Are you ready for the whirlwind of planning a wedding? Make it easier on yourself by starting at square one – your colors. If you haven’t been planning for this day since you were 12 years old, you will want to start by finding your theme. There is a method to this madness, it’s called an Inspiration Board. This is something you will use to compile the photos, magazine tear-outs, material and ribbon swatches that you have gathered. It’s a lot more productive and quicker than building a 6-inch thick binder. If you already have a binder, slim down your ideas by putting them on the Inspiration Board. If you need a visual, Elizabeth Anne Designs has a a great collection of Inspiration Board examples. Here are a few I grabbed that might work for our color palette here:
(photo: Elizabeth Anne Designs)
Literally pick up a few pieces of black poster-size foam board and some tape (two-sided or scotch) to start your project. You can pick these supplies up at any general purpose store (i.e., Walmart).
Finding your colors. Don’t start by looking at swatches of colors; you’ll spend too much time. Begin by looking through bridal, wedding, interior design, fashion, gardening and even scrap-booking magazines or websites for inspiration. Find things that you like, and again, I would highly recommend looking at the Elizabeth Anne Designs inspiration boards to get an idea of what to gather. Remember that the photo doesn’t even have to be wedding oriented, it just needs to be something that has good use of a color and reflects your taste.
Develop your palette. Pinpoint what the major colors are on your board. Narrow your colors down to three, if you can. The idea is to have a main color, used more boldly, with two accent colors. If you happen to pick a fourth or more color, use them sparingly.
Finally, here is an example of how the colors all work together nicely, with black being the most prominent color and the other two or more as accents.
Credits : Wedding photo’s courtesy DaveeBlu Photography
