Unique Table Runners

If you are looking for a quick and easy way to bring some color and texture to your reception tables you may want to consider a table runner!

Table runners are a great way to accentuate your centerpieces as well as make your guest tables unique! Table runners are traditionally long pieces of fabric, but brides are using their awesome creativity to make their own runner out of all sorts of materials!  Here are some of my favorite ideas!

 I have mentioned before you can use wallpaper for aisle runners and this is also a great choice for a DIY table runner!! I love wallpaper and all the fun and creative ways you can use it for weddings!  It comes in so many different fabrics and colors that you can choose a pattern that fits your wedding perfectly.

If you or your fiance love to read or write you can use pieces of pages from books to make a runner.  Or use old typewriter paper rolled out.  You can even type words on the paper every so often to make it more unique!

For an “outdoorsy” wedding you can use materials found in nature, like moss.  You can also use wood or burlap as a table runner.

For a vintage themed wedding you can use different sizes of doilies.

Or use strips of ribbon and lace as your table runner! How simple and elegant?

And if budget is no object, just use flowers like hydrangeas as your table runner! Wow…look how it falls off the table on to the floor!

Do you have a creative table runner idea that wasn’t mentioned?  Let us know!

Happy Planning!

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2012 Wedding Trend: Ruffles, Ruffles Everywhere

Ruffles are a huge wedding trend for 2012 and are showing up everywhere!  Invitations, bridal gowns, fashion accessories and wedding cakes are just a few of the ways ruffles are being used as one of the most popular embellishments! What isn’t more girly and fun than ruffles?  I have picked out some inspiration photos to show you ways that you can add ruffles in to your wedding.

Wedding gowns are one of the most popular ways ruffles are showing up in weddings in 2012!  Many designers are using ruffles to give off a soft, romantic feeling to their weddings gowns and girly girl’s like me are loving it!

My favorite is this ruffled party dress…how cute and fun!?

And don’t forget about adding ruffles to your shoes and accessories!

These shoes are the perfect match for a ruffled wedding gown.

With a ruffled dress, I think the perfect bouquet to carry would match your dress by using “soft” flowers with lots of petals to mimic the ruffled look on your dress like peonies, roses or lisianthus.

If you choose a ruffled wedding gown, why not use ruffles as the theme of the wedding?  Check out the DIY “ruffled” gold invitations?

Look at these beautiful ruffled linens and chair ties for your reception tables!

These ruffled wedding cakes are a perfect way to add to the theme!

Let us know your thoughts on ruffles???

Happy Planning!

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Burlap and Lace Wedding

At first thought this may seem like an unlikely pairing but after seeing it together I am in love with this combination.  Something about the rough, woodsy feeling of burlap and the soft, elegant feel of lace go together perfectly.

I think this combination works best if the bride incorporates lace in to her wedding attire.  That doesn’t mean you have to wear an entire lace dress but incorporating it in to your veil, head piece, gloves or even sash would be the perfect way to pull this theme together.

There are so many different ways to have a burlap and lace wedding. Here are some inspiration photos and ideas to make this combination look beautiful together.

For the flowers, try tying burlap around the bridesmaids bouquets and tying the bridal bouquet with lace and burlap to give the perfect touch of both in the flowers.

Burlap and lace make beautiful table runners or chair ties for your guest tables and is such an easy and simple way to add to your theme.

You can also tie lace or burlap around the vases for your flowers.

Favor boxes with a burlap flower give is a beautiful gift to give your guests.

Another touch are these amazing lace lanterns, these are a great DIY project!

The wedding cake can even mimic the lace on your dress!

If you want to have a cupcake wedding cake, these cupcakes would be perfect!

I hope these ideas and pictures have given your the inspiration to have your own burlap and lace wedding!

Happy Planning!

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