Blush and Bashful

Blush and Bashful

January 28th, 2010 @ 5:37 pm by Mrs. Hamster
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I’ve got a confession to make.

I kinda stumbled into our “colors”.

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Okay, so I understand colors in general, but “wedding colors”, with the finger quotes? Not a clue. In almost every step of the planning process, people have asked for our colors. The bridesmaid dress shops inquired, but I was really looking for whatever color looked best on my ladies. My florist wondered, and I blurted out “white” because I didn’t know what else to say (and white goes with everything, kinda, right?). I’ve got my bridesmaids’ dresses all settled, so I’m guessing one of our colors is midnight blue. But then what?

Here’s what I’ve got so far:

1. Bridesmaids Dresses - Midnight/Cobalt

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2. Our Invitations - Cream and Gold (if I ever get them done, tear!)

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3. Flowers - White (out of fear)

And… that’s it. If I go out on a limb, I might see if yellow flowers would work. Or not (don’t you love my decisiveness?). Then what? I’m thinking the programs would be some variation of navy on cream, with gold accents. Or gold on cream, with navy covers. The menus would be cream, with navy. And we’ll throw a boat design on there for good measure. Or am I getting this all wrong? Hey, who took my periwinkle crayon? I knew I graduated to the big box of Crayolas way too soon…

Did you know what your colors were from the outset, or did you fall into them?

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27 Responses to “Blush and Bashful”

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teaadntoast (message) 2,595 posts, Sugar bee

Hee. Love the Steel Magnolias reference. We’re color twins. (Er, if such a thing exists?)

1/28/10 @ 5:40 pm (reply)

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thistleandclovers (message) 212 posts, Helper bee

I fell into my “colors” too! After changing my mind a dozen and 1/2 times… HE was actually the one who suggested what we decided on… same colors as you and with splashes of the Orange family. Our bridesmaid dresses are the same as yours and the flowers will be ambers, saffron, and reds. I love the cream and gold invitations. It will be beautiful!

1/28/10 @ 5:47 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Mouse (message) 5,844 posts, Bee Keeper

Haha. I know what you mean about stumbling on your colors and not really knowing how to answer when people ask! I think cobalt, cream, and that lovely gold/yellow shade are so pretty together! What about pale pale pink or pale green to mix in via the flowers?

1/28/10 @ 5:47 pm (reply)

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lara bee (message) 526 posts, Busy bee

You could definitely add some blush pinks to the mix - that would be so lovely.

Or, consider some soft greens, or even pale purples.

You could even go bold and add orange.

1/28/10 @ 5:50 pm (reply)

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kaymaroo (message) 78 posts, Worker bee

My mom insisted that I picked my colors right away. So I picked yellow and silver, pretty arbitrarily. But I’m still not entirely sure what the colors are *for*. Am I not allowed to use green if I want? Or, heaven forbid, blue? Does EVERYTHING have to have yellow and silver on it? The whole thing confuses me.

1/28/10 @ 5:51 pm (reply)

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Leche4evr (message) 253 posts, Helper bee

I don’t believe you have to have a set color scheme as long as everything blends well together. Not matchy matchy, but you don’t want your devor looking extremely odd. Unless your going for a Alice in wonderland theme! My colors weren’t so clear to me either. The only thing I knew is that I wanted chocolate brown table cloths. So I’ve been trying to find decor that matches with Chocolate brown and then I figured I’d pick out any other colors depend on what type of decor I found and what color it was. Now I’m in the chocolate brown, ivory, blue and green colors.. Where does the blue and green come in you might ask? I’m planning on adding peacock feathers in my cake and decor!

1/28/10 @ 5:58 pm (reply)

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LittlestBirds (message) 2,605 posts, Sugar bee

I’ve known my colors longer than I’ve known FI. But I think the ones you stumbled into are great. You could even get away with some deep reddish-pink accents or some silver. I love the midnight blue with cream and gold, just be sure to play it up with your decor and flowers so that people can really see all the colors, I think it will be a great effect.

1/28/10 @ 7:12 pm (reply)

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Mrs. DG (message) 8,491 posts, Bee Keeper

You picked our colors! It’s going to be beautiful. Only difference is that we went with blush and light pink florals!

1/28/10 @ 7:16 pm (reply)

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Miss Spaniel (message) 6,792 posts, Bee Keeper

Seriously, with those colors, you could do your flowers ANY color you want. Those are all pretty neutral.

1/28/10 @ 7:44 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

Those colors are so pretty! I think almost any flower would look great with them!

1/28/10 @ 8:15 pm (reply)

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Miss Nachos (message) 1,733 posts, Bumble bee

We don’t really have colors. No bridesmaid dresses, no flowers except whatever they give me for a bouquet. I think it would be tough to pick colors and stick with the theme. I’d be all over the place!

1/28/10 @ 9:07 pm (reply)

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Miss Trail Mix (message) 6,312 posts, Bee Keeper

Navy, gold and cream is an amazing and classic combo that I love!!!

1/28/10 @ 9:24 pm (reply)

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tmdandelion (message) 33 posts, Newbee

Those are pretty much our colors too, but more of a sand then Gold and I had to throw some royal blue accents in b/c someone was upset it was not Kentucky blue!

1/28/10 @ 9:52 pm (reply)

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fromcharleston (message) 651 posts, Busy bee

I think the dark blue, gold and white is really pretty!!! Add blue flowers to the mix or stick with all white or even blush or peach would mix in nicely. I say all white for an evening, dressier wedding and colors for a more casual or daytime wedding.

1/28/10 @ 10:29 pm (reply)

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Miss Pencils (message) 1,027 posts, Bumble bee

ooh i like it! i say go for broke with some wild flowers

1/28/10 @ 10:59 pm (reply)

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Professor (message) 422 posts, Helper bee

I think those colors are great! My colors were pretty set from the outset (black for bridesmaids dresses, ruby and mango flowers), but I’ve fallen into a bit of a “theme.” We have a blind-embossed blossom on our invitation, cherry blossoms on the wedding cake, cherry blossoms on the place cards, cherry blossoms on the OOT bags… All purchased separately, not always by me. Voila! A theme.

1/28/10 @ 11:12 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,263 posts, Bee Keeper

i fell into ours after trying out a few other color combos

1/29/10 @ 1:02 am (reply)

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Miss Parfait (message) 1,755 posts, Buzzing bee

You fell into a nice color combo! I made ours up before we found our venue…and thus, it doesn’t match our venue. Eh. : )

1/29/10 @ 1:52 am (reply)

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Twista (message) 804 posts, Busy bee

I knew from the beginning that I didn’t want red, pink, purple or anything to that effect. And I love the way that blue and green look together. So we’re doing light blue and sea foam green dresses. Three girls will wear green, two will wear blue, and the flower girl has a cute blue flowered dress in the same shade. I always knew my flowers would be yellow roses because they’re my favorite. So there you have it, pastel blue, green and yellow. Not what most expect from a fall wedding but it’s my fall wedding and I’ll plan it like I want to:)

1/29/10 @ 7:30 am (reply)

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Miss Pug (message) 3,753 posts, Honey bee

i think your colors are very elegant. i kinda gravitate towards lavender and sage (plus they’re both edible), and figured that gold and cream never hurt. but then randomly for the cocktail hour i’m having hot pink and orange. whatev.

1/29/10 @ 9:18 am (reply)

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