Wedding Colors/Theme

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Not only do they looks stunning, but I just love it when women know how to carry flowers - over the arm like a Miss America, not held like a Statue of Liberty's torch

*checks one more thing on the "being female" list that I know nothing about*

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

*checks one more thing on the "being female" list that I know nothing about*

Seriously - I just spent about 2 minutes thinking about how short the stems were on the bouquets at the last couple of weddings I was in and how it would look if I tried to carry them over the arm... hehe.

[summer_gphib]

We didn't do a theme wedding but we had a fun theme rehersal dinner as an ice breaker. (My family and his family didn't really know each other at all, and we had 38 people in the wedding party... lol.) We did a "Redneck Wedding" dress up contest and ate at a real country themed restaurant that is a lot of fun. Everyone LOVED it. We gave out prizes and worked as an ice breaker.

Our wedding colors were coral and periwinkle-- colors from the Florida sunset.

[joliebelle]

After a lot of arm pulling, our wedding colors will be navy and pink. We're not having a theme to our wedding simply because I don't want to get caught up in the details.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by summer_gphib

Our wedding colors were coral and periwinkle-- colors from the Florida sunset.

LOVE these!

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

For my October wedding, I'm going with fall colors - deep reds, fiery orange, gold and plum. My bridesmaid dresses are "Scarlet."

LOVE these too!

Originally Posted by honeychile

Speaking of colors, I told my guy that, since I've already been married, the only wedding I'm willing to have is a late November/early December wedding. My theory is, the church is already decorated, so I've just saved about $1k in flowers there. I have to find out the colors that his church uses (mine is burgandy & gold, but again, this is for him). I'm thinking either a hunter green with gold and tartan, or light blue with silver and white. There WILL be dozens of crystal snowflakes scattered about the reception and on the cake!

Honeychile, we had a December wedding and surely saved a ton because we only had to pay for bouquets. Your light blue, silver, and white snowflake theme sounds fabulous!

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by joliebelle

After a lot of arm pulling, our wedding colors will be navy and pink. We're not having a theme to our wedding simply because I don't want to get caught up in the details.

Joliebelle, were color twins!

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally Posted by twinkle555

Anyways, my colors are navy blue and pink and Im planning an October 2011 wedding.

Originally Posted by joliebelle

After a lot of arm pulling, our wedding colors will be navy and pink. We're not having a theme to our wedding simply because I don't want to get caught up in the details.

I just did navy and fuchsia! I loved the combination and thought it worked well with the space we used. Be careful, joliebelle- I didn't go for a theme and then next thing I know, my mom started throwing around words like antebellum. It was a good thing I wasn't a bridezilla, though because my navy blue dresses ended up being almost black. There was some drama with the wedding shop over ordering the bridesmaid dresses and during this 6 months of confusion, the designer changed the dye/swatch. We were surprised when we picked them up.

[angels&angles]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Not only do they looks stunning, but I just love it when women know how to carry flowers - over the arm like a Miss America, not held like a Statue of Liberty's torch

Uh, isn't the Statue of Liberty holding the torch over her head? I don't think most people naturally hold their flowers like that.

But if my theoretical-bridesmaids piss me off, I'm TOTALLY going to make them dress like the statue of liberty, and hold their flowers over their heads the entire time.

[OleMissGlitter]

I just saw pics on FB of a friend who was in a wedding down in New Orleans over the weekend. The bridesmaids wore a bright red (like someone else said 4th of July red). It looked great! I think as long as you aren't doing a deep deep red or a burgundy you should be fine! I think a bright red with lots of summer time flowers would look gorgeous!

[honeychile]

LOL I know that the current style is the short stemmed, ribbon tied bouquets, and yes, they would have to be carried in a clutch move. But in case you doubt me (I learned this trick from my aunts, one who studied to become a Miss America) (they were both models):

If you work in a city, buy a bouquet of flowers and walk down the street holding them in the one way, then do it again, holding them in another. Men will almost always comment on flowers carried over the arm (Miss America), not-so-much on the clutch or Statue of Liberty style. Or, as my one aunt would say, how would you carry a box of flowers? Up and down?

Personally, I think it's that your self confidence level is much higher, but of course, I could be wrong.


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Speaking of colors, I told my guy that, since I've already been married, the only wedding I'm willing to have is a late November/early December wedding. My theory is, the church is already decorated, so I've just saved about $1k in flowers there. I have to find out the colors that his church uses (mine is burgandy & gold, but again, this is for him). I'm thinking either a hunter green with gold and tartan, or light blue with silver and white. There WILL be dozens of crystal snowflakes scattered about the reception and on the cake!

[Drolefille]

I think I'm still confused about why I'd want men to comment on my flowers, but I'll just chalk it up to something I'm not getting.

If I ever get married (and sometimes I think why bother) I'm picking my colors based on my colors and not the time of year.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Whether flowers are carried over the arm or in front of you depends on the bouquet shape and the type of flower. The tulips in the photo above are a "presentation bouquet" - you often see calla lillies held in the same way. However, it would not look right to hold a round bouquet, which is hand-tied and wired, and has shorter stems, in the same way.

For my October wedding, I'm going with fall colors - deep reds, fiery orange, gold and plum. My bridesmaid dresses are "Scarlet."

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Whether flowers are carried over the arm or in front of you depends on the bouquet shape and the type of flower. The tulips in the photo above are a "presentation bouquet" - you often see calla lillies held in the same way. However, it would not look right to hold a round bouquet, which is hand-tied and wired, and has shorter stems, in the same way.

I agree. When I think of a bouquet, I tend to think of the presentation (or what I've heard called a Spray) - mostly roses - of flowers.

I was at a store today, and saw some beautiful Gerbera Daisies. Yes, they look lovely in a short stemmed, ribbon tied bouquet, and they'd look stupid carried over the arm, as there's no "drape" to them. Same with some other flowers. But roses or any other normally long stemmed flowers look so much more elegant when cradled in the arm.

For an example, here are two bouquets, in basically the same colors:







Don't you think that the top one looks more elegant?

[Drolefille]

I just like the flowers in the top one better. I have no sense of elegance. But I've NEVER seen that sort of bouquet at a wedding around here.

[GMUBunny]

Christmas season weddings have to be the easiest to plan for decorations. The church was set to go, and since our wedding was so close to Christmas (Dec. 16), the local craft store was having a blowout sale on decorations. We did our entire reception hall for about 50 bucks. Our colors were cranberry, dark mint green and silver. The cake had sugar snowflakes and glittery sugar sprinkled all over it, with an acrylic topper that looked like an ice sculpture of a bride and groom dancing. Wouldn't change a thing if I did it all over again. Except the groom. I would have a different groom...