A Midsummer Decorating Dream; part two

Aaand, we're back! I'll start part deux of the decorating saga by finally revealing our reception venue: a local film studio! We're really excited about the space, which is vast and labyrinthine, and has HUGE decorating potential. It's also a nice tribute to Nathaniel, since he happens to be a brilliant filmmaker as well as groom extraordinaire!

The only downside to our choice is the necessity to rent, well, everything. Tables, chairs, linens, china, and etc. But who are we to let a little thing like that stop us?

Anyway, the decorating show must go on!

Cinema

Given the venue, and given Nate's profession, another theme for the wedding will be all things film. My darling and brilliant friend Amy instantly started brainstorming table centerpiece ideas when I told her this, and I like where she was going. Antique film canisters, twirls of undeveloped film, pretty flowers... I'll pretty much be scouting (and asking my bridesmaids to scout) every garage sale and thrift store in town for miscellaneous film-related odds and ends from now until April.

Oscar and Emmy — such a cute couple!

The groom is responsible for this brainwave: Oscar and Emmy as cake toppers. How cute would that be! I think Emmy would have to put down her globe for a minute and wrap those arms around Oscar instead to really get the right cake topping vibe, which means we probably need a skilled friend to help us make the piece from scratch. (My Googling thus far suggests Nate is the first person to ever think of this, and we can't just buy one.) While I'm quite partial to cute, vintage cake toppers —

So lovely!

— I'd be more than happy to see Oscar and Emmy atop our nuptial dessert!

Balloons!

Here's one I'm totally excited about, probably out of all rational proportion. I really love the look a lot of weddings achieve with those beautiful paper globe lanterns:

Such a nice look!

But I'm afraid that'd wind up being a bit pricey. I'm also, inexplicably, bothered by the thought of not being able to do anything with all the leftover lanterns after the wedding.

Luckily, Martha Stewart inspired me with the above balloon picture, which I mistook for paper lanterns at first. Don't they look totally similar? Plus, the bounciness of the balloons just seems right for a celebrating atmosphere.

More awesome balloons.

That's it for now, wedding fans!