Wedding Colors/Theme

ZTAMich · #1 07-17-2007, 02:11 PM

Getting married in October. We're using Brown & Cream. My dress is Ivory. Not a lot of flowers besides the bouquets & other ceremony flowers but a lot of candles & lanterns at the reception.

OtterXO · #2 07-17-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ZTAMich

Getting married in October. We're using Brown & Cream. My dress is Ivory. Not a lot of flowers besides the bouquets & other ceremony flowers but a lot of candles & lanterns at the reception.

That sounds really pretty! Everything will be the color of candlelight!

honeychile · #3 07-17-2007, 02:47 PM

The best theme weddings I ever attended were when both the bride and the groom were (Revolutionary War, Civil War, etc) reenactors. It gave them a chance to have a historical theme, and get new reenacting clothes!

As for me, I'd only agree to a Christmastime wedding - most of the decorations would already be in place!

PhoenixAzul · #4 07-17-2007, 10:51 PM

So I've picked a weird time to get married. I'm not quite sure what the heck I'm planning. We're getting married Nov. 8 of 08. So...late fall, early winter. It is western PA so it could snow. Or it could be beautiful. I've sort of "decided" upon a red theme, with very light gold accents. My dress itself is a "light gold" (ivory to most sane people) so that's sort of why I went that way. Plus it is easy to get bridesmaids dresses in reds and golds and other fall colors.

PhoenixAzul · #5 10-08-2007, 04:02 AM

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So I've picked a weird time to get married. I'm not quite sure what the heck I'm planning. We're getting married Nov. 8 of 08. So...late fall, early winter. It is western PA so it could snow. Or it could be beautiful. I've sort of "decided" upon a red theme, with very light gold accents. My dress itself is a "light gold" (ivory to most sane people) so that's sort of why I went that way. Plus it is easy to get bridesmaids dresses in reds and golds and other fall colors.

OK, so you know how I posted this a while ago? Well, I changed my mind. And my date. We moved it back to 15 Nov. 2008 (ok, so a week!) to get the reception space we *really* wanted rather than getting one we *kinda* wanted. So the hall is in a park, and its got huuuugee windows and a huge fireplace and such, and I made some comment to my mom like, "oh won't the leaves be lovely". And she said to me, "there won't be any, there will probably be a lot of brown and a lot leaves on the ground honey." Didn't think anything of it. And then my bridesminions, mom and I went out to look at dresses, and chose a really awesome deep brown dress from Bill Levkoff. And then it hit me...browns w/ fallish accents! Hot damn! It's easy, it's multicolored, and it fits *perfectly* with the outdoorsyish sort of place we're having. It fits w/ the color of my dress, the flowers i'm going to use will pop out, and all is well in the world! w00t.

DSTRen13 · #6 11-08-2007, 10:01 PM

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OK, so you know how I posted this a while ago? Well, I changed my mind. And my date. We moved it back to 15 Nov. 2008 (ok, so a week!) to get the reception space we *really* wanted rather than getting one we *kinda* wanted. So the hall is in a park, and its got huuuugee windows and a huge fireplace and such, and I made some comment to my mom like, "oh won't the leaves be lovely". And she said to me, "there won't be any, there will probably be a lot of brown and a lot leaves on the ground honey." Didn't think anything of it. And then my bridesminions, mom and I went out to look at dresses, and chose a really awesome deep brown dress from Bill Levkoff. And then it hit me...browns w/ fallish accents! Hot damn! It's easy, it's multicolored, and it fits *perfectly* with the outdoorsyish sort of place we're having. It fits w/ the color of my dress, the flowers i'm going to use will pop out, and all is well in the world! w00t.

My bridesmaids wore brown Bill Levkoff dresses. They turned out really nice

Bridemaids (plus groomsmen):

Decorations (Halloween weekend

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Me (in a dress!):

PhoenixAzul · #7 11-09-2007, 05:00 AM

^^^ Haha, Ren, my bridesmaids chose the exact same dresses, color and all. You look lovely!

DSTRen13 · #8 07-17-2007, 11:40 PM

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Getting married in October. We're using Brown & Cream. My dress is Ivory. Not a lot of flowers besides the bouquets & other ceremony flowers but a lot of candles & lanterns at the reception.

We think a lot alike, it seems

My wedding is also in October. We're using cream, chocolate brown, dark red & rust orange. Also keeping it minimal on the flowers. Since it will be an evening wedding with an outdoor ceremony, we'll have lots of candles there, and at the reception, we're playing on the fall theme.

ZTAMich · #9 07-18-2007, 08:33 AM

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We think a lot alike, it seems

My wedding is also in October. We're using cream, chocolate brown, dark red & rust orange. Also keeping it minimal on the flowers. Since it will be an evening wedding with an outdoor ceremony, we'll have lots of candles there, and at the reception, we're playing on the fall theme.

Ours is an afternoon ceremony. There's a few hanging lanterns in the chapel so I also decided to use lanterns in the reception. We're in a large interior hall so there's little to no natural light coming in from what I remember. I think the candles are great for fall regardless of the time of day!

DSTRen13 · #10 07-18-2007, 09:24 AM

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Ours is an afternoon ceremony. There's a few hanging lanterns in the chapel so I also decided to use lanterns in the reception. We're in a large interior hall so there's little to no natural light coming in from what I remember. I think the candles are great for fall regardless of the time of day!

I agree - candles just give off a great vibe

OtterXO · #11 07-18-2007, 11:51 AM

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I agree - candles just give off a great vibe

They do. Just be aware of where you're placing them on the tables. At my sister's wedding someone flipped the cloth napkin off the bread basket and it went right into a candle and caught fire! Luckily it was put out quickly, but it was a little scary to hear someone yell "FIRE!" at a wedding!

ZTAMich · #12 07-19-2007, 09:10 AM

I think I have some kind of Wedding Planning ADHD. As soon as I think "oh that's what we'll do at the ceremony/reception" I see something else and can't make up my mind. Like today, I saw someone's pics of a lantern centerpiece but with flowers around the base and now I do't know what I want. I need a single solid vision!!

TNPhiMu · #13 08-20-2007, 06:04 PM