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Hair Care TipsHave a Garden Theme Dream Wedding
by:
Blake Kritzberg
You've found the perfect venue: old oaks, a stone wall, a gazebo, acres of odoriferous shrub and honeysuckle, and even as a small, clean pond. Now it's time to take the garden wedding of your dreams a little further. Let's start with invitations.
**Garden Theme Invitations
The right invitation says "old world" and "hand made." Artistic? Hand-paint a flower design, scan it in to your computer and fade it into the background of your invitations. Or collect and press wildflowers and violets to include.
Accent your invitations with small brass buttons or charms. Seal the envelope with waterproofing wax and a seal that ties into your wedding: a seashell, a flower, a swan.
Raised writing on your vellum overlays does for a beautiful antique look. And no, you don't have to purchase invitations to bring home the bacon it. You can do it yourself with a printer (ideally a optical maser printer), embossing powder and a heat gun (or hair dryer). Discover more simply about this technique:
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**Garden Theme Decorations
Look for cozy round tables, and set a large outdoor umbrella over each one. Use several layers of linens; the bottom one a solid color (not necessarily ivory or white), and the top, a coordinative
print mindful of material or calico.
Use undyed
material and meshing to set the stage, and avoid bridal white. Choose peach, sand and mushroom tones instead -- thing
that complements the sepia photographs of forebears you'll want to set on the tables. Use tea to safely dye thing
you have on hand that's simply too white.
For mood lighting, you'll want pillar candles, but not the ordinary sort -- the kind that's clipped with small lampshades. Decorate the shades to suit the mood, with silk fringes and braids.
Comb thrift stores for colorful floral china (we habitually
find full services there for cheap). Stack a larger, contrastive plate under a smaller. Use the most vibrant color combinations you can get away with.
**Garden Theme Centerpieces
For a simple, one-minute centerpiece, gather a handful of old-fashioned spiral lollipops. Arrange loosely in mason jars.
To get a rise out of your guests, do or buy breadsticks redolent of thyme or rosemary, and display on end in a pitcher or galvanized bucket.
You'll be in nice "chair" once
you do these loveable centerpieces: use wrought-iron doll-sized chairs from garden stores. Lay bryophyte or wheat grass on the seat, and twine ivy or flower garlands through the back and arms.
**Great Garden Theme Fare
Concentrate on light, portable finger foods. We suggest:
- Cherry, peach or lavender fruit drink
- Chai tea
- A light, sweet wine, like Gewurstraminer
- Prosciutto and melons
- Deviled eggs with sundried tomatoes
- Stuffed mushrooms with feta, spinach and bacon
- Prosciutto/tomato grammarian
- Curry cucumber sandwiches
- Soup
- Strawberry cream puffs
- Mini cheesecakes
**Express the Ineffable
For music at your garden wedding, simply about thing
goes -- as long as it's live. Call your local college for several bargain-priced combos. Harps and violins or flutes and guitars -- it hardly matters, as long as your musicians can breathe and eat lunch.
Just simply about the author:
William blake
Kritzberg is owner of FavorIdeas.com Finish by for a large selection of wedding favors and ideas.
For more much on planning your garden theme wedding, see a garden theme wedding and a daisy theme wedding.
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