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In Love with Rustic Winter Weddings

January 5, 2011 By Sharon Auld

by Sharon Auld

I admit it, I’m in LOVE! In love with rustic, winter weddings! There’s nothing prettier than a sparkling, rustic wedding in the mountains at a ski lodge or secluded cabin.

Right now, we are busy working on a pretty, vintage ski wedding and planning our Naturally Chic booth for the Wedding Fair in Calgary. Although, I can’t show any photos yet, I will say it is a rustic and winter inspired.

I just saw this gorgeous wedding posted on Ruffled Blog, by the talented Nashville photographers, Souder Photography and was inspired for today’s post. Although the color palette is a little different from the wedding we are working on and our planned booth, there are some similar elements. Winter for one! Here are some of the images from Souder Photography blog. Check out more of the gorgeousness on either blog!

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Here are a few other images to get your winter wedding on…

Winter wedding via Style Me Pretty

Hot chocolate via Martha Stewart

Mountain winter wedding invite via Martha Stewart Weddings

This last one is for fun! It’s a box we made complete with snowman hat, scarf, twig carrot nose and handmade wooden eyes and buttons. Wouldn’t it be great for kids at a winter wedding? Okay, maybe for me!

snowman in a box via Naturally Chic Designs

Naturally Chic Designs from around the Web

November 22, 2010 By Sharon Auld

by Sharon Auld

We are so thrilled to have worked on designs with several of our colleagues from Alberta and B.C. Here are just some of our Naturally Chic Designs from around the web.

Jennifer from Jennifer Bergman Weddings and I have known each other for several years now and actually took our Wedding Planners Institute of Canada certification together. Jennifer is one of the most talented wedding planners in Edmonton, Alberta. She is fast becoming one of the most sought after wedding planners known for her elegant wedding design. Jennifer Bergman Weddings have been featured on the prestigious Style Me Pretty blog! We were thrilled to design a few pieces for one of Jennifer’s weddings.

Jennifer had us make a few engraved wooden bouquet charms to surprise the bride. Photo Credits: A Different Angle Photography & Jennifer Bergman Weddings.

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The next is a wood seating chart I made. It was for an NHL hockey player’s wedding at Emerald Lake Lodge. We made everything from the menus, place cards, custom signage, favors, etc.

Photo Credits: Bonner Photography .

Engraved wood seating chart by Naturally Chic.

Wood engraved wedding sign and wood water bottle labels

engraved wedding tags by Naturally Chic | Photo by Bonner Photography.

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We also did several projects for the talented Terra Law of Inspired Occasions. Terra was one of the first people I knew in the wedding industry and we were pleased to do some custom work for several of her beautiful weddings. The first photo is a wooden tree slab cake plate and the second is of an engraved maple wood table number and the third wood stump vases. Photo Credits: Inspired Occasions and the talented (and really fun) Terence from TLaw Photography.

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Engraved wood table number by Naturally Chic

wood stump vases done for Inspired Occasions

wood stump vase for Inspired Occasions

We also worked with Dione from Plush Invitations. Dione is amazingly talented and her designs are always works of art. If you aren’t familiar with Plush Invitations you really should check out their blog to see all their fabulous work (seriously she is the best)! Plush Invitations designed this beautiful holiday card for one of their clients and we engraved the wood portions.

To contact Naturally Chic about doing custom designs or help with planning your Banff and area wedding, call us at 1.888.679.9056, 1.403.679.1409 or email us at info@naturallychic.ca .

Carnival Themed Wedding – Part Three

October 14, 2010 By Sharon Auld

by Sharon Auld

We’ve been posting on our Carnival Themed wedding booth at Bridal Expo in Calgary, Alberta. Although we are more known for our “rustic elegant” rocky mountain weddings in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake, we wanted to do something a little different for the show. We chose a fun, retro carnival theme for our booth. Check out Part One and Part Two as well!

As we mentioned in Part Two, even if you can’t find a real carnival for your wedding venue, you can still create a carnival atmosphere. What better way to create a carnival atmosphere then by fun refreshments…candy floss, popcorn, caramel apples, mini-donuts or an old-fashioned candy bar? And don’t forget the drinks: old-fashioned lemonade and ice-tea would be perfect for a carnival themed wedding.

The beautiful flowers for our booth were from Michele at Blue Hydrangea in Calgary, Alberta. I love the vintage container used for the elegant pink roses and hydrangea arrangement!

Our Naturally Chic Designs team made the Refreshment Stand and Ticket Booth for the show. These can be rented out (in your choice of colors) as we can custom build similar stands to suit your needs.

Photo Credits: Naturally Chic

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Contact Naturally Chic and Naturally Chic Designs at 1.888.679.9056 or email us at hello@naturallychic.ca for more information on planning your carnival themed wedding!

Carnival Themed Wedding – Part Two

October 14, 2010 By Sharon Auld

Carnival Themed weddings are hugely popular right now and it’s no wonder! So fun; especially if you are lucky enough to find an actual carnival venue complete with a carousel or ferris wheel! But, if you can’t find a venue with real rides, why not re-create the carnival atmosphere for your wedding? You could have refreshment stands, games, cotton candy, a photo booth etc.? The ideas are unlimited!

For our booth at 2010 Bridal Expo, we wanted to do something a little different and a carnival theme was something we thought we could have some creative fun with, while still having an eco-friendly flair. For our booth, we did a lot of Do-It-Yourself, including painting old frames, refinishing chairs and an old dresser for our sweet table, and building our own signs, ticket booth and refreshments stands. We also frequented garage sales and flea markets to find lots of vintage pieces…lace doilies, milk glass vases, silver trays, frames, and more.

If your missed our first post you can read about it here. Here’s Part Two:

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Here’s the photo booth backdrop we used our carnival wedding booth. Photo booths are SO much fun especially when you have a beautiful backdrop, frames and props (we rent backdrops, chalkboard bubbles, props and more through our Naturally Chic Designs division). Your guests will have so much fun!

Photo Credits: Naturally Chic

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Stay-tuned for part 3! To contact Naturally Chic on information about rentals, custom designs or assistance with wedding planning and design, call 1.888.679.9056 or email us at hello@naturallychic.ca .

Carnival Themed Wedding

October 13, 2010 By Sharon Auld

by Sharon Auld

Our wedding booth at Bridal Expo in Calgary, Alberta was a bit of a departure from some of the more natural, earthy rocky mountain weddings we are known for. We chose a “Carnival Themed” wedding as inspiration for our booth. Carnival weddings are extremely popular and we’ve been seeing them popping up on lots of great blogs lately! But we didn’t just choose the carnival theme because it’s popular right now. We wanted to show that eco-friendly can be fun and look different than our rustic weddings. Using vintage pieces is one way to incorporate “green” into your event.

We salvaged lots of vintage pieces from garage sales and flea markets for our booth. We were lucky to find some vintage frames, milk glass vases, crystal candy dishes and silver trays. We also used vintage silverware for our table setting. With a little leg-work anyone can find great vintage pieces to repurpose.

We knew we wanted a carnival theme for our booth and we wanted it to have a vintage feel. The carnival theme could easily work in many colors, but we chose shades of pink, white and a little grey for our booth. We asked friend and Calgary-based graphic designer Vishu Mahajan to design an invitation and reply card to reflect the theme. We gave her our color scheme and mentioned that we would love a ferris wheel or carousel motif…we absolutely love what she came up with! Wouldn’t this be a fabulous invitation to give your guests? It sets the tone for a fun and memorable event!

Photo Credits: Naturally Chic

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My favorite piece designed by Vishu is the Welcome to “Kate and Mark’s Carnival” wedding sign which we put in a painted, vintage looking frame. I absolutely love the Carousel Horse!

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A view of our booth with our “ticket booth” in the foreground. Our Naturally Chic Designs team built this wooden ticket booth. It is perfect to collect any type of tickets…think carnival “ride” tickets, drink tickets, etc. Maybe even a “kissing booth”??

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Instead of using traditional numbers for table numbers, we thought it would be fun to have the tables named after various rides and fair elements: ferris wheel, carousel, roller coaster etc. Here’s the Ferris Wheel table (also designed by Vishu Mahajan); we love it in our vintage looking table number holder.

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Stay tuned for more of our carnival themed wedding booth. Thanks for visiting!

To contact Naturally Chic for assistance with your wedding planning and design call 1.888.679.9056 or email us at hello@naturallychic.ca .

Happy Planning!