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Brenda's Wedding Blog is your online resource for planning your dream elegant wedding. Helping you find the "wow" in weddings.

Posts in Color Palettes
Green Wedding Ideas . . . and a "Lime Perfection" Invitation Suite

Planning a green wedding? Today I have a beautiful invitation suite from Rachelle of MOH Designs to share with you along with a coordinating green wedding inspiration board.

Image Credits: green shoes, green wedding dress, lime escort cards, centerpiece
favors in mini pots
, green bouquet, limeade drink, green ruffled wedding cake

And, here's the story behind the invitation design that coordinates perfectly with the above green inspiration board . . . "Moments of Happiness Designs and Novelties, Inc. also known as MOH Designs is a wedding and event planning company. After working with my most recent bride this past spring helping her select paper textures, styles, and colors during her stationery consultation I fell in love with the process of creating the perfect invitations. So, with using my vision for style, design skills and technique, I developed a new found passion for creating beautiful stationery. So, I present to you one of my designs I call Lime Perfection."

Inspiring Seasonal Wedding Color Palettes based on Jewelry

Since color inspiration for weddings and parties can come from anywhere, I wanted to show you today how even jewelry can be the amazing starting point for your event color palette. I've even created a color palette for each season :) If you have already selected your wedding colors - please let me know where your color inspiration came from. I love hearing the stories behind color palettes.

featured colors for spring: fuchsia and orange bangle from Stella & Dot {$104}

featured colors for summer: midnight blue and turquiose ring from Stella & Dot {$54}

featured colors for fall: ivory and brown beaded necklace from Stella & Dot {$54}

featured colors for winter: stretchable pearl bracelet from Stella & Dot {$36}

See the entire collection of wedding and party jewelry from Stella & Dot here.
What is your favorite color palette that was showcased today?

Stella & Dot is an affiliate of Brenda's Wedding Blog

Orange Wedding Inspiration . . . with a free printable DIY menu

Last week I created a fun inspiration board with blueberries as the theme - today it's all about the citrus fruit oranges. I even have a fun downloadable for you today - a coordinating printable orange menu that can be used for any summer or orange inspired party.

Image Credits and Shopping Resources:
crush drinks
, bouquet, orange tablesetting, vanilla orange cupcakes in a mason jar, orange place setting, orange wreath, orange creamsicle cake, orange clutch, orange chunky necklace

Printable Orange Tree Menu
And, lastly today, here is the DIY printable that pairs perfectly with any orange inspired party you might be planning. Simply download the jpeg orange menu file and print on an 8.5x11 sheet of cardstock and trim in half both vertically and horizontally. The menu is designed with 4 up on one page. You can bring the file into any photo editing program to add your food selections in your choice of fonts or you can simply print and handwrite the menu items if desired. *** Download Orange Tree Printable Menu ***

When Life Hands You Lemons... plan a lemon yellow inspired wedding

Well, since yesterday and today have turned out to be different than I originally planned on - I decided it was time for a lemon yellow inspired wedding inspiration board. I ended up having one dr appt turn into another resulting in me being gone for 3+ hrs yesterday. Luckily a blood clot was ruled out, but I still can't seem to manage the swelling in my left foot that hubby at times refers to it as "elephant foot". Lovely, right? Well, today I have an unplanned appt at the ob to see if anything can be done. One of the many joys of pregnancy in the later months I guess. So, as a result of this, I decided to do some searching and put together this lemon yellow wedding board for you with a touch of hot pink. But, now, I'm really craving a tall glass of lemonade :)

Image Credits and Shopping Resources:
lemon yellow sash with rhinestones from sunny april, lemon yellow favor boxes from wedding ambiance, lemon verbena heart soap from casa campbell soaps, tablesetting from glamour, lemon lined vase from party box design, yellow and hot pink clutch from cory renee, lemon pudding from too stinkin' cute

Vintage Inspired Summer Wedding . . . by the swimming pool

How fun would it be to marry by the pool and then have long tables alongside the pool for the reception? You can even entertain your guests during dinner with synchronized swimmers. Then later on during the reception, you could change into a vintage bathing suit {like the one shown below from Shabby Apple} and have everyone go swimming to really get the party going. It would be the perfect summertime wedding.

Image Credits and Shopping Resources: vintage bathing suit, vintage wedding cake, reception table, sailboats in water, vintage 1950's wedding dress, synchronized swimmers, chairs with blue sashes, wedding invitation