Over the centuries, colors have played crucial roles in celebrations and events. Wondering why weddings are now a celebration of colors? It is because of the tremendous effect of these priceless gems. This article is designed as a beginner guide to colorful weddings…

Why should I have a colorful wedding?

A colorful wedding brings together bright vibrant colors and bright colors carry life and fun.

What is the most important factor when planning a colorful wedding?

Color. As with the word “colorful” itself, a colorful wedding feeds on color.

 

How do I Plan a Colorful Wedding?

Here are some points we’ve found helpful with planning a colorful wedding…

 

Choose a color range

While you want to have a colorful wedding, you don’t want your venue to look like World Color War 1. You could choose a few bright colors and go well together. Then, build around these colors, an element per time.

 

Use colorful invitations

A great way to set the tone for a colorful wedding is to send out colorful invites. A colorful invite will not only prepare the guest for the event to come but will also align the chosen color themes from start.

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Adopt bright furniture

A colorful wedding is an overall effect of numerous elements, the furniture being a major piece. Using bright-colored furniture is an assured way to splash a bit of color into your event. Plus, colored and comfortable furniture pieces are great for pictures too.

 

Bring in the floral

An easy way to bring life and color to your event is to use flowers.  As with fabrics and home décor, brightly colored flowers bring in life and fun.  Hence, using flowers at your wedding will undoubtedly enhance the colorful outlook.

Small vases with brightly colored flowers are great options for long reception tables. Alternatively, you could simply use a flower wall.

[Source: Texture Florals]

 

Color the table

When planning a colorful wedding, every piece of furniture counts.

Color your tables with brightly colored linens, tablecloths, and napkins. Consider using colorful cups and plates. Have every piece on your tables bring in some color and your venue would be looking like a peaceful home of exciting colors in no time.

 

Serve colored drinks and food items

Again, every element matters. If you’re gunning for a colorful wedding, your wedding cake doesn’t have to be plain. You should have your cake made in fun colors. An alternative way to splash color on a plain cake is to have colorful fruits and flowers around it.

 

With colorful weddings, the little elements we often ignore go a long way. Have the little details bear fun colors and your wedding will be looking like a feast of colors in no time.

 

[Main photo – the amazing We Heart Pictures]

 

Gratitude stands at the center of every matter. Little wonder “thank you” is a magic word. Hand-written thank you notes, cards, and gifts being only a few of the numerous ways to say this magic word. Thinking of getting a thank you gift? Here is a guide.

 

Selecting a Thank You Gift

As with selecting birthday gifts, anniversary gifts, or any other type of gifts. There are important factors to note when selecting a thank you gift.

 

Recipient’s interest

Choose a gift your recipient likes, not necessarily one you like. The main point with a gift is that it is done with the interest of the recipient at heart.

 

Age

A perfect gift for a child might be just the worst idea for a teenager. Note that people change with time and so do their interests.

 

Recipients need

You want to give what you think a person wants or need, not what you want them to have.

 

Uniqueness

Everyone wants to feel special, knowing that you put in a lot of thought into their gift. Unsure what counts as unique? Here are some unique gift ideas for the perfect thank you gift:

 

Custom Wine Stopper

This custom wine stopper from Etsy is a great gift for the wine lover. Whether you want to say thank you to your wedding guests or gift your loved ones, it can be customized to carry your message.

 

 

Mr. & Mrs. Table Decoration

This cute peg doubles as a table decoration and can even be used as a name holder at your wedding. Painted with so much detail, it is the perfect wedding favor for your big day.

 

 

Personalized Wedding Favors

Thinking of a simple thank you gift to have your guest wowing at your wedding? Wedding, engagement, bridal shower, birthday, Christmas…you can gift this at every event. This personalized gift is a beautiful way to carry your heart note of gratitude to your recipient.

 

 

Personalized Engraved Bamboo Straws with Thank You Notes

What better way is there to say thank you than to actually say thank you? “Silent gratitude isn’t much to anyone,” Gertrude Stein said. We especially love these because they’re absolutely natural, washable, and reusable. It’s an investment of gratitude.

 

Tic Tac Toe – Guest Gift

Want a unique gift for your nature-loving wedding guests? The Tic-Tac Toe guest gift from Etsy is uniqueness and simplicity in one piece. Fun is guaranteed and boredom now in the past.  This handmade bag is the perfect gift that cuts across all ages.

 

In the end, with gifts, the heart is principal. Remember thank you gifts are expressions of love and appreciation.

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The conventional look for weddings in most cities remains the traditional white wedding dress and tuxedo. However, many couples have defiled this norm and established a new trend of denim-themed weddings. This article is designed to answer frequently asked questions on Denim and Weddings…

 

What weddings can denim be worn to?

While jeans are not commonly accepted outfits in most cities, you could make it the wanted outfit for yours. Have a denim-themed wedding and denim can be worn to your wedding.

 

Why wear denim to my wedding

Well, why not? Here are a few reasons why you might consider wearing denim on your big day…

 

Endless options

Denim provides endless options of styles and a wide range of possibilities. Available in different styles and colors, you have numerous options to pick from for your big day.

 

Durability

Denim is a long-lasting fabric. Originally designed as fabrics for work clothes, they could sometimes last for up to a decade. This means that you can wear your dress time and time again after your wedding making it a great investment. It is the only fabric that offers this much durability.

 

Style

From faded to very deep colors, denim is available across different saturations. So, you can select a shade you prefer. Denim can be carefully tailored to include detailed embroidery designs and prints. So whether you want the “simple and classy” look or you aim for the “bold and beautiful” trend, it’s great for both.

 

Comfortable

Not only is denim durable but it is also a comfortable material. With the wide variety of brands, it is easy to find comfortable jeans. You could also have your outfits custom-made for you.

 

Easy to maintain

Unlike other fabrics that require consistent washing and delicate care, denim is much easier to maintain. Denim is the least difficult of clothing materials to maintain though the attention required might vary depending on your dress.

 

Wrinkle resistant

While you want to look great at your wedding, you don’t want to spend ages on laundry and ironing. Not only is the denim durable but it is also wrinkle resistant. So, you don’t have to worry about ironing after every wash.

 

Versatile

Denim is a perfect base for most outfits and pairing them with accessories is not only fun but extremely easy. Take your denim wedding dress a step higher with the right jewelry. Diamonds, emeralds, or sapphires? With denim, all is a perfect match.

 

 

But I want to wear a wedding gown

You could wear a denim wedding gown if you so delight.  Here are a few denim gowns…

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If you want to take this trend in smaller bites…

You can always start with an accessory or two such as this gorgeous denim brooch …

 

 

… or the wedding denim jackets trend!

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A perfect diamond piece should be pure, bright, with a clean history that cannot be questioned from origin to acquisition. If you were only familiar with the Natural diamond up until now, behold – for this is the day you’d meet its perfect alternative – the Lab created diamonds.

 

As their name suggests, Lab Created Diamonds are manufactured in laboratories under conditions that perfectly mimic the natural diamond-forming process. Lab Grown Diamonds have similar physical, chemical, and optical properties as mined diamonds. In fact, even industry experts can’t tell them apart without the aid of special equipment that scans for crystal patterns and impurities.  They are technically natural diamonds without impurities, environmental degradation, and uncertainties. There are numerous reasons why lab made diamonds are a suitable replacement for natural diamonds. Here are a few of them:

 

Greater purity and improved quality

Say hello to the brighter twin!

Lab Grown Diamonds are purer than their natural counterparts due to the absence of impurities and dirt found in mined diamonds. They also have fewer blemishes since they were carefully prepared under favorable conditions. Hence, they are brighter and better than mined diamonds. Lab engineered diamonds are certified, giving you important information on Cut, Clarity, Carat Weight, and more.

 

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Guaranteed Origins

Often, a detailed journey path cannot be drawn for mined diamonds as the specific origin can be vague. We at Camellia Jewelry use only with conflict-free diamonds, but unfortunately, while shopping elsewhere, some diamonds have dark backgrounds, coming from conflict regions where they’ve been sold to fund war and promote chaos. But, the journey of lab-created diamonds from origin to acquisition can be known. Therefore, the only way to ascertain the origin of your diamonds is to purchase synthetic diamonds.

 

Affordable Diamond Jewelry

Lab made diamonds are not only purer than their natural counterparts but are also more affordable. Costing less than half the price of mined diamonds, they also come in a variety of natural-diamond colors, such as pink! This means you can really buy the ring of your dreams without having to compromise on the budget.

 

Environmentally-Friendly

Mining natural diamonds can damage the earth extensively. Diamond mines are some of the largest holes ever dug in the earth as enormous amounts of fossil fuels with heavy machinery are required to extract the gemstones. The Mirny Diamond Mine, the second largest hole in the earth, is almost a mile wide in diameter and about 525 meters deep. Lab diamonds, on the other hand, present none of these issues. With man-made diamonds, you could rock your diamond pieces and have Mother Nature smiling at you all day for conserving her resources.

 

With CVD diamonds, you can never go wrong. You have a natural diamond in its purer, brighter, Eco-friendly, and sustainable form for less than half its price. Synthetic diamonds are a girl’s better friends!

 

 

 

 

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It used to be the case that a wedding cake was an absolute essential on the wedding-day-event list, but times have changed and nowadays we see (and LOVE) gorgeous, yummy, surprising wedding cake alternatives. Gluten-free, sugar-free, cake-free… they’re all there, and we’ve picked some of the real surprising ones to share with you:

 

I Love You Brie Much

No sweet tooth? No problem. Wedding cheese cakes (not cheesecakes, cheese cakes!) and cheese boards There are plenty of savory wedding cake options out there. You’d be surprised to know just how much cheese and cheese plates are a huge trend these days – so why not bring this deliciousness to your special day?

[photo: Tomkat Studio]

 

Slice Slice Baby

Someone to love us like we love pizza. And we’re not alone here, you know that. Take this endless, unconditional love (well, pineapple might change that) and turn it into a pizza wedding cake. Your guests will always remember that you both share a pizza of your heart.

[photo: @toddgoodphoto]

 

Rice Krispies Cake

Rice Kripsies treats wedding cake surely brings back childhood favorites into your special day. Your guests’ emotions of nostalgia and memories of childhood delight, will be a wonderful addition to a past-meets-future kind of moment.

[source: Pinterest]

 

Pancakes and Waffles Cakes

Talking about childhood memories in the previous section made us look for other breakfast table wedding cake alternatives, and we’ve found this yummy version of breakfast waffles wedding cake. Perfect for current Brunch Weddings, we kind of want to get married and buried in this cake.

[photo: @WaffleLUV]

 

 

Let’s start by saying this – They Do. If you are considering buying a black diamond engagement ring, no doubt you are buying it for a unique, exclusive individual. 

We can all agree that choosing a dark, stand out, powerful stone as a black diamond for your engagement ring, is bound to get lots of attention. The shine and sparkle of a black diamond in a bright setting will create a one-of-a-kind treasured piece of jewel, one that reflects your one-of-a-kind stunning love story.

If you remember Sex and The City 2, Mr. when Mr. Big finally presents Carrie with an engagement ring, (a proposal years in the making), the jewel was a black diamond engagement ring. He said “because you are not like anyone else” as he gave her a 5-carat black diamond set in a white diamond and 18K white gold ring.

Same as the diamonds we know, black diamonds are also formed by high pressure on carbon elements, under the earth’s surface, which produce a pattern over the crystal. These diamonds have the same chemical composition as other diamonds, but the graphite unique inclusions and random clustering throughout the diamond cause the dark color. Other color diamonds receive their color from geological impurities such as nitrogen, hydrogen, and boron.  Other color diamonds are found in a variety of color intensities, while the black, white, and red diamonds come only in one frosty color intensity.

 

 

There are 2 kinds of black diamonds- diamonds that develop their dark color during their formation, and diamonds that are enhanced (heated) to reach that black dark color.  Surprisingly, Black diamonds are more affordable than other white or colored diamonds, since they are less in demand, even though they are not as easily found as other color diamonds.

 

Main image: Pinterest

 

 

 

 

Don’t you just love a romantic movie?

When you start planning your dreamy wedding proposal, it’s a good idea to go get some inspo from the greatest love stories of Hollywood. All the great screenwriters already did all the hard work of thinking about the perfect romantic and creative proposals, so why not use them?!

 

Whether you’re waiting for your SO to pop the question, or just in the mood for some loving, it’s always fun to remember these romantic, cheesy, emotional love stories. Believe us, it wasn’t easy to pick our 5 favorites for this list. It took a lot of tissue paper and a lot of “ Ohhhhh❤️”s from our team, but we’ve put together some extra emotional and all-time-favorite list of 5 top movie proposals :

 
 

Love Actually

We just had to start with this pearl, a movie filled with romantic magic moments that climax to the wedding proposal where Jamie professes his love for Aurelia in Portuguese, as her entire town looks on and cheers. 

si, claro!!!

 

 

Pride and Prejudice

Oh gosh, is there a list of romantic movies without Jane Austen?!

The breathtaking period scenery, unbelievable accent and lingo, beautiful cast, pouring rain, and almost everything in this movie just says romance all over it.  The second proposal of Darcy to Elizabeth just gets us goosebumps.  

And we just love, we love, we love this movie!

 

 

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Just a sweet, private, and intimate moment is sometimes all you need, to create the perfect romantic atmosphere and just ask someone to marry. Ian asks Toula to marry him in bed, with no big gestures or pretentious manner. Just the two of them, in a beautiful shared loving moment. 

We don’t know how to say this…will you marry us? 

 

 

Sex and the City

Don’t get us started on Mr. Big.

But in the end, when it’s just Big and Carrie in that big empty apartment they never moved into and he gets down on one knee and calls her out loud “the love of his life”, there was a sigh of relief from around the world- Thank god! 

And then he closed the deal with the shoe… Classic!

 

 

Gone With the Wind

Even though Scarlette wasn’t in the mood for romance (to say the least) Rhett made up his mind! Scarlet is grieving over her husband but Rhett thinks it’s a good time to declare his love, waiting to catch Scarlet “between husbands”. 

“I made up my mind that you were the only woman for me the first day I saw you”.

Come on how can you say no to that?!

This is what we call an honorable proposal of marriage, made at what we consider a poor moment, But still Awfully Romantic.

Also- Clark Gable.

 

 

 

The best part of a wedding proposal? Show it off! (Ok, second best!)

 

So you’re getting engaged and we’re sure you’re super excited about that, and soon, all of your social media followers will be too! 🙂

Here are 5 tips on how to take the most stunning engagement photo to show off your love, and your new gorgeous ring! 

 

For starts – two crucial no-no’s – No zoom! No flash! You don’t want your photos to be pixelated or with a flash blowout.

 

1. It’s all in the lightning!

You can’t go wrong with natural light, and more than that- natural light will bring out the best of your ring’s sparkle and details. Even if you’re indoors, try to find a window from which the outside light shines in, and set up around that. If no natural light is in hand, use soft lightings such as string or bulb lights, candles, or cool lamps and chandeliers that give a romantic feel and also can add to the background of the photo.

In case you can’t get the light right- you can’t go wrong with a filter!

 

 

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2. Background

Get crazy with the backgrounds! If the proposal took place in amazing scenery, try and capture it in the background of your photo. If not, find an Instagram-worthy background, like a patterned pillow, a colorful garden, or an accessorized corner of a room, to serve as the backdrop of your ring selfie.

 

3. Be Prepared and organized!

We have to say it- In case you think your SF might pop the question- get your nails done! 

As for the photos, take a lot of photos from different angles so you will have some options to choose from. Don’t get tempted to upload a collage – it doesn’t look good. Just pick one great photo and stick to it, or upload more than one photo, but as an album.

 

4. Strike a pose

Try taking different angles of this amazing shared moment. Take pictures of BOTH of you together and apart, if you can plan ahead then take a picture of the proposal moment itself, with the crying face too! 

As for the ring itself – experiment with the angle so you capture the beautifulness of your ring from all sides.

 

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5. Get sentimental!

If there was ever a time to gush over your love story this is it! Write in the caption all about marrying your best friend, the love of your life, how excited and extremely happy you both are, and of course, use tons of emojis and hashtags. Social media loves good news like that and it will surely be seen on the engagement rate you get on your engagement post.

 

 

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And one last tip-Don’t forget to live the moment. It’s not all about the picture and the social share.

Take a minute to celebrate this extremely happy moment in both of your lives. This is the first day of the rest of your life together and the journey only begins. Congratulations! We’re so happy for you! 

 

 

As the leaves begin to change colors and the air begins to chill, the season for fall weddings is fast approaching.

Fall weddings carry a unique atmosphere. The warm colors, the rustic decor, and the distinctive light create a whimsical set up for a magnetic-styled event. We’ve gathered some ideas for an event full of color and spirit.

 

Nature-inspired

Nature brings us such beautiful changes this time of the year, it simply has to be combined in your event! Whether it is in the fall flower arrangements, centerpieces combined with wheat and hay, and foliage leaves spread all through the decor. You can even use this easy weather to have your reception or ceremony outdoors (which is a great solution for these social distancing times), under a canopy of flowers or leaves, and bring the amazing fall lightning into your event (and photos!).

photo: Nathan Fiske Photography

 

Event color palette

This is the time to go crazy with your wedding pallet choices. Not the average white and champagne, but warm, earth tones like orange, dark red, gold or jewel tones like sapphire or emerald. 

 

Fall flowers

Take the seasonal advantage of the rustic nature to create the most amazing and rich bouquet for yourself, flower crowns for your bridesmaids, and for your SO- a floral boutonniere, that will compliment the earthy theme.

photo: Ladybird Poppy

The drinks

Just in case it gets a little chilly, plan a warm beverage bar with coffee, tea, hot chocolate, warm sangria bowl, or hot ciders (alcoholic or not).

photo: a brit & a blonde

 

Dining

The rustic approach allows you to go the full fall bounty with grazing platters. Pile up cheeses, meats, bread, nuts and seasonal fruits for a feast styled dinner.

 

 

Wedding favors 

Warm homey giveaways such as scented candles, caramel apples, tea fusions, or a small jar of scented spices. You can even DIY – what will give you extra points for the “best wedding favor ever” awards.

 

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Something about Fall and all the incredible colors makes for a beautiful wedding. I just know it. 🍁 & I’m so grateful I could be a small part of another special day. 🧡💛 . . . #sisterssoycandles #soy #candles #soycandles #handmade #homemade #handpoured #masonjars #rustic #rusticcandles #wedding #fallwedding #fall #weddingfavors #fallflowers #candlefavors #navyandgreen #leaves #marigolds #mums

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Few more colors for you to enjoy…

 

photo: noonansdesgins

 

photo: Rinck Content Studio

 

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