We Do Wednesday: The Colors

With Pinterest and forums and magazines, it was so hard to pick colors. There is just so many great combinations to choose from. Then when I finally picked "my colors"...they changed. A lot. I kind of shuddered when people asked what my colors were..."Well, how long do you have for me to explain?"

Here is the absolutely crazy, colorful process I went through in the short six months I was engaged.

What started out as simple Yellow and Gray became Yellow, Gray and Black after I was having trouble liking/finding dresses in yellow for my girls. Then with the black, I felt like it was going too much towards a beehive, so I had to make some other plans. I didn't want to have a bee-themed wedding...not for me!

Once the black was out, I still needed to come up with some kind of dark color for the bridesmaids dresses and some contrast. I ended up replacing black with navy. Navy and yellow and gray was working for me.

Then there was the whole "I Love Whataburger" dream. Since that actually happened, I threw in some orange at the last minute...Very last minute! I'm pretty sure all of my best friends thought I was insane! My mom pretty much forbid me from using Pinterest since I was changing way too much. Anyway, it all worked out for the best.

Final colors: Navy, Orange, Gray, Yellow. Quite the combination, I know! I love how I ended up using very "Fall" colors, but the brighter shades of them...enough to seem whimsical and fun. Here's what it looked like in action.

 If you would have told me in the beginning of my engagement that I would be using ALL of these colors, I probably would have laughed at you. I can't really find any weddings that have mixed these particular colors, but I really do love the way it turned out. As long as it seemed fun, that's all I needed. Plus, I always like being a little unique.

{our proposal} {our wedding day} {our honeymoon}

 other wedding posts: the outfits | the hashtag | photo booth | the music | the colors | the venue

{All wedding-day pictures were taken by & belong to Lisa Francis Photography}