Weddings for Geeks

Is geek the new chic?

After reading this proposal story from Wired Magazine, you might want to dump the jock and date the dweeb:)
“Geek proposes with ‘romantech’ iPhone app”

You can’t help but smile as you check out this  “Geek is Tres Chic” themed wedding I found on Wedding Chicks.
Here’s a teaser image… but you don’t want to miss the rest of the images

Ultimately, a quirky and creative approach makes memorable impressions!

Thanks to the Guidespot Guide to Geeky Weddings, here are some uniquely geek wedding details:

This button means: You are my other half,  in Geek (obviously)

These his and her wedding bands (above) carve out the voice decibel pattern of your partner saying, “I Do!”
Rings Designed by Sakurako Shimizu

Thank you Nintendo!  The revolutionary gaming system (past and present) has inspired the nuptials of many couples.
Below: DIY Nintendo Wii Save the Date tutorial found on Weddingbee. Nintendo garter and Super Mario Bros Cake found on GeekSugar, Super Mario Galaxy Wedding Cake from Manolo for Brides

Paul Pape Designs controls the hearts of gaming gurus around the world with his custom Nintendo inspired wedding items.  Check out his entire Mii cake topper gallery! Paul also creates impressive action figures and other custom characters.

Another good read: Geek Love– A geeky chic guide by the Brass Paper Clip blog.

It’s amazing to see such tech-savvy minds unleash their creativity!
Ironically, “geek chic” weddings are full of personality and far from robotic… or does this wedding story just destroy my thesis?!?

HEADLINE: Robot Officiates Tokyo Wedding

ga-ga for google

Let’s face it, google is the God of cyber space!

You can trust google to help you do just about anything these days, including planning and managing your wedding.

In collaboration with Style Me Pretty, the most popular bridal blog on the web, google docs has come out with amazing,  free wedding tools and templates to help tame your inner bridezilla…

Templates include: budget planning, seating charts, wedding day schedule, guest address manager AND MUCH MORE!

I wish I had these tools when I planned my wedding

Inspired by Art

Nowadays, brides have so many resources online to guide them through the planning process.

On top of resourceful sites like The Knot and Project Wedding, the web has hundreds of inspiring bridal blogs (like wedsavvy) to turn to.

However, like over-studying for an exam, sometimes the solutions create more of a problem… a problem called inspiration overload. Future brides can find their head spinning when trying to find that perfect color palette or wedding style to fit both you AND your fiance’s tastes.

For the many couples who cohabit before marriage, why not take cues from your surroundings?  If you think about it, designing your wedding is like decorating a house or apt. with your beau.  You pick out furniture, paint colors, and art  for your home, taking both tastes into account (ideally). 

For example, say you and your fiance purchased the “Birds 2” painting (above) for your living room.
You can use the colors, style and mood of the artwork to create your own wedding inspiration board like I did below.

In this board:

• Cake by Amy Nichol’s Special Events
• Birds found on Vintage Indie
• Dress by Vera Wang
• Bridesmaid Dress by Saja
• Invitations: Fashionable Flora by Wedding Paper Divas
• Bouquet found on My Wedding Flower Ideas

Paper Projects

Paper Orchid is proof that paper comes in many elegant forms. From unique filigree cake and cupcake wrappers to invitations and napkin rings the intricate patterns are endless and inspiring.

DIY Brides rejoice- paper orchid also provides downloadable templates!

It’s affordable elegance  at your fingertips…

More DIY Paper Projects:

Paper pom-pom kits from Good Things Wedding Favors

DIY Paper Rosette Instructions from Paper Source

Zakka Life has a fabulous, easy to follow tutorial for Tiny Tissue flower decorations

DIY Paper Pomanders from Something Old, Something New

Inspire Yourself!

Let’s face it, some brides go a little overboard when it comes to wedding themes and schemes.  While it’s always nice to start planning with a concrete vision, allow yourself to be inspired along the way…

As an invitation dealer for several companies like Carlson Craft, Encore Studios and Rexcraft, we have a full library of invitation books in our home, to browse through at our convenience.  We found our invitation first- a shimmer pearl, pocket style invitation (#E1160) from the Encore Expressions of Love Wedding Ensemble Collection. Sadly, it’s rare for my hubby and I to have similar taste, so the choice was a no brainer when it appeared on both of our “list of favs!”

When browsing gowns with my bridesmaids, I was thrilled that they all loved this silky satin Melissa Sweet dress (style MS215 in fig) at Bella Bridesmaid.  Pictured on two of my bridesmaids above, the beautiful sweetheart style bust strongly resembles the folded pattern on our invite!

Finally, with the big day right around the corner, I was brainstorming cake ideas in my pocket notebook. We wanted it to be simple and elegant, with some added flair.  With the pearly fold pattern on the brain, I came up with this design (please excuse my terrible sketching skills).

I faxed this sketch to the fabulous baker/designer, Mary Winslow at Take the Cake, who created our beautiful and BEYOND DELICIOUS wedding cake.

We received lots of compliments for the subtle incorporations, from beginning to end.

We allowed ourselves to inspire ourselves (I know that sounds cheesy) and it resulted in an affair with beautiful originality and cohesiveness=)