Weiss and her team sourced vintage furniture—a dresser, lamp, and chair—and Mark's Garden planted them with succulents and other greenery to create a dramatic, organic look for a display.
A lace runner topped the feminine table, where lace also covered chairs in varying styles and flowers included surprising and romantic choices such as jasmine buds.
Complementing the hues of blue in the chinoiserie area of the party space were cocktails offered in varying shapes and sizes of feminine glassware.
More couples are opting for unique and casual styles of hand lettering. “Classic calligraphy will continue to be a mainstay, but I think we’ll see hand lettering continue to grow in popularity in 2014,” says Nole Garey, founder and editor of the stationery blog Oh So Beautiful Paper. “It’s whimsical and pretty but also slightly more approachable.”
Like formal calligraphy, each hand-lettered invitation is a custom design, which lets couples create something that conveys their personalities and gives guests a sneak peek at the celebration to come. “Hand lettering is also a wonderful option for a couple that wants something more personal than a font but prefers something more edgy than calligraphy,” Garey says.
Pictured: Ladyfingers Letterpress creates hand-lettered invitations.
Rethink Breast Cancer's Boobyball fund-raiser, held at Toronto's Kool Haus in October, featured carnival mirrors, a fake elephant, and a hot-air balloon, along with classic big-top performers such as a clown and juggler. Vintage circus signage, like the Stila Cosmetics and Ardell Lashes display, was used throughout the pink-hued space.
