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A colour palette of pastel colours creates a sense of fun and playfulness that is fabulous for spring and summer weddings. Shades of pale pink, mint green, baby blue, lilac and lemon are ideal for your pastel themed wedding, regardless of whether you are having a modern or vintage style.

Your bridesmaid will look amazing in different pastel shades, and the groomsmen wearing different coloured ties or waistcoats will look great too. If you want to be a little bolder, add one colour as a bright tone, such as a turquoise or a fuchsia pink, to really make a colour-pop wedding.

We love this colour palette – do you?

Pastel Wedding Colours Mood Board

Pastel Coloured Hyacinths – Via Modern Wedding, Picture by Love Joy Faith

Pastel Wedding Cake and Dessert Table – Via Style Me Pretty

Pale Blue Tie and Pink Buttonhole – Blue Sky Weddings

LOVE Letters – Via Modern Wedding, Picture by Love Joy Faith

Different Pastel Coloured Bridesmaid Dresses – Kelsey Rose

Pastel Coloured Vintage Tea Set – The Vintage Table

Wedding Invitations – Lucy Ledger Designs ‘Vintage Summer Fete’

Pastel Coloured Flying Saucers in Jar – Picture by Anna Rosell

We just love the fun and fresh colours in this week’s wedding inspiration mood board. Teal and coral (or salmon and turquoise) go so well together, and create a beautiful colour combination that is perfect for any spring or summer wedding. Mixing a few luxury items with DIY touches, like the crochet cake toppers and paper flowers, will add an unexpected sweetness to your wedding day.

Teal and Coral Wedding Styling Mood Board

Peach Desserts – Food and Cook

Paper Flowers – Via Cake Events Blog

White Tiered Wedding Cake with Teal and Coral Details – Delicious Designs

Circular Paper Garland – Dancing Mooney via Etsy

Wedding Cake with Crochet Heart Topper – Via Project Wedding

Ankle Ribbons – Martha Stewart Weddings

Teal Chevron Straws – Fancy That Loved via Etsy

Coral and Teal Ribbon Chair Decorations – Via A Paper Proposal

Today we are giving inspiration to those of you who love knitting and sewing, and are looking to incorporate your love for these into your wedding styling.

There are many creative ways to use cotton reels for your wedding, such as table numbers, table decor and garlands, and how about using knitting needles for your place settings with of balls of wool and cotton reels as a centrepiece to your tables?

Here are some really lovely ideas for a sewing and knitting themed wedding.

Sewing and Knitting Themed Wedding Ideas Mood Board

Table Numbers in Balls of Wool, Sewing and Knitting Decorations, and Cotton Reel Decorations – Via Green Weddings Shoes, Pictures by Edyta Szyszlo Photography

Cotton Reel Table Numbers – Via The Natural Wedding Company, Picture by Luisa Brimble

Wedding Table with Balls of Wool and Knitting Needle Decor and Knitted Bowtie – Jolie Jolie Design

Cotton Reel Necklace / Decorations – My So Called Crafty Life

Button Cookies – Group Recipes

This year, the floral bridal headdress has seen a real revival, especially with designers like Claire Pettibone using floral crowns for her catwalks, and we are over the moon. Whether you are having a vintage, whimsical or bohemian inspired wedding, the floral headdress, flower wreath headband and flower crown are pretty and rustic, and are great alternatives to the traditional veil or headband.

What do you think of these beautiful floral bridal headdresses?

Floral Headdresses Mood Board

Natural Flower Crown – Which Goose via Etsy

Headdress with Large Feather – Picture by Anneli Marinovich Photography

Crown of Etheral Flowers – Via The Wedding Community, Picture by Marianne Taylor Photography

Berry Wedding Hair Crown – via Style Me Pretty, Picture by Aharon Hill Photography

Lilac Floral Crown – via Ruffles Blog, Picture by Wrinkle in Time Photography

Pink Summer Flower Wedding Headdress – Hair by Krystle Sheehan at The Garage

Headdress with Flowers and Berries – Claire Pettibone Bridal Collection via The Wedding Community

Large Floral Headdress – Picture by Natalie J Watts

Vintage teacups make great decorations for a wedding, and as vintage weddings are still very much on-trend, we want to share some ideas for vintage teacup wedding decor.

Teacups can be used to create pretty floral arrangements for your tables, as holders for scrumptious cupcakes, and even the topper for your wedding cake.

We just love these ideas…

Vintage Teacup Wedding Decor Mood Board

Daisies in Teacup – Agatha’s Ta Party

Place Name Teacups – Via Event Inspiration

Cupcake in a Vintage Teacup – Hostess with the Mostess

Vintage Teacup Cake Topper – Via Wedding Chicks

Flowers in Teacup – Elizabeth Anne Designs

Teacups on Tray – Elizabeth Anne Designs

LOVE Teacups – Via Lovella Bridal, Picture by Francis Joseph Photography

Teacup Floral Ends – Heavenly Blooms

Wedding place names don’t have to be a name on a piece of folded card; think outside of the box and be creative.

There are some really creative ideas for wedding place names, from cross-stitched place cards to tying your plates with raffia and attaching a luggage tag.

Here are some great ideas for alternative place names.

Alternative Wedding Place Name Ideas Mood Board

Baguette Place Setting – Wed Bits

Spoon Name Places – Craftberry Blush

Name Painted on to Plate – Pocketful of Dreams, Picture by Rosie Parsons

Cross-stitch Name Places – The Making Spot

Plate Tied with Coloured Raffia – Helen Cawte Photography

Scrabble Letters – Brides Magazine

Name Place on Chair – You & Your Wedding Magazine

Pebble Name Places – Monkeys Jewels via Etsy

At The Wedding Community we have been dreaming of summer, and strawberry afternoon teas… mmmm! Today we are sharing some fabulous ideas for a strawberry themed wedding.

For most people, we are sure that strawberries conjure up thoughts of long, hot summers, so if you are having a summer wedding, strawberries will be in season and are a fabulous way to style your wedding. Their heart shape and pretty colour make them perfect as a theme, and they are easily incorporated, from your wedding invitations through to your wedding favours.

How about a strawberry cream tea for your wedding guests, making homemade jam as wedding favours and using lovely big teacups planted with strawberries as your table centrepieces? What about a great big table piled high with strawberry delights? Do you like the sound of this for your wedding?

Here are some ideas for a strawberry themed wedding.

Strawberry Themed Wedding Mood Board

Strawberry Dessert Table – Via Wedding Window

Save The Date Card – Lani Blue Cards via Etsy

Wedding Cake with Strawberries – Call Me Cupcake

Strawberry Wedding Favours / Table Numbers – Style Me Pretty

Strawberry Cream Tea – Via Wedding Window

Strawberry Jam Wedding Favours – Via Ruffled Blog

Strawberry Tray – Borrowed Blue

Strawberries in Teacup Centrepiece – Via Where Lilacs Bloom

Bouquet with Strawberries – Southern Weddings

Straws – Laura Larson via Etsy

Strawberry Bunting – Heidi Adnum via Etsy

Happy Easter everyone!

Today we wanted to share some ideas for if you are getting married around Easter, with our Easter themed wedding mood board. With spring flowers in abundance as well as lots of chocolate, incorporating a little of Easter into your wedding is a great idea.

Here are some fabulous ideas for a spring, Easter wedding.

Easter Wedding Theme Mood Board

Easter Dessert Table – Fiona Cairns

Decorated Eggs – The Charity Wedding

Spring Flowers in Egg Cups – Crazy About Weddings

Easter Egg Wreath – Delish

Easter Wedding Table Decorations – Message Note

Easter Tulip Nest of Flowers – Norwest Florist Blog

Easter Wedding Cake – Picture by Lime Leaf Weddings

You may not have even thought of choosing denim as part of your wedding theme, but denim can be super cute if used in the right way. We don’t mean you need to have a wedding dress made in denim (although it might look cool if you did!), just using the fabric as part of your decorations and styling.

For decorations, cute heart denim bunting will look great for an indoor wedding, a wedding outside or in a marquee. We also love the idea of denim and lace rag garlands that will sway in the wind if you are using an outside space. Using old denim jean pockets to put your guest’s cutlery and napkins into is a novel idea for place settings, and how about wrapping little drinks bottles in pieces of denim and tying with a little string or ribbon.

For the little details, a handmade denim corsage or wrist corsage will look amazing, and you could also make these as buttonholes for the groomsmen. Another lovely idea is to simply wrap pieces of denim around the stems of your buttonhole arrangements.

If you are having denim as part of your wedding styling it will complement the look if your bridal party wear some denim too… no, they don’t have to wear their jeans! A simple denim or denim-look/colour bow tie, blazer or waistcoat for the guys, and cute denim-look dresses for the girls; these will look great in different colours and styles, as the mismatch look is a really hot trend for bridal party outfits.

Demin Wedding Styling Mood Board

Denim Pocket Place Setting – Today’s Nest

Denim Wrapped Bottles – Via Jesi Haack Design, picture by Gabriel Ryan Photographers

Buttonholes Wrapped with Denim – Martha Stewart Weddings

Denim Bridal Wear – Via Oncewed, picture by Tec Petaja

Denim and Lace Rag Garland – Shabby Girl Next Door via Etsy

DIY Denim Corsage – Somewhat Simple

Denim Heart Bunting – Peony and Thistle via Flickr

Favours with Denim-Look Wrappers – Martha Stewart Weddings

Personalised Denim Hearts – Etched in Time via Etsy

Manolo Blahnik Blue Denim Rhinestone Buckle Pumps – Manolo Blahnik

Denim Wrapped Flower Tin – Via Jesi Haack Design, picture by Gabriel Ryan Photographers

When you think of crochet, you might be reminded of your Gran’s lace doily that her pot plant stood on! Crochet offers so much more…

Lace has been really popular for weddings recently, and crochet is just like lace but offers a more handmade, personal touch. Crochet is so pretty and feminine and will work perfectly if you are having a vintage or boho styled wedding. We are not saying you need to get your crochet needles out; there are many beautiful crochet pieces that you can buy from places like Etsy and Folksy that do not cost the earth.

Crochet tablecloths (and your Gran’s crochet doily!) are classic and lend themselves well to covering a drink or dessert table. Crochet bunting will look fabulous hung around your wedding venue, you could make or buy your groomsmen crochet buttonholes, have your wedding cake designed to incorporate your crochet theme, and if you wanted to go all out, there are some beautiful crochet wedding dresses available.

Crochet Wedding Ideas Mood Board

Crochet Heart Decorations – Cherry Time via Etsy

Crochet Wedding Dress – Loop Knits

Crochet Heart Wedding Cake Topper – Mae Mae via Etsy

Crochet Bunting – Bunting Boutique via Etsy

Coloured Crochet Flower Garland – Brothers Works via Etsy

Crochet Buttonhole – Via Estate Weddings and Events

Crochet Effect Lace Wedding Cake – A Bite of Delight

Crochet Wedding Shoes by Toms – Via The Wedding Community, Picture by Stone Photo