the location we picked to have our wedding is beautiful. it’s a big old annabellum house with gorgeous gardens and trees. one of the major appeals to us (besides having a beautiful location that we could get married at, as well as have a reception) was the fact that it was beautiful all on it’s own.
that being said, i didn’t want my wedding to look exactly like every other wedding that has taken place there. it’s a popular wedding location in huntsville and i know a handful of people that have gotten married there. we weren’t encouraged to do a whole lot of extra decorating, but i wanted somethings to set our wedding apart from the rest.
that’s where the pennants came in. they were something just a little bit extra that tied an already beautiful location to our wedding.
i spent sometime picking out the perfect yellows and greys and then ordered them (and ended up with too much. anyone want a yellow and grey owl?)
the good thing about having a soon to be husband in grad school is that i had a lot of free time in the evenings while he studied and graded papers.
i cut triangles, sewed plain grey or yellow to the backs of the patterned fabric, pinking sheared the edges so they wouldn’t fray, folded floral ribbon in half and ironed it, and then sewed each pennant on individually because i wasn’t sure how long each needed to be for the particular location. each ribbon was 30 feet long and i think i sewed a total of 5 of them.
i considered getting married in this.
i also carried the pennant theme over into our cake and our rehearsal dinner invites.
i’ll show you some finished products later.
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