Boutonnieres (by Mrs. Sunbeam of Wedding Bee)

Mrs. Sunbeam over at WeddingBees blog has a great little tutorial about how to make lacy boutonnieres (<--- damn those french words are hard to spell!).

I haven't even thought about boutonnieres at all. At all all. I'm still in the "oh those are cute/pretty/insert adjective here" stage. Soon this will be followed by the "Oh no, this or that this or that?!?!" stage.

Anyway, *cough* boutonnieres!

Hello Possibilities

So the excitement is back. Maybe it's that we head home tomorrow, and I can feel myself switching gears. The Rocky music is beginning to play, and I'm suddenly very motivated to make giant letters out of cardboard. Er, or such things as that. Watch out living room.

Next week is the last week I have free before going into rehearsals for a local theater show. Suddenly 4 nights a week, until the beginning to December, I'm off the time market. The other nights I'm trying to catch up with laundry and life. It's sort of an intense time, but it's something I absolutely love. It also does an incredible job of streamlining my life. Because I have such limited time, I'm better about being organized.

That said, this coming week is dedicated to things like sleep and exercise AND finishing the save the dates (envelopes too?) I think it can be done, and I'm excited to try.

Giant Paper Cut (by Amy Soczka)

So I'm adding things to my list of Things Little Girls Would Want to Be When They Grew Up If They Knew They Existed- list. Installation artist. Becaue you can do installations...for you...stores.

This incredible work is in an Urban Outfitters in Wisconsin. It's the work of Amy Soczka.

Yeah...she has on there that she does them for order. (Drool.) Who wouldn't want something like this behind them on their wedding day?!

(via Fffound)

Yellow Flower (by MaiharDesign)

I really do hope that the fabric flower thing stays around for awhile. Tonight on the SanFran bus I saw a girl wearing a headband with feathers on it. Not sticky up but sleek and chic. Sooo wanted to squeal with delight but didn't want to come across, you know, crazy.

This canary yellow delight is by MaiharDesign.

(Found via WeddingChicks.)

Card Rack (by Bonnie Tsang)

This image is from photographer Bonnie Tsang. I think it may be from the Greenwich Letterpress shop, which is totally awesome. Z and I went there on the recommendation of graphic designer, Erin Jang, when we were in New York, and it really was awesome.

OK, the point though is that card racks could be cute as centerpieces. I have no idea from there...you know...how to make them not look ridiculous. I just think it could be an interesting idea.
(Trail: Pretty Procrastination)

Flags and Food (via Once Wed)

This whole wedding is gorgeous. The mismatched plates are faaantastic! (And apparently a company rents them like that. Brilliant.)

See more photos here.

(Via: OnceWed)

Theme?

So I'm back to thinking there needs to be a theme. Or something that makes things fit together somehow. The weddings I've gone to have never seemed to have overt themes, and I felt like theirs always looked really pulled together. Why am I worried about ours? I have no idea. In part it's because I see all these super planned weddings online. And they are beautiful. And they all seem to have such THEMES whether it be color or otherwise. It makes me worried our "no specific color" will seem chaotic. If there is a paper sculpture in the front yard and sheep made of chicken wire and paper in the back, will that seem strange? Maybe. Maybe not. I have no idea. If they are both green will it really help matters? Nooooo idea.

This may be fodder for our loooong ass drive back to Oregon Saturday. When we talked about it last night Z had the idea of Anthropologie Art Deco. I love him for this.

I do know that I am attracted to very specific types of weddings online. They are the whimsy feminine ones. Ones with flags and cake stands and pinks and soft colors. Probably a balloon. Right now that's not exactly the direction I'm heading with the planned fabric flowers and banners. It's more a color thing than an object thing.

I think it'll be good for me to get back home to my studio, paints and cutting board.

Pretty Paper Bags (by Amy Atlas via Design*Sponge)

Amy Atlas really is amazing. She is what little girls would want to grow up and be if they knew such things as "stylists" existed before the age of oh, um, 28. These are some brown paper bags she made for Sunday Suppers.

(Via Ffffound, Design*Sponge)

Travel Themed Invites (Via iDIY blog)

How great is this travel-themed invite. A lot of hard work by both the bride, Holly, and groom, Sean. Sean designed the whole thing. Wow. Big double triple wow. I really like the double pocket on the right side of the invitation. Really classy and something to keep in mind as Z and I foray into ours.

(Via the very cool: idiy blog)

Cheese! (via Style Me Pretty)

I looove the idea of a cheese bar. I don't know why. I mean, I like cheese but no more than let's say chocolate or diet coke. (It'd be kind of funny to have a diet coke bar.) Actually I like the idea of having mini cheese bars on every table. Something for people to snack on while they are waiting for food.

Here is the awesome cheese bar from Sarah Matteson's wedding via Style Me Pretty.

Photography by Brendan McLaughlin.

Little OOT Bags (by Mrs. Apple Cider, WeddingBees)

I love this type of bag. Mrs. Apple Cider from the Wedding Bee Blog has a good tutorial on how she did this. Stamps are great. I'm not doing this but I can still appreciate it!

Ah Yes. (via 100LayerCake)

Sometimes I have trouble describing how I see our wedding. Like if you could hold the few words in your hand, what would those words be?

I have this board from 100LayerCake labeled in my notes as "Exactly." I expected to see furniture and cake when the link opened. I was a little surprised by the bookmark choice. There isn't a lot of the image design that connects with me here. But then I read the title: Late Summer Whimsy. Aaah. Yes! So yes! Exactly. Late Summer Whimsy.