Interactive Tablescape!

I have made an exciting discovery!! Check it out...it's a "Set Your Table" interactive program, where you can play with colors and designs to see what will work for your "tablescape." It's designed to help make registry decisions...to see what china, flatware, glassware and chargers will look good together, but it could also help with color decisions for your reception! Interesting!
Check out my creations:

Fun, modern and French here
Traditional choices here.

I'm still trying to envision our tablescape, so I'm hoping this tool will help!

I want stuff hanging from the trees and other rustic-chic decor musings

Is that too much to ask? I mean, we're getting married in a park, right? Therefore, I think me and my husband-to be-to will begin lovingly folding 1000 paper cranes as a couple's project we'll only work on together to adorn the trees [true story, that's what they did. cute, but slightly gag-inducing].

Hmmm, on second thought, maybe we're not folding cranes anytime soon [he's a lefty, and generally banned from paper crafting. Someone's GOT to teach the boy to use scissors asap!] But this stunningly beautiful, ephemeral, and let's not forget cheap, decor idea is a serious possibility. 

It comes from a wedding featured this week on Once Wed, which constantly reminds me I need to work on getting my own farm/pastoral backyard, or parents who have such accommodations, to host a budget-friendly, drippingly elegant rustic-chic wedding. It seems that's how all the best weddings get pulled off nowadays.  And even though our beloved Ponce [de Leon Ave] hosts plenty of folks plunking down in the middle of the road to celebrate, unfortunately our backyard just won't do.

Also found today and adding to the rustic-chic decor file: dollops of moss. Charming! And delicious. Mmmm.

Delicious decor

Two great ideas for reception decor just in from Style Me Pretty this week! It's pretty clear my love for food is strong. [Mr. B is convinced I'm a fat kid on the inside] And these ideas help avoid florals, while introducing organic and textured elements at a DIY cost!

First up: Citrus Centerpieces 

Not for every table, but I've got two unique silver cake stands, and would switch to lemons for that brilliant yellow color. Imagine with the guest book or tucked in some random niche.

And next: Herbed Place-setting

Just tuck a sprig of rosemary into a napkin with a menu card for a dash of texture on the table. What a lovely detail! And luckily for us, rosemary grows wild in huge bushes all over town . . . so some midnight clipping might be in order to help make this a totally free decor item. 

It's making me hungry already!

Really Really Really Beautiful Yellow Tablescape

This design really takes the cake: simple, elegant, yellow, cost-effective and handmade-looking. I love it! How can we make this happen??

Source: Whitney for Once Wed