(pictures courtesy of Flickr)
My sister is planning a very southern wedding for this June in the Victorian Village neighborhood in Memphis, TN. Her wedding will be held on the lawn of a Victorian mansion/museum and the reception will be inside. This is the perfect wedding to add one of my favorite Southern wedding accessories--the parasol. Her plan is for each of the bridesmaids to carry ribbon bedecked parasols in lieu of a bouquet. Love this. Not only is it cost effective ( a favorite) and unique (another favorite), it also adds a great visual element to the posed pictures--(which are often super boring).
Anyway, I did some digging around on the internet and found some unbelievable lace parasols that ooze Scarlet O'Hara. (her style, not offensively racist lifestyle). These are from www.lace-parasols.com. The detail is awesome and they come in a couple colors. I think it would be beautiful for the bridesmaids to carry white ones and for my sister to carry the red one in her white dress at her red and white wedding. They are a bit expensive, but I also found them on ebay for more like $25 plus shipping.
I also think it would be beautiful to use these paper thin parasols as light fixtures/ceiling decor. I've seen it in store windows here in New York and here's a picture of some on the ceiling of the Wynn hotel in Las Vegas.
(courtesy of Flickr)
So what do you think? Do you love parasols or are they too old-fashioned and fussy? If you like them, should I get one for the pictures? A white one?
Showing posts with label southern weddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label southern weddings. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Beautiful Southern Wedding Idea
Monday, March 9, 2009
Blush and Bashful
In case any of you haven't seen the movie, the title of this blog is taken from Steel Magnolias. Julia Roberts' character is asked what her wedding colors will be. She drawls, "My colors are Blush and Bashful." And her mother rolls her eyes and adds, "Her colors are pink and pink. It looks like GD Pepto-Bismal." In that spirit, this blog is dedicated to decadent, traditional Southern weddings and making fun of them. Along the way, I'll be blogging about planning my own Southern wedding in hopes that it can be as memorable as the Steel Magnolia classic. But for very different reasons.
And here's another piece of Steel Magnolia memorabilia and Southern wedding tradition, the groom's cake. The Steel Magnolia's groom's cake, of course, was in the shape of an armadillo and when cut, the red velvet cake gave the impression of road kill.
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