I am feeling more Red Bull inspired than I am wedding inspired. In spite of all of my elation that I get to start planning, I'm all like "...what up?" I found a new great blog though! Sane Bride Advice. I read the articles on picking your colors and I thought I would just pay homage to my own:
Dear Navy Blue and Orange,
Seriously, you're the best. Orange: you come in so many shades and varieties and you lend yourself to the natural nuances of my venue, what could I do without you? And Navy, you! You embrace the greens and brown accents that autumnal New England offers. So, thank you for adding your richness to nature. My dear colors, I cannot wait to see you in all of your glory. (which will be my wedding day, because I am not a Mets fan)
XOXO,
B
I told you I was tired. On the flip side, I think there is some sound reasoning to my love letter. It is the same sound reasoning that goes into what the ladies at Sane were saying: your colors should enhance your environment, not fight it. I am kind of a purist when it comes to the need to respect seasonal colors. I will tell anyone as much as well. Just ask me what I think about black, red and silver for an outdoor wedding set in the middle of July.
I also don't think you should be inflexible with your colors as long as you keep with the same base. I plan on having multiple shades of blue - sans anything crossing the line into the aqua or Tiffany blue region. We won't wage ware on that, royal blues, natural blues and anything with that kind of purple base. For the orange, I am going to steer clear of anything that doesn't look like a natural orange. I am thinking more of a burnt fall-ish color.
That's all I got. Inventory is in a few days and I have a pile of work on my desk. I do have some well reviewed wedding dresses under $500 to share. Soon! In other news, I think I am buying a bike tonight!
Figuring out our colors was the absolute worst part of starting the planning. David and I bickered about which colors for a while before we came up with cranberry, ivory and chocolate. I'm not a HUGE fan of cranberry, but you do sort of pigeonhole yourself when you decide to do an autumn wedding. I really wanted blue, but David's cousin had navy blue and my future sister-in-law picked cobalt, and we couldn't figure anything out in pale blue that would work for autumn so...we're doing this. And it's grown on me, over the months.
ReplyDeleteThat blog sounds awesome! I'll have to check it out.
I think your colors are perfect for 11/5!
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