Wedding Blog

So currently, I still have my bridesmaids dress order on hold with Netbride (see previous post). I need to finalize my color and send them an email with my decision. I was waiting until I received the fabric color swatches to arrive in the mail (figured I would save myself a trip to the boutique), before I proceeded with the order. Besides, I have 8 months, which is plenty of time!

I finally received the swatches, and of course they are tiny, literally less than a square inch! Regardless, I can tell that the Berry is too bright (almost fire engine red) and the Cranberry is too dark (almost maroon). The color I want is a deep, garnet red. So what’s a girl to do?!

I think I’ve come up with a solution, but I’m a bit scared to pull the trigger. The dress fabric is chiffon, which means that the outer layer is chiffon, and there is also an underlining layer (dunno what that is made of). What if I order the chiffon in Berry, and the underlining in Cranberry? My thought is that the darker inside layer will tone down the brightness of the bright red chiffon. Brilliant, no?

Unfortunately, I have not seen an actual dress that is made like this, which is why I’m hesitating. When I hold the 2 fabric swatches together, it gives me the color I am looking for, but it’s so small! I’m nervous it won’t look right. I should probably drive my ass to the store and hold 2 dresses together in each color to get a better idea, huh? Arghh, so much for saving myself a trip…

It is an additional $23 per dress to order them in 2 different colors. I would just eat the difference since I already told my girls to write me checks for $120 (cost of dress in single color). Should I just do it? Hit the Send button and be done with it? It’s annoying to have to think about every, single detail, haha.

(Berry vs Cranberry) Sorry, I’m sure you’re sick of seeing the same pic over and over…