Sporting the same design found on Amy's bridesmaid dresses, sachets of lavender are hand-stamped and distributed to guests for tossing after the ceremony.
Cheree Berry designed all of the paper elements for Allison and Jacob's May Day wedding. First up, a letterpressed card introducing the couple's May Day theme, complete with a maypole icon and a calligraphed envelope. Atop the maypole is a tiny flag with the couple's initials. This icon was also used as a design motif for the actual wedding.
For the "Today Show" wedding of Jessica and Cody, Jessica's bouquet features two kinds of orchids and white and blue pearlescent beads. The stems are bound with double-faced blue satin ribbon, which was tied in a bow and embellished with rhinestone buttons.
This effervescent letterpress invitation suite was designed by San Francisco artist Jeff Canham, a friend of groom Luke, who also painted the couple's "Just Married" banner. The card on the bottom right invites guests to a casual celebration, complete with taco truck, the following day at Golden Gate Park.
Paper parasols in bride Melinda's color palette of blue and white float overhead in their reception tent.
Blue and white ribbons are draped over the tree under which Elizabeth and Barton's ceremony takes place. White chairs are also tied with blue ribbons. The flower girls join the bridesmaids, who are wearing floor-length gowns by Amsale in Elizabeth's favorite color, Tiffany blue.
A great idea for your something blue, a small piece of fabric embroidered with bride Devon's pre-wedding monogram in blue thread is sewn into her bridal gown.
Along with the other floral elements, these flower girl crowns are thoughtfully designed to capture a rustic elegance. The blue-tinged leaves in the crowns pick up the hues of each girl's dress.
To go with the color palette of the day -- blue and white -- groom, Jacob wore Joseph Abboud, a custom shirt by Thomas Mitchell Clothiers, a custom blue bow tie and blue braces from Seigo, and Salvatore Ferragamo shoes.
Bride Amy and groom Leo tapped design duo Bird & Banner to create their whimsical blue, brown, and cream stationery suite, which featured custom typography and patterns.
This nautical theme of this wedding is carried out at each reception place setting, where skewered flags stand tall in coiled crisp white napkins on top of a navy tablecloth. Galvanized buckets in various sizes filled with white dahlias, tulips, hydrangeas, and chrysanthemums make fresh, fragrant centerpieces. Nestled in between are small lanterns, conveying the charm of an old lighthouse.
For this blue and white wedding (Elizabeth's favorite colors), blue mojitos garnished with mint sprigs and blue paper "eyelet" umbrellas are served during Elizabeth and Barton's cocktail hour.
As owner of Cheree Berry Paper, a stationery and graphic-design company, bride Cheree's goal, she says, is always "to evoke a big smile." And that's surely the reaction Cheree and Jeff's wedding guests had when they opened their mailboxes to find thick, creamy envelopes addressed in swirls of red calligraphy, with the words "love mail" printed in the corner -- all designed, of course, by the bride herself. Different printing techniques (including engraving and letterpress), unexpected touches (the origami chart of St. Louis attractions), and fanciful details (the bee on the reply card) give a richly layered feel. Cheree, deeming a palette of reds, oranges, and pinks "too perfect," laced it with robin's-egg blue.
Bride Cara asked her bridesmaids to choose their own gowns within her color palette. It was important to her that each girl have a dress that she really loved and felt pretty in. Each bridesmaid chose a Jim Hjelm gown that was fitting to her personal style.
To mimic the ceremony room's tall white columns, the chuppah was constructed of white dowels that rose from clusters of white hydrangea, moss, rocks, and small ferns, evoking a gardenlike feeling. Atop the poles, a sheer fabric created a cover, and blue satin ribbon of varying lengths cascaded down -- a nod to the ribbons of a maypole because this Connecticut wedding was held on May Day.
On each dinner plate at bride Jessica and groom Cody's wedding rests Mehlenbacher's saltwater taffy (a favorite of the bride), acting as place cards with labels from Martha Stewart Crafts.
Joanne and Luke announce their marital status on the front steps of San Francisco's City Hall. The banner, made by the newlyweds, was hand-painted by a friend.
This blue, black, and white letterpress stationery takes its inspiration from the garden. Save-the-date dials reveal teasers about the impending day when rotated -- their floral images, as well as those on the invitations and reply postcards, come from clip-art. Plain stickers, hand-stamped with monograms, serve as envelope seals. Store-bought cards (bottom) are used as thank-you notes.
These blue and white table settings include an eclectic mix of mismatched vases -- most were found at flea markets -- filled with blue and yellow flowers. And blue and white hand towels by Ikea are transformed into low-key place mats.
Elizabeth and Barton asked attendees to inscribe magnets so they could have "Wishes That Stick" on their refrigerator. The magnets were then placed in a blue and white box to go along with the color palette.
Each of Megan and Clay's guests take home a slice of wedding cake packaged in blue, white, and brown customized boxes.
Cheree wears a Carolina Hererra lace gown and carries a bouquet of red, pink, and orange ranunculus with a single tiny golden bee -- one of the motifs she often uses in her work as a stationer -- perched among the flowers. The bouquet is tied with a blue ribbon, and the embroidered hankie, her something blue, is a gift from Martha Stewart Weddings editorial director Darcy Miller.
Ribbons serve as a major decor element at Allison and Jacob's May Day wedding, and the escort card display is no exception. Envelopes tucked into blue ribbons stretched across mirrors give guests their seating assignments and add depth to the table.
A nautical rope, coiled and hot-glued in place, serves as the tabletop for this blue keepsake guest book; the title is a play on Haylee and Franklin's names.
These white program covers are decorated with blue rubber stamps.
For this blue-and-white-themed reception, linens were custom-made from blue taffeta with eyelet fabric bands around the bottom.
Wearing navy-blue shantung shells and skirts by Simple Silhouettes, these bridesmaids carry hand-tied bundles of stark-white ranunculus and narcissus.
The ocean theme for this beach wedding is carried throughout the reception with the table settings. Blue and white table cards and menus are adorned with white seashells.
This custom cake topper, by crafter Ann Wood, is made with quaintly retro fabrics that bride Amy designed and that match the color palette of the wedding. The white fondant cake is decorated with dainty blue flowers.
Playful blue-and-white paper flags showcase table numbers alongside low centerpieces constructed of Spode vessels (collected over months by the antique-loving couple Allison and Jacob); they were propped up on mercury-glass vases and surrounded by lush arrangements of garden roses, parrot tulips, green viburnum, dark-blue delphinium, lilacs, sweetpeas, green amaranthus, and hydrangea.
Store-bought paper cocktail napkins appear custom-designed for the wedding since they include a blue and brown floral pattern.
A sweet and simple blue ring-bearer pillow accented with a satin ribbon is used in this Jackson Hole, Wyoming wedding.
Bride Chloe's mother designed this colorful bouquet, which consists of flowers and herbs plucked from Pearbrook: blue delphiniums, coral bells, artemisia, Queen Anne's lace, and pink and white roses among them.
When bride Allison first proposed the idea of a blue signature cocktail, she meant it as a joke. But after her father and groom Jacob set to work blending the ideal cocktail (Stoli Razberi, blue Curacao, club soda, Sprite, orange juice, and a squeeze of lemon), there was no turning back, and the Blue Ribbon was born.
A card under each charger plate encouraged guests to visit the bar for a taste of the special libation.
These table numbers echo the blue-and-eyelet theme of this wedding.
These boxes of Martine's Chocolates with Tiffany-blue bands serve as seating cards.
Each table at Joanne and Luke's reception is decorated with a different hand-sewn runner that matches the fabric on the escort flags, made by the bride.
Bride, Jane, a lover of the outdoors and horses, used the ranch setting of her wedding to Edward at the Brookside Equestrian Center as inspiration for the decor and invitations. Jane even referenced the wreaths horses get when they win races and designed this blue-and-white invitation suite with this festive and symbolic emblem. The envelope liners featured an illustration of a horse and the word "love" repeated in an alternating pattern.
Stationer Cheree Berry created all of the blue and pink paper elements for this southern wedding, from the save-the-dates to the signage on the getaway car.
The save-the-date, a square mini book, sets the tone for the joyous wedding of Devon and Dan. Disclosing the story of how the couple met in a whimsical, fairy-tale manner, it begins with "Once upon a time." (The "Happily Ever After" comes with the wedding program.)
During the World Wars, when letters to their overseas sweethearts were scrutinized by military censors, lovers developed a secret code: They placed the postage stamp upside down. Then, if the letter inside was confiscated and the empty envelope forwarded on, as often happened, the stamp would still carry a message of devotion. The 19 months that bride and groom Allison and Jacob had spent living on opposite coasts and writing countless love letters made this code more poignant, and they shared the secret with their guests by using blue postage to go with the color palette of their wedding.
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