With the particular wedding I put together in my head (and on my polyvore), I went modern/cute for the overall method. Starting things off, for the invitations, I found some stadium-style tickets that can be custom filled, to be wedding invites. Party 411 makes these invites in lots of different colors, and even has a custom creating section to make your invite from scratch with your own pictures. The dress? I decided something in a cocktail dress length was appropriate (more on that in a sec.). This flirty number is an Oscar de la Renta - yum!
Now, the ceremony. Like any good baseball fan, you'll be dying to have it in the park. And by park, I mean the Seattle Mariner's Safeco Field. It's bright, it's open, and hey, can't do much better when it comes to decorations. You can even having the scrolling marquees read "Congratulations Sarah and Jay" (see, in the picture!). So have the ceremony like this - the bridesmaids and bride in the home dugout, the groomsmen and groom in the away dugout. As the music starts, the bridesmaids and groomsmen enter the field and pair up at home plate, and walk to the pitcher's mound. Instead of flowers, they each have a white painted baseball bat (can even paint on your names and wedding date as keepsakes). The ring bearer, instead of using a mitt, carries a ring pillow that is shaped like the home plate - cute! The bride comes out and walks to the pitcher's mound, where the officiant is. Love, honor, kissy, and then, the attendants move down the aisle a little, and lift their bats, for the now husband and wife walk through (like Marines do with their swords - see the picture in the polyvore). The wedding party and guests retire to the executive clubhouse for gourmet park fare - snazzy hot dogs with gourmet sauces and toppings, hand made soft pretzels, beer, and at each place setting - a bag of peanuts and a bag of Cracker Jacks! To help guests find their seats, little season ticket place cards! For this idea, you can use the stars of your favorite team, or take photos of you and your fiance playing baseball and use those!
The cake? Again, modern but cute. What I paired was an elegant white 4-tier cake (this one from Specialty Cakes), but the topper - a bride and groom playing baseball.
So after the food is eaten, the rug been cut (by dancing), out come the favors - baseball t-shirts with the couple's names on the front, and the wedding date on the back. If you're getting a wedding logo - make that big on the front. And surprise! The lights in the stadium come on, and everyone troops down to the baseball diamond for a fun game of baseball, under the stars, and with good fun and friends.
{Rebekah} Baseball: Home Run Love by bekahross
