Nikole and Justin March 20th

Last weekend Nikole and Justin were married at Alyeska. These pictures are from the engagement shoot they did with Molly DeKruif from Blink Photographic. Can't wait to see her wedding pictures!
The following pictures were taken by my sister, thanks for taking some detail shots for me!!












This wedding had so many great elements to it. Nikole loved the natural look of moss and wood and Our Lady of the Snows chapel in Girdwood was the perfect location to showcase that look. We kept it pretty simple with moss wreaths on the aisle and up at the altar we set up birch tubes filled with some fun flowers and greens. We "tied" the unity candle in to the decor by using twine to wrap some bark around it. On the front doors we carved out their initials from styrofoam and covered them with moss. That was it for decorations at the ceremony and it was perfect!












Nikole's colors were yellow and green. For her bouquet we used yellow orchids, ranunculas, freesia, and tulips. The bridesmaids were just the same but a bit smaller. All of the stems had bark tied with twine. The bout.'s were pretty simple using a yellow calla lilly and tied with bark also. I loved this bark and yellow combo. So spring-y!!
At the reception we made these awesome Manzanita branch centerpieces. I have been wanting to do this for so long! We hotglued some orchids on the branches and hung some votives as well. I covered the base in moss, to keep with the theme from the ceremony and also attached some beautiful ranunculas to the base.














The cupcake stand was one of my favorites!! Check it out! I know I am going to have some brides that want to use this for their wedding too. Nikole had cupcakes instead of the traditional wedding cake and we wanted to make something that was a bit unique. At first we were going to make a cupcake stand out of some old lp's (the couple collects records). But when I came across a picture on the web of a tree-like cupcake stand I knew we had to have that for this wedding. Read the following post for more details on that.

Metal branch cupcake stand

I saw this picture of a metal branch cupcake stand online and knew it would be perfect for a wedding we were getting ready for. Trouble was I couldn't find anyone to rent/buy it from here in AK. Luckily I happen to have a great friend who is an iron worker who was able to make one for me! This is what he made after looking at the pictures and getting some details from me..

Awesome, isn't it?!! We used this cupcake stand in a wedding this last weekend so I'll post some pictures later of it with the moss base and cupcakes.

Thanks Jeremy, my dear iron worker/metal artist friend!! I love it!

fiftyflowers.com

Many times I get the opportunity to do the flowers for my clients. My last client loved ranunculus (I do too!). Unfortunately the wholesaler I normally order from was unable to get them for me so I tried out www.fiftyflowers.com . They not only looked great when they were delivered to my door but the company called me within an hour of the delivery to make sure they were in good condition. The prices were pretty good too. Check them out if you are doing your own flowers!

Save the date magnets

Save the date magnets are very popular right now. One thing a bride should remember when ordering them is that the small business card size magnets cannot be mailed without putting them into a larger envelope. The smallest envelope that can be mailed through the post office is a 3.5x5 envelope.
I like to have my save the dates fit nicely within the envelope rather than sliding around loosely in there so I make cards that I can stick the magnet on. This particular client had some extra information she wanted to send with her save the dates so it worked out great.

envelopments

Wow, its been awhile...

I have been crazy busy with invitations this year which is different but nice. I have noticed that many of my clients like the envelopements that I do so I thought it would be fun to post about the way I make them. :) I took pictures during the process while making my last bunch and here they are:

First I design the invitation itself keeping in mind the clients style, theme, and colors.Then I add the colorful backing to the stationery

Mount it into the envelopment

..add any inserts that the client would like to include..and then finish it off with a pretty label. This whole card fits inside an outer envelope and then it is ready for mailing!