Outdoor floral decor

Last weekend was spent narrowing down ideas for the wedding decor both with my dad (who is growing some of the flowers) and with the tent rental company! It was a lot. But these are some of the ideas myself, and my dad and mom collaborated on. (sorry bff you were too tired!)

So you know we are setting up a tent. And my dad had all these great ideas for outdoor decor.  (ya people, my dad rocks!) The first was a trellis idea outside the tent. We negotiated on what type of flower would climb the trellises but finally agreed upon Sweetpeas, mostly because they smell delectable but also because they are beautifully delicate. So my dad said he would actually build the trellis structures too! What a man!
This is just an idea found online, but I really like it!

This is a sweetpea climbing up.

They come in all sorts of shades!

Another idea is to have some giant planters at the ceremony entrance and later move them to the tent entrance. Something full and gorgeous like this!

Invitation Experiment

One of our goals by the end of January is to have the invitations finalized.  So to start the month off right I paid a visit to a favorite Toronto store, The Paper Place. I was hoping to get inspired by something there to come up with a creative invitation. Here are two samples of what I designed. I'm not totally impressed with either of them. So most likely they are not going to be the final product. I do like the green! Green is a must.

This is a long 'tea' length sample.

The top of the invite with some pretty ribbon.

A basic 5.5 x 7 sample.

Of course another touch of ribbon.

So there you have it. I think I want something with a little more umph! Or maybe a vintage type feel.

I found this sample online. I like the lace, but not sure if the BFF will approve. Might be to girly. *shrug* I don't know?