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Hello, all!

First, I think I should give a bit of a background on myself and my fiance. I was raised upper-middle class, am college-educated (as are my parents) and I have a pretty much squeeky clean background (aside from my child that I had when I was 18 - who is my pride and joy). My fiance was raised in a not-so-well-off abusive family, has no education outside of high school (and even then, received a special education diploma), works construction and has quite a "past". 

Outside of all of our "differences", I have never felt more loved than he makes me feel, and he has taken my son under his wing like he's his very own. He is an amazing, God-fearing man and I completely love him.

My family (well, my dad's side of the family) does not. They don't think he is good enough for me, and trash talk him behind our backs - and then come to me and tell me that I should try to date other people. Needless to say, I feel a deep connection with the movie "The Notebook", as our stories are very similar.

I am hoping to have an autumn wedding - this is my location:

and I want an "The Notebook" inspired wedding and reception. I don't mean having movie posters and whatnot all over the place, but I want the feel of that era and that film.

Could anyone make some suggestions, or even an inspiration board?

Thanks so much!!!

- Ashley 

The Future Mrs. Darcy has an invitation suite design called "Allie and Noah"

http://thefuturemrsdarcy.com/five.html 

i LOVE all of Missbeans ideas!  Everyone one of them is WONDERFUL.

you could also incorporate swans, maybe not actual ones, but a little swan motif  somewhere (from the scene in the rain, on the rowboat....oh i'm getting misty just thinking about it)

You could "borrow" Allie and Noah's song too. 

You could hand out little Notebooks, notepads even for your favors with your names/date on the front. I have seen them done where they look like matchbooks (a buit to small), but I bet if you looked around you could find a company online that would make them for you in bulk in more of a larger size. (i'll look today too!)

If you didn't want them to be the favor on the table, put them in a bucket by the door, with a note that says "To start writiing your own Love Story" and accompany it with a pen.  

If I think of more I will let you know!

Oh, it's just that (at least in the movie, I haven't read the book *shame on me*) Noah's dad invited Allie in for pancakes when they first meet and Noah wants to eat pancakes while Allie is visiting him after seeing his picture in the paper.

 Another idea is to write your love story in a notebook and maybe it could be the narration for a slideshow or something?

 beeknees - weren't they ducks? I think swans are a bit bigger, but I wouldn't really know.

You could even get your mum and FMIL to dress up in the really cute 40s chick skirt/jacket suits!

miss bean You know they were mainly ducks and a few swans- but I think the production was just being cheap and didn't bring in just swans.  Cause they mention all the baby swans.....I just saw the movie last weekend- the only reason its still fresh on my mind.   I balled all through out the movie, and had headache all the next day.

For our guest book I did write the "Story of us" in it.  I had my groom write a few things and we told how we met, and a few anecdotes about our life, we covered our vacations together, holidays, birthdays. Just the highlights and of course the story of engagement and a few other sweet things.  And our guests signed all around the stories.  We made the book on blurb.com.

I agree with the great ideas from missbeans!  Definitely rowboats (I think that's the most memorable scene from the movie) and letters!  Here's a link to a page with quotes from the movie that may further inspire you:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332280/quotes

I am all teary now...

Oh yes, and definitely walk down the aisle to piano music.

In the book it was swans, and if you want to take it further...The Wedding (the sequal) had rings of roses on the property.

I would put a focus on memories since she eventually loses hers in the story. A great love story video to be shown (it's a great way to make guests see how much you guys mean to one another).

You could also ask for memories, create a blurb guest book (like beesknees) and have that be your 'Notebook'.

Heck you could even do favors to donate to http://www.alzfdn.org/

You could have a subtle carnival theme (candied apples, popcorn, fairy floss, etc.)

You could have guests paint the guestbook or have a local artist paint the scene from your wedding reception ala Allie.

You could incorporate the theme of pairings (referring to the white swans), feathers, the South,

Your favorite quotes from the film/book

You could style the save-the-date or invites like a movie poster or book cover.

I just read the wiki on the film, and it doesn't really sound a whole lot like the book, so if you ever have a chance...definitely read the book. You'll be crying just as much. :)

I like your theme....and i just love the wedding site. Where is it you are getting married? I'm having the hardest time deciding on a site....