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Old is New

14 May
What's old is new again

What's old is new again

One popular trend brides are leaning towards is revitalizing styles from the 20s and 50s. Gowns are trending towards shorter and more color than the traditional white or ivory. Check out old TV shows or movies from those eras for inspiration for your wedding. Look at renting more traditional or older style venues for your wedding location to fit with a retro theme. You can probably find a great bargain on a “non-traditional” wedding venue rental.

Not only are the look and feel of weddings taking inspiration from the old – but brides are using heirloom items in their decor. Take a look at vintage items to spice up your decor – incorporate photographs of parents and grandparents into your decor. Utilize vintage napkin holders and chandeliers into your decor. Visit antique stores and second hand stores for a variety of old looking picture frames.

Look for other ways to include generational items into your theme as well. Perhaps (with a little altering) you can wear your grandmother’s wedding dress or your mother’s necklace. Your wedding is, after all, a celebration of the creation of your new family. Incorporating traditions and pieces from your family and your new husband’s family into your wedding day can increase the memories and traditions you are building.

 
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Wedding Theme – Theatrical Style

30 Apr
Consider a Theatrical Theme for your Idaho Wedding

Consider a Theatrical Theme for your Idaho Wedding

Are you in the beginning stages of planning your wedding and don’t want to have just a typical traditional wedding? Though you may be an Idaho bride, do you tend to have a flair for theatrics? Maybe you love Vegas and would love to have a destination wedding there, but aren’t sure about the logistics and costs of getting your guests there. Well, consider an extreme-theme wedding going Theatre Style!

This could be a fun theme that you could carry as far as your imagination (or budget) will allow. You could ask everyone on the guest list to arrive as dressed for a costume ball. Encourage your guests to be lavish and wear masks. You can even have some great masks for the bride and groom and wedding party! Thinking “Phantom of the Opera, anyone?”

Check with your local wedding rental location, or even with a theater department at your friend’s or family’s school. There might be some great props you could utilize as wedding decorations and photo backdrops.

Consider this theme when choosing your wedding venue and reception location – don’t rule out schools and studios, or maybe you could even rent out a theater and hire a local acting guild for some interactive entertainment.

Don’t forget music and lights! Whether you choose to play recorded movie soundtracks or broadway show tunes, or you hire a symphony your music will help to set the mood of your “theatrical ball”. Also, if you’re outdoors consider going overboard on mini LED lights, rented uplights and maybe even touch lights for the reception tables. If you’re indoors, consider a spotlight or renting a beautiful chandelier to serve as your photo focal point.

Whatever your fancy, a theatrical style wedding theme will certainly make your wedding day memorable for not only you and your groom, but also for your guests.

 
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Modern and DIY Wedding Planning

23 Apr

Do It Yourself Weddings and Favors can be fun and budget savers

Modern Choices:

A contemporary, modern wedding is still big in 2011.  Brides can opt for non-traditional dress choices, such as: beautiful hues instead of usual white or ivory; shoulder instead of strapless; and short cocktail dresses instead of a long gown.  The modern trend can also continue through the décor of your wedding as well, couples can steer away from the customary 10-person round table and opting to mix table shapes and sizes. Couples can also incorporate bright and bold colors, cool lounge setting and after parties; choosing cupcakes instead of a wedding cake and having the bridesmaids choose different styles of dresses in the same color or souvenir photo booth picture strips instead of traditional wedding favor trinkets.

DIY weddings:

“Do it yourself” is a big trend continuing into 2011.  Personalized touches and little details are very important; couples can incorporate their favorite interests, hobbies, places and even sports. It’s a great idea for a couple to plan every detail of their entire wedding. Then on the wedding day assign a trustworthy relative, friend or wedding coordinator, to help with the details so the bride and groom can relax and enjoy their big day.

Contributed by:
Dawn Rising   – Delicate Designs – www.delicatedesigns-coord.com

 
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Wedding Colors – Going Bold!

02 Apr

Going bold with your wedding colors

Selecting your wedding style and colors will be some of your first items to do, helping to set the décor decisions you will make from here forward. Not all brides want traditional wedding colors like white with pale pink or navy blue with silver accents. When you are looking for ways to incorporate the “wow” factor into your wedding, think about using colors with more intensity and boldness. One of the most intense color combinations is purple and red for a wedding with pizzazz.

Purple and red make a strong statement together; they work well for bridesmaids dresses, selecting one of the colors as the focal point and accenting the other. For example: Deep Eggplant Purple could be accented with a red sash and red flower in hair, or a Red dress with a Deep Purple Shawl and strappy sandals to coordinate.  Your bridesmaids will look fabulous and flirty and your groomsmen dashing. There will be no demure looking attendants with this color palette!

These intense colors of purple and red should be accented or layered with a subdued color such as burnt orange or chocolate brown to keep your wedding color palette deep and mysterious. You could also add a lighter color for contrast such as cream, taupe or pale gold. It depends on the time of day, the formality and how dramatic you want your wedding and reception to be.

The modern weddings of today are amazing and the wedding food and drinks served at them can be paired with your color scheme. Signature drinks in purple and reds would look fabulous lined up on the bar for guests to take for a most impressive look.

Every bride and groom wants to express the love and passion they feel for each other, so a dramatic purple and red wedding color scheme is just what you will need.  From the flowers to bridal party attire and the food to the favors; this dramatic color pairing will make for an unforgettable wedding.

Contributed by:
Diane Estey   – Delicate Designs – www.delicatedesigns-coord.com

 
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Here’s to Sand in Your Hair – Unique Wedding Ceremony

18 Jan

A hot new trend is sweeping the nation, taking a cue from reality TV in the marriage of Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter of the TV series, “The Bachelorette.” Brides looking for a way to spice up the traditional unity candle ceremony have discovered the sharing of sand.

The ceremony entails pouring sand from a personal container the bride and groom choose (such as a shell or other object of personal significance) into another singular vessel. The idea is old, but the symbolism is new – the combining of two unique individuals into one cohesive family. Often times, the couples will retain a small portion from the whole symbolizing retaining unique attributes of the Bride and Groom.

Often times the sand is colored, and the combination of the two colors create yet another. Not having your wedding on the beach? Grab some sand from your favorite Idaho location to use instead – or somewhere else that holds a special meaning for you as a couple. Or, if all else fails you can find colored sand online available for purchase.

In an age where couples are planning weddings that are unique to their beliefs and lifestyle, the sand ceremony can be personalized many different ways to fit the occasion. Let your imagination loose – choose different colors to represent different promises, personality traits, anything – pair the ceremony with your favorite poem or song. Any way you plan it, you will have  a unique keepsake to treasure after your wedding.

 
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Environmentally friendly wedding transportation

13 Nov
Airport Shuttle Bus

Have your guests take advantage of shuttle busses

With a bit of planning, it is easy to make your wedding more earth-friendly, from the invitations that you choose to the attire, the food, and the dishware. The suggestions discussed over the last month can be incorporated into other events as well, from anniversary parties to company picnics.

By making a few changes, you can do your part to make the Earth a better place and reduce the glut of landfill waste.

Transportation - If you will have a number of out-of-town guests attending the wedding, you might arrange transportation for them so they don’t need to rent cars. Most hotels will provide shuttle service to and from the airport. Many cities offer trolleys and/or shuttle buses that you can rent by the hour to transport guests to and from the ceremony and reception. If your city doesn’t offer such a service, then rent one or more passenger vans and ask a friend or relative to act as chauffeur.

-Submitted by Glenna Tooman, Memory Makers Event Planning, LLC
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To Theme or not to Theme your Idaho Wedding

28 Apr

Are you still struggling with choosing theme for your wedding? This is a great time of year to look for inspiration – even in some strange places.

To find theme ideas, be sure to check the obvious sources: search the web, check out wedding blogs, pick up some bridal magazines. There are some other places that you might be able to pick up some wedding theme ideas while you are researching. Check out these locations for additional ideas:

  • Wedding rentals – look at the displays and talk to the experts about what themes they have seen
  • Wedding planners – if you are working with a wedding planner be sure to pick their brain – chances are they’ve seen a lot!
  • Wedding locations/ venues – when touring locations, ask the folks in charge about themes they’ve seen – what other folks have done that worked really well
 
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