Why You Should Plan an Indie Wedding and Where to Start!!

You've likely heard of indie music but what about an indie wedding...

Indie weddings incorporate wedding decor and handmade items from small and local businesses as well and independent (indie) artisans. DIY is also a big part of indie weddings including simple and local venues, homemade food and local ingredients, and even re-vamping a vintage or family heirloom dress. Indie weddings are eclectic, often non-traditional and display the individual spirit of the couple!!

Indie Wed is a wedding show and market held in the U.S as an alternative to traditional wedding expos. They have a really fun blog to help inspire brides-to-be who are interested in planning an indie wedding.

Indie Wedding Venues

When planning an indie wedding the possibilities are endless when it comes to wedding venues... If you are getting married in a church seek out a local or historic church. For other ceremony and wedding reception locations consider the following:

- Local Museums

- Botanical Gardens or Nurseries

- Town Theaters

- Your own or a family member's backyard

- Local Winery

- Local Boat Club

- A Natural Park or Conservation Club

- Local Barn 

Indie Wedding Rings

To fall in line with an indie wedding you likely won't be shopping for your wedding rings at De Beers Jewelry... Independent shop owners, small businesses, and local artisans are your best bet, like Northwood Rings!

In 2012, Alan Hill proposed to his now wife, Elizabeth Hill. The couple unfortunately realized that Elizabeth had a metal allergy and was not able to wear her wedding ring for about a year. To remedy this, Alan decided to make Elizabeth a ring out of wood, and thus his first wooden ring was created. Alan kept making them, and after awhile, friends started to notice Elizabeth's rings and began asking how they could get their own. Northwood Rings was born, and the rest is history...

HANDCRAFTED BENTWOOD STYLE

With Northwood Rings you can even design your own engagement and wedding rings! If you would like more detail about Northwood Rings or if you have a question about choosing your indie wedding rings you can contact Northwood Rings directly:

Email: hello@northwoodrings.com
Toll-Free Phone (North America): 1-855-694-2152
Website: http://northwoodrings.com

Indie weddings are one of my favourite as they truly capture the uniqueness of each couple, they tend to be eco-friendly, support local and independent business owners, and most of all they embody and environment that is creative, fun, and carefree!

 Indie Wedding Dress

When planning your indie wedding you will of course want a dress that represents you, not a dress you see in the hottest wedding magazines or a dress that you could purchase in just about any wedding dress boutique. That's why Ieie's Dress Boutique is the perfect place to start looking! I must say in all of my years searching weddings I have not found a dress boutique quite like Ieie's that has so many vintage style and unique dresses as well as the option to create your own custom wedding dress at a reasonable price. You may fall in love with a dress at a bridal store but there is just one thing you want to be different... Ieie can create wedding dresses that will tie in every detail you are looking for. Love two dresses? Contact Ieie's Dress Boutique and she can create one dress with the elements you love from both!!

With a lot of indie weddings you see lace wedding dresses with vintage details. Ieie's Dress Boutique has gorgeous lace wedding dress styles that you will fall in love with and you won't find these prices in a bridal shop <3

With an indie wedding your wedding dress will be one of the key elements to show your personality and style. What I love about Ieie's Dress Boutique is they started out as a small mother-daughter business and have expanded to include a group of talented dress makers and designers over the years.
In additions to the designs you see on their site they provided custom designed gowns based on your unique style!

Keep your eye on this blog post as it will continue to grow over time with more indie wedding ideas!!

WEDDING TREND ALERT! Paper Wedding

Weddings have become such a creative process from the days of having a traditional cookie cutter wedding with the same decorations and vows as your cousin Suzie. I absolutely love seeing new ideas and creative ways of stepping outside of the traditional wedding box filled with dos and don'ts. One do this wedding season is using coloured paper as a main decorative feature whether it be recycled and Eco-friendly or fancy and full of patterns and sparkle.

In this new series WEDDING TREND ALERT! I will be featuring what's hot, up and coming, or unique to start your own wedding trend. Nowadays with the internet almost anything is at your finger tips and even if you live in a small town with one grocery store and a Wal-Mart over 80 kilometers away you can still plan a fabulous wedding full of creative ideas.

This wedding trend alert is all about paper, you can create the looks above on a big budget and have everything pre-made with only set up required or you can DIY and put it all together from scratch!

One thing that is changing the way brides-to-be plan their weddings is paper flowers. Yep, paper flowers... once popular in the 1970s at weddings, they have now come back around and are more detailed than ever! Pauline at FAV Creations is a Canadian crafter who hand-makes and sells paper flowers for wedding bouquets, centerpieces, decors, and gifts. They are exquisitely crafted and amazingly priced. I swear of all of the different wedding visions I have imagined since getting married in 2010, a paper wedding with a paper floral wedding bouquet would be top of the list.

You can also find FAV Creations on Etsy where you will find more of her bridal bouquets, bouquet wraps, and centerpieces and decor.

Thinking of going with paper pom-poms for your wedding decor, here's some step by step how-tos for  making beautiful paper wedding details.

Looking for more paper wedding decor ideas? Check these out by clicking on the images:

 

Make your wedding amazing, make your wedding creative... make it with paper! Happy Crafting :)

Doerman Photography - DIY Eco-Friendly Wedding!

Next to the venue and the wedding dress one of the most stressful, but important choices to make during your wedding planning is the photographer. Wedding photography has become such a competitive area in the event planning industry and when you are looking to get one of the best you need to book the one you get that gut feeling about up to a year in advance (At times more than a year when you have chosen a popular weekend wedding in the Summer). Doerman Wedding Photography in Nashville, Tennessee is sure to give you butterflies with their contemporary portraiture and photojournalism blend. If you don't live in Nashville but love Doerman Wedding Photography no need to worry, they love traveling for weddings, and would be ecstatic to travel abroad! Doerman Wedding Photography's average price for wedding photography is $3,500 however differs with your choice of album size, print options, and if you are looking for an engagement or bridal session. If you would like to get your own price quote just click the contact link on their site and let them know what you are looking for. Michael Doerman is the lead photographer of Doerman Wedding Photography and has vast experience in the photography industry including having acquired a Bachelor's Degree in Photography.

Doerman Wedding Photography captured an amazing DIY and Eco-friendly wedding that exemplifies the essence of what this blog is about. Picture this... A warm Summer day, an amazing wedding dress garage sale find, handmade details, simple yet exquisite backdrop, and a whole lot of love!

If you want more, check out Doerman Wedding Photography's Wedding Archives

Your Wedding Could Be Here!

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