Over the rainbow

I have been so wrapped up with creating inspiration boards (i, ii, iii, iv) that I never mentioned how and why we chose our colors. So before I post any more purple and yellow accessories or Lakers inspired anything, here is the story.

Much of our wedding details have been my decision. The mister is very happy to put the planning/budgeting/creating process in my hands. With this type of free range I wanted to thank him by asking his opinions on certain aspects like cupcake flavors, music choices, and grooms men's attire. But I also wanted to have his personality in the details, even if he wasn't the one making the decisions.

What better way to affect details than wedding colors. It's a perfect idea, wedding colors would dictate the overall look, feel, and style of our wedding. If I chose a color or colors that fit his style and personality, he would be represented. Table runners, flowers, envelopes, and favor boxes are just some details directly affected by colors.

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So I started the color search with our favorite colors: pink and blue.

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Then checked Style Me Pretty and Snippet & Ink for inspiration boards and eye candy. I love these sites because everything is sooooooo beautiful. The posts have such gorgeous photos which help with ideas on incorporating your color into all the details of your wedding. As my mind spun with ideas, my heart loved combinations of pink and blue or pink and green.

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Blue is the mister's favorite color. It's cool, calm, and fits our ocean side venue. I liked the look of a dark shade of blue and a lighter shade of pink, or an aqua blue and a hot pink.

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Pink is my favorite color. Its shades are cheery, uplifting, girly, and bold. Green was a perfect compliment to pink. It balanced the femininity of pink. Green is also a color the mister likes to wear.

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Pink and green looked very nice with a pop of yellow. The color yellow reminds me of summer so the color as an accent works so well.

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I had thought about a mix of just pink and yellow. But it wouldn't be very representative of the mister.

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So how about a mixture of pink, blue, green, and yellow. It's bright and bold and calming all at once. When I saw the board above I was just about convinced that those would be the colors of our wedding.

And then it hit me. Purple and Yellow. Iris and Lemon. Plum and Banana. Lavender and Daisy. Forum Blue and Gold. Lakers colors. The colors that have been there all along :) The colors of our favorite team, a team we cheer on and watch without fail, a pasttime we enjoy, and one of the main interests we've shared over the years.

While the colors aren't neccessarily our "favorites", I think they represent our personalities quite nicely.

Pamella Roland dress, the knot chairs, Lakers logo, yellow flower, LO
Versace shoe, VB dress, JW dress, table scape
T&Co ring, cake topper, flowers, place cards, cake

And so we arrived to our colors :) It was a bit of a journey but I'm glad it's a representation of the two of us.

How did you choose your colors?

Blog title is from lyrics by E.Y. Harburg