Showing posts with label Inspiration board. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration board. Show all posts
Avoiding Fall..
Imaginale Design
Okay, believe me -- I want to avoid Fall at all costs. Not because Fall is bad, not at all! In fact, Fall is one of the most incredible seasons here in Atlanta. The weather is amazing and the colors are so rich. But welcoming Fall means accepting that Summer is over. And while it may be, I don't want to admit it!! I know.. I'll get over it soon... :P

And in my phase of "getting over it," I have created a Fall inspiration board! Actually, my goal is to make an inspiration board off of Wildflower Linen's breath taking decor each week! I'm all about DIY, but if I was a rich bride, I would definitely get some help from them! Literally fashion pieces for chairs. Completely unnecessary and why weddings CAN cost over 20K!

But, let's put aside that shame and enjoy it from a wishful distance ;) I was a little color happy on the last one, so I decided to stick with warm, sexy colors.


Shades of: black, firebrick red, burnt orange, and pale chestnut
(click to enlarge! :)

Imagesource: rose wall, dancer, bouquet, cake, henna

Again, I really like making my images very cultural (Latin, Indian, Mediterranean, etc.). I love the variety of blends you get with them!

Imagine the types of invitations one could do with these colors and styles?! I picture really intricate henna-like designs around the edges, and beautiful calligraphy, all sealed with a burnt orange wax-sealer on the envelope. A little like the ones I saw here!



Oh, the possibilities...

Lunch is over! Time to get back to work :)

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Things that went wrong..
Imaginale Design
I admit... after reading blog after blog after blog of beautiful and inspiring weddings -- they freak me out. It begins to feel overwhelming as though there is some kind of "standard" you should follow. And granted, a lot of it comes from me being ME. I'm an artist and designer.... specifically in photography and graphic work, but I'm not limited to that.

Have you seen my room?! I don't have my own house yet, I currently am a "renter" but am blessed with the HUGE masterbedroom. If you have seen it, you will know what I am talking about. If you haven't -- well, it's my mini-home. I spent time, planning my decor -- I made my curtains, I have one wall FULL of antique frames with photos, pieces of vintage decor color my furniture and make it... me.

So OF COURSE these inspirational blogs put me in over drive! But thankfully, there are some that just ground me :) Some that remind me that the beauty and trends found in other places are meant to be admired and inspired, and THAT'S IT. And I want to share one post I read today that did just that. Even if you're not getting married, or ESPECIALLY if you already have, you must read it.

Who is going to be at my wedding? People who love me. And those people who love me are probably reading this. And those same people have ALREADY experienced this journey of me growing as an engaged woman -- eventually becoming a married woman. They will see the crazy ideas I started off with, to what became real. They won't judge me because in the end... what is in my wedding is all my labor of love. Who cares about what it isn't.

On that note, for my Latin flavor of the week, I created an inspiration board! These colors remind me of a festival back in the 30's, swirled with cotton candy and yummy hues of purple. Yes, I had to include that bolero ;)


top: bolero, flowers, matador
bottom: day of dead table, cha cha cha

And last, what you must read: Things That Went Wrong

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