Cast your votes!

So tonight starts the voting for the My Island Wedding Inspiration board contest. I have submitted 3 boards as I am sure some of you may have too. There are some amazing entries (lots of purple - great inspiration for me if I decide to go that way with my wedding). So get over to My Island Wedding,check them all out and cast your votes!

Staying on the purple theme...

Purple makes a perfect story...

Top row: car photo by Elizabeth Messina, Table setting and hair style via Brides, floral arrangements by brown paper designs via 100 Layer Cake. Bottom row: figs on brie by Sweet Paul, bouquet by brown paper designs via 100 Layer Cake, cakes via Brides, dress from Vineyard collection by Priscilla of Boston.

My Island Wedding Inspiration board contest

My Island Wedding is holding an inspiration board contest and I thought I would send in my Runaway Greece and Understated Elegance Boards. The winner is judged by the amount of votes given, so get on there and vote for your favourite!

Runaway Greece

This board was inspired by my friend's romantic dream to one day runaway and elope with her partner in the Greek Islands.
top row / bottles from brides, Image from Mikkel Vang Photography, Elounder Gulf Villas found via Kiwi Collection, cake from brides. / second row / invitations from brides, Image from Comopolitan Bride Issue 17, bottles and next image from Mikkel Vang Photography, flowers from brides. / third row / band image from Martha Weddings, suitcases (unknown), next images from brides. / bottom row / Elounder Gulf Villas found via Kiwi Collection, Image from Comopolitan Bride Issue 17, Image from Mikkel Vang Photography, boutonniere from brides

Understated Elegance

This board was inspired by one of my close friends upcoming wedding. She has these amazing ideas working around muted colours in her bridesmaid dresses and flowers. I cant wait till her wedding!
row one: table setting from Martha Stewart, photograph by Shelly Kroeger via Green Wedding Shoes, coconut cupcakes by Cannelle et Vanille flikr. row two: menu and table centerpieces by Lyndsey Hamilton Events via Style Me Pretty, cake via Brides.com, photography by Michelle Warren.

Understated Elegance

I have recently been having a fair bit of trouble trying to figure out the perfect palette for my summer picnic wedding and I really need to get a move on because I have to pick colours for the bridesmaid dresses, fabrics for the table runners and picnic rugs, and florals. So this is the begining of a few colourboards I will put together to see which palette I am more drawn to. What do you think of this one?

row one: table setting from Martha Stewart, photograph by Shelly Kroeger via Green Wedding Shoes, coconut cupcakes by Cannelle et Vanille flikr. row two: menu and table centerpieces by Lyndsey Hamilton Events via Style Me Pretty, cake via Brides.com, photography by Michelle Warren.

The Casual Eclectics

Dan and Jess

I'm thinking gardenias, berries, rosemary, jasmine...beautiful smelling flowers mixed with potted lavender, tomato plants and ornamental lettuce...and colourful vegetables siting loosely with the centerpieces (purposefully placed of course) with bowls of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries for guests to nibble at.

They want the feel of the wedding to be homely, summery, eclectic and casual...
homegrown, homemade, hippy
Its all very exciting!

row one - interior photo from Country Living, Hair style from Brides, cake photo by Kristen Ellis via Once Wed
row two - isle flowers from brides, vegetable photo by Meg Smith, pomegranate photo by Jacqueline Veissid, bouquet from brides.
row three - table setting from Martha Stewart, Image from The Knot, Herbs from brides, books via The Cherry Blossom Girl

Runaway Greece

One of my girlfriends told me about her romantic plans to run away to Greece and elope... and it got me daydreaming.

Here is my daydream...

top row / bottles from brides, Image from Mikkel Vang Photography, Elounder Gulf Villas found via Kiwi Collection, cake from brides. / second row / invitations from brides, Image from Comopolitan Bride Issue 17, bottles and next image from Mikkel Vang Photography, flowers from brides. / third row / band image from Martha Weddings, suitcases (unknown), next images from brides. / bottom row / Elounder Gulf Villas found via Kiwi Collection, Image from Comopolitan Bride Issue 17, Image from Mikkel Vang Photography, boutonniere from brides