Remember those pretty paper snowflakes you made as a kid? Guess what. They’re a beautiful way to decorate for a winter  wedding. Simply cut snowflakes from paper and hang. You can create a snowflake garland using thread or fishing line, or simply stick them to flat surface.

Here’s how to fold a paper snowflake from kinderart.com:

Maya*Made has instructions on how to create a garland out of your snowflakes.

Check out this cute paper snowflake display at an Anthropologie store. Photo by Katy Elliott.

Make a snowflake curtain over at Bugs and Fishes.

First Photo and Last Photo: Bugs and Fishes

We’re getting ready for a fun time tomorrow night! Keeping my fingers crossed that the rain will stay away. I’m looking forward to lots of loot – for the kids of course. (Okay, so I can’t wait to raid the candy bags when the kids are sleeping.) Meantime, here are some photos of from a Halloween wedding where the guests and the bridal party were all in costume. Even the dogs were in costume.

Andra & Ramiro’s ceremony was held in Audubon Park at the Tree of Life, a huge oak that was planted over 200 years ago for the wedding of New Orleans Mayor Jean Etienne de Bore.

 Photos by Michael Caswell 

Sugar skulls? What the heck are those? Maybe it’s because I’m Canadian. Maybe it’s because I’ve never been to Mexico. Whatever the reason, I had never seen or heard of Mexican sugar skulls. That is, until a couple of weeks ago when I was surfing for kid’s halloween costumes on Kijiji  and came across this listing for Mexican sugar skulls. How enchanting! These would make fabulous favors for a Halloween wedding!

Mexican sugar skulls or calaveras de azúcar are used to adorn altars on The Day of the Dead.

Then I found this tutorial on how to make sugar skulls. And this one too. And this one.

I will definitely be making these for halloween next  year!

Photo One: Tofu and Cupcakes; Photo Two: About.com; Photo Three: Rosemary on the TV

I remember the last year that I went out trick or treating. My best friend and I were 12. She dressed up as a cow-girl and I dressed up like a punk rocker. We were both tall for our age – and with halloween make-up, I’m sure we looked older than we were. That said, we weren’t prepared for the snarky remarks from some of the treat-givers.

“Aren’t you two too old to be trick or treating?’ they said scornfully.

Talk about party poopers!

Yesterday, my six-year old daughter and I got talking about these curmudgeons and we both agreed that it’s a pretty dumb societal rule that you have to give up trick or treating before you hit your teens. In fact, I think it would be pretty darn fun to have an adult trick or treat night.

Thankfully, I get to raid my kids’ trick or treat bags after they go to bed – but not everyone has this opportunity.

To help you put a little child-like fun back into your halloween, I scoured the web for some fun and free halloween printables. If you happen to be having a halloween themed wedding, you can use these. Or just use em for a halloween party.

Free halloween printables from Peekaboo Studios via Paper Glitter.

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Think back on when you were a kid. Wasn’t it a blast to get dressed up and go door to door in search of Halloween candy? Wasn’t it great fun to get spooked by scary houses, and creepy props?

The ghoulish charm of Halloween doesn’t have to disappear in adulthood. In fact, for many folks it’s the number one holiday of the year.

There’s no doubt creating a Halloween themed wedding can be a lot of fun – especially to those with a mischievous spirit.

Here are some ways to make this scary holiday part of your nuptials:

Stationery – Use Gothic wedding invitations or create invitations that are in the shape of a Jack-o-lantern. You could also have images of black cats, ghosts or black roses. (Photo: Rouxbee)

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Here are a few pumpkin theme wedding ideas to get you in the Halloween mood. The first one is my favorite. Imagine creating pumpkin luminaries to line the walkways at your wedding? How fun! (Check out Southern Living for 31 ways to carve your pumpkin.)

A pretty leaf pattern design. Check it out at Country Living.

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Do you love the sound of autumn leaves crunching beneath your feet? What about the sight of sugar maples blushing bright crimson under a blue sky? Or the smell of a forest when its floor is covered in layers of fallen leaves?

There’s no better time of year to get married than the fall.

Autumn theme weddings are popular with couples that love this time of year.

Here are some ideas for creating an autumn theme wedding:

Stationery – Leaves are a lovely motif for autumn weddings. You can use them on your invitations and name cards. Photo: Wedding Paper Divas

Flowers/Centerpieces/Décor – For centerpieces, use leaves along with Indian corn, gourds, squash, bittersweet and small pumpkins or simply use fall flowers, such as mums and hydrangeas and place them in baskets. Photo: Romantic Home

Colors – Have attendants wear fall colors, such as wine, navy, rust orange, or brown and use the colors in your decor. Photo: Michael Serventi

Food – Serve harvest foods such as butternut squash soup, turkey with stuffing and pumpkin pie. Offer food stations with an autumn theme. Photo: La Tartine Gourmande 

Favors – For favors, give guests cinnamon and apple scented potpourri, small bottles of maple syrup or maple sugar. Or make some maple flavored sea glass candy!

Photo of bride and groom: Sakura Photography

Whether you are looking for fabulous NY wedding venues for a destination wedding in the Big Apple, or you are a New Yorker who is hungry for some unique NY wedding venues to check out, read on – especially if you are considering a theme wedding.

Here are four unique NY wedding venues and four themes that are the perfect fit:

Library Hotel for a Library Themed Wedding

A few weeks ago I blogged about a couple who had a library themed wedding. (Check out the library slip invitations!) New York’s Library Hotel would be the perfect spot for a library themed wedding. The Library Hotel in New York City is the first hotel ever to offer its guest over 6,000 volumes of books organized throughout the hotel by the Dewey Decimal System.* Each of the 10 guestroom floors honor one of the 10 categories of the DDC and each of the 60 rooms are uniquely adorned with a collection of books and art exploring a distinctive topic within the category it belongs to.

The Gallery Bar for an Art Themed Wedding

Are you and your sweetie artsy types? Consider an intimate wedding with an art theme at The Gallery Bar! This venue, which is both a bar and a contemporary exhibition space for artists, has two levels for private events.

Merchants House Wedding for a Romantic Tea Party Wedding

Why not have a romantic tea party wedding at the Merchants House Museum? The Merchant’s House Museum is New York City’s only family home preserved intact – inside and out - from the 19th century. Built in 1832 just steps from Washington Square, this elegant red-brick and white-marble row house on East Fourth Street was home to a prosperous merchant family for almost 100 years. You can have your elegant tea party in the house or in the garden.

The Old Stone House for an Historical Themed Wedding

Love history? Have an historical themed wedding at The Old Stone House. The lovely Great Room on the 2nd floor has pale yellow walls, an open timbered ceiling and excellent acoustics.  The first floor gallery commemorates the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Brooklyn and is included in rentals during non-public hours.

Bicycles are a big theme this year.  What better way to wrap up Green Wedding Week than with some bicycle themed ideas!

BTW, next week is DIY Wedding Week. Lots of great ideas are coming soon!

Bicycle save-the-date  from Etsy’s Cheerupcherup.

Tandem bicycle wedding invitation by Things are Better with a Parrott.

Another tandem bicycle invitation. This one is by Etsy’s Kiss + Tell Cards.

Just in case you just can’t get enough of tandem bicycle invitations, here’s one by Flickr’s Heatherjeany.

Wedding couple on a tandem bicycle. (Photo: Josh Goleman via ElizabethAnnDesigns.com)

Zoe and Quinn zooming along the BC backroads in their wedding garb. Read about their real wedding here. (Photo by 6:8 Photography)

Do you think there are few things better in life than curling up with a good book?  Why not have a book themed bridal shower? 

Wedding Style Guide  has some free wedding printables for a book-themed shower, including bookmark invitations. Or you could use the library slip invitation idea from this library-themed wedding. You could have a ‘cupcake cafe’ and serve gourmet coffee and cupcakes.  Yum.