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Barn Wedding Venues in Ontario

January 13th, 2012 -

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There are barns all over the picturesque Ontario landscape, but barn wedding venues are not always easy to find. Even though the popularity of barn weddings has skyrocketed in the past couple of years, the trend is still fairly new and many recently converted barn venues aren’t advertised in mainstream bridal publications. Sometimes you have to rely on work of mouth or even Kijiji to find an Ontario wedding barn.

Or you can feast your farm-lovin’ eyes on the ever expanding list of Ontario barn wedding venues on the Intimate Weddings barn venue finder. Here are just a few of the barn venues listed:

Belcroft Estates, Bradford, Ontario

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Gambrel Barn, Milton, Ontario

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Fields on West Lake, Bloomfield, Ontario

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Herb Garden, Ottawa, Ontario

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Weddings in a Barn – Cambridge, Ontario

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Hernder Estate Wines, St. Catharines, Ontario

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Find more Ontario barn wedding venues on the IW venue finder.

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Autumn Wedding Centerpiece Ideas

October 29th, 2011 -

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Fall is one of my favorite seasons. The crisp air makes you want to be close with friends and family, eat some comfort food, and especially to enjoy an intimate event like a wedding. The best autumn centerpieces really bring the season to light with natural elements, colors and evoke all of the emotions of fall.

Using seasonal fruit cuts down on floral costs as you will need less flowers (if you choose to use them at all). Using seasonal fruits or vegetables also really helps to carry the season into your decor.

Just as with seasonal fruit, seasonal vegetables (especially gourds) need little accenting and their wide variety of colors allow them to be simply arranged among candles or flowers along with other natural elements for striking (and extremely simple DIY-able) arrangements.

Other natural elements that you can add are pieces like logs incorporated with your flowers, or gourds, manzanita branches or even colorful leaves on branches like maples.

If you feel like you really just want beautiful flowers in your favorite fall palette, that’s of course an option as well. Dahlias, lamb’s ears and roses all look great and come in a variety of colors to evoke fall.

Fall is perfect for versatility in regards to your themes and colors. Rustic is very easy, as are rich, lush colors, or neutrals. Incorporating elements from nature will help to establish the season and feel of autumn. Happy planning!

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Rebekah is a DIY obsessed, wedding and event styling wizard who loves hunting her bay area homeland for clever craft ideas, vintage gems, bargain buys, new pieces for her vintage rental line and blogging inspiration. She and her husband live and write in Oakland and enjoy splitting their time between California and their native Oregon planning weddings. Read herblog.

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Bottles As Wedding Decor

October 1st, 2011 -

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Groupings of mixed bottles are a great way to make a visual impact in your wedding decor. Collections of bottles can fit your theme easily as well: you can pick the bottles to match your wedding colors or make a collection of vintage bottles to fit a rustic theme. Bottles can also be hung to accent areas where there isn’t enough table space.

Hanging bottles with a single bloom have a clean and modern look that can be altered by using all of the same flowers, or mixing varieties and colors for a more bohemian look.

Another way to display a mixture of bottles is in a drawer or on top of a vintage desk or dresser. The bottles can either be mixed and matched, or be all the same style. You can also vary the style with the piece of furniture you display them from, as well as the variety of flowers you choose.

A collection of bottles can also be used as escort cards, with or without flowers.

Another way to group your bottles can be by color; this grouping makes so much of an impact that using flowers isn’t totally necessary.

A mixture of various sized bottles can also of course be used as centerpieces. The centerpiece will seem the most interesting if the heights and shapes of the bottles vary like the examples below.

If you like the look of bottles as decor and want to use them for your big day, remember to start stocking up ahead of time! You can ask your family and friends to start selecting specific types and colors for you to help speed the process as well. Searching flea markets, thrift stores and your local Goodwill is a great way to start gathering vintage bottle collections.

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Rebekah is a DIY obsessed, wedding and event design wizard who loves hunting her bay area homeland for clever craft ideas, vintage gems, bargain buys, new pieces for her vintage rental line and blogging inspiration. She and her husband live and write in Oakland. Read herblog.

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Floating Florals

September 3rd, 2011 -

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I’ll admit that, in the past, floating centerpieces haven’t been the most sophisticated wedding detail. However, now there are fun modern ways to display them and various “floating” methods that bring the trend into the twenty-first century.

I really love simple single floating blooms in shallow bowls. They’re both inexpensive and sophisticated, my favorite combination!

Floating flowers in buckets is another creative idea that would be great for aisle detailing for an added vintage or rustic element.

If you have a pool or pond at your venue floating flowers in them is a dreamy addition that is a great (and easy!) finishing touch instead of just leaving the pool or pond untouched.

Tall vessels are another way to display floating flowers in centerpieces. Using simple clear vases you can weight the vases with sand or stones and wedge the base of the stems in the bottom so that they give the look of being suspended. Another clever idea is stacking varying sized clear bowls and floating flowers within them.

Floating flowers allow you to use less flowers because the vessels become part of the centerpiece, which in turn saves money. When thinking about a floral design for floating flowers remember that using the same type of flower per vessel will look the most clean and modern. Also, get creative! If you’re floating blooms in bowls pick out fun bowls, use an eclectic mix of vintage, or all one color but different shapes and sizes with the same variety of flower. Most importantly this is a trend to have fun with!

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Vintage Wedding Furniture Rentals

August 6th, 2011 -

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Being a vintage junkie I couldn’t be more happy that vintage inspirations in wedding and event design seem to be here to stay! One of the more recent vintage elements that can be seen throughout weddings today are vintage furniture pieces. While some people may be collectors or have pieces that they can borrow from a friend or family member, others may see a small desk that features favors or a rustic farm table for a dessert buffet or a fun vintage sofa perfect for their pictures that they dream of creating but don’t know how to go about finding these key pieces.

Thanks to this trend, vintage rental companies are starting to pop up to meet the demand of brides wanting one of a kind pieces and props that will add unique interest to their big day. I recently started my own vintage furniture and farm table business based out of Oregon. My business was inspired by how I felt when my husband and I were planning our Golden Era wedding. There were so many pieces that I wanted for our wedding decor, but it simply wasn’t in the budget to buy these furniture pieces when I would only be needing them for one day.

Vintage furniture rental companies offer options that the regular event rental companies don’t. Whether it’s a velvet couch perfect for photo ops before the wedding, a lounge area for guests, a photo wall, or the perfect dessert table, vintage furniture can really help to showcase a couple’s style.

Simply having the option of using rustic farm tables rather than fold-up tables that you would normally rent offers much more of a natural and intimate feel. The best part of all is that you don’t have to invest in scouting out and purchasing antique and vintage furniture pieces, you can just rent them for the day!