Wedding Blog

The first few weeks after getting engaged, I was completely inundated by the ideas in one magazine after another. Everywhere I looked I found a new theme or color scheme that seemed absolutely perfect. Well, at first…Some people have a hard time choosing colors. I’m not one of them. In fact, I’m great at putting colors together. I’m just bad at sticking with them. I’m pretty resolute about most decisions, but THE color scheme? Well, it’s been a bumpy road.

1. First, I wanted Tiffany blue. I would have settled for David’s Bridal Pool (shown below). I’m not really sure where this idea came from, but it didn’t take long after getting engaged to change my mind. Maybe I didn’t see enough Tiffany blue in the magazines? That must have been the culprit.

2. Next I wanted purple with bright green accents. This was inspired by my experimenting with Photoshop. I came up with this adorable Save the Date, which I still am quite fond of, even if the concept has changed completely. My mom wasn’t exactly sold on this, probably because it was so non-traditional. I should note that I made this STD mock-up prior to actually choosing a date. I just looked at the calendar and found a Saturday in June, but I liked the look of it so much that it became my first choice for our wedding date!

3. From there I turned to my favorite color: pink. More specifically light light pink. I had already fallen in love with the pink and gold color scheme in Martha’s Winter Wedding Mag, but one ad from David’s Bridal really had me hooked (well, temporarily that is). As it turns out, I can’t find the light pink dress I loved anywhere on David’s Bridal’s website…I guess the wedding industry is just as fickle as I am! In the end I decided the light pink was too sweet and sugary for the type of wedding I wanted. I wanted something dark, bold, and a little trendier.

4. Next was a short lived affair with navy blue and fuschia. This was inspired by The Knot magazine from last Fall where they featured a darling pink and blue striped tie and other preppy details. I spent a lot of time playing in Photoshop & Illustrator with these colors. Mr. Chickadee thought the colors were nice (”I like blue” he would say) but my little sister (and MOH) was of a different opinion. This was one of the monogram options I came up with while making up pretend invites:

5. I also had a brief stint with hot pink and light pink, but I could never make it look more grown up than a 12 year old’s birthday party. It’s just not even worth a picture.

6. This was about the time we came back to dark purple. I just found myself drawn to the color, specifically the shade “aubergine” by Dessy which is sooo pretty in person. I decided I couldn’t go back to the bright green color of before, and instead decided to pair it with gold, which would lend a more sophisticated air to the event. I still love the thought of purple and gold and if it wasn’t for one really amazing Knot bio, I’m sure I would still be doing the color scheme. This is one invitation I saw on Finestationery.com that nearly sealed the deal:

So what did I decide? Well, I think I’ll save my final color choice (oh gosh, I hope it’s really final!) for another day. It deserves a post unto itself, I think!

So how did you ladies pick your colors? Did you use an online palette generator? Go with your favorite colors? Center the colors around a specific fabric or scrapbook paper? Did you choose colors at the recommendation of Martha Stewart’s fabulous magazine editors? Anyone go through the same crazy color indecision as me? I’d love to hear about it!