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(photo by Sean Loring Schofield)

Here it is ladies & gents…THE perfect invitation for your formal beach wedding! The ladies from Melangerie NYC have done it again! I love the sleek modern look of these invites!

Congrats to Melangerie NYC, who have been featured in the Spring/Summer 2009 issues of New York Weddings and Brides New York!!!

LANA & STEVE’S BEACH WEDDING PAPERIE

Lana & Steve were married on a beach in St. Maarten during the Spring of 2009. Their invitation was inspired by the sea, but also reflected the couple’s modern taste and the formality of their wedding ceremony. Each wedding event is indicated on a separate card joined together by a coordinating band. When assembled, Lana & Steve’s invitation references the ocean’s tide.

We also created programs fashioned as fans, a sea shell inspired guest book, and wavy, calligraphic escort cards & table numbers to accent the day’s festivities.

The most beautiful wedding pillows you will ever see. 

Choose from your favorite flower design and colors.

Thanks Anna for the follow on twitter!!! I am a HUGE fan of these gorgeous ring pillows! Be sure and check out Anna’s blog for more inspiration and to order your ring pillow TODAY!

Here is another spin-off of the bell jar-ish idea from the Design*Sponge blog! I think this might be my favorite idea yet! I am thinking you could use baby food jars (rinsed out of course, and fancied up however you wish) with each guests names in them for your escort table and then have a glass jar collage centerpiece with you and your fiancé’s favorite pictures on each table! FUN DIY project!!! 

(photo by Pink Galoshes)

What an elegant escort table! You know, it’s photo’s like these that make me just want to plan another wedding! We had a very small intimate wedding so we did not have assigned seating. Since I did not have escort cards or place cards, I found this information from the Pink Galoshes blog to be very useful for those of you who are:

“Your escort table is the reception’s first focal point and a source of guidance for guests, instructing everyone where to go upon entering the main dining room. The cards can be playful and whimsical, elegant and sophisticated, or simple and understated. It is the guests’ first glimpse to what is behind the closed doors or drapes of the tent, their first peek at what surprises may be in store for them”.

“Escort cards are normally displayed on a table adjacent to the entrance of the reception. Their purpose is to guide guests to their correct table number, an effective system of organization if you choose not to have formal seating, but still want people at assigned tables. Take note, a place card is slightly different from an escort card. Place cards are set out at the dinner table itself, showing each guest exactly in which chair to sit during the reception. These may be crucial if your dinner is catered to the exact guest. Escort cards on the other hand indicate a table, but not a seat”.

 

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Introducing :

I love the old school projector style home movie (but MUCH cooler, of course) feel of these films! Immediately upon watching these clips, I got the chills! Thank you so very much Justin for introducing me and the Bridal Inquirer readers to your work. Amazing. 

Kaori & Chris from Justin Fone on Vimeo.

Maureen & Nathan from Justin Fone on Vimeo.

Justin Fone has studios based in San Francisco and Los Angeles and was recently awarded Best Wedding Videographer  by the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as being named as one of the Top Wedding Cinematographers by Brides Northern California.

THEY’RE HERE!!! More pics from Alisa & Matt’s beautiful Grand Del Mar wedding! If you want more, and I know you do…be sure to visit Ohana Photography for the rest of these unbelievable photos! I have known the bride since we were sophmores in high school (Go Lancers….ha ha…can’t believe I just said that!). I am so over the moon happy for these two!

Hot, Hot, Hot!

One of my Faves!

The Handsome Groom!

CUTE!

Kingston (you first met him here)!

Congrats to Alisa & Matt…xoxo

Today I came across one of my new favorite blogs…We Met in a Bar (yes.they.met.in.a.bar)! So to all my single friends out there…YES YOU CAN! Woot Woot, for another Southern Cali blogging bride! Anywho…I saw this adorable idea on her blog…a rolodex guestbook! Guests write a love note on one side and their contact info on the other! CUTE!