Colour Meltdown

I finally went to the big fabric shop up in Washington. It's the main place for fabric in the North East. I was able to take my mum with me which was brilliant as she'll flat out tell me if she doesn't like something. Anyway, after being dead set on purple, I found a beautiful olive green. These pictures really don't do either colour justice.

This is the shiny satin side...a possibility my bridesmaids might well loathe:


This is the reverse of the fabric. It can be used either way.


You see, with the green, I have visions of ivory flowers with dark purple/aubergine accents for the bridesmaids and olivey green with ivory and dark purple/aubergine accents for me. Whilst I am aware olive green goes beautifully with gold, I would prefer silver. I'm unsure as to what the consensus is for pairing olive green and silver. I've put the reverse side up against my silver shoes and it doesn't look bad in my opinion. Make-up would be neutral earthy tones.

The men would wear black suits with matching olive green cravats in the same fabric as the dresses with ivory waistcoats. The boutonnieres would be an ivory flower. I think my Dad would prefer the green.

For the purple, my vision is silver accessories with flowers in a range of purples and ivory, whilst I would carry the same with some green accents. Make-up, unknown.

The men would wear grey suits with matching purple cravats in the same fabric as the dresses and an ivory waistcoat. The boutonnieres would be a purple flower.

I can think of lots of reception decoration ideas for the earthy tones whilst purple would lend itself to sparkle. After obtaining the samples yesterday I was putting them up against bridal dress fabrics and flowers. Everything I put up against the purple seemed really brash whilst the green complimented everything. I also feel that olive green is more suitable for the manor house setting. With the purple I might be more inclined to go with sticking to purple for things like hair accessories and decorations whereas with the green, I feel I could branch out a bit.

Still...I think purple suits a summer wedding more than the olive green spring or sometimes autumnal colour matching that I have in mind. Do people really stick to the "right" seasonal colours? Green might also be a miss against my bridesmaids skintones.

Wedding Cars

We're probably going to go with a Chrysler 300 for the wedding car. It's one of the cheaper (yet still stupidly over expensive) options. I looked into a Rolls Royce Phantom but can't justify the cost as it's not sticking around all day.

The Chrysler we're looking into comes in a package with a matching stretch which seats 8. It'll be an easy way to get 3 bridesmaids, my mum, my sister's boyfriend and possibly the make-up artist to the venue whilst my dad and I can go in the saloon. We have an appointment to view the saloon on Tuesday 27th. I have to go and check I can get a dress in the back. I'm sure I'll be able to as they hire it out exclusively for weddings.

Best foot forward

Finding flat wedding shoes might be an issue. Simon and I are the same height (he's actually a little shorter) and I don't want to tower above him. I'm flitting between ballet pumps and flat sandals. Unfortunately it's quite hard to find sandals that aren't gladiator or too informal flip flop wise. I'm not opposed to wearing flip flops as I've seen some really pretty ones. I just wonder if they'll stay on my feet.

I'm quite fond of these as they're something additional to the basic ballet pump. It says they're ivory but they look distinctly creamy to me. £42.99, too. Expensive.

Found at Perdita's Wedding Shoes.

On a pedestal

I love this cake stand!

Peas in a Pod

These ceramic salt and pepper shakers are so cute and I'd love them for favours. Sadly, they're too expensive.

However, I've come across a candle version on Ebay which are at a lower price and equally as quaint.

All tied up v3.0

Hang on a mo!

I've just checked the Cox & Cox (expensive) ribbon again and it's £14 for 20m. NOT 2M! Even with discounts applied to the 'cheaper ribbon' it would work out more expensive than the Cox & Cox one.

Cheaper ribbon - £21 as it's £1.05 per m when ordering 20m or more!
Cox & Cox ribbon - £14 for 20m so it works out at 70p per m!

All tied up v2.0

My sister managed to find some personalised ribbon that's so much cheaper than the one I posted before. It's a shame that they have limited fonts and don't have one that matches the more expensive ribbon.

Still, it's £1.40 a metre (plus discounts for bulk) compared to £14 for 2m for the Cox & Cox one.