Well! I survived last week and have lived to tell about it! The Not Wedding was an incredible event with lots of great vendors showcasing their talents. There were four environments created by four different floral designers. Each floral designer was paired with a caterer, a stationery company and a pastry/cake baker. My partners were Talk of the Town catering, Mirabel Press and Tasty Pastry.
Our environment was Vintage Chic. Here's the first of many photos taken by yours truly. The better, professional shots will come soon.
Linens were platinum crinkle taffeta. A silver beaded charger and glass plate, paired with my mom's american fostoria dessert cup and plate, along with fostoria coffee cup/saucer completed the place setting. Glassware included vintage saucer style champagne glasses, fostoria water glasses and an Ed Hardy glass to add a bit of rock n' roll! (You'll understand this element as you see more of the environment!)
Favors doubled as place cards in the form of vintage, wall-mounted bottleopeners hung with tulle from vintage-brand soda bottles. (The bottleopeners just happen to be my husband's business -
www.bottleopener.com). Perfect for groomsmen gifts, wedding favors, welcome basket items, etc.
Here's a beautiful vintage flower vase inherited from my grandmother--in-law. Filled with sweet baby pink ranunculus.
Authentic vintage candy jar filled with marshmallows with a handmade hypericum berry flower accent. This handmade flower was a design element used repeatedly throughout the environment. This one has a pink marshmallow center!
The sign-in table. Guests enter and sign in on the vintage typewriter (that actually works!). Hopefully the guests will be creative and clever making the guestbook a wonderful keepsake.
This is a terrible shot of the wonderful banners that my former client/artist - Lindsay Mahaffey Odell painted for the space. Love Sweet Love. That was an underlying theme of the space as well. My bride and groom (Betsy and David) were so adorable and they had awesome blue eyes.
That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!
The fabulous pink dress was provided by Heidi Elnora (who actually wore it for her own wedding - one of four she had that day!). The floofy, feathery hairpiece was provided by Chaos Couture.
Here's Cathy & David in our actual space, where artist extraordinaire, Lindsay Mahaffey O'Dell painted these seriously cool "Love Sweet Love" banners. Lindsay also creates wonderful and whimsical jewelry, hairpieces, and exquisite wedding decor.
Wow! Check out the huge bird cage we rented from Paris on Ponce to use as a giant centerpiece for the head table. We filled it with hanging paper birds and millions of taper candles in vintage candleholders. The heat streams from the candle flames made the birds "fly" around in the cage. It was cool.
We also borrowed a sort-of vintage motorcycle because everything should have an edge, no? 
Now, here's where it gets interesting. The bridal 'bouquet' was a single flower made from hundreds of wired hypericum berries with a pearl accent center. These precious flowers accented all the floral decor throughout the space. Nothing says vintage more than handmade, right?
