Wedding flowers, colors

[carnation]

We're hoping that our Zeta daughter doesn't see the HK dress, as she's a Hello Kitty fanatic and I can just see her wearing that at her wedding!

I've known of some brides to go to the florist's first and look at the bouquet books and then plan colors that go with the one they liked best. I saw a bouquet in one of those books that was all done in blues, greens, and purples and thought that'd be gorgeous to plan gowns around.

One daughter has decided that when she marries, she'll have her bridesmaids wearing all different shades of pastels. We've also been to weddings where the bridesmaids wore gradually deepening shades of the same color. Like the first one down the aisle wore very dark pink, the next one was a little lighter, and so on until you got to the maid of honor, who was wearing very pale pink.

[layla2728]

Originally Posted by carnation

One daughter has decided that when she marries, she'll have her bridesmaids wearing all different shades of pastels. We've also been to weddings where the bridesmaids wore gradually deepening shades of the same color. Like the first one down the aisle wore very dark pink, the next one was a little lighter, and so on until you got to the maid of honor, who was wearing very pale pink.

My friend was going to do something similar to that, and have varying shades of blue and green for her bridesmaids. It got too complicated though (she would've had to organize the colors based on our heights), so she's just sticking with one shade (seafoam, which I usually hate, but this dress looks so pretty that I don't mind wearing it!).

This is the dress:



and this is the seafoam color:

[Jimmy Choo]

Light pink roses are very nice!

I"m toally buying that Hellow Kitty wedding dress. It'll look AWESOME with my red hair. Totally. Maybe there is a matching dress for the bridesmaids and flower girl, too!!!! *pukes quietly.*

[PhoenixAzul]

Also, keep in mind the timing of your wedding. Certain flowers are better and more available at certain times of the year. Of course if price is no object, do whatever the heck you want. But your florist can advise you on that.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by tunatartare

If you go with all three of those, it will look like Hello Kitty threw up at your wedding.

LOL - but how can Hello Kitty throw up without a mouth? Out of her ears?

Originally Posted by carnation

We've also been to weddings where the bridesmaids wore gradually deepening shades of the same color. Like the first one down the aisle wore very dark pink, the next one was a little lighter, and so on until you got to the maid of honor, who was wearing very pale pink.

That sounds lovely, if you have enough bridesmaids.

Back to bichonl: one of the most stunning weddings I was ever at was a December wedding. The church was already decorated for Christmas, and the bridesmaids wore a deep forest green. They carried bouquets of stargazer lilies with white freesia (i think), and long pink ribbons. With the church's pink and white poinsettias and swags of greenery, it was beautiful!

[FSUZeta]

at a christmas wedding that i attended, the bridesmaids wore dark green velvet floor length dresses and carried a hurricane lantern which contained a lit candle. the lantern was mounted on a base which was hidden with greenery(i think small leafed ivy) and gold ribbon was woven into the greenery. it was stunning.

i carried a bouquet of white calla lilies which was arranged in an asymetrical, half moon style-very modern looking. it was lovely. my bridesmaids wore floor length gowns of lavender moire taffeta(at the time i thought they were lovely, but i shudder when i look at them now!) and carried nosegays of assorted pink, lavender, purple and white flowers. we were married in june-husbands choice-i would have preferred the fall.

[ADqtPiMel]

My colors are light green and bright pink, and I'm using pink, orange and yellow gerber daisies. My girls are just carrying 4 daisies tied with a ribbon, and my bouquet is similar but bigger.

[valkyrie]

My wedding colors will be whatever Elvis is wearing when we show up at the chapel in Vegas.

[bichonl]

Thanks everyone!

I would like a winter wedding- ideally January or early February. We are Catholic, so we might not be able to marry during Advent (December) or Lent (starts in Feb usually). Winter is slowly becoming my favorite season.

I'm thinking I'd like dark, non-vomit-inducing, pink bridemaid dresses.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by bichonl

Thanks everyone!

I would like a winter wedding- ideally January or early February. We are Catholic, so we might not be able to marry during Advent (December) or Lent (starts in Feb usually). Winter is slowly becoming my favorite season.

I'm thinking I'd like dark, non-vomit-inducing, pink bridemaid dresses.

Are you engaged yet?

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by bichonl

Thanks everyone!

I would like a winter wedding- ideally January or early February. We are Catholic, so we might not be able to marry during Advent (December) or Lent (starts in Feb usually). Winter is slowly becoming my favorite season.

I'm thinking I'd like dark, non-vomit-inducing, pink bridemaid dresses.

Generally only Sundays of Advent are prohibited, not a marriage during the Advent season - so you could probably still get married during Advent as long as you didn't want a Sunday. Getting married during Lent tends to come with a lot of restrictions if it's allowed, so I would definitely avoid that.

[ZTAMich]

Originally Posted by bichonl

Thanks everyone!

I would like a winter wedding- ideally January or early February. We are Catholic, so we might not be able to marry during Advent (December) or Lent (starts in Feb usually). Winter is slowly becoming my favorite season.

I'm thinking I'd like dark, non-vomit-inducing, pink bridemaid dresses.

I saw a wedding here in NYC the Saturday after Thanksgiving when I went up to see the church I'm getting married at. Bridesmaids in a dark shade of pink & instead of flowers, they carried fur muffs on their hands. It was cute! I think if you look around you'll find the right shade of pink.