I wonder if any of you could help me - i'm really keen to have teal (the bluey aqua marine colour) as my theme but im struggling to find decently priced bridemaid dresses and accessories for the reception room i'm on a tight budget and I dont really want to pay the designer prices for the BM's dresses
we already have ivory and white flowers which i think will go nicely but I dont know what to do to include the colour apart from that :(
any suggestions very welcome!! xx
CommentAuthordolly
i want teal too! its going to be difficult beacuse all the colours coming in this summer are pastal and flowery and i am really stuck! i wanted peacock feathers as there a mix of all the colours i like but i heard they are extremly unlucky. i wanted teal dresses and purple shoes on my bridesmaids but cant find anything anywhere!!
CommentAuthorSyco
I have gone for a teal and silver theme to my wedding, best suggestion I can make is have a look on ebay for accessories - tealights for inside fish bowls etc.
CommentAuthordolly
yeah i have very tall thin vases - 3 on each table with teal ostridge feathers in it looks impressive!
CommentAuthorshinyshiny
ooh good idea syco with the tealights - hadn't thought about that! and I know what you mean dolly everythings pale pinks and creams everywhere! have you girls seen anywhere with teal dresses in atm? xx
I know a website you could try I will add it to your wall. xx
CommentAuthorSyco
There's blue lights that can be put inside glasses etc, you'll also find napkins, confetti etc - especially if you're budget's tight
CommentAuthorLittlegerald
except my friend request and I will add the website link to your wall bab xx
CommentAuthorshinyshiny
accepted littlegerald thanks!
CommentAuthorLittlegerald
no problemo darling...hope you find what you're looking for xx
CommentAuthorbillybob
I have teal BM dresses (alfred angelo) because it was the only place I could get the perfect shade of teal! (some are very green and some are very blue). I am doing all my stationary white and silver, I am having white flowers and the only other things that will be teal is the grooms tie and hanky and the best man and ushers buttonholes will have teal ribbon around them ohh nearly forgot, I have white favour boxes that will have teal ribbon on them. Teal is a really difficult colour to match, I got really stressed out with it and considered having a different colour. Thats when I decided to do everthing white and silver except bm dresses and the few other bits I mentioned. That famous auction site quite often have bm dresses on in teal.
CommentAuthorMRST
add me on face book if you wish my fiances bro just got married and thats what they had they got them made x
CommentAuthoremster
Im having a shade of teal/aqua/tiffany blue whichever you want to call it lol with silver. I'm having my bridesmaids dresses made by my MIL2B. As for table dec's I have brought some nice napkins in the right colour. Am collecting glass jars for vases which i will cover with a sheet of tissuse paper and sercure with a ribbon bow. I have tea light holders in black (cant complain they were 25p each), now I'm just thinking shall I have balloons? xx
CommentAuthorCarolanneJune
try gluing little teal gems on things like a glass fisbowl covered in teal gems as a centerpiece xx
CommentAuthorG.I
BHS have a teal bridesmaid dress this year but it's not the nicest of dresses. Whats your budget for them? Alfred Angelo's are lovely but around £140-£150 each xx
CommentAuthorshinyshiny
ahh I can only afford around £90 each dress and I have two bridesmaids - its so tricky!! xx
CommentAuthorshinyshiny
P.S. great idea carolannjune!!! never thought about that before!
CommentAuthorauntiewoo
I wanted Teal-but every bm dress that was in my budget was more blue-teal and I wanted green-teal! So I ended up compromising and it is now a jade(ish) green-although the dresses are actually described as turquoise!! So many shades-so much confusion! lol x
CommentAuthorjenny
shiny shiny i have terquoise (spelt wrong lol) but my dresses were 105 each i no its a lil over you budget sorry but if you want details im happy to give you them and also my bridesmaid flowers and tables decs are on my pics. Hope this helps. x x x
CommentAuthorwelshcerys
Oooh jenny I really like the candles!!
CommentAuthorjenny
thanks you so much, i got 2x candles, 5 times fish bowls(everthing to go with them) 3x bridesmaid flowers, flower girl braclet, my flowers, 6 button holes for £260 thought it was a good price x
CommentAuthorshinyshiny
oooh jenny yes please i'd love the details!! Thanks very much! xx
CommentAuthorjellytot
im havin same problem! my colours teal n my budget is like £40 each. x
CommentAuthoressexk
littlegerald could you post the link on my page too please - thanks! billybob i'm having the same colour BM dresses as you - found the teal ribbon from ribbon oasis an almost perfect match. We're co-ordinating teal with white and silver. Saw in the shoe shop Office in their sale they've got purple flat ballet pump style shoes with a purple feather on the toe for £35 also got a turquoisey-teal version with a peacock feather style design. Hope this helps x x
CommentAuthorbillybob
Thanks for the tip abot the teal ribbon essexk, I saw it on a different post a while ago it was a good match but I wanted a satin shiny ribbon because my favour boxes are matt white luckily I found a good match in a local fabric shop.
CommentAuthorKizzy81
H & M have some beautiful peacock feather dresses in teal and blue - I was eyeing one up only this lunchtime! Would make a beautiful bm dress as it's a satiny material...
CommentAuthorKat
Hi ladies sorry to bump this up, but im really struggling with my theme its teal, but im mixing teal and turquoise (cant seem to find anything with the same shades) do you ladies think this will look bad at my evening reception, also any ideas theme wise? i am really struggling money wise and would like cheap as chips if poss, my bridesmaids are buying own dresses so im guessing they wnat cheap too x
CommentAuthorShelleyM46
that sounds nice n no ides wi theme hun.im havin black white n hot pink but not the light hot pink im goin 2 look at some shade charts 2morrow 2 c wat the colour is called lol x
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CommentAuthorclive
This was our colour scheme, until we had to ditch the teal, due to the exact same problems. We went for champagne blue in the end as the teal balloons we wanted were a devil's own job to get hold of.
CommentAuthorShazk
I can not believe hw hard it is for TEAL, my coloue scheme as well why does there have to be so many different shades of one colour lol.
I like the idea if gems on stuff may have to pinch that one x Ebay seems to have lots of but again does depend on the shade of it ur after x The other option one dress shop gave me was if i find a dress i like in white or creamfor my BM u can sometimes get them dyed!?!
