Flying High at Eagle Ridge

In honor of their one year anniversary, I decided to highlight Danielle and Tim's wedding at the Eagle Ridge Golf Course in Lakewood, NJ. This venue has beautiful atmosphere to begin with with it's darker color decor, taupe-ish colored chairs with deep brown trim, complete with darker colored chandeliers and sconces. So bringing in a caramel color enhanced with champagne seen throughout the bridesmaids' wear and accessories was a great choice in sticking with the scheme. For another smart move, lightening things up with pops of bright and light pinks for flowers, made everything come together in a very luxurious way. Since the couple was headed to Hawaii on their honeymoon, you could spot pieces of the island here and there whether it be through small pineapple symbols or the giant pineapple fruit display. The cocktail hour was on the outdoor patio accompanied by a steel drum band to really bring in that islandy feel. And a Mets ice sculpture was incorporated for the groom. Also inside, beautiful linen invaded by swrils of champagne added to the vintage-type feel the bride hoped to incorporate. She really captured that aspect in her Maggie Sottero gown though embellished with a golden lace undtertone and caramel/gold beading. Tall elaborate centerpieces created even more romance in the room. And of course, the outdoors did lead to some beautiful snapshots!

Although this was a summer wedding, I think Eagle Ridge would also be great for an Autumn wedding!

Look BACK On It!

My inspiration for this board was honestly the back of this gorgeous Alfred Sung gown. The bride should look beautiful all the way around since she is on display throughout the wedding, so encrusting yourself in strands of bling is definitely one way to go. After you take that long walk down the aisle, as the people are looking at the back of you most of the time throughout the ceremony, why not make it look nice back?

Next I envisioned what it must be like to be invited to a wedding of let's say socialites marrying one another. Or perhaps you can envision what it might be like to go to a wedding hosted by the Vanderbilts or the Rockefellers. When I open my mind to that thought, I don't see bright colors, but I see a more subdued elegance with the most perfect linens, vases upon vases of something like calla lilies, strands of pearls, etc. That's how I began working with these very earthy oyster-ish looking colors combined with almost that of a clay. Very fancy I think!

Pink Cake Box just so happened to be displaying the perfect cake to match my calla lilies, so I added that to the mix.

It's all very crisp, clean, and screams money and stature! Pictures of this wedding would be compiled in a gorgeous leatherbound album and handed down generation after generation. It would definitely be an event that would be looked back on!

Razzle Dazzle

For chic elegance, try incorporating raspberry in to your wedding instead of the usual merlots or fuschias. It's such a fun color that can be paired with just about anything from teal to lime to create a young vibrant feel.

For the attire, I've chosen a beautiful Kenneth Pool crumb catcher gown and paired it with a gorgeous Bari Jay single sleeve dress.

Working with some sleek black will give a sex appeal to the decor. Adding crystals always fancies things up a bit. I happen to be a fan of golds with raspberry, so I was sure to include gold in the flatware and jewelry. I also added a little lemon yellow to the invitations and make-up to show you that you can play the vibe up and down with the formality of the gold tones.

Of course you'll want to add something raspberry flavored like sorbet to give your day that final razzle dazzle!

SNOWSTOPPER

Close your eyes and picture yourself stepping outside on one of the coldest of winter days. There's a white blanket of snow on the ground and there are icicles everywhere! You stop for a second and take in a deep breath of that amazing cold air and it somehow seems to fill your body. Kinda cool, right? Well, this wedding is sure to be one chilling event! This board is perfect inspiration for a blingy bride who wants to go another route. Maybe the rhinestones embellishing just about everything have been done before amongst her friends. This takes it to a whole different pole! Variety of crystal chandeliers can be rented for an amazing setting throughout the venue or just in one area. A white dance floor would give guests the sense they are almost skating on ice. Of course having an ice bar or ice luge of some sort would definitely tie in with the theme. Don't forget to hang crystals from branches (preferibly silver or white branches). Be sure to incorporate some faux fur for the bridesmaids and the bride herself who should more than likely be in an outstanding ball gown to show that she is the Ice Princess. Bridesmaids can dress in icey colors of light silvers. A little blue uplighting can't hurt to achieve this sense of cool. And, I just really admire the cake adorned in strands of bling. This is one of those themes where I just don't think you can get too gaudy! Ice ice everywhere ice! Sure to be a snowstopper!

Something Old AND Blue!

Originally I had in mind making a board that was nautical in pale blues and white. I've always liked this picture of a Bari Jay's bridesmaid dress (featured at the bottom right in a pale blue with the headpiece) and so that became part of my inspiration for this board. The vintage feel that it gave reminded me of the flapper-era when women wore bathing caps. So, I was able to just tie it all together. Just as the ladies of yester years are holding parasols and posing on the beach, I'm showing you a picture of today's maids with parasols that are such a cute touch for any outdoor wedding to shield the sun and avoid squinty eyes in pictures. The bride could wear a vintage style dress for this, a birdcage veil, and use vintage napkin rings and it'll fee just like you're back in the earlier part of the 1900s. Sticking with the pale blue and white, no other flower was more perfect for this than hydrangea. Something old and blue!

Regal Romance

I love to mix unexpected colors! That's why I chose to work with a teal, lime, and golden hue. To bring regalness in to the year 2010, I emeralds, chandeliers, and feathers, but merged them with modern. The chandelier bleeds the blue, green, and yellow. Chartreuse greem poms are enveloped in teal blue feathers. The shoes show contrast which would make for realyl cute pictures. I chose to put the bride in a gold gown and pair up the groomsmen in gold accessories to match. The antiqued look can be updated through using damask designs. Make-up is fun for this one as since you have so many colors to work with, you can incorporate them in to the eyeshadows you wear. Bringing the tree in and surrounding it with drapery sets a romantic mood. You can feel a sense of a modern day Romeo and Juliet...if they were rockstars!

Just My Type

Being in a very romantic mood and dreaming of old-fashioned love, I was actually inspired by the thought of love letters...you know the old kind that would be mailed overseas back and forth to lovers who longed for each other. Today so many people find love online, so they can relate. Colors for this theme seem as though they should be vintage...almost sepia...a Shakespearean type of a vibe. Decor is full of damasks and monograms. A St. Pucchi gown seems to be fitting for a bride. This kind of romance is "just my type".