Our (Non-Fall) Color Palette

One of my biggest wedding-planning pet peeves to date is when someone tells me we are having a fall wedding, complete with a fall color palette. Obviously this isn't a huge deal and doesn't bother me to the point of actually correcting someone when they say it, but still...we are not planning a fall wedding.

When people find out that our wedding is in September, most assume that we are having a fall-themed wedding. While I think fall weddings are absolutely stunning (pumpkin centerpieces, and gorgeous fall leaves, need I say more?), M and I both knew that our wedding color palette would contain absolutely no orange, yellow, or brown...

Photo Via Colour Lovers

Instead of a fall-themed wedding with the traditional fall color palette, we are planning a wedding with a much different color scheme...

Photo via Fab Mood

Ta da! The official color palette for our vintage-chic wedding. Sub out the "pale yellow" above with a "pale ivory" and add slate grey and you've pretty much got our wedding color vision. Side note: planning a wedding means making ridiculous decisions, like what colors the wedding will revolve around and what I imagine my wedding "vision" to be. Never before in my life have I cared so much about colors, but I'm pretty much a wedding color palette expert now. Choosing our wedding hues has probably been the easiest decision thus far thanks for Pinterest and M's love of navy and my love of pink...and gold...and more gold.

So there you have it- the official color palette that will help guide and direct other aspects of the day. I already know that the bridesmaids dresses will be navy blue, while the flowers will be pink (as seen in the inspiration collage above), and Mr. C's suit will be grey. The color palette above is definitely serving as a good spring-board for making some of the bigger wedding decisions.

If you're still struggling with picking a palette, I have an upcoming blog post filled with suggestions on how to pick your colors and LOTS of pretty inspiration pictures. If you already have your color palette nailed down, I'd love to hear what colors you chose and why!