Comments on: Ask Abby

By: Collete

Collete — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:19:10 +0000

Dear Abbey,
I’m sorry to keep bothering you, but I also don’t know what colors to go with for that country theme. I don’t want it to be too country but I don’t want it to be too city either. Please help me I’m so lost on what to do. I can see know why people don’t plan weddings by themselves now days it’s so stressful. If you could email me back I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much for your time.

Collete

By: Collete

Collete — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:09:30 +0000

Dear Abbey,

I am planning my wedding for March ’09 and our theme is a country cowboy and cowgirl kinda theme and I don’t know what to do for flowers what do you suggest? The venue where we are having our wedding is in Varnel Georgia at a historical site. It is surrounded by nature, there is a stream and everything. So if you could please help me I would greatly appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Collete

By: valerie

valerie — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:14:43 +0000

Abby – thank you so much for the inspiration board. Given me a great place to start.

By: Tori

Tori — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:21:21 +0000

I definitely second the “white wine/Champagne” color ideas… and both would look great with the blush hints in your dress. Not to sound like a wine snob (which I couldn’t even try to be), but think about a crisp sauvignon blanc and the tastes and smells when you drink it: Warm peaches, green apples, citrus sometimes…. I love the blush and peach and apricot and champagne colors with hints or surprises of green…. Also I think there were some real wedding pictures of a wedding at a winery where the bride collected gorgeous chandeliers and it looked sooo good! (Urban Outfitter’s has some for like $30).

By: Aimee

Aimee — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:57:41 +0000

Sounds lovely! How about some lighter shades of green for the dresses with small touches of plum or burgandy? I think a celadon color with deep red flowers would both play nicely off of the color of your gown, while keeping the themed colors not so obvious!

By: valerie

valerie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:30:25 +0000

Thank you all for your ideas! It gave me some great places to start. Heidi- thanks for the links — VERY helpful!

By: Tarry

Tarry — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:26:08 +0000

Sounds like a beautiful place to have a wedding… however, I definitely wouldn’t go with such dark colors for summer. Why don’t you try a nice champagne color? That will still stick somewhat with your vineyard theme, but it won’t look odd considering the season. Have a great time planning… fun, isn’t it?!

By: Heidi @ Zenadia Design

Heidi @ Zenadia Design — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:01:40 +0000

Valerie, There have been some great ideas so far and wanted to share some of my own too! I did a couple color palettes on my blog, Zenadia Design, that I think might go well with the look you are going for. On the peach and navy you could change the peach to a blush color. Here is the link for that one: http://zenadiadesign.blogspot.com/2008/04/color-palette-navy-and-peach.html There is also a color palette I did for a seaside wedding, but you could definitely take the colors and incorporate them into your own wedding. http://zenadiadesign.blogspot.com/2008/01/color-palette-seaside-wedding-with-pink.html Also, there was a wedding that took place at Firestone Winery that has some great colors that I think you might like. You can view the wedding here: http://www.santabarbarawedding.com/weddings/lindsaydavid/ I hope that helps and good luck with all of your planning! If you want a color palette designed I would be happy to do one for you. Thanks!