Cake Toppers

To be completely honest, I never really liked cake toppers. I always thought they looked a little bit tacky. However, I was browsing around Etsy, one of my all-time favorite websites ever, and I found some unbelievably cute hand-made cake toppers!

I still find myself attracted to the more simple ones, but my mind has been opened to the world of cake toppers! Check out Etsy for more, there are tons!

Placecard Ideas

There are so many different ways that you can do your placecards for your reception. Sure you could do the normal name on a nice piece of paper. But why not step outside the box and make your placecards unique and fun! Here are some ideas from LHCalligraphy at Etsy.

Perfect for a beach wedding!


Sandollar Placecards

 So unique!


Compass Placecards

So pretty!!

Spanish Tile Placecards



Key Placecards

Another great beach wedding placecard!


Beach Umbrella Placecards



You could do conceivably anything with your placecards. Match the theme of your wedding and have some wild and crazy placecard fun!

Awesometastic Marriage Proposal

So I came across this Youtube video and decided that everyone needs to see it. This guy went all out for his marriage proposal, and it was unbelievably cute!! No more needs to be said, just watch and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. We laughed, we cried... so now it's your turn.



Isn't that just the sweetest? What a lucky lucky girl!

Summer Blogosphere Series Part 4

For part 4 of our summer blogosphere series, we would like to give some love to Every Last Detail, one of our absolute fav blogs!! If you aren't reading Every Last Detail, you totally should, Lauren, the editor, is the awesomesauce!.

They saw it from Weddingbee.

I absolutely love this idea for the guests to have some fun!

You can personalize it with your colors and pictures that you want to make sure you don't miss out on!

No Wedding Planner

I recently had the opportunity to observe a wedding that didn't have a planner. I really had a hard time not interfering. Like a serious hard time. In fact, in the end, I couldn't not interfere.

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But here were some things that I observed as a by-stander/not their wedding planner/didn't want to take over.

1. The bride wasn't dressed 15 minutes before she was supposed to walk down the aisle. Neither were the bridesmaids. No one knew what to do, they were very sadly lost. No direction, the photographer was snapping pictures, but no one had any clue, when I said, "okay, there is about 10 minutes before we have to have you ladies lined up, let's get ya'll dressed." And then it was chaos... I heard things like "WHAT! 10 minutes!" "Wait, I have to finish my make up!" "Where are my under wear!" and much more.

1.5. The mother of the groom sat down with the regular guests, she didn't know she was supposed to be "special".

2. The flowers were wrong. They were delivered wrong. Not intensely wrong, just the wrong color... But no one knew what to do or how to get a hold of the florist. Luckily, I had the florists cell phone number.

3. No one knew how to line up, there was no direction, I wound up getting everyone lined up and cue'ing the musicians.

3.5 The muscians didn't know when to play and not to play, the guests sat to no music at all. She had no music to play, didn't know what to play or that she should. (she was a friend)

4. The musician had no clue when to start and stop the music. When the bride and groom made it back down the aisle, she stopped playing and the guests left the chapel in silence.

5. The guests had no idea there was even a reception or how to get there.

6. At the reception, the DJ had to run everything, because the bridal party, family and venue had no idea, there was no timeline, and just plain unorganized.

7. The bride and groom came up to me like 40 times to thank me. Because they had no clue what they were doing.

Rice Butterflies

I was recently contacted by a company that we think hast he newest bestest product. It's a super fun and adorable idea to make your wedding exit awesome! Check out these Rice Butterflies! They are the perfect alternative from tossing bird seed or petals, but they are totally made out of rice!

They won't wilt like petals can, and they are pretty! These Rice Butterflies come in a variety of colors, and are 100% biodegradable.

To see more, go to Rice Butterflies!!

MasterPiece Weddings was not compensated for posting this awesometastic new product. We just wanted to share it with you, because we are cool like that.

Summer Inspiration Board: Iced Tea and Lemonade

Summer is in full swing down here in Florida. It is hot like no other!! But we love it and we live here for a reason.

A lovely way to cool down in the hot summer afternoons is with an ice cold glass of lemonade or iced tea! To me, these drinks just scream summer so I thought I would create a summer inspiration board from them! Hope you like it!

Lemonade; Iced Tea; Yellow shoes; Flower; Cake; Lemon tarts; Gifts; Invitation

 I just love summer! Don't you?

What's your favorite summertime drink?

Summer Blogosphere Series Part 3

There are so many great blog posts out there, It's so hard to choose! Here is part 3 of our blogosphere series from Wedding Chicks! Loving the rainbow theme for a summer wedding! It's popping up everywhere!

Just have matching hairpieces, flowers and boutonnieres to tie everything together!

Here is another image from Bridal Snob repping the rainbow theme but with a bohemian twist! Love it!

Gainesville Wedding: Shannon and David Preview

Although all of our demands were not met, we decided to let Bobbi and Mike off the hook because they took these amazingly fun pictures of Shannon and David's nacho cheese Gainesville wedding!

The umbrella can live to see another day.

And of course the Nacho Cheese Fountain!

We had such a great time at their wedding! Shannon and David were seriously the greatest!

Happy 4th of July!

I hope you are taking some time to enjoy our Independence in the US today! We found this Inspiration Board on Style Me Pretty, and it's just the perfect inspiration for today.

You can see the full post here

Hostage Situation: Last Chance

We have tried to be patient. Bobbi and Mike have only met two of the three demands - they refuse to dance nekked in the rain with a water gun.

The 36 hours are almost up and our demands remain unmet!! I see death in the future for your swanky clear umbrella. What are you gonna do Bobbi and Mike? This is your last chance or the umbrella gets it.

Notice the umbrella band even looks sad

Engagement: Olivia and John

Here are some engagement photos done by Sweet Serendipity of one of our clients Olivia and John! Aren't they gorgeous! We are so excited for their wedding coming up next weekend! There will be more pictures to come, enjoy!

Hostage Situation Part 3

Things are not looking good for Bobbi and Mike's umbrella. It's been a long 24 hours. Time is running out. We have no choice but to continue. 12 more hours..

Hostage Situation Part 2

12 hours gone and our demands have still not been met! This means torture. Bobbi and Mike, you were warned.

You have 24 hours...

Hostage Situation

We had a fantastic #nachocheesewedding with the lovely Bobbi and Mike this past weekend! They were the awesomesauce!

However, they made the mistake of leaving their precious clear umbrella in our car. And now we have ourselves a hostage situation.

We had no choice but to present them with a ransom note detailing our demands.

12 hours in and we are already getting antsy

Daytona Wedding: Lauren and James Preview

We loved working with the talented Garrett Nudd for Lauren and James's wedding in the fabulous Daytona Beach! It was a beautiful wedding and the funnest sparkler exit ever! Here is a little preview of it..

More to come!

Groomsmen: Colored Pants

I've been seeing this trend lately of colored pants for the groomsmen. It's popping up everywhere, and I gotta say, I am not loving it.

Am I the only one??



By Julie Mikos via Elizabeth Anne Designs




By Lauren Kinsey Photography via Every Last Detail

What do you guys think? 



Summer Blogosphere Series Part 2

I have found another fantastic blog for you guys to look at. This post from The Cinderella Project is so insightful! For all of you who wonder how ridiculously amazing weddings are set up, take a peek at this video from Mark Niemierko. It is absolutely stunning!!

NIEMIERKO WEDDING: Art Deco Chic at Claridge's Hotel, London from Niemierko on Vimeo.

Summer Whites

Tacori has come out with a new gemstone, "creamy chalcedony" and has created a summer white collection around it. I just absolutely LOVE it and would feel fantabulous wearing any of these gorgeous masterpieces!

 

Summer Blogosphere Series

We are starting a new tradition this summer so get excited!! Each week for the rest of the summer, we will be blogging about our favorite blogs!

We will find the cutest, funnest, and creativest posts out there and share them with you guys! Here is the first in our series from Bridal Snob!

This antique lace covered tree creates a great natural arch. It is such a neat and unique idea!

Bridal Snob always has the coolest and most different pictures. Stop by their blog and see what they have!



Find a Wedding Job

The fantastic Liene Stevens from Think Splendid has created this awesometastic source for those of us in the wedding industry! It's Find a Wedding Job and is much needed because as we know there are always people searching for jobs in the wedding sector.

We love this and we love Liene for making it happen!

Read their blog and follow them on twitter!

Bridesmaids Dresses: Twobirds

We've heard how brides may choose ugly bridesmaids dresses so that they are not overshadowed by their girlfriends. However, I think this is a bit of an exaggeration. As much as the bride wants it to be her day, I don't think she wants ugly bridesmaids. Then the pictures will be ugly, who wants that?

Anyway, I came across this bridesmaid dress from twobirds that is the epitome of awesometastic! It looks ultra comfortable, and you can wrap it 15 different ways (probably more), and it is extremely cute! It can work on literally any and every body type out there. You can't look bad in this dress.
 


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 Each bridesmaid can choose her favorite style! I love the straps in the back!

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 There is every color you can imagine and you can do short or long!

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I am seriously in love with this find! There are so many beautiful possibilities. And not to be cliche, but this is defintiely one dress that I would wear again. And again and again and again. I kind of want it in every color for myself.

Check out the twobirds website for more colors and styles and how to tie your dress!

What do you think?