Block Island… what a beautiful island to have a nautical wedding.  Emily and Joe’s wedding is a nice treat for all nautical brides.  The beautiful sea of sailboats provided a perfect backdrop for the ceremony.  I love the rope touches on every little detail, from the invitations to the knot handle of the favor boxes.  At the end of the day, Emily and Joe invited their guests to a bonfire on the beach.  They provided the guests with lanterns, flip flops, and tote bags with fleece blankets in them to keep them cozy.  Just awesome!  Photos were taken by Snap! Photography.

I would love to have a casual backyard wedding.  But I don’t have a backyard big enough for even just a few guests.  You would like a backyard wedding as well if it is as beautiful as Jill and Harry’s wedding.  Don’t you love the bright colors?  It’s so cheerful, modern and very summer-y.  Their cake photo is actually one of my cake inspiration photos – simple and modern.  Photos were taken by the talented Michael Norwood.

We’re set on having a nautical theme for our wedding, so I’m gonna start with blue hues of course for my inspiration boards.  Unfortunately, it can be a little hard to execute a monochromatic blue motif (e.g. there are not a lot of blue flowers).  So I will be pairing the color blue to different colors.  First up… orange.