the more you should spend on a bridesmaid gift for them. There’s no right or wrong answer – do what feels best to you.

You can also choose to get everyone the same thing, get variations on a theme, or chose entirely different presents for each person. Try to spend about the same amount on each present, except for the maid-of-honor’s gift, which is typically more lavish than the other ones. However you chose to celebrate your wedding attendants, make sure they know how much they mean to you by inclosing a personal note with each present. Here are some bridesmaid gift ideas to get you started and how much you should spend.

Accessories for the wedding

A classic bridesmaid gift is something she can wear on the wedding day, but still use later on.

• A necklace, perhaps with a center stone that matches the dress.
• Beautiful earrings, perhaps personalizing each set to the style of the woman who receives them.
• If it’s going to be a chilly day, a warm wrap or shawl. (Wedding pictures where the women of the bridal party are all wrapped in matching shawls are so befitting of a winter wedding and picturesque. I especially like it when the bride’s shawl matches the bridesmaids’ dresses and the bridesmaid shawls match the bride’s dress.)
• Long white gloves
• In some cultures, it is customary for the bride to give the wedding day attire as a bridesmaid gift.

If you’re having a destination wedding

• A beach towel and a great beach bag
• A gift certificate to enjoy a fun activity during their stay
• A beautiful coffee table book about the destination
• A gift bag full of goodies to help them enjoy and remember their trip. E.g. a New York destination bride might give a guidebook to the city, an “I love New York” t-shirt, a taxi cab ornament, a disposable camera, and some New York food treats.

Memories are made of this

• Personalized Photo albums
• A poem in her honor, tucked inside a keepsake box
• A traditional bridal shower activity is a charm cake, wherein guests pull ribbons attached to charms stuck in the cake before it is frosted. Which charm they receive tells them whether they are going to be the next to marry (a ring charm), have a baby (baby charm), come into unexpected fortune (dollar sign charm), or other prediction. If you chose high quality charms, a wonderful bridesmaid gift is a charm bracelet, given at the same bridal shower.
• a personalized CD of tunes that you both love

Resource; Nina Callaway for About.com: Weddings

Debbie Smith, Event Manager

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