More Chuppah Inspiration

I found some beautiful Chuppah pictures while catching up on some blog-following this weekend.  Seeing how these are put together should definitely give Jake and I a better idea of how to build/assemble our chuppah.  And we probably should go ahead and start looking for materials soon.  Regardless, here are the photos, enjoy!

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I particularly like how the flowers hang down in the back of this one.  Love that its simple but still very elegant.  Maybe I could find some fake flowers that would string easily to create this effect? 

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Aisle Mock-Up

I took some time today while Jake played video games in this rainy weather to lay out the vases I have in order to get an idea of what our aisle could look like. I can't quite decide if I like the vases lined up in a straight line or grouped together, kind of overlapping. I took pictures of both set-ups below.

Lined up straight, even with the aisle about 2-3 inches apart.

Grouped or bunched together - I think I will need more vases to get the full effect of this one.

So far I have a total of 11 vases ranging from 10 to 19 inches. I only have three that are 16 inches or greater - I'll need to get a better variety of vases in the 14-19 inch category. I like the look of having all different sizes instead of lining them up by height. Hopefully I'll be able to get some shopping done tomorrow and find some more.

I do need to do some research on floating candles. The diameter of these vases is from 4 to 5.5 inches. I'm guessing that the candles should all be the same size around 3 or 3.5 or so. I want white floating candles. I think the water heights inside the vases will vary as well, but I don't think I want them to be higher than 2-3 inches from the top.

The dimensions in the half of the ballroom that we're using for the ceremony are 48x62. With a chuppah at the end I'm guessing our aisle would be about 50 feet long?

Bouquet Inspiration

I found it, my new favorite bouquet, pehaps ever. I've never seen anything like this but I love it. Courtesy of Snippet & Ink, from the Sneak Peak of Anli & Kenneth's Wedding.

One Year to Go!

On this day next year, I will be tying the knot! I like to call it our "pre-anniversary" if you will. I'm very excited and I know that this year is going to fly by. We have been researching officiants this week so we have been productive with wedding-related work! I hope to post some of my personal photos of garden and puppy related items this weekend.

One thing that I have found that I know I want to incorporate into our ceremony is one of these adorable ring bearer bowls from Etsy seller, Paloma's Nest. We haven't decided if we will have a ring bearer/flower girl yet, but I also think it would be neat for one of the members of the bridal party to carry our rings down the aisle. I love that this can be used as a little jewelry bowl after the wedding!

(Image from Etsy Seller Paloma's Nest)

The Real Deal

For future reference, this is a picture of a ceremony in the Prestonwood Country Club ballroom. Our ceremony will be in the same place facing the same direction, but I don't really want it to look as plain. We will not be renting different chairs - I'm fine with the look of the Prestonwood chairs and they are comfortable, so we will be foregoing the extra $$ for Chivari chairs.

I think a chuppah, an aisle runner, lots of candles, and some pretty floral arrangements should dress this up nicely.

(Image from aweddingminister.com)

Ceremony Ideas

I've tried to describe the kind of decor ideas I have for our ceremony, but I feel like words don't really do it justice. If I had to write out the description, I would say that I want the aisles to be lined with tall cylindrical vases filled with water and floating candles. I'm not sure if saying "lined" is accurate - from the picture I've found that I'm using as my inspiration, there are tons of candles to create this effect. See for yourself, and let me know what you think!

(This image is from Jenna & Jeff's Wedding on the Knot)

I think the wide aisle runner and the chuppah also "speak to me" in the picture. I do like how the candles are of all different sizes but I would rather use vases that look more like this:

(Image from Keily & Gregg's Nestledown wedding via greenweddingshoes.blogspot.com - shot by Dana and Jeremy)

Thanks to the local Marshall's I've been able to round up about 8 vases or so already, all of varying heights. I need to find out the dimensions of the room over at Prestonwood to get an idea of how long our aisle should be. Once I know that, then I think it will be easier to decide if I want to go with this look or if I would rather have the candles just at the front with the chuppah, like this:

(Image from asouthernsoiree.blogspot.com, Jamie and Michael's Wedding)

I guess that's enough of my ceremony ideas for now. I'd love to hear what you think! Feel free to leave me a comment, send me an email, or just call me up with advice :)