Fall Festival

When Tabitha wrote to me about her fall wedding, I was anxious to get started on her design. This board was somewhat of a clean slate for me, with a few guidelines of course. Tabitha wanted to incorporate fall colors and decor. She had decided on a color she wanted to use throughout her wedding, and knew that she wanted to have a formal event. I took Tabitha's ideas and created a board that reflects the beautiful fall ambiance and formality. Bridesmaids will wear floor-length dresses in a lovely spice color. Centerpieces incorporate white pumpkin vases, fall blooms, and wheat. The bride's cake is a gorgeous chocolate fondant with decorative leaf appliques and fall fruit for color. Bouquets for the bride and bridesmaids incorporate lovely fall flowers in oranges, greens, and browns. Guests will sip hot cider to stay warm and take home lovely fall fruits at the end of the night. This event feels so warm and special and is sure to inspire feelings of thanksgiving in everyone in attendance.

Watermelon and Champagne at the Beach

When Kari, a bride-to-be, wrote to me about her up-coming wedding, I was so excited to get started on her inspiration board! Her wedding sounds so fun and beautiful. I love beach weddings! Kari is getting married on the beach with an indoor reception with views of the water. She loves all things beachy and bright. For Kari's wedding I chose to incorporate knee-length watermelon colored dresses for the bridesmaids to keep with the casual, beachy feel. Guests will be given pink flip flops to wear during the ceremony. Tables are decorated with sand, shell and candle centerpieces and gold chargers. During cocktail hour guests will sip on Pink Lemonade cocktails. To finish off the evening, ice cream cones filled with watermelon sorbet are handed out to guests. This wedding is the perfect combination of casual elegance and celebration that guests will surely be talking about for years to come! Congratulations Kari!

Nautical Affair

I created this board for a lovely bride-to-be, Barbara. Her wedding is taking place August 2010 in a beautiful waterfront ceremony. She wanted an inspiration board that captured her nautical theme using navy, yellow, and sand. For this board I incorporated knee-length bridesmaids dresses in bright yellow. The girls will carry yellow and white blooms for a monchromatic look with their dresses. Nautical compasses are incorporated in centerpieces and invitations. Archors are used a top the bride's cake and in the escort cards. Centerpieces consist of white and yellow blooms in galvanized tin buckets and tea lights throughout the space. The groom and groomsmen will wear nautical ropes in place of floral boutonnieres. Tables are adorned with navy blue linens and yellow and white place settings. Overall, this space gives off an elegant and upscale feel while still being decidedly nautical.

Welcome to Wedding Dress Weekends!

Tune in to From Apple to Indigo every weekend for a post about a particular wedding dress that is currently catching our eye! Each weekend I will post a beautiful unique wedding dress. These dresses will be a variety of styles and price ranges so be sure to check each weekend to find the dress of your dreams! Whether you are looking for a flowy, beachy gown or a modern, structured gown, you can be sure to find a dress you love!

Today's featured gown is by Amy Michelson. The style is Grace. This gown is so beautiful and elegant with its ivory sculpted lace trim elegantly placed to create a fitted halter bodice over a nude lining. Sheer organza straps cirss-cross over the low open back and nip in at the waist. Full organza handkerchief skirt floats over a ruffled petticoat to create a full a-line skirt. This gown is stunning!

April 24th is Arbor Day!

This board combines the beautiful colors of green and chocolate in celebration of Arbor Day! This event takes place outdoors under a beautiful canopy of oak trees. The ceremony will take place at sunset in the shade of a large tree. The aisle is decorated with potted arrangements of grasses and chocolate ribbon. Bridesmaids will wear lovely champagne dresses that are complimented by their lily-of-the-valley bouquets. The reception follows under strings of lights and an oak, wrapped with lights. Guests will enjoy the ivy entwined cake while seated at tables decorated with wheatgrass and rose centerpieces. Instead of the traditional guest book, people can leave comments to the bride on groom on a wish tree. Overall, this wedding is a lovely celebration of nature and all things green. Have a wonderful Arbor Day and go plant a tree!!

Glamorous Get-together

This palette was created for Chelsea, who has a love of all things Tiffany. For this palette I used a beautiful shade of aqua and a slate gray that gives this board a modern feeling. The space and decor give off a glamorous, uptown feel created by the use of this elegant color palette and thoughtful touches like floral printed programs and coordinated napkins and menus. Bridesmaids will wear a trendy, knee-length dress in slate gray and carry a bouquet of all-white blooms tied with an aqua ribbon. The bride's dress creates a look of whimsy with its soft, billowy layers and complements the color scheme with a slate gray sash. Guests will visit the candy buffet during the reception to fill their aqua boxes with aqua candy and tie them off with a white ribbon. After dinner has been served, cocktails have been had, and the beautiful aqua bride's cake has been devoured, the bride and groom will escape to celebrate their newlywed status in an aqua Lamborghini convertible. What a romantic and special affair!

Beachside Romance

I had so much fun creating this board for Alex who is getting married in Hawaii in May 2011. She knew that she wanted to use the colors pink and aqua and that she wanted to incorporate non-traditional beach decor. By this I mean that she did NOT want to decorate with seashells, sand, and starfish :) I chose to use pink orchids throughout her wedding to provoke an upscale tropical feel. Bridemaids will wear aqua knee-length dresses with pink sashes. Alex's non-traditional centerpieces include beautiful white coral and aqua glass bottles, along with vases with rocks and floating candles. Guests will sip on the couple's signature cocktail of Blue Hawaiians. The bride's cake incorporates bamboo accents, the couple's theme color, aqua, and bright green orchids for contrast. Overall, this palette evokes a luxurious beach feel that guests will not soon forget. What a beautiful wedding Alex and her fiance will have!

Mellow Yellow

This board is so cheerful and happy! What a wonderful way to start a marriage! For this board, I wanted to incorporate modern black and white prints with a great color for spring or summer weddings. This palette is for the modern bride-to-be who loves color and a contemporary feel. Bridesmaids are dressed in pale yellow gowns with black sashes and will carry in-season blooms in green and yellow. Centerpieces are modern with flowers by type in vases printed with geometric patterns. The cake incorporates a bit of whimsy with yellow and black detailing and a dramatic, black feather as a topper. Place settings use damask napkins, and yellow envelopes inform guests of the menu for the night. Little touches of lemons and limes throughout the event personalize the space. Guests wil sip on traditional margaritas throughout the night and take home boxes of jordan almonds wrapped with yellow ribbon. At the end of the night, the bride and groom will ride off into the sunset in a vintage yellow taxi cab. This is a wonderful palette for a truly elegant but fun wedding!

Falling in Love

I created this board for Johanna, a bride-to-be planning a beautiful fall wedding. She wrote to me saying that she was worried that her wedding would be "drowning in chocolate". She planned to use chocolate brown for the groom and groomsmen's attire, bridesmaid dresses, and the linens in her reception. She also wanted to include other fall colors like burnt orange, yellow, and bugundy. At first glance, this seems like a lot of brown but I created a board for her to show her how it would all come together. I included Johanna's choices for the men's suits, her wedding dress, and the beautiful venue where their wedding will take place. To this I added beautiful centerpieces including sunflowers and other fall flowers arranged in mason jars and low centerpieces that consist of pumpkins and floating candles. Bridesmaids will wear brown, strapless, tea-length dresses and carry beautiful bouquets of orange, red and yellow fall blooms. The cake table is decorated with pumpkins and gourds of many shapes and sizes. To break up some of the chocolate brown in the space, I added ivory napkins to each place setting that drape beautifully over the edge of the table. This creates a clean look and ensures that the flowers on the tables will pop. Favors for quests are miniature pumpkin pies. The beautiful fall night will be capped off as the bride and groom escape to the honeymoon in a vintage Bentley.

Friends and Family

When Tiffany emailed me about her wedding taking place in October of 2010, I immediately thought how personal and warm her wedding would be. She told me her colors are black, white, and red. She is using black and white photographs of friends and family to decorate her space! How thoughtful is that?! I knew that I needed to give this board lots of personality and heartfelt touches. I used a picture of her wedding venue, The Victory Arts Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Bridesmaids will wear red knee-length dresses and dramatic, black flowers in their hair. The bride will wear a free-flowing dress with red high heels and carry a bouquet of red gerber daisies! Polka dots are incorporated in the bride's cake, menus, and the groomsmen's ties. The space will be decorated with black chandeliers and low centerpieces of roses in shades of red. Guests will leave this wedding knowing how much the bride and groom value their friendship.

Fun in the Sun

I created this board for a bride planning a beach wedding. Tiffany emailed me telling me her color choices of hot pink, turquoise, and apple green and how she wanted a laid-back, beachy feel to her wedding. She told me that she loves gerber daisies and wanted to incorporate them into her wedding wherever she could. I included the wedding dress that Tiffany chose as well. Bridesmaids will wear turquoise tea-length dresses and carry bouquets in shades of pink blooms, including gerber daisies. Sculptural pieces of white coral decorate tables under a canopy of paper lanterns. The bride and groom will give water bottles as favors with their names and wedding date included for a personal touch. Guests will sip on green apple martinis and dine on scrumptious hors d'oeuvres until the end of the night when the bride and groom make their get-a-way in a hot pink Ferrari.

City Lights

I made this inspiration board for bride-to-be Becky. She hadn't decided on many aspects of her wedding yet, but she knew she wanted to incorporate views of the Atlanta skyline and have a reception space that really captured the views of the city. Because of this, I chose to give Becky a modern design with spectacular city views that also incorporated her favorite colors: pink, orange, and green. Her bridesmaids will wear stylish slate gray knee-length dresses and carry bouquets of green, pink, and orange blooms. Centerpieces will be a mix of tall dramatic manzanita branches and hot pink flowers, and shorter centerpieces of orange tulips and greenery. Overall, this design creates a dramatic and modern space with city views and bright colors all around.

Vintage Modern

I created this board for my wedding taking place May 22, 2010. We are getting married at the Marty Leonard Chapel and the reception will take place at the historic YWCA. I was looking to create a board that would express the look and feel I was going for. I chose the colors ivory, antique gold, chartreuse, and chocolate because I think they look gorgeous in both the ceremony and reception venues. They are neutral and earthy and allow the architecture of the spaces to shine through. I chose to use ivory flowers for my bridal bouquet and chartreuse flowers for the bridesmaids bouquets. The girls will be wearing floor-length antique gold dresses and wear a gorgeous vintage looking flower in their hair. Centerpieces for the reception space will incorporate ivory, chartreuse, and chocolate blooms and lots and lots of candlelight. The brides cake will be all white with ruffles around each of the 4 tiers. The grooms cake will be rich chocolate with a monogram in cocoa on the top. All of the details will come together to create and timeless look that compliments the vintage look of our venues.

Pretty in Pink

I created this board for bride-to-be Allison. Her wedding is taking place in Abilene at Hillcrest Church of Christ and the Elks Center Ballroom. She emailed me asking for a palette in black and white, with pink and green accents. Her requests were a vintage and very formal feel to the space. I incorporated black and white damask prints to give her space the vintage look she was going for. Allisons bridesmaids will wear black floor-length gowns and carry beautiful bouquets of pink roses and peonies. Allison herself is wearing a gorgeous a-line gown with intricate beading and detail. Her bridal bouquet will be all white peonies and ranunculus. Tables are decorated with all white blooms in different vases, including tulips, roses, and ranunculus. Menus, place cards, and favors all put to use to gorgeous damask print. Guests will leave her wedding with after-dinner mints in damask tins. This wedding will be a beautiful mix of modern and vintage, with a very classic, elegant feel. Thanks for your email Allison!