Decor

I decided on my decor and color palette a couple of weeks ago. I always knew I wanted Indian elements added to my wedding, such as marigolds, because I have quite a love for Indian music and culture. So I knew orange would need to fit in there somewhere (marigolds). My absolute favorite color is bright green, in 2 shades, a kelly/grass green and a chartreuse/citrine/lime green. I decided to choose the citrine/lime green because I had run across some wedding pictures on the net featuring black, white, and the lime green, and I LOVED it. However, being an artist, I felt it was still a little serious, so I knew that the orange would add to the green very well. So orange, green, black, and white it is! Here are my decor and floral collages:

You can see how the bright green, black and white work well together, and the orange will complement nicely. The orange will mostly be in the flowers, as an accent. The black and white will also be more of an accent on the invitations, other print work, table decor, and wedding party attire.

I really want to use the garlands of marigolds seen on a traditional mandap (south asian wedding canopy), but hanging on our chuppah (Jewish wedding canopy). I may do the strips of fabric on the chuppah, as seen in the last photo, but we’ll see. These are brainstorming ideas. But, I really like the idea of the “mand-chuppah,” half mandap, half chuppah. (heehee)

Another idea I may try is making those lovely orange tissue paper “pom-pom” flowers seen in the top right photo. They are from Martha Stuart’s wedding website and are just darling—and very easy to make might I add. I would hang them from the ceiling over the tables, if the venue allows it.

You can visit my attire page for how I will incorporate my colors into the bridal party clothing.

As for the flowers, I want to use mostly mums (spider and other varieties), carnations, marigolds, dahlias, and perhaps peonies (not seen in collage). I just LOVE the green and white spider mums!! (the spikey ones). Any of the mums are spectacular. I love that green shade, it matches perfectly. I am NOT A ROSE PERSON . I am into the puffy, round flowers, and like them tightly bunched. White and green hydrangea don’t appeal to me because they are kind of cliche for weddings. I am happy with the flowers I’ve chosen so far. Once we decide on the venue, secure our budget, we will eventually find a great florist :).

Well, that should do it so far. Any other ideas will be added here later!