Feather Boutonnieres Tutorial

Photo by Tiffany Anderson

It's been over 3 months since we got married on (luckily) the most perfect day in Moab, Utah.  We're nowhere close to finishing all the leftover food (it's frozen, don't worry) or alcohol, but we have all of the pictures from our amazing photographer and we have settled back into normal, boring life.

So, it's about time that I shared some of the details from the big day with you!

Because we got married at Dead Horse Point State Park, we had some limitations on the plants and flowers we could use in our decorations, bouquets and boutonnieres.

Basically, we had to use native plants only.  Problem is, Moab is a desert.  Not a lot of variety in the vegetation down there, especially in October.

But when life hands you a super dry, desolate (beautiful) venue, you make your boutonnieres out of feathers and they are just as pretty.  Plus, they last forever.

DIY: Simple Cloth Napkins

Here's something I learned from getting married: people will ask you the same things over and over again.

Mostly they ask you if you're ready/excited.  They want to know how you met/got engaged and then they want to know what 'your' colors are.

We didn't have colors at our wedding.  By that, I mean, we had all colors.  In retrospect, it probably would have been easier if we had a more tangible theme with colors, but I like all colors (except blue, obviously).

I didn't want to limit myself to just 2 colors out of the whole palette.

So, my mom and I went to the fabric stores and found 3 different patterns to make napkins with.  These became the color for the whole thing.

I loved how it all turned out and it made it so we could be a lot more minimalistic with the rest of the decorations and flowers.

These DIY cloth napkins were so easy and they'd be perfect to spruce up your holiday table this year or you could wrap up some cooking utensils in homemade napkins for a Christmas gift.