Blush, Pink, Vintage Wedding Design Ideas

By on April 14, 2012 in Daily Scoop, Wedding Design Ideas

afloral.com Pink and Blush Wedding

 

Blushing brides have something to smile about with this gorgeous color scheme.  Blush or soft pink wedding colors are a popular choice among spring and summer brides.

Shades of pink, peach, blush, and cream wedding colors lend themselves to creating a beautiful, soft, feminine, and romantic wedding look.  If you pair these feminine shades with vintage wedding accents and accessories you can create a stylish and affordable vintage pink wedding or a tea party wedding theme.

Afloral.com’s recent photo-shoot showcases several stylish, romantic wedding design ideas. From bouquets and corsages, to centerpieces and  chair backs, it’s a great resource of ideas using affordable silk wedding flowers, a beautiful palette, and unique vintage finds.  Pull inspiration from their look, pink and blush wedding theme to customize your own romantic or vintage wedding day.

afloral.com blush wedding bouquet

Pretty in Pink

Set the tone for your romantic wedding day with the right wedding color choices.  Pink is a forever romantic color choice that is soft and not overpowering.  Stay on the lighter spectrum of pinks, blushes, creams and peaches to set a warm tone and atmosphere.  Afloral.com’s romantic bouquet pairs light shades of pink and creams with the classic flower choices. The bouquet is made up of pink anemones, peach tone peonies and whimsical lily of the valley sprigs. The bouquet’s look comes together with a touch of greenery and a tied lace doily to complete the look.

DIY corsages are a simple and easy way to save money without cutting corners and skimping on your look.  Make your own corsages for the special women that will be there supporting your vows.  To create the Pink Wedding Corsage, take one large pink rose bud and accent with two smaller and lighter shade buds and a sprig of white hydrangea.  Light chiffon ribbon can be added to a wire and then attached to the trimmed stems of the bouquet or simply tie it around the stems for a finished look.

Set your wedding palette and look with the type of wedding flowers you choose.  What better place to start when planning a romantic, feminine wedding than with your wedding flower choices.  While you might already have a color scheme idea in your head, you can nail down specific shades and accent colors by choosing what wedding flowers you like in your bouquet.

afloral.com blush wedding chairback

Customize with DIY

Carry your wedding colors and flowers into other areas of your wedding design.  DIY chairbacks are a perfect way to dress up reception chairs and frame the bridal table.  They can be assembled ahead of time with little prep needed the day of your wedding and you can incorporate some of the same flower choices you’ve used in your bouquet, boutonnieres and corsages into the project.  Using the same wedding flower choices will allow you to order in bulk and save money.  Every little bit helps, right?

Afloral.com created a unique, romantic Blush Rose Chairback for your vintage or pink wedding theme.  DIY projects like this one can give you a custom look without a custom price tag. It’s made up of only 4 elements that are all under $5 each.

Create this chairback with two large open cabbage roses in a muted, soft pink combined with several vibrant pink french rose buds and smaller accents of cabbage rose buds.  Lambs ear leaf spray is used for greenery and gives a fuller and more natural feel to the arrangement.  Pink chiffon ribbon is secured on the back of the chair and then looped into a big loose bow holding the flower arrangement.  Small buds are trimmed and glued on the ribbon to cascade down the chairback for a feminine, soft and romantic effect.

afloral.com vintage pink table

Accessorize!

Wedding accessories can put the finishing touches on your wedding day.  All the little things can start adding up fast when you’re trying to style a ceremony and reception.  Vintage finds can offer you an affordable alternative.  You can pick up vintage teacups, place settings, glass vases (color tinted and milk glass are a vintage must!), table clothes, lace doilies, books, and music sheets at second hand and vintage shops, as well as barn and yard sales.

Vintage items will add a sophisticated and add to the romantic feel of your pink wedding theme.  They also allow you to mix and match. An eclectic selection doesn’t take away from a vintage wedding theme.  Tea cups are a popular item to style weddings with – their versatility and popularity have created a new trendy wedding theme of tea party weddings.

Tea cups look fabulous on reception tables whether used in their traditional use for a beverage, as a place card or centerpiece.  For another DIY vintage wedding design idea, trim floral stems to leave just the bloom and place it in a teacup to accent a centerpiece arrangement or pair it with a name card to set at guests’ place settings.  Continue your theme with tea bags as guest favors.

Possibilities are endless….

There are just so many great styling ideas for vintage wedding themes.  When planning your wedding look, consider adding some sentimental touches that will help make your look stand out even more.  Vintage hankerchiefs from a grandmother, mother, or aunt can be used as beautiful accents to tie around your bouquet or under centerpieces on reception tables.  Photographs of your parents, grandparents, and perhaps even great-grandparents can be displayed around your guest book to add a touch of nostalgia and honor family ties.

Get ready to blush on your wedding day as guests comment over your gorgeous decor.  Pink weddings will always be a favorite. Style your look with romantic, soft shades of wedding flowers and custom DIY wedding design projects.  Pair the timeless beauty of pink weddings with great vintage finds for an affordable and uniquely styled wedding day that will come off romantic, feminine and personalized.  For more great wedding design ideas check out afloral.com’s latest wedding themes by style and color.

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DIY Vintage Paper Wedding Projects

By on February 23, 2012 in Daily Scoop, How To

sheet-music-wedding inspiration, alexandranicoledesign.com

 

DIY paper crafts have been quite popular in recent years.   And who wouldn’t love a craft that is as cheap as a piece of paper to transform into a beautiful accessory or decoration?

Paper crafts aren’t limited to kid’s birthday parties, there are countless thoughtful and well crafted ideas for wedding favors, accessories and decorations.  These aren’t cut and paste kids crafts or on the other hand complicated origami creations;  there is a happy medium.  With the right ideas, inspiration and tutorials you can construct beautiful, artistic  and the best of all inexpensive DIY paper wedding projects.

Today we are going to narrow our DIY wedding paper projects to vintage paper crafts, perfect for a romantic or rustic theme wedding.  Pick up vintage books, dictionaries or sheet music at local thrift, second hand stores or at estate or garage sales.  With one or two books you’ll be able to create fabulous wedding favors and decor items for pennies a piece!

Vintage paper music cones, pinterest.com user upload Lisa May

Music Cones

Create these vintage music, paper cones by simply cuttings a square out of sheet music and rolling it into a cone shape.  To get a cone shape, turn the square so it sits like a diamond and then roll the edges across narrowing it at the bottom and securing it with a dab of glue or tape.  Leave it just as a cone or attach a piece of ribbon to hang.

The vintage music cone can be used at reception place settings as shown adorned with flowers or use it to hold a favor like chocolates.  Make larger cones out of whole sheets of paper to hold silk flower arrangement, hang them as chair back decorations at the ceremony or make one for the flower girl to carry down the aisle.

 

 

Vintage music paper flowers, etsy.com

Paper Flowers

Paper flowers have been a recent trendy DIY craft, due in part because there is just so much you can do with them.  Styles  and methods to create paper flowers range from rolled, folded to layered.  They can be used for arrangements, decorations at reception place settings or escort cards and accents on cakes or favors.

The flowers shown are available on etsy.com from seller smilemercantile, they are large stemmed flowers made of vintage 1880s sheet music.  If you’re looking for a similar look and up for the craft project weddingchicks.com had a great tutorial with step by step photos.  Create a layered paper flower with a scalloped paper punch, your choice of paper and a few other miscellaneous tools.

Vintage paper heart confetti, etsy.com seller ddeforest

Confetti

Confetti is cheap and versatile, DIY vintage paper confetti has several possibilities for uses at your wedding.  Break with tradition and have the flower girl toss handfuls of heart shaped confetti cut from vintage sheet music or romance novels as she walks down the aisle.  Use music sheet printed confetti with soft pink flower petals for a true touch of romance that will grace the ceremony aisle.  Heart confetti can also serve as a unique table accent, scattered at the base of the reception table centerpieces or along the cake display table.

Use a craft, heart shaped paper punch to make this not only a cheap but extremely easy DIY project.  And if your really watching your budget or just like being frugal save your scraps of vintage paper from other projects like the music paper cone and punch heart shapes out for your confetti.

diy-wedding-pinwheels, oncewed.com

Paper Pinwheels

Pinwheels are fun favors and whimsical decorations.  Using vintage music sheet to keep with the classic, romantic look you can tie the wands with soft pink ribbons or strings of lace.  These would be a fun, different favor to hand out after the ceremony transitioning into the wedding reception.

Oncewed.com had a fabulous, easy to follow tutorial showing how to make your own beautiful and affordable wedding pinwheel favors.  You’ll need large 12″ X 12″ paper, wooden dowels, push pins and miscellaneous tools; all easy to find items and to by in bulk to save you even more money.

Fall in Love with Vintage Paper Favors

I love it when you can find smart, crafty DIY projects that allow you to transform cheap, everyday materials into beautiful, custom wedding or party decorations.  While realistically you aren’t going to craft your entire wedding look out of paper crafts, a few DIY wedding paper projects can provide you with the right cheap, affordable wedding accessories to bring together your whole look.  It’s about the little and personal touches you can put into your wedding day to make it special and memorable.

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Colorful Wedding Themes

By on February 4, 2012 in Wedding Design Ideas

Bridesmaid hair?, bridalsnob.tumblr.com

 

Are you bold enough to go for color in your wedding?

Bold, vibrant colors are in.  They offer a fresh, fun vibe and styled the right way give you a fabulous wedding look.  According to austinweddingblog.com, “2012 will be the year of multi-colors and collaborative textures”.

During Thursday’s DIY colorful bouquet post we talked briefly about this new wedding color and texture trend.  I’m always on the hunt for the hottest trends and the right special touches that will bring your wedding to life.  I’ve collected a few colorful wedding inspiration photos from fellow wedding blogs and am going to run down how you can add anywhere from a pop to an explosion of color to your wedding day.

You might wan to borrow a few ideas on how to add some touches of color to your wedding day using the right resources and DIY project ideas.  Or take one or two vibrant hues and run them throughout your wedding day.  A third option is to channel your inner Betsy Johnson and go all out with every and any color imaginable.

Whatever your choice start with the basics I’ll run through today and make them fit your style, your needs, your wedding.

colorful wedding dress trend, austinweddingblog.com

Bridal Look

Girls just want to have fun, and what better day than on your wedding.  Add color to the traditional white bridal palette for a fresh, contemporary take.  Afloral.com’s wildflower clutch from Thursday showcases beautiful, lush color.  Complementary colors, orange, blues, yellows and purples, really pop.  The variety of silk flower textures and colors are a fabulous focal point to base your decor around.  Weave these bright, complementary hues throughout your wedding the whole day color rich.

If you’re bold enough to go for something different, don’t let your bridal bouquet have all the fun or color.  Layers of rich, bold color sewn within the train or skirt of your bridal gown will turn heads.  This unexpected gown will wow guests and leave them talking.

neon wedding theme, bklynbrideonline.com

Reception Decor

Get the party started with color and style.  DIY wedding project alert.  This is the perfect category to DIY and cash in on big savings.  Creating and styling some of your own reception decor can be the key to an affordable wedding.

Take one of the hues from your wedding centerpiece and carry it into the table service.  Featured in this great neon wedding theme on bklynbrideonline.com check out the paint dipped silverware.  A great DIY project and money saver; pick up mismatched silverware at thrift stores or garage sales and pick out your paint color.  You could choose to spray paint or dip the ends of the silverware in your bright paint choice.  Viola custom table settings that will cost you a couple of dollars per setting verses the cost of buying or renting!

If your ready to go all out, get an eclectic, fun look with an explosion of color throughout reception decor.  Great for a twist on your winter wedding, a refreshing spring I do or sunny summer day, styled the right way it wont look over done.  Pick one or two main colors to be repeated throughout your look and then add in dashes of complementary colors here and there.  Mix textures of fabrics, flowers and decor items to keep it interesting and engaging.

photo booth with props, 100layercake.com

Good Old Fun

A bright, colorful wedding will have everyone smiling and enjoying your special day.  Incorporate a little extra fun with some old stand by party favorites no wedding is to posh for balloons, streamers, bubbles and props.  Love this photo booth with props idea from 100layercake.com.  Guests will have a blast and you’ll have fun, fabulous keepsakes to remember your special day.

Your wedding day is a day to remember, enjoy, have fun.  Let it showcase who you are, your style, your look, your wedding.

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DIY Colorful Bridal Bouquets

By on February 2, 2012 in Daily Scoop, How To

Bright Bridal Bouquets, afloral.com

Winter blues got you down?  This week we’re going to pump up the color spectrum by adding some vibrant hues to your wedding palette.

Whether you want to find inspiration for a funky, fun celebration, are just thinking spring or want to borrow a few ideas to add a pop of color to your special day, you’ll love what’s in store.

Today’s how to is going to feature two bright, brilliant bridal bouquets that you can make yourself.  Silk wedding flowers can offer you endless possibilities at affordable prices.  You don’t have to settle for less when it comes to your wedding bouquet and trying to fit it within an affordable wedding budget.

Silk flowers are a fabulous, budget friendly alternative.  You can search through hundreds for types and colors without having to worry about their availability and price.

Once you’ve figured out your wedding theme order all your flowers for bouquets and decor together, ordering in bulk will guarantee even more savings.  Order silks in singular stems or sprays, sprays will allot you multiple smaller blooms and greenery for accents in bouquets and arrangements.

DIY wildflower clutch wedding bouquet, afloral.com

Wild & Free

Materials:

  1. Trim silk flower stems, taking off greenery and separating individual blooms off the silk sprays.
  2. Start with the larger blooms, 3 roses & 4 gerberas, arrange paying attention to how the flower blooms sit together.  You will trim the ends of the stems after the bouquet is put together.
  3. Next start sliding in the individual, smaller blooms from the sprays, pom poms & cornflowers. Slide in between the clutch of roses & gerberas.  These accent flowers will sit just above the others in the arrangement.
  4. Still holding the arranged bouquet clutch with one hand, secure the stems with your other hand using stem wrap floral tape.  Wrap the stems together a few inches below the flower heads.
  5. Once wrapped finish the whole look with ribbon or raffia, also hiding the stem wrap.

The wild flower clutch is a breath of fresh air, with vibrant, lush silk flowers.  The play of blues, yellows and oranges are complementary colors making the whole bouquet really pop.  The four types of silk flowers in this arrangement, gerbera, roses, pom poms and cornflowers offer a variety of styles and textures.  Both the gerberas and roses offer larger, lush petals while the smaller pom poms and cornflower petals are more spikey, dense accents.

Truly a bright sight this bridal bouquet does translate into a beautiful look.  The vibrant colors keep it fresh and fun with the textures of the petals intriguing.  Combine the blue roses and orange pom poms to make your groom a DIY boutonniere.  And have fun using accents of the bright hues throughout your wedding day decor.

DIY pink daisy wedding bouquet, afloral.com

Pretty in Pink

Materials:

  1. Start with a couple of gerbera stems and arrange them working outwards.  Add in more stems until you’ve included all 12 flowers.
  2. Trim the ends of the stems and then secure with stemwrap.
  3. Finishing touches add a loosely tied piece of ribbon, over the stemwrap.

Pink is the ultimate girl color and the perfect fit for a bright, colorful wedding look.  The pink gerbera daisy bouquet is simple yet effective.  The bright pink hue combined with carefree nature of the daisy creates a light and fresh look. The bouquet, made all of the same floral stems, is easy to assemble even for beginner DIY brides.

The warm, vibrant pink keeps this bouquet girly, whimsical the perfect fit for a bright, cheerful wedding day.  These stems are ideal to combine in arrangements, cheap at $1.49 a stem, use them in bouquets, boutonnieres and centerpieces or even as an accent on wedding favors.

Let It Shine

Shine on sister and create a colorful, memorable wedding bouquet.  Bright colors and playful textures are going to be a big wedding trend this coming year.  Stop back Saturday to go over more ways to incorporate both into your special day.  Whether you pump it up throughout your wedding decor or pick up a few ways to add a little pop here and there, we’ve got your 2012 colorful guide right here!

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Wedding Bridal Accessories

By on December 24, 2011 in Daily Scoop, Wedding Design Ideas

wedding white rose, afloral.com

Accessories are a girl’s best friend.  While diamonds might not be your thing, I’m sure you have an accessory in your closet or jewelry box that is your favorite.

Accessories can make a look or outfit.   They are let you show off your personal style, and provide the right finishing touches to pull everything together.  Shoes, jewelry, purses, hats take your pick, whether you’re a classic pearls with flats or a little rock and roll with rhinestones and platform wedges.

Accessorize! Make sure and line up the right wedding accessories for your bridal look; your gorgeous wedding gown needs the right accessories to complete the whole look.  Today we’re going to go over a few of these wedding accessories that you should think about when customizing your bridal look.

If you plan ahead and play your cards right you can get a few great deals and use some DIY wedding projects to save money. With a few inexpensive wedding accessories you’ll be able to afford one area to splurge.  So let’s get started.

wedding handbag

Handbags

You might not have thought about having a purse to go with your wedding gown.  But a small clutch or handbag is the perfect place to store some lip gloss a few bobby pins and what not as you go from your ceremony to reception.  Dress it up, find something formal, sparkly and detailed like this satin clutch with ornamented pearls and rhinestones.  This would be the perfect complement to your white wedding gown that looks dressy and classic.  Or go for something fun like sequins or animal print.

Etsy.com is filled with great custom handbags are reasonable prices.  This is an ideal wedding accessory to save money on keep it under $50 and you get the bonus of being able to use it again after your wedding day.

wedding pearls, silverandjewelry.com

Jewelry

Now you are about to get the most important piece of jewelry you’ve ever had.  Your wedding ring, which will be a symbol of your new matrimony and love for one another.  You also need to plan you’re other jewelry pieces you’ll wear down the aisle and throughout your day.

This is a great category to consider something old.   Take a queue from the Royals, Prince William used his mother’s ring to propose to Kate,  perhaps you or your inlaw’s side have a special piece of jewelry you could use for your special day.  Grandmother’s pearls would look stunning and hold sentimental value for any bride on her wedding day.   Added bonus something borrowed will cost you nothing.

wedding shoes, oncewed.com

Shoes

Shoes, you’ve got to love them.  I am definitely a shoe girl.  The right pair of shoes can make you feel like a million bucks.  Whether you want to dress up with a pair of heels or keep in casual in flats.  Wedding shoes are an area you can have a little fun.  Oncewed.com states “brides are chic, practical and budget conscious”, when it comes to shoes they want “an array of colors, styles, heel heights, brooch accents, platforms, bling, animal prints and avant garde look”.

Wedding shoes have so many options.  This is a great area to go trendy or really play up some personal style.  I love animal prints, these zebra print heels would be the perfect look for any bride to live on the wild side a little and show they can have fun with their wedding look.

wedding hair piece, afloral.com

Hair pieces

I hope you saw Thursday’s post, DIY wedding hair accessories.  We featured 3 DIY wedding hair accessory looks that all cost under $10!  They are a great easy and affordable wedding project that let’s you put a little personal style into your look.  A hair accessory adds just the right finishing touches to help pull your whole look together and draw a little extra attention to your wedding hairstyle.

 

 

Well I hope this run down has left you ready to get set and accessorize!  Have some fun show off your personal style but don’t blow your wedding budget over your bridal look.  Use some great finds and look for deals within certain categories like our clutch example, save by using a piece of borrowed jewelry and cash in on savings with an easy DIY wedding hair accessory project.  If you’re still looking for a few more ideas theknot.com has an accessory and finishing touches section that will allow you to search to find all the right accessories to complete your look.  Have fun styling!

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