If you want to add a sunny pop of color to your wedding colors, you can’t go wrong with yellow! I created nine collages, shown below, for you that include yellow. They range from the totally vibrant hot pink and yellow to the subtle and sophisticated grey and yellow. Hot Tip: Be sure and add some actual lemons in your décor as it’s a creative and fun way to include yellow. You’ll find lemons included in the photos in several of [...]
Planning your wedding reception can be a daunting task. After all, most engaged couples have not had the experience of planning such a large and important party before. To help with your planning process, I will cover some of the hallmarks of three popular types of outdoor receptions in this post. At first glance all three may seem to be very similar to each other but there are definite differences in décor and style that really do help create a [...]
A couple months ago I created a post that showcased some of our wedding invitations that coordinated with the color stories I created. I was looking at some of our invitations today and noticed that we had quite a few more that seemed to work really well with some of my newer color-stories. I couldn’t resist putting them together to see if they matched as well as I thought they would. I was glad to see that they did! [...]
If you are planning an autumn wedding it is not too early to start planning now. At the very least, it’s time to start choosing your wedding color theme. Typically for fall, the colors are deeper and warmer. When I think of colors that “say” autumn, one of the first colors that comes to mind for me and probably for most other people, as well, is orange. In this blog post I will show you color ideas using orange with [...]
When thinking of the usual neutral colors seen in wedding palettes, we typically think of white and ivory. Recently another color has gained popularity and gives couples one more option. That color is Gray. The tone of gray can range from a soft blue-gray to a dark, warm charcoal. The color works particularly well for fall and winter weddings. We created collages (shown below) that illustrate how to use gray as one of your wedding colors with Plum, Yellow, Green and [...]
In honor of Emerald’s selection as the 2013 Pantone Color of the Year, I wanted to give you some ideas for a green-themed wedding. If you are thinking of green as your wedding color, you have a wide range of colors from which to choose. In a recent listing of green colors that was found online, there were 50 different shades of green on the list! I am focusing on five shades here . . . From Emerald, which is [...]
If you are planning your wedding you are probably seeing the total cost add up … and up! One way to stretch your wedding dollars is to use DIY wedding reception centerpieces. In this post we’ll focus on the ways you can incorporate glass bottles in to your DIY centerpiece. There are lots of other DIY possibilities as well, which we will cover in future blog posts. In the meantime, check out our DIY Centerpiece Pinterest board which has over [...]
