Here's the second half of our Pinterest inspiration. These are pins that actually came to fruition. We loved them enough to make them our own. Here's a recap of the pins we didn't use. Read on for what we liked...
PINS WE LOVED ENOUGH TO USE
The Pin
Three generation ring photo
grandma, bride, mom. love
The Decision
Carol had visited my Pinterest board and knew that this was something I was interested in. During the photographs my mind was just focused on smiling and I forgot about this! But Carol remembered and prompted for the shot. Check out my mom's neutral mother of the bride dress below!
The Reality
It's a beautiful shot and the sentiment behind it is especially touching. Love through three generations; this past June Granny and Poppa celebrated 64 years of wedded bliss. Patrick and I can only hope to gracefully age with each other still by our side and more in love than we are now as they have.
The Pin
The Decision
It wasn't too much of a decision to have a wedding day emergency kit... the decision was what to include in the kit! Some of the kits can be quite exhaustive. I consulted with the ladies in my wedding party and set off to Target from there.
The Reality
When we were putting together the kit we tried to make sure what we purchased would be useful again in the future. For example, Static Guard was something I was a little iffy on but decided that Static Guard would be nice to have on hand in the future. I put everything in clear gallon ziplock bags and organized by how you would need. (Things you need for your dress included static guard, Shout wet wipes, and safety pins) Hair rubberbands and hair spray were the two most used items from the kit on the day of.
The Pin
Ornament with wedding memorabilia
Petals from your bouquet, a cork from the wine. Write the date of your wedding on the ornament. Such a beautiful memory!
The Decision
This was an after wedding task. I put this together shortly after the wedding. I made two; one for me and the other was a Christmas gift for my mom. It's a nice way to keep everything. I don't how the original pinner got a whole cork in their ornament!
The Reality
The acrylic ornament (I opted for acrylic so it wouldn't break... and I did already drop it so that was a good idea) is filled with curled portions of the invitation (both of our names, the date and time, and the location), dried bouquet petals, material from my wedding dress, a snippet of material that was wrapped around my bouquet, and the buttons from my mom's wedding dress that were on my shoes.
The Pin
The Decision
The desire to save everything related to your wedding is really strong. This is a great way to keep your cards. They won't get thrown in a box and it's a great memento to go along with the guestbook.
The Reality
I used 3 inch binder rings to secure the cards versus the string. I had two groupings; an extra Save The Date and extra wedding invitation as the covers. In the Save The Date grouping, I have shower cards and then various wedding mementos (ceremony program, personalized napkins, and table numbers). In the wedding invitation grouping I just have strictly cards from the wedding.
The Pin
Toms for the reception; I want the grosgrain wedges
The Decision
I knew that I didn't want to wear uncomfortable high heels on my wedding day! It was also really important to me that I wear the same shoes throughout the day. I didn't want to change shoes between the ceremony and reception. Your wedding dress is hemmed according to what shoes you'll be wearing during the ceremony. And I personally think a bride shouldn't ruin her dress because she wanted to take her shoes off!
The Reality
The wedges are a great compromise! They were comfortable and still cute! Couldn't have been happier with these shoes.
The Pin
Herb based boutonnieres... this would be fitting for Patrick!
The Decision
Patrick and I love dabbling outdoors with herbs and our container garden. I thought it would be really appropriate to have an herb boutonniere for him.
The florist listened to my wants! Instead of an all herb boutonniere she placed a rosemary twig with an ivory rose. The roses were also in my bouquet and she wanted to tie the two together. In this picture you can see the rosemary twig poking out behind the rose.
The Pin
New initial necklace
Wear your new initials at the reception! I think this is a great idea; want it in rose gold.
The Decision
I love this idea! Patrick snooped through my Pinterest and saw that this was something I was interested in. However I did not want it for the reception. Patrick gave me the three strand pearl necklace for my birthday to wear on the wedding day and I certainly wouldn't want to take it off!
The Reality
Patrick surprised me with the monogram necklace while we were getting ready! I particularly like my new monogram because it represents both my new name but also us as a couple! I was able to wear it later on the wedding day at dinner and when we went out with friends in downtown Durham.
As with anything Pinterest, in my experience it is best when you make it your own. Take the ideas as inspiration and put your personal spin on it!