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Before further developing on the "Old San Francisco" motif, it was important to establish a color scheme. I mean, that's like the second thing people ask when they find out you're getting married—"what are your colors?!" This seemed like a pretty loaded question and I had to be prepared!
Prior to coming up with the San Francisco theme, I was dead set on black and white with red accents, like a thiiiisss:
Image via Designer Confectionery
I still think it's a beautiful color combination and compliments our theme nicely, but I gradually became disenchanted with it. For me, I guess it felt a little too "winter-y"? I can't put my finger on it. Anyway, my gears moved in a completely different direction and I sought something that would compliment our venue and theme even better—something a bit more vintage, almost Victorian.
Recall our venue:
I really wanted my bridesmaids in black—something about seeing those 10 pretty ladies in floor-length dark gowns felt very glamorous and classy to me, so I figured I'd stick with black as one of my colors. I decided to replace the white with champagne and get rid of the red entirely.
Here's what I had in mind for the champagne and black scheme:
I am still 100% in love with the inspiration pictures, but I felt too limited. Eventually I started to get frustrated and bored with the color scheme and decided I needed to pull in some other colors to properly execute the look I was going for in my head. Ultimately I decided to just refine this palette a bit and go with something a bit more monochromatic and developed.
Our color palette. Cream, feather, gold, soft pink with black accents:
Color swatches via 100 Layer Cake
Some inspiration pics:
So hat's that. I'm not changing my mind again.
Probably.
Did your colors change? How did you know you had finally found THE palette?
XO,
Miss Seal
Miss Seal
