Bohemian Weddings: Moroccan inspired

I am off to a wedding this weekend and couldn't be more excited. I love going to friends weddings and this one is no exception, in fact I am particularly excited about this one as there is going to be a boat trip from the registry office to the reception...... :)

Myself and my partner decided many, many moons ago that we would not get married, however obviously I still plan my big day in my head and this Moroccan themed wedding found over on the Free People Blog is pretty close to what I always imagined..... but at Kew Gardens or Westernbirt Arboretum .

I love the Beni Ourain rugs, salt tea light holders and that beautiful macrame lightshade....

What dou you recon? How do you imagine your big day?

Bohemian Wedding Inspiration Part 2: Latin American Style

Bohemian Wedding Inspiration Part 2: Latin American Style

Beautiful Buttonhole

The Brides Bouquet.... Featuring Protea and Succulents

That Dress!!!!

Bohemian Latin Wedding..... The Altar

Okay so it isn't an actual wedding, just a styled shoot, but with that butterfly sleeved embroidered dress, the dreamy location, the Protea bouquet and the Teepee how could I resist re-blogging ?

The wedding images were found over at Green Wedding Shoes, along with details of links to sources for the textiles, stylist etc... sadly there is no link for that handcrafted Mexican dress!!!

All Photographs by Farhad Samari

p.s... To my lovely Friends and Family...No I am not getting thinking of getting married... unless Jax Teller becomes free :)

Bohemian Wedding Inspiration Part 1.... Brice and Leah

Who doesn't love a good wedding?

Bohemian Wedding Inspiration: Surrounded by Kilim, tealights and the wilderness..Lean and Brice on their big Day

Bohemian Wedding Inspiration: Lace dress from Bona Drag and headdress from

 "Walking down a rug-dressed aisle of ethnic patterns in vibrant hues of tangerine, oxblood and earthy neutrals - elegantly clad in a fitted lace long-sleeve gown, tousled curls blowing behind her and adorned with a delicate jewelled headpiece, Leah Hoffman was the ultimate bohemian beauty. 

An intimate ceremony and reception styled with a free-spirited artistic eye, this wedding evoked a mood of 70's bohemia and was reminiscent of a backyard dinner party with friends. Think clusters of flickering tea light candles, rustic timber benches and haystacks as seating, string lights suspended between trees, a blazing fire pit, warm whiskey-cider, teepees, a taco truck and a majestic howling-wolf. "

 This wedding is just beautiful isn't it? Tealights, feathers, Whiskey and a Taco Truck.... what more could a girl wish for?.....

Lace Wedding Dress..... Bona Drag's Ceremonial Collection
Vintage Head piece... Gypsy Junkies
Wedding Photography by Dart Photography
 Original Content from The Lane

Beyond Marrakech Handira: Moroccan Wedding blankets...

Handira: Moroccan wedding blanket, With bushy white stands and sequins these bohemian beauties
look wonderful used as blankets, wall hangings or rugs :Peacock pavillions

Handira used as a blanket

Handira: Wedding Blanket used as a bed throw

A beyond Marrakech Handira used as a rug

Handira :Wedding blanket from Beyond Marrakech

Handira: The back of a rare Beni Ouarain wedding Blanket from Beyond Marrakech , complete with shoulder straps

Moroccan Interior Design: Wedding blanket (handira) used as a rug

I have fallen in love with a blanket, no seriously, big time in Love! I have been toying with the idea of buying a Moroccan Wedding Blanket (Handira) for about a year now, and a couple of weeks ago just went for it.

Handira are hand woven blankets made from 100% wool and decorated with sequins. The Wedding blankets are made by Berber women and are traditionally used as a cape during wedding ceremonies (See photo below). Post wedding Handira look beautiful as blankets on the bed, as rugs or even as wall hangings.

I am so, so impressed I just had to share....I got mine from Beyond Marrakech, a blog and shop owned by the lovely Danielle, who also owns a beautiful Guest house Dar Zohra in the Atlas Mountains.

Living in Morocco, Danielle sources these beautiful Handira locally and has the most beautiful wide range of these beautiful blankets. If like me you are messy the blankets also come in colour.

What do you guys think?

Handira are traditionally worn as a cape during the Moroccan Wedding ceremony

For more Handira inspiration Visit beyond marakesh's Handira Boutique