Red and Tan Tulips

This board sprung from the gorgeous picture of the Sample Gates at IU-Bloomington, in the upper-left corner of the board. I love red mixed with neutrals, and think a tulip-theme could really work well in these somewhat unexpected colors for a chic spring wedding.

Sophisticated White and Black

Oranges and Sunscreen

Reader Request

I received a request for a spring brunch wedding, with yellow, pink, and Tiffany blue colors. This is one of my favorite color pallets (my bedroom and bathroom are in these shades), because I think they look classic but a tad quirky with the blue thrown in. The reader asked about some food ideas for a brunch, which are a great way to save because #1, caterers charge less for the food, and #2, you don't have to provide as much, or even any, alcohol. Here are some of my favorite menu ideas:

• omelet station
• crepe/pancake station
• Fruit, gourmet yogurts, bagels, rolls, pastries
• Assortments of sausages, bacon, and different types of eggs
• Small tea sandwiches
• Belgian waffle station
• Juice and/or coffee bar
• Or you could do it southern style: grits, buttermilk biscuits and gravy, hash brown casserole

Are any of you having brunch weddings? What is your menu?

~~~Feel free to comment with a reader request, or send your request via email to hoosierbride@gmail.com

A Country Bird Wedding

Following the earlier peacock wedding board, I think this next wedding, with a few country birds is another darling idea. The little birdie from the beyond amazing Ann Woods on Etsy, looks like she would be right at home at a rustic, casual, country bash. Add in some grilled chicken and farmfresh veggies, a bluegrass band, and lots of cheery gingham and stripes, and you'll have quite a party.

Reader Board!

I got a reader request for a peacock themed wedding - what an unexpected, but gorgeous idea! I absolutely love bright colors for weddings, and have subtle themed, like peacocks can make making other choices a lot easier. How amazing are the orchids?

So sorry!

What a bad, bad, blogger I've been lately! Life got seriously crazy, thanks to some family health issues, and all things wedding related went on the back burner. Here's what's coming up for us here at Backyard Bride: I'll be fulfulling the couple of reader requests I have (feel free to send requests my way, too!), and sharing some of the nuts and bolts of my own wedding planning - I finally have colors picked, and some other decisions made.

Thank you to all of my readers of there - the links and the comments left on here did wonders to boost my spirit the past month and a half.

I'll leave you with some inpiration:


"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
~the velveteen rabbit