{"id":1280,"date":"2011-04-13T10:02:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T10:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studiowednashville.com\/nashvilleblog\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2014-01-09T00:52:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T00:52:01","slug":"inspiration-ampersand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/inspiration-ampersand\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration:  Ampersand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite what you might think, ampersands (&amp;) have a lot of symbolic meaning in the realm of weddings. Not only are they aesthetically pleasing characters (who doesn&#8217;t love a cute little squiggly?), they have unifying power. \u00a0As the shorthand symbol for the word &#8220;and,&#8221; they bring together Bride &amp; Groom, Husband &amp; Wife, You &amp; Me, and make them all a collective unit. \u00a0It makes sense that one might incorporate such a symbol into their civil union from two individuals to one married couple.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1282\" title=\"ampersand\" src=\"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ampersand-984x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From top left, clockwise: \u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/manolobrides.com\/category\/wedding-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\">flag invites<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stylemepretty.com\/gallery\/photo\/68394\" target=\"_blank\">fold invites<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/patrycjazywert.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/more-ampersands.html\" target=\"_blank\">bridesmaids&#8217; gifts<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/marketplace.veer.com\/merch\/VPR0005442#detail\" target=\"_blank\">cufflinks<\/a> (groomsmen gifts), <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.invitationcrush.com\/the-pressrom-co-letterpress-invitations\/\" target=\"_blank\">hidden ampersand<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stylemepretty.com\/2010\/12\/15\/sacramento-wedding-by-botanica-floral-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\">chair tie<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/katherineophoto.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/tim-and-nicoles-ampersand-wedding.html\" target=\"_blank\">background<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stylemepretty.com\/2010\/10\/27\/bald-head-island-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\">kissing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Inspiringly yours,<\/p>\n<p>~ Kelly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite what you might think, ampersands (&amp;) have a lot of symbolic meaning in the realm of weddings. Not only are they aesthetically pleasing characters (who doesn&#8217;t love a cute little squiggly?), they have unifying power. \u00a0As the shorthand symbol for the word &#8220;and,&#8221; they bring together Bride &amp; Groom, Husband &amp; Wife, You &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[151],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-wedding-resources","tag-inspiration-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}