Tablescapes for our wedding have really been the only source of moderate stress thus far in the planning process but I think we always had an idea of the vibe we were going for and ended up in a good place.
The first decision was what style tables and dinner service we wanted. We LOVE to host folks at our house and it always feels like we are making some kind of meal that encourages passing and sharing so we decided to serve our reception dinner family style. We also wanted it to feel very communal so it seemed like the long tables would be a good fit but our venue only offers the rounds that are included in the venue fee. Since we already have to rent tables for our picnic the day after the wedding at another venue we decided just to use those banquet tables the night before at the wedding too. So while we won't have the beautiful exposed reclaimed wood long tables we will have three long tables to get the feel we were going for.
As for what is on the table - we wanted the decor for our wedding to be rustic yet elegant and somewhat romantic. We love the use of wood we've seen at other weddings and it ties in well with some other wood elements like My Guy's ring but I also wanted to "pretty it up" a bit (at least for the wedding day - the picnic is a different story).
Even though we loved the wood look we had no idea how we'd get the wood since we live in FL and are getting married in OR. *As a side note - I'm so glad we are getting married in OR and doing a destination wedding but we'd be able to do SO much cool stuff if we did this in our backyard. I don't know if you recall this post but My Guy flew home to Indiana for a weekend and worked on some smaller sized wood cuts with his mom that we could use to put candles on, for the dessert table or really anything.
But the other day we got a huge surprise in the mail from his Grandpa...truly amazed! He knew we liked the rounds that would be used as table centerpieces and look what he sent us.
Think we both need to go take some woodworking lessons from Grandpa! Again - I'm so blown away by our family and friends that are chipping in on our big day. We are so blessed and I can't wait until we have them all in one location in one month.
These will look great against the burlap/muslin tableclothes and maybe with a smaller doily over them with a vase with flowers and maybe a candle or two. Like I said - we want to blend the rustic with a hint of romance. I ordered these pretty lace lumanaries from Etsy in various sizes as well and could either use them on the tables, on the fireplace mantle or other areas throughout the barn.
More to come on the tables but after reading the post yesterday by fellower blogger friend Jes at A Mountain Bride I felt like I wanted to share since we have a similar taste in our tablescapes.
The first decision was what style tables and dinner service we wanted. We LOVE to host folks at our house and it always feels like we are making some kind of meal that encourages passing and sharing so we decided to serve our reception dinner family style. We also wanted it to feel very communal so it seemed like the long tables would be a good fit but our venue only offers the rounds that are included in the venue fee. Since we already have to rent tables for our picnic the day after the wedding at another venue we decided just to use those banquet tables the night before at the wedding too. So while we won't have the beautiful exposed reclaimed wood long tables we will have three long tables to get the feel we were going for.
As for what is on the table - we wanted the decor for our wedding to be rustic yet elegant and somewhat romantic. We love the use of wood we've seen at other weddings and it ties in well with some other wood elements like My Guy's ring but I also wanted to "pretty it up" a bit (at least for the wedding day - the picnic is a different story).
Wood Cut Inspirations
{via} Jasmine Star
{via} 100 Layer Cake
Even though we loved the wood look we had no idea how we'd get the wood since we live in FL and are getting married in OR. *As a side note - I'm so glad we are getting married in OR and doing a destination wedding but we'd be able to do SO much cool stuff if we did this in our backyard. I don't know if you recall this post but My Guy flew home to Indiana for a weekend and worked on some smaller sized wood cuts with his mom that we could use to put candles on, for the dessert table or really anything.
But the other day we got a huge surprise in the mail from his Grandpa...truly amazed! He knew we liked the rounds that would be used as table centerpieces and look what he sent us.
All photos {via} My Guy
And these arrows since we mentioned making some directional signage! Can't wait to use these one day at our house - we can put up a pole of arrows with different places we've lived on them.
Think we both need to go take some woodworking lessons from Grandpa! Again - I'm so blown away by our family and friends that are chipping in on our big day. We are so blessed and I can't wait until we have them all in one location in one month.
These will look great against the burlap/muslin tableclothes and maybe with a smaller doily over them with a vase with flowers and maybe a candle or two. Like I said - we want to blend the rustic with a hint of romance. I ordered these pretty lace lumanaries from Etsy in various sizes as well and could either use them on the tables, on the fireplace mantle or other areas throughout the barn.
{via} Etsy shop my haleygirl
More to come on the tables but after reading the post yesterday by fellower blogger friend Jes at A Mountain Bride I felt like I wanted to share since we have a similar taste in our tablescapes.
