ideas?
d*s reader, kellie has a quick question i thought we could all help her with. i suggested a few things but i thought their might be some pros out there with really good ideas....
kellie is trying to put to put together her own "fall country chic wedding" and is looking for good tips on how to pull this off. if anyone has any tips, website recs, etc, please drop her a line in the comment section. congratulations, kellie!
posted by design*sponge @ 19.9.05
12 Comments:
i know that a couple of years back Canadian House & Home (the show) did an incredible piece on a country wedding. It was very simple but elegant. check their archives i am sure it is still there.
I am not sure if you are into this, but I went to a fall wedding two years ago and they used apples with twine for the place-cards. They looked very cool all lined up on the table.
Also, the centerpieces were very understated greens and berries in tall tin vases.
My cousin transplanted from North Dakota to NYC and got married at Old St Pat's. Her mother got a hold of lavender from ND to make some gorgeous bouquets for the ends of the pews. Too bad FedEx didn't get them there in time. It would have been simple, yet lovely.
First off, congrats to you, Kellie!
A neat idea I got from an acquaintance who was married in the fall a few years ago: Wedding pie instead of cake. She had traditional fall flavors--like apple and pumpkin--and people really loved it. I'm sure it's a heckuva lot less expensive (if money is a concern) than your typical fondant-and-flowers wedding cake and I bet there is a creative way to decorate and display them.
Here's a must-get book that is filled with chic and elegant ideas: "The Handcrafted Wedding" by UK artist, Sarah Lugg. Sarah's impeccable taste and exquisite style is seen on every page of this book. She features everything from invitations to flowers to decor and wedding favors/gifts... many which she created for her own chic country wedding. Congrats and enjoy!
It's weird I happened to read this today. I'm getting married in October and I just got my shipment of favors in last Friday.
They're these really cute fall-themed "soap petals". They smell pretty fab, too.
They're pretty unique. You may be aable to find them elsewhere but I got them here: (http://www.myweddingfavors.com/fall-soap.html)
If you're looking for favor ideas, Moonstruck Chocolates (http://www.moonstruckchocolate.com) makes the cutest little truffles. You can get them individually packaged in a cellophane wrapper with a wedding tag (around $2, if I remember correctly). They have all kinds of seasonal ones, like ghosts and pumpkins.
http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/tinypies.html
http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/winecharms.html
http://www.ultimatewedding.com/articles/get.php?action=getarticle&articleid=1049
Yes! Fall weddings rock! (I'm getting married November 12.) There was this "The Best of Martha Stewart Weddings" book that I flipped through that had some absolutely fabulous ideas in it (and they didn't all break the bank). Also, have you checked out the message boards at theknot.com? I know that a lot of the ideas on the site can be a little cliched or expensive...or both. But in the forums it's kind of a free-for-all, and I've gotten some great ideas there.
Oh, and my favors are going to be packets of homemade cider spice mix. Ordered the cinnamon sticks this morning...
Hi Kellie-
Congrats! I thought I saw an article on country weddings in Southern Living Weddings Mag a while ago. I couldn't find that one but they do have this one on their site right now about DIY weddings. The burlap, rock wall, bamboo vases, flowers etc.reminded me of a country wedding. Hope this helps.
(http://www.southernprogress.com/southernliving/weddings/planning/do_it_yourself_dream_day.asp)
Kellie, I did my own fall wedding last October in chocolate and sage green on the farm where Bogart and Bacall were married. It was quite elaborate but I can send you to my photos if you want to browse for ideas. I was pleased that one of my ideas showed up in Martha Stewart Weddings the week after I had my ceremony. I can tell you it was a perfect mix of sophisticated, fall and country. Not easy to do. Email me at anais24@aol.com and I'll send the info to link.
Anon 9:35: I grew up in Richland county..I know where you got married. It's beautiful there.
Ours was an urban wedding, but we wanted to get completely away from white and cream and all the implied innocence of that traditional color scheme. We had a chocolate cake with mocha and apricot filling and dark chocolate frosting. Dark jewel- colored flowers for the bride, wedding party and the cake. I wore a vintage beige shantung silk dress and crochet gloves, and my husband was in a dapper moss-green wool suit.
It's fall-have iconic fall treats, like cider and homemade donuts. But have cider for the kids and "cider" for the adults. Either excellent hard cider, or calvados. Don't do appletinis; those are for people who hate fruit. The donuts absolutely have to be fresh, and simple. If you have a more open arrangement between the food preparation and the public space, donut making is instant theatre.
Whatever you do, you have to have theatre. Jump the broom, even if you aren't African American.
Corn shocks could be too stagey, but those Australian bales are amazing. They're like pieces of giant public art made out of hay.
If you can find a farmer who will dump some of these at the sight, rustic but modern-looking avenue can be created for the promanade to the altar.
I'm quite mad, you know.
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