A Wedding in Pinks + A Giveaway

I've been dreaming of putting a new wedding-themed post together for you all for quite a while... and I'm glad that today I was finally able to.  Not only do I have some pretty wedding related inspiration for you, but read on and you can enter to win a gorgeous feathered fascinator hair clip (shown on the second inspiration board) by Ten Things (perfect for a wedding or any special occasion).   Also coming up in just a bit will be a new free download and a little announcement.  Hope you'll be back for that.  xox Ez

{BOARD ONE}

1. Fairest of Them All Silk Taffeta Wedding Dress - Holly Stalder
2. Perfect Palettes: Pink and Gold - Martha Stewart Weddings
3. Pictures Without Borders - Martha Stewart Weddings
4. Present Perfect Cake - Martha Stewart Weddings
5. Perfect Palettes: Using Pink - Martha Stewart Weddings
6. Bowl Em Over Table Arrangement - Martha Stewart Weddings
7. Martinez Valero 'Waverly' Pumps - Nordstrom
8. 14k Raw Circle White Sapphire Solitaire Ring - singleB: beautiful

{BOARD TWO}

1. Elle Bloom Series - Cream Dupioni Silk Ring Pillow - 5eizen
2. The Bride Wore Feathers - Hair Clip - Ten Things (ENTER TO WIN BELOW)
3. Wedding Love Birds Cake Topper - Rain's End
4. Wedding Topper  - The Small Object (similar toppers found here)
5. Luxury Big Bow Bridal Clutch - Via Bella
6. Pink and Black Boutonniere - Sweet B Papers

{BOARD THREE}

1. Vanilla Bean Macrons - photo and recipe by Canelle et Vanille
2. Pretty Pinups Favors - Martha Stewart Weddings
3. Floral Bouquet - photographed by Rachel Whiting
4. Fuschia Party Dress - Corduroy Kids
5. Rice Paper Fan - Ideal Favors
6. Fuschia Colored Glass Tealight - Paper Source

To enter to win the feather hair clip:

• Leave a comment telling me what your ideal wedding/party color palette would be.  I adore details, so if you have specific ideas of how you'd use the colors, I'd love to hear.
• Be sure to use your first name AND last initial when commenting or you will not be included in the random drawing when I select the winner.
• This giveaway will end Monday (4-20) and the winner will be announced here Tuesday (4-21).

Comments

[Esperanza P.]

I've always wanted a wedding in the fall when the color of the leaves are at their most vivid. I'd like for it to be outside and I'd take my color palette from nature with deep reds, golden yellows and burnt oranges.

[Stephanie P]

My ideal wedding/party color palette would be mauve/lavender (purple is my favorite color!) and light brown (his fav color).stephanie p.

[Traci B]

As I'm not doing the veil thing, I would love this hair clip - beautiful! As for my wedding palate, I always find the best color combinations come from nature. As we're getting hitched in October, we'll be using the earthy brown palate with compliments of orange and purple. I know purple doesn't truly reflect fall colors but I absolutely love it and have to have it on my wedding day! My beautiful ladies preceding me down the aisle will be adorn in dark purple dresses with bouquets of orange and brown. My fiance loves the peacock feather so we're going to use that as a backdrop to his boutonniere. We may even throw some feathers into mine and the bridesmaids bouquets. At the reception, I'll be making brown table runners on our long, tuscan tables. I'm searching ebay and antique shops for fall colored depression glasses for vases on the tables. I hope my colors come together nicely and we have a fabulous wedding day! Can't wait and hopefully I'll have a beautiful hairpiece as I walk down the aisle.Thanks!

[Jennifer]

I don't want to be entered - I have too much STUFF piling up in the corner of my living room for our October wedding (and we still have to move before then!).

But I can still tell you about our colors! :-) I chose first a charcoal/pewter grey shade, b/c grey is my fav color. We decided to start collecting old silverplate coffee pots and teapots, along with the creamers and sugars, for all the floral centerpieces. Most are tarnished, and we're leaving them that way! We both love our coffee (he asked me for coffee for our first date and even though it's cliche, I loved that he loved coffee), and our mothers love their tea. So we're making it work.

Then my mother said that I couldn't have a wedding of just grey, so we added a warm blush pink, so pale it looks cream. (This way, Aaron's darling niece can wear a pink dress as our flowergirl - every girl's dream, or mine at least!) The church dates back to 1707 and is all whitewashed walls and grey painted woodwork. So we're keeping the pink flowers VERY pale here, with the pewter bridesmaid dresses. I am wearing a silk dress in "natural".

The reception site is an old gentlemen's club called The Casino, and its walls and ceilings are covered with antique gold and mauve frescoes - which could be totally ugly but we're pulling out the pretty parts and making it work. We're not going to fight the space, we'll work with it. The flowers here will be deeper pinks, and we're adding goldish accents. Tealight candles will be everywhere to give everything a golden hue.

To play up the fact that the site is called a casino, the placecards will be playing cards tucked into envelopes with guests' names written on the outsides, and the tables will be 2-10 plus J, Q, and K. Aaron and I will sit at the ACE table. (His nickname growing up was Ace.) I found old giant playing cards that are 5"x7" to stick out of the centerpieces to indicate the tables' card.

I've written entirely too much. Thanks for sharing those little girl dresses, I am off to check out that site.