DIY Centerpiece Ideas

So I have been playing around with DIY centerpieces for a while and I think I know what I'm going to do...here's what I've come up with so far. World Market sells these lanterns that are nice and big- you can fit three candles inside and they are so cute! Here's what I was thinking of:

I was thinking of placing a few grey river rocks around the lantern with either tulips in a vase like above or a few more candles. I grabbed the rocks from a place down the road to try out the idea of placing rocks around the lantern, here's how it turned out:

I like it- of course I'd replace those rocks with smooth ones like these:

I think it will turn out well. :)
Forever Dreaming,
Katelyn

Venue Search Continues: Morgan Creek Golf Club

I went to the Morgan Creek Golf Club today. And I think I may have found the venue! I took some pictures so you guys can see and so I can show my FH later tonight. But I am so excited. I loved Trinity, the sales rep, and the venue. Here's some pictures:

This is the ceremony site. Notice the pond in the background...it has duckies. :)

This is the inside of the reception area. Those gorgeous drapes and chandeliers are there permanently so you save on the decorations. You get to chose from a bunch of colors for the linens with no extra charge and the carpet design isn't that bad either.

A close up of the chandelier. I love it!

So now all I have left to do to finalize this venue, is get my FH there to see it. He's been busy with work and biking up in Tahoe so hopefully later this week I can lure him away. :) Oh and next Tuesday we get to go and try some of the food. Yum!

Forever Dreaming,
Katelyn

Inspiration Board #7 Love bird wedding

(All images came from the Knot)

I just love how cute a bird themed wedding is. And I love it even more with a rustic feel!

Hope everyone's week is going well so far!

Forever Dreaming,

Katelyn

Love Letters Inspiration

When my FH and I first got together, we wrote a few love letters. What couple hasn't, right? Well today I was thinking of encorporating some of ours in our wedding. I already included quotes in our wedding website, but check out these other Love Letter inspiried wedding details:

You could ask your guests to write you and your husband a love letter instead of using a guest book. I love the idea of using these rustic drawers...

You could display some of your actual love letters for your guests to read. Or you could write letters to your guests and use them as place cards.

So many wonderful ideas, hope you are all having a great Saturday!
Forever Dreaming,
Katelyn

DIY Rustic Wedding Cake Stand

So I have wanted a rustic feeling wedding since I began planning. Not completely all out rustic, but lots of rustic touches. One idea that I fell in love with was the idea of using a piece of tree stump as a cake stand. Infact the idea came from this photo I found in one of my bridal magazines (I can't remember which one, sorry). Here it is:

Well as I was surfing around on the web today I found some other ideas using wood as your cake or dessert stands! Check out this DIY project on Once Wed!

Follow this link to see the DIY instructions, but isn't that adorable! And because you can change the style and hight so easily you could make a variety of stands for your dessert table. Oh I love it!

Forever Dreaming,
Katelyn

DIY Flowers: Manzanita Branch Centerpieces

I have always loved the look of flowered branch centerpieces, and now someone has finally let us in on the secret of how to make these eye catching beauties.

If you'd like to try this gorgeous look yourself follow this link.

DIY Wine Glass Lampshades

Check out this adorable project that is easy and pretty quick to make! 

Find instructions for this project and the download-able template here. Talk about an easy project that you could do way ahead of time and just save until the day. I'm all for low stress!

Forever Dreaming,
Katelyn

Favor Ideas and Reception Decor

Alright so my wedding is sort of a woodsie fairytale theme going with it and I found a few favors that I love and would go perfectly. Check them out!
Here are a few animal themed favors:



And here are a few fairy tale themed favors:


And I found what I want to put behind my FH and my table at the reception!


Oh I love it! And once the wedding is over, I can put it above our bed much like the picture above. How perfect! Currently I'm putting together my vendor checklist. Its a table of the vendors and what they do or do not offer all filled out so I can easily compare. I'll post it once I'm done - Its going to be a huge time saver!

Forever Dreaming,
Katelyn