Do Not Disturb signs

Wedding tip of the day: 

Be sure your guests are not disturbed the next morning! 

Create simple Do Not Disturb signs for your welcome bags/boxes for guests staying overnight.  You can design these yourself to match your wedding colors. Be sure to include “Recovering from the Wedding of” on these for a really cute touch. 

End of the Night Coffee Favor

Wedding Tip of the Day:

Coffee Fix!

Refuel your guests with some caffeine at the end of the night.  Purchase personalized travel coffee mugs (check promotional item websites for inexpensive versions like this one) and have your caterer set up a coffee bar.  Guests who are traveling far will really appreciate the caffeine fix and the travel mug acts as a great favor.

Cookie Buffet

Wedding Tip of the Day:

Cookie Buffet!

Consider a cookie buffet instead of a candy bar for your favor.  Set out a variety of cookies and have your caterer get small cartons of milk (like you got at recess in grade school). Get some paper straws (check here at Bake It Pretty) and cute little bags and labels so guests can pack up some cookies to take home.

Check out this fabulous cookie buffet from Rebecca Thus

Candle Escort Cards

Wedding Tip of the Day:

For a fun take on escort cards, print guests names and tables on vellum and wrap it around small tealight holders.  Use battery operated lights so nothing gets too hot for guests.  Once guests arrive at their table with their “placecards” the tealights will serve as candlelight around the table. 

A Backyard Affair

Real wedding feature:

A not so big backyard, a sunny day and a little help

equals a dream come true wedding for this couple!

In just a few weeks time, and with a little help from the girls over at It's All In The Details, this couple planned the ultimate backyard wedding!  

Anyone who has ever said you can't have a wedding with style in the backyard have not met the team over at It's All In The Details.  These ladies like a challenge and boy, did they deliver on this one! Transforming this backyard into a beautiful wedding ceremony site (and then reception! more on that later) was no small feat, and they surpassed even the bride's wildest expectations.

The house may have looked like every other on the block before the festivities, but take a peek at these photos from Jeffrey Vock to see what was hiding in the backyard as the festivities were about to begin...

Check out the happy bride getting ready in her fabulous custom sweatsuit

from In Style Before The Aisle.

The invitations and programs were also designed by It's All In The Details and had a lovebird motif. (Check out the adorable red birds just over the groom's shoulder...

LOVE that little detail).  

The love could be felt all around...from the groom's brother performing the ceremony to the thoughtfully written vows exchanged by the bride and groom, this was one happy couple!

While the wedding guests moved to the front porch for cocktail hour, the It's All In The Details team hurried to transform the backyard from the ceremony into the reception site.  Now, that takes some serious organization, not to mention audacity.  This kind of transformation in less than an hour?  If I had not witnessed it, I would swear it couldn't be done.  But, here are the pictures to prove that the reception was as elegant and beautiful as the ceremony. (Oh, and check out the gorgeous wedding guest tree from LoviDay Wedding Designs. What a great idea!  And the escort cards with the love birds...too cute!)

As the night wore on, the guests had a fabulous time.  I just love how the crystal curtain backdrop sparkled in the moonlight.  The couple put a new twist on the wine bottle favor (with the help of It's All In The Details) by creating a label with a wedding photo!! Talk about instant gratification.  But I guess given the amazing feats pulled off that day, anything is possible! 

   

Even the new Mr. and Mrs. were blown away by how elegant and stylish their little wedding in the backyard became.  And It's All In The Details, great job ladies!  What an amazing job.

Special thanks to Jeffrey Vock for his fabulous photos.

Style Me Pretty Magazine!

Wedding Tip of the Day:

Check out Style Me Pretty and their new digtal magazine for loads of ideas and inspiration.

Chic Affordable Centerpieces

Wedding Tip of the Day:

Don’t poo-poo more economical flower choices without considering all your options.  Some cheaper flowers when clustered together can have a chic look.  Carnations crammed in a low dish or used to create a pomander atop a candlestick can be very elegant without breaking the bank.