Old Hollywood Style Wedding

I had the pleasure of designing an Old Hollywood theme wedding which I have always wanted to do. When I think old Hollywood glam I think feathers, sparkle & pearls, sophistication, black & white with a pop of color.

They had an outdoor ceremony that I wanted to keep crisp, clean, sophisticated & eye catching. I designed a mirror lined aisle for them with grand over the top white candelabras & crystal vases with show stopping white orchids coming out the top of them and pearls "roping" off he inside aisle.

 The altar area again kept plain, simple, clean, crisp lines & very sophisticated with a  touch of white orchids on the archway.

The reception was indoors at a hotel venue in the area. We did an array of centerpieces features candles, custom made flower arrangements & feathers. Some we made more grand & others we made lower centerpieces & simple, elegant.

 

 

 I also custom created this Marquee Sign for them because when I think Hollywood you have to have a marquee sign, right?!

 

Leave a comment let us know what you think about our Old Hollywood theme wedding we designed ;)

 

 

Las Vegas Inspiration

I had the honor to work with a FABULOUS couple a couple months ago to decorate their reception,but had been working with them for over a year. Stacey (the bride) was awesome to work with, I believe she has been by far the funniest bride to work this thus far this year - She was honestly open, just like me, likes to have fun, kinda of a DIY'er, & just fun, fabulous & down right appreciative for EVERYTHING.

The couple had gotten married in Vegas earlier this year, but came back to her home town of Mandan, ND to hold their reception. So I had a Vegas Theme inspiration, but didn't want it to scream Vegas in a tacky way - I wanted to keep it classy, not trashy ;) Hope you enjoy the pictures

When you walk into the venue you are greeted by the adorable guest book table with cute touches

The decor was up lights, bling & over the top red rose arrangements with over 288 candles!

DIY Cleaning vases

Many of my friends & family always ask me how I get everything done in a day that I have to do & let me tell you it is not easy, but I do enjoy every minute of it, usually :)

Some people think that wedding planning is all fun & games, love & laughter, & weeping happy tears all day, and although that is part of what we get to enjoy we also have many other things that factor into our day. Besides running a daycare all day from 6 am - 6 pm, keeping up the house, the yard, helping my husband in the field, taking care of my 3 little munchkins, & planing weddings - I also have A LOT of prep work to do in regards to the weddings we decorate for. Cleaning vases is a BIG part of that prep work. We spend hours cleaning all our vases after each wedding & prepping them for the next up coming wedding. In this blog I will show you some of the ways we have found to work out well for us to clean the vases, getting dried candle wax out of them & getting stickers off new vases.

Windex

I don't know a decorator that doesn't go to an event without Windex - it  is a no brain er  We have to Windex EVERY SINGLE vase we have before they go out for any event. Nos pots, fingerprints, dried wax, residue from previous candles being lit or water marks allowed on them. so Windex them shiny

Heat Treat

We use this method for removing dried up candle wax from the inside of vases & also getting those stickers off of brand new vases & it works slick as spit.

Here you can see we got some new tea light holders that we need to get all those stickers off them. 

What we do is heat the the oven to 175 degrees & put your vases in the oven for about 5-10 minutes. Remove one by one with a pot holder & just tear the stickers off. They come off clean with no sticky residue left behind - perfect!!! You can do the same thing for say votive holders that have dried up candles in them. Another treatment we use for a lot of dried up candle wax in the containers is to boil water on the stove & either dip the containers in the water briefly or pour some of the boiling water into the container. The boiling water will break the candle wax free.

Wash & Be Done

I use my dishwasher  a lot when cleaning my containers & my mirrors - yes it works great!!! I just put my mirrors, or my freshly clean of wax containers in the dishwasher, turn it on & let the dishwasher work it's magic. Make sure to have the heated dry cycle on, not the energy saver dry cycle otherwise you will have to hand dry each item & when you have as many to clean each week as I do trust me you don't have time for that. Wash & be done.

Freeze it off

Many decorators use the Freezer treatment when they are trying to remove the candle wax from their containers, we have not had as much luck with that as we have the heat treatment, but give it a try if you so wish. Just place the containers int he freezer & let them freeze solid & the candles supposedly just pop right out of there.

Just today alone I cleaned 56 cylinder vases, 136 candelabra glass votive holders, 488 votive holders, 48 mirrors, & removed the stickers off of 144 new containers....& that was only part of my day. Tomorrow I have more to clean to get ready.

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Happy Cleaning! If anyone has any other great tips please share with us.

Ceiling Decor

Via Forever Fresh

When you walk into a wedding reception & the ceiling is decorated either with soft, romantic fabric, glamorous lights, chandeliers, lanterns, grape vine balls, pomanders or a combination of a couple of these it takes your breath away. People have ceiling decor for various types of reasons: to cover the venues ceiling &/or walls to transform the venue, to add romance to the venue, to bring the room down in size & make everything proportionate, whatever the reason may be, it never goes unnoticed!

Fabric with with or without lights added

Via Pic Stoppin

Chandeliers

Via Zena Dia Design

Grape Vine Balls

Via Elizabeth Anne Designs

Lanterns

Via Mahnita

String Lights

Via Super Weddings

Country Rustic Glam Weddings

 via Brides.com

 Farming is in my blood, although I never grew up as a farmer per say  I did spend all summer long on my aunt & uncles farm helping them with their daily work, competing in 4-H and I absolutely loved every bit of it! I had always worn the wranglers, the boots, the hat & I told my mother from a very young age that I WOULD marry a farmer - they are hard workers, work for everything they have, take extreme pride& have passion in what they do & LOVE what they do. Above all that, farmers & ranchers have exceptional morals,  tend to be honest,  compassionate, loyal & trustworthy, for all these reasons & then some I am proud to be married to a farmer & call myself a farmer's wife.

Country life has become very "advertised & popular" these past couple years: people wanting room to let their kids run around, wanting a safer environment to raise their family, more relaxing way of life as they may see it & has really stream lined into the wedding industry. We are so excited that it has become so popular among bride & groom's  as it gives us a chance as wedding decorators to showcase the true beauty of the country life. Many use to think of western, country, rustic weddings as old & run down, barns falling apart, a bad smell filling the air & guests stepping in manure, but that is so not the case. They have the majestic scenery at your fingertips ready to use & personalize in anyway shape you see fit. When your guests attend country events they feel at home, they feel the warmth & the love that surrounds the couple, they truly know & feel the type of couple you are and you can make your wedding as laid back or as formal as you wish.

We have come up with some country rustic glam inspiration pictures for you. Hope you enjoy them & remember to thank a farmer or rancher the next time you see one!