You can head over to MyM&M’s and create your own message on your customized chocolate candy!  These are great because you can order the colors that you want, to enhance the theme at your wedding.  Use them on a candy bar, or place them individually at each place setting – but make sure to do your calculations carefully so you don’t run out.  You can’t just run to CVS and pick up more of these custom treats!

Since these M&M’s are more expensive, possibly using them at a bridal shower is a better option for you. This way you don’t have to order as many M&M’s but you still get the same yummy message across to those you love!  The M&M’s that you see in the photo were customized for my wedding – going along with my pink and orange colors.  They had both my name and my husbands name on them and were placed at each place setting for my bridal shower and on these ice cream bowls that the hostess made.  They were a great addition, that stood out to me and my guests!

These vibrant colors can be seen throughout your menu choices or your paper programs/save the dates.  Show off the the avocado green in your flowers or let it pop against your white or chocolate tiered cake!

What color did you mix with avocado to create a memorable combination?

Source : The Knot, DC Nearlyweds

Everything at weddings is going mini and more creative.  Now, a traditional soup course which you sit and spend time eating can be passed around as starters for their guests to sip and enjoy!  The options are endless and presentation always so creative – I love seeing these at weddings.

Whether the soup is hot or cold – find one that fits your season and style.

Start the celebration with these Soup Shooters…What type of soup are you planning to serve?!

If you don’t want to make a big statement with your Something Blue and keep it more low key, I suggest trying blue toenail polish when you get your pedicure.  It will be much more subtle than bright blue shoes!

Other Blue ideas are:

• Blue flowers in your bouquet, such as hydrangeas
• Lingerie with touches of blue
• A dramatic blue-red lipstick
• Tiny blue details, such as flowers, scattered on a long veil
• A delicate pale blue barrette
• A beautiful blue Austrian crystal
• A blues band at your reception
• A silk, midnight blue wedding gown (who says it has to be white?)

Source: Hy Studio, Julianne Smith Garters, April Ohare Photography

Finding your ‘Something Borrowed’ usually involves someone close to you in your family or a best friend whom you highly respect.  I tend to see a lot of borrowing jewelery – bracelets, earrings and necklaces.  If you need some alternate ideas keep reading and let me know what your ’something borrowed’ will be:

Whoever you ask will be honored to help you out with this. The real question is what do you want to borrow…and from whom!?  Another traditional idea is borrowing a gown from your mother or grandmother.  Recently as styles have changed I have seen brides (with the go-ahead from the owner of the dress) use an old dress from a family member and take it to a seamstress to redesign it to either a different neckline or style that fits their personality more.

Other options for your ‘Something Borrowed’ are:

• Mom’s pearl necklace
• The earrings your grandmother wore at her wedding
• A bridal clutch for you to keep your belongings in throughout the day
• A veil or headpiece
• Your sister’s or best friend’s wedding shoes
• Your parents’ (or a close friend’s) home for the wedding or reception
• Your grandfather’s Bible or book of poetry, have it in the front of the church as a special reading

Source: Wedding Channel, Roël Photography, Fresh Photography

• Your wedding gown
• A veil
• Wedding lingerie for your first night married
• A brand new set of makeup or special makeup/eyeshadow
• A tiara or brooch to put in your hair
• New nail polish color
• An engraved garter

Jewelry: a bracelet, earrings or a classic pearl necklace

New colorful shoes to stand out or white to match your dress

Wearing a new item on your wedding day represents your new and exciting marriage with your husband and your new family together!  What did you wear as your ‘Something New’ on your big day?

In the busy schedule of planning a wedding you are still expected to put together pieces that represent  the traditional rhyme, something old – new – borrowed and blue.  If you are lucky your something old can be wearing your mothers wedding dress or a vintage jewelery piece that your grandmother left you.  If you are left without either of these here are a couple of ideas that may help lead you in the right direction:

• The veil your mother or grandmother wore in her wedding
• A vintage purse
• Vintage buttons on your wedding dress
• A favorite lipstick color that is your trademark color
• A perfume scent that you have been wearing for years

Antique or heirloom earrings or bracelet

A vintage engagement ring or wedding band

Antique lace tied around your bouquet

What did you keep with you for your ‘Something Old’?!

Source: Evrim Icoz Photography, La Vie Photography, Wedding Channel, Fashionista

This is also a great DIY idea for your wedding, get ornaments in your weddings colors and hang them on the doors of the church or reception.  An easy way to add decorations to you event!

Supplies:
1. Strong stiff wire that can be bent into a ring. We used aluminum wire gauge 20, about 55” long–due to the scale of the products in the shot, our wreath was rather large, about 28″ in diameter. A wire hanger is also a simple way to go.

2. Ornaments. We used a total of 81 ornaments. For a smaller version, we’re guessing you could make a 14” wreath with about a third of the ornaments depending on how full you wanted it.

3. Strong tape to fasten the ends of the wire ring together or, pliers to twist the ends of the wire ring together.

4. Ribbon to hang the wreath.

Directions:
1. String one ornament at a time onto the wire ring, alternating colors, using smaller ones to fill in the gaps.

2. When the ring is completely covered in ornaments, fasten the ends together.

3. Use a ribbon to cover the spot where the ends are fastened together, and hang!

Tip: best not to go too large in diameter as the wreath could become too heavy and stretch out.

Hopefully I will get a picture of mine when I finish it! Wish me luck!

Source: cb2

The great thing about sending these cards out after your wedding is that you still have that never ending excel spread sheet with everyone’s most recent addresses. I highly suggest you keep that excel sheet and continue to update it over the years, it is already a great tool to have for seasons such as this! Have fun with the photos.. let your personality show! Your family will enjoy to begin collecting the new family card from the first year you two were together.  Finally don’t forget to keep a copy of each card for yourself, you will be surprised looking back over the years how much of a fabulous story they will tell!

Great places to make photo cards:

Tiny Prints

Simply to Impress

Snapfish