Wedding Wedneday - Flowers & Decor

So I'll admit, I'm not gung-ho on flowers. Although I love flowers and think they are beautiful, I just don't get excited about planning floral arrangements. I think my momma will do just a fine job at arranging that! ;) Anyway, for a fall wedding - I am obviously going to keep with my planned palette of warm colors (burnt orange, dark chocolate, ivory, burlap, gold tones). I confess I do not know exact names of the flowers I want, but these are some of the photos I've saved that strike my floral fancy...

Very warm & bright bouquet...I think I would like it better with some darker tones as well.

I LOVE the use of wheat for a table centerpiece. It just looks so festive and simple.

This boutenniere keeps in theme with the first bouquet idea. Love!
Take away the striped fabric replace it with antique Chantilly lace and this bouquet would probably be my favorite. I love the mixture of textures and variety of flowers in it.
However, this one does come in a close second. I don't know, I might even like it more. I love the warmth of it!

So now ya'll get an idea of the scheme I am trying to create. Warm colors combined with a hint of darkness are catching my eye for flowers, and wheat and (of course) pumpkins are of great interest of decor (reception, entryways, etc).

P.S.: SATURDAY IS OCTOBER 1ST!!!!! Fall is here!!!!

xoxo- C

Wedding Wednesday - Cakes

Today is going to be a short-ish post, consisting mostly of pictures. Now ya'll know I like to bake, so, naturally, wedding cakes (and confections in general) excite me. Don't tell Ty, but I already have the cake stand for our wedding :) - along with some fabric for table runners, sashes, etc., - plus 2 beverage canisters. Who cares if it's 1 1/2-2 years away? I like to plan! :) Anywho, here are a few of my cake ideas/picks in all of their sugary beautiful glory...

This might be my favorite one! You can't tell much from this picture, but there are mini white dots all over.

This one is so cozy and rustic...definitely a fave, as well.

Very classic and soft. Maybe add an espresso brown letter C to the middle oval?

I love damask; that's all there is to it!

For the groom's cake, Ty has mentioned he would like his precious grandmother to make his. She makes a to-die-for coconut cake, which would be great for a spring or summer affair, but in October...it doesn't seem very seasonal, ha! I personally could totally see him having a cool little "golf-themed" grooms cake, or maybe a UTor P hilidephia Eagles one. Who knows! We'll cross that bridge when we come to it! :)

Happy Hump Day! xoxo-C

Photos courtesy of The Knot and Pinterest

Wedding Wednesday - Bridesmaids Edition

It's Wedding Wednesday time in Tennessee and today's WW is about bridesmaids dresses! Couldn't leave out my girls! :) I am going to be quick with this post, because I am waist-deep in online math homework! (oopsies?) Any way, the colors I like that would coordinate with my color palette are: espresso & burnt orange. So hopefully we can plan on keeping with that scheme. Here are a few styles I like...

I am still undecided on whether to go long or short. Long is so flowy, pretty, & elegant, while short still keeps it fun & fresh. I'll get some of my girls input on that! I love the chiffon fabric of all of these dresses, and think they would look good in the colors I mentioned. I have to admit...#1 & #4 are my faves. I like #3 too for a short one. All of my b-maids will look great no matter what, and I also think these styles will look great on any one of their different body types. Gotta love diversity! Night ya'll!

Wedding Wednesday

I am been waiting & waiting & waiting to do this post! Yay for weddings! Yay for being a bride-to-be! Yay for having a great fiance! Yay wedding planning! ...ok, now that I have THAT out of my system...

Wedding Wednesdays are pretty much gonna work like this: I'm going to showcase a few ideas/thoughts/reflections about my wedding planning -which I still have approximately 2 yrs to plan but stillllll :) it's so exciting! I usually hate (ok I may still hate it a little) to showcase all these ideas and such because I'm a stickler for people being little copycats! Meow! But this is an exception...even though I still am not for little copykitties! Oh well...back to happiness land. :)

I am planning on a fall wedding in October. We started dating on Oct. 2nd so it would be ideal to get married on that day but in 2-ish yrs it falls on a weird non-wedding-like day such as Tuesday or something...but we can work that out later! Keywords for our wedding: classic, warm, welcome, elegant, rustic...yes I am loving it already! Woo hoo :)

Here is my little Ty and I on the night we got engaged! (cue applause)
Part of me wants to be the classic Southern bride that gets married in the church she went to all through her life, but part of me also wants to be different. That being said, I love the look of this venue. I have been living on The Knot and Wedding Wire and RuffledBlog for the past forever and those sites really help in getting a feel of how you want your day to feel. It didn't specify if this was a barn or old southern home or whatever it might be, but I love the look & mood of this venue!I really don't love the idea of black tuxes with my color combo (burnt orange, gold/wheat, and chocolate), so I loooove the look of this tux! It's not too too formal either, which I like. I want our wedding to be elegant, but not stuffy.Also in LOVE with this barn! So rustic & vintage, with a classy look too!
And could you get any more Southern than a BISCUIT BAR?! How stinking cute would this be for a quaint little downhome Southern wedding?! Just load some toppings on your biscuit of choice and you're set!


I'll wait a little while to post some dress ideas...I have waaaay too many ideas floating around in my head for that! Like I said...couple-ish of years=lots of time to plan...BUT it will probably sneak up on me really quickly!