Southern Weddings

You have until the 4th of July to Design Carrie’s Wedding!  We will be posting several inspiration board entries as we get them.  You can also just leave a comment on the original post with your entry.  Be sure to check out the contest details and our fabulous panel of judges!  Enjoy this entry from Mina~

A Wedding for the One Who was Carried Away…

The main color scheme is ruby red, lime green, and champagne gold and the mediums that would be used are velvet, speckled feathers, and crystals. The Wedding Gown {Elizabeth Fillmore}, The Shoes – gold peep toe sling backs to go with the wedding gown {Jimmy Choo}, Short Party Dress {Elizabeth Fillmore}, Red Sandals to go with the Party Dress {Christian Louboutin}, Feather Headpiece would be worn as well a pair of gorgeous {Harry Winston} Chandelier earrings. The Bride’s Bouquet would be beautiful tints of red and greens with abundant speckled feathers throughout. The Invitations would be on ivory paper with beautiful calligraphy and a delicate calla lily. Charlotte’s Dress {Vera Wang}, Miranda’s Dress {Carolina Herrera}, Samantha’s Dress {Roberto Cavalli}. The Bridesmaids Bouquet is made of ranunculus, lady’s mantles, veronicas, and buplerums with light green lilacs. The flower girl would wear angel wings made of pink roses and light pink dress. The Wedding would take place at the {Gramercy Park Hotel}. The entryway would be adorned with a red carpet featuring a lime green and champagne monogram. The Decor would be velvet red curtains and fabrics, champagne table cloths, sparkling crystals hanging from golden trees, golden candles, olive green centerpieces with abundant red calla lilies. The Lighting would be done a golden tint early in the evening, then a ruby red towards the end of the evening. The New York Skyline would be visible through the open windows. The Signing Book would have gold calligraphy pens in golden urns and cards hanging from a tree of beautiful green branches and red calla lilies, and the table cloth is brocade champagne. The Transportation would be a vintage black Rolls Royce which would give a classic feel to this event. The Waiters would be adorned in ruby red or lime green bow ties and vintage Hollywood tuxedos. The Food would be a mixture of Mediterranean and Greek hor dourves made by Chef Mario Batali, The featured dessert wold be pyramids of miniature fruit. The Tables are decorated with brocade champagne cloth with a velvet red napkin folded in a classic style. The Napkin is accessorized with a speckled feather. On the back of the gold chair is a crystal tied by a velvet green ribbon. The Cocktails would consist of The Ramble -Aviation Gin, lemon, raspberries;The Boulvevardier-Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Carpano Antica sweet vermouth, Campa; The Aku Aku Gold Cup-Appleton VX rum, Gosling’s dark rum, lemon juice, Velvet Falernum, simple syrup, and Angostura bitters. The Music would be primarily blues and jazz  which is funky yet sophisticated and features up beat songs of the classic era. The Cake would be individual glamorous golden cakes with coconut and dark chocolate filling. The Favors given would be {Jo Malone} Luxury candles in Lime Basil and Mandarin for the women and Black Vetyver Café Cologne for the men.

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