I adore these BRIGHT BRIGHT flowers

I'm so blown away by the florals in these photos that I think they deserve a post all their own. I love the bright colors. I think a floral arrangement of pinks, oranges, yellows, and purple would really speak to who Mr. and I are as a couple. We are so much more that wild fun couple than a refined, romantic couple - or whatever it is that all white flowers says about someone. Another reason that I love these flowers is that they are less girly than than the pink and purple theme I have playing with. Throwing in the orange and yellow really bring some masculinity to the reception - in a really fun way.

My biggest concern is that doing this kind of flower arrangement looks really hard to pull off. Keep in mind that I plan on doing on the florals myself (with help from friends, of course). I'm worried that what I would put together would look cheesy. Okay, without further adeiu, here are florals as showcased on Grey Likes Weddings.





Here's some centerpieces from another wedding, but using the same BRIGHT theme:



The bridesmaids bouquets stuck with one color, pink:

purple and pink bridesmaid bouquets

If I have each bridesmaid wear a different color of pink or purple dress, I could then have matching pink and purple bouquets! I suppose I could do this even if they all wear purple dresses.

I think this is either a peony or a garden rose. I could make bouquets of just this flower.


Love this:


This look like carnations. Not my favorite, but they could look neat in this theme.


Blush peonies and hot pink roses:

Wildflower Centerpieces, etc.

Groups of similar flowers in vases, like lavender and snap dragons:




Simple bill balls:

Veil

I sooo love this look:





It's called a fingertip cage veil or circle veil



Here's another one that's a little more bohemian:

Photography by Becky Holladay

Mountain Wedding

Oh wow, this blows my mind. I want my wedding photos to look like this:

http://www.autumnburke.com/wp02/timber-ridge-keystone-wedding/

Bling

I always thought I would be the bride who rocked the single strand of pearls at my wedding. I am after all marrying a Southern boy, and come from a very traditional family myself. You know, something like this:



I don't mind pearls, but I think the standard pearl strand isn't quite me.

Here's some more classic bridal looks with pearls. I like the look of big pearl earrings:

credit: www.clarkwalkerstudio.com

With a classic pearl station (tin cup) necklace:


My dress has a crystal belt. I was worried about wearing pearls with a crystal belt, but the combo doesn't look half bad here:


Some sparkly dangling earrings like these would also go with my crystal belt:


For awhile I thought I wanted a serious, bold, colorful statement necklace. I saw Blair Waldorf rocking some serious statement necklaces on Gossip Girl, I decided that I too should rock a fabulous statement necklace for my wedding. Blair is wearing the Swarovski Noble Necklace which sells for $340. This is gorgeous necklace and I really, really love it. I'm just not sure it's right for my wedding.

Grand Departure

We're leaning heavily toward doing a grand exit. The DJ will stop playing at 10:00 pm. Then, we'll want the guests to move to the front of the Lodge so that we can escape into a waiting car for our 30 minute drive to the "Just Married" hotel room. I'm quite torn about whether to change into a "going away outfit" at that point. Probably, I'll will want to stay in the wedding dress, because I LOVE my wedding dress, and it will also be easier.

After arriving at our hotel room, future hubby and I plan to go meet our friends for the after party. They should be arriving by shuttle about 11 pm and we hope to all meet them at a bar that is close to our hotel. We'll plan to party till the sun comes up. :)