Pink Wedding Ideas {Vintage}

Feb 14th

by: Lauren

Continuing on with this week’s special Pink Wedding Ideas series, today with have something that is absolutely perfect for today’s Valentine’s Day holiday! This vintage look incorporates gorgeous pink garden roses and pink tulips in my antique milk glass vases with old books and antique plates and flatware. Add a lace overlay on top of an ivory linen, and we have ourselves a beautifully vintage pink wedding look! See more of this look in the photos captured by Caroline & Evan Photography…

So what do you think of this vintage pink look? Milk glass is one of my favorite things- I have a little too much of it actually! (If you want to catch up on all of the other styles, go here!)

Will any of you be using milk glass bud vases like these for your own wedding centerpieces?

Vendors who made it all happen…

Photographer: Caroline & Evan Photography / Design & Styling: Every Last Detail / Flower Provider: FiftyFlowers.com / Linens: Connie Duglin

Vintage Valentine’s Day Love Session

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Feb 14th

by: Lauren

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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Since today is all about celebrating love, I thought this vintage Valentine’s Day love session from Emily Grace Design and Shutter Life Productions would be the perfect thing to start us off today! With glitter, love letters, cake, and a couple who is totally and completely in love, you really can’t go wrong, right?

From Emily of Emily Grace Design:

We created this Valentine’s Day Photo Session as the first part of an upcoming affordable styled photo session series that we will be working on with Shutter Life Productions over the upcoming year. Lori from SLP, and spent hours finding inspiration, brainstorming, and coming up with a theme that we were excited to create for the shoot. We landed on a vintage airmail theme. We wanted to give our couples a lot of different elements to interact with during their shoot, and I think we came up with a great combination of vintage props and sweet love letters to tie everything together. I loved the paper airplane backdrop that we hung from the trees. We created a custom print on the paper that said “p.s. i love you” before folding into planes. We had so much fun with each of our couples and families that we hung out with that day, and we can’t wait to announce our next session!

For a behind the scenes look at the fun, check out the video that Shutter Life Productions put together to capture to love!

Behind the Scenes w: Shutter Life & Emily Grace Design from Shutter Life Productions on Vimeo.

I love that this was a real shoot, using a real, totally and completely in love couple! And what a great excuse for taking updated photos together- a beautifully styled and fun photo session like this!

So tell me- would you consider doing a Valentine’s Day love session with your significant other for next year? [I actually kind of did one myself last year- you can see it here, complete with a recipe for a dinner date at home!]

Vendors who made it all happen…

Planning & Design: Emily Grace Design / Photography & Cinematography: Shutter Life Productions / Rentals & Props: Borrowed Grace Rentals by Emily Grace Design / Desserts: Cookie Crumbs Bakery

Pink Wedding Ideas {Modern}

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Feb 13th

by: Lauren

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We’re continuing the Pink Wedding Ideas miniseries this afternoon with one of my favorite wedding styles- modern! (If you want to catch up on the other styles, go here!) I’ve been wanting to pair a pale blue with pink for forever, and this was the perfect opportunity! I created a centerpiece using various sized rectangle and square vases, piecing them all together to create the whole centerpiece! Take a look at the photos that Caroline & Evan Photography captured of it all…

I think the menu box was my favorite part of this look! I found these little wooden boxes at the dollar store, painted them gold, and created menus that fit perfectly inside- like a gift at a placesetting! This concept would be great for favors too!

So what do you all think of this modern look? Are any of you having a modern wedding yourselves?

Vendors who made it all happen…

Photographer: Caroline & Evan Photography / Design & Styling: Every Last Detail / Flower Provider: FiftyFlowers.com / Linens: Connie Duglin

Romantic Blush Florida Wedding

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Feb 13th

by: Lauren

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Since tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, I thought that this romantic blush wedding from Concept Photography would be perfect for today! From the blush pinks and gorgeous florals, to the beautiful lakefront ceremony and unique centerpieces- this wedding is like a breath of fresh air! The beautiful bride Samantha has shared her wedding day insight with us today, so sit back and enjoy!

What (or who) helped you most in your planning process and/or on your wedding day?

During the more than two year planning of the wedding, I must have spent over 3,000 hours on wedding blogs getting inspiration, and at least 5,000 hours researching vendors and venues on weddingwire.com. I decided we’d definitely need a wedding planner since we live in Dubai and the wedding would be held near my home town in Florida. Christy Subler from Anna Christine Events helped me with everything from finding the venue and other vendors, to gluing my nail together when it broke right before the ceremony, to dealing with the stress that planning a wedding can cause. She was a great help.

What was the most important thing to you when deciding who to work with for your wedding?

I wanted to make sure that everyone who worked on my wedding was experienced, professional and really had a passion for what they do. Concept Photography took our engagement photos and were there all day a the wedding. When a person loves what they do, it comes out in their work! I think you can definitely see it in the pictures.

What was your inspiration for your wedding details and/or design?

I like soft colors, candle-light, day dreaming, cozy dinners with family, fading photographs, and antique design. I think the wedding just became an embodiment of the things that I find beautiful. It wasn’t necessarily on purpose, it just developed every time we’d go to a vendor and I’d say “well I thought I wanted this, but that is so much more me”.

What was your favorite thing about your wedding?

My absolute favorite thing about my wedding was this part where I GOT MARRIED! The wedding was absolutely beautiful, but in the end of the day, it really is only a party to celebrate your new union. If I had to pick one element, it would be that all my friends and family from all over the world were there. I had friends come from the UK, from Switzerland, France, and from all over the US. It was amazing to see everyone I loved in one place.

And another glimpse of Samantha and Malik’s wedding day via their “trailer” from Shutterlife Productions…

Samantha & Malik (wedding teaser) from Shutter Life Productions on Vimeo.

What is your best piece of advice for other brides?

My best advice is to enjoy the whole experience of being engaged and planning your wedding. Work on your relationship along the way, let your fiance decide on the things that are important to him. If it’s the music or the food or his tuxedo, let him have it! Don’t sweat the small stuff. So what if you were so rushed the morning of the wedding that you forgot to shave your legs? So what if the flowers are not the right shade of whatever color you chose. You only get to do this once, if you’re lucky. Don’t worry, be happy.

Oh I adore Samantha’s advice to work on your relationship throughout the wedding planning! Sometimes that can be forgotten in the hustle and bustle of everything.

What do you think of this romantic, pastel wedding? I think I love the tables with the bottles of flowers the most!