Weddingbee Blog

Every bride needs an inspiration board to help inspire her bridal brain. Or apparently the blogosphere says that we do.

While envisioning the big day, I had dreams of soothing colors—perhaps pastels or some smooth shade of pink. Gray was a definite. I don’t know what it is with me and that pigment. I didn’t even realize it until Mr. Sweet Cream and I bought our mid-century home and salvaged furniture that could make Betty Draper weak in the knees. Whatever the question that had the word “color” in it, my answer would remain the same: gray.

Gray is a hue that has a strange way of tying everything together.

Case in point:

Isn’t this peach & gray color scheme just oh so lovely? / Image via Ruffled / Photo by Kellie Kano

Eggplant, taupe, and gray. Yes! Oh, yes! / Image via Chandra Keel / Photo credits: Wedding dress, bridesmaids’ dress, and dinnerware: Monique Lhuillier; Bouquet: Martha Stewart Weddings; Shoes: J.Crew; Cake: The Cake Girls; Clutch: Banana Republic

Look at these beauties. Gray, green, and certainly romantic. / Image via Inspired by This / Invitations by: Momental Designs

Gray can go from black tie to “down home.”

And while I had ideas of putting together inspiration boards and matching colors to find just the right ensemble to make the theme sing, I stumbled across this in my bedroom.

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That is fabric that Mama Sweet Cream surprised me with three years ago when I couldn’t stop pining away for it at the fabric store but kept putting it back because of the price. That gift sat in my fabric bin until just the right project came along—something so gorgeous couldn’t be wasted on a jacket I might grow tired of over the years. So when Mr. Sweet Cream and I purchased a 1920s bedroom set with fabric that had to be reupholstered, I decided that this was just the right project for that precious pattern.

Here it is, up close and personal. Sigh… :

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A year after it appeared in our abode adorning our antique furniture, it began to weave itself into the wedding…when I photocopied it and made the envelope liners for the save the dates. (Of course we’re using the same plan for the wedding invites.)

Gorgeous fabric makes gorgeous paper!! (Personal photo)

It will also grace us with its presence for our table numbers (more on that later).

Whoever sits at Table 5 gets to feast their eyes on this pretty piece! (Personal photo)

Another cherished treasured that snuck its way into my inspiration board unbeknownst to itself is this piece of wood that Mr. Sweet Cream wood-burned for me many Valentine’s Days ago. He got it from a part of the tree (it was a dead branch—don’t worry!) where we always hung out when we were younger…and he later proposed there.

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Let’s just say since I realized that I wanted this weaved in, I immediately borrowed Mama Sweet Cream’s wood burner and have been going to town on some little wooden hearts that may just grace our invites. I also have plans to incorporate Mr. Sweet’s genuine heartfelt idea into little signs throughout our wedding. Oh, yeah—and it is certainly involved in the inspiration behind our invites, too!

I’m so happy that this fabric that caught my eye years ago, which was so beautiful to me I couldn’t bring a pair of shears near it, has a super-special spot now.

What inspired your color palette?? Did you find inspiration in the most random of places?