Planning a SPRING wedding? Brides Southern California magazine has some great cheat sheets organized by season written by Lauren Matthews and Heather Lee. This is the first entry in a series of four that we’ll post this week (one for each season)!
Matthews and Lee say that ideal settings for weddings in SPRING take place in a garden at a historic country estate. The COLOR PALETTE should be one of two sets: (1) for the classic look use pale pink, spring green, and butter yellow, and (2) for the unexpected look use blush pink, cream, with accents of sage.
In order to work with the natural essence of spring, here are some suggestions:
FLOWERS: Apple, Cherry, Dogwood Blossoms, Daffodils, Ranunculuses, Forsythia, Lilacs, Lilies, Peonies, Sweet Peas
ATTIRE:
- BRIDE: A tulle gown with floral cap sleeves
- GROOM: A Slim gray suit and solid-color bow tie
- FLOWER GIRL: An arrangement of garden flowers tied with a ribbon that matches the sash of her dress.
TABLE SETTING: White ceramic pitches filled with garden flowers, paired with antique china and flatware
CAKE: Lemon pound cake filled with raspberry preserves and decorated with fresh blooms.
FAVORS: Personalized packets of wildflower seeds.
ENTERTAINMENT: An acoustic guitarist and some classic lawn games (like croquet and bocce ball)!
Good luck with all those Spring 2011 weddings…stay tuned for the rest of the series!
