Outdoor/Rustic Wedding Boutineers

We received a lot of comments on the pinecone petal boutineers that I created for the groom, groomsmen, mothers, and grandparents at our wedding.  I thought I'd show you all some detailed shots of them today - as they are one of the parts of our wedding that I am most pleased with the result.

These were thought up one night as I worked like a busy bee on wedding crafts.  I wanted to tie our neutral colors in, give the guys something that wasn't too frilly, and create something unique and special.

The result was the Pinecone Boutineer!

This was supposed to be the groom's pennant, but for some reason he was wearing one of the groomsmen's boutineers on our wedding day.

Too bad the bride isn't always there to supervise him and make sure he knows which boutineer is clearly his. ;)

This boutineer in the top photo was different from the others, as it has an extra layer of petals, ultimately being bigger and more full.  I'm still not really sure what happened to the groom's boutineer, but below is the one he ended up wearing...

This is the boutineer the groom ended up wearing.  These were intended to be the groomsmen and father's boutineers, as they were still made from large pinecones - but had one less layer than the groom's boutineer. 

Here, you can see the handsome groom and groomsmen sporting the boutineers.  I liked how this project turned out because they are still cute, rustic, and went with our lodge decor - but most definitely manly.  Do guys really enjoy wearing delicate flowers that might break, or have to worry about a pin that usually comes out at some point during the wedding?

Mothers and Grandparents received a different boutineer.  The photo below shows my mom and mother-in-law wearing it - it is made from much smaller pinecones and has a pearl center.

**Pinecone Boutineers are made to sell here on my Etsy shop - I would love to make them for your wedding!**

Our Wedding Decor

Today, I'm giving you a tour of the wedding decorations from our wedding day!  

Most decorations were made by myself, or by a friend or family member who helped me very much!  

Ceremony Decorations

This is our ceremony backdrop.  I found these two old doors at a yard sale about a year before the wedding for $8.  My grandpa used boards to keep them standing at that angle, and we added a panel of nearly sheer taupe fabric in the middle.

Here is our guest book table.   As you can see, we used a lace table cloth, an antique churner, as well as a painted pallet board, some pictures, flowers, and pencils in a jar with coffee beans.

Tyler and I love rocks, and my grandma was gracious enough to let us borrow my grandpa's rocks for the wedding.  He was also an avid collector, and had tons of gorgeous rocks.  Here, they were becoming paper weights, as our wedding day was quite windy.  The guest book sign was drawn by me and put in an old frame of my mom's.

This is our ceremony from afar.  You can see the  back of our door backdrop, as well as the guest's chairs.  We borrow chairs from my parent's church - and it just so happened that the colors coordinated with the wedding.  They had earthy yellow, green and brown chairs.

Reception Decorations

Cake Table

Here is our cake set up area.  Inside our lodge, there was a 13 foot bar.  That is where we had the cake, since it was the sturdiest place in the lodge.  My mom build the cake stand from scratch, and I made the family board sitting in the front.  

In front of the 13 foot bar, we put out two tables.  The tables were about one foot shorter than the bar, so it made a nice stacked effect...and also kept the cake from being tampered or bumped.  On the left side of these tables, we lined up the different cupcake flavors and put signs with them accordingly.

On the right side of the tables in front of the bar, we had small glass drink dispensers.
In this line, the guests had the option of lemonade, or coffee on the rocks.

Lodge Interior Decorations

The interior of the lodge had a nice fireplace with a cedar mantle.  It was a nice place to display some decorations.  The "All You Need is Love" sign was made by me, the SMITHS sign was from my bachelorette party, and the rocks belonged to my grandpa.  The flowers were borrowed from my grandma.

Below the mantle, we set out some pictures, more signs and flowers.

Below the mantle on the right side is a large rock belonging to my grandpa, burlap flowers, a recycled coffee tin turned rustic with burlap, lace and pinecones, a photo of us, and a rustic barrel borrowed from my grandma.  
Photo by guest.

Here, you see a large shot of the interior of the lodge.  We strung lights across the beams, paper pinwheels tied across the room, and burlap as tablecloths for all the tables.  
Photo by guest.

Exterior Tables

These wildflowers were picked near the lodge just hours before the wedding.  So beautiful!

All the jars at our wedding were recycled from other things - sauce jars, jelly jars, starbucks frapp jars, you get the point!
We sincerely thank everyone who helped us in collecting all these jars!

The yellow flowers were bought at the Dollar Tree, while I made the ribbon flower and lace flowers.

Interior Tables

Recycled coffee tin centerpiece with rock slices, and handmade flowers.

This handmade centerpiece is made from a recycled coffee tin wrapped in burlap, lace, and pearls.  Each tin was filled with styrofoam and layered with craft grass, pebbles and pine cones   The rustic tea light sat in each of these centerpieces.

The burlap is a gunny sack that has been slipped around a booth style table.  We also sat out seafoam colored frames with photos of us dating in them.
Photo by guest.

The Natural Scenery

A windmill sat just at the front of the lodge, and is the first thing you see when you go over the hill in the driveway.

This dock is on the south lake.
Photo taken by guest.

North lake - we hadn't gotten too much rain before the wedding, so it was a bit low.  
Photo by guest.

South pond from the dock.  Quite a nice evening view.
Photo by guest.

There were actually quite a few other wedding decorations that I didn't get pictures of...perhaps I can go digging through my old pictures and see what I took when I made them and create another post for you with the missing links then!

Photos by Birds and Coffee Design unless otherwise stated.

Bride and Groom: Love in a Canoe

This is our absolute favorite bunch from the collection of wedding photos taken by Birds and Coffee Design. 

I was going to schedule this post in chronological order after showing you the ceremony and everything else...but really.  I can't save the best for last for THAT long.  So I'm bumping it up to today.  We still have a ton of great wedding stuff to share...but I just want to get these out there so you can truly love our wedding as much as we do.

Okay, you don't have to love it that much...but you can surely appreciate how much we loved the canoes!

Tyler and I are both adventurous and outdoorsy people.  When looking for wedding venues, the ponds and canoes really sold us on the lodge we chose.  We knew it was beautiful, and even better we knew we'd have fun.  And we knew we'd get great pictures.

As long as it didn't rain.  

And it didn't.

Without further adieu, here are what I call the Love in a Canoe collection of our wedding portraits!

Love how you can feel the fun in this shot.

Love the artistic framing of the dock.

This really just might be my favorite.

Love this one!
Pretty sure it should be on Dave Barnes' next album cover.

The word that comes to mind every time I see this one is 'scandalous.'  Love it!

We loved our wedding day adventure in the canoe!

P.S. I can't wait to go canoeing again sometime...  :)