images above courtesy of http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/default.asp
For starters, I'd like to create a beautiful 'breakfast/dessert' table that will feature all of our fun breakfast foods and some very yummy sweets. Here is my inspiration table from Amy Atlas Events. I have all the crisp white serving pieces, but will be adding touches of pale blues, greys and silvers. My sky-blue and white damask tablecloth will be the perfect table covering, with perhaps my crisp white table runner as a topper.
image via http://www.amyatlas.com/
image via http://www.amyatlas.com/
The amazingly talented Micheline, from Madame Butterfly Cakes, made a beautiful Fall basket cake for my family to enjoy at Thanksgiving last year, and has graciously accepted the task of making a Royal Wedding Cake for my breakfast! She is magnificently talented and I can't wait to see what she will be creating! Maybe something like this beautiful homage to Wedgewood?
My Wedding Breakfast Menu Cards are being created by Sarah Ridgley. I love Etsy, and Sarah is one of the talented letterpress artists that creates true works of art and sells them on Etsy. Here is a working draft as of today. It will be printed on heavy, 8x10 ivory paper with rounded edges and sit on the dessert table with all the yummies that you see on the card. Sarah is also making little tags for my dessert table. Love them! Sarah also made the large letterpress card that will go on my foyer table to welcome my guests as they enter. This is how I found Sarah on Etsy! Fun!
My hat (aka Fascinator) is being created by Hats by Cressida. Another great Etsy find! It will be in a pale grey to match my suit (or pj's, whichever I am motived to be in!) and will look like this. How much fun is this?
My floral arrangements, (you can't have a ladies tea without flowers!) will be pale pink, creamy ivory and crisp green. I'm trying to go for a very soft look, but with punches of crisp green. My large glass hurricane urns that previously stood on my mantle, will adorn our dessert table filled with large bunches of limelight hydrangea. I think this will set off the pale blue damask table cloth and other pale blues of the macaron, as well as the crisp whites of the serving pieces just right. Lisa at Main Street Nursery is so perfect at creating exactly what I'm looking for each and every time. Here are some ideas I've given her to work with.
image via http://www.marthastewart.com/
image via http://www.marthastewart.com/
image via http://www.carolynshepard.com/
And, just for giggles; I've also included a few of those fun items that have been popping up all over the place. This flag will fly outside on the porch to welcome guests to their royal morning! I just couldn't resist.
I'm counting down the days, and will keep you informed as to any fun little things I've found to add to the day's festivities! If you see something you think I'd like, please let me know! Aren't you dying to know, what will she wear? (I personally am hoping for something very Grace Kelly-esque).
