color palette obsession: coral and mint

     

Coral and navy, perfect for end of the summer wedding!

These photos speak for themselves. Could you go wrong with coral and navy? Nope. It's a flawless match. And it's great for the end of summer beginning of fall, for August, September, October weddings. This combo fuses together the sophistication of a new fall season with the tail end of summer. I couldn't love this combo any more!

Coral and aqua, my favorite wedding color combo

Wedding colors for any season! Green, black, white

When I was planning my wedding, my number 1 obsession was colors! I could spend hours a day making collages and googling different combinations. Now, wedding planning is so much more simple with Pinterest. You can easily create inspiration boards and find really creative inspiration, crafts and gorgeous color combos for all seasons. Well ladies (and gents?), look what I found: Green, white, and black. I think these three colors would look modern, trendy and elegant at a winter, fall, summer, or spring wedding. And here's an extra bonus: Your fiance won't be moaning and groaning about a girly color palette! Yay gender neutral colors!

Shades of coral.

Weathers getting warmer and that means... summer colors!
 ...Or of course if you live in South Florida (eh hem, me) then you don't appreciate the season transitions quite as much as you did when you lived in New England... but nonetheless, spring is still my favorite season. And I do love summer and am very VERY much looking forward to my August wedding! Eek!
Anyways, my colors are coral, aqua and accents of silver. So, with aqua bridesmaid dresses (Alfred Sung- color "seaside," knee-length, duponi fabric), I am trying to find more ways to incorporate coral. Here is my "shades of coral" collage. J'espère que vous apprécierez! :)

**Photos are not my property, taken from browsing the internet to find wedding inspiration. Not for commercial or profit.

Get the look for less- how to emulate your favorite vibe in a more affordable way.

So, if you want your reception to look like this (see below), but you are a budget-savy bride (or groom), you gotta figure out what concepts you love and why, and how you can make those concepts come to life in other ways. For example, what I love about these photos are the bright pops of color, the votive candles to accent the centerpieces and the unique vibe. Here are some very simple ways to emulate what I liked.

Anna's version:
No floral centerpieces needed. Really, they die and they're expensive as heck. Choose your style- I've included several to achieve that chic, colorful look on a budget.
1. Rice paper votive holder: just google rice paper votive holder and you will find a plethera of affordable and cute, chic votice holders. Try here. Only like 3 bucks I think.
2. Blue votive, only 2.75.
3. Wholesale votive holders: You pay $33 for a box of 72. Awesome!
4. Pier 1 Imports- cute lanterns, now on sale for less than 5 bucks each! Fabulous centerpieces. These are not votive sizes; they're probably 7-8 inches. I have one.
5. Thank you again, Pier 1, for being so addictive. Mercury Glass Star Tealight Holders- normally 10 bucks, now only 2.48.
6. Yes, Pier 1 again. 4 bucks for this pretty starfish ceramic tealight holder. Precious, elegant, laid back at the same time. Delicious.
7. Get a satin table runner at wholesale prices. There are a bunch of websites that offer this, here's one. 35 bucks for 15 table runners... seems too good to be true!