Wedding Colors? Yeah We Don't Have Those...

It's funny because I know that for my FSIL Katerina and her husband, wedding colors were one of the first things they chose. And for many couples I know that is the way. Things become so much easier when you have a color direction in mind. Mishka and I, before we were engaged, used to talk about the colors we would like in our wedding.

But when it came time for the decisions to be made... it began to look like we were including every color under the sun! Want a look at our very inclusive list of colors? First there are the two different colors of our bridesmaid dresses. The first is Azalea pink, kindof like this:

Then there is the peacock blue dress my FSIL and Maid of Honor are wearing:

From the bridesmaid's bouquets, to my dress, to the baby's breath in my ceremony crown, there will a lot of different shades of white:

The ornaments in our centerpieces, as well as my bridesmaid's shoes and the New Year's Eve paraphernalia we provide to our guests will be silver in keeping with the season:

My sexy husband will be sporting the color black in his tux, both in his jacket as well as the vest underneath. It will look something like this (but no bow tie lol):

The church and reception hall will be filled with the colors of winter and, more specifically Christmas:

And finally, my bouquet will echo a few of these colors, but with a twist all its own (because the Bride always wants to do her own thing ;) ). The two flowers are the Stargazer Lily and the Black Baccara Rose. Just try to envision the unusual gorgeousness:

But with all these different colors, it began to feel as if there was no unity to our wedding. We began to fear that our bridal party would look like a mish mosh several different weddings and that our decor would not have a cohesive, beautiful feel.

Then, Mishka came up with the perfect solution. There should be one unifying color. A color that would not be dominant in any one respect, but would appear in little accents throughout our wedding. And of course, it would be a color we both loved and that was fitting with New Year's Eve:

Gold.

There will be tiny gold beads in my bridesmaid's bouquets. The groomsmen will wear gold striped ties, Mishka's boutonniere will have gold accents, the centerpieces will have some gold in them, as will our invitations.

So though we have MANY wedding colors, we now have a central color which will tie it all together in the same way a gold ribbon will be tying my bridal bouquet together. And it will certainly be lovely :) (and seasonal!).