This week for Wedding Wednesday we are thrilled to have Nancy Mazzucco of I Do Wedding Consulting as our guests blogger! Nancy is not only an amazingly talented wedding coordinator, she’s also a dear friend of ours and a former bride (click here to see her Azul Beach Hotel wedding photos). We adore Nancy, and recently she set up an inspiration shoot which we blogged about yesterday! As both a wedding coordinator AND a recent bride, she has a lot of great information to share. This week, she’s sharing some super cute ideas to help give your wedding a personal touch!
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Every wedding is a celebration of two individuals proclaiming their undying love and devotion for one another, there is certainly no denying that. But let’s face it: you want to make YOUR wedding the best, the most unique, to have or do something that no one else has done before. Sometimes it seems we might even want to go above and beyond the last wedding we obsessed over {is that so bad, I mean, your big day only happens once, right?!}. So what makes a wedding swoon worthy? Well, in my opinion, it is the personal touch in all the little details that the couple threads through their ceremony, reception, cocktail parties, after parties, you know what I mean! Here are some websites and ideas that have totally inspired me; some small, some big, but all of these have made me think {WOW}! Enjoy the inspiration along with some of my favorite ways people have added that special touch to their Big Day.
{WEDDING BEE }: Totally inspiring Bees come up with crazy cool ideas for little personal touches that can be doused all over the place. I love these Tears of Joy Tissue packets Mrs. Sunrise made and the wonderful tutorial she gave. These are cute and practical, need I say more?
{What woman doesn’t shed a tear at a wedding?!}
Want to make your guests say “Holy Martha Stewart!” before they even get to the wedding? There’s nothing more heartfelt then receiving a handwritten note from the Bride and Groom along with your welcome bag. Okay, so this may not be practical for every Bride if you don’t have a lot of time, or if you have a few hundred guests, but if you can swing it, this is sure to leave a lasting impression!
{PROGRAMS} I know, sometimes even I think these can be a waste of paper, but if they are creative, fun, and most of all, reflective of the Bride and Groom’s style, it makes me warm and fuzzy! Check out Intimate Weddings for fabulous inspiration and ideas like the tutorial on how to make your own puzzle program fans. I absolutely heart these, and no, it doesn’t have anything to do with my insane love for Mad Libs! These are pretty, fun, and functional and I love how there are three different puzzles on the back design for everyone to enjoy!
Check out Miss Oatmeal’s post showing inspiration she used to incorporate her Hubs To Be passion for puzzles! Love it!
{LoveSmartDesign on Etsy}
{ETSY} THE place to find a bazillion wonderful artists, designers, and creators extraordinaire that make amazing and beautiful crafts for us to flaunt! You can often get great deals on jewelry, purses, hair flowers, fascinators, you name it, they have it! It’s much more unique to have one-of-a-kind creations then buying a similar item from a chain bridal store. {Just saying!}
{PERFECT PERSONALIZATION} It’s way easy to personalize wedding items, with sites like The Knot, Get Married, and Exclusively Weddings, you can order just about anything featuring your John Hancock. So when I come across something like this….
Photo by Kristen Pike
…..it puts a big fat smile on my face! Now this is personalization with style and pizazz! I just adore how fun and creative these are. It’s one thing to have personalized beer labels, but to have brewed the beer yourself, {SERIOUSLY} fantastic! Props to my old college buddy Alison {we attended UVM together} who created these for her wedding! She just so happens to be a badass floral designer in VT. Check out her post explaining the meaning behind her creative awesomeness.
{DESIGN TIP} Want to make a WOW statement, without a WOW budget? I have two words for you. Colored. Tablecloths. Tables take up the most square feet at a reception and make the biggest design impact when you use a colored or textured tablecloth. A great balance to stunning linens is a sweet and simple centerpiece {and you can never go wrong with candles}. You love bright colors and fun fabrics? I say, go for it! Put your flair in all the bits and pieces and let your personalities shine!
