My First Wedding Inspiration Board

A wedding inspiration board is a great way to portray the entire theme, mood and "feel" of an event in a single image. They have become widely used as tools to help get the creative juices flowing when planning events, and I hope to make one for every event that I create. I think it will make for a great portfolio of what I am capable of. It could definitely be a powerful marketing tool, if I ever start my own event planning business someday.

This board is a composite of some of my favorite images from the very first wedding I ever planned- Mine! It was set in the fall, and the theme was kind of, well, for lack of a better description, a "fantasy feast!"



My husband John and I are both big Lord of the Rings geeks and love swords, fairies, the Renaissance Faire and the like, so it seemed to be a wholly appropriate theme. The music was celtic and ethereal, the tables were set like a medieval-style banquet, the invitations and name cards were typed in "elvish" and "hobbit" fonts, and we even cut our cake with Aragorn's sword! :o) We also both went to culinary school and have been in the food business for our entire careers, so the food was another major focus. Aside from the whole roast pig that was the main course, John and I actually cooked most of the food ourselves, which for 150 guests, was quite a feat! (Not to mention, that I planned the entire wedding in only 4 months...) But it was an honor to gift such an amazing gift to our guests. :o)

In the end, the event was a smashing success, and I am happy to say it was everything I could have dreamed of! I just hope I can go on to help bring that same feeling of joy, excitement and best of all, zero stress! to other couples out there who might chose me as their wedding planner.

Here's to the start of a new (and hopefully sucessful) career!