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While I’ve already introduced you to the Honey venue, it should be known that I obsessed and panicked over this detail of our wedding: the colors.

For some reason out of my control, one of the first things I wanted to determine when we got engaged was the color palette. It was a good three months of being engaged before we found our venue, but that didn’t stop me from deciding our color palette, then changing it, and changing it again…and maybe still having color envy of other delicious palettes. It’s a problem, fo sho. I love color and it really sets the tone of the wedding.

I had fallen in love with a funky color palette that was just not going to jive with our charming venue, so I had to change it up. I knew I wanted gray as a color; black was too formal, and I couldn’t convince myself that brown was the neutral for us. Plus our furry groomsman/ring bearer is the prettiest of gray colors:

{personal picture of Zeus}

I needed to find colors that blended with gray, went with the winter season, and fit our venue. I started following Weddingbee religiously just as Mrs. Cowboy Boot was writing her final posts. I fell in love with the feeling her wedding portrayed:

Image via Weddingbee / Photo by Tec Petaja

I was convinced that what I was looking for was something soft that portrayed romance and fun. About the same time I stumbled across this amazing picture, which seems to be the most popular picture in favor of mismatched bridesmaids’ dresses:

Image via Bespoke Press / Photo by Sugar Love Weddings

I loved the nude/soft palette of it; it just oozes romance (it doesn’t hurt that the bride and her ladies are stunning), but I wanted a little more pop of color so I settled on this new palette:

Soft Peach & Gray:

Color swatches via 100 Layer Cake / Edited by me

I began telling my bridal party they would wear a dress in the peachy/blush palette and got less than great reactions. Apparently blush/peach/nude is not the most flattering of color on most skin tones. It would probably be flattering on two of my eight girls. And while I know my ladies would have sucked it up and worn whatever I had requested them to wear, I took their feedback to heart and switched it up one.last.time. to finally come to this. Read my lips: our FINAL color palette.

Soft Peach, Navy & Gray:

Color swatches via 100 Layer Cake / Edited by me

I think the navy brings a bit of winter feeling and some boldness to the soft hues of peach and gray. When I created the palette in my head before deciding on it, I Googled “navy, peach, gray weddings” just to make sure I wasn’t envisioning some hideous palette that would never work. Fortunately, I came across oodles of inspiration boards and images that cemented my decision.

Inspiration board via Elizabeth Anne Designs / Image credits, top row: 1 by Eleonore Bridge via Daydream Lily; 2  by JL Designs for Bride & Bloom via Coco + Kelley; 3 via found*ling / Image credits, middle row: 1 by Olivia Leigh via Elizabeth Anne Design; 2 by Bella Figura; 3 via Inspirational Hair on Tumblr; 4 bouquets by Hana Floral Design, image by Snap! Photography via Style Me Pretty / Image credits, bottom row: 1 by Leslie Shewring via Decor8; 2 by Photography by Leah via Style Me Pretty; 3 via J.Crew; 4 by Zofia Photography via Style Me Pretty; 5 by Seamless Paperie, photography by Maggie Harkov via 100 Layer Cake

I am in L.O.V.E. with the top left picture: gray winter tights, floofy peach dress, and navy trench coat. Yes, please.

Inspiration board via Snippet & Ink / Board edited by me / Image credits, top row: 1 by Hammer Press; 2 via Martha Stewart Weddings; 3 via Emersonmade; 4 by Thayer Allyson Gowdy / Image credits, middle row: 1 by Saipua; 2 via Cindy Ensley; 3 by Tec Petaja; 4 by Betsy Dunlap / Image credits, bottom row: 1 via Matthew Robbins Design; 2 by Carter & Cook; 3 via Blue Bell Bazaar on Etsy; 4 via Real Simple

Gray striped straws? I die. And that navy bridesmaids’ dress (minus the chicken)? Perfect.

Speaking of bridesmaids’ dresses, navy dresses are common; whether we went with traditional BM dresses or the “leave it up to you” dresses, I was confident finding something in navy was within my reach and my girls’ reach…but dresses are a post for next time.

Hive…did you have to turn to any wedding-blog experts to make you feel better about your wedding color palette?