Shades of Ombre

Ombre can be seen everywhere from hair to nails to party themes. Meaning “having colors or tones that shade into each other,” an ombre backdrop can super charge your event with bursts of blended color. Make a craft day of it by rounding up some fabric and spend some time dyeing them various shades of the same color. Or keep it simple by forming crepe paper into twisty strands that will make your guests ooh and aah. A little goes a long way with multicolored papers, balloons or feather boas for your very own do-it-yourself photo booth.

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Photo credits:
Ruffle chair: Style Me Pretty
Sweet Stuff: Mark Brooke!
Paper chains: Floridian Weddings
Scalloped paper: Tomfoolery
Balloons: Brunch in Omaha
Purple pinwheels: Decor by Toria
Blue wave couple: Lovely Indeed
Shades of blue: Delightfully Engaged
Large blue & green: Bramble Workshop

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Glittering Gold Glamour: Welcome, 2014!

Take 2014 by storm with a glamorous DIY photo booth! Toast the new year with friends and family and plenty of shiny things. With a mix of metallic themed props and backgrounds it will be easy to let your true self shine through. Capture the moment that you say goodbye to the old and welcome to the new year in a glamorous style for all to see.
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Photo credits:
Cheers Banner: Confetti Design Shop
Gold ampersand: Letters From A to Z
Gold ladies: Oh Happy Day
Metallic streamers: The Design Files
Gold balloons: Snapden Photo Booths

Fabulous fall photo booth

Gear up for fall with some homegrown touches that are sure to delight one and all. Start off with a simple burlap background to create an outdoorsy feeling. Take it further with colorful branches of fall foliage or even some playful banners. Add a few hay bales and pumpkins to really bring harvest time to life.
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Photo credits:
Fall family: Joyful Weddings & Events
Pitchfork couple: Shannen Natasha
Leaf garland: Pinterest
Little pilgrims: Michael’s
Hay bales and bunting: Urban Life
Native American & Pilgrim props: Salsapie tutorial
Apples on fence: Sarah Teeter Photography

Ghoulish Nights and Photo Delights

Gather round ghosts and goblins, it’s time to scare up a fright on the most ghoulish of nights.  Create your own spirited photo booth backdrops with a little bit of fabric, paint and imagination. Try using a row of old paintings to conjure up a scary delight. Or set the scene with a little black gauze. Whatever the theme, from spooky elegance to frightful fun, you can turn your photo booth into a place for great memories.

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Photo credits:
Coffin backdrop: Pinterest
Black chairs: Pinterest
Graveyard backdrop: Pinterest
Elegant chair: Eleakis & Elder Photography Studio
3 people: Smile Booth
Police line up skeletons: Laurenconrad.com
Scary photos couple: Pinterest

Capture memories with a kid’s spooky booth

For young and old alike, Halloween can be a spooky sensation or a grand celebration. For kids, it’s all about dressing up, having fun and candy of course! With something as simple as streamers or cheesecloth, you’re on your way to a homemade spooky booth.

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Photo credits:
Bails of hay: Supermom Moments blog
Black and orange streamers: Pinterest
Cemetery backdrop: Chris & Paige blog
Captain America: Caleb Jamin Studios
Little knight: Mer Mag blog
Spooky streamers: Pinterest
Gorilla & Vampire: La Dee Daa Photography

For Halloween photo props, visit Whisker Works.

Happy New Year!

As we bid adieu to a fine two-oh-one-two, find below a bit o’inspiration for your celebration! I mustache that you have a happy new year and a grand 2013!

Photo credits:
Happy New Year banner: Etsy
Confetti toss: Wedding Chicks
Scallop garland: Etsy
Balloon wall: Pinterest
New Year photo booth: Lowe’s
Silver heart backdrop: Cargo Collective

Ideas to Inspire: Quilts!

It doesn’t take much to create a colorful photo backdrop. Using your grandma’s patchwork quilt will do the trick! Hang it vertically and set up your tripod – the quilt adds a great amount of color and a vintage vibe.

This first quilt feature comes from Tami Siriani of Siriani Photography. The bride and groom used this colorful quilt as the backdrop to their wedding ceremony, then used it once more as their photo booth backdrop at the reception that followed. A vine-covered arbor at the wedding location made a perfect photo booth stand; they simply tacked the quilt to the backside. The bride decorated the front of the arbor with paper chains made from book pages.

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Below are a few other examples showcasing pretty patchwork patterns. There are so many possibilities!

Above: Christina Block Photography

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Above: Jordan Weiland Portraiture

Above: Mandy Lynne Photography

Don’t already have a quilt? Etsy has a variety of beautiful options here.