Weddingbee Blog

A few short months ago I was really, really struggling to make all the elements of this wedding come together. I had so many ideas, so much inspiration, but none of it fit. It just seemed like a really bad combination of really good ideas. Mr. Sprinkle and I talked it over many times, and pinpointed what we wanted our wedding to feel like to us, to our family, to our friends.

We want it to feel like home. Classy, fancy (yet casual, not stuffy) home! We want it to be the wedding we would have at our own home, if our own home could hold one hundred people (because if our home could hold 100 people, it would be here!). And now that we have that idea in mind with every decision we make, it does feel like everything was meant to be. It is all working out. We may not have a real “wedding theme” but take the idea of home, throw in some grey and mustard, a touch of vintage rock, and a lot of love and happiness (I never said I wasn’t cheesy), and you have our wedding theme!

That said, it is still hard when I see a great wedding like this. Hands down the best bouquet I have ever seen. Grey and yellow? Wonderful. Palm Springs pool party?! So fun. Even though I love what we are brewing, I still have pangs of wedding lust.

During those “lost months” I did some practice. We also started a big project: hand-making over one hundred mini chalkboard menus. We actually had to purchase a saw for this project! Neat.

We won’t be using these colors, I just happen to only own orange napkins, and I found super cheap brown fabric at IKEA. Our caterer has tablecloths and napkins available, but they are purple and brown striped, which means we are going to be renting these items.

(tofu soup will not appear on our actual menu, that’s my failing creativity!)

So far, I think it looks too “glassy.” I need more texture in there. I have to remind myself that this is only a mock-up using what accessories I had on hand, before I had a “wedding vision” in mind. Our real napkins will be brown, our tablecloths grey, and those little recycled jam jars? They will be stuffed with rosemary (my absolute favorite herb!) instead of being loosely filled.

I do love the way the chalkboards look (they will eventually be printed with the menu, as soon as we have a final menu). I know that an entire chalkboard menu for each guest is total overkill, but I have great plans for them after the wedding, and we will be leaving chalk on the tables in case anyone feels like getting creative during dinner.

Our caterer uses stemless wine glasses and ball jars as water/tea glasses, so that will change the look a bit as well. There will also be several 7″ hurricane vases with candles. And full jars of skinny breadsticks. And pitchers of sangria. And bowls of olives. And nuts. And infused olive oil. What started off looking empty is beginning to sound very full.

Does your wedding have a theme? Tell me about it! I love hearing about creative wedding themes.