Purple and Green Rustic Wedding

Last week I got a email from one of my readers, Catherine, asking if I could make a wedding board for her. Obviously, I said yes! I love helping brides with their wedding day plans. Catherine wants a green and purple wedding, in an outdoor, rustic setting. She loves burlap and mason jars (a girl at my own heart!) and wanted to incorporate some calla lilies in somewhere. I was super excited to get started because, doesn't it just sound gorgeous?

Thankfully, I think it turned out just as pretty as I had envisioned. I love the combination of deep purple and green, with a few touches of brighter color thrown in. It just looks so rustic yet feminine at the same time. I really like the mason jar centerpieces with candles in them (which would be great since her wedding will be in the evening) because they add such a nice glow while still keeping with the rustic feeling. I also LOVE the wooden details with a look like this. It keeps the look earthy and friendly. And of course, the bouquet with a few calla lilies, and the calla lily boutonniere tie the whole look in nicely. I'm pretty sure that I want this wedding for ME! Ha. Hope you like it Catherine.

 Photo Credits:

Center: bouquet
First row: table setting, cake, favors, apples
Second row: jars, centerpiece
Third row: couple, shoes
Fourth row: centerpiece, ring holder, bride, groom


If you need help with your wedding planning, shoot me an email. I'd love to help any way that I can! Shardiy@b-y.net.

Southwestern Wedding

What's more beautiful than a bunch of bold colors making their appearance at a wedding? A bunch of bold colors mixed with an earthy, rustic elegance perhaps. I just LOVE this combination of colors together. The deep orange, the turquoise blue, the vivid green – somehow it all just works together.

It makes me think of the many trips my family and I have taken out West. It's all so beautiful. I love the reddish tint the earth has there, the short, stubby shrubbery and the beautiful turquoise jewelry. I love how you feel like you could wear cowboy boots every day, and live outside taking in the scenery.

If you'd like to have a Southwest wedding, think: earthy yet bright colors, feathers, organic materials, weedy flowers. It'd be easy to pull off and would make your guests feel like they're part of a fabulous John Wayne movie!

Photo credits
Center: bouquet
First row: earrings, place setting, shoes, cake
Second row: flowers, couple
Third row: boots, centerpiece
Fourth row: mugs, jewelry, feather, bouquet

Green & Brown

I've got another beautiful reader-requested board coming your way today. This time we have a June bride named Amanda who's getting married in a gorgeous old tree nursery that backs up to a winery. How awesome does that sound? I keep picturing it in my head and WOW it makes me excited every time!

Amanda envisioned greens and browns as the main colors, cowboy boots for the bridesmaids and grey or khaki for the groomsmen. She also loves big, fat flowers in muted colors (who doesn't?). She really wanted a romantic yet earthy feeling to her big day.

This board turned out to be one of my favorites! I absolutely love the way the different shades of green pop against the deep, rich wood colors. I'm also a big fan of succulents, and I think they pull they whole look together nicely. Overall, I think they look is very rustic, but still sophisticated and pretty. It's soft and cozy and so perfect for a June wedding. I may or may not want this wedding for my own :)

Photo credits:
Center: bouquet
First row: ring box, couple, ceremony decor, cowboy boots
Second row: shoes, centerpiece
Third row: succulent, bridesmaid
Fourth row: table setting, boutonniere, bride, table number



What do you guys love most about this wedding?


I love making boards for brides-to-be. If you're having trouble envisioning how your big day will look, email me! I'll be more than happy to help. Shardiy@b-y.net

Blue & Brown Ranch Wedding

There are some people who are lucky enough to live on a ranch in Wyoming or Colorado or some other great place out west. Who get to wear cowboy boots every day and ride horses and enjoy the great outdoors around them. Then there are the rest of us who....don't. But, that doesn't mean that we can't still enjoy a gorgeous ranch wedding. Heck, you can still have a ranch-style wedding, no matter where you live. Just take a few tips from this inspiration board and it will be easy as pie. Who knew that blue and brown could be so rustic-chic, or that cotton could be so pretty? Well, now you know!

Photo Credits

Center: bouquet
First row: bridesmaid bouquet, cowboy boots, necklace, centerpiece
Second row: couple, bride
Third row: stationary, lanterns
Fourth row: boutonniere, shoes, horse shoes, tags

Mountain Wedding

I have major wedding envy for any bride and groom that ties the knot in front of a beautiful mountain range. As an Indiana bride, I am hours and hours away from any type of mountain. And, you always want what you can't have, right? To give myself something pretty to look at that will hopefully make me feel better (or skyrocket my jealousy to enormous heights), I've come up with this gorgeous mountain-inspired board. I love all the pretty details like the pine needles, the pine cones, and the awesome moose suckers. It just looks so laid back and comfortable. Being relaxed on your wedding day would maybe be possible with a setting like this. MAYBE.

Photo credits:

Center: couple
First row: kissing, name card, boutonniere, bride
Second row: canoe ring holder, bouquet
Third row: place setting, moose suckers
Fourth row: boots, nest, cake, bouquet

White and Burlap Wedding

Lately I feel like I've been doing a lot of bright, bold weddings. So, today I felt like it was time for something a little more soft and subdued...and the white and burlap wedding was born! I really enjoy just looking at this wedding. It's so pretty and romantic. I love the idea of taking something so pure and clean (like white) and mixing it with something more rustic and rough around the edges (like burlap).  It's the mixture of those two very different textures that make for such an interesting look.  The white and burlap could certainly be "dressed down" to work perfectly well in a backyard or barn wedding or could be "dressed up" and be completely acceptable in a more fancy, traditional setting. I love the versatility!

Photos courtesy of Style me Pretty, Elizabeth Anne Designs, and Image Spark

Center: cake

Top row: couple, table, plate, cake

Second row: goodie bag, ring pillow

Third row: table setting, banner

Fourth row: dessert, chair, candles

Earthy Elegant Wedding

I love a good earthy wedding...one where there's moss and greenery, sticks, feathers, weedy-flowers, pine cones...I love it all! There's just something so calming about a wedding that is all about the good ole outdoors. Not to mention, it takes major skill to be able to pull off an earthy wedding and still keep it elegant. Afterall, you don't want you guests to feel like they're in a swamp in  your backyard. It's still a wedding. It should still feel like a wedding. So I guess "elegant-earthy" would be an appropriate name. Or "not-too-earthy-but-still-earthy...earthy." You get the picture.

Center: hands
First row: table, couple, cupcakes, plant
Second row: decoration, centerpiece
Third row: stationary, cake
Fourth row: boutonniere, plant, couple kissing, bride

Yee Haw!

This country-themed wedding is rustic, without screaming "I'm a cowboy!" in every detail. More obvious cowboy items (boots & hats) are paired with country-chic pieces to make a very subtle and classy spin on the barn wedding. This just shows you can have a cowboy wedding without making your guests sit on itchy hay bales in their fancy clothes and they will still feel like they are at an elegant affair. It's a win-win!

I especially love the use of mason jars, and the wild-flower-almost-weed bouquets. Who would think you could cut flowers right out of a field and they could look so darn beautiful? Oh, and the smores. How could I forget about the smores?

Photos courtesy of Style Me Pretty

Rustic-Chic Wedding

Photos courtesy of Style Me Pretty & The Knot

Rustic & chic. Two words that, by definition, should not go together. However, when they are blended seamlessly into every minute detail of a wedding from the bouquets, to the setting, to the centerpieces, they make for a beautiful experience. There is something so elegant about a wedding that can take non-traditional mediums and make them into a wedding more stunning than one that decks everything out in rhinestones. Who am I kidding? FAR more elegant. This type of wedding is great for outdoor venues because it has a kind of airy, woodsy feeling that is further solidified by being in the great outdoors! Find your inner tree-hugger and enjoy.