So my FI has a pretty hippie past, but he definitely does not come across like that anymore as he now has an oilfield job, wears hard hats and steel-toed boots, and drives a truck, instead of bandanas, flip-flops and riding his bike everywhere. It's been quite a whirlwind change for both of us from college life to working life, but we're transitioning together! In planning our wedding I originally wanted a Mediterranean theme, not because I wanted to be trendy but because I am Mediterranean, half-Greek on my Dad's side. So I was looking at blue as a main color, with like a light sea green, and maybe a light purple or peach as a third accent color.
Anyway, my FI's best woman was talking to me about colors just today, she's a good friend of his from when we were going to college, before he started this oil job change of life thing, and she said "I assume the colors are rasta and he'll be wearing a tie-dye tux!" and I about died in mortification. Tie-dye is awesome, I love it, it's a special part of my FI and also our first couple years dating as a couple as we both share a passion for it, but a tie-dye tuxedo? I couldn't quite swallow that one. That is besides the point because we already decided he was wearing his dress blues for the ceremony and not doing the tuxedo route. But as for the colors, I was thinking what she said and I would like to incorporate the color into the ceremony somehow as it's a big part of our past. I just picture rasta colors (Red, yellow and green) and they're so loud and bright, I can't seem to picture how it would work without making the wedding seem like a circus of sorts. We already decided we would make the inside of our cake tie-dye, but does anyone else have any other ideas on how to incorporate a loud color scheme like tie-dye or rasta colors into the wedding without necessarily having the BM's all wearing tie-dye or bright red/green/yellow dresses. Maybe if they wore a soft blue and then I could work with the flowers or shoes for the extra color? Any pictures are appreciated also :-)