Backyard Wedding Details | DIY Wedding Inspiration

If you decide to plan a backyard wedding, you’ve got two options for creating your details: do it yourself, or hire a planner. I’m sure this is probably true for most venue weddings, too, though the decor is often predetermined, to a certain extent. But a backyard wedding is mostly a blank canvas, which can be a delightful prospect for the creatively-minded bride and complete horror to the not-so-crafty bride. I could never have pulled off planning a backyard wedding even if I tried to. Which is one of the reasons why I’m so impressed with Lauren and Ian’s wedding details and particularly Lauren’s incredible eye for detail and organization.

Simply put, Lauren did most of the planning and creating (literally) for her backyard wedding this August. That meant many months of researching and designing, and then many hours of painstaking work assembling pom poms and numerous other details. The result, though, is stunning: a beautiful, unique, and meaningful wedding theme that reflected Lauren and Ian’s interests and story together. Here are some photos of their details to prove it.

Their fans (a must-have for an outdoor summer wedding) featured vintage French prints as a nod to their time spent in France together.

Every single pom pom was hand-made. That can not have been easy!

Their reception featured family-style dining, which both saved space and created an intimate atmosphere.

Names were marked with a simple black marker directly on the butcher paper. This worked to enhance the light-hearted picnic feel of the wedding.

Tables were labeled with the covers of books that were meaningful (or their titles were) to Lauren and Ian. This reflected Lauren and Ian’s shared love of books and reading.

Guests found their places at the tables with library-card escort cards. Genius and cute!

Instead of signing a photo mat, guests marked this hand drawn tree with their fingerprints and signed their names.

All of the stationary and labels were designed by Lauren.

Now if you’re thinking you’d love to have a unique and meaningful wedding theme but can’t devote all this time to the details, you can actually hire Lauren to do it for you. I’m always excited to see my previous brides put their creative talents to good use, and I wouldn’t hesitate to have Lauren design my wedding (or bridal shower, baby shower or other event). Check out her contact information now, and stay tuned for full website later.