Wedding color palette: What's in store for 2011?

If there's anything that hasn't changed since Day 1 with regards our wedding is this:  I am more than 100% sure that I want to get married to Mr. J!  All the other wedding details have constantly been changing.  (Before) We didn't want to have a prenup shoot, (now) I've been thinking of ideas for it (which reminds me, I'd have to do a supplier spotlight soon on our wedding photographer).  (Before) I didn't want to splurge on a lot of wedding items such as the gown, (now) I seem to keep on finding new pegs to show to my designer that would ultimately mean an increase in the production cost of my wedding gown (scary!).  And for the last few weeks, I have been going back and forth with the wedding color palette I want.

Before, it used to be just neutrals; now, I've started adding sapphire blue to the mix (no, not the periwinkle-hue that most people tend to associate with sapphire --- we're thinking more of a dark vibrant hue).  I realize that I may not be the only one experiencing this kind of situation so I'd like to share Michelle Mospens' (of My Personal Artist) take on 2011 wedding color trends.  There's a lot more color combination out there, but I found Michelle's to be interesting. 

  

Source: My Personal Artist

Wedding motif: Lemon and Lime

Color me yellow. Somehow my brain screams this line in my head whenever I'm extra happy (translation: when I'm extra chirpy than usual). It reminds me of the warmth of the sun in the morning, refreshing lemonade on an extra hot day, and limes. The last bit is due to limes being the one grown locally. Whenever I think lemon my thoughts tend to drift to limes eventually (same citrus family, I suppose). For this board, I am using the colors of the two fruits as wedding motif.

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Sources (from left):

1st row
Whitebox Weddings Kate Spade shoes on clothes line
Little Things Favors Honey-scented beeswax candle
Jill Thomas Photography Groom holding lemons

2nd row
Blog: Nicolehill Yellow dessert table
Finishing Touch Event Design Escort cards on wheat grass

3rd row
Kelly Oshiro Events Private Montecito estate
Martha Stewart Weddings Wedding cake by Gail Watson

4th row
Andre Niesing Photography Bride wearing strapless wedding gown
Beth Helmstetter Events Wedding reception table decor
Charms of Light Yellow opal earrings

I imagine lush greenery for reception venue (or even for the ceremony). You can then decorate tables with chic yellow goodness. Yellow and green does not need to be found in literary one item only for this wedding color combo to work (e.g. green flower girl dress with yellow sash). I don't really recommend that. Instead, let them complement each other (e.g. yellow table decor and escort card using green font placed on top of wheat). For bridesmaids' gift, those yellow opal earrings aren't just pretty jewelry. They also (supposedly) have spiritual and healing properties.

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I can't remember my source for this. If anyone knows, do contact me. =)

Interesting tip: If you want to add color (apart from the obvious whites), you may want to don a red bridal shoes instead of the usual neutral color. Kinda like the one shown in the photo above.

Wedding motif: Mint for each other

My 8-10 hours job (depending on work demand) keeps me busy from Monday to Friday.  And since I’m really a nocturnal person, I tend to sleep late even after getting home late.  On those hours, I am kept busy by only two things: wedding stuffs and/or Facebook games. =P

And of the zillions of FB games out there, I am most addicted with Restaurant City.  I will not bother to explain what this game is all about because if you don’t know yet, count yourself lucky as this game can be very addictive. *grin*  Now, you’re probably thinking what the heck does a Facebook game have anything to do with weddings, right?  Currently, there’s this ingredient that I badly need so that I can upgrade a Kiwi drink to level 10.  If you guessed Mint, then you’re right.

Since mint has been on my mind lately, I figured I’d make a mood board of some sort with the green color in mind.

Green and gold works well together.  I added the red cake to give this motif a bit of a bolder tone since this color combination would work well if you keep both green and gold on the lighter/paler shade.  Too dark of a green will give it a woodsy feel to it and that’s not what I envisioned here.  The gold is meant to be an accent so it needs to be on a lighter shade like champagne.  This could be a nice, festive but not that loud motif.  I would suggest that you use red only on one statement piece like your wedding cake.

Sources (clockwise starting from leftmost image):

• Monique Lhuillier Bridesmaid dress style no. 0904
• Martha Stewart Wedding Ikat and French Silk Ribbon Wedding Cake
• Monique Lhuillier Style BL0901 from her more affordable wedding gown collection, Bliss
• The Knot Champagne mojito
• Tamar (Etsy seller) Two 22K Gold Plated Headbands

PS.  You can find the mojito recipe here.