A Bride's Design on a Dime, Tip of the Week!

"How to save money on your linens"

by Amrta Kenner, Wedding and Event Designer

A wonderful way to save some money is to cut some from your linens. Although you will not be able to create a big effect as you could with your linens, you can save a lot by just getting colored napkins and colored sashes.

When meeting with your venue be sure to ask if they offer floor length linens. Most venues do have these as well as have the option to give you a colored napkin choice. I would however go with getting a colored linen for cocktail hour. This will give a nice touch as many dont really put centerpieces on these tables, although I am all for adding something small to these tables!

There is a right way to using in house linens that can still create a wow factor. Lets say our color pallet is, Coral, Sea Green, Tiffany Blue and White and I want to create a romantic beach theme. The way I would do it to use the in house floor length white linens. Use all white chair covers and ad a sea green sash on some tables and a tiffany blue sash on others. For my napkins I would also alternate as I did with the sashes. You can also keep the sashes white and alternate with colored napkins. Add in some texture and creativity in your centerpieces and use drift wood and coral.  I would use long banquet style tables for either of these. Add in alot of votives and all white flowers as well as some coral colored flowers and greens. If your budget allows I would do a colored glass on the tables, blue goblets and blue rimmed plates are a perfect mix with this theme since you will have all white table clothes.

Use different types of shells for your escort cards for a little fun! These can be hand made as well as your centerpieces. Use this money that you save and add an ice blue or amber uplighting to your room for a final touch. This is a must for any wedding on a budget or not. Lighting creates a big difference in all events. If you dont have alot going on table wise, create a factor in your room and ad lighting!

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Find Your Wedding Style: Simplistic Chic

Choosing colors and manipulating them into your style!

by Amrta Kenner, Wedding and Event Designer

 

Finding your wedding style can be very difficult. There are so many options as well as ideas out there to choose from. You may have your mother wanting you to go with a traditional white wedding, and you may have your girlfriends wanting you to think outside the box and have an upbeat wedding. All these different opinions may clutter your sight of what you really want. Take a step back, discover your taste and just go with it. Some of the best ideas come from mistakes.

This is by far one of my favorite color schemes, I call it Simplistic Chic. The color pallet is made up of many different tones of yellows like, peanut butter, honeysuckle, caramel, sunshine yellow, hickory, honeycomb, ivory, creams and white. 

If you want to add a little color I would suggest a deep plum for a fall wedding, tiffany blue for a winter wedding, pale pink or fuschia for a spring wedding and Grass green or sea green for a summer wedding. These accent colors can be nice to add on escort or table number number cards, the ribbon on your bouquets, bridesmaids dresses or sashes or my favorite place is a flower on a folded napkin. However, this pallet speaks so much that you could even just keep it these color of yellows. If you are more of a homey bride, a cute favor idea could be mini glasses of honey or peanut butter and jelly! Add honeysuckle to the centerpieces or to a coktails and give the guests a sweet surprise!

The way I would use these colors is to alternate them on table clothes and napkins. Give a few tables peanut butter table clothes with white napkins, some a honeycomb table cloth with a caramel napkin and make the head table all white with a yellow napkin, add a splash of color in the centerpieces whether it be the color of the ceramic vase or in the flowers.

There are so many options to add depth and texture to your event. Explore all options and know no boundaries!!!