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A good while back, I presented you all with this inspiration board.
It’s pretty cool, right? It has some main themes to it (pale green, dusty orange, butter yellow). I was being practical with this inspiration board, expecting to scrounge for flower colors and styles on my day, and trying to keep it all simple. And actually, if you look at the colors above, they do a pretty good job of matching our beautiful venue (which I actually hadn’t even found when I made this board).
And yet, here’s what I ended up with:
Don’t get me wrong. I loved my bouquet. I loved my sash. My shoes… they were alright, aside from the blister they gave me. But the thing is: I planned the wedding colors around those silly shoes. And I don’t even like copious amounts of green that much. I just wanted a pop of color, and the shoes I found were definitely sporting a decent pop. Given that I had this to work with:
I instead chose to match everything to these. That, in retrospect, was kind of dumb.
The courtroom was so rich with vintage-y colors (they make me think of Shortcake’s colors). Muted, yet bold. Yet our main color was a rather limey-green, which clashed with that gorgeous turn-of-the-century venue. I definitely stood out… but was that a good thing? Many of my favorite portraits are black-and-whites, and I think it’s because I am ultimately a little unhappy that I didn’t take advantage of the dusty pinks, mustard yellows, rustic golds and minty greens that made our venue so special.
I think MIL Mary Jane was on to something when she suggested this paper and color scheme for our paper products.
Brown, dusty pink, mint green, a little muted blue. Why didn’t I catch on then? Our colors were bright, vivid and springy (for a September wedding, haha) instead of rich and vintage-y. While everything did turn out splendidly, in my opinion, I really missed ’the look’ I would have liked. Eh, oh well. If you don’t have any “if only…” moments after your own wedding, you’re probably one of the lucky few. We all spend months or even years planning these events, and ideas and preferences are bound to change over time. It was of course a wonderful day, and I am not interested in a do-over! You know what they say: hindsight is 20/20. I’ll leave you today, just for fun, with my ’hindsight’ (hint: clicking on it should enlarge it a little):
Are you considering matching your colors to your venue? Or, if your wedding day’s passed, are you happy with the colors you chose?
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I still loved your colors! But I know what you mean about the what ifs. I was happy with my choice, but I wish I had more fuchsia including centerpeices and fun accesories.
Our venue was really neutral, so it allowed us to be free on color/decor.
I love all the inspiration boards and Im sorry to hear that you have an “if only” but im also glad to hear that you are happy! I love the flats in the last board where are those from? Our venue is a historical mansion that has red curtains and a vintage feel and brown chairs…but i dont like those colors! But I do love our venue and were using blue and yellow and those colors make me happy! I got upset to hear that some ppl may not be coming to the bridal shower but like my fiance says when it comes down to it our bridal party will be there for us, our parents, and 1st and forever we will be there for each other with no regrets on that! 
I think your actual photos are far more interesting and joyful than the inspiration board. Hooray for pop of color, I say. And congrats!
@D.Marie: This is the source for the gold flat. http://www.zappos.com/prari-carly-gold-quilt
@amyboston: thanks! I’m just such a sucker for those vintage colors… hah.
i really like your colors. i almost feel like you would have blended in with the background had you tried to match the venue colors. the pop of green brings the both of you out of the woodwork, so to speak.
i don’t intend on matching with my venue. the colors i chose are the colors i love so they will work with whatever.
Another comment from me…because now that I looked over my other one I dont like what I said! I agree with Tea and Amy…your pop of color brought personality to the courthouse and I think it all looked beautiful together and worked well. 
Love those shoes and thanks for the link…
I love your wedding much better than your inspiration! Way to take a good ideas and turn them into a fantastic wedding.
I am worried that will happen to me. I am worried that I will be thinking of little things to make everything better, right down to the last day. I hope I can such off my type A personality on our wedding day.
MJ, I loved the way your wedding photos turned out! We all have little wedding day regrets, but seriously you looked amazing, and everything was beautiful–I didn’t even think about the bright colors not matching the venue. But Dude, that last inspiration board is pretty kick-ass.
both inspirations are gorgeous. you have such a lovely, understated style. plus, you are too cute. it all works.
I don’t think it would have made a huge difference since you were only in the court room for a short time. Your colors look great, especially in the outdoor photos. I think the flowers you got really worked well with the green as well.
We are trying to find a way to bring our colors into our venue. The church is very much deep red and gold motif (carpets, chairs, icons, etc) inside but completely white outside. Then our venue, on the beach is neutral with forest green trim. We decided to pull our color pallette from the ocean and accent with silver so we are looking for a way to add some blue into the church, maybe hanging lanterns on the chairs lineing the isle for that pop of color.
I have to say I loved your wedding colors. Then again lime green is my favorite color. I feel that if your colors matched the venue perfectly, you would not have stood out.
I love the way yours turned out, so don’t beat yourself up about it!
We went with grey for our main color (it’s my fav) and added some peachy pink since there aren’t any grey flowers. THEN we looked at our venue….
Our venue had similar frescoes on the ceilings, like yours did. The colors were a peachy pink, mustard, golds, maybe some sage green and a TEENY bit of grey. People asked if we coordinated the colors to match the venue. Which we didn’t really do. But I am glad everything looked nice together.
Just to add, the reception looked nice if you were there. But really, most of our pics were taken outside, among orange and red leaves. So our pink-and-grey color scheme looked very spring-y and sort of silly. So my memories of the day and the event are of a lovely coordinated space. But the pics….that’s a different story.
I was so excited when I read your post. I have also choosen this color combo for my outdoor wedding in June. I love these colors together, but have recently been getting nervous about pulling it off. You have regained my faith in using these colors. Thank
I like your colors and it was cute that you tried to match the venue. I was happy with my colors, I think they blended well with our venue.
While I love all of your inspiration boards, I absolutely love the real wedding. I saw your planning board, then scrolled down to the actual photos and thought, “wow! It turned out so much better than that board!”
Our ceremony was outdoors, in September. I was sooo scared that green dresses would blend into the grass, and red, yellow, and orange could clash with the trees if the leaves turned early. So I went with Navy Blue. Up until my wedding day, I wasn’t sure. But the photos are wonderful, no one blended into the trees, grass, etc. In retrospect, I’m probably the most happy that I went with practical in this situation and not with my gut.
I love love love how your wedding turned out. It’s beautiful, and the end result was that you were married so… SUCCESS! I love the last inspiration board alot, might have to steal a few elements of it.
I am happy with the colors I chose, but the flowers the day of weren’t entirely in this color scheme. I was going for rusts, oranges and purples and there were pink and blue flowers in several things. It makes me cringe when I see the pictures.
I love your wedding colors! and the way your wedding turn out! we are incorporating the colors a little bit just because we thought it would look cooler hehe
you ‘hindsight’ board looks delish. reminds me of macarons.
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Mrs. Mary Jane, Grand Forks, ND
Age and Occupation: 26, Instructional Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Lead Programmer
Engagement Date: February 28, 2009
Wedding Date: September 2009
Venue: City Hall
About Me: I'm a career woman on the surface and a homemaker at heart. I love fast cars and high heels, and my favorite food is cake. Mr. Mary Jane and I are both full-time employees and students, and we just bought our first house. We love to curl up on the couch with buttery popcorn, Sour Patch Kids, and the latest Netflix arrival -- whenever we can get a break from everyday life.
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