The Colors That Inspired It All

The Colors That Inspired It All

September 25th, 2009 @ 12:24 pm by Miss Dachshund

I’m putting some of our “real wedding” projects on hold because Halloween is so soon, but I don’t want you to think that our actual wedding isn’t the main event!

I thought I’d give you a quick peek at how I’m imagining our wedding day, starting with our colors.

Despite my chronic indecisiveness, choosing the color story for our wedding was a pretty simple task. I knew I wanted colors that would carry through the airy, fun, almost whimsical feeling that I’d like our wedding day to possess. I wanted something modern, but not too “out there”.

I didn’t have to go far to find the inspiration for our color scheme:

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In fact, I get to see our colors every day!

I know it’s not the greatest picture of my kitchen, but if you look closely you can see our wedding colors. The walls are a beautiful pale, minty aqua and there are plenty of red accents. This has been my favorite color combination for as long as I can remember. I love that while it’s a modern palette, it wouldn’t be out of place in a vintage setting.

Can you tell that I love these colors together?

Immediately I typed “aqua and red weddings” into a Google image search. The images that I found made me gasp! I was hooked. Thank goodness Mr. D liked the combination, too!

So, without further ado, meet the colors of our wedding, aqua and red:

I put together a quick inspiration board of some of my favorite examples of the colors together.

Image sources: Country Living; Lilfish Studios; Priscilla of Boston; favorsandflowers.com; Tigerlillyshop

I’m so excited to be able to incorporate my favorite colors into our wedding and I think they’ll look beautiful in our venue’s garden setting. Also, I’m loving the buttons… do I smell a motif?

How did you come up with your color scheme? Was it an easy decision?

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32 Responses to “The Colors That Inspired It All”

Bee

Mrs. Bruschetta (message) 5,553 posts, Bee Keeper

Yea! I love these colors — and I’m so excited to see how you use them throughout your wedding!

P.S. Pleeeeease don’t change your color scheme. Thankyouverymuch

9/25/09 @ 12:28 pm (reply)

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Miss_Carmel (message) 317 posts, Helper bee

I think you nailed it, the color combo is modern but still fits a vintage vibe too. It feels very fresh and springy. I’m a May 2010 bride too and I’ve had a hard time sticking with colors that I love and feel appropriate for the season and time of day that we’re holding our wedding.

9/25/09 @ 12:31 pm (reply)

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Champagne Wishes (message) 486 posts, Helper bee

I love this color story! It’s that modern-vintage feel to a T.
I’m a May wedding as well and wanted a spring-vintage-garden feel (bow to Mrs. Mouse). We took his and my favorite colors and made them our colors!

9/25/09 @ 12:37 pm (reply)

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ColorCoated (message) 951 posts, Busy bee

I love love love those colors! Also, you have the most organized looking xmas present ever! haha

9/25/09 @ 12:41 pm (reply)

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Miss Dachshund (message) 487 posts, Helper bee

@Mrs. Bruschetta: Oh, I definitely won’t be changing them! They make me so happy!

9/25/09 @ 12:44 pm (reply)

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AmberWaves (message) 227 posts, Helper bee

I love this combo! I’ve been waiting to see a Bee put it to good use.

9/25/09 @ 12:46 pm (reply)

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Miss Moonbeam (message) 1,335 posts, Bumble bee

I thought it was xmas colors at first, but red and aqua is gorgeous. If I were having a spring/summer wedding, this might have been the combo.

9/25/09 @ 12:49 pm (reply)

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Miss Dachshund (message) 487 posts, Helper bee

@Miss Moonbeam: I know… I need better pictures of my kitchen! It’s never clean enough for photos, though…

9/25/09 @ 12:51 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 2,656 posts, Sugar bee

i love those colors. mrs. lime also did a red and aqua wedding so i’d highly recommend going back through her archives!

9/25/09 @ 12:58 pm (reply)

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Laffylou

Love those colors together! You should check out this wedding: http://eatdrinkmarry.blogspot.com/.
p.s. weiner dogs rule!!!

9/25/09 @ 12:58 pm (reply)

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Bee

Miss Dachshund (message) 487 posts, Helper bee

@tea: Mrs. Lime’s posts were how I found Weddingbee : ) Loved her wedding!

9/25/09 @ 1:01 pm (reply)

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FlipFlopBride (message) 1,305 posts, Bumble bee

Totally love that color combo, Miss D! Very vibrant!

9/25/09 @ 1:03 pm (reply)

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LovestheBear (message) 875 posts, Busy bee

Yeah for aqua and red! That is my favorite color combo, hands down!! can’t wait to see how beautiful your wedding turns out!

9/25/09 @ 1:03 pm (reply)

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LatteLove (message) 4,120 posts, Honey bee

that definitely is a great and classic color scheme. Check out Mrs. Kitten’s posts for inspiration as well!

9/25/09 @ 1:03 pm (reply)

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Temms33 (message) 23 posts, Newbee

Wow - those colors are great! They’re bright, but fit the season - and feel like a modern take on classic looks (am I making sens?)

love it!

9/25/09 @ 1:15 pm (reply)

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fraggle0312 (message) 36 posts, Newbee

This is why I picked my photographer. Look at these amazing pictures from a red and aqua wedding!!
http://bankspix.com/Jenea%20and%20Derek%20Wed.html

9/25/09 @ 1:30 pm (reply)

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Sage (message) 398 posts, Helper bee

I love aqua and red together! I can’t wait to see how both sets of your plans play out!

9/25/09 @ 1:34 pm (reply)

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Bee

Mrs. Espresso (message) 1,064 posts, Bumble bee

I love these colors together!! And I love how cute you package all your Christmas presents

9/25/09 @ 2:42 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 2,656 posts, Sugar bee

@Miss Dachshund: all of her details were spot on! it was so lovely!

9/25/09 @ 2:51 pm (reply)

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Bee

Mrs. Mouse (message) 3,348 posts, Sugar bee

I love aqua and red. It’s so fun and fresh!

9/25/09 @ 2:52 pm (reply)

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abrideagain (message) 531 posts, Busy bee

That’s a gorgeous color combo!

9/25/09 @ 2:54 pm (reply)

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RecessionistaBride (message) 3,406 posts, Sugar bee

I LOVE that color combo! When I was designing my store those colors were my first choice… but we ended up having to go with pinks (blah). Your house is so bright & cheerful

9/25/09 @ 3:01 pm (reply)

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amybee (message) 10 posts, Newbee

These are my wedding colors… love it! The only trouble I’ve run into is finding the right color of aqua ribbon.

9/25/09 @ 3:01 pm (reply)

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Miss Dachshund (message) 487 posts, Helper bee

@RecessionistaBride: What kind of store do you have? Lol, I love my house, my dad says my walls look like lollipops : )

9/25/09 @ 3:23 pm (reply)

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alishaneva (message) 1,531 posts, Bumble bee

Those are my absolute favorite colors to combine, too! They’re so fun … loverboy and I are discussing using them (it makes even more sense because his favorite color just happens to be red!

9/25/09 @ 3:43 pm (reply)

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pennednpapered

I love your inspiration pictures. My fav color is aqua, and I have two precious mini doxies

9/25/09 @ 3:49 pm (reply)

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SpinningJenny (message) 453 posts, Helper bee

Oh! I found your blog a couple months ago when I was looking for an aqua/red wedding I’d seen once. I totally recognize these pics. ^_^

Anyways, love the color combo. It’s so much fun–I love how whimsical it is. ^_^

9/25/09 @ 4:41 pm (reply)

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fiftyfootbride (message) 3,793 posts, Honey bee

I love those two colors together! Great choice.

9/25/09 @ 8:16 pm (reply)

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SeiLuna (message) 65 posts, Worker bee

Love those colors! I’m using aqua and charcoal, and I’ve been having so much fun finding things that match in that aqua/Tiffany Blue shade. My bridal shower was breathtaking and it had decorations in that beautiful aqua shade everywhere.

9/26/09 @ 2:27 pm (reply)

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Jessie516 (message) 4,039 posts, Honey bee

I love this color combo! Ever since I saw it in Martha Stewart weddings a while back, I’ve thought it was great.

9/28/09 @ 9:50 am (reply)

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Maggie

These colors were my wedding colors in May! Someone above linked to my old wedding blog (http://eatdrinkmarry.blogspot.com), and you can see my official wedding recap on Elizabeth Anne Designs under their Real Weddings / Wedding Recaps / Maggie.

Shoot me an e-mail at my current blog, http://freckledcitizen.com, if you have any questions!

9/28/09 @ 12:59 pm (reply)

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