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Winter Wonderland Wedding Ideas

As it cools down outside, take a look at some of our ideas to create a warm & inviting atmosphere for your winter wedding! 

 

 

via Ruffled & White Lilac Inc

Use lots of lights and candles to create a soft and warm glow.  Here the hanging orb candles create a delicately warm wedding ambiance.

 

via Intimate Weddings, Martha Stewart Weddings & Love and Lavender 

Keep guests warm with a hot cocoa bar. These can double as your party favor as well!

 

via Martha Stewart Weddings

Pinecones can be great accent decor and look fabulous as escort cards. 

 

via Ruffled

Rustic wood touches help to incorporate the winter season for your wedding. 

xFrances

Vintage Hollywood Wedding with Yellow and Gray Details

We were thrilled to see Kwanji + Howell's adorable retro Hollywood Romance inspired wedding on Style Me Pretty last week! 

Photographer: Patricia Kantzos Photography/ Venue: Pelham Bay & Split Rock Golf Course/ Artwork: Courtney from Swiss Cottage Designs / Event Planner: Lauren from Loli Events / Flowers: Lynn Jawitz of Florisan LLC / DJ: Philip Quinaz of 74 Events / Cake: Sal from Conti’s Pastry Shoppe / Invitations: Minted / Wedding Gown: Michelle Roth / Wedding Gown Purchased At: Kleinfeld Bridal / Shoes: Stuart Weitzman / Bridesmaids Dresses: Ella Park Bridal

Romantic Vintage Inspiration at The Metropolitan Building

We were so lucky to work with some amazing vendors on this photo shoot produced by the lovely blog Aisle Candy and the photographer KT Merry.  The full post was on Style Me Pretty, and here is a sampling.

 

 

 

If you want to see even more, head on over to Style Me Pretty!

The inspiration came from BHLDN's new line of wedding dresses.  From there we decided to do a super soft, romantic, vintage inspired shoot that was 100% pretty.  We shot at the Metropolitan Building, which is a super cool venue out in Long Island City, and we used all of the tableware from Anthropology.

I had the bright idea to do a sequin lined aisle, which came out beautifully, but word to the wise, you need a billion sequins to get a cool effect, and a good vacuum to pick them all up later!

I brought in some of my very favorite vendors to collaborate on this, including kat flower, Preston & Olivia, Nine Cakes and Love Jenna Calligraphy.  The absolutely freaking amazing photography was done by KT Merry, who I feel truly lucky to have worked with.  We also did a DIY project based on the favors in this shoot, which we'll feature next!

Location: The Metropolitan Building in Long Island City  (http://www.metropolitanbuilding.com/)
Photographer: KT Merry (http://www.ktmerry.com)
Hair: Takahide Tokuyama for Patrick Melville Salon  (http://takahidetokuyama.com/)
Makeup: Hiro Yonemoto for MAKE UP FOR EVER (http://www.hiroshiyonemoto.com) 
Models: Click Models (http://www.clickmodel.com/click-nyc.php)
Dresses: BHLDN (http://www.bhldn.com) and a few others from Gabriella New York (http://www.gabriellanewyork.com/)
Hair Accessories: Preston and Olivia (http://www.prestonandolivia.com), Jennifer Behr (http://www.jenniferbehr.com/) and Jannie Baltzer (http://janniebaltzer.com/)
Jewelry: BHLDN (http://www.bhldn.com)
Flowers: KatFlower  (http://katflower.blogspot.com/)
Cake and macarons: Nine Cakes (http://www.ninecakes.com)
Event design and styling: Rock Paper Scissors Events (http://www.rpscissors.com)
Calligraphy: Love Jenna (http://lovejennacalligraphy.com/)
All tableware: Anthropologie (http://www.anthropologie.com)

 
 
 

Great idea: Lighters for First Dance

Spotted this on one of my favorite blogs, Dog N' Bird, and it is just such a great idea to pass along.  Picture a "power ballad" first dance song with all of your guests swaying, lighters high in the air.  Does it get any better?  And besides that, love the presentation of the lighters in the apothecary jar, wrapped with pretty paper.  Those are definitely just inexpensive Bic lighters in there, and it looks great!  

 Image via Dog N' Bird, photography by Adi Nevo Photographs, originally via The Knot

Unique Product by Melangerie

Melangerie is always doing things a little differently and coming up with super creative, you-can't-find-this-anywhere-else products.  So I was not surprised when Elana sent over this darling new tote bag that just became available at their etsy store.  So cute and different, right?  I could totally see using this for out of town guest bags at a wedding where everyone is from somewhere else, or for bridesmaids gifts if all your gals are coming from all over. 

All photography courtesy Melangerie   

Super Crafty, Totally Do-able DIY project from Betsy White

OMG.  Honestly I can't say enough positive things about this DIY project I stumbled across when reading the Betsy White blog, Flights of Fancy.  These favor bags are so cute, look totally professional, and seem like you could actually do it yourself without having to ask Martha Stewart to bail you out.  Here is a picture of the final project and the tools necessary (see, nothing too scary), and go and see for yourself that this project is actually doable with a printer and a hole punch.  Betsy White is so awesome that they give you the template you need for FREE, downloadable from their blog.  How awesome is that?  For the full instructions, visit this link to Flights of Fancy and enjoy!

 

 

Great idea: Guest map + genealogy

I was lucky enough to have coffee last week with one of the coolest women in the wedding industry, Elana from Melangerie  .  Melangerie has the most unique paper and gift products around; the line is modern, customizable and just plain fun, and Elana is so creative and easy to work with.  I fell in love with the cleverness of her guest map and genealogy for your out of town guest welcome kits.  One side features a map with suggestions of things to do and the other features a who's who of guests attending to help everyone get acquainted.  Such a great idea and so well done.  What a perfect way to immediately set a creative tone for your wedding, plus provide your guests with something super useful? 

All images courtesy Melangerie.  To see even more unique ideas, visit www.melangerienyc.com