Decor: Outdoor Lighting

I dreamed of an outdoor wedding, and planned one too. It went off well... until the storm clouds began to roll in after the first course and we all made a mad dash inside! Thankfully, I was too happy to care about the crazy musical chairs that followed and it's always made for a good story since.

Outdoor lighting, if we'd gotten far enough along to use it before being rushed indoors, was a big point of discussion for us. After all, lights add so much to the ambiance of your event and the right lights, outside, can make for a magical surrounding. I find myself tagging and saving pretty much any picture I come across with outdoor lighting ideas lately... like these:

Glittering orbs of strand lights wrapped around balls of twigs...