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My favourite project were the brown paper bags with the menu printed on them. We made table runners from curtains and cloth napkins from dish towels – we found we could save a lot by buy larger materials then cutting them into smaller pieces! I’ve been collecting vintage glass bottles since I was in high school, so we scattered them across the picnic tables and filled them with greenery and flowers. We put a lot of work into the reception area, with a wood pallet wall, cedar wreaths, hooks to hang our bouquets up. I carried the same flowers/herb design across the paper and signage to pull them together. We bought a big board of plywood and painted a welcome and directional sign, seating chart, table numbers, dessert and card signs, etc. Another huge project was all of the signage we had scattered around the grounds. One huge way we saved money was designing and printing the paper stationary ourselves – the invitations, RSVPs, and ceremony programs. I highly recommend the great wealth of honest, down to earth advice and resources they have and the inclusive online community they have cultivated. For the practical way the set up and wedding day flowed, I used the spreadsheet resources that A Practical Wedding has on their website. In the months leading up to the wedding, I’d make myself delete photos until I’d funnelled down the visual inspiration to just a few key, harmonious images. To keep costs low, my family and I planned and organized everything – so at first I went crazy researching weddings online! I gathered all my photo inspiration in the months after our engagement, saved them on my computer, then let them sit untouched for a while. Think of a mix between Thanksgiving dinner and summer camp! Wedding planning advice If we could put specific words to it, it would be ‘gather’ and ‘community’. So when it came to creating a certain vibe, we wanted to create an open and welcoming atmosphere for everyone to feel comfortable in. The people were the most important part of our wedding – our best friends, our family that had traveled from out of town, our brothers and sisters, our mentors. It helped us keep a good perspective on what was most important for the day and not getting sucked into the big wedding industry machine. We’d heard these elements from the Anishinaabemowin nation on Manitoulin Island (Northern Ontario, Canada) who keep these values in mind for their way of life. Through our wedding planning, we kept bringing ourselves back to this: “simple, plain, ordinary, and sincere”. Here are a few words from the bride: The most important part of their wedding
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With a budget of only $7k, they successful pulled off a beautiful celebration by enlisting the help of their family & friends as well as making most of the decor pieces themselves from cheap or recycled materials. Also, the bands are weaved together from durable, comfortable nylon thread.Tori & Kyle’s Rideau Hill Camp wedding is one of the most incredible weddings I’ve ever had the pleasure of photographing. The designs are hand-carved using traditional techniques out of discarded all-natural water buffalo bone. Each bracelet supports sustainable work for local village artisans. Not only are the bracelets super cute, they are hand crafted in Bali (in case you didn't know, that is where the hubby and I went for our honeymoon - so many awesome connections with this amazing company, right?!). They match perfectly it's like they were made for each other (and for me!). The coordinate bracelet is on my wedding bouquet. Quick note: When the hubby and I got married, instead of flowers, we had an artist make us button bouquets (and boutonnieres) so they'd
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The pineapple (I mean, if I'm 'crazy' enough to get a pineapple tattooed on one of my calves you better believe it's going to make it into the top three bracelets), the three arrows (not only did I love the multi-colored cord the arrows were on, I really liked the simplicity of the charms) and the custom coordinates (I used the latitude and longitude of where the hubby and I got married over 8 years ago ).Īlong with the three amazing bracelets, I also got some sweet stickers, a key chain and a few temporary tattoos! Just a few of the many options that they offerĪnd now you can see why it took me so long to decide.