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Wedding, what wedding?

Hope everyone had a good weekend! I’ve barely been thinking about the wedding lately with our big move coming up and also, because everything so far has been running so smoothly  it is almost too good to be true.

Today I created a little inspiration board for you of some of our favorite floral references for the wedding.

These images help describe the rustic feel and the muted Fall color palette we are going for. I think they also help illustrate that wild, unfussy element we really want to capture.

Don’t you just love all of the branches and vines and giant floral hair wreaths?? I know I do!

PS. I love my new bike!!! Photo coming soon, I promise…

Hanging branches (top left and bottom left) are from Martha Stewart; Olive branches (top right) are by Saipua for Sunday Suppers; And the rest are from Once Wed…I think (I promise to get better about keeping track of my links. Please let me know if you recognize anything!)

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I know I am not the first bride (nor will I be the last) to envision white lanterns at her wedding. They are just so pretty and elegant, especially in giant bunches!!

We’ve spent the whole weekend packing up for the big move to the new apartment and so my mind has been more on home decorating than wedding planning.

I keep imagining a cloud of white lanterns like this suspended above our bed. Wouldn’t that be the most magical sight to wake up to?

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I’m sorry, I’m really trying to not go overboard with the wedding posts but sometimes I just can’t help myself.

When I saw this beautiful ombre wedding dress and cake I knew they were a match made in heaven.

The gradation from ivory to peach in Junko Yoshioka’s Valentina Dress is perfectly mimicked in the delicate layers of the Petal Cake by Magpie (via 100 Layer Cake).

You should really take a peek at the rest of Magpie’s confections, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything as lovely. Well, except maybe that Valentina dress…

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We’re back from the lake and this morning we headed over to Saipua to talk about wedding flowers. (which you may have seen on the LGTM Live Feed).

One of the most exciting parts of the planning so far has been meeting people who get us and what we are going for so perfectly.

One of those things we are going for is a bit of a wild, natural quality in our decorations. Sarah at Saipua has a gift for creating floral arrangements that are wild and also so elegant.

The credit for this lies in a skilled hand and knowing eye–two things that I do not posses when it comes to plants (though I wish I did).

Visiting Saipua’s beautiful shop in Red Hook is like a breath of fresh air in the summer heat.

If you aren’t in NYC, check out their blog and Flickr page for more beauty. Or, purchase one of their hand-milled soaps right here!

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Well, it’s been an exciting weekend.

We officially have a wedding venue, wedding date, rehearsal dinner venue and…a new apartment!

Although we love our current place, after 2 years here we felt it was time to see what else was out there in our neighborhood. When we discovered a bright, sun-filled space steps away from some of our favorite restaurants, we jumped on it! I can’t wait to move in and really make it our own.

Now in addition to looking for wedding inspiration, I will also be looking for ideas for the apartment which is why today’s post is all about the table.

Andy and I love things that feel clean and a little rustic. I have had so much fun looking for table settings that have this quality.

I love how all of the tables in these images are fresh and seasonless. The perfect backdrop for a delicious meal.

We will definitely have many of these components carry through into both our wedding tables and dinner table.

Sources for these photos unknown, I’m sorry.

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Our wedding date is almost officially set in stone for mid-October of 2011 and I am busy collecting images that have a fall-forresty feel without going down the road of maple leaves and jewel tones (which are beautiful but just not our vision).

Although we will be getting married in New York City, one of my goals is to create a little bit of the rustic feeling of a wooded area through our decor and menu choices. I like the idea of cultivating something that feels connected to the outdoors and is cozy and intimate but nestled into one of the biggest cities in the world.

These moss table runners from Hatch Creative Studio caught my eye recently and I have not been able to get them out of my head.

I love the way they look against the clean white tables. I see them looking lovely dotted with glowing votive candles and minimal floral details.

Hatch Creative Studio has a great website to look at for great inspiration. The owner was a former visual display coordinator for Anthropologie so you know she’s got fabulous ideas! Hatch also runs the Nest Event Loft in NYC which is a full-service event space that was (sniff! sniff!) too small for our group.

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Ok, here it is, my big admission: planning this wedding is so. much. FUN.

Andy insists we need an over-arching concept so the whole thing looks and feels cohesive (like I said, two designers at work in this kitchen) and I totally agree.

Right now we are taking it slow and gathering lots of inspiration to help us figure out what that idea will be.

Looking through some of my favorite wedding blogs this weekend I found this amazing Parisian-inspired save the date from Lucky Luxe. The mix of typography and calligraphy is so unique and elegant and the vintage postcard format is so cool.

Here are a few images I pulled from my file to go with a French wedding concept. It isn’t what we’re going for, but it sure looks great!

Clockwise from top: “Paris” Save the Date from Lucky Luxe; Pale Pink Dinner Jacket from Bonobos (via Martha Stewart Wedding Blog) – Real men wear pink, right?; Macaron-covered wedding cake via OnceWed I think.

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We had an amazing weekend! We dropped the car at the boatyard and sailed our way back to the beach house. From there on out our bodies relaxed, our minds were at ease, the clock all but stopped. It is amazing what a weekend out of the city can do for you. I hope you checked in with us on my new (and still very undesigned) Tumblr page Looks Good To Me – Live Feed.

I thought I would keep the dreamy weekend feel going with a few more images from my wedding inspiration folder which is collecting dust until we finally nail down a place to get hitched.

We both want to do it in New York and create an experience that speaks to everything we love about living here, featuring our favorites food purveyors, florists, graphic artists, etc. It has to be a special kind of place, and I know we’ll find it.

Images clockwise from top left: Unknown, Feather Love Photography, Cynthia Warren

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Thanks to everyone for all of the links and great wishes on Andy’s and my engagement. All of your feedback has been wonderful.

I was particularly excited to see this post by Jennifer (via Apartment Therapy) on string lights.

I love lights like these and have so many great lighting ideas squirreled away in my wedding inspiration folder. Oddly enough, very few images of dresses but lights (and cakes) galore. Jennifer hit the nail on the head when she said I would be checking these out!

Finding the perfect wedding venue in New York is proving to be much harder than I thought. Sometimes when I start to get stressed, I have to take a step back and think about something fun and beautiful like a string of twinkling lights.

I especially love this photo (no idea where I found it) of a pair of newlyweds in front of an amazing sparkling curtain of light. I love how minimal and casual everything else feels too. I guess sometimes all you need is to shine a little light.

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So, you’ve probably guessed by now that since I’m going to be getting married, there is no way I will be able to resist sharing some of my wedding inspiration with all of you folks. In fact, I am downright excited to dish it out with my readers here on LGTM!

So here it is, my new series LGTM ♥ Weddings in which I will share bits of my own wedding planning experience as well as awesome and inspirational photos from other weddings on the web.

To kick things off I just had to start with this great engagement shoot by my friends Kat & Ben who used some of Philadelphia’s more romantic murals as a backdrop for their photos (via Green Wedding Shoes).

You may remember Kat & Ben from when I wrote about them back in December in conjunction with Andy’s Creative Couples profile for The Strange Attractor.

I am so happy for Kat & Ben and couldn’t love those photos more. What a great way to celebrate both the couple and the city they call home.

To see the full set, click here.