It’s late Sept now so I’m sure some of you are busy planning your winter wedding now.  Here’s some ideas that might help you set the mood.  For part of the world, it will be warm during your winter wedding (like those in Florida, Australia, Central America, etc) but it doesn’t mean you can’t capture the dreamy “winter wonderland” feel to it.  All you need are some little frosty touches!

1. TASTE!  Pick a cake and some dishes that remind people of WINTER?  How can a flavor remind you of winter you ask?  Rich dark flavors like caramel, spice, butterscotch and mint all remind people of Christmas and threfore relating it to winter!  Pick a MINTY flavored desert to finish off; it doesn’t need to be a mega mint blast but what about a rich chocolate minth cake?  Or a nice warm pudding?  No need to go Christmas Dinner all the way but some of the comfoting elements can go a long way.

 2.  COLOR THEME!  Light icy blues, white with chocolate browns and rich reds.  All colors that remind us of cozy winters and nights cuddled up by the fireplace. 

3. ADD ON TOUCHES!   Winter inspired shapes are the easiest way to convey the winter theme.  Snowflakes, the most obvious one, can be used for doilies, sugar snowflakes on the cake, and cutout decorations.  Poinsettas and holly can be strung up and used to accentuate the table centerpieces and room.   Gathered pinecones from the ground, splatter the ends with clear glue and roll them in fake snow or white glitter would be a wonderful table accent.

Oops!  Forgive me for not posting this wicked coupon code earlier.  All you have to do is enter 20PSEP during checkout at InspiredSilver.com , ends Sept 30, 2008.  There is literally 100’s of reasonably priced .925 silver pieces, inlcuding necklace / earring sets that are inpsired by celebrity jewelry, hence the name inspired silver. Now with this extra 20% off these already great prices you can also get matching sets for your MOH and your moms too to match you & without breaking the bank!

What better way to keep your family & friends reminded of your upcoming wedding date than these adorable lil fridge magnets, and even better, if you order the minimum number of 25 they are totally FREE!   Yup, it’s just that easy, just find a design you like from the 100’s of premade designs & pay for the shipping (which is pretty cheap in the US).  Not only do they have business card sized free magnets but 250 free business cards, 100 free postcards (which can also be used for wedding invitations) and sticky notes, all customizable of course!  If you don’t like any of those already made designs, feel free to design your own and upload them.  There is a $5 uploading fee for each graphic or photo BUT, you can use that graphic for multiple items forever.   A cute idea would be uploading a photo of the two of you together with the date & place on it. 

 Just check out VistaPrint.com for tons of free and cheap deals of printed products to keep people notified of your wedding day (AS IF they need reminding, everytime you talk to them you should ALWAYS drop the date, LOL) .