I don’t know about you, but I am so ready for spring. Waking up to gray skies and a cold for the past couple of days has me looking forward to sunshine, warmer temperatures, and spending time outdoors. But, in the meantime, a sweet garden wedding inspiration board will have to do.
Mood: garden romance
Palette: garden green, Juliet pink, powder blue
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Top row from left: potted herbs and garden rose centerpiece, stamped favor bags, and dogwood wedding cake all from Martha Stewart Weddings, champagne photo by Elizabeth Messina
Row 2: bouquet with Juliet roses and rose hips by Ariella Chezar, Alberta Ferretti cap sleeve dress from Brides
Row 3: blue linen and lace ring pillow from Martha Stewart Weddings, gray bridesmaid dresses from InStyle Weddings, cocktail tables, rose arch from Moosey’s Country Garden
We’ve been talking lately about keeping things simple, and not over-thinking your wedding design choices, but isn’t that so much easier said than done? Especially when there are so many ideas out there that you love! And looking at wedding blogs and magazines, it’s easy to start thinking about your wedding as though it were a Tim Walker photo or an Anthropologie catalog. But it isn’t.
So how to keep things simple? First, remember that this is not the last party you’ll ever have, and making your own jam or envelope liners will certainly be much more manageable when there aren’t so many people on the guest list.
Second, learn to edit. Choose two things instead of twelve (not limiting yourself to colors), and you’ll find it easy to create a cohesive look, especially when you choose elements that make sense for your wedding’s venue and season). Lemons and paperwhites, persimmons and porcelain, confetti and cake, and today Juliet roses and powder blue, are a few examples of pairings that I’ve used to create inspiration boards. I don’t box myself in with them (the bridesmaid dresses here are gray, not blue, and the centerpieces aren’t Juliet roses), but I use them as a guide. What are pairings that you’d like to see, or that you’re using for your own wedding?
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