Peacock Inspired Weddings

Male peacocks, some of the best looking guys (in a birdy sort of way) on the planet.  Evidently their female counterparts were so uninterested in doing the one thing ALL males love doing, divine intervention was called into place.  Parading around with iridescent Indian blue-green plumage made the hens more feisty than freshmen college girls in a coed dorm.  And I can see why.  Here are some of the most charming peacock inspired bridal accessories available right now just for you at Etsy.

1.  Fascinator by designbynight

2.  Wedding Stationery by InvitingMoments

3.  Boutonniere by Rationale

4.  Wedding Invitation by AnistaDesigns

5.  Garter by plainNfancy

Candy Cane Insired Wedding Cake

Candy and Christmas.  A combination as spellbinding to kids as Brad and Angelina to the money-loving shareholders of The National Enquirer.  Turns out grown-ups love candy too, and know a cheap Christmas cake decoration when they see it, those pleasing peppermint confections, readily available (earlier every year, or so it seems) at about $1.99 for a box of twelve.

Photo courtesy of Pink Cake Box

Looking Lovely in a Birdcage Veil

A simple bird cage veil has it all.  It’s affordable (if not, you’re shopping at the wrong place), practical (no lengthy veil to get stepped on, torn and torpedoed by your new high heels), and sophisticated--revealing the glamorous goddess you really are!

Photo courtesy of Delovely Designs

Playful Polka Dot Wedding Cakes

Your guests showed up to have a good time.  Really…they showed up to see you make an honest man out of that boyfriend of seven years, but the baked salmon with horseradish crust and the cheesy au gratin potatoes were never far from their minds.  And what’s for dessert?  A whimsical wedding cake with playful polka dots is just what’s needed to get this party started.

1.  Cake Central

2.  Matrimonial Meg

3.  cakebee

Heart Favor Tags

These vintage style heart tags by Anista Designs are so very charming; they’ll be hard to give away.  But you must!  So much loveliness they’ll add to that lonely little pillow-shaped box of Jordan Almonds or that tiny clear tin of personalized M&Ms. 

Purple Wedding Day

Pink and blue, those were my wedding colors.  I know, I know…pink and BLUE?  Well the marriage worked out well in spite of weirdly-chosen baby shower colors and that’s the important thing, right?  Today I have a passion for purple.  Simply put, marry together everyday colors red and blue, and the result is an amazing love child called purple.

1.  Invitationstyles

2.  w-weddingflowers

3.  Jeremiah & Amanda Wedding Planning

4.  The Cupcake Blog

5.  premiumweddingflowers

6.  Weddingbee

7.  wrappedoccasions

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Personalized Heart Cake Topper

Ashley and Robert.  Whoever they are, they know a good deal when they see it.  If Robert remembers to do a few loads now and then, doesn’t pick his nose or scratch his balls in public, he stands a fair chance of being married to Ashley until 2061.  And even though he develops a receding hairline that’s okay (unless he tells everyone from the guy at Home Depot to the girl at Kentucky Fried Chicken), he can admire his heart shaped wedding topper every year, for fifty fun-filled anniversaries, sitting on top of his favorite coconut cake with chocolate cream cheese icing.

The Joy of Short Husbands

With my Dad and brother both six feet two, I naturally grew up thinking all men were tall. When I reached my full height of 5’6” in seventh grade, I suddenly found myself looking down at the greasy and dandruff-ridden hair of boys the same age, one of whom I unhappily assumed would be Mr. Right. During the summer between 7th and 8th something bizarre (even more bizarre than having your first period, if that’s possible) happened. Boys that were five feet tall standing on their tippy toes in June now had to duck their heads going in the cafeteria door in September. So once again, men were tall and women were not.

Having sampled the intellect of the tall local boys, one of whom told me Shakespeare was a brand of fishing reel (which it is), but definitely was not a person. Boys were fun to look up at but easy to look down on. A chance encounter brought my future husband into my life at age 22, and you can guess the rest. A small, but very smart guy, but big on making me laugh, especially at myself.

Tina Fey and husband, Jeff Richmond

Flaming Red Wedding Bouquet

Even though outside it’s 100 degrees and inside your car it’s hot enough to cook tonight’s lasagna, thoughts and plans eventually return to your winter wedding bouquet.  With all the choices today, roses are still the number one favorite for brides.   Red roses, symbolic for passion and pleasure, and what more do you want on your wedding day than passion and pleasure?   Paired with sleek and stylish calla lilies and hand tied with satin or velvet and a well-placed rhinestone brooch, winter just wouldn’t be as exciting without a crimson red wedding bouquet.