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Miss French Fries, Milwaukee Age and Occupation: 27, Paralegal Fiance's Age and Occupation: 35, Investments Advisor Engagement Date: September 20, 2008 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: Ceremony: Catholic Church, Reception: Hotel Ballroom About Me: I'm a Midwestern girl who longs to live in a warmer climate (my feet would be happy in flip flops any day!). I love travel, impromptu napping, grilled cheese sandwiches, my iPhone, singing with reckless abandon in my car, and Mr. French Fries.
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At the tail end of summer two years ago, I met Mr. French Fries, the man who will become my husband. It was on a crowded patio around raucous bar patrons that he made me laugh for almost 3 solid hours, which led me to consider maybe going on a date with him. (Even if I did end up breaking that first date. True story!) If someone would have told me that I was going to meet my future husband that night, I wouldn’t have believed them, not in a million years. But, here we are — face to face — a couple of silver spoons…  (name that TV show!). Anyway, point being: he truly is an inspiration to me and I’m so blessed to have him in my life.

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Photo taken by MOH French Fries


To celebrate meeting Mr. French Fries, I’m posting a final draft of another kind of inspiration – the final inspiration board for our wedding! I’ve gone back and forth on color scheme several times, and we were seriously considering an apple green/white/black scheme. I had posted a picture of it on our kitchen chalkboard and debated its various merits every time I walked through the kitchen. However, while I did love the apple green — So modern! So organic! Such great contrast! — it just wasn’t exactly what I had envisioned for our wedding.

To be honest, I couldn’t resist the siren song of my favorite color: pink. Every time I saw pictures from a wedding that used any shade of pink as a color, I would just feel happy. Plus, the idea of carrying pink peonies down the aisle filled me with all sorts of giddiness. So, our color scheme will be black mixed with various shades pink. I’ve promised Mr. French Fries that pink will be used as an accent, not as a main color, and he’s on board with the plan. My goal here is to make sure that this doesn’t turn into a wedding straight out of the Barbie Dream House.

So, without further ado… my newest inspiration board. It’s one of the first ones I remember saving from Snippet & Ink, and it’s been a favorite of mine for a long time.

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We’re using this as a jumping off point, but I think it’s a good start! Did you feature your favorite color for your wedding color scheme, or did you choose something completely different?

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34 Responses to “You’re the Meaning in My Life… You’re the Inspiration…”

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ColorCoated
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ColorCoated (message)  951 posts, Busy bee

Very classy - not BArbie at all.

Our color scheme (brown & blue) is totally based around my favorite colors. I couldn’t help it!

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

Awww, the title of your post reminds me of one of my all-time favorite shows: Ed. (Bowling alley lawyer? :) Any other fans out there?) Love all those soft pinks!

 
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Gator
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Gator (message)  493 posts, Helper bee

I love that picture! It reminds me of Lake Park… Oh sometimes I do miss the fall :)
I think your color scheme is great, I definitely featured my favorite color & I’m glad to see that you’re doing the same!

 
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thefuturemrsjewell
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thefuturemrsjewell (message)  1,532 posts, Bumble bee

i love it! Pink is definitely my favorite color too, but we’re going with navy and yellow… but maybe i’ll bring a little pink into the day somewhere!

 
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Jessie516
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Jessie516 (message)  4,027 posts, Honey bee

I love that inspiration board. So elegant! I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to work in my favorite color (robin’s egg blue) into our color scheme, but I just couldn’t make it work the way I wanted to, so we dropped it.

 
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hotchildinthecity
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hotchildinthecity (message)  1,555 posts, Bumble bee

Pink is my favorite color and our wedding colors are pink and green ;o)

 
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MrsZtobe (message)  12 posts, Newbee

When I saw your title, it reminded me of a 7th grade dance… Anyway, love the pink - very nice.

 
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julesann
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julesann (message)  79 posts, Worker bee

Love it!!! :) I was going all over the place with colors….the more you look, the more ideas you find, and the harder it is to make a decision! ( now we decided on a small wedding….so no “colors” necessary!)

 
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Anchorss Away
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Anchorss Away (message)  4 posts, Wannabee

Nope, not at all. I love black with red as a strong second, however, the color was totally derived from the season. I am getting married in May and it’s spring and summer, vibrant, bright….that was my inspiration.

 
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Miss Star (message)  1,280 posts, Bumble bee

I looooove the inspiration board you chose!

 
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Cassie

Hilariously enough, my hubby and I started with black, cream, and apple green. And then I added pink! So our wedding was like a combo of your two boards!

 
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nvybaby82
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nvybaby82 (message)  309 posts, Helper bee

LOVE the color combo… this might be in part to the fact that ours was the same with splashes of silver to add the ‘bling’ factor! :-)

 
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Mrs. Perfume (message)  1,636 posts, Bumble bee

Oooh, cameo pink and black — chic!!!

 
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Miss Frozen Yogurt (message)  870 posts, Busy bee

my favorite color is blue, and it will be represented in my shoes. :) As for your color, I love pink peonies and anemones. Seriously my favs.

 
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thebackyardbride
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thebackyardbride (message)  65 posts, Worker bee

@Mrs. Bruschetta: I’m an Ed fan too! I really miss my weekly trips to Stuckeyville.

 
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KMSull
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KMSull (message)  2,914 posts, Sugar bee

I love this inspiration board! It is so sweet and romantic while still being fresh. We’ll probably do a color scheme based off a table Amy Atlas did!

 
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Miss French Fries (message)  732 posts, Busy bee

@Gator: This picture was taken in Lake Park! Good eye! :)

 
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abrideagain
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abrideagain (message)  531 posts, Busy bee

Completely used my favorite color - PURPLE as a starting point…LOVE that board!

 
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completelyrandomsally
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completelyrandomsally (message)  157 posts, Blushing bee

Surprisingly, we aren’t really using my favorite color pink. I saw this photo of a centerpiece in a magazine when I had been engaged less than 24 hours. I was in - hook, line and sinker. I would have never thought I would use reds, wines and definitely not purple, but it looks so good as the accent colors to my black and white wedding. :)

 
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LatteLove
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LatteLove (message)  4,094 posts, Honey bee

for just pink accents, that board has a lot of pink. :-)
I’m not usually a fan of black and pink together, but the blush/peony pink with black is classy!

 
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mkat88
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mkat88 (message)  154 posts, Blushing bee

Pink is my favorite color too! I think for about 3 years I wore pink everyday. Lol. But I decided to go with yellow as our color. I felt like I always thought that I would have pink as my wedding color but that was before I met my husband. Once I met him I wanted something brand newe that I planned just for him and it was perfect!

 
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fromcharleston (message)  89 posts, Worker bee

this is one of my all time favorite color schemes!! i especially love it as:
-pink, black, cream, gold
-pink, white, charcoal
-pink, charcoal, silver
i’m so excited to see what direction you take this in!

 
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missvintage (message)  157 posts, Blushing bee

Love the Snippet & Ink inspiration boards, Kathryn is so amazing.

 
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lkbphmd (message)  184 posts, Blushing bee

Pink- especially the bright kind- is my favorite color, and yep, it’s in the wedding. I was thinking hot pink and orange, but am now leaning to include shades of each color.

My sister used black and pops of pink…the pink pops great in photos, looked very classy!

 
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alishaneva
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alishaneva (message)  1,526 posts, Bumble bee

Such a gorgeous picture! That’s a lovely inspiration board, too! I don’t have a favorite color … and while we were considering FI’s favorite color, red, I’m having a HUGE problem figuring out what other colors I want with it!! I like them all too much!

 
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Robin

I love inspiration boards…I find it really helps getting the right feel for your day. Have fun.

 
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mainfr4me
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mainfr4me (message)  34 posts, Newbee

I was going to say - that has to be Lake Park :D
I’ve photographed too many wedding parties there!

 
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Mrs. French Bulldog
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Mrs. French Bulldog (message)  6,067 posts, Bee Keeper

Has no-one guessed Silver Spoons yet? I LOVED that show!
P.S. Your board is really lovely :)

 
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tea
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tea (message)  2,636 posts, Sugar bee

i like it. definitely the furthest thing from barbie’s bright pinks. boys forget there are many different shades of colors. lol

 
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Miss French Fries (message)  732 posts, Busy bee

@Mrs. French Bulldog: You’re the first one! :) I was hoping someone would get the reference.

 
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fiftyfootbride
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fiftyfootbride (message)  3,772 posts, Honey bee

lovely inspiration board! i love the colors. :)

 
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Miss Moonbeam (message)  1,328 posts, Bumble bee

So pretty and femme.

 
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Adriana26
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Adriana26 (message)  143 posts, Blushing bee

Ahhh I cannot wait to see how this ends up on your wedding day - pink and black are my favorite colors!!

 
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Mrs. Mouse (message)  3,319 posts, Sugar bee

Yay! Black & pink is one of my faves!! I love love love this board.

 


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