Weddingbee Blog

It’s that time of year already! I can’t even believe it. I’d like to think that Mr. S and I will get our little Christmas tree out of storage and decorate with our el-cheapo Target ornaments (you know, the ones that come all in a big container for $4.99 and look like metal but really aren’t?), but we’re probably too lazy for even that.

Hopefully, though, Mr. UPS, Mr. FedEx and Mr. USPS will be dropping off the many gifts we have ordered in the past week so that we can get to wrapping and at least make the place look a little more festive!

Anyway, in the spirit of the season and in honor of those brides currently planning winter wonderland weddings, I give you my ornament inspiration board, full of silver, sparkle, and everything nice.

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Blissful winter wedding:
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Since I never did an inspiration board for our wedding, this was my first attempt. It was fun. I went straight to Etsy, typed in “Christmas ornament”, and, after searching through a few pages for something that caught my eye, I found this little lovely.

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Cute, no? I’ve always liked when Christmas decorating was pulled off elegantly. This ornament was definitely one I could see hanging from my own tree.
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This weekend Mr Pretzel and I are going to decorate our townhouse for Christmas. In my family it has always been a tradition that my brother and I get new Christmas ornaments each year. I love decorating the tree and every time I pull out another ornament it brings with it memories. One year we all got clay skiers that resembled each of us, another year, ruby red apples with our names in gold. As a result of my parents’ tradition, both my brother and I have a tree full of memories.

This year I ordered Mr Pretzel and myself an ornament to mark the year of our engagement. While I was shopping online I saw a couple contenders for next year’s ornament as newlyweds. Perhaps my favorite is this initialized red and white number.

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My brain has been swimming with all things vintage wedding lately and this ornament made me think of a red and white vintage party dress that I saw on Etsy (note: the dress sold earlier last week- *pout*).
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“It’s beginning to look a lot like weddings… everywhere you go…”

We’re 110% into the holiday season — I know this because I willingly stood in line for over 45 minutes on Black Friday for a sweater for Mr. French Fries. This year, I have found that “wedding world”, unlike the United States Postal Service/banks/universities/my diet… doesn’t take the holidays off.

Wedding inspiration can come from anywhere — even your tree! Take this ornament from Pottery Barn for example:

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My board was inspired by this Eiffel Tower ornament that I bought a few years ago. As soon as I thought of it, I knew I had to create a wedding look inspired by Paris fashion.

I imagine a bride getting married in an old courthouse and then strolling along the Seine with her new spouse in this Audrey Hepburn-meets-Serena Van der Woodsen ensemble.
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On my quest for my very own inspiration ornament, I headed straight to Polyvore and typed “ornament” into the search engine… novel idea… I know. I flipped through a few pages and found some viable options- including a cute little rainbow with puffy white clouds, just like me! However, I reeeeally wanted to find something with pink in it. What can I say? I’m your textbook girly-girl. I flipped through a few more pages and what did I see? Uhm…

THIS:

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Oh ma gah! It’s My Little Pony! And not just any old MLP, it’s a MLP with a RAINBOW! Uhm, hellooo? When destiny is knocking, you answer. Sure, it’s pink and glittery and might be a bit juvenile, but gimme a break, I’m Miss Rainbow! Plus, the colors are perfect for a late spring wedding, just like ours. So, this My Little Pony enthusiast went promptly to work.

Brief elevator music intermission aaaaaand…

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When asked to do an inspiration board based on a holiday ornament, I immediately thought of the silver and gold tree-inspired menorah my brother and I gifted to Trail Mom several years back.

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I love mixed metals, and since winter is almost officially here, I thought a silver and gold palette for a winter wedding inspiration board might be nice…
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I believe wedding inspiration can be found anywhere and at any time. The Christmas season is no exception, no matter what time of year you are getting married. There are so many unique and colorful ornament styles that could be translated into wedding goodness!

To start off this series, I searched the internet for an ornament that was interesting, colorful and featured some sort of pattern. I kind of wanted to stay away from the typical seasonal colors of red white and green. When a Google image search resulted in finding this ornament, I couldn’t help but think how the colors and flower patterns would make for a great summer wedding theme.

From there, I began to find images to build my inspiration board on Polyvore. I’ve never used Polyvore before, but was surprised at how easy it was to gather photos and put them together to make a decent looking inspiration board.

Based on my ornament, here is the wedding inspiration board I came up with:
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