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Just when we thought we had our colors all figured out—the gals at Elizabeth Anne Designs have really thrown me for a self-questioning loop with this gorgeous board!

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I mean, I could still use this as a base, and have some purple, fuchsia and peacock blue thrown in here and there, right? Hmm….
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When I showed Mr. Dumpling the color palette I was thinking about, he said it looked like Neapolitan ice cream. Ha! We both like ice cream, so this was a good thing. This picture accurately shows the exact colors we are using. It’s making me hungry just looking at it!

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I was browsing through The Knot the other day, and I found more great inspiration from some very stylish brides. Check these out!
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Deciding on a color scheme is difficult. We know roughly what we want, but we keep jumping between specifics… this shade of blue versus that shade of blue. Y’know… typical wedding indecisiveness.

Our venue has a quasi-Moroccan feel to it, with a lot of burgundy, gold, beige, and tan in the venue already. I want to punch up the color a bit, and have long been in love with a “many colors” concept rather than just two or three theme colors (thanks to Miss Cream Puff). So, right away, I knew I’d like to have my four ’maids in four different but complementary colors, like so (except different colors):

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We haven’t sorted out whether we want them all in the same dress or not yet—but that’s for a later post.

So, after much debate, we came up with these colors for our scheme:
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After changing our color palette several (hundred) times, we have chosen a final palette of bright orange, pinks, and white. I, like many future brides, love pink and white. I was never a big fan of orange, but I just love how the colors look together.

Here we have my attempt at an inspiration board:

Photos from The Knot and David’s Bridal

How did you choose your color palette?

For some people, it’s chocolate. For others, it’s bad boys, or tequila. My vice? Paper. I love it. I love it so much that I live above a Paper Source. Seriously. In the same building.

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Anyway, this is all just a set up to telling you about the fun little freebie I picked up at the Paper Source the other day:

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When we first got engaged, I figured we had the color scheme thing in the bag. I mean, I have a very unique engagement ring that happens to have a colored main stone. Thus, we defaulted to a color scheme of aquamarine and platinum. Done and done.

Um, not so fast there! After about two days of research, we started to realize that what most companies and vendors call aquamarine or aqua is really more of the ever so popular Tiffany blue. Now, don’t get me wrong—I love me some Tiffany’s (my little sister and I collect their silver), but we really did not want to theme our wedding after a store, especially since the ring isn’t from there. In case you’re wondering, it was made by a guy named Yanni who shares my faith and lives in Brooklyn.

At this point, we really had no idea where to go next. Pink was out of the question—while I am a girly girl (one of THE girliest) I have a feeling Mr. Lemonade isn’t, and my love affair for all things pink passed a few years ago. We tossed around the idea of NO color for a while with the idea of a totally pure, all white and ivory palette. This too wasn’t doing it for us. We were stumped. That is, until I went to Neiman’s.
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When I started looking at linens for our tablecloths and napkins and such, there was one pattern I couldn’t get out of my mind. Now I didn’t really know what it was called- but I explained to our coordinator, Joann, that I knew the pattern had swirlies and flowerly patterns but not really flowers. Pretty lousy description, but she sent me back some fabric swatches from bbj linens and cloth connection, and I found my second (wait, doggie Champ is my second- so this is my third) love… damask.
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Part I

Okay, I know I promised only 2 tools, but I’m going to give a third — because the only thing more awesome than free stuff is bonus free stuff! The Pantone Fashion Color Report for Fall 2008 is now available for download off the Pantone website. For those of you who haven’t perused this fab little brochure before, it features the key shades that top designers are using for their upcoming collections and thus gives you a sense of what the hot color trends will be in the upcoming months. So if you love the look of a Tiffany blue and brown wedding, but worry whether you can make that popular color scheme fresh, you can look to the Pantone guide for an innovative twist on that palette (or for a new set of colors altogether).
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I’m a terrible liar, dear readers. I show you pictures of gorgeous Dutch painting-inspired tulips and bright colors, only to snatch them away and go in a completely different direction. I did, however, make the disclaimer that the last board contained my initial inspiration, and that I made it just after getting engaged in December.

Basically, I described to Mr. Sweet Tea my love for Art Deco, peacock motifs, jewel tones and brights, and a funny thing happened. As I was describing it, it sounded like way more than I wanted, and Mr. Sweet Tea likewise was not feeling the love for the color scheme either. We talked about trying to make it work for a while, with more and more disagreements (I loved the blues and greens, hated purples; he wanted nothing to do with green, etc.) Then, I kind of just blurted out: “Well, what about black and white, with red accents?”

And a new color scheme, and inspiration board, were born:

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Sometimes wedding inspiration comes from unexpected places. Today I stumbled upon the blog: Wear Palettes. The blogger, a Swiss graphic design student Daniel, takes color palettes from The Sartorialist clothing. This blog is a great place to find unexpected color combos. The best part? The attire selection for your wedding is already halfway completed for you.
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