// DIY Summer Wedding//

Summer is the most perfect time of the year for a wedding—I LOVE summer weddings! To kick off this summer, 3D-Memoirs featured a DIY Summer Bridal Shower Inspiration post including some awesome DIY ideas and lovely Wedding Paper Divas eye-candy! (If you missed it, please check it out!) Fast forward a couple months and wow, can you believe that summer is almost over? Before summer becomes fall, I thought I would share some creative ideas and unique concepts for a DIY Summer Wedding!  You are in for a real treat! I can’t take all the credit for this wonderful post, as you will see below I have two wonderful ladies that have contributed to the amazing content in this post!

The color palette that I chose for this DIY Summer Wedding post is SHERBET (like the ice-cream):

Based upon these bright summer colors, Sara from Burnett’s Boards (inspiration for bright-minded brides), was so kind to develop a special Sherbet wedding inspiration board just for this post! After I shared with her that the inspirational vibe for this DIY summer wedding post was “fresh, fun, and romantic using vibrant sherbet colors with a touch of elegance (gold accents)”, this is the lovely board that she came up with:

 (Make sure you stop by Sara’s blog, Burnett’s Boards, to check out all of her unique and creative inspiration boards—you will definitely find the wedding inspiration that you are looking for! I am a personal fan of Burnett’s Boards and I am sure you will become one too!)

Based upon this amazing inspiration board, I created 3 DIY items to share with you for a DIY summer wedding. (For the step-by-step DIY instructions, please click on the titles below.)

Wedding Favors

   

Wedding Escort Card

                                          

Wedding Centerpiece

Individual Components

  

Collective Components 

 

In addition to this creative DIY collection, Rebecca from Lady B Paperie, has contributed a lovely and unique sherbet-inspired Botanical DIY Printable Invitation Suite (includes the invitation, RSVP card, insert, & Thank You card)!

How lovely is this invitation suite?! Rebecca is so awesome and loves 3D-Memoirs so much that she is giving our readers a FREE printable DIY “Thank You” card! Before downloading your FREE Thank You card, please make sure to stop by and purchase the rest of this beautiful DIY invitation suite for your wedding!  (Rebecca is so talented, if this style doesn’t fit your wedding theme, stop by Lady B Paperie to check out all of her other beautiful invitation suites—I’m sure you will find a perfect match!)

Is this your first time purchasing a DIY printable invitation suite? If so, no worries! Rebecca has provided easy instructions on how to print these lovely invitations, along with DIY printable tips!

THOUGHTS: What do you think of this DIY Summer Wedding inspirational post? What did you think of the sherbet color palette? Which one of the DIY projects is your favorite? How much did you love Sara’s inspiration board? Rebecca’s invitations suite?

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3DMEMOIRS IS LOOKING FOR IDEAS & SUBMISSIONS:  Do you have a DIY project to share? What would you like to see on the blog? I’m always looking for new ideas, so please email me at 3DMemoirs@gmail.com! I look forward to hearing from you!

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// Wedding Songs from Movie Weddings//

 By Guest Blogger Gail Oliver author of the e-book “663 Must-Have Wedding Ideas”

Father of the Bride,                        The Proposal,                    & 13 Going on 30

  

Processional Song: Pachebel’s Canon

My Best Friend’s Wedding

Processional Song: Khvalitye imya Gospodnye (Praise the Name of the Lord)

Bride Wars

Processional Song: Dream by Priscilla Ahn

Wedding Crashers

Processional Song: The Clearys Waltz 

Runaway Bride

Processional Song: Ave Maria

Four Weddings & A Funeral

Processional Song: Wedding March from a MidSummer Night’s Dream

Love Actually

Processional Song: All You Need is Love by the Beatles (sung by choir)

Breaking Dawn  

Processional Song: Turning Page by Sleeping At Last

Sound of Music 

Processional Song:  Wedding Processional

American Wedding

Processional Song: The Long Day is Over by Norah Jones

A Walk to Remember 

Processional Song: Only Hope by Switchfoot

SHARE WITH US: Which movie is your favorite? Which processional song is your favorite? What song did you or do you plan to walk down the aisle to?

SHARE WITH OTHERS: Want to have some fun? Send this post to your close friends and family and have them vote on which song they could see you walking down the aisle to!

MORE WEDDING IDEAS: Find more great ideas in Gail’s e-book, available at her Etsy shop.

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// Etsy Thursday: Hot Air Balloon Weddings//

This week I am featuring Hot Air Balloon Weddings for Etsy Thursday! Let me take you “Up, Up, & Away” with these  amazing and lovely Etsy wedding finds! I really enjoyed searching for this week’s finds to feature and I have a feeling that you too are going to love them!  Hold onto your hats and enjoy the ride with these Etsy beauties!

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Vintage Hot Air Balloon Invitation Suite[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Vintage Hot Air Balloon Wedding Invitation Suite[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Printable Hot Air Balloon Invitation[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Printable Hot Air Balloon Wedding Invitation Suite[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Vintage Hot Air Balloon Save-the-Date[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon Wedding Table Numbers[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Vintage Hot Balloon Wedding Escort Cards[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon Tags—Perfect for a favor tag, Thank You, or Escort Card[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon Wedding Favors (muslin bags)[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon “Thank You” Magnets[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Personalized Hot Air Balloon “Thank You” Stamp[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Clay Hot Air Balloon—Perfect decor item to hang at your wedding/reception![/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon—perfect wedding decor item![/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon Paper Lantern[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon LOVE Blank Cards—Write a note on the back to say “Thank You” to your guests![/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon Guestbook Alternative[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon Cake Topper[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon Necklace—Perfect Bridesmaid’s Gift[/caption]

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”570”] Hot Air Balloon Cufflinks—Perfect for the Groom & Groomsmen![/caption]

SHARE WITH ME: Which ones were your favorites? Have you ever seen a hot air balloon themed wedding? What Etsy wedding theme would you like to see next?

SHARE WITH OTHERS: Help me spread the news about this lovely blog and if you LOVE this post, please share it on FB, tweet it on Twitter, pin it on Pinterest, Stumble it, and email it to your friends!

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// 10 Hottest Wedding Trends for 2013//

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