This post is about confetti.  Trust.  But first, a massive digression, in the form of a story. 

On my way to the train station to drop off the honey, I noticed an odd pattern emerging.  Well, not so much a pattern as an extremely frustration act repeating itself over and over again.  I got cut off in excess of SEVEN TIMES.  WTF, commute?  And I’m not talking smooth cut-offs (if there is such a thing), I’m talking “I’m gonna cut you off, because you have offended me by being on the road at the same time as I have chosen to be” cut-offs.  (Is that how you refer to being cut off?  Or am I repeatedly bringing to mind acid-wash daisy dukes?  Sorry, if I am.  Anyway…)  Oh, and… AND!… it wasn’t just some Frodo Douchebaggins flaunting his douchebaggery for me to oohhh and aahhh over.  Oh, no.  I got cut off by an old lady!  How do I know this?  Because I was in the left lane, minding my own business at 85 mph – kidding, I was just over the speed limit, as it should be in the left lane when, all of a sudden, out of seemingly nowhere, a grey Mazda or something scoots over from the lane immediately to my right almost hitting me and (all together now, in unison)… slows down once it cozies up one inch in front of me.  (Why do they all seem to do this?!  That’s a whole other post.)

I don’t get road rage (well, not since college – I had a tad more pent up hostility back then ;), but this was quite an act to pull off.  And, obviously, as all potentially accident-causing road moves do, it seemed completely malicious.  I didn’t get angry, but me and the boy, we do occasionally like to know who it is who’s wronged us.  So I moved over to the right lane and pulled up next to my prey the offending car and, low and behold, it was a REALLY OLD LADY with an old lady’s hairstyle (freshly curled and slightly blue).  And in her passenger seat was an EVEN OLDER OLD LADY with, get this, an eye patch.  Why?  I have NFI.  Maybe an accident they had just caused the day before?

We, of course, didn’t give her any trouble, but still.  As the boy said:

“If you’re gonna be coming into the left lane, you better be ready to come hard.”

Old ladies are kinda exceptions.  Except she almost killed all of us, so not so much.  The Car Guys on NPR made a very astute joke the other day about a new law requiring that speed governors be installed in all cars owned by the elderly allowing drivers to go no less than 12 mph.  It was funnier when the Car Guys said it, but you get the drift.

Anyway, I wish I could explain this odd sequence of events.  Maybe it’s the fact that tomorrow’s the last day of summer?  Oh, quick note: tomorrow’s the last day of summer.  If you hadn’t heard.  It’s officially over at 11pm tomorrow.  I hope I didn’t ruin your day, but if I did, the good news is that the weather’s supposed to get warmer over the next couple days, at least where I am, so that’s good news (if you’re where I am)!

Ok, WHEW!  Now back to your regularly scheduled station.  CONFETTI!

You might remember my post on all the different ways you can make your exit on your wedding day.  Entitled, “After the Ceremony: What You Should Know About What Your Guests Are Throwing at Your Face.”  I don’t believe I went into depth about confetti, however.

Funny, because I happen to be a very big fan of confetti.  More specifically, pastel.  I adore the stuff.

There are lots of ways to get pastel confetti into your life.  You can go the DIY route, which is pretty simple, but will take more time than you or your bridal party are likely willing to put in.  (If you’re game, here’s how you do it: get tons of pastel paper, grab a few hole punchers in the shape you desire, and have at it with only those with whom you feel you have the strongest, most indestructible friendship bonds.  Because this will test those bonds.)

Now, if you’re willing to throw a few bucks into this aspect of your wedding (because it’s worth it, as you can see in the pictures), then pick up some bags of the stuff at your local party store.  But I suggest doing the environmentally-appropriate thing, and buying yourself a buttload of eco-friendly wedding confetti, in all four colors.

Throw it all in a large, very cute, very rustic kraft paper brown bag (if I have a say in it) and as the image above shows, stick the confetti cones near the bag, so that all of your guests can scoop up a portion and slam you in the face with it.  Joke’s on them, though, because the stuff’s light as air!  Especially if you choose very thin paper.  Though the thinner it is, the smaller the trajectory from cone to your face.  But it might be quite pretty to be flanked by columns of falling confetti as you exit.  I can just imagine the photos.  OMGDOTHAT.

Confetti exit via Green Wedding Shoes / Source of Eco-Friendly Wedding Confetti: Beau-coup

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ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S MARCHESA GOWN PUZZLER:

Of the six *special* gowns I posted yesterday, here’s the answer regarding which one I would actually consider wearing.  Drum roll please! … No?… no drumroll?… what?  The guy’s not here?  Why, what happened?  He went home sick?  Oh.  And he took his drums?  Oh, hmm, ok.  Umm, anyway, peoples, here’s the answer:

The least offensive of these two…

Answer: this one!

Yay!  If you picked “The movie Alien reimagined as a dress“

… Thank you!  You have chosen a dress that helps me to know that we probably don’t have an incredible amount of things in common.  You’ve saved us both a lot of time, and with my busy schedule, it won’t go unappreciated.  Now, hurry along.  Git.

Ok, I have a question: Do you have plans for your exit?  Are you thinking of using confetti?  Have any of your own ideas?

xoxo!  – Alison

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Flowers: pink cabbage roses (gathered from Martha’s East Hampton garden)…

Flowers: grape-hyacinth and lavender florets…

Flowers: roses, cactus dahlias, and pompom dahlias (accented with oak leaves and acorns)…

Flowers: ‘Nikko Blue’ hydrangea plus blue lace flower mix with scabiosa and nigella…

Flowers: millinery (fabric) blossoms…

Flowers: giant peonies and ruffly sweet peas…

Flowers: five varieties of roses — ‘Blue Curiosa,’ ‘Rustique,’ ‘Sahara,’ ‘Esther,’ and ‘Magic Silver’ — plus a single saffron ‘Oriental Curiosa’…

Flowers: miniature calla lilies and ranunculuses…

So, how about balloons? :) Hehe.

Mansion from Tim Walker, via Santa Barbara Wedding Chic

Overexposed via Oh Happy Day

Photos by Jill Thomas, via Once Wed

Photos by Jessica Johnston

Photos by Caroline Tran, via The Knot

Photo by Max Wanger

By the way, remember this post?  Truly one of the more awesome balloon shoots I’ve had the pleasure of seeing…

Totally worth a look-see.

Ok, so clearly those are engagement shots – and while brilliant shots, they aren’t weddings.  So here’s an actual wedding with the balloon idea implemented.  I LOVE how the crisp, white spheres line both sides of the aisle, adding such incredible structure to the photos.  There’s an intensity here, with the focus so clearly on the marrying couple… and it’s very much a result of the double row of balloons, which serve to guide your eyes towards the center.  It’s clean, it’s powerful, and it’s beautiful.

Sticking with the white wedding theme, howsabout this…

Via Style Me Pretty

Via B Magazine

Here are a few more of my favorite engagement shots.  Don’t you love the creativity of these couples?  A prop like this can really ease out the playfulness that is so essential with engagement shoots.  The Bubblicious is your call.  If you teach for a living, I imagine it’s not for you.  (In fact, if you’re anything like the teachers I had in grade school, you’re probably aching for these girls to trash the chewing gum posthaste.)

Though, I must say, these two young ladies pull it off quite nicely…

Photos by SimplyBloom Photography, via Green Wedding Shoes

Photos by Jill Thomas, via Green Wedding Shoes

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One last thing: I caught wind of The Cherry Blossom Girl on a visit to decor8 one day, and found this precious little balloon brooch, by Stolen Thunder.  If you really love balloons – like, REALLY – but don’t know if they fit in all that smoothly with the rest of your decor, well then here’s a darling way to show your affection for the them.  If it’s not the right fit for your look that day, then it could be the perfect bridesmaids’ gift, no?  I admit, I think it’s just too cute not to make up an excuse to buy a few of ‘em.  So that’s kind of what I’m doing right now. :)

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Typography treasures for the tables +

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