One of my friends is getting married. And I'm thrilled that she has asked me to help with the wedding preparations and decorating. Seriously. For any of you that do know me, you know that I am really really into this! Ha!
So yesterday I was finally able to go visit the park in which their ceremony and reception will take place. I've known about the wedding and the fact that I'll be helping for a while now, but it was hard for me to put together one of my inspiration boards because I had no idea what the space looked like. Well, now I do.
So I'd like to present to you my rendition of a Vintage Rustic Wedding.
Description from top left: 1. Typewriter Guest Book 2. Handwritten Stone Place Cards 3. Hanging Ball Mason Jars with votives 4. Vintage camera/book centerpiece 5. Vintage Door Screen and Rustic Chandelier 6. Wine bottle candles 7. Lemonade 8. Vintage Suitcases 9. Ball Mason Jar Vase 10. Book covers with wedding date stencil 11. Vintage Camera/Book centerpiece 12. Vintage Doors used for ceremony entrance 13. Galvanized grated tin buffet wall with chalkboards 14. Stone Isle
1. Instead of the typical guest book, have a working, vintage typewriter with a roll of paper for your guests to write you a little note. A great keepsake.
2. An inexpensive but beautiful alternative for paper placecards. Collect (or buy) river stones. Use a paint pen to hand write your guests' names. Have them laid out in a old dresser drawer with moss or even a vintage suitcase.
3. Use canning jars for candles. Use twine or wire to hand them from rafters/ceiling or even just set them around the room for beautiful candlelight.
4. & 11. Use vintage cameras and books to make unique centerpiece displays. Stack hardcovered books and use candles, cameras and vases of fresh cut flowers. If you have a favorite animal such as a dinosaur (hehe) you could even add on of those next to the camera.
5. If you have any, even one vintage door around . . . use it! It makes for a wonderful backdrop basically anywhere. You can hinge a few together to make a beautiful screen to hide things or to use for displays of photos. Also in this picture is an old chandelier. Make the "head table" special by hanging one with candles above.
6. How much wine will you drink between now and your wedding? Save the bottles and put candle sticks in them and place them in between all the food and deserts on the buffet. When the candles start to melt the wax will drip down the sides of the bottles and are actually very beautiful and romantic looking.
7. What more do I have to say. Any vintage looking drink dispenser is wonderful.
8. Vintage suitcase can be used for several things. Stack them up. Use the for a table at your ceremony or just to add different heights on your desert table or food table. Open one up and use it to hold your wedding ceremony programs and place it at the entrance of your ceremony. Remember those stone placecards? Cover bottom of open suitcase with moss and place all the stones inside. Great display.
9. Use ball mason canning jars as vases for centerpieces. You can also use ball mason jars for drinks too!
10. I love this idea and actually have never thought of it before. Books are a great filler for decoration and displays. Cover books with fabric or paper and use a stencil to write the wedding date on it. Layer them in order next to each other or stack them up.
12. This is my favorite yet. Use two vintage doors at the entrance of your ceremony area. Lean them up against two trees if you are unable to get them to stand alone. But if, for instance, you have two doors that happen to be already on bases with casters, it would work perfectly! (Hint hint) You do not need to close the doors for a grand entrance, but I think it will designate the entrance for your guests.
13. So if you have unsightly things on the wall behind where your food buffet will be, think how to cover it. I'm not really sure if this is an expensive idea or not, but it looks cool. Use tin grates and secure them behind. Use chalkboards to write food labels on. OR for an inexpensive alternative use drywall sheets. Yes, drywall sheets. Use chalkboard paint (or even just black paint would be fine) and secure them behind.
14. Go to a landscaping business and get one of those plastic storage containers filled with stones. Lay them in small grouping lines to show where the isle is. Then, when the wedding is over, you have a start on your landscaping border. Bonus.
