simple rustic

our wedding will take place at a park in oregon, in september. it'll only be mid-september but i'm still expecting a certain fall *twinge* to the air, and since it'll be at a big park shelter, i want to go with the whole rustic feeling. i'm planning just a few touches here and there instead of going all out with actual decor or any real theme.

our plan is to spend several hours in the park with lawn games, homebrew, and light nosh and then head off to dinner elsewhere later in the evening. so for park food, i want to keep it light, seasonal, and with no preparation necessary. i'm thinking i'll drag my sisters to the farmer's market early in the day and stock up on seasonal fruits and veggies, find some good bread and cheese, and lay it all out for people to snack as they wish. so i loved what i saw at ritzy bee this morning:

the shelter doesn't allow us to put up any signs, so i'd already been planning on a chalkboard for any necessary announcements, such as "what's this food?" Have i mentioned we're doing an ultra-budget wedding? For our own house, a while back i found peel & stick reusable 8 1/2 x 11" sheets of chalkboard paper on Amazon. i was planning on getting another package of those (somewhere around $12 and i'm betting i can find even cheaper) and (maybe) some funky picture frames, and setting those up around the food. seeing a photograph of this done makes me want to do it even more! i love the straightforward simplicity of this. r and i are very against frills, frilliness, and frillarity, especially for our wedding. clean lines and a few punches = much more our style.