Board #493: Blue & Spanish Moss

I'm willing to bet that I'm not the only bride who gets caught up in all of the zillions of pretty wedding things popping up all over the internet. It's so easy to feel overwhelmed, and to lose track of what's right for my own wedding - in going through my inspiration files, I realize that there are so many ideas I've saved that just plain don't fit with my own personal style. So I've been thinking about what exactly my personal style is, and I think if I had a motto* for my wedding it would be "timeless with a twist." Or maybe "classic not cookie cutter." I don't want to look back on my wedding twenty years from now and roll my eyes at how trendy it was, but I do want to feel like we made it our own. And though today's inspiration board is entirely different that what my own wedding will be (we're getting married in San Francisco in December, not in South Carolina in the spring), I think those two mottoes apply perfectly here.

(*I was going to say "aesthetic motto," but actually, this applies to our ceremony choices, too. Putting our personal touch on tradition.)

Mood: something old, something blue
Palette: brown paper, cream, faded Tiffany blue

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Top row from left: photo of oak trees with Spanish moss by Liz Banfield, photo of boy in seersucker suit by Sarah Rhoads, blue cardigan with vintage brooch styled by Shana Faust
Row 2: miniature pecan pies and red velvet wedding cake with sugar magnolia flowers both from Martha Stewart Weddings
Row 3: blue chairs via Oh Happy Day, magnolia flower photo by Alicia Bock, black and white photo by A Bryan Photo, vintage Mississippi stamp
Row 4: photo of vintage blue car by Thayer Allyson Gowdy, photo of vintage guest book journal by Jenny Liu, blue and lace ring pillow and paper-wrapped grits favor both from Martha Stewart Weddings

Make sure to stop by later for a beautiful wedding in the English countryside!