Who knew there were SO many different types of lace to choose from?? We are here to inform you of the most popular lace options for bridal gowns! Check it out! 

Chantilly Lace

 Chantilly lace is a handmade type of bobbin lace named after a city in France. This lace is known for its find around, outlined pattern and abundant detail. The outlined lace pattern is in cordonnet which is a flat untwisted strand of the lace. Chantilly lace used to be most popular in black silk in Spain and the Americas.

Venice Lace

Venice lace is a fine needlepoint lace that is firm and has no netting in the background. Venice lace is stitched onto a dis solvable fabric which is later removed which creates a delicate raised design. This type of lace is extremely popular for lingerie and designer fabrics.  Venice lace is going to have a higher price point due to its luxurious look and feel and that is why it is so popular in bridal gowns. Kate Middleton's dress had this gorgeous lace incorporated into it.

Alencon Lace

Alencon is a French needle lace, often referred to as the "Queen of Lace". It is the most elaborate of needlepoint lace that has ever been produced in France. This needlepoint lace has floral designs on a sheer net background that can be seen with or without beading or sequins.

Spanish Lace

Spanish lace, also known as Venetian needle lace, is typically used for church weddings. This type of lace refers to lace made in Spain. The Spaniards imported high volumes of Venetian needle lace for church use in the 17th century.

Show Stopper Weddings

Will your guests be in awe at your wedding? Will it be a showstopper? Not without these amazing ideas! What will be the statement piece at your extravagant event day? Glamorous centerpieces, daunting lighting, a WOW dress or an incredible cake?

Go over the top with your decorations. Flowers, candles and lighting will be your go to for detailing. The more the merrier! Hang intricate chandeliers over tables and the dance-floor for even more glamor.

Let your cake run wild with beautiful draping flowers, delicate frosting and icing work and an incredible cake stand. This cake looks like a work of art straight from the gardens of Eden!

Blow your guests away with an aisle lined with large floral pieces and gorgeous lighting. You are walking up to the love of your life! Bigger is better!

The place-card table is one of the first things your guests will see as they sit down to dinner. Wow them with a decorative table with glistening tea lights and hanging jewels to catch the evening light glow as guests make their way to the tables.

Centerpieces are a statement - Gold flatware will look amazing with gold lined dishes. Accompany these delicate colors with large beautiful flower arrangements extending the length of the tables.

For more great ideas, check out Wedding Inspirations online and in person in Downtown Asheville.

Pink & White Wedding Venue from Jana from Alabama
Hanging Chandeliers from The Knot
Floral Wedding Cake from The Lovely Kind 
Floral Lined Aisle from Wedding Photographer
Place Card Floral Tree from Mod Wedding
Floral Centerpiece Seating from Style Me Pretty

Keep Warm at your Winter Wedding

 It can get pretty chilly in the fall and winter months! Snuggle up with some blankets and hot chocolate to keep your wedding guests happy and warm the whole night long!

 Don't forget the Baileys! Hot chocolate bars are so great - You can make chocolate and caramel spoons for your guests to create their own yummy hot chocolate! 

Hey baby, its so cold outside! Wrap your hands around a warm mug of  happiness and then snuggle up by a toasty fire in a country club or mountain lodge venue location.

Don't forget to keep your wedding party warm during your big day! Pick up some matching faux fur wraps or shalls to keep your girls warm. They will thank you and will have a nice dress cover up for other events during the cold winter months.

For more great ideas, check out Wedding Inspirations online and in person in Downtown Asheville!

 Blanket Basket from Style Me Pretty

Hot Chocolate Sleeves from The Knot

Chalkboard Hot Chocolate Bar from Upcycled Treasures

Winter Bridesmaids from Wedding Party App

Monogram Fireplace from Wedding Project

Unique Wedding Favors

One of the things every couple struggles with is what to give as favors for their wedding. It is a tough decision! Do we hand-make something? Do we go with generic favors? How do we make our favors unique? Wedding Inspirations is here to show you how to make the most unique favors for your wedding. 

 

If your wedding is during the colder months consider a mocha or cocoa mixer in a cute class test tube with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips on top! These are easy to make and are convenient for guests to take home!

 After an entire night of dancing and celebrating, your guests may need a little caffeine boost or customized midnight snack to get them ready to go home. You could fill little paper bags with popcorn, pretzels or other yummy goodies with a miniature bottle of your favorite drink!

 Cold feet? These crazy sock patterns are sure to keep your guests feet nice and warm even after your cozy wedding. Grab a bunch of fun socks, hang or lay them out for guests to pick and choose their favorites!

 Cookies, chocolates and candies have always been a go-to for wedding favors. They are simple and easy to do. Spice it up a bit! These delicious french macarons on lollipop sticks are so unique with their adorable paper boxes to add some protection to these great favors.

Looking for something more personalized? How about something homemade... Make your own olive oil! Make your own cookies, chocolates, soap, candies and other great things! The homemade wedding favor ideas are endless.

For more great ideas check out Wedding Inspirations online and in person in Asheville!

Mocha Favor from Bridal Guide
Olive Oil from Colin Cowie Weddings
Midnight Snack and Coke from Bridal Detective
Socks from Rock N Roll Bride
Macaron Sleeves from Anges de Sucre
Handmade Soap from Wedding Chicks

Intimate Weddings

Intimate weddings allow for a variety of fun seating options! We love these comfortable couches, chairs and loveseats as guest seating for your smaller wedding. These seats will make our guests feel right at home with these cozy chairs.

With a smaller wedding it is simple to splurge on things that are the most important - like cake! This dessert table with homemade pies, and cupcakes is perfect for an intimate wedding. You could get your grandma to make her famous apple and cherry pie, maybe your aunt makes killer cupcakes! When your family and friends can add their own personalization to your wedding it makes the day that much more intimate and memorable.

 If you are having a destination wedding with only both of your sets of parents, a simple decoration and a couple of your closest friends and family makes the perfect setting for a simple, romantic and intimate wedding. You can celebrate with the ones you keep closest to you and they can share in the moment as well!

Homemade wedding favors are the best! Whip up your best batches of cookies in place of a candy bar for a more personalized gift for your guests. Yum! Or make your own infused alcohol or limoncello with creative tags.

For more great ideas check out other Wedding Inspirations blogs on other pages or check us out in person in Downtown Asheville!

Couch Seating from Style Me Pretty
Chandelier in Tree from Minha Filha Vai Casar
Desert Table from Intimate Weddings
Homemade Wedding Favors from Buzzfeed

Whimsical Weddings

Be whimsical, be different, be colorful! Many of the things you see on this blog post are so easy to DIY! The adorable bride and groom string signs are simple! All you need to do is nail the letters into a piece of wood and go crazy with colorful string!

For extremely unique and whimsical touches to your wedding, snag up a box of plastic zoo animals and spray paint them a stand-out color and attach them to your guest's name cards!

Save money by making your own DIY vases from old water glasses, fun thrift store vases or mason jars. You save big on floral expenses when you use your own glassware! The one of a kind vases will take your centerpieces to the next level and your guests will be complimenting your creative genius all night.

Another easy DIY would be to make these adorable hanging circles. To make these, just grab some scraps of lace from a fabric store and pull them tight over a cross-stitching circle. Simple and inexpensive!

Whimsical weddings are colorful and full of life! Spice up your bouquet with various pops of color and fun ribbons tied into the gorgeous bouquets.



 For an added surprise for your guests, request for multilayer wedding cake with a bunch of different colors.

For more great ideas check out Wedding Inspirations online and in person in Asheville!

Bride & Groom signs from 100 Layer Cake
Colorful Cake from The Knot
Flower Vases from Wedding Chicks
Whimsical Flowers from Rustic Folk Weddings
Gold Name Cards from Ruffled

Ombre Weddings

 The ombre hairstyle has become popular over the past few years and has sneaked its way into the wedding world. The DIY Bride is becoming the most popular bride in the industry. Give your wedding the touch of personalization it needs by having your bridesmaids get together to help you make your wedding dreams a reality.

The pink ombre butterfly above is extremely simple to make. Head to your local craft or scrap-booking store and pick up a paper cut out stamp of the shape of your liking - then get some thicker card-stock of various shades of your color palette to punch out the designs and get that ombre look. Once they are all ready, glue the shapes down to a poster board in the shape of your choosing and voila!

Ombre themes can even be achieved by using flowers! See what types of accommodations can be made with your florist and what colors of flowers they have in season to create the ombre look. The aisle runner itself can be sprinkled with flowers of various colors or event dip dye the aisle runner to match your colors!

Who knew you could make an ombre bouquet! Subtle changes in flower color can give you the fading in color you've been dreaming of!

 Mismatched bridesmaids have started to become popular in the more recent years. Traditionally, all of the bridesmaids wore the exact same dress style in the same color - however, we are finding that more and more brides are breaking free of that idea and branching out to have their own unique and personalized wedding that they dreamed of. A great way to start the ombre bridesmaid is to start with the maid of honor. Do you want her in the darkest of the color family or the lightest? Go from there when choosing how to lay out the colors for your girls!

 

It is simple to get the faded ombre look on your wedding cake. This cake was frosted in white or ivory then sprayed with food coloring to achieve this great cake!

For more great ideas check out our other blog posts and by coming into Wedding Inspirations Boutique in Downtown Asheville!

Ombre Butterfly from Etsy

Blue Ombre Cake from Style Me Pretty

Blue Slice of Cake from My Wedding

Ombre Bouquet from Elegant Wedding Invites

Purple Bridesmaids Dresses from Wedding Chicks

Guestbook Alternatives

What is a guestbook really doing? It is creating and building memories! Guestbooks were incorporated into weddings to acknowledge the presence of guests at the event! The bride and groom could then look back on who was a part of their big day. The Jenga guestbook (above) is a fun way to remember your wedding. Each piece you pull is a little memory!

We love this handmade wooden state guestbook. This would look great hanging in your house and each time you pass by you can look at each person's name!

Guestbooks with date ideas or bucket list ideas are gaining popularity in the wedding world. Allow your guests to give you their best advice for married life with these fun guestbook alternatives.

If you are a puzzle fanatic like we are you will love this idea - get a puzzle made out of a picture from your engagement shoot and have each guest sign a piece of the puzzle!

For those who are tech-savvy, consider a guest blog! We have never seen anything like this - guests can record a video message for the bride and groom to see later on! This way you can remember everyone at the wedding and what a great time they have had.


For more great ideas, check out Wedding Inspirations online and in person in Downtown Asheville!

Jenga Guestbook from Crafty Wedding
Puzzle Picture from Shutterfly
Puzzle Pieces from Wedding Chicks
Wooden California Guestbook from Wedding Chicks
Guest Blog from Bridal Guide

Wedding Cake Alternatives

 Everyone loves cake and desserts - typically guests are served a slice of cake for dessert and that is that! Excite your guests with your awesome wedding cake alternative. No plates or forks? What more could you ask for? This stunning french macaron wedding cake is so unique! Ask your bakery for color options to match your wedding palette to get this great look!

Breakaway from cake pops and make pie pops! They are simply adorable and look absolutely delightful. Pops are great for single servings and easy clean up! With cake pops you can offer a variety of flavors and colors for your guests to choose from.

Creating tiers of cake pops or pie pops creates a traditional wedding cake illusion. You and your spouse can still feed each other these cute pops with ease and without the mess of stuffing each others faces with sticky frosting and crumbles on your dress.

If you aren't into the traditional wedding cake then consider a large flat cheesecake! This is totally nontraditional and your guests will love the change in pace compared to all the other wedding cakes they have tried.

If your wedding is in the morning and you don't feel like having dessert for breakfast opt for gigantic Belgium waffles! YUM. Or even a doughnut cake! Doughnut cakes give guests the option to choose different flavors and will stand out from any other wedding they have been to.

If single serving pie pops aren't your thing - choose a few different sizes of your favorite types of pies! Stacking pies on different tiers looks bridal but adds your own personality into the mix.

For more great ideas, check out Wedding Inspirations other blogs or check us out in person in Downtown Asheville!

Macaron Cake from The Perfect Palette
Ombre Cake Pop Cake from Buzzfeed
Cake Pop Sign from Sodium Girl
Pie Pops from Every Last Detail
Heart Cheesecake from OMG Cute Things
Waffle Cake from ODDEE
4 Tier Pie Cake from Intimate Weddings