I have this idea in my head for how my wedding will look. I love reading/books, and i want my centerpieces to be romantic books (hopefully vintage looking or at least with the paper covers off the hardbacks) with candles and a (maybe) small flower arrangement ontop of some of the stacked books. I want to have a whimsical/chic/country/vintage combination. My colors are shades of purple (lavendar) and yellow (i love sunflowers) and a soft soft brown. Talking with my MOH, we definitely want short dresses for the girls with cowboy boots, the short dresses work cause of a summer wedding. I feel like I'm just having trouble trying to figure out how to pull this together and also pick a venue that will suit this. I see so many hotels and what not, but how do you fit that style in a hotel ballroom. And sites with barns seem hard for me to find. I have a lot of people coming from out of town, so I need something close to a hotel *think a couple or five miles*, cause I don't want people driving far, and don't know if bulk transportation is in my budget yet, though I feel like my parents have given me a decent budget to work within. We live in Prince George, and want a Richmond/Tri-Cities event, so at least half of our party won't necessarily need overnight accomadations.
Ladies, any help would be amazing, whether a venue suggestion or advice on pulling my ideas together.
Another note that might help with suggestions. I don't want a very formal event, but I don't want it to be super crazy casual either. My FI and I were thinking for the men in the WP that they would were dress pants, shirts (maybe sleeves rolled up), vests and ties. He absolutely does not want a tux or jacket (summer). We were thinking some shad of tan for them and white shirts. I know that is considered casual, but like I said I don't want the overal feel to be back yard-ish. I hope that makes sense. :-)
Also, I posted this on the Richmond Knot wedding board, but I wanted to post here also to get more feedback. thanks