Black and White Wedding with Pink Accents

 

                   
 

Light Pink and Gold Wedding

 Today, I'm going to finish up my blog from yesterday. I added to the pintuck linen, the pink and gold invitation, and the parrot tulips. I decided that I didn't like the tulips, so I added the arrangement of roses in the gold vase.  I'd take the snapdragons out of the arrangement and add more roses.
   

The cake and flower arrangement bring together the gold of the dinner and flatware, and the pink of the table linen, invitation, and dress.

                           

The charger is called "Belmont" and can be found at most rental stores. The dinner plate and wine glass are "Vetro Gold" by Arte Italica.

I used an ivory seat cushion on the chiavari chair and would, also, use an ivory napkin with the pink and gold napkin ring below right.

This took me two days to complete. Of course, there are many more elements that go into a wedding, but it is a start. This is the fun part of wedding planning. The hard part is the execution, but getting your ideas solidified in pictures makes the execution much easier.

 Flower arrangement: http://www.stylemepretty.com/gallery/picture/845189/
Cake: http://www.cakesforwedding.net/2012/05/pastel-pink-and-gold-wedding-cake.html
Gold flatware:  http://atlanta.classicpartyrentals.com/products/flatware/451
Dinner plate and wine glass: http://www.laterrinedirect.com/vetro-gold

 Dress: http://missingsisterstill.tumblr.com/image/25527934092     I wish that I knew the designer of this dress, but I found it on Pinterest and the link took me to the blog above.

Forget about Your Budget and Dream

Before you start worrying about your budget, have some fun and dream about your perfect wedding. Pull pages out of magazines with pictures that you like, start a Pinterest board, take pictures of things that you find pretty. Something will catch your heart and you'll have your inspiration. Once you have that, everything will fall into place. Weddings as with any event, should always have a unifying theme. I started a Pinterest board for a light pink or blush wedding. I'm a color person, so I always start there. Luxurious linens are my downfall. I had these six linen swatches on my board:

 Dupioni Silk Light Pink

Iridescent Taffeta Light Pink

Honeysuckle Splendid Garden

Pink Eternity Stripe

Pink Rosebud

Pink Mini Pintuck

Invitations were next, I adore beautiful stationary. Paper, fonts, embellishments, all caught my eye. Invitations set the mood for your wedding. When your guests receive their invitation, they get a glimpse of what your wedding will be like.

Lela NewYork

Revelry Invitations

B Studio Wedding Invitations

Kimberly FitzSimons

Oblation Papers and Press

B Studio Wedding Invitations

Staying with the pale pink theme, below are the flower pictures that I pinned. I wasn't really thinking about what I was pinning.  I was just looking for light pink flowers. When I was done pinning, it was fairly obvious what I liked! This wedding was going to be romantic and soft.

         

             

           

            

Out of my linens, invitations, and flowers, I liked these combinations the best:

 

      

Now, all that I have to do is pick one and go with it! Eventually, you will have to be concerned with your budget. There are always ways to get the look that you want. For example, instead of the letterpress invitations or custom, you can get the flat digital. Maybe, you can't afford the eternity stripe linen, use a white tablecloth with a pink runner, or use a pink napkin. In my next blog, I'll finish this look.