DIY Wedding

Our Rustic, Forest Wedding...

Yes, we have a new venue! It's very lovely and has paths that you can wander through. Our ceremony will be held on a rustic little stage in the "Wedding Woods", and the reception will be held in a small field.

We are working on decor. We want to use a lot of candles, and old furniture throughout. We are going for a rustic, romantic , shabby chic, gothic look.

The stage will be lit with jar lanterns hanging at different heights from the top on both sides and in the back. We might also use some jar lanterns on the floor. We are debating on using flowers and willow branches to make it a little more romantic.

The reception is a little harder. We have a plain white tent to dress up for the buffet, and I'm not a white wedding type of bride. We'll have to do some brainstorming.

The reception tables will probably have black lace table linens, and I am using mismatched clear vases collected from thrift stores to hold dark colored garden flowers, and succulents. I have a few other ideas, but nothing set in stone.

For fun we are going to have a DIY photo booth wall, a candy buffet, and an acoustic jam session after dancing and when the sun starts to go down a bit.

Still trying to come up with some more fun stuff. :)