Wedding Forum - Colour scheme...

We are going with a lemon and lilac colour scheme For our wedding in April 2017. We were originally just going to have a purple colour scheme but thought as our wedding will take place the day after Easter Monday that we would go for lemon and lilac instead. I really love pastel colours so it is a bit of a bonus. Only problem is my mam has turned her nose up at the choice of colour saying that only flowers will work. I have seen a few ideas but not a lot. I was hoping that maybe others would be able to give me a little advice on the colours and what we could do with it. We are having a best woman at our wedding rather than best man so thought we would have bridesmaids in lilac and the best woman in lemon. What are peoples thoughts?

Your bouquets look lovely! I especially like the top one! Have you had much difficulty finding decprations etc that look nice together in your chosen colours?

I think that is a lovely colour scheme :) it would break the purple up nicely and look so pretty! My auntie had purple and yellow for her wedding and it looked amazing. She had sunflowers in the bouquets which looked so nice, although obviously they are more of a deep yellow than a pastel kind of yellow, but it did look amazing x

I know Donna, my mum has tried to butt in with a lot of things regarding our wedding, she tried to get us to go to a registry office, tried to make us choose certain people for bridesmaids etc. and colours. What are you planning on doing with your colours? I was thinking of making bunting with different materials in purples and yellows and a little of green and pink to break it up. Not sure on what else though!
Flossie, haven't seen you on here for a while! I love the sunflowers idea, I think it would go nicely, is it a spring or summer flower though? Our wedding is in April.
Owlandthebutterfly, I have seen a few ideas on p1nterest but not a lot. Mostly it is just flowers that I have seen. Although, one of the images I saw did give me a colour scheme to go on which includes light grey, lavender, lilac sunshine yellow, and lemon!

Thanks for your input girlies! x

Oh did you have a nice time?!

I guess I could have artificial, I never thought about that to be honest. Would it work out cheaper to have artificial bouquets rather than real? If I can get sunflowers, I am thinking having small bouquets made out of just sunflowers for the bridesmaids, maybe one made out of just lavender for the best woman and a mixture of those and a few other flowers for mine x

Aww bad luck about falling ill on holiday! At least you both had a lovely time though, it is nice to get away from things once in a while! Where abouts did you go?

Ohh I will have to check them out and see what they have. I was saying to h2b yesterday, by this time next year it will be about the right time for me to go dress shopping and to book everything for the wedding. It will be about a year and a half by that point! Time certainly flies! x

Eeek! Sounds exciting! I bet you can't wait haha! x

Im a yellow bride it looks like its a popular choice, i love your ideas of having the purple in too and the flowers (owl and the butterfly) look great. You best woman is she having a dress or suit??

sounds a lovely combo, im having purple ombre (gradient shades of purple) dotted throughout the day with turquoise and silver flashes of colour here and there, so im hoping that works lol.

do what makes you happy not your fam.

Ohh that sounds lovely Geraldine! I actually saw a few pictures of a wedding set up with those colours on p1nterest and it looked lovely. I think they were going with a peacock theme and the colours fit in really well with it. I went to a wedding fair on Sunday and got asked what my colour scheme was and when I said they said it was really unusual but lovely at the same time haha! I am going to be testing out a few decorations with the colours so hoping that it is going to work. I am thinking that instead of mixing the colours together in the decorations that I will decorate tables either in lemon or lilac. What are people's thoughts on this? x

Definitely Flossie, there is something that feels different and more special about have two contrasting colours. I always knew I wanted more than one colour, one of which was definitely going to be purple, for our wedding. I just didn't know which colours until I found out that our wedding was going to be the day after Easter Monday in 2017 so thought the pastels would look really nice, just didn't want all of them. But with the peacock theme there is something that seems elegant about it x

I love the pastel colours Flossie! They are so gorgeous and elegant and very suited to a wedding. What month are you getting married in? I have seen lots of ideas for pastels like coloured glass bottles and homemade drinks etc. x

Yeah definitely. We get married mid April so its the same for us as well. Spring/summer time really suits the bright colours and the light colours. For winter and Autumn I think darker colours are more suited. I think that was another reason behind me wanting to change from different shades of purple to lilac and lemon. I think you should stick to the pastels. You would be able to get some lovely floaty bridesmaids dresses in those colours which gives them room to do a little dance in ;) x

Haha, it sounds lovely! It will really work with the colours :) Are you going for long dresses or short? x

I think you are right there, I think it would make your dress stand out even more if they are short. I think I know what picture you got your inspiration from! Was it on p1nterest by any chance? :p It would even be better for them to dance in as well, surely? At the moment I am thinking long dresses for my bridesmaids. Not sure what kind of dress our best woman will be choosing as she lives in america so will be buying it there and then showing me later on to get my opinion but both my bridesmaids are quite tall so I think the longer style will suit them more. I will have to see what looks good when they try dresses on. When are you going dress shopping? I was thinking of going this time next year as I will have roughly about 18 months left before the big day so will give me plenty of time to find dresses for bridesmaids and myself and plenty of time for alterations etc. xx

She offered to pay for it herself so in return we will be paying for her accommodation as we have asked her to come into a foreign country for it. I have told her what colour we would like and she is happy with the colour so she said she would look out for something in lemon which she would feel comfortable in and then let us know to see what we think. I think it is easier that way as opposed to buying one here and sending it over and her not liking it or it being the wrong size and needing alterations etc. xx

I can now put pics up from my iPad, so here are the ones I found.



The colours look lovely together and compliment each other