How did you decide?

[Trinia]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding?

Did you use your favorite color?

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us :)

Did/does FH have a say?

Let us know!

[*TanyaJeanne*]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding?
A lot of browsing and ideas from others help us decide on our colors and theme. I am so happy how everything turned out!

Did you use your favorite color?
We actually didn't use our favorite color. We both love Green, but after looking we couldn't find dresses we liked or decorations. We went with the next best color PURPLE :)

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you?
I saw a bunch of gorgeous Calla Lilly pictures that I just had to have! :shuffle: I don't have the picture anymore, but it was beautiful! :heee:

Did/does FH have a say?
He for sure had a say in it, but I don't know if it really mattered to him. He liked all the ideas :)

[Trinia]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding? When I first started planning I had so many different color combinations that I loved, FH helped me narrow them down by saying NO to all of them.. Eventually I broke him and I won!

Did you use your favorite color? Yes Pink!

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us!
My wedding colors are Chocolate Brown/Pink, I had fell in love with this cake picture. This is pretty much what made my decision on my colors :)

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b33/Trinialynn/47b5d829b3127cce925b91ec5e320000001.jpg

And it's not even the one I am using!

Does/Did FH have a say in it? At first he cared but I wore him down and as long as he doesn't wear pink he is fine :)

[carolinalady67]

Our original colors were red and purple. Because red is Chris's favorite color and purple is mine. But then I went dress shopping and the dress I picked out has some pink embrodiery in it. So we changed our colors to red and pink. Which is also good because pink has become my new favorite color :)

The picture I had was for the red and purple. Don't really have one now.

Chris has a say in anything he wants a say in. There are some things he just doesn't care about and I decide on those just running the idea past him to make sure he still doesn't care. We tend to have the same taste in most things so agreeing on plans has been very easy.

[Kathy]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding?
It's going to be in the winter, so I wanted to feed into that without going the Christmas/holiday route

Did you use your favorite color?
Kind of. One of my favorite colors is blue, but I originally wanted to go with green & white (I bleed green!), but decided that was too Christmas-y.

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you?
Actually I just thought of how snow and ice sparkle when the sunlight hits them, and how people associate light blue with snow and winter. Plus, ya know, there's that sparkly blue topaz e-ring of mine ...

Did/does FH have a say?
He has a say in the things that affect him, like tuxes and bouts and whatnot. I think he prefers the stuff that's not affected by the theme, like music and food.

[Sk8ermaiden]

At the beginning I was torn between shades of blue or red and orange. I really wanted red and orange, but people kept telling me I shouldn't. In the end, I picked what I wanted.

Yes, orange is my favorite color.

Nope, no pictures.

Yes, he has a say. Mostly he doesn't care about color, but feels free to use his veto power fairly often. I could never have a girly color scheme because I would feel like I was making it MY wedding and not ours.

[Renny]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding?
I found a ribbon for the invites that has a celtic knot design, when I showed it to FH he said why don't we use green ( I wasn't totally thrilled because at this time we were planning a Nov wedding and I had too many ideas using the orginal red/chocolate combo). We picked a apple green but honestly it's going with several of the lighter and brighter greens/chocloate, ivory, and hints of gold.

Now that we moved the date to St Pattys day the green goes great and well the holiday is helping with the theme.

Did you use your favorite color? I like apple green alot so in a way yes.and I love earth tones in the brown family!

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us :)
just the ribbon and well the celtic know reminded Tom of green :shrug:


Did/does FH have a say? yep all the way. He chose the red as well. I was determinded to have chocolate used so I was willing to work with any colors he liked to get what I wanted ;)

[soulmates]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding?

Since we couldn't get married on the beach we are incorporating beach element ito our day.

Did you use your favorite color?

YES!! Baby blue!!

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us :)

Nope

Did/does FH have a say?

of course!! He has a say in everything. We have red as an accent color b/c he's not big on the baby blue. And we make all decisions together.

[serda23]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding? Since it seemed everything was going black/white we "needed" an accent color. We tossed in baby blue.

Did you use your favorite color? baby blue is jeffs favorite. and i like it too.

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us
I dont have it anymore. :( There was a black bridesmaids dress with a baby blue sash and it looked pretty together

Did/does FH have a say? Yeah, I said "how about light blue?" and he basically went "phew not pink or purple? YES."

[Deidre98]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding? I knew we wanted to use the fall colors, I just wasn't sure how.

Did you use your favorite color? Nope...because everyone else I knew used blue

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us :) I did...but I have no clue where it is at moment...wait!!!
http://www.livingcolourflowers.com.au/Image/ht_bright/ht_bright7.jpg

Did/does FH have a say? Yup, which is why we aren't using fall leaves

[kate]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding?
We started with burgandy/gold for our colors becuase I wanted holiday without being Christmasy. I was torn to weather to get black or burgandy BM dresses, and when I chose black I decided to change our theme to black/white which I liked more anyway.

Did you use your favorite color?
I didn't base it off that, but I do love black.

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Oddly enough, it was this picture of the everyday dishes we picked out-
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h201/scny9592/B000E8HVAU.jpg

Did/does FH have a say?
He liked both options and didn't care when I switched.

[Poloke]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding? I have loved beachy things ever since my first trip to the seashore when I was in the 3rd grade. It's been sort of a passion ever since...and yeah, I love blue too!

Did you use your favorite color? YES! Cobalt/ royal blue...

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Maybe it was our cake picture that sealed the deal on a beach theme...http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/wedding%20cakes/weddingcakewewant.jpg

Did/does FH have a say? He said as long as I didn't go with pink, he didn't care. (no offense to the pink lovers in the crowd)

[lk718]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding? I guess pictures helped me, but none specifically. I initially went with my favorite color (pink) and then added brown because I'm a fall wedding. Then while trying to find ideas for this color scheme I kept bumping into pictures of black/pink weddings and also started to realize that the brown wasn't really me. Black suited me more... I think black/white/pink weddings are so elegant and gorgeous and more of what I was looking for. I still like the pink/brown theme, though!

Did you use your favorite color? Yep! I could not have a wedding without a ton of pink! That was pretty much a given.

Did/does FH have a say? No, not really but to be fair to me he doesn't really want one. If I asked him what colors he wanted... he'd look at me like I had two heads. He's happy in whatever color I'll put him in (pink :heee: ). He thinks he's a sexy bitch no matter what he wears. :lol:

[US_UKlove]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding?
'Our' song is called "Midnight Blue" (by ELO). So I started off knowing that I'd be having the girls in midnight blue (and possibly a touch of that on my dress). Then FH made a suggestion for flowers - next thing I knew, I had my 'theme' (red,white and blue)!

Did you use your favorite color? Nope - midnight blue isn't my favorite color, but I had to use it anyway. :)

Did/does FH have a say? :) He is brilliant - he suggested that the girls carry red flowers (he thought it'd be a great contrast, something very striking, against their dark blue dresses). That sort of got me rolling in the direction that I'm going now.

[km]

:computer:

I think the Brides that we talk to and my daughters always seemed to start with the dress they always dream of , their favorite color.......
:wavey:

[*Diane*]

I used colors that were complimentary to my complexion. :blush: Since I wore ivory, I wanted to look good in my pictures. Plus it was a fall wedding... ergo the fall colors. :)

[km]

:computer:

I found this on the web may it help you:

Wedding themes :
Deciding on wedding colors, decorations, and a location can become simple by choosing a wedding theme. Themed weddings can be based on colors, locations, feelings, people, eras, things, and anything else one can imagine.
Choosing a theme is easy when you make a list of likes, dislikes, and tradition. This list should be made between the couple getting married, and should not include family and friends likes, dislikes, and tradition.
Once a wedding theme is decided, create a list of all the special vendors or services that are needed to bring out the theme.
Services, items ordered such as food, cards, menus, flowers, attire and decorations could all help bring out a wedding theme.
Be sure to tell all the vendors that are servicing the wedding of the theme, so they can come prepared. Include all details in writing weeks before the wedding. Details should outline the day’s events and any special or non-traditional service, location, and attire.
Be flexible in the decisions made to enhance the wedding theme. Some wedding theme ideas may have to change, due to a service a vendor cannot perform, location does not allow, or a service cannot be available.

:wavey:

[KathyandJer]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding?
I was at a CM scrapbooking workshop less than a month after we got engaged and they were selling a 7x7 scrapbook that was purple with a silver heart on the front of it. I called Jer and asked if he was ready to commit to a color and he was. So I bought it :giggle:

Did you use your favorite color?
Yes, and one of Jer's too - purple/silver/black.

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us :)
No picture - just the scrapbook (and believe it or not, I haven't taken a picture of that :wow:)

Did/does FH have a say?
:yes: And we discovered at Christmastime that when we were driving for any distance together, we came up with more ideas :laugh3: No road trips for us or everything might change!

[jillian]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding? Other weddings that I've been too. I didn't want to do the same color that I've seen over and over again. Originally I wanted Victorian Lilac but the dress that I fell in love with didn't come in that color. So I choose Plum (dark purple) and you wouldn't believe how many compliments I get. I also hear that it's not a popular color (YES!!!). My florist picked the accent color.

Did you use your favorite color? Yes. My favorite color is purple. It doesn't matter what shade.

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? This question was asked because we're all picture whores.

Did/does FH have a say? Nope. He knows better than to veto my purple. He didn't ask, he just knew.

[*grasshopper*]

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us :) I did...but I have no clue where it is at moment...wait!!!
http://www.livingcolourflowers.com.au/Image/ht_bright/ht_bright7.jpg



I love your bouquet! I'm having a June wedding; but it seems like everything I love is in fall colors!

I love this bouquet, too. We still haven't decided on colors...

http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imageserver.x/00000000/nyhdw668/w00344.JPG

The dress isn't bad, either! ;)

[km]

:computer:

Looking to have a wedding like none other -- at least like none other you've ever attended? Don't be afraid to try something new and something that's intrinsically you. The first step is to define who you are as a couple. Investigate your likes and dislikes. Ask yourselves: What do we enjoy doing in our spare time? Which is our favorite season? Favorite artists, movies, and music? Favorite era? Once you've unveiled your personal style, you're ready to take the second step and start developing a wedding-day theme.

Your theme doesn't have to be something so complex as a Hawaiian luau, replete with a roast pig, leis, and grass skirts, but it should pinpoint an element that can be used as a thread throughout your wedding day -- a color, a flower, or even a vintage brooch. You may be inspired by pink roses, a pearl-studded purse, or snowflakes (because the two of you met on the ski slopes). Or you may love sunsets so much that you host your ceremony at sundown, have wedding programs designed in shades of the sunset (from burnt orange to pale pink) and choose amber-color pin-lighting in your reception venue. Need more ideas? Here are 15 ways to craft a one-of-a-kind celebration.
:wavey:

[sarahm08]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding? We chose black and white, because its a simple classic elegant color combination. We are using accents of light pink and silver in very small doses. Our flowers will be pink and we will have silver balloons, and glitter.

Did you use your favorite color? Yes, but not in the sense that I was like "I have to have a black and white wedding because they are my favorite colors"

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/sarahm08/cardbox.jpg
I saw this at Canadian tire and bought it to use as our card box! Other inspiration pictures would be pretty much Kate's whole WDS.

Did/does FH have a say? Yeah he was happy with what I chose. He's not working right now so he's more in wedding planning mode than I am!

[bmhetz2]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding? I love fall colors, which is why I decided to get married during that time of year. I wanted a cream dress and I don't like brown dresses with black tuxes even though that was my original thought. So, the bridesmaids are going to wear cinnamon (reddish orange) and the accent colors will mostly be brown and cream with other fall colors thrown in.

Did you use your favorite color? I didn't

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? No particular picture, just fall in general

Did/does FH have a say? That is why my color isn't pink :heee:

[PrairieDawn]

What kind of things helped you in your decision to choose the theme/color scheme you had for your wedding?

Our theme was Victorian Fairies.

The reception venue, a small, historic B&B set our theme for us. I had no clue what I was walking into when I was investigating possible accommodations for my out-of-town family. On the outside I saw an adorable Victorian house. On the inside I discovered that each room was decorated in a fantasy theme. WOW! Immediately I asked if we could have the reception there and when Corey agreed we had most of our theme.

Later I saw a photo of a cake with the Cecil Mary Barker Victorian Flower Fairy ornaments on it and that's when we added "Fairies" to "Victorian". We blended families and this theme was a fun one for them. Each member of our new family had a flower fairy to represent them on the cake. My daughter, our flower girl, wore fairy wings, too.

Our day was very "us". It absolutely reflected our personality. We've even gone on to buy a Victorian-style home of our own.

The colour was decided by my MOH. I had only one attendant and she showed me the dress she liked. It was navy and it worked for me. We added lighter shades of blue and silver.

Did you use your favorite color?
I suppose. Corey and I both like blue.

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us.


Did/does FH have a say?
Absolutely. He was an ethusiastic participant in all of the planning.

...Pam

[PrairieDawn]

http://www.favorideas.com/wedding-blog/shoes-wedding-colors/

I hadn't thought of this! Whoda thunk of BOXES for inspiration?

...Pam

[~Sherry~]

Did you use your favorite color? We did, Dh likes red, I like pink and silver. And then white was an obvious choice

Maybe you saw a certain picture that inspired you? Show us :) I didn't at first, but then looking through centerpieces I came across just what I was looking for
http://images.snapfish.com/343965%3A723232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D994%3D763%3 DXROQDF%3E232386%3A3%3A%3A%3A44ot1lsi

Did/does FH have a say? He didn't care on certain things, he picked our reception/ceremony hall because he went to Florida and I didn't.

[~LeAna~]

I had a monogram theme- I thought it was timeless.

I didn't get to use my favorite color- fuschia! It just didn't go with my dress... I did have light pink accents on my BM dresses and pink flowers though.

DH didn't really have a say, although he refused to wear a pink vest. He did think I was taking the monogram thing overboard- I put it on EVERYTHING! He did admit after the fact how well it tied everything together though.