I'd just like some opinions on my wedding ideas, please.?

Hi everyone! I got engaged two days ago and I'm absolutely thrilled. As I'm sure many of you ladies do, I've had ideas about my wedding for awhile now. I'd appreciate if you all tell me honestly what you think about the following ideas:





1) Color scheme: bright, cheerful shades of yellow and pink. (It's a summer wedding-- July 2008).


2) Bridesmaids: I have two. One in pink with yellow bouquet, one in yellow with bouquet.


3) Flowers: Lilies and snapdragons. I will have both pink and yellow along with white in my bouquet.


4) Wedding favors: I'd like to make bookmarks with some of our favorite literary quotes. We met in a bookstore and both love to read, so I thought this would be a very personal gift to our guests.


5) We both love fantasy as well. We're going to Disneyworld for our honeymoon. I wanted to incorporate some fairy tale touches into the wedding without it being tacky. I was thinking a castle cake topper, fairy flower girl, an arch with ivy and white lights.

I'd just like some opinions on my wedding ideas, please.?
Sounds good to me except the yellow dress part. My husband's cousin had yellow bridesmaid dresses and they looked horrible on everyone except the one Italian girl in her wedding. On her the dress looked fabulous, so if your one girl has gorgeous olive skin it would be ok. Yellow doesn't look good on pale girls. Also, the dresses were completely see through which no one realized until the girls were outside at the church and you could see everyone's underwear.





I say put them all in a gorgeous pink dress (make sure they aren't see through) and then give your MOH a bigger bouquet or a different colored sash or something.





Make sure no one that has to carry the flowers is allergic to the smelly ones, like star gazer lillies. A really good alternative is alstroemerias, they're gorgeous and don't smell.





The bookmarks is a killer idea, finally a favor I would actually use. Below is a link to some really good readings, especially if you're into fantasy books. You can't go wrong with Mercedes Lackey. I love all her stuff but the wedding scene in the Owl book was fabulous.





The cake topper is cute. The fairy flower girl is going to be kind of out of place since there won't be any other fantasy things. However, I'm sure she'll be thrilled, and look fabulous.
Reply:Pink and yellow are Easter colors and not really wedding colors. However, this is your wedding and now-a-days people are doing creative things. I suggest you pick a basic color to accent your pink/yellow so the wedding won't look cheesy. Have your bridesmaids wear ivory/creme or even silver something shimmery or sheer...there bouquets could mostly the same color as their dresses with a hint of pink OR yellow. Have your groomsmen wear same color tux as the bridesmaids with yellow OR pink boutonnieres. For you reception you can incorporate the color that you didn't use in the wedding. For instance if you decided on the pink in the wedding then you should use yellow for the reception along with the ivory or creme or silver. remember the bridesmaids bouquets will have all the colors. Keep your bridesmaids dress color the same but maybe different styles with different accessories. Your flowers are great! I would probably give individual small box cakes (rum) accented with quotes on a ribbon and give your bridesmaids the bookmarks in addition with an engraved book of the date of you wedding. Make sure the fairytale theme is very romantic...Sounds great...Congrats!!!
Reply:I love that you are having HAPPY colors for a summer wedding. For our July wedding, we had those colors, plus lilac and light teal. The girls had print dresses.


Skip the fairytale stuff. Keep things mature. It's not a birthday party.
Reply:Sounds good so far!


The only thing I would change is the bridesmaids opposite-color scheme. You chose two very vibrant colors, with one in each color they may look more like pinatas than bridesmaids. I would do the same color dress and flowers for both, ex: pink dresses with yellow flowers. This creates a tighter, more unified look.
Reply:I think it all sounds very nice. colors are fine for summer. and you have a lot of your personality in there, and I am sure you will add more as you get closer! Good job
Reply:aw that sounds absolutely stunning!!





congratulations!





those ideas would be perfect =]
Reply:Hi and congratulations!





I love all your ideas except the bridesmaids dresses. To me it doesn't matter if you are having 2 or 10 bridesmaids, I just like everyone in 1 color. I think you should either pick the pink OR the yellow. Also, if the girl is in a yellow dress and is carrying yellow flowers....that won't "pop" for the photos...it will all blend together. Either choose pink dresses and yellow flowers or yellow dresses and pink flowers.





All your other ideas sound great! Good luck!
Reply:in ref to #5





i love the idea of an arch with ivy and lights


for a centerpiece idea you can make crystallized branches- save-on-crafts.com has the how to for them


you can put the branches in glass vases on the tables - put some iridescent tinsel in the base and colored led lights to add glow and fantasy to the tables





you can even hang crystals from the branches to add more sparkle





in ref to #4- i love the idea of a book mark - so versatile- the guests can use it to mark cookbooks, books they are reading for themselves or to their kids even.





in ref to #3 - i love snapdragons- that will look so pretty and different too!





in ref to #2-1 - i like the idea of lots of color. that's what i'm doing for my wedding too





PS yes i know for some reason i went backwards with my descriptions lol
Reply:All sounds very pretty. My daughter had bookmarks and I really liked that because it was useful and memorable. Pick a quote that reflects the two of you.
Reply:wow... i think that sounds really nice.. i like how you are bringing the parts of yourselves into the wedding... its showing who you really are and what brought the two of you together.. i think it sounds amazing..
Reply:Your wedding sounds absolutely beautiful! I think that sounds perfect.





Good Luck!