We had so much fun the other night downtown doing an engagement session with Cody and Bri! We had a lot of fun doing it later in the night and using fun lighting! Fun locations including oxford hotel, union station and any fun alley way. They are getting married at the Palmer Inn Divide here in Colorado in 2 weeks and we are really excited for that! Here are a few to share!
Andy & Angie Wood
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Picking colors for your wedding can be both exciting and scary at the same time. The colors you pick will help to set the tone for the wedding. You can use color in so many places including, bridesmaids dresses, flowers, centerpeieces, cake and favors. Andy and I will share a few things that might help your decision process.
1. What season or month will your wedding be in. If you picked a particular season imbrace the colors that are most associated with it. Spring and Summer colors tend to be lighter and more vibrant than winter colors.
2. A lot of research has been done on how colors make people feel. I don’t subscribe to much to this theory and think that you should pick colors that you really are drawn to and speak to you. Different cultures and regions of the world view them differently which also makes it hard. If you choose colors you like others will like them too.
3. What mood do you want to set? Vibrant Colors can add excitement and drama. A more muted soft palette can bring a more romantic feeling.
4. What colors already exist at the venue. Are you going to compliment them or do you have a palette than can take whatever color scheme you pick for your wedding.
5. 2008 Color Trends Platinum will be more popular than brown and will be the most used accent color. Colors that will work well with Platinum will be pale pink, bright aqua, and yello.
Color Suggestions for Seasons
Winter/Fall: Wine, Purple, Navy, Emerald Green, Turguoise
Summer/Spring: Aqua, Platinum, Soft Pink, Pale Yellow, Coral
Tools to help you pick a Color Scheme
“Complementary” colors means choosing colors that are opposite each other on the wheel, such as red and green.
“Analogous” means the colors lie next to each other on the wheel, such as red, red-orange, and orange.
“Monochromatic” means variations of the same tone, such as bright red, dark red, etc.
Any of these methods will result in a great color scheme. Reading more about Color Theory will help in this process.
My favorite way to help pick a color scheme is a Color Picker Application.
Best advice andy and I have is to have fun with this and add your personal flare.
If you did not know Angie and I bleed gold and green. The annual CU vs. CSU game was yesterday and we lost. What a shame we had to take a lot of comments from our boulder friends yesterday. O well there is always next year and we didn’t get tear gassed like back in college. We have some fun engagement photo’s coming up to share from another couple that has a rivalry of their own. One of them went to CU and the other to CSU.
Occasionally I receive an email with a “Wedding Report” talking about trends in the wedding industry and what brides are up to from The Wedding Report, Inc. ! I always think it’s fascinating and look forward to reading it! I recently received an email from them and I thought I would share some of their insight when it comes to weddings and the statistics.
One of the things they did this time was the Top 10 Wedding Industry Trends, here is what they say:
The second section focused on engagement rings. Here are some of the facts they stated:
1. The majority are still made up of diamonds
2. 2/3 are made with white gold
3. December is the most popular month for proposing and Saturday is the most popular day
4. Americans will have spent over $6.1 billion dollars in 2008 for engagement rings
