Weddingbee

OK, I give in! I’ll do a storyboard! Our entire wedding was designed around the ring. My FI gave me his grandmother’s ring which she wore since the 1940’s. I plan to have antique jewelry in my hair and a ‘bar pin’ for my dress. We are taking a spin on tradition, but the simplicity of blue and white with pale pink flowers is just stunning to me. The men will be in tuxedos with all ivory, shirts, ties, vests. Most of our invitations/programs will be with old typewriter fonts and we will be placing china dessert plates on each table with assorted sugar wafers. There is so much more I couldn’t fit it all! Great idea with the mood boards. What fun!

Andrea

We are planning a fairly traditional wedding with a modern twist. Our colors are red and orange, or ruby red and tangerine if you want to get technical :p.

I found my inspiration and color scheme through the bouquet in the middle of the board. We hope the board presents a fun, flirty, bright June wedding.  - Jessica

Hi Weddingbee-
 
I’d love to share our mood board with your readers. Making this really helped me see the big picture and I encourage everyone to give it a shot!

Here is our inspiration board.  My fiance likes to say we’re going for “Country Elegance.”  After a two year engagement, we are finally exchanging vows in October.  Our wedding will be held on Lake Winnipesaukee - you know, the lake that is mentioned in that new AmEx “Member’s Project” ad on tv! Anyway, our wedding colors are green and brown with touches of rust, which can be found in our floral arrangements.  Our colors were largely inspired by the maple leaf brooch I found on an antique auction site and from a green/brown spread in Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine. We’re having a very traditional church wedding but hope to put people at ease at our gorgeous, but rustic reception venue that sits right on the bank of the lake. You can’t get better than a New Hampshire wedding in the middle of fall!
– D

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The four pictures in the center of this board were the catalysts for selecting our colors: pink, which is my favorite, and orange, which is his.  The picture of the votives was the main one, and that’s from my Karen Bussen planner.  The wreath was the second big inspiration, and that’s from a wedding featured in The Knot.  The picture from a guestbook table is from knottie Bryslove.  I think the tone of our wedding is conveyed through the pictures and colors–fun, colorful, classy, modern, garden gathering.

The wedding is in 23 days and I cannot believe that all these pictures that have been inspiration for a year and a half for planning are going to be coming to life (to sound totally cliche).

Kari (wsukarebear)

I’m planning a July 2008 wedding in New York City. My fiance is American and I am Chinese and I wanted to incorporate different aspects of my culture without making it overtly Chinese or Asian. The tone is light and airy but with bursts of color. I plan to have goldfish incorporated somehow, whether in the centerpieces along with floating flowers, or as a logo or invitation design. Creating the mood board helped me hone down my ideas. It’ll be especially helpful when I start considering bridesmaid dresses. -Nellie