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His & Hers









Even if you are having a traditional wedding, not everything surrounding the wedding has to be traditional. 
Add some of your own personal touches that make it dazzle!
My fiance and I got matching "His & Hers" tattoos as an early wedding gift to one another. 
Bold? YES....but so is love!
We designed them ourselves, and they turned out so beautifully thanks to Guapo and Piotr at God Speed Ink.
Seriously talented guys at a really nice shop in Breckenridge, Colorado. 

Invitations on a budget!

We just finished stuffing our invitations last night, and we LOVE them!
They turned out so much better than we envisioned...and they were cheap!!! $49 total!!







Cost Breakdown: 
Design fee: $0! 
I designed them myself. 
Paper & Envelopes: $25! 
Aaron went to a wholesale paper supplier and found lovely black envelopes on sale for $3 for a pack of 50 (we bought 3 packs). Then he found a ream of 80lb card stock in the perfect shade of antiqued beige. $10 for 100 sheets.
Printing: $24 
We laid out the design two per page to save on paper and printing cost, so we were able to print 100 invites on 50 sheets of paper for $.49 per page, and they cut them for us. 
Total: $49

And the best part....we had FUN stuffing them next to our cozy fire! 

Also...

Another daily reminder....


Slow down. Take a moment to think about your reaction. You can't change the way other people act. You can only change the way you react to them. Take the high road. Be positive. Karma, karma, karma.

Awarenss

Sometimes in the midst of wedding planning, we become so consumed by OURSELVES.
Everything is about ME and what I want for MY wedding....we often forget that the rest of the world continues to spin, regardless of our pending nuptials.
This morning I am attempting to be aware and present. Sent my intentions.
Choose to put happiness, kindness and joyfulness out into the world.
I made this little poster to remind myself that the world is 10% action, 90% reaction....I get what I give.....

Lighting

Lighting is amazing. It can instantly transform a space and set a mood. Bright and cheery, dark and sexy. Whatever look you're trying to achieve, lighting plays a huge role, whether you realize it or not. For our Colorado wedding, the party will start in the afternoon and go into the night. As the sun begins to go down, I'd love to have TONS of lights everywhere....strings of lights, jar lamps hanging from trees, chandeliers, paper lanterns, candles, candelabras...I love them all!

Photo credit: Jenny J Photography

Photo Credit: Style Me Pretty
Photo Credit: Style Me Pretty

Photo credit: La Belle Vie
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Photo Credit: Bridal Guide

Seating

For our stateside wedding, we're having a very small and casual gathering at my parent's house in Evergreen, Colorado. I've got the overall design planned out in my head....black and white with red accents...chandeliers, blackbirds, vintage personal touches....lots and lots of lights...but I hadn't really thought about seating. For food, we are making it ourselves! My family will cook everything the day before the wedding or the morning of, and we'll just have chaffing dishes and things set out for people to serve themselves, buffet style. Since we aren't having it catered, we aren't having servers or anything. It's so generous of my parents to host the party, and the last thing I want is for them to be doing any serving during the party. So casual, casual, casual food set up. But....where do people sit? Do I still need to have big long tables with chairs? This set up is so lovely....


But that means renting tables and chairs...and I'm not even sure the back yard is level enough to set up a bunch of tables! Oye....what to do, what to do...

Design Inspiration

Your wedding should be a reflection of you. A great place to start thinking about the "look" of your wedding is by looking at your own house...or the house you want to have! What style do you gravitate towards?

Does Hollywood Regency make your heart beat faster?

Viceroy, Palm Springs, Designed by the AMAZING Kelly Werstler

Maybe Mid Century Mod is more your style....


Or is Classic Baroque your dream decor? 



Thinking about the interior design you like is a great way to start conceptualizing patterns, colors, and overall mood and feel of the wedding you'd like to have.