Wedding Blog

Dana (one of my bridesmaids) and I went to Minneapolis to visit Kiera and Dona (bridesmaid and Matron of Honor) for the weekend. While I was there, we went to David’s Bridal to try on the dresses that I picked out for them to wear for the wedding. The girls tried on two styles of dresses. The “bubble dress” as we are calling it, and another style made of the same material. They decided that they are fine wearing either one. I think both dresses are cute, although the bubble dress is much more my style.

Because I don’t want all the girls to look exactly the same, my thought was to either let the girls choose between the two styles in the same color (most likely purple) or have all the girls get the same dress, but in different colors. I think the different color effect would be kind of cool and a little more original, but either way is fine with me.

I had everyone pick their first and second color choices out of the three, and they ended up alternating between blue and purple. So I’m considering just using the 2 colors of dresses, and then having the guys wear green ties. The other option is adding a couple green dresses in the mix and having the guys wear purple ties.

After trying on dresses, we went to a store called Francesca’s Collections. While we were there, guess what I found? Headbands! In the same exact colors as the dresses! Meant to be? I thought so!

After thinking it over, we’ve decided that we’ll be going with just two of the colors, teal and plum. The guys will be wearing moss/olive green ties. I think this is the best option for a few reasons:

1. I want everyone to have their first choice for color. It just so happens that the order happens to be teal, plum, teal, plum, teal, plum, teal. Ask and you shall receive!
2. I am anal and I like order. The order of the dresses when using three colors and not giving all of the girls their first choice in color is less than perfect.
3. With the girls having (most likely) green bouquets, I think the flowers with the green dresses would blend in a little more than I’d like.
4. I think the balance of the green bouquets and green ties will tie everything together enough that we won’t need the green dresses. And our bridal party will look less like a rainbow. Hooray!

So it’s been decided. I’ve called all of my lovely bridesmaids to tell them the news and to let them order their dresses. They are going to look beautiful walking down the aisle in their teal and plum dresses! And the guys will be looking dapper as well in their pinstriped suits and green ties!