Designing Events

These trendy place cards are definitely not your mother’s. Forget boring, folded-over pieces of paper. Brides and planners are proving that there are much more unique and fun ways to do place cards. Whether you’re assigning guests to specific tables or not, your guests will surely be impressed with unique designs like these as they enter your dining space. As seen in the pictures above, specialty place cards can be made for weddings of any theme or season. Vintage and shabby chic weddings pair well with wooden coasters as place cards. Getting married outdoors? Try tying nametags around small succulents. Getting married in the fall? Consider using small pumpkins or squash.  All of these ideas can be altered for your special day too. For example, use peaches instead of pumpkins for a spring wedding. Our Sarasota brides especially love these beach and nautical themed place card ideas.  Names can easily be written on shells, starfish, or sand dollars. Feeling really c...

At the sound of the words “cake topper,” most people picture the same, standard figurine.  It’s always that perfect bride and groom smiling from the top of a cake. However, those traditional toppers have been M.I.A this wedding season. Instead, cutout cake toppers have sent those plastic people packing. You can thank one major source for this trend: Etsy. A bride’s go-to planning sources should be their planner, their made-of-honor, and Etsy. In that order. If you’re not familiar, Etsy.com is an online market for vendors of handcrafted goods. We’re not really sure what brides did before Etsy was created. It’s the one-stop shop for veils, ring holders, banners, cards, and these cutout cake toppers. Unlike that traditional, cake topper couple, these toppers are easy to personalize. Multiple Etsy vendors create these cutout designs, so there are tons of options. You can get a silly saying like the popular “We did what?” Or, you can pick a simple phrase like “love” or “bes...

The photos you take on your wedding day will be memories you cherish and look back on for years on end. Why not have some fun with it and find some creative, unique wedding photo poses that fit you and your newly wed husband's personalities? Here are some of our favorite creative poses that we think would be adorable for anyone to do! Here are our top tips for getting photos you'll be excited to share forever: Pictures with your bridesmaids are the perfect opportunity to get creative. The "first look" picture in the bottom left corner is an adorable example of the bridesmaids reactions to seeing the bride in her dress, ready for the day. We also love the picture of the bridesmaids around the mirror with the bride looking on! Don't forget about the groomsmen! The ring bearer adorably strikes a pose in front of the group of groomsmen in the top left photo, reminding us that the boys can be just as creative in their pictures! Incorporate your whole we...