(I apologize in advance for my long post..i have so much to catch up on and i need some suggestions/advice! haha i hope to help others on this post too now that i have more time
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I should probably first start by introducing myself..this would be my first post on the Jan 2012 wedding board so hello everyone! Can't believe there are only 4 months left...so exciting!!!! My wedding is Fri, Jan 6 at the Collingswood Ballroom, NJ and I'm going for a winter wonderland look. So excited! Only problem is that i've been sooooo backed up on wedding plans since all my fiance and i have been doing this spring/summer is remodeling our house...hoping to be moved in this saturday and then i can finally give my complete and undivided attention to wedding planning! Thought i should post on here..seems like you girls have some great ideas and are waaaaay ahead of me from what i've read. So any help would be GREATLY appreciated! =D
Anyways, what i have done so far is my wedding gown, my bridesmaid dresses, venue/date, dj and photographer picked, alcohol and catering, and hair/make up appt set. My packiage also includes flower centerpieces but I might make my own to save money..I guess I have soooo much more to do though! Prob not a good idea to plan a house and wedding at the same time huh? lol
I'm having a bit of trouble coordinating my bridesmaids colors with the rest of the wedding and as of right now i'm trying to figure out invitation ideas...hoping to order them either this week or next. My MOHs will be in champagne dresses and my 4 bridesmaids will be in a Holly green (which is kind of a darker green). We haven't picked out the flower girl dress yet...we thought we'd wait another 2 months to let her grow more. she just turned 2 a week ago. So i think her mother (which is one of my bridesmaids) and I will have her in a white dress with either champagne or holly green sash..any ideas which one? MY gown is white with silverish beading detail throughout the top and scattered here and there throughout the dress and train. I would post a link but they discontinued it at david's bridal..got it for $300!!!! sweet deal! The beading actually looks somewhat ivory/goldish looking so that's why we chose the champagne dresses for my MOHs...it flowed so nicely together!
So here are my questions...(and to those who are still reading this THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!!! lol)
With the colors that I'm going with for my dress and my bridesmaids' dresses, and since i'm going for a winter wonderland look, i'm thinking of doing lots of whites, creams, winter greenery, and possibly some browns for branches and pinecones. Met up with 2 florests a few weeks ago...i'm probably going to have a lot of whites and creams in my flowers along with snow dusted wintery greenery and mini pinecones.
So basically i don't want any reds in my wedding (trying to steer away from the christmas look..love christmas but i figured it'd be better to go for a more wintery look being that it's after the holidays.) I would love silvers but does anyone think that would be too many colors contrasting? my florest suggested no silver since i was thinking about doing champagne ribbons around the flowers and i don't really have any silver in the wedding party. so this leads me to my main question (again so sorry for all my blabbering! haha) I need a wedding invitation but everything i see has blue and silver colors which is not what i'm looking for! that or the invitation packages are just way too expensive for me. (i'm paying for the wedding on my own but FI agreed to pay the morgage so i guess i got the better end of deal hehe)
Here's the link to the ONLY winter wedding design i really like. It's pretty much exactly what i've been looking for EXCEPT the colors are limited. =( The design can only be printed in silver. There are a good amount of ink colors as you can see but they don't have a silver-green option. I can do black writing with our names in dark green OR all of it silver. I'm thinking all silver would be the better way to go..don't think the black would look nice. They said they can't do silver and green for me =/ What do you guys think??
http://www.exclusivelyweddings.com/Weddings/Winters-Loving-HeartsI really love the design and the invitation def goes with the theme of my wedding. (has the hearts, snow, and trees that i was looking for) It's just the color is mainly silver and there aren't really any silvers in my wedding. Do you this matters? I'm probably just overthinking things.
For centerpieces I wanted to do half of my tables with tall branches in white/glittery white and candle around the bottom. Anyone think i could pull this off and do it myself? haha
Thanks so much for reading!!!!
Jessica