I have been saving photos like no other of all my wedding details and so now I can share them here! Hopefully this will also make it easier for me to see what I have picked out and how those things are going to look together!
My dress, as I've previously posted, is quite big. It is not a ball gown because it is not all tulle and pouf. What it is, is a chiffon, silk and lace dream. Honestly, everyone who sees it says it looks like a cupcake or a dollop of whipped cream. It is a color called "antique gold" but it looks truly champagne in person. Like buttery soft yellow with a sheen. Seriously, you could probably lick it. :) To match this work of art, I have an elbow length ivory veil with beading around the edge. This will be worn for the reception obviously. Then, for the ceremony, I am going to remove the veil and add a fluttery flower behind my ear. My hair is going to be swept back into a low, romantic updo like this:
In order to compete with my dream of a dress, I wanted my beautiful girls to be in something similar. Its not like they could wear cotton, breezy dresses when I am in a super formal gown. I also knew I needed something flattering to all of them. My tallest bridesmaid is 5'9 and the smallest is 5'4ish (maybe, hehe). Obviously no girl is built the same, and I definitely did not want any of them to feel uncomfortable. One day, mom and I went and I tried on bridesmaid dresses just for fun. I picked a favorite and took my girls to go see it. They looked around the entire store and decided the one I had chosen was the one they wanted! So they will be in these adorable taffeta Mori Lee dresses, in Espresso, which is represented in the photo.
In person, this fabric has a slight sheen to it that matches my invitations perfectly. (Matchy matchy details!)
The minute the girls chose this dress, my mind was racing with shoe ideas. After all, I am a girl who owns over a hundred pairs of shoes and more often than not, my outfit is planned around my shoes. Shoes are the most important. I wanted the girls to have a fun, flirty pair of shoes they would not necessarily have a "reason" to buy until now but that they would be super excited to own. I think with this dress, the shoes I want are a 1940's-esque platform pump with some sort of cute embellishment in that amazing pomegranate color. These are my favorite I have found, BY FAR. I might buy a pair too, just because!
Ugh. Even looking at them now has me squealing at the screen. LOVE.
One of the most important wedding details, in my eyes, is the cake. Of course it needs to be beautiful. But I am a traditionalist. It also needs to taste goooood. I have had some nasty wedding cake. And that's because there was more focus on the outside than the inside. I am simplistic in my view of a cake. I love the clean, white buttercream look. This is the cake I am wanting, but the centers of the flowers would be brown, rather than black.
I also think this is a cake that we could make, if time and budget deems that necessary.
Going along with the color theme, I wanted a fun idea for escort cards. What we plan on doing is making a fun sign with guest's names and table numbers on them, and then at their seat they will find one of these sweet treats:
The labels will look MUCH different (aka match our theme) but this is the general idea. I think this is so cute and who doesn't love chocolate? Also, at Sam's Club these pretty candies are $10 for a box of 50. Not bad!
I know there are MANY more details but I will post about those as they come about! Can't wait to start getting some of this stuff done!
Those shoes are amazing!! Holy smokes!
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