The 2011 Inspiration Board & Story

Caroline ventured out last November to capture a few photos of the winter’s first frost, her favorite time of the season. The spot she went just happened to be one of Drew’s favored inspiration locales – the place he loved to journal and write.

Drew noticed a woman leaning over the edge of the park’s bridge with her eye to the camera – obviously more focused on whatever was beyond her camera lens than the fact that she could at any moment slip on the huge piece of ice that lie beneath her feet. Drew slowly approached her, not wanting to risk startling her and causing her to fall…but as he approached, Caroline began to quickly lose connection to the earth beneath her and began to fall – camera flying through the air.

Drew immediately wrapped his strong arm underneath her, only to barely catch her before she hit the ground. The two watched together as the camera met its furious death – plunging through the icy top layer of the creek below and sinking inches beneath the shallow surface.

The camera had definitely met its icy, frost-bitten end…but their new love was just beginning to see the glimmer of its first spring bloom.

Desiring to celebrate their fateful first meeting, we present to you the theme of The NotWedding 2011 : Frosted Poetry.

Abany from Brown Linen & Co. created this inspiration story and board, and we can’t wait to see how our vendors bring this to life. You can see more photos of the board on Snippet & Ink.

photo credits: clockwise, from top left: white peony bouquet via brides.com; brown paper wrapped books via ritzybee events viadesignspongeonline.com, calligraphy by neither snow; twinkling tree branch photo via etsy by madeline bea photography; letter press golden heart invitation via satsuma press; doily impressed plate viacreaturecomfortsblog.com; lovely dresses for vanity fair; ampliacion ore necklace via anthropolgie.com; frosted cranberry print via etsy by f2images; chocolate & cream guiness cake via whatkatieate.com; silver rings viarustjewellery.com; red peeptoes via bhldn.com; window lit beauty for vogue magazine