An afternoon garden reception allows you to put extra focus on the sweetest wedding detail, the desserts. Instead of the single traditional, elegant wedding cake why not do a modern, laidback twist? Instead of including many cakes by making cupcakes, actually just make multiple cakes. And don’t stop there, do pies and cookies and cobblers too. I just love the idea of having a ton of delicious treats to pick from and it somehow feels fitting for a tea-sipping afternoon reception.

i'll take one of each, thanks for offering

And whether you’re planning this outdoor reception or a ladies only wedding shower these yellow and lavender macarons are too cute to resist. Such tiny little bites of goodness (click the image for the recipes too - another DIY option).

macarons look chic even standing alone

It’s never too early to begin planning a spring/summer 2011 wedding (these picks are likely too late for our 2010 summer wedding brides). I love bright colored weddings and think the ultimate spring wedding colors would be bright yellow and lavender. These two colors would allow you to work with a variety of shades because light yellow and dark purple accents would look good too. So this week I will plan a lavender and yellow spring wedding with a garden tea reception. I just love the idea of having an outdoor wedding in a blooming garden. And making it a tea party let’s you add a few whimsical touches, even if you only serve iced teas.

bright yellow short bridesmaids' dresses

These bright yellow bridesmaids’ dresses are so cute and they pop so well next to the bride’s crisp white dress.

yellow and lavender bouquets

Just substitute theses flowers into their hands and this would play nicely into my garden wedding. These dresses are from J. Crew, which is likely why I was drawn to them in the first place.

Wedding invitations with birds are perfect for spring and summer weddings.  Modern Girl Invitations has a gorgeous bird themed wedding invitation design that is available in a variety of bright and bold colors for the upcoming seasons.  You might remember this design from when we featured it in yellow and gray - a totally hot color combination (check the refresher image later in the post to see the design in this scheme).  Below the birds are shown in a mix of fuchsia, chocolate brown, and champange, which creates a soft and neutral palette with just the right amount of bold color.

Birds Wedding Invitations in Fuschia and Champagne

The birds wedding invitation design can be customized to match your wedding colors free of charge, so feel free to get creative!  This design looks really amazing in any combination of pastel or bold colors.  The grape purple and caribbean blue version below really makes quite a statement!

Birds Wedding Invitations in Grape and Caribbean Blue

For a softer more elegant look try the honeybee yellow and gray which looks absolutely amazing on this design.

The birds design in Honeybee yellow and gray

All of these designs and more are available in our store, Modern Girl Invitations.  We welcome questions and color changes, just give us a shout!

Yellow and gray has been showing up everywhere in the wedding world so I decided it was time to throw my own little inspiration into the mix.

The invite shown is Modern Girl Invitations’ Birds Wedding Invitation It’s posted on the website in a few colors, but I particularly like the yellow and gray (and the caribbean and grape too, but that’s technically for a different day of color inspiration)

You can’t have a wedding with just invites alone, so I did a little inspiration boarding on Polyvore as well.  Lemons are always a great accessory to work into a yellow themed wedding, as well as daffodils or lilies.

To keep with the bird theme, i added a funky bird necklace, that yes, believe it or not, is for sale for $12 at modcloth.com.  Think your maids could pull it off?  If you do, send me the pics! (I imagine it’s quite a bit smaller than it looks in the picture though)