Tag: Personal Touches for Your Wedding

Mar 19

Plan the Perfect Backyard Wedding

March 19th, 2012 - By Jamie Ehrsam

For those brides that envision their big day taking place in a warm, private, welcoming setting, they may need to look no further than their own backyard. With the ability to rent a private estate or other private property for your wedding, you can bring the idea of a backyard wedding to life, even if your own backyard is not property suited to host your guest count or convey your chosen wedding style. Read on to discover some of our best tips on how to make your backyard wedding a success.

Add Charm to Organic Elements

By adding thoughtful details to trees, landscaping, and other outdoor settings, you can elevate your wedding’s aesthetic and theme. Hang chandeliers, flowers, candles, crystals, or framed photos from trees. Trim pathways with shepherd’s hooks holding flowers and candles. Hang flower buds from a patio cover. The options for adding details are truly endless, so don’t be afraid to let your creativity run wild!

Add Personal Touches

By adding personal touches, such as family photos and meaningful keepsakes,  you can transform any estate or venue into a space that feels like home. Aside from placing personal items on dining or cocktail tables, you can also also replace existing items with personal ones. For example, if your venue has a collection of photos or decor that does not speak to your vision, replace them with framed engagement photos or wedding photos from your parents or grandparents. 

Feature Romantic Lighting

Nothing compliments a backyard or garden setting better than soft candlelight, market lighting, or chandeliers. Market Lighting is a great way to light large areas of space for a reasonable price while adding a charm that compliments almost any event theme.

Utilize Various Locations Around Your Property

With the amazing flexibility of a home or estate, you have the ability to use different locations for the different events of your wedding, rather than being confined to one ballroom. By utilizing different locations, your guests will feel as though they have fully experienced and explored your venue.

 

Here are some of our favorite backyard wedding venues that will make you feel right at home:

The Emma Estate (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) | Casa Corinna Estate (Santa Ynez, CA) | Hedgebound of Cape Cod (Cape Cod, MA)

About the Author

Jamie is the Co-Founder and President of Estate Weddings and Events. Jamie and EWE have been featured in The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, Grace Ormonde, Style Me Pretty, WE TV, Premier Homes, and many other publications. When Jamie is not managing Luxury Events at EWE, you can find her traveling the world. Her favorite destinations visited are Laos and the Maldives.You can follow her on Google+ here.



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Mar 2

Modern Mansion Weddings

March 2nd, 2012 - By Jamie Ehrsam

When choosing an estate location for your wedding, there are an endless amount of options, each unique in their own way. Although rustic ranch weddings and romantic garden weddings have been extremely popular with such blogs as Style Me Pretty and Green Wedding Shoes, you may also want to entertain the option of a chic and contemporary modern mansion wedding.  Take a look below to see some of our top pics and tips for a wedding at a modern mansion.

Let your Modern Mansion’s Architecture Inspire Your Wedding Aesthetic

After selecting a unique estate wedding location, it is important to begin to create an experience for your wedding guests.  Take in the architecture of your estate, including the location’s surroundings, colors, and exterior elements to inspire your event theme and decor.  By nodding to the estate’s architecture, your guests will enjoy your wedding celebration in a harmonious environment.

Above is the Glass House Estate in Palm Springs, California. This estate’s architecture and interior design illustrate the true essence of palm springs: modern architecture, bold and bright colors, and a focus-drawing aqua blue pool. To create a true modern Palm Springs wedding, highlight the bold colors and contemporary style, as is shown in this Modern Wedding from Wedding Chicks.

Choose Chic & Modern Apparel for your Wedding Party

Although there is a certain charm to an antiqued lace wedding dress or a full three-piece suit for men, it is important to keep the wedding apparel clean & chic to complement you entire wedding theme. Try to harness fashion forward or retro vintage trends, chic lines, and a specific color palate for your event. If you have chosen bold colors for your wedding or a location that is modern and contemporary, try to keep this all in mind when selecting each item of the bridal party’s apparel.

Don’t Be Afraid to Add Personal Touches

Modern Mansions can be the perfect blank slate for many event themes, but they can quickly transition to “too simple” or “devoid of warmth” if you do not add personal touches into the wedding decor. Clean lines, furnishings, and decor or fabulous, but they can also occasionally look generic, so don’t be afraid to add personal touches, such as framed black and white family photos, nods to your history as a couple, or elements that reflect you as a couple. These touches will not only warm the space with personality, but will make sure that your wedding is uniquely you.

 

For more potential modern estate wedding locations, take a look below…

The Sky Loft (Los Angeles)  |  Marina 5 Penthouse (San Diego)  |  Sebastopol Sanctuary (Sonoma)

About the Author

Jamie is the Co-Founder and President of Estate Weddings and Events. Jamie and EWE have been featured in The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, Grace Ormonde, Style Me Pretty, WE TV, Premier Homes, and many other publications. When Jamie is not managing Luxury Events at EWE, you can find her traveling the world. Her favorite destinations visited are Laos and the Maldives.You can follow her on Google+ here.



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