Decor in a Dash

If you have planned a wedding, helped coordinate aspects of a wedding OR you have simply been a bride, you know that there is always something (whether anyone notices or not) that does not go exactly to plan.  When you are in the industry you always FIRST plan to make sure there are no instances like this and then SECONDLY always know how to act "on the fly" so that if something does happen it falls into the "no one noticed" category.

So follows one such scenario...

A wonderful bride that we had the chance to get to know over the last months was preparing for her wedding day.  Everything was in place, the photographer was beginning to take pictures of the wedding party getting ready, the tables were set, the dj was set....but where were the decorations or centerpieces???  Long story short, there were NO decorations or centerpieces.  The anticipated plan for the centerpieces had fallen through the morning of the wedding.

On opposite ends of town, our phones begin to ring...we were notified by our event manager of the situation.  We dropped everything we were doing and flew into work to save the day.  Melissa (who happens to be amazing with floral), grabbed what we had on hand and began to construct centerpieces to accent the eggplant hues in the linens that they had chosen.

With an hour to spare, the room looked beautiful; and I can guarantee other than the wedding party watching  us decorate and set as fast as our hands/feet would take us...no one knew that the beautiful table arrangements were designed, constructed and set in a matter of minutes.

Do any of you have last minute "hiccups" that make for a great story???

PB&J

There are many trends when it comes to decor in weddings.  Some that have been around the longest are the  unique use of numbers or initials.  Many brides strive for sequence dates like 10.11.12 or looking back five years ago everyone was jumping at 7.7.7 to have for their wedding date.  I've seen multiple couples use the classic "M&M" logo to incorporate their first initials as a part of their scheme.  One couple that we had at bella sala this past weekend was looking to incorporate their initials....PB&J.  We went into the decorating consultation wanting to incorporate the initials with a flair of our own.  Of course, we started with what Pinterest had to offer in ideas :)  After sifting through many pictures and bouncing ideas back and forth, we came up with the perfect marriage of eggplant and sepia tones accompanied by a rustic natural centerpiece.  AND what a awesome way to incorporate the initials by burning them into the logs that we cut for the centerpieces!  Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of the adorable favors the bride put together of individual mini mason jars of peanut butter and jelly with the inscription "spread the love" (she was a very crafty gal!  The banner for the head table was awesome!).  Take a look at these great pics!!