Guestbook Fun

When I stumbled across this, I just knew I had to share it with you guys! Bleu De Toi has come out with this fun and unique way of remembering the guests at your wedding. This guestbook fingerprint tree can become a lovely keepsake to hang on your wall instead of just some book that sits in a box in your attic.

Each woodcut print is hand printed and personalized just for you! The branches are left bare and you can choose the ink colors you want your guests to leave their thumb prints with.

I just love this idea! It's different and cute and fun for all of your guests!

You could even do balloons!! So adorable!



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Inspiration Board: Neutrals, Sage, Coral and Mauve

We have a bride that is going to be combining neutrals, sage, coral, and mauve with accents of red. She wants a fun, natural and elegant wedding so we put together this inspiration board for her. Tell us what you think!



Couple; Shoes; Centerpiece; Hair Piece; Cake with cascading flowers; Cake with red; Red Centerpiece; Girl with apples; Candles; Fruit; Rosemary; Bridal Party; Hair Pins


 

Black and White Weddings

Today we were looking up some ideas for a client, and ran across this inspiration board.

I love the idea of a black and white wedding! These colors can be used at any time of the year, and really make a statement. If you don't want to go all black and white, you could even add accents of any color to pop against the black and white.

Borrowed Inspiration Board 

World Vision Dinner

There will be a fabulous dinner hosted by Napolatanos Gardens to support World Vision on Monday, June 20th! This dinner will benefit World Vision's Clean Water Wells! It would be wonderful if you could attend.

These children are unable to go to school because they are busy carrying buckets of water through town to their families. These wells will enable them to get an education. Our goal is to raise enough money to build two wells, which would help over 100 people!

If you can't make it and are able to afford it, please make a donation. There is no amount too small!



Images from World Vision



The Wedding Salon: Miami Event

Check out The Wedding Salon's fantastic bridal event at The Gansevoort, Miami Beach on June 13th. As a reader of our blog, Adventures in Wedding Planning, you guys get a special promo ticket price!! Use the code on the bottom of the flyer below.

And the first 10 people to e-mail us at melissa@masterpieceweddings.net get a FREE TICKET!! Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity!



The Tale of Two Weddings

Hi, I'm Julie, I am a fairly new intern here at MasterPiece Weddings, I have had the pleasure of assisting in two different weddings in the past few weeks. They both were absolutely beautiful and fit the brides perfectly. But for the sake of future brides, these are a few differences in the weddings that I loved!

First difference was the colors.

One of the weddings used hot pink and pewter. It was very nicely done. The hot pink was used scarcely in order to really make it pop against the pewter.





The other wedding used a beautiful arrangement of navy blue and ivory, with a few hints of purple. These softer colors really complemented the bride perfectly.

Navy Blue and Ivory

Next big difference was the bridesmaid’s dresses.

The first wedding used short, solid color pewter dresses, and wore hot pink shoes. These dresses looked great on everyone, and really made their hot pink bouquets stand out.

The next wedding went for something a little different. They used long, patterned dresses with silver shoes. These dresses were white, different shades of blue, and purple. With their purple and white bouquets, they looked stunning!

Finally, the Wedding Party.

The first wedding had both eight bridesmaids and groomsmen. They really filled up the alter, and made the “getting ready” portion of the day fun. The bride enjoyed having all of her friends with her to celebrate her big day.

The other wedding went with a smaller party. They had three bridesmaids (two of them being a maid of honor), and just one groomsman. This made for a very intimate group, but the bridal suite was definitely not empty. Many of the guests joined the bride while she was getting ready and having pictures taken, which made for a very fun day as well!

More from the views of the MasterPiece Interns soon!

Engage!11

The awesomely fantastic Engage!11 luxury wedding conference occured over Memorial Day weekend at The Grand Del Mar in San Diego, CA. I've been seeing so many beautiful blog posts about it and I just had to share part of it with you guys.

Here is a video produced by Cloud 9 Creative about the whole event!

Engage 11: Grand Del Mar // Wrap Film from Cloud Nine Creative on Vimeo.

Patsy & Jon: The Video

Yesterday we shared with you the amazing images from Patsy and Jon's beautiful Ponte Vedra wedding, today, I get the honor of sharing with you their teaser video, brought to you by Platinum Digital Video.

Short Teaser Set to First Dance Song - Patrizia & Jonathan, Ponte Vedra, FL from Platinum Digital Video on Vimeo.

Patsy and Jon: Sneak Preview

We had been working on Patsy and Jon's destination wedding to Ponte Vedra Beach for almost 2 years. Patsy and I had become BFFs, and I seriously do miss her! We had a blast working with her on her personal, and beautiful, and serioulsy beyond perfect weekend, from the weather to the details and everything in between!

Here is a little preview of Patsy and Jon's destination wedding in Ponte Vedra Beach! There will be more to come! Enjoy!

Vendors who made this perfect:

Wedding Planning: MasterPiece Weddings

Photography: Powers Photography

Venue: Ponte Vedra Lodge and Club

DJ: Gnys Entertainment

Flowers and Decor: Rose of Sharon

And more vendors to come!



Bridesmaids: The Movie

Okay, so I did it! I saw Bridesmaids. I wasn't going to. I promise I wasn't. For Real.

Because, to be completely frank, I love weddings (obviously) but I don't watch them on TV (except for the Royal Wedding), I don't watch silly reality TV shows about weddings, I just love my clients and their weddings.

So when another movie came out about a wedding. I wasn't going to see it. (until it came out on cable).

But I did.

And holy cow, am I glad I did. I laughed until I cried. I laughed until I pee'd myself. And then I snorted. Loudly. It was so funny. Definitely not a chic flick. Definitely a funny, movie! I'd say it's the Hangover from a woman's point of view, but not really. That's a loose translation.

Go see this movie with good company and maybe some popcorn.

Engagements: Brittany and Shawn

We are loving the gator couples here in Gainesville, FL! Take a look at these engagement pics of Brittany and Shawn taken around the University of Florida. Aren't they amazazing!! :)

Loving the stadium photos!

And if you couldn't get enough, here's a sneak preview of their gorgeous wedding planned by yours truly, MasterPiece Weddings!!! More to come!

The name on the hanger again.. Loving this trend!! So cute! Not to mention her dress is absolutely stunning!

Adorable :)

Gorgeous blue eyes!

Thank you to SWOONOVERIT for the photos!!

Photobooth Craziness

Wedding planning is a serious business, okay.... There is absolutely no time for fooling around or fun and games. It's just work work work all the time. I have evidence. Look below.

Ok I lied. We love our job! It's so much fun! We were just having a little photobooth fun at Glenda and Jake's wedding. Such a great treat for all the guests! Go to phobooth.com and rent one for your wedding!

Glenda and Jake: Sneak Peek

Glenda and Jake just got married and MasterPiece Weddings had the pleasure of planning the whole fantastic event! They tied the knot at the lovely and historic Sweetwater Branch Inn in Gainesville, FL. Their wedding was so much fun! Here is a little preview of their wedding in a video done by Pure by Lindsey.

Glenda + Jacob from PureByLindsey on Vimeo.

There's much more to come! Stay tuned!

Real Wedding: Aleska and Alex

Aleska and Alex were so much funnn to work with! I am in love with the purple bridesmaids dresses!! Check out their gorgeous wedding! Aleska is one of our interns Stephanie's sister, so we really felt so personally involved in this wedding.

The A-Team is just gorgeous! (A= Aleska and Alex)

Obsessed with cupcakes!

Beautiful!

What a fantastic smile!

Vendors who created this gorgeous wedding:

Photography: Anwen Elizabeth Photography
Flowers: Prange's Florist
Ceremony: Baughman Center
Reception: Haile Plantation Hall
Wedding Planning: MasterPiece Weddings
Cake: Dream Day Cakes

Real Wedding: Erinn and Andrew

Have you ever seen such a B-E-A-utiful bride! As most of you know, Erinn used to work for MasterPiece Weddings, and we all miss her dearly! I have looked at all of her wedding pictures a zillion times and just can't get enough of them!

Her wedding was spectacularly gorgeous and we give a big hoorah to Pure by Lindsey Tropf for capturing her true beauty!

Doesn't she have the greatest smile :)



Friday Funday: Boutonnieres

Its not only the girls who get to have the fun on their wedding day. The groom is just as important ladies!!One way he can express himself is through his boutonierre! It doesn't always have to be pretty flowers. Let your man show his personality!


Boutonnieres


Whether it be sports, cars, music, or even cooking, the possibilities are endless! Give your guy a chance to have his day too :)

My First Wedding: Intern Rachael

Hey! I'm Rachael and I just started interning for MasterPiece Weddings this summer. And no surprise here, I LOVE it! I just worked my first wedding this past weekend, and I wanted to share a few thoughts on my perspective.

I have been to several weddings over the years, but I have never seen the behind-the-scenes of how a wedding comes to be. Let me just tell you, it takes A LOT of coordination, more than you think. But that is what MasterPiece Weddings is for, to take away the bride's stress on her wedding day and make sure she has absolutely nothing to worry about. And it is totally worth it.

Here's a sneak peak photograph of the beautiful bride and groom, Patsy and Jon, thanks to Powers Photography!!

It was so incredibly awesome to see everything I was working on in the past few weeks come to life (and Melissa working on the past year and half). I loved setting everything up and helping the bride with her every need. These could be the simplest of things such as making sure her and the groom's drinks were always full during the reception, which never even crossed my mind before or making sure the vendors were on time - and keeping that in the back of my mind, constantly. I learned a lot, and the wedding was absolutely perfect!

My eyes have been opened and I know there is lots more to see. I can't wait! Stay tuned for more thoughts from me!