An often irreverent look at weddings from an industry insider
This weekend’s wedding was all about the details; the small touches that add up to big impact. Notice the orchid on the place setting at the rehearsal dinner. 
The plate of desserts was served with coffee after the plated dessert for the guests to nibble on during the toasts and photo montage. Tomorrow I will post some images from the reception.
Photos courtesy of David Wright
I was cruising through my blogroll this morning and stumbled on an interesting post by Mrs. Bell Pepper over at Wedding Bee. If you are not familiar, Wedding Bee is a great blog written by a large variety of brides to be and recent brides. The Bee’s take you through every gory little detail of their planning and post wedding tasks. It can be a bit of a task to keep up with because there are SO many posts but I always find something interesting and a lot of good DIY ideas.
Today I found a post about Wedding Shadowboxes. It is a great idea to preserve the memorabilia of your wedding. I spent some time searching for some other examples and came to a conclusion. If you want a brilliant shadowbox you have to plan in advance.
The more I looked the more boring shadowboxes I found. What is great about the one Mrs. Bell Pepper did is the scope of objects she included.
If you like the idea of preserving and showing off the memories of all the hard work you have put in on planning your wedding you should start from the very beginning.
Keep a box and a note pad with your wedding planning stuff. Toss into the box any bits and bobs that you think might provoke memories. Not just the pretty things either. How about that hole punch that nearly drove you to insanity at 4 in the morning as you tried to finish your escort cards? This is as much about memories as it is about pretty.
Use the pad to write down things you want to remember to set aside from the day itself. For instance you may want someone to get a great shot of the signature cocktail you created or a label from the wine you chose, maybe the cork from the bottle of champagne you toasted with. It’s the little things that will bring back memories in years to come.
Have fun creating an heirloom that you can enjoy for all the years to come.
Last week I posted about DIY Centerpieces 
and I found some great ideas for candlescapes that really show what I was talking about. Great candle centerpieces are a cinch to pull off if you think outside the box and think quantity over quality. Bet you never thought you would here me say that, did you?
I found these on the Better Homes and Gardens Website. Just another example of looking outside the box for unique wedding ideas.
One last note on my trip to look at linen and it is the piece d’resistance. Look at the cloth used on the cake table. It is a new fabric and pattern just introduced by BBJ Linen. I had told you that this company was founded on the idea of using gorgeous fabric to create beautiful table linen. If this isn’t living proof I don’t know what is.
The cloth is called Blue Spray and is made of silk organza. Here Marymac and Joyce have paired it over a taupe lamor base cloth. It is also available in Green Spray.
This may not be the table cloth to use on all 20 tables at your wedding but it certainly will make a statement on your cake table, guest book table or escort card table.
While we’re here, check out the chair jacket. It is also silk, just perfect if you are having a sweetheart table.
Linen: BBJ Linen
Images: David Wright Photography
How is that for different. The table cloth is orange Bengaline and the chair is dressed and bound in moss and persimmon lamour.
I just thought this was as clever as could be. What are you going to do to dress up those little folding chairs that so many people are using? Why give them a tie, of course. That always adds a well dressed edge.
All images: David Wright
All Linen and design: BBJ Linen
I’ll post the gorgeous cake table tomorrow.
I loved this overlay. It is called Monte Carlo and the colors are too die for. MaryMac paired it with a black under base and chair color and then accented her creation with Cerise Lamor napkins and chair tie. You have got to love the creativit
y of the staff at BBJ.
The centerpiece is from Ed Vance over at the local Flower Express. What a hidden treasure he is. Whoops! I guess he’s not so hidden any more.
This has to be one of my favorite tables. Well no I loved them 
all.
The base linens are Eggplant and Moss Lamour and the drape and over lay are a new toile named Piccadilly. I love how they paired the stark black and white with the pale green and eggplant instead of the ubiquitous red or ho
t pink.
The chivari chairs are wearing the newest fashion in covering, a chair jacket. How cute is that.
I had the best time today. I went over to the BBJ Linens showroom to see some of their new offerings. It seems that once a year the company runs a friendly little in house competition to see who can design the loveliest tables. WOW with their selection of gorgeous linens how can you go wrong.
In the true tradition of southern hospitality the showroom here in Nashville threw open their doors, stocked the bar and loaded down the buffet with tasty morsels. The guest list included the who’s who in the local event industry. Always fun to see old friends and meet new ones.
BBJ Linens was started 25 years ago by three women upset by the terrible selection of linens available. Working from home they began to create their own linen using beautiful fabrics. Today BBJ has 15 showrooms spread across the country and a huge team of fine professionals to help you plan your décor needs.
Their website is not only some of the prettiest eyecandy around but also has a great interactive tool to help with making decisions. For more personal service just call 1-800-405-6944 and they will hook you up with your nearest showroom. Then one of their reps like MaryMac here in Nashville will talk you through the process; send you swatches or even a whole table cloth until you are happy with your choices. In some cases, you can even hire their production crew to come and tie all of those beautiful but tedious chair ties.
Dear friend David Wright took a ton of pictures for me today. So many wonderful shots in fact that I’m going to break them up into a couple of posts with full details on fabrics. Keep reading.