Wedding Dish by Christine Boulton

Creative Masculine Boutonnieres

WedDish — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:15:10 +0000

Maybe it’s just me, but I prefer my men to be men. Thoroughly masculine creatures and proud of it. One of the few places a man gets to express himself in his wedding is in his boutonniere. All to often what happens is a bride sits down with her floral designer and the result is a totally feminine bout designs to please the aesthetics of the bride. WRONG!

Witness this atrocity from an earlier post:

Pink Bout with velvet ribbon

You can dress your guys in style and still nod to the fact that they are men. Check out these beautiful, creative and totally masculine bouts. Your guys will thank you.

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Top row

Ace of bouts
chili pepper bout

Middle Row

juniper and sage boutonniere
bout with Thistles and feather
succulent and thistle bout

BottomRow

pom bout
composite bout with yellow mini calla

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Fun Feathers for Your Wedding

WedDish — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:47:22 +0000

You know I love ‘different’. Why do the same old thing when there are so many wonderful ways to make your wedding as unique as you are? Feathers are one fun way to do that.

You can put them in your bouquet.

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I loved these because the are full of color but it is softer and more subdued than the colors we have been seeing over the last few years.

Not into subtle? How about red with a pop?{source}

From your head…

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…down to your toes!

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By all means, we can not forget the boys, don’t they deserve a little fun too?{source}

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Escort Cards That Aren’t Boring

WedDish — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:41:30 +0000

Why are escort card usually so boring? You know, a table with a sea of white cards with maybe a floral arangemnet in the middle or a few votive candles. Yuck!

How about doing something fun instead of just a card?

Like this for the sparkly bride…

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or this for the eco-minded couple..

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This is my favorite idea but I guess I am the only one since I couldn’t find a single image using this idea. Ok, here we go…

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marry it to the idea of having tasty beverages for your guests at the ceremony…

add a Martha Stewart DIY butterfly straw with your escort card detail and…

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Voila! a refreshing fun idea for an escort card!

Stamp out boring where ever possible!

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Pomander Bridal Bouquets with a Twist

WedDish — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:08:27 +0000

I love pomander bouquets, but face it, some of them can be pretty boring. Well I found a bunch that have a twist.

Enjoy!

Great as a centerpiece for a fall wedding

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Perfect for a casual wedding in the woods

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Modern bouquet with a touch of Whimsy

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Beaded accents add a light, airy feel

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So much prettier than the standard carnation balls

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Tassels make all the difference here

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This one would be an easy DIY

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I love the hanging orchids on the ribbons

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How's this for fun?

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Bridal Buyer’s Wedding Gown of the Year 2010

WedDish — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:10:43 +0000

One of these dresses will collect the Wedding Gown of the Year title in the Bridal Buyer Awards 2010

I want to know what my readers think. Who do you think should win? Vote in the poll below.

At a glittering black-tie event, the Bridal Buyer Awards 2010 (March 15, Harrogate Exhibition Center)will highlight the individuals and companies who have been judged the best by their peers in the bridal industry.

One of the most coveted of all the 16 awards is the Wedding Dress of the Year, which is voted on by thousands of brides -to -be who visited the London and Birmingham National Wedding Shows.

I want to know what my readers think. Who do you think should win?

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Save On Your Centerpiece and Eat It Too!

WedDish — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:27:56 +0000

You want beautiful centerpieces for your tables. You want a yummy cake for dessert. You need to save as much as possible to make this whole wedding thingy happen. What is a girl to do?

How about centerpiece cakes?{source}

Back in my previous life as a cake designer I would do some very elaborate centerpiece cakes that cost mucho dinero but it doesn’t have to be that way. If you do a standard size cake from a good bakery and either add simple decorating or fresh flowers or fruit you can save a bundle.{source}

Think about it, a nice little 8′ or 9″ cake will generously(compared to standard wedding size servings) serve the 6 t0 10 guests at each table. Depending on what you choose and where you buy them, you will pay from $10 to $30 each, add $5 to $10 worth of flowers or fruit. So, on the high side you are looking at $40 per table.

Let’s look at an average wedding of 120 people. Six people at a table=20 tables.

Floral centerpieces with traditional wedding cake:

20 centerpieces @ $65 each=$1300

Wedding cake for 120 @$4.50 per person=$540

Total spend=$1840

Centerpiece cakes with DIY decorating:

20 tables @$40 each=$800

Let’s see, that looks like a savings of $1040.

Maybe you use a hundred of that for a bigger cake for the head table and you are still saving a bundle.

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Tips:

Look around for your cakes at traditional bakeries and upscale grocery stores or even Costco.

Use flowers or fruits that are in season. If you use fresh flowers put a doily on top of your cake to protect it from contaminants in the flowers.

Put it on a cake stand. Treat it with honor and make it LOOK like a centerpiece.

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The Wedding List for Facebook

WedDish — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:40:15 +0000

I’ve found a great new planning tool for Facebook called The Wedding List.

Its an easy to use app that allows you to send pre-formatted requests to your Facebook friends asking for recommendations for your wedding vendor. Who knows you better than your besties?

One of the cool things about this app is how well organized it is. All your responses are in one location, organized by category.I mean come on, when you are planning something as involved and important as a wedding organization is the key.

So are all the flower recommendations are together and the same for caterer and venue, etc. Give it a try here.

Oh, and if you are a wedding professional reading this, be on the look out for the logo in your newsfeed and take the moment to help these brides out.

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Great Wedding Venues Outside the Box

WedDish — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:22:30 +0000

There aren’t many good things you can say about our current economic times but we all know that every cloud has a silver lining. Well I found this one:VENUES.

If you are still looking for you venue your should look outside of the traditional box of hotels and country club. Every week I hear about some new venue opening up, mostly as a result of a recession based FAIL.

This example just made it’s debut last week as an event venue.Spaces in Belle Meade. In it’s original state it was a high end mini mall sort of affair; a few walls were taken down and the space opened up a bit and now it absolutely rocks as an event space.

Keep you eyes open for unique new spaces in you area.

Here is the 411 on the event and venue above.

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Shabby Chic. Yep, It’s Officially a Wedding Trend

WedDish — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:28:32 +0000

I have been kind of tracking this for a while. I started mostly because a dear friend of the Dish, Vicki Sanders at Branching Out Event Design has a knock your socks off collection of containers that fit but also because I love the softness of the look.
I had thought I was seeing it pop up more often in recent months but today I had confirmation that it is or will soon be the hottest of hot.

Confirmation you ask? What confirmation? Well the images below were all taken from two of the hottest wedding blogs, Style Me Pretty and photographer Jasmine Star’s Blog. The first two collages were taken at a photography workshop hosted by the fabulous photographer, Jessica Claire. Need I say more? Enjoy!

Source: Style Me Pretty

Images from: Allisa Ferullo

Taken at : Jessica Claire Photography Workshop

Source: Style Me Pretty

Images from: Kari Sikorski

Taken at : Jessica Claire Photography Workshop

Images by : Jasmine Star

Images by: Jasmine Star

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